But we, the people are the evolutionary filter of traditions. We decide which ones are the fit ones, which ones of the ones we inherited will we pass down and which to banish into history.

Tradition is the lowest common denominator, and relying on our collective filter for social evolution is the least efficient metric by which to evaluate productive change; tradition is the worst reason.

Just give me one example where tradition is not the worst reason for doing anything (I know you did already but I am convinced tradition is still a worse reason that sadistic pleasure, both as a valid justification and in terms of net-negative suffering outcomes).

Who the fuck downvoted this.

Go back to the dark ages ya dumb fuck.

Yeah, but it is better to give a valid reason, as opposed to “because”, right?

So in the cases where I burn corpses, and wear a condom while fucking my sister, wouldn’t it be better if my reasons were to stop disease and genetic defect?

If someone asked why I was wearing a condom I could say “so she doesn’t get pregnant, also, you want in on this Dad?”, and that’s better than “because”

If you’re an atheist: we’re in hell, literally.

If you’re a Christian: we’re where hell will be, when Jesus comes back with cigarettes and half a bottle of bourbon.

Satisfying a sadistic urge will generally have a bad outcome (unless your target is a masochist), but as a reason, it is actually better than tradition.

If murdering people and rearranging their body parts was just “tradition”, it would be infinitely worse than someone doing it out of self satisfaction.

Traditions do often serve purpose, take for instance the birthday song. We say we do it for “tradition”, but the real reason is because it’s a familiar song everyone can participate in singing, to direct cheer at the birthday-twat. It’s generally fun.

my favourite misbelief is that people are already in heaven, and that hell is a ‘place’.

What the bible claims will happen: second coming of Jesus happens; believers are resurrected, believers are raptured, and then war breaks out. Jesus fucks off with the angels and everyone left on Earth is “in hell” (permanently separated from God).

Everything about hell being a demonic underworld is from Dante’s Divine Comedy.

Tradition is always the worst reason to do something.

If you had any other reason to do something, you would use that as an excuse.

For the sake of brevity, I’m just going to agree that I’m sea-lioning.

Now, explain how what I’m doing is unethical.

Do you think it’s unethical because it uses stolen art?

If so, I don’t think there’s an issue because I’m not publishing anything I generate.

Do you think it’s unethical because of the electricity usage?

If so, you could make the argument about any frivilous activity which generates electricity.

I really don’t know of a compelling reason besides these two which raises a red flag for you.

I’m not trolling. Why is it unethical for me and my buddies to generate images of a duck with the head of an elephant?

I want to know more.

How long has it been since your coma?

When you say you were lucid, do you mean you were always aware you were dreaming?

You say there was no escape, but you must have become fully unconscious at times?

Did you ever have pleasant dreams?

How much of your life experience do you think shaped your nightmares?

Did you have any epiphanies due to the clashing ideas?

I meant to reply to you, to illustrate it’s not always unethical; a point you raised, not OP.

What if you’re a pervert? That’s a pretty decent excuse.

I use it when I get stoned with my mates and think of funny shit to generate.

I’m confused, is this a problem with your seat, or your height?

Now I’m curious what you’re driving.

Modern safety standards make it so that the seatbelt locks in a crash and limits your longitudinal inertia.

That’s what I was trying to say.

Fair point about the crashes. It’s not hard to imagine how much worse things could be without correctly fitted headrests and seatbelts.

Sure. What I’m inferring is the head moves more without a tight seatbelt, due to the additional inertia of your body, and its angle.

It might be easier to imagine it with an example. If you’ve ever taken a class in something like Judo, the first thing they’ll teach you is how to fall. It is incredibly important to maintain good posture as you fall, as hitting the mat with your head tilted too high is something that can turn you paraplegic in a second.

Same goes for a car. If your posture is fucked up, and your head hits the headrest wrong, it could lead to a broken neck.

As you train better posture, both your spine and the muscles around it find a new relaxed state. Essentially eliminating the risk of your head folding under the headrest.

If you have an accident, whiplash is partially countered by a seatbelt, but if you do have an accident, the severity of your neck damage will be dependant on your resting posture.

With a correct posture, there is less deviation in how your spine bends.

In any case, headrests are adjustable, make sure it’s set correctly. Unless your posture is perfect, changing your ergonomics will be uncomfortable.

My nips are so pointy they practically shoot people in the face anyway.