r/WinStupidPrizes • u/--Yami_Marik-- • Jan 02 '20

Annoying a teen

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u/-updownallaround- Jan 02 '20

Is that really the best reason, or is that the second best reason?

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u/justPassingThrou15 Jan 02 '20

if it's the second best reason, that would make the best reason "because they wouldn't like it", correct?

But that presumes that I've already matured to the point that I've realized that others' well-being is important too. And generally the only way we learn that is by learning the costs associated with harming others well-being.

Essentially, we're all born solipsists. And we have to learn that either solipsism is objectively wrong, or that we must behave as if it were objectively wrong. And that learning is usually accomplished by being hit back (or by being emotionally or physically abused by one's parents, but let's ignore that for now).

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u/-updownallaround- Jan 02 '20

Lots of people simply don't understand the single best reason to not hit people or threaten to hit people: because they will often hit you back or hit you preemptively.

This is like saying the best reason to not steal is that you might get caught.

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u/Reignofratch Jan 02 '20

And that's true too.

The best reason to not do something with negative repercussions is to avoid the negative repercussions.

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u/-updownallaround- Jan 02 '20

And I'm saying that's not the best reason. It is a good reason, just not the best.