• 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I always avoided /r/nevertellmetheodds over on reddit because I always wanted to post “100%” in the comments.

      It’d’ve made me laugh, but not a very original joke, nor funny to most people.

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        2 days ago

        Who cares? Those who can laugh at themselves are the human equivalent of self-powered fusion reactors, fonts of happy energy.

        Sometimes the happiness spreads, sometimes it doesn’t. Either way, someone is entertained 😁👍

        • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          Who cares?

          Well, there’s two answers to this and I think both are valid viewpoints to consider:

          1. Who cares? Be yourself, be who you’re going to be, spread joy, even if that joy is only seen by yourself
          2. Who cares? We all care. We’re all part of the communities in which we exist and participate. Don’t shit all over those communities.

          Which is sort of how you can differentiate between the individualism as emphasized in the US, vs. the communalism as seen in places like Japan. Each has advantages and disadvantages.

          So you’re right, and I agree with you. Except it’s tempered with caring for others. :) <3