Re:Shamelessness as a strategy (2019)
by hn_throwaway_99 on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @01:38AM
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F'ing spare me. People are no longer "complete and total selfish assholes", they're "authentically imperfect". Your moral relativism is bullcrap. And news flash, people don't like this because they crave "authentic imperfections". They like it because everyone can enjoy fantasizing about what it's like to be completely selfish. Kinda sucks for society though.
The only thing I like about your philosophy is there is no consistent way you can argue against the rude and crude way I just dismissed your ridiculous argument. After all, I'm just displaying my authenticity.
I don't think you understood the point of the comment you replied to. It was two-fold: what authentic means, and why people prefer imperfect people to be authentic than present a false image. Even your disrespectful response shows its value: you can get feedback that might actually help you improve.
Re:Shamelessness as a strategy (2019)
by marcus_holmes on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @08:41PM
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My point is that your definition of "authenticity" seems to include behaviour that is plain inconsiderate of other people.
I think there's a line there. You can wear what you like, think what you like, speak how you like, but only behave how you like up to the point where your behaviour negatively affects other people. If you want to listen to shit music in your own home, you do you, that's fine. But inflicting it on everyone else in a train carriage is not "being authentic" it's "being an asshole". You're not expressing your true self in a brave way that should be admired. You're annoying everyone around you by being selfish. It's a huge difference.
In fact, people who act authentically are often liked not despite of but because of their flaws. To be human is to be flawed, we're all guilty. And it turns out a lot of people crave permission to not be perfect.