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0 pointswkat42427mo ago0 comments

Who cares about the tribe?

I have no issue saying I think religion is BS. I don't care if I lose friends over that tbh.

I just don't normally do so because a) it won't change their mind and b) I don't care what they believe. I still think it's crazy but that's fine. Everyone is a bit crazy anyway. And c) I prefer focusing on common ground than contradictions.

But tribes are overrated in this day and age. If you don't fit in you can just find another one that you do gel with. This changes over time too.

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throwaway2907mo ago

You and everyone except psychopaths cares about tribes even if you don't think you do. Tribe = society. Social exclusion = death.

You can find new friends thanks to internet. Flat earthers and religious communities have more strong relations IRL than us here

wkat4242OP7mo ago

Well what I mean is it doesn't matter if you piss off your tribe these days because you can just find another one that aligns better with you instead. No need to fake it to fit in. This is what's so great about today's globalised society and internet. There's always people like you somewhere within reach.

I could totally not live in a small country town where I'd be forced to pretend to be religious and care about sports. And I'm into other stuff like polyamory that small communities tend to hate.

So yeah that would be hell for me. I probably would end up excluded.

I also tend to change pretty radically every few years or so. Including finding a new country to live, new hobbies etc. So I have few long term ties anyway. I like it like that. I tend to feel trapped in too stable situations.

throwaway2907mo ago

You are a sociopath. This tends to reduce with age. Trust me for normies it's an insane scenario.

You seem to be specifically trying to show how you're not like most people, so in a way you support my point!

> So yeah that would be hell for me. I probably would end up excluded.

Why hell, if you don't have ties anyway and you are fine? You are contradicting yourself

> I also tend to change pretty radically every few years or so. Including finding a new country to live, new hobbies etc. So I have few long term ties anyway. I like it like that. I tend to feel trapped in too stable situations.

Yeah so if your long term ties were religious or flat earth you would likely be that too. Because people don't usually fuck with long term ties. Re my point

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0 pointswkat42427mo ago0 comments

Who cares about the tribe?

I have no issue saying I think religion is BS. I don't care if I lose friends over that tbh.

But tribes are overrated in this day and age. If you don't fit in you can just find another one that you do gel with. This changes over time too.

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throwaway2907mo ago

You and everyone except psychopaths cares about tribes even if you don't think you do. Tribe = society. Social exclusion = death.

You can find new friends thanks to internet. Flat earthers and religious communities have more strong relations IRL than us here

wkat4242OP7mo ago

I could totally not live in a small country town where I'd be forced to pretend to be religious and care about sports. And I'm into other stuff like polyamory that small communities tend to hate.

So yeah that would be hell for me. I probably would end up excluded.

throwaway2907mo ago

You are a sociopath. This tends to reduce with age. Trust me for normies it's an insane scenario.

You seem to be specifically trying to show how you're not like most people, so in a way you support my point!

> So yeah that would be hell for me. I probably would end up excluded.

Why hell, if you don't have ties anyway and you are fine? You are contradicting yourself

Yeah so if your long term ties were religious or flat earth you would likely be that too. Because people don't usually fuck with long term ties. Re my point

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