#Philosophical question lol

[arcticjilliandreams]

(Me sleeping without melatonin): My dogs: ha you thought you can get away sleeping uninterrupted

Yesterday the parentals and I were talking about my cousin who is already orphaned. She only has her half brother but he lives with his wife and son somewhere else. Her older sister died as a kid due to dengue, I think we were closer in age if she was alive today. (Ayaw ko na mag english sa part na to kasi mas magandang version kung tagalog lol) Yung isa sinabi buti walang inferiority complex, sumagot naman ako (without pausing to think I might add) kung wala naman natanggap na trauma. They didn't say a peep.

I don't want to brag and say because I was right kaya hindi sila nakasagot, pero paano nga naman magkaka trauma kung maaga nawala? Most of my uncle's life was spent somewhere else when she was in college. She was very young to even have bad memories from her sister. My aunt was a very caring person (and great cook too I might add, her baked mac was to die for!)

EDIT: I don't know about the half brother because I have no idea how he is like.

So I don't know if I have the right to claim that my answer was correct.

#geeleeyan #lifeupdate #Philosophical question lol

[juneviews]

DAMNNN, they kinda popped off on step by step! would be a fair point to make if it wasn't itself a bl show profiting off lgbtq+ relationships but oh well 🤭

#axelle rants #step by step #step by step the series #like ngl I can never take shows that do this seriously lol bc how are you gonna call yourself out like that #to be fair step by step is a lot less exploitative than other bl shows so far but still #and to be fair it IS very much in line with pat as an actual queer character to say that so it makes sense why this sentence was said #I do really like the show though & this is making me think: is there a way to make bl shows non exploitative? #I guess not pushing the pairing in events & such but it's so embedded in thai culture atp idk if that's possible #ANYWAYS we're raising philosophical questions here lol #but anyways what do y'all think of step by step? I'm super enjoying the long episodes & the characters I'm very much into it #also LOVE how they're taking their time to set up the ship slowly even though most bl shows rush to hook fans in as early as possible #but also khun jeng asking pat to share his bed ON A WORK TRIP AS BOSS EMPLOYEE IS FUCKING INSANE #all of these boss employees shows are making me think: is there no hr in thailand? bc phi gun & khun jeng would've have been fired - #- a long time ago almost everywhere else LMAO

[selkiecoded]

to meee :3 akechi and sumire arent exactly friends throughout january, (they only get really close several years later) but as a side effect of neither having anything better to do and the two constantly haunting kichijoji i think they inevitably fall together more often than not. ren takes sumire out for darts and shes weirdly better than she was last time (sidebar but the fact that sumire and akechi both mimic your throws but sumire sucks shit at darts too much for it to do any good is so cute) and shes like oh yeah akechi-san has been teaching me. oh wow i got a forty! unaware of the way she just blew rens mind.

#the clock chimes at midnight #its not all about you ren!!!!! #sidebar to the sidebar. of course sumire imitates your dart throws. of course. #again theyre too busy fighting for their respective lives in the time loop to actually become friends in january #but i do think in the years before meeting again they think of the time with fond bittersweetness of what couldve been. #theyre not really going out together but more mutually keeping each other company lol. its generally a pretty quiet affair. #sumire doesnt really ask him for advice as she puts herself back together (he tends to get acerbic if she tries) #but he can be a pretty decent sounding board for either really simple (red or blue glasses) #or really philosophical (do you think my time as kasumi irrevocably changed who i am and if so am i still sumire) questions. #he does not tell her anything concrete about why the other thieves are so tense with him and she doesnt ask outright #but she able to glean a bit more about him through these discussions. and sadly for both of them they both actually sort of like each other #they get food. play darts. practice mementos on their own a few times (THEY GET A SHOWTIME STOP LYING TO ME!!). #and i sort of think akechi smokes either hes always done it or very recently picked it up now that he no longer needs to be personable #and sumires like well. im going to remain myself but i still want to do smth self-destructive. smoke me up man. #(also all her clothes smell like kasumi and its freaking her out. she doesnt mind smelling bad if itll distinguish her.) #idk. akesumi smiles gently.

[vroomian]

I wonder how Masa wold go about explaining his understanding of how things work to someone wold he explain

oh he wouldn't! masa never feels the need to explain himself :) either you know or you don't. if you know masa doesn't need to explain, if you don't you won't understand anyway. like masa's attitude can be described as benevolent nihilism but it's not exactly that. masa takes a lot of joy in being alive -- he just also enjoys the fleeting nature of the world, and the futility of watching people struggle against an inevitable end.

basically: masa is here for a good time, not a long time!

(this is why masa and posion ivy would get along well i think. she's all about the natural world and the way masa thinks is as animal as it gets while still being bipedal. they both understand that they are not different from animals or plants. they are both in the world and of it.)

#masa's like a big predator cat if it decided to become a hedonist philosopher lol #you've got questions we've got answers #bbp #bbp au #baby blue au #masa is content to understand himself. masa is sufficient to masa.

[sharonisthebettercarter]

honestly, this is my favorite pic of show stillwell

not because she's dead, but because i love skulls and this almost makes it look like hers was sparkling internally, like an open geode~<3

#yeah... #i'm fucked up and a bit of a freak #but this image is a vibe y'know? #maybe you don't... #lmao #madelyn stillwell #i love morbid things and death goddesses #so if *this* had been her main sported look... #i probably woulda been a stan #LOL my bias is showing #always easier to forgive inhumanity from actually inhuman things #leik they're literally not human #so the same rules wouldn't exactly be fair to apply #i feel the same about people not exposed or aware of moral questions and philosophical prose #context matters #food for thought #geode skull #fic ideas #the boys #death goddess stillwell is a vibe i could get behind that should be explored #i'm also a ghoulfucker so

[mainfaggot]

existence is so inherently selfish isn't it...?

#sometimes it feels like a sin to have been born at all. if that makes any sense. -> catholics start cheering and clapping #anyway no . that applies to my personal baggage specifically not to all of humanity. don't worry i am not that insane #but in regard to the selfish thing #i read this quote or excerpt of a philosophical text #that was like: “selfish isn't a negative thing necessarily because nothing can exist without the self” or something. basically that #there are many selves many people and therefore communities #so being selfish is necessary in some capacity #essentially that there needs to be balance between individualist and collectivist values in order to exist peacefully and flourish #i think it's just so confusing to navigate that. where is the fucking line. where is the balance. how do you achieve it? #how do you absolve yourself of the guilt? #if you're doing something for you how do you feel like you aren't evil? #if it's somewhat at the cost of others but it feels necessary. how do you know you're not at fault? #and how do you not feel guilty for coexisting and accepting love and care? how do you not feel like you're taking more than you can return? #how do you feel deserving? #sorry im just. i have a lot of questions and a lot of internal agony lol #z.post

[elliewiltarwyn]

23. Are there any side quest storylines that you're particularly fond of or think of as being canon to your WoL's experiences?

and 17 for the other! Their ambitions!

well for 23 i went off on another ask about the Eden storyline, so uh, there's that xD Aside from that, I think Ellie is fully, 100% invested in Hildibrand shenanigans. She was utterly confused and exhausted the first time, but very quickly realized she just needed to roll with it or she wouldn't otherwise survive. She enjoys the aftermath when she gets to recount the zaniness to her friends in the Scions and none of them believe her for a moment.

A little more seriously; going with F'lhaminn to recover and bury Minfilia's cats-eye after Shadowbringers, to say her final goodbyes. Having been in love with her, it's brutally painful and sad for Ellie, but it helps her close the book on a very important person to her.

Speaking of closure: Our Closure, the level 80 DRK quest. Also vastly important, in terms of reconciling her darkness and accepting Esteem wholly for who she is...as Ellie Wiltarwyn in and of herself.

As for ambitions... Ellie used to want to attend the Studium to learn what goes into making an ideal society- a utopia. After she's denied that opportunity, she doesn't really know how to work towards that anymore and aimlessly drifts for a while. When she's saved by Raya-O, the Padjali girl tells her just to pay her kindness forward...so that's what Ellie does, forever looking for the ways in every situation in which she can pay forward to someone the kindness she was shown at the nadir of her life. It's not nearly as grand a vision as it used to be, but she hopes that philosophy can be enough to change the world one little step at a time. And it ends up changing the whole world a lot, so, you know. :V

For Ellie, that eventually manifests into a desire to seek more adventure, more ways to pay it forward. For Mia, though... she's just tired. She just wants to rest, in a safe place she can call her own, next to the people she loves. As a co-Warrior of Light, she ends up becoming one of the strongest people in the world, and would gladly give that all up to be able to just live peacefully at whatever home she can find.

Lily feels like the world isn't worth saving if there isn't someone or something she can love in it. Fortunately, even when she doesn't actively have someone to love, she is always convinced that someone exists, and she just hasn't found them yet...and she also believes that that holds true for everyone in some way, that everyone is living for love of something. She would never admit it out loud because she thinks it sounds childish, but that's her big ambition: find love. has she tried looking right next to her? whooo knooowwws

#There are probably other sidequests that are good and would be canon #I was especially trying to think of some of the ones that aren't marked blue but couldn't come up with any 😭 #but those are definitely the big ones! #and that ambition question got oddly philosophical for them; i hope those are satisfactory answers lol #ffxiv #ffxiv wol #wol questions #ask games #thanks for the ask!!

[nebulouscoffee]

Thinking about Her... (my Dax fic I haven't updated since last July which I really need to bring back from the war)

#I have about 30k more words written!! but later last year I just came down with a terminal case of The Shies that never really went away #another thing is part of me only wants to post ch3 after I'm completely finished with ch5 (the ending) #but also I low key think I've written myself into a metaphysical corner lmao it's ezri's zhian'tara and JADZIA IS HOSTING JADZIA AND #WHATEVER I WRITE ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO DO THAT JUSTICE IT'S TOO PSYCHOLOGICALLY COMPLEX FOR MY DUMB ASS TO RECKON WITH!! #(<- that's the excuse I keep telling myself but really it's just The Shies lol) #honestly it's really funny I'll be like ''well the central questions are 'what exactly constitutes a soul' and 'who are we when we #cannot be the sum of our memories' and 'are two people who share the same memories as distinct as any two people or nah' #and I just feel like I haven't come up with satisfying enough answers by the end yknow!'' *bonks myself on the head* #GIRL WHAT??? philosophers have been asking these questions since the dawn of time and still haven't arrived at satisfying answers; how or #when or WHY exactly do you hope to do so in your star trek fanfiction??? lmao?? #my fics

[butcherb1rd]

i love my dad. he rescues turtles from busy streets and gets sad when he drives past roadkill. he took me birding for the first time on my birthday. he refills the birdfeeders every week. look at these cool pictures he took in our backyard

#yes sometimes I question his philosophical and religious beliefs #but other than that he’s such a wonderful dad who has always treated me well #and he loves nature just as much as I do :) #personal #father's day #sort of lol #🌿 my photography #also technically not mine but it helps to sort #northern flicker #mourning dove #rose-breasted grosbeak #the first flicker is a female and the last pic is a male

[goldensunset]

i would like to thank my professor for giving us an extensive list of potential topic ideas for this paper that otherwise has an incredibly vague and broad prompt with little elaboration bc i know so many teachers/professors who would just give us that vague prompt and nothing else to go off of

#this is an ethics class btw and the BASIC prompt is ‘what is ethical?’ which uh. #is pretty obviously not something you can just smash out a 4-6 page paper on in a handful of days lol #that’s a Pretty Big Question #but she’s also like yeah obviously you won’t be able to answer this question directly so just like. #pick one of the philosophers we’ve discussed in class and argue for or against one of their ideas; basically #still pretty broad but at least she’s listed examples of stuff we could potentially talk about #peach rambles

[munamania]

no like it’s insane that they made a tv show worth millions and millions of dollars (idk probably) that’s literally just a blind date. they sold that shit and slapped a pretty name on it oo love is blind and Wow it’s so goofy and serious like what little genius said yeah let’s profit. i like your mind silly man

#abby talks #they said but could you fall in love with someone you’ve never seen!!?! asking philosophical questions about life and connection or whatever #but we have to be boring and take it at face value #girl. they literally just said blind date except marriage style. lol. and we’re gonna pay these people to go on vacation. like that’s crazy

[cloudsourcing]

there are so many unanswered questions I have regarding my religious studies but one that keeps popping up is regarding Judas…Did Jesus (and God??) know that Judas was going to betray him? And if so, does that mean his fate was to betray him? AND if that’s true, then doesn’t that say more about God? It makes me feel sympathetic towards Judas but I know that’s probably a very simplistic line of questioning since I don’t know the story…also these questions aren’t rhetorical, I’m genuinely curious about this

#lol Bible Study teachers hate HER #and I hate that these questions always spiral into larger philosophical questions because I don’t want it to be that deep

[wachi-delectrico]

How can we reconcile the idea that sexuality and sexual orientation do not correspond to a specific set of behaviours and actions and that sexuality and sexual orientation aren't just about sex with the fact people will insist a straight man having sex with another man makes him gay

#rambling #By ''straight man'' i mean a man who calls himself straight of course. Who fully believes himself to be straight #in the same way i believe myself to be gay and you (reader) believe yourself to be whatever gender or sexuality #I feel it's not the best way to formulate this question lol #But in my many Gay Community Incursions (tm) I've looked to the sector of straight men who have sex with guys in fascination #Some take on very Platonic ideas (as in the philosopher not like friendship love lol) of sexuality #Where them getting a bj from a guy is a testament to their masculinity or something #There's also the married men who love their wives but cheat on them with men with the explanation that #Sex with men is free and carnal and raunchy but has no other motivations behind it #while sex with their wives is intimate and personal; soft and loving - sex with men to them (in my interpretation) is #more about getting off and doing whatever while sex with women needs a degree of delicacy and dedication to it #Of course we could say that no matter what they say they are at the very least bisexual - but i do not like this approach #I think it implies exactly what i say in the post: that specific actions and behaviour are linked to specific sexualities as if there's a #an axiomatic or bioessentialist component to human sexuality #My only conclusion to this is we should work on unlinking behaviours and sexuality as it's something we're carrying from heteronormativity #And we have to accept that ''labels are just names not boxes'' also has to accommodate for this or else we're just strengthening the boxes #Maybe a weird post to make but i haven't stopped trying to figure this out since i found those specific sectors in #the gay community & read their convos and stories and such

[its-tortle]

Favorite blanket? Why does nature trust humans with their forever teeth at seven years old? If you could play any instrument what would it be?

hi julie!! <3

i have a big fluffy purple one that i love but i'm going to have to say my fav is the soft light blue blanket with lots of comic captain americas on it :(

nature also trusts us with only one set or organs and an earth of limited resources so i really dk what nature is on

i play the guitar but i would love to also play the piano 🎹

#had a whole philosophical conversation about nature and humans w my parents last night i dont want to go through it again lol #these are fun though thank you <3 #julie's questions about gott und die welt #tortle answers #mutuals (affectionate)

[just-a-speck]

*taking your interview*

So Mr. Chuckleberry Finn the nation wants to know

If you were a plant what would you be

(you said you wanted attention I am delivering talkshow host style)

oh, well, thats a very important question miss MJ!

i, personally, believe in the value of small and little things, the things that go unappreciated by most, and hence if given the chance i would like to become moss, laying down on the rocks under the shade of mighty trees, water flowing softly above me, carrying my spores far and wide, it would bring me immense joy and satisfaction.

#did i go too philosophical #lol #asky #haye garmi #thanks for the question

[monterraverde]

“What makes a human life and awareness unique in contrast to everything else? Is simply because enough of say it is and agree?”

(Gonna put some music on for this one)

There's a long pause as she reclines back in her chair, one hand coming to her chin in deep thought as the other folded over her stomach in a sort of loose self-hug.

"Humans have a funny way of applying the fantastical to reality, and steadily making that fantasy their reality. Like, take every advancement in technology in the last ten years. Our phones, for instance, came from someone just looking at a Rotom and wondering what would happen if they gave that pokemon a phone to inhabit. We evolved from base instincts of hunting and gathering like pokemon do, to forming basic trading and bartering systems, to forming society's through similar means.

Someone just asking 'What if there was a better way?' And then they did it.

Humans, more then Pokemon, have the spark of intuition required to make such progress occur, it doesn't make us BETTER then them in any way, mind you, in fact our lives have only been enriched by their presence. Way back when Pokemon were treated as no more then overpowered pets and guards, now you see them everywhere performing specialized jobs like nurses, disability aids, police and fire crews- by working together with them, we plot a course for a brighter future for both.

So, to boil it all down... its because we have the ability to ask 'What if?' and then act on it.

Nothing is truly impossible."

#futurefocused #This was such a philosophical question that I was 100% not expecting to wake up too lol #rikas inbox: lets chat!