This post makes a striking contrast to this one by yourself two days ago.
The vision of heaven is written in the first person, while the vision of hell is written in the second. Are you saying that your life is like the first, while everyone else’s is like the second?
Or… what? Is either of these an account of reality, of what someone would see if they followed you around all day?
The vision of heaven is individual, spoken by “I”. The vision of hell is all couched in terms of a general “you”. The sufferer is unable to contemplate the idea that this is their own, individual state, but insists that this must be the condition of all.
The vision of heaven looks outward at the world, a place to find and create joy in. The vision of hell is turned in on itself. The character is curled up in a ball with eyes tightly shut, screaming forever at a world they refuse to see.
The vision of heaven is hopeful. The vision of hell is hopeless, at the end denying that any other state is possible for anyone.
The vision of heaven stands at 37 karma, that of hell, 133. (But the former is two days younger. It will be interesting to see where it stands in the days to come.)
The vision of heaven stands at 37 karma, that of hell, 133. (But the former is two days younger. It will be interesting to see where it stands in the days to come.)
Two days later, the vision of heaven has actually gone down to 33, while hell is now at 165.
Apparently, people prefer five to one to be told they are powerless trash than that anything else is possible. I am reminded of Eric Raymond’s essay on good porn vs. bad porn, and why the latter sort is the overwhelming majority.
I am sad about this but not surprised. People in the rationalsphere lap up tales that they have no choice about anything, that they are scum floating on the surface of unconscious forces they are powerless to affect, that they do nothing, only observe what their body has done, that nothing is true, all is a lie, X is never about X, status has you, and you don’t exist.
I didn’t invent any of these memes, only turned up to 11 what runs in the bloodstream of the rationalsphere.
I suspect you’re way off the mark here. I downvoted this post because it felt like magical thinking. “Just break your phone addiction and your life will be exactly what you want” is not true. But that seems to be the entire message of this post… except possibly to smugly boast? (Not sure if this is the author’s real life.)
The tone is moralizing but not actionable or insightful. What is there to like about this heaven-posting?
This post makes a striking contrast to this one by yourself two days ago.
The vision of heaven is written in the first person, while the vision of hell is written in the second. Are you saying that your life is like the first, while everyone else’s is like the second?
Or… what? Is either of these an account of reality, of what someone would see if they followed you around all day?
A few more remarks about the contrast.
The vision of heaven is individual, spoken by “I”. The vision of hell is all couched in terms of a general “you”. The sufferer is unable to contemplate the idea that this is their own, individual state, but insists that this must be the condition of all.
The vision of heaven looks outward at the world, a place to find and create joy in. The vision of hell is turned in on itself. The character is curled up in a ball with eyes tightly shut, screaming forever at a world they refuse to see.
The vision of heaven is hopeful. The vision of hell is hopeless, at the end denying that any other state is possible for anyone.
The vision of heaven stands at 37 karma, that of hell, 133. (But the former is two days younger. It will be interesting to see where it stands in the days to come.)
Two days later, the vision of heaven has actually gone down to 33, while hell is now at 165.
Apparently, people prefer five to one to be told they are powerless trash than that anything else is possible. I am reminded of Eric Raymond’s essay on good porn vs. bad porn, and why the latter sort is the overwhelming majority.
I am sad about this but not surprised. People in the rationalsphere lap up tales that they have no choice about anything, that they are scum floating on the surface of unconscious forces they are powerless to affect, that they do nothing, only observe what their body has done, that nothing is true, all is a lie, X is never about X, status has you, and you don’t exist.
I didn’t invent any of these memes, only turned up to 11 what runs in the bloodstream of the rationalsphere.
I suspect you’re way off the mark here. I downvoted this post because it felt like magical thinking. “Just break your phone addiction and your life will be exactly what you want” is not true. But that seems to be the entire message of this post… except possibly to smugly boast? (Not sure if this is the author’s real life.)
The tone is moralizing but not actionable or insightful. What is there to like about this heaven-posting?
Inspiration. “Live this way, not the other way.” What is there to like about a beautiful picture? Is it the artist’s job to do more than create it?
What was your response to the hell posting? It too has nothing actionable, except the implicit “don’t live that way”.
Those are good points. I was expecting something different from this post but only based on my intuitions, not explicit framing.