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.
Yep. I left Reddit during the initial API crisis. I’ve left jobs because of my principles, even without backup jobs ready. There are tons of places I won’t shop (including Amazon), and it makes finding things I need difficult sometimes. I’ve also been vegan for over 20 years.
My mom’s the opposite. I grew up seeing her hypocrisy, and it upset me. She’d outright tell me, “Do as I say, not as I do.” Such a rich lesson for a young mind! I realized that a lot of people become hypocrites by repeating what others say without critical thought, and it turned me into a skeptic. So many people jump on the emotional bandwagon (see any hot button political topic for reference), but then later after hearing someone else confidently spout an opinion on it, they will stand with the opposite conclusion. If they’d stopped and thought the first time they heard about it, before opening their mouths about it, they wouldn’t come off hypocritical later on. But the distressing part is less that they changed their opinion, but that they still haven’t put any critical thought into why they hold it - it’s all just repeating others’ words. Which is why if a topic is brand new to me, I will refuse to take a side in it until I research it and come to my own conclusions. There are enough parrots repeating propaganda thoughtlessly, we have to be very careful with whom we trust.
My principles uphold the person I am. I came to them on my own, often going against the tide I grew up in. To me, the hardest part about having principles isn’t upholding them, but in dealing with those that can’t believe you actually have them. So many people seem to float on seemingly without a real sense of self, swayed more by those around them than by any sort of inner compass. I can’t fathom being like that, and those people apparently can’t fathom being like me.
All the more reason Lemmy is such a good place to be. We might not all hold the same principles, but at least many of us seem to have them.
I’d also like to note the seeming overlap of Lemmy’s populace with neurodivergence, which can coincide with, well, being a principled weirdo like me. ;)
Very. Unfortunately, that drives me to making choices that very much make my life very hard.
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.
You know, I’ve come to wonder if guys that spend as much time as possible knocked out on drugs might have a point. Happy and numb to the universe, including things like if you’re on a dirty mattress in a flop house, sounds okay.
There seems to be a point of diminishing returns from immorality. At some point you just end up a hated outcast,so you have to apply sparingly. Unless you’re an ultra-rich landlord’s son right as your country is sliding into fascism.
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.
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.
We should be friends.
Probably not as much as I think I am.
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.
real and based
I think most people would consider me highly, perhaps obnoxiously principled.
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 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.
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
Unexpected !achievers@piefed.social
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 God’s, 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.
