OzymandiAsh
aNoMaLy
- Nov 6, 2025
- 468
There seems to be a major and significant discrepancy in this world between the things that feel good in it and yet are not actually good.
Examples:
* Sugar and fats; satisfying but bad for health.
* Sex, masturbation, and porn; pleasurable, but complicated. Sex can lead to reproduction and therefore increased suffering (and perpetuation of karma and reincarnation, in my spiritual view).
* Violence, which is ubiquitous throughout history for a reason; it can feel very good sometimes even when it isn't. For example, there was a disgusting housemate I lived with who kept provoking me. I mostly managed to control myself until I could get out, but holy fuck I cannot stop fantasising about beating the shit out of that weasel, and how good it would have felt if I had lost control. I actually regret that I didn't but I was worried if that I did lose control I wouldn't know where to stop and could have killed him, but knowing what I do now (for example if I knocked him unconscious he would most likely regain consciousness quickly, and I wouldn't need to panic), I wish I had taught that fucker a lesson, even if I had to go to prison for it for a couple years.
* Addictions to things like TV, games, or drugs.
* etc.
... Why? In my opinion, that can't be accidental. The contradiction seems to be built into the design of the world and the human experience.
Examples:
* Sugar and fats; satisfying but bad for health.
* Sex, masturbation, and porn; pleasurable, but complicated. Sex can lead to reproduction and therefore increased suffering (and perpetuation of karma and reincarnation, in my spiritual view).
* Violence, which is ubiquitous throughout history for a reason; it can feel very good sometimes even when it isn't. For example, there was a disgusting housemate I lived with who kept provoking me. I mostly managed to control myself until I could get out, but holy fuck I cannot stop fantasising about beating the shit out of that weasel, and how good it would have felt if I had lost control. I actually regret that I didn't but I was worried if that I did lose control I wouldn't know where to stop and could have killed him, but knowing what I do now (for example if I knocked him unconscious he would most likely regain consciousness quickly, and I wouldn't need to panic), I wish I had taught that fucker a lesson, even if I had to go to prison for it for a couple years.
* Addictions to things like TV, games, or drugs.
* etc.
... Why? In my opinion, that can't be accidental. The contradiction seems to be built into the design of the world and the human experience.
