shadowofchaos Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 A paradox, because it's description is a paradox itself; A wonderfully horrible place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vashiane Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Welcome to the wide, endless world of superior knowledge and mind-bogglingly stupidity, the place rife with contradictions and seems to be comprised of nothing but. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Devil Trigger Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Haters gonna hate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaze Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) Bansai kitten. Edited December 3, 2013 by Makaze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Alear Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Banzai kitten. Oh man that site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 We are a foundation built on both knowledge and the lack of knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK Motendra Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 You may or may not like it, but IDGAF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM ME MARIANNE ART Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Did I just hear an opinion?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comet Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 A place that sucks information out of one person's head and puts it into another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icon of Sin Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) not too different from monkeys flinging shit at each other evolution is going full circle with the internet Edited December 3, 2013 by Woodshooter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blyegg Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 '...*facepalm*' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacLovin Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 A splendorous place full of shocks and shizzles and silly things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peener weener Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Haters gonna hate. 10/10 [insert pseudo-intellectual wankery here] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interest Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 New question! A few days ago, I had an intriguing discussion about numerous things. One topic in particular was the necessity of currency in today's world. One thing led to another, and it inspired the following question: What do you consider a “necessary evil?” These are things that you perceive are necessary to the function of everyday life or whatever but also have a notable negative influence. As mentioned above, I consider money a necessary evil because it's not exactly easy to eliminate from society. While bartering is possible, the currency systems are so ingrained and accepted that it serves a major function in acquiring or selling goods. In addition to this, with the virtual aspect of the Internet taken into account, currency is more "important" than ever since it would be rather difficult to barter online services for online services (or some sort of equivalent, but I'm sure someone gets the idea of what I'm getting at). On the opposite side of things, money inspires any number of negative behaviors and activities that I don't feel I need to explain. I can imagine that someone is going to point out the juxtaposition of this question and the previous, so go ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Bane is necessary evil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Necessary evil is a copout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Al Qaeda. Lol jk those cunts all need to die asap but seriously uhm, this might take a while to think up. How about governments? Most of them are fucked up and "evil," but all are still necessary to some degree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayward Winds Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Heh, yep, money and politics are the big ones. As much as money causes problems and is 'the root of all evil' (fun fact - 95% of money in circulation at present is in fact 'debt money', ie imaginary figures called into existence by a bank whenever someone asks for a loan. It's more of a virtual currency than something with actual, proveable value.), it would be just a little bit inconvenient to go back to the old barter system with all the myriad variables for exchange rates to depend upon. As for politics, well, there's an old saying which I'm going to cannibalise: "With politics, nothing works right. Without politics, nothing plain works at all!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Necessary evil is a copout live your life righteously and to its fullest suffer no evil in your presence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esme Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I don't know about necessary evils, but I do know that I am necessarily adorable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renne Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I... don't really know, so I'll go with Interest's answer on money too. >_> I can't really say one thing is evil or not because I think that concept is subjective... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedoom Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 ...Friction. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau of Isaac Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Necessary evil is a copout It's a copout unless we accept that humans just aren't ready for some things. A libertarian utopia as imagined by so many ancaps, for example, will never happen as long as people remain as they are. In this sense it can be said that governments and regulatory bodies are a necessarily evil. Necessary evils are those things we accept as needed to maintain order and progression despite being a potentially negative force, all because of our limitations either physically or otherwise. And there are many of them in many fields, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 It's a copout unless we accept that humans just aren't ready for some things.It's still a copout. Saying something is "evil" but "necessary" is simply stating you're powerless to change something you dislike. Or worse, you're using it as an euphemism in order to lead people into believing you dislike something when you really don't. Of course, we can't do everything. So sometimes we just need to admit defeat in a way that doesn't feel like we're admitting defeat. live your life righteously and to its fullest suffer no evil in your presence what's evil anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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