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Many features of modern human culture boil down to the need for coping mechanisms and existence validation rules to keep despair at bay. It may be better to reflect on the reasons culture came to be, than taking it so seriously at face value.
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Standing up for ones principles against oppressors and detractors is a just action. However mockery, or worse, mimicry does not make for an argument or entice discussions of resolutions between offending parties.
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It is absurd pride that leads humans to fashion alleged innovations in the human image. As if that which is human is somehow the peak of task efficiency.
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Forlorn abandonment is a steady theme throughout the life of an aware biological being such as ourselves. In many aspects of life, including identity and ideology, it is important to be able to embrace abandonment as well as having a willingness to abandon.
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“Nature”, “animal”, even “chemical”, used so haphazardly. As if they are concepts the “human” is somehow removed from.
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Pride and egotism cloud the mind with bias and self-importance. One must consider that all things were not created for themselves and thus need not opined upon, or paid any mind if it has no actual effect on one’s existence.
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There will always be something about every person one encounters that is disagreeable or irritating. This is fine. There should be no malice or guilt. Just acknowledgement of the feeling and a look into what sets the self apart from other individuals in particular ways.
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Aggression does not equal passion, and preference against aggression does not equal cowardice. Aggressors are not correct simply because the base instincts in the human animal finds aggression easy to understand. Non-aggression is just as valid a response to a situation even if it is not always as self validating.
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Given the lack of popularity of eudaimonia despite how long it has been around, one may wonder if perhaps that is a testament to how unlikely it is to be achieved.
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I am not responsible for, nor do I have the authority or audacity to, others in how they choose to live out this miserable finite existence. All I can do is be mindful of my unique experience and convey my existence in a hopefully thought provoking manner.