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You should add to that the hypersexualization of commercial culture, and in fact the commercialization of sex itself by apps like Tinder and Grind. Though, it’

You should add to that the hypersexualization of commercial culture, and in fact the commercialization of sex itself by apps like Tinder and Grind. Though, it’s perhaps a bit unfair to call the behavior idiotic - I do think people who engage in self-destructive promiscuity do so out of pain, or due to commercial manipulation that they aren’t savvy enough to resist.

nemo44x 6y ago
I think it’s fair to call it idiotic. It doesn’t mean the people doing it are idiots. Just that what they’re doing, regardless of reason, is in fact idiotic.
disgsu 6y ago
“ [...]idiotic - I do think people who engage in self-destructive promiscuity do so out of pain, or due to commercial manipulation that they aren’t savvy enough to resist.“ Agreed. This is a fundamental result of the spiritual death of Westerners driven by materialism. However, in the end, the individual makes the discussion. No matter how unfortunate, we’ve all heard whispers of The Truth, The Way [1], but rejected it. [1] take this to be whatever philosophical/religious ideology you prefer; be it stoicism, Christianity, Buddha, whatever
- SamoyedFurFluff 6y ago
  I’d like to challenge the notion that people willingly engage in risky behavior in spite of being exposed to a perfectly fine and better alternatives. Most specifically, many religions have had fraught relationships with gay people, in fact many current dominant religions do. So a gay person may be completely justified in declining to participate in the spirituality/philosophy way of living if their previous exposures to that were abuse. Also, I would like to challenge the idea that living a non-drug life is attributable to some philosophical or religious ideology. I follow no philosophical or religious ideology enough to describe myself as a follower of any sort of way and I’m not pursuing a risky lifestyle.

nemo44x 6y ago

I think it’s fair to call it idiotic. It doesn’t mean the people doing it are idiots. Just that what they’re doing, regardless of reason, is in fact idiotic.

disgsu 6y ago

“ [...]idiotic - I do think people who engage in self-destructive promiscuity do so out of pain, or due to commercial manipulation that they aren’t savvy enough to resist.“ Agreed. This is a fundamental result of the spiritual death of Westerners driven by materialism. However, in the end, the individual makes the discussion. No matter how unfortunate, we’ve all heard whispers of The Truth, The Way [1], but rejected it. [1] take this to be whatever philosophical/religious ideology you prefer; be it stoicism, Christianity, Buddha, whatever

SamoyedFurFluff 6y ago
I’d like to challenge the notion that people willingly engage in risky behavior in spite of being exposed to a perfectly fine and better alternatives. Most specifically, many religions have had fraught relationships with gay people, in fact many current dominant religions do. So a gay person may be completely justified in declining to participate in the spirituality/philosophy way of living if their previous exposures to that were abuse. Also, I would like to challenge the idea that living a non-drug life is attributable to some philosophical or religious ideology. I follow no philosophical or religious ideology enough to describe myself as a follower of any sort of way and I’m not pursuing a risky lifestyle.