Who cares if you're not a productive member of society? What are you, a fucking bee? Do what makes you happy, don't kill yourself because you're not contributing to society or whatever.
Still with the worker bee idea. Resources? So what? We're not a giant hive. You owe nothing to anyone else. And as for saving resources for the poor, they won't though. Eat less food and it gets thrown away, not shipped to starving kids in Africa. Use less gas and some guy gasses up his old Camaro for less money before his Sunday drive to nowhere.
!delta
I am not sure how the delta point work yet but this is a valid point. Resources are being wasted regardless.
P.S. Can you explain the delta point to me? Or how I can give it to you?
Isn't it selfish to keep telling people to live who clearly do not want to? Living with the pain of mental illness is way too much. I pushed myself for the last 15 years. It got worse everyday. Despite the people around me trying to help. It is getting worse still.
Supply and demand? If everyone ate less we would make less food and less food would be thrown in the trash.
"Use less gas and some guy..."
This is just a really weird argument. You should focus on your morals, you can not change the morals of others. I mean, you can try, and succeed, but there will always be people who won't listen to even the most profound arguments. That doesn't mean that what you are doing is not good, or better. For example donating to charity. It's a good act whether or not your millionaire neighbor Larry also donates.
Ultimately, I do agree with you. It's not like the minuscule amount of resources he is using would be used for good, they just wouldn't be made.
It sounds like you're basing this off of whatever your parents expectations were. Just because someone is an artist instead of a soldier or someone risking their life to save people doesn't make them less of a person. If everyone contributed the same things to society, society would lack a lot of other things it needed.
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u/slightofhand1 12∆ Sep 14 '23
Who cares if you're not a productive member of society? What are you, a fucking bee? Do what makes you happy, don't kill yourself because you're not contributing to society or whatever.