Comment on Excuse the fuck me?
red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks agoOh fuck off. I am not being contrarian. I am just too old to believe in absolutes. Things change, people change. That’s just life. And having seen multiple people die of cancer over the years, that shit is no fucking joke and will absolutely ruin the lives of everyone involved. If someone just cannot handle that, it’s OK to leave that awful situation. Yes, it does suck even more for the person who’s actually ill. But I really don’t see a point in ruining multiple lives because of one person’s illness. Again, if people want to step up and be there, that is amazing and laudable. But if you step away simply to protect yourself, you will probably feel bad and wish you could do more. But sometimes you just can’t. Once more: that’s simply how life is.
Bo7a@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Just considering the demographics on this website, there’s a fairly decent chance you’re not older than me. Our experiences may differ.
But just by reading this, it’s pretty clear that we have a different definition of a vow. I’m not sure why you’re so up in arms about this.
I called you contrarian because you’re in here arguing a point I didn’t even make. I didn’t say that I would hold you to a vow nor that I would judge you if you broke your vow.
I said that over the last ~50 years of me watching people I have seen a general pattern of the lessening of the value of these intangibles.
red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Sounds like we’re the same age. And what you describe sounds like the general impression people get as they age. Morals decline, nothing means anything anymore, blabla. That’s been literally said throughout the history of the human race. My experience at least with what people on the internet argue (and not actual behavior) is a tendency towards moral absolutes. Which is something I am strictly against and I might have picked the wrong comment to start my soap box rant.
Bo7a@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I didn’t say anything about morality declining or nothing meaning anything anymore.
I feel like I’m just repeating myself in every one of these replies.
People are no better now. Morality is definitely not worse now. Overall, humans are more accepting of each other now than they have been in most of human history.
My comment is only on the perceived value of a vow. And how that is tied to the perceived value of one’s word.
This isn’t generational, nor is it me saying the kids need to get better, because in fact I think the kids are doing very well all things considered.
However, these kids are also growing up inside a system that feels like it’s under collapse. Where the only true physical rewards in life come to those who easily break their word or do not consider a vow to be beyond all circumstance.