There are things I did in my life that felt complex on the inside but were immoral, these points are not at odds. In fact, there's a theory that says much of immorality is just that--the external representation of inconsistent internal state.
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Replying to @orthonormalist @sonyasupposedly and
As a specific example: I basically left my college girlfriend hanging for a month while I tried to figure out what to do, because I was confused. Complex? Yes. Uncertain? Yes. Amoral? Absolutely. Was it excused by her equivalently bad behavior? Nope.
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exactly. the phrase "flawed but lovable" is half right. Or, stated another way, the "lovable" part is often used (perhaps with intention, perhaps not) as a trap, to keep the victims in the blast zone.
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Replying to @MorlockP @orthonormalist and
(and, no, before there's any cheap psychoanalysis, I've never been a victim of this particular flavor of crap-show ; I've just seen women around me at various jobs do it)
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Replying to @MorlockP @orthonormalist and
All of this is filed under pre-packaged discussion 83-f: person: "it's complicated" me: "people always say 'it's complicated', but it never is"
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Replying to @MorlockP @orthonormalist and
9 times out of 10 "complication" is a "code smell" of epicycles (i.e. bullshit) things are sometimes hard, but they're almost always simple
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Replying to @MorlockP @orthonormalist and
maybe "conflicted" is a better word than "complex" for some of these states you know right from wrong, a very loud part of you wants to do right, you're ignoring another part of you that sees it all ending badly because you can't cope it's internal gridlock
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Replying to @selentelechia @MorlockP and
(Not trying to put words or implications in sonya's mouth, trying to figure out the appeal these types have for me) -I empathize deeply with the impulse, almost seemed admirable when I was at my worst that someone had the balls to go all out and do what I wanted to do myself
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Replying to @selentelechia @orthonormalist and
whew lads I guess my tag for this is not "manic pixie dream girl" or "maladjusted party girl", but "villain"
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related:
I think that evil of the mustache-twirling and cackling variety almost never exists
99% of evil is actually just weakness in the face of temptation
(this is why our 
society focuses on the first type; to distract us from the ACTUAL type, and allow us to indulge)
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Replying to @MorlockP @orthonormalist and
I don't disagree! possible that we insist these characters are good because we can identify "evil is mundane" is a hard pill to swallow, especially when you see the branching paths in your own life that could make you mundanely evil
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Replying to @selentelechia @orthonormalist and
the knowledge of the branching paths is the most terrifying crushing thing there are paths almost like this one where I am much worse (that's terrible bc I could have done that) there are paths almost like this one where I am much better (terrible bc I could have done that)
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