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[looselips]

PSA:
NO1CURR ABOUT YOUR FAUX-DEEP PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTIONS

if you want to start an intro to philosophy class, there's a classroom you can use.

Comments

[vermicompost]

I think people like to talk about things like that because it's comforting to talk about other subjects to distract us from our surroundings. It can be frightening here.

I don't mind discussing them, or reading the discussions.

[looselips]

sorry, I don't remember saying this was up for debate.

[Sorry, not-uncle, not even you are exempt from dealing with Shinji acting like an asshole on the internet.]

[vermicompost]

I wasn't debating, Shinji. Not exactly. I was just saying that I care.

[He even figured out your hip internet slang, even though he is from the 90s. He's a bit proud of himself.]

[looselips]

how do you even function?

[vermicompost]

What do you mean?

[looselips]

you seriously care about everyone's existential angst?

[vermicompost]

Not everyone's, but I care about the people here. Most of them. They're ordinary people in a difficult situation. I can feel empathy for them.

[It's called compassion, Shinji.]

[looselips]

that's exactly what I mean.
how the HELL do you go around worrying about people you don't even know all the time?
if you're a bleeding heart 24/7, you're going to bleed out sooner or later.

[vermicompost]

Caring about people isn't a bad thing. It doesn't harm me to care. If more people looked out for each other, we'd all be better off. Here as well as at home. The people here are just lonely and frightened. That's why I wouldn't get mad at them for the things they post.

[Like you, Shinji.]

[gamechamp]

lol, that's exactly the kind thing a person too weak to stand on their own would say!
it's called natural selection. life separates the wheat from the chaff for a REASON.

[vermicompost]

[You try your not-uncle's patience sometimes, but he knows you're just a child.]

I'm not too weak. I'm going to win the Grail War. I don't need anyone else's help.

[That's right, Shinji, you are talking to a future Grail War winner!]

That isn't how life works. People aren't wheat or chaff. They're people, and they matter. What makes life worth living is love.

[gamechamp]

then start acting like it.
seriously, love? are you kidding me?
if you keep acting like a delusional moron, you're not going to win anything.