Deep Thoughts

[Barnette ⋆˙⟡ (my girlfriend's version), Creator, Head Moderator]

A place to share and discuss deep thoughts relating to ethics, sociology, philosophy, psychology, religion, and almost anything else. If the discussion becomes long enough, it will be moved to its own topic. All of the group's rules still apply. Have fun!

[※ Lily the Lilac ※]

A deep thought: Do we have as much free will as we think? We can say we like something, like cats for example. You may even be able to point out why you like them, because they're fluffy or something. But if we keep asking why you like it's fluffiness, then why the fluffiness feels nice, eventually, you have to say 'just because I like it'. And maybe you like cats, but not some other fluffy animal. Why is that?

What about our reactions to things? There's a famous experiment that can be done where someone's hand is covered, and a rubber hand placed close by. Someone tickles the rubber hand at the same time as your covered hand. And then, a knife is stabbed into the rubber hand, and for some reason, the real hand reacts as if it were stabbed, even if you logically know it wasn't. So, how much free will of thought and action do we really have?

Just my typical shower thoughts haha

[Barnette ⋆˙⟡ (my girlfriend's version), Creator, Head Moderator]

✿ Lily the Lilac ✿ ~ Online wrote: "A deep thought: Do we have as much free will as we think? We can say we like something, like cats for example. You may even be able to point out why you like them, because they're fluffy or somethi..."

Woah 0.0

[※ Lily the Lilac ※]

Barnette *bio update coming* wrote: "✿ Lily the Lilac ✿ ~ Online wrote: "A deep thought: Do we have as much free will as we think? We can say we like something, like cats for example. You may even be able to point out why you like the..."

😇

[Austin]

I have a lot of historical perspective so because of that i see things a certain way.

I was telling my friends that civilizational progress is not a linear line and that not every civilization agrees with what progress looks like.

The idea that in 50 years all of africa will look like america or europe is very outdated and Eurocentric. It is entirely possible we might get a future where some places on earth full reject modern philosophy and technology. Places in africa might become more and more tribal and they might be happy with that. While other places like the US have martian colonies.

[Austin]

I do also wonder if liberalism itself is coming to an end and on its last legs. Fascism a militaristic doctrine lost the war. Communism an economic doctrine bankrupted the soviets. What comes next? Liberalism a decree of human rights fails to secure the innocent and prefers the criminal? Liberalism claiming to represent the people allows in elites who have no regard for the people they rule? It really does feel like we have traded our kings and hero's for traitors and cowards. How many politicians say things that 200 years ago we would hang for treason? How many priests lead their followers astray? How many ceo’s squander their money on abstract concepts?

I dont think this is the end of the west. I just think we are starting to see the start of radical change. Im hoping a revival is coming soon.


I do worry that due to tokenism in hollywood and media and entertainment we will see a crack back where things become less and less “diverse.” I do wonder if when globalism falls we see a new world where we trust foreigners less and less. And now that so many pretend to be refugees now, in the future no refugees are taken. I wonder due to terrible criminals being let to walk on the street if we see a return of the death penalty in a big way.

Just musings on the direction of things

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Uh my deep thoughts are about austin ;)

Im joking.XD

I think about civil war in the UK #2

[Austin]

Lol love you too mini

[Austin]

I was listening to a podcast about that.
https://youtu.be/yHXHRuxGbtg?si=Dw5px...

[Barnette ⋆˙⟡ (my girlfriend's version), Creator, Head Moderator]

This is random and none of my business, but are you two together?

[Austin]

Yeah we are dating

[Barnette ⋆˙⟡ (my girlfriend's version), Creator, Head Moderator]

Cool!

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Austin wrote: "I was listening to a podcast about that.
https://youtu.be/yHXHRuxGbtg?si=Dw5px..."

Oh same here

[Austin]

Yup but im white american and she is british indian.

So entirely online

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

No but i do agree about what you said there and your deep thoughts austin

[Austin]

Oh wow crazy this must be popular

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Except about are we going to see a change? Or are we going to see a change, but in the opposite way to what you are saying

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Barnette wrote: "This is random and none of my business, but are you two together?"

Yes 😂

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Austin wrote: "Yup but im white american and she is british indian.

So entirely online"

Weve met irl once though

[Barnette ⋆˙⟡ (my girlfriend's version), Creator, Head Moderator]

MidnightButterfly wrote: "Austin wrote: "Yup but im white american and she is british indian.

So entirely online"

Weve met irl once though"

That's awesome!

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Yeah haha its been like over a year

[Austin]

Yeah im happy to talk about it in the main chat. I love gushing over mini

[Austin]

What do you disagree with mini? Expand your thoughts?

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Austin wrote: "What do you disagree with mini? Expand your thoughts?"

Are we really seeing a rejection? Or are more people goimg to say that the reason we are seeing cinfkict etc is hecause we arent liberal ENOUGH or we arent globalised ENOUGH we arent accepting enoihh as it is
Is the turning point going to mean we turn towards an accelrated version of what we have, kr a rejection?

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Austin wrote: "Yeah im happy to talk about it in the main chat. I love gushing over mini"

Lol nobody else does tho XD

[Austin]

Lol no? But you are soooo pretty

[Austin]

Ah ok good point it feels like a rejection

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Austin wrote: "Lol no? But you are soooo pretty"

Austin these arent deep thoughts now is it XD

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Austin wrote: "Ah ok good point it feels like a rejection"

But youre in a echo chamber

[Austin]

Nope just mini thoughts lol

[Austin]

I dont think i am i talk to many people from many different walks of life

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Austin wrote: "I dont think i am i talk to many people from many different walks of life"

Do you talk to the left tho

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Austin wrote: "Nope just mini thoughts lol"

:P

[Austin]

I have a left wing friend i bounce ideas iff if him. He isnt a raging gay rights guy but he is lefty

[Austin]

I have a left wing friend i bounce ideas iff if him. He isnt a raging gay rights guy but he is lefty

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

The one token leftie friend 😂😭

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Your idea of leftie is probably a very reasonable centrist

[Austin]

Lol yeah, you can only be so left before you stop hanging out with conservatives

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Lol im friends with all types of people
one of my closest friend is my ccqhhhbbb (crazy communist/conservative coloniser (for me) queen hot hawthorne hugging buddies besties b*tches

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

But saying that im friends with very diversely political people
Friends all across the spectrum exceot perhaps i haveht got a deep green ecologist friend or a white supremacist nazi friend
Other thsn that im close with all them

[Austin]

Lol ive chatted with a nazi before and if is crazy lol

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Ive chatted but not friends with lol
What did they say?

[Austin]

Classic nazi stuff. Race mixing is wrong. Jews control the world. Anywhere africans go crimes follows ect. I didnt think nazis still existed until i met him

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Lol did he like you

[Austin]

Lol because im white and not a commie yeah lol

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

You shouldve kept in cintact and see what he thinks of the world now
Im not approvingdp, duh, but its super cool to hear what people think and how they think that way

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Wonder what he would think of me lmao

[Austin]

He is dead now

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Oh

[butterfly is back (barely, mostly on insta)]

Well i met younger ones 😭😭