Cracks_InTheWalls
@Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works
Enthusiastic sh.it.head
- Comment on Does anyone struggle with spending money foolishly on prostitutes? 23 hours ago:
It is enforced, by varying degrees, by the censure or support of other humans, as well as one’s own conscience.
The moral code you follow may have been authored by a creator figure. It may not have. Frankly, it’s beside the point. In practice, Christian morality is enforced by support or censure of the church and its teachings. It takes as its bedrock a shared conception of humanity as the Created. An atheist’s or humanist’s morality is similarly enforced by support or censure of their human community, though with a different bedrock (a belief in the dignity and capacities of humanity, for instance, either absent of or separate from a deity).
One does not need to be a Christian to act morally. It does mean certain lines may be drawn in areas different than a Christian, but I would say that that simply makes the individual a non-Christian where those lines do not otherwise impede on, say, humanity’s inherent dignity.
I want to say I write this with full respect for your beliefs in your Creator. I believe tolerance for the beliefs of others, where they do not impede on those who do not share those beliefs to live their lives freely, is important. I will add that if OP was being truthful, and actually is a Christian struggling with soliciting sex workers, your suggestion to seek out the Church is a valid one. If nothing else, it places him among humans that share the values he seeks to embody, and may help him on the path he wishes to walk.
For my part, I see no issue so long as both parties enter these arrangements with no coercion or out of compulsion, with the issue here being the compulsion. If it feels bad, and it serves no greater aim, don’t do it, figure out why you’re doing it, and do things more aligned with your morals and ideals - that’s my take.
- Comment on Does anyone struggle with spending money foolishly on prostitutes? 1 day ago:
Because morality exists independently of any diety figure. It is ultimately a set of ideas about what constitutes good conduct between humans and the environment around them.
- Comment on Why do people hate coldplay? 2 days ago:
The amount of radio play they got, for me. I was a big fan of How You Remind Me when it came out, and they do have a handful of listenable songs, but the sheer amount of repetition changed things from “they’re ok” to “omg not again, fuck these guys”.
I feel similar, but to a lesser degree, about Coldplay.
- Comment on My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased. 1 week ago:
Ngl this was my first thought. Or dig out a pair of those ol’ soap shoes and do a sick grind (practice first with both of these).
- Comment on My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased. 1 week ago:
Every serious bullying incident I ran into growing up ended when a kid got popped in the mouth. Every unserious bullying incident made no impact when I knew if it got serious, I could pop them in the mouth and likely come out on top.
I’ve met way too many adults with personality issues that were a product of adults telling child them “physical violence is always wrong, just tell an adult, be the bigger person” etc. It always needs to be taught as a last resort, and it needs to be understood that even justified violence comes with consequences and other tools must be used first, but when you’ve done everything you’re supposed to and no one is helping to the resolve the problem, sometimes you have to do it yourself.
It ain’t pretty, and it ain’t ideal, but it’s the way it is.
- Comment on Anon hates reddit 2 weeks ago:
Finally, I feel seen.
- Comment on Are you ready skids? 2 weeks ago:
Go to bed early on April 19th. Wake up at 4:20 AM. Have a lil’ wake and bake. Get kitted up and go for a nice wander, listening to some sweet tunes, maybe hit a trail for a bit, etc. Meander your way to the brunch place, preferably an all-you-can-eat affair, around opening time. Have one more bowl/joint. If AYCE, make the owner regret their business model. Spend the rest of the day in a food coma watching stupid movies.
This is the way.
- Comment on Doctor Rockso 3 weeks ago:
🎵One of these days they’re gonna put me away 'cause I’m Dr.
RocksoFreud, do a lot of cocaine🎵 - Comment on They Live 2069 3 weeks ago:
“I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum. And I’m not sure they even still make bubblegum these days.”
- Comment on Hot enough for ya? 4 weeks ago:
Remember, if you’re hot, they’re hot. Let them cool off in your portable in-flesh pool.
- Comment on Movies not starting when they are scheduled. 4 weeks ago:
Love trailers, fucking hate ads for cars and stupid bullshit played before or after trailers.
- Comment on Oh to go back... 4 weeks ago:
Obviously still not realistic, but I feel like the super-imposed text thing some TV shows/movies have done more recently works, so long as you create a sense of tension/time crunch.
Toss in some red text and error messages once and a while in front of a dude sweating with dramatic music in the background, and it gets the point across.
- Comment on Oh to go back... 4 weeks ago:
I mean, call it whatever, it really doesn’t matter that much, but why not pop punk? Seems to be the more common label, and easily extended to non-US bands like Sum41, Gob, etc.
- Comment on Why is U2 considered "grunge?" 4 weeks ago:
I’m sorry, what??? I’m just as perplexed as you are, where are you seeing this and can you drop a link?
- Comment on Do you ever feel like your inside thoughts are leaking out? 5 weeks ago:
There’s been more than a few times my kid has called me out by saying “Use your inside thoughts”.
- Comment on What's an absolutely medium quality game? Not great, incredible or terrible or any single ended extreme. Dead medium quality 5 weeks ago:
If you’re an adult Pokemon fan, these days fan-mades or rom hacks are the way to go. Nintendo/The Pokemon Company/Game Freak are pretty damn risk averse with this property, so the really cool stuff comes from fans (at least until they get the cease and desist).
- Comment on If I could make hairstyles come back into fashion I would pick this. The 80s were magical with their hairspray creations. 1 month ago:
Frank Sherwood Roland and Mario Molina have entered the chat.
- Comment on All this produce is going to spoil at the food bank where I volunteer 1 month ago:
Fair enough - glad you’re trying something to address this lot! Believe it or not, did actually mean this as a ‘what if/what are the ramifications for orgs like this if that happened’, but probably best not to entertain that yourself at the moment.
As a total aside, good song to keep spirits up today might be The Last Saskatchewan Pirate by Captain Tractor - very last line before final chorus is relevant :)
Good luck with what you’re doing!
- Comment on All this produce is going to spoil at the food bank where I volunteer 1 month ago:
Silly idle thought (for real): Suppose in a situation like this, particularly if people complain on the internet drawing attention to the fact that there’s 1000s of pounds of produce in a space that likely doesn’t have funding for strong security measures, a group of interested parties brought some trucks and took it without explicit permission or consent from the organization.
What’s the impact to the org in situations where this isn’t given away to unauthorized parties, but gets stolen instead?
- Comment on why does alcohol stop my back pain but medicine doesn't? 1 month ago:
🎶Gotta catch 'em all, 2C-B!🎶
- Comment on I want a chav boyfriend. Where can I find adult chavs? (If you don't know what that is, they're called bogans in Australia and rednecks in the US) 1 month ago:
Based on your definition of chav (I too thought tracksuits, trainers, and UK urban slang), think about the kind of hobbies folks like this do. Dunno if it’s an exact equivalent, but if someone was looking for a redneck here in Canada, they’d be going to car and truck shows/events, hunting events, small town bars, fishing derbies, small circuit pro-wrestling events, that kind of thing.
- Comment on Anon gets high 2 months ago:
The day it got legalized in Canada, all of a sudden 95% of the paranoia I could get from weed magically disappeared.
The remaining 5% was the “I’m relatively sure that, in spite of this never happening, I am going to die of a heart attack today because I smoked a strong sativa**”)
*Maybe it actually has happened, idk. *inb4 “Actually pretty much all weed these days is hybridized to the point that sativa and indica aren’t really useful categories that you can map onto acute effects”. I know, I really just mean the racier stuff that is commonly, if problematically, called sativa.
- Comment on What are some good examples of "Where the fuck do you go" kind of games? 2 months ago:
I really to try it again with a guide, I want to see the wild shit after that first damn level.
- Comment on Generational differences 2 months ago:
Pro soda/beer can pipe tip for those reading a local backup of Lemmy during the apocalypse: if your knife is stuck in a dead raider and you need a toke, you can snap part of the can’s pull tab off to make a puncture tool.
Don’t forget to get that knife back though, fr. Actually maybe go do that first, but still do this rather than use a bloody knife. Hygiene, man.
- Comment on What's the point in getting married? 2 months ago:
Two reasons: Practical considerations (shared assets, certain legal protections, I’ve seen people get married for an easier go re: immigration in some cases, etc. Basically check your local laws); and ritualistic.
I find people often discount the importance of certain ritual practices in Western secular society, and for a lot of people ritual in general is a whole lot of fluff and nonsense. But having a ceremony to recognize a formal joining of two people, and by extension their families (to varying degrees), with the at least ostensible intent that you will live and die in partnership with that person, is a powerful thing. It’s a common ritual among multiple societies, with lots of variation and differences in exactly what it signifies, but the ubiquity speaks to that power IMO.
Don’t get me wrong - I think divorce is a good thing for when the partnership truly does not and cannot work, and people can live happily in lifelong unions without marriage - but for some folks, taking that vow in the eyes of your friends and family (and whatever deity concept you may have, if that’s your kink) is a very important and serious thing. Something changes, to some degree, when you take that oath.
It doesn’t have to be expensive - that it often is, IMO, is a function of capitalism infecting a beautiful thing more than anything else. You can have a wedding in someone’s backyard officiated by someone who paid $25 online for a certificate, with a small number of close friends and a potluck BBQ afterwards, and it would be just as valid and meaningful as someone who spent 100k. It’s the intent, ritual, and meaning participating parties place on it that’s important.
- Comment on Anon is a senior citizen 2 months ago:
look at my age
look at my lifeWell fuck.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #11 2 months ago:
Not much of a gamer these days, but I love this format and what you are doing here. Keep it up!
- Comment on Thank you Gary ❤️ 3 months ago:
Well, the aroma is most pleasing. Who wouldn’t be curious to taste it?
- Comment on unleash your humanities 3 months ago:
Just gonna chime in to say this was a pleasant exchange to read.
- Comment on Do most people still use computers, or do people only use a smartphone as their main/only device? 4 months ago:
Lol, was waiting for this comment. DeX gang rise up.
(It is OKish)