skells @skells@qoto.org
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@skells If anything, concealed being more permissible than open carry makes sense given the sensibilities of the nation overall.
@7 that's a very revealing statment
@7 wow, open carry illegal in florida but concealed carry legal
would have guessed that concealed would be seen as the "dangerous" one
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@skells @harblinger Yeah, then again there is another saying that goes like don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. But I would also add, don't let the good enough make you complacent. Don't convince yourself that you have to stay where you are for the rest of your life in situations because you can't do better. A lot of things are in transition, including your current state.
I'd also add common sense to that, something often missing now. As if it is offensive to have and use.
I'd also add common sense to that, something often missing now. As if it is offensive to have and use.
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@sim @harblinger I really think the definition of virtue and vices are problematic, however the idea of going against your preferences is solid advice.
Reducing your exposure to pleasure, austerity, and increasing your exposure to pain, courage, are universal virtues when not pushed to extremes (or if you push it to extremes only do it for short spell)
at the end of the day, there's no replacement for self-awareness and good instincts, even if they have to be developed by experience (i.e. trial and error)
@sim @harblinger I tried reducing my time down to short spells but then you get into a conversation....
@vriska @cell @harblinger @sim this is my point really, it's very difficult at the time to really judge what is virtue and vice once you get outside the library, barring the really egregious shit
@sim @harblinger shitposting on fedi is almost certainly a vice
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George Orwell’s Animal Crossing
@sim @harblinger is it a virtue to go out drinking with friends?
or is it a vice?
@sim particularly as "full potential" involves not only value judgements but also projections into the future - and received wisdom and morality are almost always behind the times
@sim If you define a vice as something that stops an individual reaching their full potential (difficult to define I agree) and a virtue as something that helps them towards it then yes, vices should be reduced where possible and virtue increased.
my point is epistemic; such a definition of virtue and vice is nice as far as it goes but almost impossible to clearly state in an individual case, let alone in general.
@sim i've given a few examples above; psychedelics and alcohol use might be an example, pre-marital sex another
for some, these are not appealing and morally wrong, for others it forms a healthy part of their life
what's an example of a vice for you
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> *fully* legal
life in the UK is a little more complex than it first appears
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> Suddenly, you are justifying vices as means.
nuance is not watering down the discussion, but dogma can end it
Joined Feb 2021
