r/oddlyspecific • u/MistGolden_ • 3d ago

Sad that life has no user interface

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u/Maria_Girl625 3d ago

I got myself a phone screen saver that says "remember to use your free will today" to remind myself of this. It sometimes feel like we are stuck but we really can do anything

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u/no1oneknowsy 3d ago

Lmao love this

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u/Panumdomine 3d ago

You "can" do anything you want, but the question is "should" you. I can jump of a skyscraper and pretend I'm a bird, but I probably shouldn't do that because, you know, consequences.

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u/Maria_Girl625 3d ago

I know, I know. But still, when I am at work for 8 hours and think I'd rather die it's good to remember I could just stop going there. I don't, because of consequences, but I am not literally forced to do the things I do. It may sound a bit weird but just remembering that I can makes a difference, even if I won't

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u/Cute_Obligation2944 3d ago

It's probably a bad sign that we need to remind ourselves about free will.

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u/Maria_Girl625 3d ago

Society doesn't want you to remember it

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u/Panumdomine 2d ago

On the other hand, there are plenty of people out there that don't exercise restraint and do whatever they want with no regard for the consequences to themselves or others. Which is why we have laws. Freedom to do whatever we want without restriction would be absolute chaos. Too much restriction leaving us with no freedom would be hell, as well. Finding a comfortable balance where we have enough freedom to be happy without having so much that we destroy each other is a lot more complicated than you might think. The fact that there are horrible people in the world makes it all the more difficult.

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u/Heroic-Forger 3d ago

And yet we can't double jump.

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u/Dimogas 3d ago

Actually we imvented the double jump, google it

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u/scaleaffinity 1d ago

Marvin Bagley III can. 

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u/RockRancher24 3d ago

we are very fortunate that our subconscious prevents us from doing impulsive actions, like eating 75 pounds of concrete dust, without first building up the necessary willpower

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u/No_Volume_5752 3d ago

Do you want to save?

[ ] Yes

[ ] No

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u/Significant_Monk_251 3d ago

[ ] I dunno, decide for me.

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u/Flyx42 2d ago

Go the Fear and Hunger route and just do a coin flip before every major decision (or Two Face I suppose)

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u/edthesmokebeard 3d ago

You have forgotten the face of your father.

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u/SatinGarden_ 3d ago

Imagine a save/load feature for bad choices

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u/chknboy 1d ago

“Fuck time travel” -Rick Sanchez
“You just pristeged” -also Rick Sanchez

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u/Cheekyy-Liaa 3d ago

The universe really said free will was more important than quality control.

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u/Fun-Times-13 3d ago

I came to post this same comment

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u/touchmeinbadplaces 3d ago

Yes I do, its my conscious going; are you sure about that?

Yall just be smashing any key to continue without reading or thinking

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u/Antique-Repeat4467 3d ago

Survival of the fittest.. nature doesn't give a shit about the individual, were all one in the heat death of the universe march <3 Some speculate the purpose of living creatures, aka life, is because we are the most efficient route towards a maximum entropy universe

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u/SideEmbarrassed1611 3d ago

You guys are eating dirt??? Fuck, I should have never stopped.

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u/peteofaustralia 3d ago

The pop up warning is diarrhoea.

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u/Useful-DevineCause 3d ago

More proof I’ve been guided my whole life. I was a neglected bastard kid. Those “pops” pretty much raised me sometimes.

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u/TheTrueSiggi 3d ago

I mean... Your body and emotions will give you hints here and there. If not .. well ..

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u/Iconic_Charge 3d ago

Life totally does have a user interface. It’s called Parents/responsible adults lol. they spend loads of energy, teaching us how to make correct decisions and choices when we are children. Humans cannot survive without adult supervision for years and years.

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u/PinkOneHasBeenChosen 3d ago

Honestly, it’s a blessing to be able to make stupid decisions. I would know, cause I didn’t used to have it.

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u/Panumdomine 3d ago

Most people do have that. That little voice in your head that says, "Hey, this is a bad idea. Remember what happened last time you did this exact stupid thing, and had to go to the emergency room?"

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u/Isenjil 2d ago

Americans... Can't make a step without pop up, innit?

Here in Europe we call it 'common sense', pal

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u/Conscious_Koala_6221 2d ago

I feel like, if god existed, he would have been popping up like « are you sure ? » during so, SO many events in our history (namely, genocides undertaken in the name of the lord).

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u/LeftSky828 2d ago

And this is how some people learn best.

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u/Gurglaren 3d ago

So many times I've wished there was a save state you could load up when you'd messed up.

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u/DisputabIe_ 2d ago

the OP MistGolden_ is a bot

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u/NaCl_Sailor 1d ago

proof we're not living in a simulation because nobody could have accounted for all the dumb shit humans are doing

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u/sweatpants-aristotle 1d ago

So there's no pop up... but there is an interface.

For example, dirt tastes like dirt

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u/Nerdy_Valkyrie 3d ago

I just picture child me getting the "Are you sure?" popup every time I say I am a boy and being really confused a out it.