What are some of your philosophies on life that people don't seem to understand.

Forever_Trombone · 3 months

I avoid borrowing money - I have no credit cards, no car loan, no mortgage, etc. I plan on buying a new car and a house once I've saved the money for it.

FunGal_in_SoCal · 3 months

I only have to be happy in my head to be happy. Just because I am silent on the outside does not mean I am not cracking the fuck up on the inside.

scotty2hottie48 · 3 months

The fact that I don't mind helping people out without asking for anything in return. People tend to give me so much grief over it. I can't help that my parents raised me with proper morals.

DrOctapu · 3 months

I have a few.

I avoid having an opinion on something before I have at least a vague understanding of the fundamentals on it.
I don't have to be in a relationship to be happy, in fact I'm happier when I'm not currently infatuated with anyone.
The fact that I haven't been in a relationship for a while does not mean that I'm gay. I'm not interested in dating someone I barely know and I don't have any female friends that I'm particularly interested in, so please don't assume that me avoiding relationships means that I'm not interested in one at all.
I can be interested in something without taking it too seriously. For instance, I play the ukulele, but I don't practice very frequently and I realize that I suck. I'm not aiming for pro, though, it's just a thing that I like to do every now and then.
I don't believe things unless I have a reason to. I'm completely capable of saying that I don't know something. I find religion pretty ridiculous though, and have acquired something of a distaste for it as a result of seeing people get really defensive over it.
I'm completely incapable of getting into celebrity gossip or news. I don't give a fuck about who is married to who or who has some crazy sex scandal or some shit. I find the whole obsession kind of creepy, and don't understand what the big deal is.
Both extremes on the issue of female gender roles bug me. I don't like women who do the whole "LOL SO RANDOM" thing and act like an idiot to appeal to men, but I also don't like the stance that the feminist movement takes on the whole thing. Honestly, if you want me to treat you like a guy, I'll treat you like a guy. Please don't expect me to be a total gentleman if I do, though, because I'm not a total gentleman around my close guy friends. You can dislike people who act too chivalrous around women and you can dislike men who act too casually around women, but not both in my opinion.
I try not to judge people by what they do privately. You want to collect Nazi memorabilia? Fine if you don't beat the shit out of Jews. You send weekly letters to imprisoned serial killers? Cool, as long as you aren't helping them find new victims. You enjoy wearing women's clothing? Alrighty then, who am I to judge? I'm pretty much capable of understanding someone's reasoning for doing anything and I can accept most taboo because of it. Gets me a lot of shit in arguments.
Social situations aren't a necessity for me to be happy. Hell, I prefer to be alone most of the time. I tend to assume the worst in whatever anyone says about me even if it's a compliment, so they're a pain anyway.
This one's partially covered by the last one, but I tend to take pity worse than I take criticism. Criticism's useful at least, but pity just leaves me feeling inadequate. I don't want to hear about how I'm improving and how I'm doing better than you expected, I want to hear about how I can do better.
If I tell you that you're doing something wrong, it's because I want you to improve and be good at what you're doing, not because I think that I'm the supreme master at it and you're just a puny little clueless shit. Please don't take it the wrong way; I'm not trying to be condescending. It's just that it'll be easier for you in the end if you do it right.
I have a lot of thought processes that are similar to AvPD, although I've never talked to anyone who could make a diagnosis about it. It's something that I've noticed over time and although I don't claim to have it I've definitely got a tendency to take things the wrong way. Please don't assume that I hate you just because I don't talk to you much, I'm just afraid that I'll fuck up and say something stupid and ruin any chance of getting to know you.
I find the idea of "settling" for someone to be significantly more horrific than the thought of dying alone. I'm not going to get in a relationship with someone for no reason, I don't want to play with them like that. I'd love for there to be someone of the opposite sex that I can let my guard down around, that thinks like me and has similar interests, and that is pretty much the female equivalent of myself, but at the moment I haven't found anyone like that. I'm not interested in a short fling, but a long term relationship. It seems like the kind of person I am is pretty uncommon around here, though, so I'm probably out of luck for a good period of time.
Lastly, I have a firm belief that if you have a giant ego about something you will never improve. I enjoy drawing portraits and cartoons and I enjoy playing my ukulele, but these are two things I suck at. I know that I suck, though, and I know how I suck, so I know how to suck less and I can confirm that over time I have persistently sucked less as time passed. Anyone that's good at something will be insecure about it, if they aren't, it's for one of two reasons. The first is that they both suck and have shit taste, and the second is that they both rock and have excellent taste. The latter is far less common.

Wow, I ended up ranting more than I intended to. Apologies if I manage to offend anyone, and I'm pretty sure I will with the bits about religion and feminism. Those aren't opinions that I love to share.

Indoorsman · 3 months

Never justify your wrongs by the wrongs of others.

I am sick of weak people justifying their poor behavior and lack of self control with the wrong actions of others. Drunk driving is one of the best examples. "Oh it's okay to drink and drive occasionally, everyone does it." The moment I hear that, and unfortunately I have multiple times, I equate that persons intelligence to a pile of shit, and instantly want nothing to do with them.

420Qween · 3 months

If you can choose your life you should be able to choose your death. Basically, I believe in suicide.

The only reason I think suicide is frowned upon so harshly is because a) it COMPLETELY goes against the nature of our self-preservation and survival instinct and b) it has been misused by confused kids who saw no other alternative to end their suffering.

There is plenty of stigma against it in both religious and secular communities, but I think dying the way you choose to and having some form of control over something very feared is one way to overcome the natural fear of death. It's not for me, I'm not depressed, I'm not morbid (well, maybe a little), but I'd rather end a terminal disease (for example, other peoples' reasons may vary) with a fatal dose of painkillers than slowly succumb to the devastating effects such a situation would bring about.

TL;DR: I believe in suicide. Also, the edit was for the "(for example, other peoples' reasons may vary)" bit. But I thought I should include it as different people have different reasons for wanting to commit suicide and I thought it important to include them.

valiantX · 3 months

"Know thyself, and you will come to understand all the falsities externally and internally in your life and eventually find your own truth to your individual existence."

If you don't know by now, humans have been and are still underruled by an age old conspiracy orchestrated by a few select elite. True story and we're living it right now. We've merely changed our iron chains for chains of gold.

I would like to suggest this to those who are interested: observe your daily life without any prejudice and see how much energy is spent on thinking about external things like family, friends, money, etc. (not that these things are bad, just observe) and how this ties to the lack of concern for your inner self, understand the state of the world is a big play, read, view, or listen to the real history from the real scholars and researchers past and present, stop supporting the lie with your ignorance, understand real empowerment in life is through knowledge, not the sword, gun, or fist, and realize good and bad is inherent in life and attitude is the key to changing one's perspective in life to truly find freedom - a chained human can be free in his attitude in mind.

Gingenator · 3 months

Do what you love, the rest is background noise.

If you love your work, you never have to work a day in your life.

People I tell this to can't seem to grasp the concept that life is short, so they end up with suckish jobs that they complain to me about, when they love doing something they could easily get a job in. The only difference would be the pay. ( Granted still easily enough money to live comfortably.)

Meckstroth · 3 months

Everyone's a dick for a reason. Maybe they've had a long day. Maybe they've just lost a family member. No one is constantly a dick. People's emotions are not stagnant.

jkohatsu · 3 months

For all Americans redditors: I don't get why you either have to be Right-wing or Left-wing, Democrat or Republican... As a rational human being I have opinions in which i will prove myself to be conservative and on other subjects I will be considered a liberal by American standards. I think that people take sides without considering that there are different issues to be thought upon separately. I live in a third world country in south america that has based it's economic growth in capitalism though it still has universal health care... and we are a really poor country (Peru). So where i'm trying to get is that i just don't get why people take sides with a party and then let this party's ideology takes his/her future decisions. Sorry for the crummy English, it's not my native language.

TeamOnBack · 3 months

Just relax. 99% of things aren't worth getting THAT worked up over. Relax. It's easy.

ashamanflinn · 3 months

Fuck it

Yankeehero · 3 months

If you can't affect the outcome, don't worry about it.

stupidfuckhead · 3 months

That taking things lightly isn't bad.

Gingenator · 3 months

I will buy the meal/drive/(w/e) and talk to just about anyone, if you look like you're having a bad day? I just so happened to hear that you love the restaurant down the street, lets go, or for example, a good friend of mine just had her boyfriend break up with her, she loves stargazing so what do I do? Pick her up and we go stargazing. I feel that life's too short to feel down all the time, and if there is a way I can cheer someone up, why not?

People who notice this can't seem to understand why I would have such gestures to random people (regardless if I know them or not, I will generally do this.)

handmadeaxe · 3 months

To each, their own.

unrelevated · 3 months

"always be presentable". Said this during an interview about leadership, and kinda turned it into "you have to look good, speak well, dress well, and carry yourself well, otherwise no one will want to follow you"

turnitoffandon · 3 months

It's like most people are unable to maintain a neutral point of view when discussing ideas.

It's like at work meetings when my coworkers all bandwagon onto the easiest choice (for them personally , not the company) and get all upset when I discuss the alternative, asking why I disagree with them.

kartouchebag · 3 months

If I can't kill it I have no right to eat it.

nopromisesormesses · 3 months

Altruism.

gemmink · 3 months

I always have low expectations about everything. People assume that means I'm a pessimist slacker. Actually when you lower expectations everything is a little better. Low standards are the secret to happiness.

revsehi · 3 months

I can honestly say that I believe every thing in the universe to follow logical laws of nature. Just because I don't understand all of the rules that go into a situation does not mean that they aren't there.

christianjb · 3 months

The need to end questions in a question mark. For some reason this seems to be beyond the ability of half of Reddit.

gasundtieht · 3 months

Make a good legacy for yourself and try hard at it, there will be a day when you will be completely forgotten and nobody will say your name again. Make this inevitable date as far into the future as humanly possible.

Goreleech · 3 months

There is very little that can make me hate or even dislike a person. It's more than just trying to be a kind person; there are a select few people that I can say that I hate, and even that I'm not sure of sometimes. I go to a small high school, so everyone knows all of the teachers. One of my friends recently went through every teacher we had both had (in 3 years) and I honestly liked all of them in some way, meanwhile he disliked most of them. He thought I was crazy and I had a little burst of enlightenment.

tl:dr I don't hate people.

windrixx · 3 months

If we only get along, we won't get to know each other.

Even people who believe they share a connection are not truly connected. They must actually make contact, clash, and learn about others through their foreignness.

confused_teen · 3 months

if it feels good then scratch it and if it smells good then taste it.

kingtrewq · 3 months

Life isn't about the cheap thrills like one night stands, trying drugs or whatever else that quickly gets the reward centres of my brain firing. I don't want to live only for the moment, I want to live for meaning and feeling of my own moral worth based on my own comprehensive doctrine. It's all about the long term goals for me.

cralledode · 3 months

I believe that the place you live in has a profound impact on your personality and happiness, and that it's better to try to risk living somewhere expensive if it's the best fit for who you are than it is to play it safe and live somewhere you know you'll succeed.

For example, I am a city person, and I become noticeably unhappier in suburban environments. I don't think I would accept a 100% increase in pay if it put me in the suburbs. The things I value most is the ability to walk or bike to the shops and work. I will live on less to maintain that.

No_blacks_allowed · 3 months

A lot of motherfuckers hate on Seduction.

Fritzguyes · 3 months

Faith is a belief. Nothing more, nothing less. Not to be confused with organized religion.

fat_hobbit · 3 months

I remember being taught this as a kid: treat others as you would want to be treated.

It just makes sense.

stopscopiesme · 3 months

There's nothing that can't be joked about. There are no offensive jokes, only unfunny ones.

tomatopotatotomato · 3 months

I believe in being nice to everyone and not excluding people. I don't give a shit anymore if someone isn't hip enough or ironic enough. I am nice to people who are nice to me. A lot of people don't understand this.

bobbieluvsya · 3 months

Hugs are great. I love hugs. So many people think that I must be some kind of brazen hussy because I hug all my male friends all the time. I just think hugs are super nice.

Also, I base how successful I think people are entirely on how happy they are, not on how much money they have. If you're not living life, dying with a whole lot of money in the bank won't do you much good.

DieWithYerBootsOn · 3 months

Cannabis is medication.

diemockingbirddie · 3 months

When it comes to substances that alter your perception, anything in moderation. You think alcohol, with its brutal propensity for addiction, is any better than anything else? No. But when I tell people I drop acid or mdma a couple times a year, or heaven forbid SMOKE A JOINT ONCE A MONTH, they treat me like some kinf of freak. Feels bad man.

FatHermit · 3 months

Looking down on people isn't a very nice thing to do. Looking down on people who look down on people also counts.

Uncle-Jemima · 3 months

Too much empathy and rationalizing for other people.

DantesInfernape · 3 months

Having no regrets. Feeling bad about something that happened in the past that can no longer be changed is, in my opinion, exceedingly self-destructive. Learn from your mistake and move on; there's no need to hold onto something that can do no good for you anymore.

f3tch · 3 months

Not enough discipline in kids now.

Serpensortia · 3 months

I honestly believe that people who cannot live without lifelong medical treatment or full-time caregivers should just die. I'm not talking about cancer, where you get treated and have to watch for it your whole life, or really old people, who might need a nurse or caregiver. I mean like low-functioning retarded people or someone with an incurable debilitating illness. It's detrimental to our species as a whole to spend so many resources on these people who are a greater burden on society than they will ever contribute. When I explain this to people they always remind me that this would include me, as I'm a diabetic. Yeah, well, that sucks. I still feel that way. And then they get all offended and weird.

Bletz · 3 months

There is no absolute point of reference and everybody is living in their own world. Each individual mind only has a fractured image of reality or actuality (which may be a null concept). In this way if a person believes in God then God does actually exist in their world. It's only when you change their perception of actuality that they can change their mind. If someonetruly believes in something then in their mind it does exist. In your mindit may not, there is no 'true' mind however that contains the correct peeception. This can be applied to everything, religion is just a basic one to think about.

Basically everyone tells me I'm wrong, miss-understanding or mental masturbating yet ithas helped me identify with people.

MaNsLaUgHtEr56187 · 3 months

everyone assumes that belief in something necessitates acting accordingly. why? who made that the rule?

ssjumper · 3 months

Rational selfishness.

Easiest way to explain it is to say that when a parent is taking care of his child, the happiness and well being of his child is in his own self interest, hence he does it. People always forget the rational part of that phrase.

Systemscheck · 3 months

Uneducated people who claim to be atheist annoy me. I'm atheist, but I've read the bible and I have to say at the end of the day people are to blame. The bible (and most 'holy' documents) were the foundation for civilzation. they played their role, they may not be relevant any more but irrational people tend to distort the most rational of documents, that's all i'll say.

annarox21 · 3 months

Live and let live.

marievska · 3 months

Give more than you receive.

Epistaxis · 3 months

Money isn't a big deal. If you have enough to get by (and I know way too many people don't, but I'm talking like lower middle class), that should be fine. There are hugely diminishing returns for additional wealth. Life is not a contest and your bank account (or your unnecessarily big and high-maintenance house, or your unnecessarily big and high-maintenance car) does not represent the number of points you've scored.

If you look at opportunity costs as just plain costs, I am effectively spending tens of thousands of dollars a year not to be working my ass off in a job I hate. And I have low stress and really don't feel like there's anything I need and don't have. My apartment is tiny but I have enough space for everything I want to do. The rent is outrageous but I live a few minutes from where I work. My salary is meager but I can afford everything I want and still have some extra to put in the bank.

Of course, all this flies out the window if you have children. But file that under "someone else's philosophy on life that I don't seem to understand".

cleverkid · 3 months

I believe that everyone should take ecstasy at least once in their life. Those who have never taken it usually don't understand this.

thislow · 3 months

People aren't truly honest with themselves. They think they are but it's because they don't really let a thought process in their head long enough to give a sincere answer.

Example: Someone asks another person what they would do if their significant other cheated on them. The response would usually be that they would leave the cheater. In actuality, that may very well not be true. They might think that now, but if it happened, there is a very good chance that they would stay with the cheater.

Or someone asks you how you would handle a child that was very disrespectful. You say you would smack them and never "let" them backtalk you. But if it really happened, you may not be that kind of parent.

People don't think seriously about things and give answers that are ideal, not real. Most people don't think critically. Because of this, most people will quickly judge another person in a particular situation, saying things like "I can't believe she stayed with him. I would never stay with a man who cheated on me". Or "If my kid talked to me that way, I would beat the shit out of them. Teach them not to talk back." People have a hard time really putting themselves into other people's shoes and are very quick to judge based on something they know nothing about.

Da3dalus42 · 3 months

I tell people that it's all just a ride, and that this dying planet is a slowly sinking ship. Because of this, it's important to have fun, but also take things seriously.

ATenaciousDan · 3 months

Not really a philosophy but I catch a decent amount of flak for it.

I never liked most of the arguments against suicide. Mostly on how each suicidal person is pigeonholed into the same group. "You are not grateful of life" or "Think of your family" rationale always bothered me because the person who is troubled is just being put down more. If someone is suffering, it should be their choice on how they fix it.

Granted, I'm saying if you have problems you should kill yourself; and there are those who have done it for stupid reasons, but sometimes there are people who have had enough and we should respect their decisions.

Reading this over I realize what I am saying doesn't really translate well to text. If you have a strong constitution, watch a documentary called The Bridge.

tl;dr Suicide, try to think of it from the victims perspective and be a little more sympathetic.

Basically This

GruxKing · 3 months

I think that the world needs to be far more pragmatic when it comes to world overpopulation. I guess I'm a callous motherfucker but

Suicide- Let 'em
One Child Policies.
Tribal infighting- Let 'em kill each other off
Famines happen. Eh

This world will not be able to sustain this level of human infestation and everything that we have will be gone in 50-100 years.

liudacris804 · 3 months

Hey, are you upset? Is everything okay? Can it be fixed? No? But everything's okay, right? Alright, get over it and move on.

Phalanx1234 · 3 months

I don't fear death. When my time has come, it's over.

People ask me why I go skydiving, scuba diving with sharks, motocross etc, because it's so dangerous.

The way I see it is that if I die, I'm dead, I can't change it, and I doubt I will be able to feel it.

bluekaylo · 3 months

That Africa doesn't exist.

Or, maybe it does. OK - so basically I kind of find it weird to think that countries look like they do. How do we know? Like, most people aren't certified cartographers. Maybe the world looks nothing like I think it does. For all I know, Africa doesn't exist. I've never been there. And if I did go there then maybe the plane just flies around for a bit and then lands somewhere else. It just blows my mind that this could be true. And yeah, I know there are people who have been to Africa and such but how do I know they're not in on it? Or maybe they think they've been to Africa but they haven't really. They've just been to what they think is Africa. I don't know why I picked Africa for this.

Vaeltaja · 3 months

1) Consensual polygamy should be allowed

2) People should have a right to their body, and whatever he or she does/puts into it as long as it does not harm anyone else

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ElectricG · 3 months

I think small talk is a load of shit. People don't care whether I've been busy lately, nor do I care about how their schooling is going. I wish we could just walk up to people and jump straight into interesting conversation rather than have to carry out such a charade.

AboveTheClouds402 · 3 months

The shadow government keeping you obedient by keeping you scared. For example the upcoming conflict with Iran because they might be able to make wmd's, and not because they want gold for oil instead of our worthless paper.

interweb_wanderer · 3 months

I say that how you feel is up to you and nobody else. You decide if you are happy, sad, stressed, or anything else. If you had a bad day that's your own fault. You chose to have a bad day. You decide to react to something a certain way. I for one choose to not react to the negative and decide that every day is a good day. Alot of people (family members included) tell me that this is silly and doesn't make any sense. And yet my life is stress free and I am always happy and content while they stress out and complain about how bad life is. I'll never get them to see the possibility that I might have a valid point though. So I don't bother, I sit back and enjoy life for what it is while they pull their hair out in the background.

Every day is a good day. :D

IronWaffled · 3 months

When you say 2 o' clock you mean 2, not fucking 2:47!

HellaBitchin · 3 months

Hedonism (maybe soft hedonism if that's a thing). Basically pleasure based living. People seem to be consistently setting themselves up for (possible) future happiness instead of instant gratification. I understand there needs to be a balance in order to be successful but people see me as impulsive instead of pleasure-seeking.

Firewind · 3 months

That the technological singularity will probably happen within the next 50 years (if we don't backslide into a new dark age because of war) and strong AI, if fostered correctly will lead us into a golden age.

I also think there are solutions to every single problem in the world.

Guess reading all that Asimov had an affect growing up but I just can't help but think smart people doing smart things will make the world a better place.

godless_communism · 3 months

I'm an apex-predator.

PlaidCactus · 3 months

That all life is equal. Human life should not be considered of higher value than any other life form out there.

razqel · 3 months

When justice fails, revenge is acceptable.

mengrai · 3 months

I have never, not once, been able to explain what science is to anyone who didn't already get it. I think I'm an okay debater, but for some reason I cannot get people to understand the concepts like empirical vs. anecdotal evidence, the difference between the theory of science and its products, or why skepticism as a philosophy is not laughable or ridiculous.

I'm not mouthy, pretentious or condescending (I don't read r/atheism, I swear), but it blows my mind how completely alien the concept of applying the scientific method to the medicine you take, the rumors you hear and how you believe the world works is even to intelligent, educated people.

Most people here probably know what I'm talking about already and I'm not even on a "stupid Christians!!!" rant, I just don't understand why I fail so hard at conveying something so simple as "Wikipedia shit like alternative medicine or reiki before wasting your time and money on it."

GordoFreeman · 3 months

Matter is not created nor destroyed and everything can be represented in a physical manner. Therefore, after I am gone my particles and essence live on to become another form. I, you, and everyone else is infinite. And if by chance our brain matter manages to come together further down the road, then maybe we'll live once more.

Maybe not the most grounded idea, but a fun one and up until the last part it all makes sense to me and makes me happy.

[deleted] · 3 months

I don't donate to charities that try to find a cure for cancer, AIDS, etc. because I believe that the world has a need for incurable diseases in order to keep the population under control. I say this as someone who has lost very close relatives to cancer including my beloved mother.

CosmicSpaceSnail · 3 months

I don't believe in the need for violence or revenge against another person, two wrongs don't make a right! There are reasons why people act the way they do, and compassion is something we should be striving for. Punishing people never really helps solve problems, whereas understanding and supporting people does. I can't understand people that would actively support capital punishment, for example. It's all backwards.

I also believe that life is sacred and should be treated with respect. That includes not eating/abusing animals, not destroying nature, etc. I'm the kind of person that gets upset when I see someone standing on a snail, or deliberately ripping up flowers from a field, etc.

LiebtTrout · 3 months

As a Christian, I can't stand many hypocritical practices of other Christians, for example those who protest outside abortion clinics. Firstly, way to make the poor women who go there feel shame, that's certainly in the Christian remit. If you believe abortion is the wrong solution, voice your concerns in an appropriate, civilised forum. Always have your ears and mouth ready to listen to what someone, should they come to you asking about abortion, has to say, and be ready to answer "I believe..." or "the bible says..." and never state as fact "God says/wants" or "x is right/wrong", only ever as opinion or belief.

Another one I hate is loud preachy street preachers, shouting stuff like 'repent or go to hell for eternity. Not only does this make agnostics, atheists and those of other faiths listening affirm their view of judgy Christians, but it might also turn people interested in Christianity away. For me, the best evangelism is with the ear, not the mouth. Why not make a presence on the street, but instead of shouting at people, allow them to come to you and have a friendly conversation one on one, talking through their issues. Even if at the end of the day x person doesn't 'convert', perhaps at least theyll have opened their hearts or minds a little more to the idea of faith. I also hate the 'hell' scare tactic, the reason for my faith is to make this life better, not the next eternal. Of course, I'm sure 99% of Christians agree, but that one percent grumble Tl; dr : I don't agree with the practices of abortion protestors and street preachers

ChunkyKong · 3 months

I've never understood the point and reasoning behind beig an asshole or bitch to someone based on their looks or social standing. Why would you be anything but kind to someone before you even have the reason to be otherwise?

sleazysauce · 3 months

Most of my friends consider it rude or strange that I am for the most part always honest and blunt when expressing myself. I don't think it's a favor to lie to make someone feel better or not be honest when asked my opinion. I don't water anything down and it pisses me off when people do it to me.

EbonMane · 3 months

Remember to sort by controversial to see the ones that people actually don't understand.

EbonMane · 3 months

I don't believe in voting to protect my economic interests. In the end, it's just a way for me to impose my will on others to get a material benefit. It's on the same moral level as invading another country for oil or taking a slave.

hayatli7 · 3 months

I see the expanse of the Universe in relation to my simplicity as an expression of a moral code that I try to follow as much as possible; that is to do more for others than I do for myself.

I frequently remind myself that I am not that important or special, that there is much more to the fate of others and the world than my very own life.

Frog21 · 3 months

Being a nice person.

random_lookie_loo · 3 months

I've told me people "You can't fuck things up too bad, you've only got one life." They take it as "you need to stay on the path, don't do bad things." But I really mean it as "Even if your life goes full on FUBAR, you don't hafta worry things after they end."

Selachian · 3 months

People look at me weird when I say "You probably won't die. So do it!"

Seriously, people are afraid to take risks.

HeUnit · 3 months

Don't trust what people say, trust what they do. A tough lesson to learn.

fruitcakefriday · 3 months

That people are entitled to their religion, if it makes them and the people around them happier.

ddr4lyfe · 3 months

Not trying to bring in the religion train, but:

I find myself to be a Scientific Christian (maybe I should coin a term for that?). I feel that God (or some godly being) caused or allowed all of this science stuff to occur. I feel that He caused the Big Bang and the idea of evolution and allowed us humans to discover these science things. The issue with this is that I don't really find anyone that sits in the same boat as me; there's either full-blown Christians (who I feel are too closed-minded, following every word that is written in the Bible), or Atheists (who I feel ignore the chance that some higher power caused all of this and that we're the highest power in existence, creature-ly speaking).

FOR_DEMACIA · 3 months

The only reason that I can currently enjoy life is because I have accepted my own eventual death and have come to terms with myself. I simply do not give a shit if someone dislikes me or things no longer go the way I currently want them to.

Life goes on.

erilak09 · 3 months

Your family is at least half of who you are. I　everything I do is in my brothers and sister. Everything we do I've see in my mom, my dad, and grandparents. It's not 100%, but it's definitely more than you think, and is something you have to consciously fight to escape.

CWGM · 3 months

I don't like being thanked. At all. It's like verbal nails on a chalkboard for me.

RedSpikeyThing · 3 months

If you're happy and not interfering with other people then you're doing it right.

Nobson · 3 months

My parents (or my boss) don't seem to understand that minimum wage = minimum effort.

iwantasnowday · 3 months

I think all religions are right. More or less. That "God" helped inspire people to have faith in different ways as in what was best for them and their needs at that time in that place.

My main example, that I also call why Christians shouldn't eat pork: An early attempt of God to bring faith to the world, he took many years to create Judaism. Cool its working, but then there is an area it hasn't reached so God brought Christianity and Jesus about because some people needed someone more living to inspire a greater faith. Plus all the sayings in the Torah were supposed to apply to them too, so God left out the things that were going well/being followed from Jesus's new message. (Example, dont eat pork). A ways to the south many years later the idea of a unified God/faith hadn't reached the deserts of Arabia, so Mohammad was given God's words to create faith there. More rules that applied to that area and way of life, and then repeats of the rules the Christians were ignoring from the old testament (example dont eat pork). Islam spreads throughout the deserts of Arabia and Africa.

Thus all of these religions aren't working against each other but working for the groups they were created for. Heck there's probably been another prophet in the last 200 years to help us deal with this mess but we were all too skeptical to listen to what he/she had to say or the Catholic church had him executed.

The same goes for the future, what miracles would someone be required to do in this day and age to truly inspire faith, and in response how would we prove that its really all just a hoax or science or camera tricks or just straight up crazy person delusions. Kinda sucks right?

And yes I know I'm leaving out many religions, but the same concept applies, even Confucianism as a way to live life successfully, it worked for the society it was created for/in. I'm sure there are Native American or African tribal beliefs that have been lost as Christianity took over that would have been critical in giving mankind a message of understanding or faith or, even dare I say, tolerance.

Hopefully that was follow-able/fathom-able.

warpaint · 3 months

"thug lyfe"

sippin on that lean, gettin high errday, fock beetches, getting currency, run from the coppas, wear yo brim downlow.

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don't understand this life.

jwa254 · 3 months

It's perfectly fine to have your beliefs, but realize that there are other beliefs that are just as acceptable even though you may not agree with them.

DrKilory · 3 months

Timing is everything

greedo80000 · 3 months

A lot of people don't understand my reasoning when I hang out with friends past normal hours on a work night. I'm taking advantage of good times, and losing a little sleep over it is worth it. Caffeinate heavily in the morning, nap when you get home.

Or why I'm the get-up-and-go type. Life is short. DO THINGS.

shyloque · 3 months

I don't really let things bother me much. As in, I can get over things that annoyed me or upset me just in my head by thinking it through. I'm also a bit tricky to really offend.

Some people have almost been a bit offended by this, assuming I was lying or being sarcastic or something.

LucidMetal · 3 months

Life is sacred. I'm not talking about some religious bullshit but that life is something special and rare in the universe which we still can't quite define and should be upheld as such. Therefore, I don't like killing anything that is alive. Now before you go apeshit on my contradictions with bacteria and such, I have a few exceptions.

Food
Self defense or impossible to continue life otherwise
Science

Microbes fit in with 2.

skobombers · 3 months

That it is ok to make mistakes. Everyone seems to be afraid and they dont learn.

pizzaisgreatallday · 3 months

For some reason I don't understand, everyone I know is terrified of being wrong/coming off as stupid. If I don't understand something being discussed, I feel no shame in asking concepts to be explained. And, if someone points out I'm wrong about something, I much prefer learning to asserting my own faulty intelligence. Everyone else I know is so stubborn, so against admitting they were wrong.

It's okay to be wrong, it's okay to ask questions! Isn't that what learning is?!

Lunened · 3 months

We try to control animals populations, why not our own? We're taught that everyone has a right to have as many kids as they want and we celebrate that right.

daman345 · 3 months

If somethings too hard to do, it's not worth doing

Blue_Bi0hazard · 3 months

Pride, loyalty. honour and respect.

some people just don't get it...

DHumefan · 3 months

People think others are weird or strange for being too happy or enjoying life too much. If you're generally good natured, people think there's a motive or you're stupid.

darthzepp · 3 months

there is no such thing as a waste of time, that is time spent not doing something someone else wanted you to do

ShadeTornado · 3 months

Not taking revenge. Just because someone does something to me doesn't mean I have to do it back. It seems silly and childish to me.

kamekazewatermelon · 3 months

To summarise, I feel that people should always strive to be their best at whatever they do. They need to rise above their own limitations and natures and better themselves, control themselves and their actions. People need to have better control of their emotions, I think. Even more so, I think most of us need to learn to stop acting on those emotions and thinking that's ever okay. Because if we simply act on how we feel instead of what we think, then life really is directionless and meaningless.

There are a few extensions of that. I feel that people try to justify their use of emotion before reason by saying that they are living life to its fullest, by being wild and free and partying: by just letting your emotions roll. This is really just an excuse to act like an animal, and there is a real emptiness to it.

I think the opposite is true personally, living life to its fullest doesn't mean you go out and disgrace yourself on a nightly basis. I feel people need to rely less on their emotions and more on their reason. Living life as if you'll die tomorrow: living as if every day will be your last, doesn't mean going out partying every night, or getting drunk, or having heaps of sex, or whatever. Living in the moment is more than that. It's enjoying every second of your life and valuing it, regardless of what you're doing. You could be studying, or doing homework, or cleaning, or eating breakfast. Anything.

Peace and security with yourself is something that comes from within, not from external factors. Peace isn't the absence of chaos, it isn't having fun all the time, but it is living in the midst of chaos and still remaining calm and happy in your heart.

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