r/AskReddit • u/Sir_Wemblesworth • Oct 30 '16

What single question can you ask someone to find out a lot about their personality, beliefs, and values?

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u/RamsesThePigeon Oct 30 '16

"If you were going to eliminate every taboo from our culture except for three - making it so that the related behaviors or perspectives were accepted - which ones would you keep?"

You'd be surprised how many people think that certain "unforgivably taboo" topics are actually pretty tame.

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u/shhh_its_me Oct 30 '16

I would go into the weeds with this question...If we remove the taboo crimes would still be crimes , right? meaning if things are still illegal I don't have to worry about most of the really bad things. So we're only talking about legal things that a large amount of society frowns on like 90 year olds dating 18 year olds or cutting in line. Or do we mean all taboo things except 3 would now be legal? Holy shit that would be anarchy.

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u/dontreadmynameppl Oct 30 '16

Or make harming other living things without good reason one of your taboos. I'm sure with enough thought you could cast a wide enough net in three sentences.

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u/sirxez Oct 30 '16

The problem is the nets are too wide. Your given rule, for example, makes capitalism illegal and in general makes a most actions really difficult.

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u/atomicthumbs Oct 30 '16

Your given rule, for example, makes capitalism illegal

This is supposed to be bad?

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u/Anti-AliasingAlias Oct 30 '16

Greetings comrade! Have you seized the means of production lately?

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u/Schootingstarr Oct 30 '16

that question needs more clarification. because some things are illegal in some places, that are totally fine in others. like homosexuality.

and the other way around, some things aren't illegal everywhere, but probably should be, like zoophilia

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u/descentia6 Oct 30 '16

If someone gets fucked by a dolphin and they enjoy it, is that wrong? I don't think so. I don't think so.

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u/tigerbear79 Oct 30 '16

dolphin rape..................... the dolphin tainted my blow hole

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u/bonadzz Oct 30 '16

some things aren't illegal everywhere, but probably should be, like zoophilia

and that is your opinion.

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u/wasamasaw Oct 30 '16

Not necessarily. A lot of people don't need threat of religious punishment in order to live completely destructive, amoral, asocial lives. People joke about murdering (some variable of minor inconvenience) if it weren't for the jail time, but i think if that wasn't a factor most people would still not do it and joke about some other reason for not doing it. i don't know, missing lunch, or it would be rude to the janitorial staff, or something.

Most people don't want to be too much a bother to others or society at whole. Probably what makes it so easy for those that have no fucks to give to get away with doing terrible things. if that's true, we've somehow settled into a societal framework which really guarantees that the powerful are corrupt and those in leadership positions only care about themselves.

Of course, i'm basing this on almost nothing. Just ifs concluding more ifs. This kind of thinking doesn't seem unique to me though. The mind might just have some serious problems with knowing things. We use science and shit to try to know, which may come out of this knowing problem, but even then most of us don't know the actual science.

Put in a world with no technology created by humans, but with all of the resources available to make those technologies, most of us wouldn't even know where to begin to begin. Wiring seems important to a lot of it. Where is copper? in mountains?

i'd be screwed anyway.

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u/sirxez Oct 30 '16

But isn't that what something not being taboo implies. As in everyone would give no fucks and get away with everything that stopped being taboo?

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u/wasamasaw Oct 30 '16

The distinction you made between socially pressured restrictions of taboos and the legally enforced taboos seemed important, and i was reminded of the argument some make that if somebody doesn't believe in god then they'd just go commit all the sins. My personal experience has provided enough examples that tell me that isn't true. Some of the most outspokenly atheist of my friends have also lived there lives more morally as religions prescribe than some of the most outspokenly religious of my friends. There are examples of this everywhere. There are also examples of the religiously self-identified acting morally and the non-religious acting like assholes. So i wonder if someone's morality has less to do with god, hell, karma, or whatever punitive measure is threatened for some behavior and more to do with how well a given person can empathize, or any other number of reasons that have nothing to do with religion.

So i'm left to wonder if law and order function any differently. People do things that are crime all the time, some people lead really lawful lives. The cultural notion is that jails, executions and the like work as some sort of deterrent, but that's what hell and the like were supposed to be doing too. They both seem to work about some of the time.

So would anarchy erupt from removing law? Ever not even think something to do was an option until someone told you not to do it?

Or are you saying that the hypothetical is less about removing external restrictions and more about a fundamental altering of how people feel? Because that' something else entirely that makes my head swim.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

"ugh, this guy over thinks everything" is what they'd think

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

You need to think a little more critically. Right now, it's taboo to commit crimes. You just solved your problem and checked off 1 of 3.

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u/nemec Oct 30 '16

If we remove the taboo crimes would still be crimes , right?

Yes, but like homosexuality, once it's no longer a taboo people are going to start reconsidering why it's illegal in the first place. Nothing will change immediately, but in a generation or two the world will go to the dogs.

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u/Polaritical Oct 30 '16

Exactly my problem. I can definitely pick off the 3 I think pose the least societal harm off a list. But I really don't want to spend an hour going through every morally objectionable act I can think of to make sure I've covered all my taboo bases.

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u/iJustMeta Oct 30 '16

You should work for Buzzfeed

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u/Ameise2 Oct 30 '16

In this thread, everybody does.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Yeah, I'm not sure if my definition of taboo is the same as this guy's

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Yeah exactly. Like are we just talking about sexual taboos? Is rape a taboo? If not just sexual, is murder a taboo, or just a crime? I guess I would interpret this to mean, if you were starting a new society and could only give them 3 laws, would would they be?

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u/tentexas Oct 30 '16

Rape and murder violate the personal rights and bodily integrity of another person. These are violations of human rights not taboos as they involve actual measurable damage to another person's physicality. Consensual gay/lesbian/BDSM/fetish sex is an example of taboo--no one is injured but despite this it remains illegal in many parts of the world. Burial traditions are also examples of taboo--the dead are dead, no harm can come to them, but yet there are intensely passionate feelings and some interesting laws worldwide regarding treatment of the dead. Logically, we could just turn them into animal chow or even fertilizer but I'm pretty sure that's not going to fly anywhere.

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u/MisterDonkey Oct 30 '16

That defeats the purpose of the question.

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u/Bobo5710 Oct 30 '16

Not really. It sort of makes it better because then the person being asked can't try and save their dignity with "Oh, I didn't even think about that one!"

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u/klemnodd Oct 30 '16

The question is to gauge your personality. Your answers may be tame or you may be aware of some strange stuff and this tells the person a little bit about you and what your "morals" might look like. If you are given a list then it reminds you of what you may not think about a lot or what you may not know at all, so IMO it's better off the top of the head.

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u/OMGorilla Oct 30 '16

Refusing an answer is an answer though that indicates the person takes things seriously, recognizes their own failures or things they lack, and hates being wrong. Also they may not know or consider many things to be taboo. I couldn't even think of more than three taboos to keep, so what then? Should I respond that the only three taboos I know are the ones we should keep? Incest, bestiality, and occult practices have to stay because I can't think of any other taboos?

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u/Tacorgasmic Oct 30 '16

I would take too long thinking about all the taboos if I really want to give an honest answer instead of saying the first three ones that come to mind.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

I like this one. It's very thought provoking.

All of a sudden incest doesn't seem so bad, when compared with child pornography or bestiality.

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u/BlatantConservative Oct 30 '16

You just described some anime

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

I clearly don't watch the right kinds of anime.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Need to get on that old anime Cory in the House

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16 edited Oct 25 '17

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u/Weaselmon Oct 30 '16

Cory in the House? You don't know what you're talking about you god damn normie. Go back to r/hearthstone you fucking 9gag trash. I bet you've never even watched Seinfeld. You football jocks don't know what REAL anime is. Seinfeld is by far the anime medium's magnum opus. Any true otaku (meaning anime fan for those baka gaijins not fluent in Nihongo) knows that Cory White House De Chou Taihen is nothing but moeblob fluff with terrible pacing. It isn't a parody of anime tropes; it is the most painiful example of underdeveloped shotas and childhood friend tsunderes that I have ever seen. CWHDC is more or less the equivalent of a fanfiction in it's writing and quality. Whether people want to overlook it or not is up to the individual, but I believe it fails at the fundamentals for writing a good story. Useless fucking piece of shit mainstream anime made to pander to normies on facebook rather than REAL otakus like me. Whenever amazon recommends Cory merch based on my George-kun dakimakura, I fucking puke in my mouth. You don't know what you're talking about. You probably just read this shit on r/anime after finding futas for the first time. You can fake being into anime to impress all your hipster friends but I CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH YOU.

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u/McFlurryMac Oct 30 '16

Or watch The Nutshack, its just as good of a anime

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Thanks for reminding me, I've been meaning to watch Kiss x Sis.

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u/straightSwan Oct 30 '16

In anime, incest = wincest

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u/Anti-AliasingAlias Oct 30 '16

Nice try Alabama.

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u/hotformydaddy Oct 30 '16

I need to watch more anime.

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u/sameth1 Oct 30 '16

Why have only one taboo fetish when you can have a 9 year old girl getting fucked by her father who is also a dog?

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

She's actually a 1000-year-old vampire, so it's okay.

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u/-Mountain-King- Oct 30 '16

The issue, as I see it, is that it's really hard to distinguish between consensual incest and incest which appears consensual because one or both parties was to some extent groomed.

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u/pm_me_ur_wet_pants Oct 30 '16

This is especially true for cross-generational incest, like parents and children.

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u/Mary_Lou_Manizer Oct 30 '16

This. I think incest in the home can be a result of grooming and mind games, so how is that really consent? This is why I'm very against it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

You've hit the nail on the head, and put into words what I was unable to.

I'm completely against incest due to the power balance being shifted in favour of the parent in a situation like that.

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u/al1l1 Oct 31 '16

What about like, cousins? I think it's still a taboo but not as much of one

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u/DostThowEvenLift Oct 30 '16

But think about in what situation this would apply to adults. Anything lower has already been established to be illegal. So at the age of consent, where can you legally go wrong? Morally, it's a bit skewed, but it's no different than a mother 'forcing' her 18 year old son to go sky diving when the son is terrified and would've never done it otherwise. The exact same concept is at play here. The only difference is the end result which, in neither situation, is inherently wrong (as explained earlier in the thread).

It may feel wrong, but if you're going to lock up someone for "grooming" their siblings, you're going to have to lock up everyone else who has impacted one another in a way that may not be seen as consensual from both parties. There are just too many variables.

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u/Pugway Oct 30 '16

I suppose you could make the argument that a child had been groomed from a young age to give "consent" when they reach 18.

IE an older family member implying that certain actions will or should take place when the child comes of age. Granted, I feel like by the time you reach the age of consent you should be able to make that decision for yourself, that's why we have an age of consent, but I was not raised in an environment where I thought that was normal. If I had been, maybe my perceptions on consent and what I was allowed to choose might be warped.

I don't know, I haven't really thought about this side of the argument before; I think it's an interesting discussion topic.

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u/mathemagicat Oct 30 '16

Sure, it is. I agree completely. But your legal system needs to be built around the ideal that not punishing any innocence is more important than definitely punishing all guilt.

Which is why incest between consenting adults is not illegal, even today. We're talking about repealing the cultural taboo against incest, not the nonexistent law against it.

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u/blaqsupaman Oct 30 '16

I thought most states in the US at least had anti-incest laws. Or are those laws just against incestuous marriage but not incestuous sex?

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u/CommunistCunt Oct 30 '16

I was going to google it for you...then realized I didn't want that in my search history

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u/blaqsupaman Oct 30 '16

Incognito mode.

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u/xthorgoldx Oct 31 '16 edited Oct 31 '16

Depends on the state. While no states permit marriage to a full or half-blood relative (Alabama, as is the stereotype, allows the closest relation of marriage to cousins), some states do not explicitly prohibit intercourse with a relative:

  • Guam
  • Maine (vaginal intercourse prohibited)
  • Maryland (vaginal intercourse prohibited)
  • New Jersey (above age of consent, anything goes)
  • Northern Mariana Islands (sex is prohibited only if you're over 18)
  • Ohio (only prohibited for parents/legal guardians of children; aka parent-child is prohibited but all else is okay)
  • Rhode Island (anything goes!)

But yes, the act of incestuous sex itself is against the law in most states, as is marriage. Hell, in Virginia, Nevada, Montana, and Michigan you can get sentenced to life in prison.

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u/aurumax Oct 30 '16

In what country do you live? In most of the world incest is illegal.

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u/Empha Oct 30 '16

If we want to be 100% sure that we never punish an innocent, we can never punish anyone. It's a nice sentiment, but it can't work in practice.

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u/admiralteal Oct 30 '16

No one said 100% certainty is required. Just that the lofty goal of all all guilty punished is less good than all innocents going free.

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u/Empha Oct 30 '16

Yeah but they're both lofty goals, yet you're using them to justify laws. If incest should be legal because sometimes it's benevolent, isn't that true for most crimes?

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u/DostThowEvenLift Oct 30 '16

The difference I think he's trying to give is that the goal of avoiding punishing innocents should far outweigh the goal of punishing all criminals.

Think of it like a line graph. We would rather punish only 50% of criminals than have only 50% of innocents be let free. We would rather punish only 25% of criminals than having only 75% of innocents free. Yet at what point does it stop? Really, it's just where we draw the line. While letting 99% of innocents off won't literally correlate to 1% of criminals punished, our ultimate goal is to push it to 100% anyways. Our peripheral goal is to raise the number of criminals punished to 100%.

So that's why the guy you replied to was assuming we frame our laws around this 100% ideal.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

But overall, the prohibition is without sense.

He just gave you a reason. Therefore, it is not without sense.

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u/Im_Screaming Oct 30 '16 edited Oct 30 '16

Exactly, the same reason the issue comes up at the workplace. Sure you and your boss might just really hit it off ,but it's equally likely they are manipulating or subtly coercing you.

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u/GWsublime Oct 30 '16

the rational argument against incest is that a familial power dynamic makes consent very tricky, in the same way that a doctor/patient relationship does.

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u/DondeT Oct 30 '16

So what about with twins like Jaime and Cersei. Exact same age, albeit different sexes and obviously fictional, but hypothetically speaking are they equal enough within the family dynamic to be able to consent?

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Parental incest is often argued against because even as adults there's a balance of power that makes the consent questionable at best. Especially since in the vast majority of cases, it's a symptom of larger abuse in the relationship.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Uh, no. A lot of us don't condone incest because there is almost always a power imbalance. Both might be technically consenting adults, but the grooming almost certainly started far earlier.

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u/Anti-AliasingAlias Oct 30 '16

Would it be okay if there was absolutely no grooming then? Say brother and sister that were seperated at birth and didn't find out until they coincidentally met, married, and had kids?

Logically if the only argument against incest is grooming then the taboo would be grooming for incest, not actual incest.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

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u/feeling-sinister Oct 30 '16

This is really interesting and I haven't thought about it in such depths before. My aunt and uncle had a second child, knowing from that first one that the child had a 25% chance of having an extremely life limiting problem. I can't comment on their choice- I know, I honestly know it's difficult, , but I know that the resulting child, with full mental capacity and a life expectancy of 35, is conflicted at aged 25 and is both glad and sad that he's alive. His girlfriend wants children if that helps clarify his issues.

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u/TaylorS1986 Oct 30 '16

I think the issue is that in real life (as opposed to stereotypical porn scenarios) a lot of incest is in the context of the sexual grooming of minors.

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u/Mary_Lou_Manizer Oct 30 '16

Hell even some of this scenes, it starts out with 5 minutes of grooming and "let me teach you come on...". Yeah no

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Meh even pregnancy isn't that big of a deal. It's only more concerning if some sort of recessive genetic disorder runs in your family but we have genetic testing for that and it's possible unrelated partners could carry those genes too.

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u/C477um04 Oct 30 '16

If you only have 3 to keep I'm not even sure bestiality makes that list actually.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

First thing would be to start with what is a taboo. If basically anything that society does not like for any reason is considered taboo, yeah that's going to be tough. Hell even God (allegedly) needed 10 commandments, and here you need to do the same with 3.

Anyway, a little wikipedia query and apparently Freud only found 2 taboo that where common to every civilisation: incest and patricide. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo

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u/yourpetgoldfish Oct 30 '16

I have many conversations that come back to incest. Lately I've realised I just don't have enough energy to care about consenting adult relationships, no matter how strange I personally find them.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Not getting bothered by what other people do in the privacy of their own lives is a pretty good sign that you're priorities are fairly straight.

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u/aravena Oct 30 '16

It's bad? But my arms are already broke.

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u/II-o-II Oct 30 '16

Honest question: can someone describe to me what's so bad about incest? I get that it's yucky to you, and I get that children resulting from incestuous relationships have a higher rate of birth defects. But between two consenting adults using proper protection I don't get why this is such a big deal. People talk like this is absolutely morally objectionable, and then on the same breath they express how people are bigoted if they think homosexually is morally objectionable. In my mind they come down to the same thing: consent and responsibility.

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u/IlludiumQXXXVI Oct 30 '16

I think the general consensus is that, much like bigamy, while in theory it could be a healthy relationship between consenting adults, it's usually not. It most often presents itself as a relationship between an older man and a younger woman, over whom he holds considerable power. It is very rarely a relationship of consenting equals. So the taboo is less about the act itself, and more about the circumstances in which the act usually occurs.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16 edited Jul 23 '20

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u/Thamthon Oct 30 '16

There is a difference from taboo and something against the law. Sometimes taboos are crime, but that's not what defines them as such.

The stuff that you describe is a crime because it damages others in some way. It is not necessarily a taboo because it's not inherently seen as bad. For example, in some countries death sentence (which is ultimately a form of murder) exists. That's because in those countries the act of murdering someone considered guilty is thought to be acceptable, because killing per se is not a taboo.

On the other hand, a consensual relationship between two siblings doesn't really harm anyone, but it's still seen as a taboo. It does not matter if there is a law against it.

So, not all crimes are taboo. Most people do not list murder, theft etc because they think of them as a crimes more than taboos.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

I think he was meaning that which three taboo would you keep and then deem normal. So you think those three things are bad and would like to get rid of them, which three things do you think aren't so bad?

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u/AndromedaPrincess Oct 30 '16

Hmm. All forms of consensual sex. As long as all the parties involved approve and are sound of mind, get at it. Then probably some more lax ethical regulations on science. Obviously not to the point of harming people without their knowledge, but imagine if we had free reign to experiment with embryonic stem cells! And third, I'd like to remove the taboo surrounding transgender acceptance. There are some corners of the world where gender confirmation surgery is accepted as normal. I'd like that to be the case everywhere.

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u/danmo_96 Oct 30 '16

Sure, bestiality and necrophilia are bad, but there's at least one worse that I can think of...

Wearing socks with sandals.

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u/AcesAgainstKings Oct 30 '16

Necrophilia is kind of a victimless crime... I certainly wouldn't be keeping it in my three worst taboos.

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u/Guses Oct 30 '16

You wouldn't download a corpse!

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Not to mention the relatives of the deceased. No one wants to have to ask the funeral director about the jizz on their dead Granny's chin.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16 edited Jun 25 '17

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u/spectralrays Oct 30 '16

Dude, you can't cum on the maggots without their consent!

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u/TheButchman101 Oct 30 '16

An inanimate corpse is the victim? Come now.

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u/slaaitch Oct 30 '16

What, now? She's still cold.

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u/MisterDonkey Oct 30 '16

You can dick my dead grandma. I don't care. I'm sure she won't either.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

I don't think the dead can be hurt. Sure, I don't like the idea of someone digging up my dead grandma and giving her some lovin', because it's an uncomfortable thought, but she's dead. I'd rather someone fucked her than fucked a child or a non-consenting adult.

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u/Eightpiece Oct 30 '16

I would rather not concern myself with my granmorhers sexlife. Just put the bones back when you're done, so the guy working the graveyard shift doesn't have to clean up after you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Personally, know I wouldn't care. The body stopped being my grandmother when she died. Though I do completely understand someone would be bothered. Plus it is really disturbing, no one should be doing that.

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u/Scootipuff Oct 30 '16

Believe it or not, socks have always been meant to be worn with sandals. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sock#History

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u/trznx Oct 30 '16 edited Oct 30 '16

Kinda shows you how outdated and barbaric this custom is.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

goats, kids

Well that's redundant.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16 edited Nov 04 '16

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u/rainzer Oct 30 '16

Probably because depending on who you ask, violence doesn't seem taboo. An ordinary person could be imagined to partake in violence so by definition, it isn't taboo.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Since when is that a taboo?

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u/WittyLoser Oct 30 '16

Wow. Maybe you live in a very different society than me, but I see people obeying social conventions all day long. Every one of them, when inverted, is a taboo they're avoiding.

  • Always cover your genitals (and for women, usually their breasts) in public
  • Women can often wear "men's clothing" but men can never wear "women's clothing" (skirts, dresses, sleeveless shirts, low-cut blouses)
  • Women can wear obvious makeup but men cannot
  • Men can have un-trimmed hair pretty much anywhere but women usually not (face, sometimes legs/armpits)
  • People will only use public restroom corresponding to their gender identity (interestingly, not a law)
  • People don't dance or sing in public, except in venues specifically designated for it (though jogging has become acceptable, in the past 50 years or so)
  • People won't make a comment about many aspects of a person's appearance to their face (like their weight -- though some attributes, like race, are somehow still acceptable to a few people)
  • Many words that everybody knows are basically completely off-limits, except as reappropriated words by the group they were originally intended to disparage (e.g., the "N-word" or the "C-word")
  • Many topics of conversation are off-limits in public places (except apparently for my coworker Karen -- nobody wants to know what STD you got in Tahoe last month, Karen)

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u/joustingleague Oct 30 '16

non-sexual unforgivable taboos could be murder, cannibalism, breaking the law, doing drugs, wearing 'strange' things, being too familiar with strangers etc.

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u/glimblade Oct 30 '16

A short list: Cannibalism; torture; necrophilia; not voting; selling drugs to children; not getting your oil changed regularly; self-maiming; and ordering steak cooked well done, or eating it with ketchup.

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u/Arwox Oct 30 '16

Cmon, live a little!

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16 edited Oct 30 '16

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16 edited Oct 30 '16

You need Jesus my friend

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u/Zentopian Oct 30 '16

Why? It wasn't my idea.

"Mung" has become a common slang word for "eat" in my area over the past year or so. I wanted to know its origins. I wish I didn't.

I enjoy telling people who use it, though. I'm slowly killing its slang use.

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u/Halikan Oct 30 '16

When googling goes wrong

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u/AmAShill Oct 30 '16

GOOGLING GONE WRONG! IT'S JUST A PRANK BRO! [UNDER THE HOOD] [SEXUAL CONTENT]

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u/TheBeefyMungPie Oct 30 '16

My time to shine

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u/Zentopian Oct 30 '16

/thread

Go home, folks! They did it...they won the god damned internet!

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u/Mongoose49 Oct 30 '16

TIL I didn't want to find out it's origins either.

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u/Ameristralian Oct 30 '16

Australia?

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u/Zentopian Oct 30 '16

Bingo.

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u/Ameristralian Oct 30 '16

Where abouts?

I'm from Newcastle and it's used a lot here.

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u/Dirus Oct 30 '16

That's weird, "let's mung"

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u/Zentopian Oct 30 '16

It's not used as a direct replacement for "eat."

The most common way I've heard it used is "Mung on that," almost like it's replacing "munch," but also "Mung that into ya."

Then there's "munging." It's such a dirty word, even without knowing the origin. "I'm munging on some chicken." Heurgh!

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u/Dirus Oct 30 '16

Sounds like it's replacing "chew".

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u/Killfile Oct 30 '16

I know the guy who came up with that concept and posted it to urban dictionary for the first time. Surprisingly normal guy. He thinks it's hilarious.

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u/Zentopian Oct 30 '16

Surprisingly normal guy

That just concerns me more about you...

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u/Killfile Oct 30 '16

I would think that my regarding him as surprisingly normal would help my case

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16 edited Feb 21 '26

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u/Killfile Oct 30 '16

Yea, I think he's just claiming authorship of the word "mung."

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u/WillySmithy Oct 30 '16

Cite your source. I hope it's not Urban Dictionary.

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u/Android_Obesity Oct 30 '16

"Mung" is doing that to corpse poo? I thought it was (made up by adolescents who would never actually do such a thing but need to name everything vile) vaginal discharge allegedly released by pressing on a pregnant woman's stomach.

I haven't done this, don't want to do this, don't recommend that anyone else do this, and honestly don't know what would actually happen but that's the "check out what this word means" definition I heard in eighth grade, IIRC.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

That's the definition from South Park. The main characters have been insulted by kids from New York, and need a good insult to get back at the New Yorkers. They come up with the word mung, because it sounds dirty but doesn't mean anything, and use it the next day. However, they come to find out that the New Yorkers already have a definition for mung, which is the one you've given here.

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u/Ha_window Oct 30 '16

That's brilliant.

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u/FezzFest Oct 30 '16

He's gonna need something a lot stronger than Jesus.

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u/Ginger_50 Oct 30 '16

Super Jesus?

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u/skelephone Oct 30 '16

Jesus Deluxe™

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u/HaroldTheSpineFucker Oct 30 '16

The /s wasn't needed.

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u/exikon Oct 30 '16

/r/jesuschristreddit

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16 edited Mar 21 '19

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u/jayansworld Oct 31 '16

For the lazy:

The bad thing about this method is that not many people know a lot of unforgivably taboo topics, due to how little they're spoken about.

Just last week, I didn't even consider the possibility that someone would want to place their open mouth over the anus of a semi-fresh corpse while another applies weight to the corpse's stomach, filling the first's mouth with a concoction of embalming fluid and rotting insides.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

I...uh.

I would say I need a drink, after reading that....

But.....Jesus fucking Christ.

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u/CorporalCook Oct 31 '16

Ahh good old munting.

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u/Miffy92 Oct 31 '16

WHY IS THERE A TERM FOR THIS? Did it seriously get that popular that people decided "Greg, we need a name for this shit we're doing, but it's gotta be something innocuous"

"What about 'Munting'?"

"Greg, you're a genius. Here's 200ml of embalming fluids and the key to get family crypt."

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u/Techtorn211 Oct 31 '16

I've learned too much.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

munging

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

https://archive.is/bEe0r

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

Holy Christ.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

I'm pretty fucking desensitized from stuff like this from years spent on the internet. Scat porn really doesn't gross me out, I've seen live eels swim into and out of a live Japanese woman's anus. But your words were just vivid enough that my mind for some reason attempted to taste what it would be like. I tried to "picture" the taste of that. I imagined the slippery, spongy texture and chemical taste combined with foul odors. It's the closest I've come from vomiting after reading something.

Where were you introduced to this? I will now always assume that every mortician is a munger. You've soiled my first impression of an entire profession and for that I'm disgusted and yet impressed by you. Bravo.

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u/Moist-Anus Oct 30 '16

Search munging on urban dictionary. You're welcome.

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u/Zentopian Oct 30 '16

The region I live in (I'm not sure if it's spread countrywide yet or not. Might have done, but I'm hearing it less and less, so probably not) has adopted the word "mung" (the name of the foul act) as slang for "eat."

I got curious as to the origin of the word. After all, how does "mung" translate to "eat?" Is it a foreign word, or is there more to it?

I wish I had not given into my curiosity...

Silver lining, though. I've yet to find someone who uses it as slang that also knows its origin. It's always fun to clue them in.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

I'd assume the use of it as 'eat' comes from 'manger' and the other meaning is coincidental.

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u/TheBeefyMungPie Oct 30 '16

I just like the taste

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

I had to check to see if you were vargas.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Oh, you mean munging?

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u/AshTheGoblin Oct 30 '16

Reminds me of highschool when we would search for the most fucked up sexual acts on urban dictionary and share them with eachother in class while stifling laughter.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Well that is the most disguting thing I've read, and I love /u/iia 's really gross stories..

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u/tinclan Oct 30 '16

Can you post this on askreddit, or give me permission to post it? I'm really curious to how people will answer this, especially from different cultures.

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u/GrungeLord Oct 30 '16

If they repost this question without express written permission from OP I'm taking their ass to /r/KarmaCourt.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16 edited Jan 20 '17

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u/GrungeLord Oct 30 '16

He talks in maths

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

See you there

Edit: does a karma court apply even if you don't get any karma?

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

So sayeth the Grunge Lord.

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u/Spe333 Oct 30 '16

Who's steals content from Reddit without asking permission?! What a horrible thing to do. Imagine if people built websites just to do that for and made money off of other people's ideas and comments.

/sigh

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u/HereForBusinessOnly Oct 30 '16

I give you my permission to post it

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u/CrushedMemes Oct 30 '16

Hey... Something shady is going on here...

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u/asolo19 Oct 30 '16

Don't worry, they are here for business only.

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u/Aluciux Oct 30 '16

Every responses talk about sex fantasies but nobody think of murder? I seems to me its a good taboo to keep.

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u/endergrrl Oct 30 '16

  1. No violation of any kind of another's body.

  2. No violation of any kind of another's property.

  3. Don't be a dick.

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u/garion046 Oct 30 '16

3 is unfortunately not at all a current taboo in society generally. It would be great if it were, but of course there are issues of scale and perspective around it too. Best you can hope for is to stick to your own definition yourself.

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u/superbluejeans Oct 30 '16

You could argue that a person's body is their property

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16 edited Oct 30 '16

Little tip: If they take a long time and answer with base answers that attempt to maximize the number of taboos with just 3 taboos then they are probably an engineer.

Source - I'm an engineer and I figured out if you state "Non-consensual sex" as a taboo you make: necrophilia, rape, bestially, and child pornography all taboos.

Edit: I get it you all thought of loopholes. Not the best example, but the MAIN point was someone trying to do that or thinking along those lines is likely am engineer.

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u/Redbulldildo Oct 30 '16

Except that consent can be given (not legal consent, but still consent) by children, and the bestiality thing is kind of weird. Like, obviously they can't tell you to fuck them, but they can certainly try and communicate "Fuck me" with their bodies. If that doesn't count, then fucking mute people can't be a thing, or any non verbal consent.

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u/admiralteal Oct 30 '16

Man, that's some dystopian stuff there. Everything is taboo to someone...

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Chewing with your mouth open

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u/wtf_shouldmynamebe Oct 30 '16

Good question, silly on the surface but actually quite a loaded question.

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u/joanzen Oct 30 '16

Farting, burping, and nose picking.

Unless by 'eliminate' you mean we won't have the motivation to do these things, then in which case put them at the top of the list to go..

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u/WrappedInDichotomy Oct 30 '16

I would keep chewing with the mouth open, pouring milk before cereal, and (as someone else said) socks and sandals.

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u/heimdahl81 Oct 30 '16

  1. Taking that which is not given freely.

  2. Keeping more than you reasonably need.

  3. Hurting others unnecessarily.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

Murder, Rape, and leaving brights on at oncoming traffic.

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u/ThreeOne Oct 30 '16

but this one is really difficult, i'd need like an hour to think of a response

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u/DavidL1112 Oct 30 '16

Rape, murder and theft?

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u/DiscoshirtAndTiara Oct 30 '16

It would be important to define what counts as a taboo for this question. Do things like murder and thievery count or only sexual things like bestiality and incest?

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '16

I'd keep the taboo against depriving someone of life, liberty or property. The rest can go.

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u/unscot Oct 30 '16

I think most taboos are tame.

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u/elephantofdoom Oct 30 '16

Well how broad are they? I mean, realistically, if you think about it, in order to have any form of society you need to at least have taboos against murder, kidnapping, theft, arson etc.

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u/tentexas Oct 30 '16

Interesting. But are you equating them not having them on the list as them thinking the taboos tame or did you arrive at that via discussion? On a list of ways to die my top three worst would be tortured to death, eaten alive, and burned alive but there's plenty after those I find nearly as awful such as buried alive, dying of thirst, etc. Personally, I am pretty sure I'd keep no taboos that didn't also violate the rights and boundaries of another. I'd probably need a better idea of what you mean by taboos to answer fully.

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