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@Vader
Autism is not a disease. It is a super power. So mad I don't have it
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@Barney
Skimming a bit through those weird distractions, I found this on topic post quite odd: Her reason to VTL me seems to be that she thinks Supa is scum. This was at a time when Supa and myself had an equal number of votes.
I don't believe that ever happened.
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I am playing survivor on discord and didn't want people to know I was singularity. I changed my name but forgot to leave the server first . Oh well cover blown. Nobody can just notice private things and keep it respectfully zipped up
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@Vader
Only luke was supposed to know lol. Dumb move on my part
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@Vader
Why did you call me a he? I saw you did the same to that1user also
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I can hammer myself if it comes dow. To me or a no lynch
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@Vader
I was looking to keep my connection to that account secret. Whatever bro
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@Zaradi
A possible explanation for an NK not happening. That event alone adds 1% to likely town sceneries for him.
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@Zaradi
I think it should give mild temporary town cred
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We should assume supa, go and water are in the town pile for now. I am need to reread dp1 but I am willing to vote anybody not in my town pile so
VTL RAGNAR
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@WaterPhoenix
It would have been better to recruit me. Why lynch GP
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@Zaradi
Short of any other late results coming out, we lynch GP today as a utility lynch. Lynching GP tells us one of two things: either a) wp is the mason and can keep recruiting town and we win, or b) gp flips scum and we insta lynch wp the next day.
Thoughts?
I like the plan
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How long ago did this start. Just noticed and it is like 10 pages long
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@thett3
Do you mind being in charge of the election process, if the mods do not step up to volunteer for that role?
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If I became president, I would actually not accept what Virtuoso said. I would muscle my way into some authority, just to ensure we have some democratic means of checks and balances on the power of this site. Otherwise we will have the online version of Nazi Germany
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If I became president, I would actually not accept what Virtuoso said. I would muscle my way into some authority, just to ensure we have some democratic means of checks and balances on the power of this site. Otherwise we will have the online version of Nazi Germany
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
A simple google search would not prove how my personality was formed LOL
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@zedvictor4
Do you think that your proclaimed expertism and consequent wantonness, are more a result of something oppressive and slightly more sinister in your life rather than of something modernly liberal?
That is my personality. I don't blame oppression or liberalis.. I blame my parents
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@bmdrocks21
What is your opinion of turtles and Richard Nixon?
Turtles are awesome. Love how they keep the foot clan in check. I actually love Richard Nixon. He was very anti establishment. It is just that when you are anti establishment and you use the same tricks they do (and the game is rigged so you have to to win(, than you will face consequences they don't.
I really think the Trump is like Nixon in that he is anti establishment and the people who rugged the game are coming after him, even to the point of twisting things he said or making up lies. Like the fictional dossier on him.
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
I was just talking about sex, like some women don't have orgasms, one or multiple, stuff like that.
We all have orgasms, some girl just told you she didn't to make you feel better for not giving her one.
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@Lunatic
I will answer anything that does not have potential to dox me
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@Lunatic
I have studied being good at sex. Attending and giving blowjob classes for example. Learning and implementing kegel exercises, being able to tie a cherry stem in a knot with just my teeth etc
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@TheDredPriateRoberts
Just because A girl is a spitter, it doesn't mean she doesn't love you.
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I don't know that risks play a factor in how your body senses pleasure
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@Alec
If you two are adults it is none of their business. If she is a minor, you should respect their wishes
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@Discipulus_Didicit
Singularity
Rid the world of aging by turning transhumanism into a movement as popular as pro life
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Paris
I usually play with it before I swallow, and I take my time
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@Swagnarok
Because you are not I insulting them to their face. If you tell us exactly how much you hate us, it is kinda a turn on
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@Mopac
I think every person on the planet believes reality exists, except for solipsists LOL
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@SirAnonymous
1. There are a lot of religions in the world. How is it reasonable to come to the conclusion that, based off of one scientific study, all of them are coping mechanisms?
The theory was proposed and then tested. That is how science works. I guess you could could come up with a way to test whether there are some which are outliers, and then test it, but I am unaware of any such science experiment, and there is no reason to assume there is outliers. This proves that moralizing religions are a cope. As far as non moralizing ones, they probably have some sort of a concept of an afterlife, which would not even be included in the religion if it weren't for a fear of death and denial of it.
2. Wouldn't it be possible that some of them are coping mechanisms and others aren't?
Yes, it is also possible bigfoot exists.
3. Wouldn't it make just as much sense to say that the religions founded in harsher environments are coping mechanisms, but others might not be?
Sure, but we see anxiety is a reaction to harsh environments, so I would think that even religions in non harsh environments would probably have people who have a lot of existential or personal anxiety at odds with an otherwise easy society, will still more likely find god.
4. Wouldn't it be possible for one religion to be true and for the others to be coping mechanisms?
I guess, anything is possible.
5. Suppose that it was objectively and indisputably proven that every religion that has ever existed is a coping mechanism. Isn't it possible for something to be both true and a coping mechanism?
ofcourse. This is what disturbs me about the christians attacking this theory. They are ignoring the premises and just attacking the conclusions. These people are clearly using it as a coping mechanism, otherwise they would be able to point out that just because it is a reliable coping mechanism, it wouldn't necessarily make it untrue.
6. There are seven billion people in the world. Most of them follow a religion. Isn't it unreasonable to suppose that all of them have the same motivations for being religions? To clarify, wouldn't it be possible for some people to use a religion as a coping mechanism, but other people could be religious for different reasons?
Unlikely, though consciously they may rationalize a wide variety of reasons, Freud has shown us that human motivations when we remove people's rationalizations, is actually pretty narrow. We are motivated by a very tiny amount of things, which amount to sex and survival to sum it up.
7. Suppose every single religion is a coping mechanism and every single religious person uses it as such. What does that prove? What actual consequences would that have?
If they come to understand such a thing, than they can rationally think about what would serve them better. An acceptance of death would have them adopting a more stoic or hedonistic approach to life. Either way they would be happier over all. If they refuse to just lay down and die, than humanity will be served because instead of coping with an inevitable death, they will be fighting it and possibly helping cure things like aging, which kills millions every year. I would rather these people fight death or accept death rather than just stick their head in the sand and pretend an afterlife exists.
8. Aren't painkillers, therapy, music, many or all leisure activities, and any number of things also coping mechanisms?
Not all coping mechanisms are bad. In the sense that I use cope with religion, I mean it to be a stand in for the phrase "Sticking your head in the sand".
9. Suppose there is a true religion. Wouldn't it be reasonable to expect that it would reduce stress, so one would expect a true religion to act as a coping mechanism?
If people want to use it to reduce stress fine, but denial of death is harmful to themselves and society.
10. Doesn't everyone use coping mechanisms?
I'm just failing to see the point of proving that religion is a coping mechanism, and failing to see how this study can be generalized to all, or even most, religions and religious people. Even if it's true that religion is a cope, I don't see how that in any way invalidates it.
This would clearly apply to most religions. If the minority of religions are a cope than we would see no correlation on the chart.
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@Mopac
If you made peace with reality than why are you pretending God exists to cope with the anxiety that once you die, you stop existing
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@Vader
1 like= 1 prayer for Disc to be the best letter D forum poster
I am always looking for a good D, so when he is number one I will hit him up
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@Vader
Now do names that start with numbers and symbols please
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@Barney
Being on a date is no excuse to not frequently check your phone
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@Vader
Post 276. I am happy you are leaning town on me. But disappointed you are leaning scum on me
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@EtrnlVw
There is no evidence atheism is a coping mechanism, however you would be correct that even atheistic belief systems come from being a product of your environment
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@EtrnlVw
The article references a scientific peer reviewed study
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@EtrnlVw
It is unconscious reasoning and your conscious reasoning is just a rationalization of that unconscious reasoning. Studies show we often make decisions unconsciously and then in retrospect apply rationalization to them. It is likely so we can feel like our conscious mind is the actual decision maker, but it isn't.
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@WaterPhoenix
Post 4 drafter says there is no theme distinguishing town from scum
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The other day I made a post detailing why religion was a cope. Many people challenged me on this common sense conclusion. Which is fair. Sometimes our common sense can be proven wrong.
While working on my upcoming blog donteverdie.com I came across a scientific study that set out to find out if religion is a cope. The study determined that areas of the world where there was harsher conditions due to the actual environment or the political environment, had religions that were more moralistic and areas with an easy life were either atheistic or at least had non moralizing Gods.
The theory is that religion seems to help people cope with high anxiety. If societies with higher levels of anxiety provoking conditions are more likely to develop moralizing Gods, I think it might be safe to say those who are more at risk of anxiety even in western countries would be drawn to these religions as well. Even if the anxiety is of a more existential nature.
There we have it. Proof religion is a cope
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