I was thinking that since most people here left Reddit for whatever reason - despite it being inconvenient - then having strong principles and actually sticking to them might be a common theme among the userbase here.
Yes, in an inflexible way that ruins my life.
Life would be so easy right now if I was either dumb as rocks or immoral.
Probably not as much as I think I am.
Somewhere between principled and petty. I’ve got a mental blacklist of places or brands I won’t buy from because either they’ve wronged me, given shit service or done something I don’t agree with. And in recent years I’ve added countries to that list too.
We should be friends.
Same place I’m falling on the spectrum. Some things I stand by on principle, and execute alignment to the best of my abilities. For other things? Spite.
I think I am principled in some things and not so much in others. Reddit has nothing to do with it. I left Reddit because it was no longer fun. I don’t want to scroll reposts of engagement bait and read the dumbest bot comments under it. I would happily keep using it if it was fun.
I think most people would consider me highly, perhaps obnoxiously principled.
If I had the courage of my convictions then I wouldnt be on here either.
I do that with eating meat. I can’t defend it but I keep doing it. At least I do it knowingly.
You too?
real and based
I can be for the right price.
Tricky question, because the people who directly conflict with MY principles, probably feel that they are the one with principles, and I’M the immoral one.
Even bad principles are still principles.
I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.
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It’s not an ethos, though? They abandon all principles for dear leader, as well as holding contradictory principles simultaneous. They don’t stand by anything, because it’s ultimately mental illness. Their only principle is that they have none.
That’s just, like, your opinion, man.
it’s a reference to The Big Lebowski
I strive to be, but I know I fall short of living entirely true to my values. I think we all do. But I at least try.
Yeah, I guess fairly principled. That’s probably related to my autism/sense of justice/not being controlled by social expectations, as well
I’ve wondered about the potenttial relationship to autism as well. I too like a rule-based and structured life.
I’m also noticing a significant amount of us on lemmy are on the spectrum.
White supremacist ideologies also offer well-defined structures and rules (just don’t look into them too much!). But yeah, miss Greta is a good example of autistic righteousness, and I love to see it.
Yes, I determine my thoughts about something based on how I feel about it and the available information. I actively try to avoid falling into group think on any subject. Or be told how I should feel about XYZ topic. It’s lost me some friends along the way.
Certain podcaster calls this kind of people “unreliable allies” from the perspective of the group because even if you know a few of their stances, you can’t reliably predict all the others.
I like that
Kind of. But I’m also a pragmatic person resulting in a lot of contradictions. Just as an example, I despise authoritarian regimes, but my work email ends with .cn
I consider myself an anarchopragmatist at heart; I would love to have neither Gods, kings, or mayors, but the process of implementing an alternative would most likely be worse than what we have today, at least in my corner of the world.
I left reddit and do not contribute anymore. I do browse certain subreddits in my mobile browser, but don’t login. Lemmy is better for conversation and I like supporting the underdog in the age of content is everything.
Not particularly, no. Unless doing the things I want to do, and not doing things I don’t want to do, counts as principle.
Yes, I believe I am very principled. I struggle to live up to them, but it gives me something to strive for.
