← Back to context Comment by pydry 10 hours ago Defeatism is easy 12 comments pydry Reply dspillett 9 hours ago Which is a large part of why what cryo32 said will come to pass. doginasuit 9 hours ago Acknowledging the result of defeatism should push us toward a different mindset, not more defeatism. Over the long run, humanity has a pretty good record, carried by the people who refuse to give up. AnthonyMouse 9 hours ago Only if people succumb to defeatism. There have been documented instances of that not happening. fg137 9 hours ago Commenting on an Internet forum is what's easy. chrinic7294 9 hours ago > Defeatism is easyI prefer easy.If you prefer difficult, more power to you. AnthonyMouse 9 hours ago It's the same easy as falling out of a plane without a parachute. Gravity will do all the work but you'll not like what happens at the bottom. doublerabbit 8 hours ago Isn't it easier just not to board the plane, who really enjoys being at an airport? 2 replies → latexr 9 hours ago > I prefer easy.Clearly you don’t feel that strongly about it. You know what would’ve been easier than making an account just to post that comment? Not doing that.Have you also stopped working, paying your bills, showering, eating, interacting with other people? Not doing any of that is easier than doing it. p-e-w 9 hours ago Do you have any concrete plan to make things better that doesn’t involve magical thinking or pseudo-appeals like “everyone just needs to…”? doublerabbit 9 hours ago So is taking without giving back.
dspillett 9 hours ago Which is a large part of why what cryo32 said will come to pass. doginasuit 9 hours ago Acknowledging the result of defeatism should push us toward a different mindset, not more defeatism. Over the long run, humanity has a pretty good record, carried by the people who refuse to give up. AnthonyMouse 9 hours ago Only if people succumb to defeatism. There have been documented instances of that not happening.
doginasuit 9 hours ago Acknowledging the result of defeatism should push us toward a different mindset, not more defeatism. Over the long run, humanity has a pretty good record, carried by the people who refuse to give up.
AnthonyMouse 9 hours ago Only if people succumb to defeatism. There have been documented instances of that not happening.
chrinic7294 9 hours ago > Defeatism is easyI prefer easy.If you prefer difficult, more power to you. AnthonyMouse 9 hours ago It's the same easy as falling out of a plane without a parachute. Gravity will do all the work but you'll not like what happens at the bottom. doublerabbit 8 hours ago Isn't it easier just not to board the plane, who really enjoys being at an airport? 2 replies → latexr 9 hours ago > I prefer easy.Clearly you don’t feel that strongly about it. You know what would’ve been easier than making an account just to post that comment? Not doing that.Have you also stopped working, paying your bills, showering, eating, interacting with other people? Not doing any of that is easier than doing it.
AnthonyMouse 9 hours ago It's the same easy as falling out of a plane without a parachute. Gravity will do all the work but you'll not like what happens at the bottom. doublerabbit 8 hours ago Isn't it easier just not to board the plane, who really enjoys being at an airport? 2 replies →
doublerabbit 8 hours ago Isn't it easier just not to board the plane, who really enjoys being at an airport? 2 replies →
latexr 9 hours ago > I prefer easy.Clearly you don’t feel that strongly about it. You know what would’ve been easier than making an account just to post that comment? Not doing that.Have you also stopped working, paying your bills, showering, eating, interacting with other people? Not doing any of that is easier than doing it.
p-e-w 9 hours ago Do you have any concrete plan to make things better that doesn’t involve magical thinking or pseudo-appeals like “everyone just needs to…”?
Which is a large part of why what cryo32 said will come to pass.
Acknowledging the result of defeatism should push us toward a different mindset, not more defeatism. Over the long run, humanity has a pretty good record, carried by the people who refuse to give up.
Only if people succumb to defeatism. There have been documented instances of that not happening.
Commenting on an Internet forum is what's easy.
> Defeatism is easy
I prefer easy.
If you prefer difficult, more power to you.
It's the same easy as falling out of a plane without a parachute. Gravity will do all the work but you'll not like what happens at the bottom.
Isn't it easier just not to board the plane, who really enjoys being at an airport?
2 replies →
> I prefer easy.
Clearly you don’t feel that strongly about it. You know what would’ve been easier than making an account just to post that comment? Not doing that.
Have you also stopped working, paying your bills, showering, eating, interacting with other people? Not doing any of that is easier than doing it.
Do you have any concrete plan to make things better that doesn’t involve magical thinking or pseudo-appeals like “everyone just needs to…”?
So is taking without giving back.