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Re:Alain de Botton on existential maturity and what emotiona... by phs318u on Sunday July 10, 2022 @11:14PM (#32051790)
Maybe, maybe not. Are there victimless crimes? A lot of people may think insurance fraud is such a thing but clearly that's a narrow view of "victimless". I do think you're right at some level or else being an asshole wouldn't have any survival advantage and would perhaps not have survived as a trait (assuming some heritable basis for being an asshole). But then how do you explain people who seemingly derive joy from pure trolling? No personal benefit other than lulz. Sounds a little sociopathic no? Then again, maybe these people are nature's chaos monkyes. Sowing the seeds of destructive change. Who knows.

I just know that I personally choose to try and not be an asshole.

Re:Alain de Botton on existential maturity and what emotiona... by burrows on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @05:09PM (#32075723)
What is the downside to you for being an asshole? Especially if no one is aware of it besides you?