by Fartsniffage » Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:21 pm
by Blakullar » Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:32 pm
by Saiwania » Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:38 pm
by Fartsniffage » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:07 pm
Saiwania wrote:Endure the pain, all you need is enough willpower. It'd be weaker to give up and choose addiction. Besides, pain is only temporary. I'm sure there are moments where you aren't hurting.
by Hanafuridake » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:11 pm
Blakullar wrote:This is probably the "me having never experienced this kind of situation in real life" doing the talking, but I'd take the pain on the basis that you'd eventually get desensitised to it. Being dumbed down, however, is basically my idea of hell.
Suriyanakhon's alt, finally found my old account's password李贽 wrote:There is nothing difficult about becoming a sage, and nothing false about transcending the world of appearances.
by Chan Island » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:14 pm
Conserative Morality wrote:"It's not time yet" is a tactic used by reactionaries in every era. "It's not time for democracy, it's not time for capitalism, it's not time for emancipation." Of course it's not time. It's never time, not on its own. You make it time. If you're under fire in the no-man's land of WW1, you start digging a foxhole even if the ideal time would be when you *aren't* being bombarded, because once you wait for it to be 'time', other situations will need your attention, assuming you survive that long. If the fields aren't furrowed, plow them. If the iron is not hot, make it so. If society is not ready, change it.
by Rojava Free State » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:18 pm
Rojava Free State wrote:Listen yall. I'm only gonna say it once but I want you to remember it. This ain't a world fit for good men. It seems like you gotta be monstrous just to make it. Gotta have a little bit of darkness within you just to survive. You gotta stoop low everyday it seems like. Stoop all the way down to the devil in these times. And then one day you look in the mirror and you realize that you ain't you anymore. You're just another monster, and thanks to your actions, someone else will eventually become as warped and twisted as you. Never forget that the best of us are just the best of a bad lot. Being at the top of a pile of feces doesn't make you anything but shit like the rest. Never forget that.
by Free Arabian Nation » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:20 pm
by Fartsniffage » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:21 pm
Free Arabian Nation wrote:What if stupidity is the ultimate pain to someone?
by Free Arabian Nation » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:22 pm
by Chan Island » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:26 pm
Conserative Morality wrote:"It's not time yet" is a tactic used by reactionaries in every era. "It's not time for democracy, it's not time for capitalism, it's not time for emancipation." Of course it's not time. It's never time, not on its own. You make it time. If you're under fire in the no-man's land of WW1, you start digging a foxhole even if the ideal time would be when you *aren't* being bombarded, because once you wait for it to be 'time', other situations will need your attention, assuming you survive that long. If the fields aren't furrowed, plow them. If the iron is not hot, make it so. If society is not ready, change it.
by Fartsniffage » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:28 pm
Chan Island wrote:Fartsniffage wrote:
That's the question. What do you pick?
At the end of the day, that's up to you to decide. I imagine the pain you receive is in some way comparable to my unhealed injury, but honestly they are probably not comparable. And honestly, if I was given the choice of some bizarro medicine that made it go away at the expense of the mind for a day, I can't say I'd always leave it lying there, so can't blame your choice either way.
Most of the people here won't have anywhere near your experience and won't understand.
by Free Arabian Nation » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:29 pm
Fartsniffage wrote:Chan Island wrote:
At the end of the day, that's up to you to decide. I imagine the pain you receive is in some way comparable to my unhealed injury, but honestly they are probably not comparable. And honestly, if I was given the choice of some bizarro medicine that made it go away at the expense of the mind for a day, I can't say I'd always leave it lying there, so can't blame your choice either way.
Most of the people here won't have anywhere near your experience and won't understand.
It's a thought experiment for them.
by Pacomia » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:31 pm
by Chan Island » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:31 pm
Conserative Morality wrote:"It's not time yet" is a tactic used by reactionaries in every era. "It's not time for democracy, it's not time for capitalism, it's not time for emancipation." Of course it's not time. It's never time, not on its own. You make it time. If you're under fire in the no-man's land of WW1, you start digging a foxhole even if the ideal time would be when you *aren't* being bombarded, because once you wait for it to be 'time', other situations will need your attention, assuming you survive that long. If the fields aren't furrowed, plow them. If the iron is not hot, make it so. If society is not ready, change it.
by Fartsniffage » Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:35 pm
by Ethel mermania » Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:01 pm
by Fartsniffage » Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:09 pm
Ethel mermania wrote:I dont know your particular issue, I had back problems that I had to take vicodin every day for about 3 years. I had to take a lot to really make the pain stop, I only took enough to make the pain managable.
That said end of the day I dont want to hurt all the time, if the condition required it. I would take enough to be out of pain no matter how drugged it made me
by The New California Republic » Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:13 pm
Fartsniffage wrote:For the past 2 years I've basically had a choice to make every day. Do I suffer debilitating pain or take enough opiates that my mental functions were far degraded? I imagine there are lots of people out there in my condition. I've recently had a procedure that means I no longer need to make that choice but the effect will last only a maximum of 6 months, probably for less. I can have the procedure every 6 months if I want it, and I really will.
In general I chose the pain over being dumber. What do you think you would do and why?
by Ethel mermania » Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:19 pm
Fartsniffage wrote:Ethel mermania wrote:I dont know your particular issue, I had back problems that I had to take vicodin every day for about 3 years. I had to take a lot to really make the pain stop, I only took enough to make the pain managable.
That said end of the day I dont want to hurt all the time, if the condition required it. I would take enough to be out of pain no matter how drugged it made me
Imagine a pain with every step you took, And if you walked, say, a mile, you had to spend the next day in bed to be able to do a new day.
by Gormwood » Mon Jul 22, 2019 4:24 pm
Free Arabian Nation wrote:What if stupidity is the ultimate pain to someone?
by Trollzyn the Infinite » Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:30 pm
by The Black Forrest » Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:53 pm
by Thermodolia » Mon Jul 22, 2019 6:59 pm
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