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ballplayer72:
--- Quote from: aakaakaak on June 02, 2010, 07:43:11 PM ---Quibbling is definitely not what I'd be doing over those potatoes. Drooling? Yes. Savoring? Probably. Chomping on them like Cookie Monster? Abso-friggin-lutely.
(Red Russets are my second favorite potato.)
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POTATO MONSTER NOM NOM NOM NOM ;D
ballplayer72:
--- Quote from: Shecky on June 02, 2010, 08:14:59 PM ---But the "depending on the person" IS my point. I don't see why you're agreeing yet applying the label of "false" when I not only used the term "most" but pointed it out. Saying that it's partially false because you believe you're an exception is like my saying "Some people lie" and your responding "That's partly false, because I don't lie". See?
The first and second sentences there are diametrically opposed to the third. Did the third perhaps fail to specify "a lot of pain from others/society"?
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No, because quite frankly I consider myself alot smarter than most of the populace and able to get away with (ie NOT GET CAUGHT AT) a great many crimes and societal taboos if I engaged in them. My first thought isn't "but what if i get caught and they put me in federal pound me in the butthole jail?" its "how could I ever look at myself in the mirror after I did that?" followed by "plus if you didn't do it right you'd get caught."
Its an afterthought not a main cause.
nthnclls:
--- Quote from: ballplayer72 on June 02, 2010, 08:41:34 PM ---No, because quite frankly I consider myself alot smarter than most of the populace and able to get away with (ie NOT GET CAUGHT AT) a great many crimes and societal taboos if I engaged in them. My first thought isn't "but what if i get caught and they put me in federal pound me in the butthole jail?" its "how could I ever look at myself in the mirror after I did that?" followed by "plus if you didn't do it right you'd get caught."
Its an afterthought not a main cause.
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But is that "how could I look at myself in the mirror" thought in addition to society's influence, or BECAUSE of society's influence?
Reil:
So wait, Molly is society now? Soy confusado.
ballplayer72:
--- Quote from: nthnclls on June 02, 2010, 08:45:22 PM ---But is that "how could I look at myself in the mirror" thought in addition to society's influence, or BECAUSE of society's influence?
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I think its because I'd be disgusted with myself for the actions I commited. Whether thats nature or nurture is a tad above my speculatory paygrade (but i'd be willing to go with nurture for the most part and perhaps an inborn protective instinct as a supplement), and is fairly moot in any case since we aren't talking about an individual in state of nature (where there would be no society to foist those pesky morals on us) but an individual that exists in society.
What matters is that its not fear of punishment that stops me, but simple disgust with the actions in question.
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