Re:Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the ...
by nickburns on Friday April 24, 2026 @12:01AM
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You say I'm 'suffering inside', not me.
Re:Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the ...
by satvikpendem on Friday April 24, 2026 @02:08AM
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What is confliction if not suffering?
But that is precisely acting as a martyr.
You're "highly morally conflicted", which means you suffer inside. You could stop that suffering by either 1) going vegan, so you don't have to worry about it, or 2) deciding to continue eating meat and no longer worry about it. Right now, you're picking the strictly worse combination of continuing to eat meat and remaining conflicted indefinitely.
I'm starting to realize that internal moral conflicts are a lot like physical pain - it's an important signal from the body, and you should pay attention to it, but in the end, if you know you're not going to do anything about the underlying cause, then there's no point in continuing to suffer - you just make it go away with painkillers, and carry on living. This does not mean denying the problem - quite the opposite. Constant pain makes it hard to think rationally, and suppressing it puts you in a much better position to address its underlying cause.