Makaze

She keeps making the same mistakes and doesn't learn from them.

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Forum Games.

Surprised.

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What is the most enlightening piece of criticism you have been given? Cold weather is more my forte.

He knows. Suggested question: How do you handle with conflict?

Are those eroges?

He thinks, 'how long until the new member ignores me?'

Uh... No. I don't.

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Moralities are archaic constructs humans use as a shorthand in decision making. They are based in feelings and never hold up in every situation. Where do they come from...? I think... Most morals come about due to self-preservation. They are not completely arbitrary. I think humans develop convictions against murder, theft, assault and things like that because on some level, they think that if it happens to others, it can happen to them. The closer one is to the victim of these crimes, the more it upsets them. The more they can put themselves in the situation, the bigger their qualms. These types of morals exist regardless of culture because they affect one's sense of security. Our morals do not stop at what we feel, though. Our morals do not mean anything unless they are consistent throughout society. One is less likely to be killed, stolen from, and so on if everyone else has the same conviction that it is wrong. We try to spread our convictions and shame others for immorality to protect ourselves from a world where evil, threatening immorality exists. Applying that to differing morals on killing humans and/or other animals, humans have more qualms with killing monkeys than cows because monkeys remind humans of themselves. Similarly, stabbing a humanoid doll is more upsetting to watch than stabbing other shapes. Morality's empathy-based nature means we do not care about whether we are actually being hurt by these things; all that matters is that we feel threatened by the idea. Pretty much every one can be linked to self-preservation. Qualms against other ethnicities and sexualities come about because people feel threatened by things they do not understand/have trouble navigating. When one's parents or other outside forces suggest morals to them, one becomes inclined to adopt those morals in order to please those around them, which again comes out as self-preservation: children who develop different morals from their parents will miss out on the advantages they would have if they agreed with them, or may even face direct hostility for the differing views. This is no less true for people who are raised in religion. One of my friends said something once that stuck with me. They said that conviction, or morality, precedes religion. That means that people do not start with a belief and grow convicted in it later. They develop parallel convictions, but only with teachings that strengthen feelings they already have. One end result is that people who subscribe to the same source for their morals often end up with different morals. For example: Many religious people cherry pick anti-gay sentiments from their texts, but ignore or even deprecate sentiments in adjacent sections. In summary, morals are personal convictions that ultimately come from the self. They can come about from innate preference or personal reactions to the environment.

What is your favourite profession and why? I would do whatever was easiest. Blood bending is very difficult. If I so much as stopped the flow of their blood, they would pass out in seconds. Probably what I would do, actually.

Yes.

Adding onto that: Nature is cruel, but I don't think you could call it personal.

I decided I would take Chiki along for the ride a bit since he took the bait.

Thank you, IPC, for dragging me into Serious Discussion.

That was the same person? Awe.

It started as a party game. Pass out cards for roles. That's my preferred method.

I get asked that question a lot here. Least? Sniper, easy.

Read the thread. Yours?

Is that calculated randomly or does it round itself to the nearest integer?

I am not a horrible person.

Is Heavy projecting, or what?

Se~no!