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By Afania 2025-08-28 14:00:05
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Pantafernando said: »
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he did engaged by posting Jesus with dino and condemn evil actions with it, effectively fighting the evil

I feel like you are criticizing me, but reading your post, it also feels like you are praising.

Thanks for the kind words, I guess


You feel like it's praising because you are Light-aligned duh. If you are evil then you will feel what I said was insulting.
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By Afania 2025-08-28 14:09:26
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Here is my evil master plan to grow my evil army.

First of all, we need to make games that indoctrinate our next generation, by teaching them our philosophy of evil:

*Selfishness is a virtue.*

*Power is righteousness.*

*Empathy is a sin.*

We should also tell Bioware to remove all of their light aligned choices in their RPG.

Then we need to create forums that only allowed this kind of voice, and ban all the opinion from light-aligned people.

Can't have Light-aligned having their voices everywhere ;< The Force needs balance.
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By Ragnarok.Zeig 2025-08-28 14:16:33
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Afania said: »
But he did engaged
"No one is getting popped for what's already been said, but that's the end of it." - Supreme Leader.

Past sins absolved!

Afania said: »
I need to find ways to grow my evil armies
Need to offer better incentives


Afania said: »
*Power is righteousness.*
Power is a virtue! The weak cannot enforce Justice!
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By Pantafernando 2025-08-28 14:21:55
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Power is nothing before adaptability.

There is no strong. There are only the fittest
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By Afania 2025-08-28 14:24:41
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Ragnarok.Zeig said: »
Need to offer better incentives


Oh, there are plenty of benefits of being evil.

Selfishness is a virtue: This comes from Ayn Rand. Rational self-interest is seen as the highest moral purpose.

If you are selfish and act for self, then you gain more in the end.

Power is righteousness: Only the winner get to decide what the law and the justice is.

Therefore, violence is justified because you can shape the world however you want with power.

Empathy is a sin: Empathy makes people weak and makes imperfect choices that doesn't necessarily benefit self.

If you act for yourself, have power, and able to throw away empathy, you can gain a lot in the end.

I think that's pretty decent benefit for being evil.
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By Afania 2025-08-28 14:26:37
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Power is nothing before adaptability.

There is no strong. There are only the fittest


I would say adaptability is also power. Power isn't necessarily raw strength.
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By Carbuncle.Nynja 2025-08-28 14:27:19
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Afania said: »
Empathy is a sin: Empathy makes people weak and makes imperfect choices that doesn't necessarily benefit self.

Did he just suggest what I think he suggested?????
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By Afania 2025-08-28 14:28:45
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Carbuncle.Nynja said: »
Afania said: »
Empathy is a sin: Empathy makes people weak and makes imperfect choices that doesn't necessarily benefit self.

Did he just suggest what I think he suggested?????


I suggested being evil is the way to go, I thought it's super clear. Idk what else are you thinking.
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By Carbuncle.Nynja 2025-08-28 14:30:05
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Nono
You suggested that empathic people shouldnt be making decisions because they usually make bad decisions.
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By Afania 2025-08-28 14:32:24
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Carbuncle.Nynja said: »
Nono
You suggested that empathic people shouldnt be making decisions because they usually make bad decisions.


Well, if you are empathic towards the others, then you may make decisions for the others. That directly contradicts self-interest being on the highest priority.
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By Pantafernando 2025-08-28 14:34:40
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Alfania istrying to hard to be "evil".

But it is just being cringe in the end...
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By Afania 2025-08-28 14:38:57
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Pantafernando said: »
Alfania istrying to hard to be "evil".

But it is just being cringe in the end...


You know the alignment system is from DnD right? In DnD the meaning of evil is already defined.

If you followed law but act for self interest, you are lawful evil.

If you ignore the law and act for self interest, you are neutral evil.

If you do destruction for fun(like Joker), you are chaotic evil.

But all of the evil alignments are deeply rooted in the philosophy of self interest above all.

I thought I preached the code quite well.
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By Carbuncle.Nynja 2025-08-28 14:39:03
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You can always tell who the frauds are
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By Ragnarok.Zeig 2025-08-28 14:41:51
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Afania said: »
This comes from Ayn Rand. Rational self-interest is seen as the highest moral purpose.
Bioshock!

Afania said: »
able to throw away empathy, you can gain a lot in the end
Gain isn't limited to material gain, just like how "power" isn't limited to raw physical power!
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By Afania 2025-08-28 14:43:41
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I hope you all enjoyed my short lessons on the history of the evil philosophy!
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By Carbuncle.Nynja 2025-08-28 14:47:19
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Its flawed in the fact someone has to be the arbiter of what is good and evil.

The people you consider “evil” believe that their actions are for good.
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By Carbuncle.Nynja 2025-08-28 14:48:31
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Lilith wanted to wipe our timeline to preserve hers. In her heart, she was doing good.

She had spitewardens assisting her in her conquest, those that are “good” people in our timeline, including you.
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By Afania 2025-08-28 15:05:04
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If you make hard choices and do horrible things with the intend to help the other, then you are probably neutral good or chaotic good.

In DnD's system what really separates evil and good is the intent. Is this done for self interest or the others?

People who do bad things for the greater good is still "good" in DnD.
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By Josiahafk 2025-08-28 15:05:36
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By Asura.Eiryl 2025-08-28 15:15:42
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Got damn for a joke of a show Twisted Metal is pretty damn good.

It just gets better.

Compelling Story. Close enough to the source material. No subverting expectations. No "I can write it better". Just cornball ***and guns on cars.

Very fun fact. While the canonical winner did not win, (outlaw does not participate) the wish is in fact the canon wish for the game.
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By Pantafernando 2025-08-28 15:28:00
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I ended watching a couple of videos spoilering everything about Jujutsu Kaisen

But despite ruining the reading, it got me more motivated to read it.

Because at face value I dont see that much value, but the grand scheme of things seems to have more interesting stuffs
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By Pantafernando 2025-08-28 15:28:47
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Josiahafk said: »

Why
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By Asura.Vyre 2025-08-28 15:30:51
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Afania said: »
Ragnarok.Zeig said: »
Need to offer better incentives

Ayn Rand

I used to find her philosophy to be real interesting, and somewhat compelling.

Then I found out she cuckolded her husband for like 2 decades, and he wouldn't/couldn't do anything about it. Literally with a protege of hers that she was grooming.

So philosophy of the evil might not be too far off.
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By mhomho 2025-08-28 15:42:01
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Evil is defined by self-interest because it reflects the dark triad traits of humanity. Psychopathy, narcissism, and machiavellianism. They're personality traits that focus on the survival of the self above the survival of the species.

Understand the definitions. Psychopathy for instance, is the sacrifice of long term relationships for short term gain.

It's moot. You guys liken picking a side to having a favorite football team. Take Warhammer 40k as an example. None of the factions are good per say, but someone people will ascribe to certain factions because at face value they promote their conquest as good. The reality is that all the factions have been driven to war as a result of their xenophobia.
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By Fenrir.Niflheim 2025-08-28 15:56:45
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mhomho said: »
Understand the definitions.
(proceeds by make up a definition)

Rather than saying "Understand the definitions" you should have said "Here is how I interpret the term in this context"

because the actual "definition" is a mental disorder which results in a lack of or complete inability to feel empathy. It has nothing to do with long vs short term gains.
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By Josiahafk 2025-08-28 16:21:49
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Pantafernando said: »
Josiahafk said: »

Why
because you've held on to that guilt for far too long, my canine friend.
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By Carbuncle.Nynja 2025-08-28 17:02:51
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mhomho said: »
Evil is defined by self-interest because it reflects the dark triad traits of humanity. Psychopathy, narcissism, and machiavellianism. They're personality traits that focus on the survival of the self above the survival of the species.
Is this a confession? Cause unless I'm sorely mistaken about something, I'm pretty sure pro-creation is essential to survival of the species.

Don't get mad at me, this is your own post in your own words fyi, taken exactly as you wrote them. I don't believe there was any nuance that could have been missed.
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By Pantafernando 2025-08-28 17:18:49
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Josiahafk said: »
Pantafernando said: »
Josiahafk said: »

Why
because you've held on to that guilt for far too long, my canine friend.

I mean, why dropping such sad plot for no reason.

This setup is higher in my ranking of sadboi moments.
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By Garuda.Chanti 2025-08-28 17:56:10
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Carbuncle.Nynja said: »
You can always tell who the frauds are
Unfortunately we can't.

The existence of con artists proves we can't.
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By mhomho 2025-08-28 23:30:55
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Fenrir.Niflheim said: »
mhomho said: »
Understand the definitions.
(proceeds by make up a definition)

Rather than saying "Understand the definitions" you should have said "Here is how I interpret the term in this context"

because the actual "definition" is a mental disorder which results in a lack of or complete inability to feel empathy. It has nothing to do with long vs short term gains.

That's great that you can regurgitate what google said. If you don't understand the applicability of the fundamental concepts, then the point lost on you. What's a behavior that exemplifies someone's lack of empathy? How about cheating on your spouse. What are the consequences of getting caught having extra-marital affairs? Potentially divorce. That would be an instance when the cheater doesn't care about the feelings or emotions of their spouse as they prioritize their own physical needs over the emotional needs of their partner. It undermines the equality of their relationship as one partner believes their entitled to cheating on their partner. That would be an example of psychopathy. Sacrificing a long term relationship for a short term gain.

Garuda.Chanti said: »
Carbuncle.Nynja said: »
You can always tell who the frauds are
Unfortunately we can't.

The existence of con artists proves we can't.

It shows. As an example, this is the bait of someone arguing in bad faith:
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mhomho said: »
Evil is defined by self-interest because it reflects the dark triad traits of humanity. Psychopathy, narcissism, and machiavellianism. They're personality traits that focus on the survival of the self above the survival of the species.
Is this a confession? Cause unless I'm sorely mistaken about something, I'm pretty sure pro-creation is essential to survival of the species.

Don't get mad at me, this is your own post in your own words fyi, taken exactly as you wrote them. I don't believe there was any nuance that could have been missed.
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