3/ Talking about things normalizes them, and causes memes to spread, whereas just doing certain things does not. Arguably better to have two quiet alcoholics than one person writing essays about the joys of "day drinking".
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14/ Attacking hypocrisy was a way for post-Christians to get Christians to stop defending their ideals. Very clever. It worked.https://twitter.com/Saradin1337/status/1220789902612279297 …
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16/ In fact, "being your authentic self" is the polar opposite of civilization. Romans understood this, mocked the Greeks. Read The Illiad. Greeks idolized personal valor and, basically, egoism. Individual action, headless of consequences for others.https://twitter.com/Saradin1337/status/1220790468361048065 …
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17/ I don't want to say "Let 'Shut the !@# up and do your duty.' be the whole of the law", but ... it should be a decent sized chunk of the law.
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> hedonism in the sheets and virtue in the streets nicely put! norms going from "what happens in my bedroom is no one's business" to "everyone must endlessly hear about and be forced to celebrate the insanity i get up to in my bedroom" took a shockingly short amount of time
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i guess what i mean is, this is not the singularity i was promised!
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