I used to be strictly materialist and atheist. Now I’m pretty spiritual. Don’t necessarily follow a religion and don’t support bigotry but yeah, I’m fairly spiritual now. This is a recent development and I never thought I’d be here like 5 years ago.

  • Beacon@fedia.io
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    10 hours ago

    Yeah we all go through a stage where we haven’t mentally matured yet and have this tween-like rebellion reaction to any idea about changing for the better. Some grow out of it at a younger age, some at a normal age, and some not at all. I remember a bunch of examples I’ve seen happen through the decades;

    “You say i shouldn’t eat meat, well i say nuh uh! Now I’m gonna eat twice as much!”

    “You say i shouldn’t smoke cigarettes, well i say nuh uh! Now I’m gonna smoke cigars too!”

    “You say i shouldn’t be racist, well i say nuh uh! Now I’m gonna be even more outrageously racist!”

    It’s just a non-thinking reactionary response to the idea that you aren’t perfect.

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      9 hours ago

      I think it’s funny that there have been a bunch of stories about how genZ is smoking again because it’s some kind of nihilist counterculture and I’m just like… Yeah I didn’t quit smoking because the priest gave me a very stern lecture. I quit because I got tired of hacking up half a lung every morning.