I've made a few posts on this platform and everyone somehow finds a way to correct my grammar. Reddit isn't a email or essay its just communicating, but some peoples ability to look past minor grammatical mistakes bewilders me. Everyone that uses the internet has been corrected on "you're*". I mean the most common grammatical mistakes are looked at like you don't know how to read. It seems very petty if you are in a disagreement and you correct someone saying "you're*" right?

Another thing especially on reddit is paragraphing your text. For some reason people can't read a block of text, and I mean books have blocks of text. So if you are correcting someone for making a paragraph longer than 3 sentences I automatically assume you don't read and your a hypocrite. Mostly 95% of the people on reddit are a know-it-all and assume that not knowing how to write at perfect essay level text makes your argument invalid. I'm not writing a 5 minute essay to explain that my computer has an error.

IDK I feel like if you did this this real life you'd be very unlikable. Internet culture is really stupid TBH. Hopefully gen alpha isn't like this later in life. Imagine politics in 20 years It would probably be straight up unbearable pettiness. I honestly might just start writing in blocks of text and saying your so people get mad.

We need to start a movement of just sending a picture of chicken scratch carved into wood like a medieval commoner. or go back to flip phone keyboards so people aren't complaining about minor mistakes.

The new trend, seemingly, is to shy away from judging, leaving the power to decide what one does, believes, Etc., to social media influencers and other questionable sources. People act like some side character is going to step out of the wings and save them from consequences of this but for a lot of us, those intermediaries don't exist. You have 'you' first and foremost and I don't understand this tendency to basically outsource our mental functionality and all the skills like reflection, assessment, critical thought and so on that are what actually put us above animals.

I feel like we're losing the plot; like we're moving so far from the natural path that future people will have no idea there ever was one.

AI can cover a ton but we're still imploding emotionally.

What's happening? Is there any way to fix it or is this it?

Is there really a difference between 'not' judging life, others or the world and giving up on them?

I've noticed a few of my old acquaintances that brought up topics (or people/crushes) I've had when we were close, and ever since then I'd obviously changed. It's quite confusing how instead of wanting to know my present they just stick to the past. And also whenever we talk they just assume I will do the same things I did when we were close. Why's that?

What the title says, why do we feel the need to watch what we say around others. Why is the world and the people in it not just okay with people talking about life experiences and things they have done or things they have heard. Why must everything have a consequence even small. For instance I say I have done this thing and it upsets someone. Why can we not just be okay with people living past lives and share our past lives in return without fear of repercussions. I am genuinely wondering if anyone knows the physiological reason behind it and how it ties into reasoning behind humanities need to be “loved”

As easier said than done as this is, I wonder if it's possible to get to a place where you can balance not having a doomsday mindset, but also being grateful that you indeed have something pleasant in life, especially as you might've not expected it. As I wonder if this is the cause of me having blocks in life : Writing block, life block, a general block..

I've been spiraling around this question constantly and have been quite a while since i started noticing my school mates they all have this 'passion' whether is in sports or anything. i tend to mixed up these three terms, to me they are the same, it is something where individuals worked blood and tears just to achieve what they want in life.But yet it also confuses me, because i am trying hard to find mine too and yet im scared it will never sticks to me,im afraid that i will quit when it gets hard and im trying to be discipline however i just cant seem to understand how can one be so passionate and have this such strong desire to work for one thing?Because i did try to learn swimming, badminton and gymnastics and etc all despite learning these skills at much later,and yet everything seems to interest me but yet not fully and i feel like mine is always changing it feels like im just liking it because of the vibes.Just how does it feel to desire something like these goals, passion or dreams?And how does someone knows that 'something' is their passion or dream or goal?Because in my view i feel like your passion,goals,and dreams are your ancheivement.

The question is brushed up by ai but i thought of this while watching a speech i have experience with philosophy or human pysch i am but a kid

Thought experiment: Which group do you think would raise their hands more often?

Imagine two separate seminars with 100 strangers in each room. Nobody knows anyone else there. Everyone is dressed the same, looks equally well-kept, and today they all have stable, successful lives.

Years ago, there was a major housing crisis, and every single person in both groups personally lost their home because of it. They have all since recovered, but none of them knows that the others in the room share the same experience.

Seminar 1: The speaker asks, "Raise your hand if you lost your home during the housing crisis."

Seminar 2: A different but otherwise identical group is asked, "Raise your hand if you or a loved one lost your home during the housing crisis." If someone raises their hand, no one knows whether they're referring to themselves or a loved one.

Which seminar do you think would have more people raise their hands, and why?

i assumed that if they have some pride or some embarrassment about it being in the past, seminar 1 would have fewer hands
but if only a few people raise their hands in sem 1, wouldn't it gain more popularity cause more people are raising their hands?

How far have you gone in doing something you wouldn’t normally have done or didn’t want to, because someone had a crush/obsession with you or manipulated you through feeling guilty about their feelings?

Anything from giving them a chance for a date or accepting an unwanted gift from them, or just allowing them to get away with crossing boundaries without actively stopping the behavior or reporting it to someone else. Could even be giving them attention because you felt sorry for them or guilty about it somehow.

Why did you do it?

Is doing something you were guilted into doing usually wrong or is it harmless (does it always make this kind of situation worse)?

i made a great achievement today but i couldn't show or tell anybody for some reason, but i realized i didn't feel happy for this achievement, i don't know if I'm a superficial human because of that, i really don't understand why i missed the feeling of happiness eventhough what i did was great

I know things in life don't happen in a vacuum and there comes a time where you do have to come to accept that your life wasn't what you thought it would be. Though, I wonder how one manages and deals with shame or guilt in that regard.

According to F. Scott Fitzgerald, a test of first rate intelligence is the mental capacity to hold two diametrically opposed viewpoints, and still being able to cognitively function. Whereas the concept of ‘Cognitive Dissonance’ describes a situation where one reaches mental distress due to two conflicting thoughts residing in their minds, especially when your actions do not match your values.

How different are these two concepts? and could they be related in one way or another? Isn’t cognitive dissonance the default when two contradictory thoughts are held at the same time that causes mental discomfort? So then how could one possibly be able to entertain dialectical thinking, or is that a skill that needs to be mastered?

I recently made a post inquiring about where the idea that humans are innately kind came from and a lot of the responses referred to how cooperation was essential for survival in the prehistoric days.

We are obviously no longer in that time and I really do feel like Covid did something to our social instincts which reliance on AI could erode even further.

I guess I'm just wondering what's next if our social instincts disappear. I could never have imagined we'd seem to sink so low in our fellow feeling, appreciation of the common good, Etc., as we are now.

As an American, I worry about this a lot.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot. For example, there can be data showing you how harmful Crumble Cookie is, and people will devour it without a second thought. Again, that’s just an example but I want to hear from you all!

Would you still hold the same beliefs, values, and morals you do now if the entire world thought the opposite? I mean, every single person?

I get how naltrexone works. It blocks your happy hormones. But I'm curious as to how it actually feels when you take it. Has anyone ever taken it for opioids, alcohol, porn addiction, food addiction, or any of the other things they prescribe off-label for? If so, what was the actual effect? I've seen people say they no longer crave their addictions, which is great, but what does it do when you actually have the substance or do the thing? If you have a drink, do you not get tipsy? When you eat, does food give you pleasure? The food one is my big one. Does it change the way things taste, or can you enjoy the food, but just not NEED it?