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Edit: I haven't added entries to this page for a long time, but I think it's worth keeping stickied, just as an introduction.
Any blog should start off by introducing its subject, but in theory, Utilitarianism is quite simple. It’s a theory of ethics under which you should take whatever actions will lead to the greatest happiness for everyone involved. There are no other rules or restrictions–just make as many people as happy as you can make them.
So to make this more interesting, let’s go over some of the things Utilitarians DON’T have.( Read more... )
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“Humanities degrees prevent you from becoming a fascist” is classist against people who can’t afford humanities degrees.
Less pithily, it feels like an individual-level variant of the idea that “barbarian” societies commit atrocities and “cultured” societies don’t. That died an ugly death when a “cultured” country elected Hitler.
Less pithily, it feels like an individual-level variant of the idea that “barbarian” societies commit atrocities and “cultured” societies don’t. That died an ugly death when a “cultured” country elected Hitler.
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I dislike a lot of the writing decisions in Octopath Traveler 2, but my least favorite is this whole thing about how beastlings were born without the capacity for evil. The conflict between the sinless beastlings and the sinful humans reminds me of the worst sort of Christian fiction.
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I just saw a Happy Tree Friends fic that warned for less violence than canon, because that’s still a lot of violence.
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Setting aside anything about knowledge or research time, some of why I don’t have much worldbuilding about why my stories have purple dye or gay marriage or whatever the fuck is that I don’t have room. That stuff fits better in a thousand-page epic than in my short stories.
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On Tumblr specifically, a lot of dumb takes are like “this evil conspiracy wants to change society to make it less like my aesthetics. That’s bad because humans need my aesthetics to feel happy, and the people who don’t like my aesthetics aren’t really human.”
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I know LovePlus was already a thing, but somehow these new Tumblr ads for an “AI girlfriend” feel more depressing than what I’m used to.
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In another room, trying not to listen, as my relatives talk about how people they don’t like are “narcissists.” Ugh.
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The realization that Yamato from Devil Survivor 2 is a Care Bears villain. He literally wants to alter people’s minds so they stop caring about each other.
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Magia Record (and general Madoka Magica)
It's amazing how many different plots you can plausibly pull Kyoko into just by saying "they bribed her with food."
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I was thinking that Magia Record doesn't seem to have a sense of humor, and then it made a joke. Calling a character a cow because she has big boobs. Hilarious, if you're twelve years old.
(TBF, apparently the earlier jokes were wordplay that doesn't translate into English.)
(TBF, apparently the earlier jokes were wordplay that doesn't translate into English.)
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If you've ignored all my other Magia Record posts, I at least want you to see one of the game's ultimate moves. This game's art style for ultimates is, shall we say, different from most gacha.
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Another near-stumble because I could only keep track of one leg at once. I don't think I'm "really" a lamia, whatever that means, but if you gave me the chance to slither instead of walk, I'd take it without hesitation.
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I have concluded that there’s no innate human soul that you’re missing because you’re annoying. You’re not “failing at being human” because you make AI art or write Harry Potter fanfic or whatever the fuck.
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If you know it might be wrong that you’re in love with Stacy’s mom, is that different from saying you don’t know if it’s wrong?
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Saw a post complaining that “TME people” make jokes about men in dresses. I don’t think trans men are responsible for those jokes.