u/Numerous-Elk2076

I feel overwhelmed by boycotts

Things like veganism and so on are also technically boycott movements.

I just feel overwhelmed by it because it's rare that someone boycotts and you'd just keep seeing people around you as inhumane and it's not simple to know for sure what companies to boycott and it's a moral dilemma whether to be vegan or not and it's just overall hard in today's society.

It's almost all about pleasure tho so i don't know how to defend people who don't boycott and I myself don't boycott.

It just feels like a complex moral and political stance that is easily overwhelming but if I don't stand against it then what's the difference between me and someone who used slaves during slavery.

It's like the saying that goes like "My guilt will not purify me"

it's just overwhelming me so badly because it's so hard to do and it's not at all normalized and it's like a contract you're signing for the rest of your life and there's almost no real support and even a lot of unfair hate and it just makes you feel like you're the odd one out even if you're in the right

its just that politics are forced upon everyone and it makes everything so overwhelming and humans were just meant to survive but nowadays everyone is forced on politics whether they're participating or not and we've been so used to comfort that it became so hard to give it up.

like you can't possibly tell me that giving up tasty food should be that hard and it makes me hate myself for being blinded by pleasure like that

and again, the fact that there's almost no support

also because some boycotts like veganism will almost certainly not show any results in your life time but in the coming centuries and might even show no results at all

I'm 16 and I'm currently going through a hard time and existential dread and so on but it's still a topic that must be discussed.

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u/Numerous-Elk2076 — 5 days ago

Is it considered hypocrisy if you condemn non vegans but you also dont boycott inhumane companies that aren't specifically harming animals?

I definitely think that it is hypocrisy and that you have no right to judge others for not being completed while you yourself aren't complete

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u/Numerous-Elk2076 — 5 days ago

Do vegans think we should drive domestic animals that can't survive in the wild to extinction?

Not specifically to extinction but to stop them from reproducing to a massive amount.

I personally believe that we should and I feel like that's the obvious answer but I want to see vegans' opinions.

Domestic animals such as domestic chicken can't survive in the wild, that means that if there are thousands of them that can't be taken care of by humans, they will die of starvation or be easy targets for predators.

Non-vegans would say that we shouldn't drive them to extinction because we eat them and benefit from them, but to vegans, we shouldn't.

I think that the solution to this would be to try to stop these animals from reproducing till they're almost extinct and only people who are willing to take care of them until their death would have them.

These scenarios are only possible if everyone were vegan tho but I want to understand the povs of vegans because im non vegan and considering becoming one

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u/Numerous-Elk2076 — 5 days ago

Why do vegans stop consumin dairy products and eggs?

If it's about the animal abuse in the food industry then why not just buy from non abusive companies?

I've searched about it and found out that dairy products are not supported by vegans because of the abuse the animals face for people to get their hands on milk. I don't know if there's any other reason.

Same with eggs, but it's way easier to get eggs without causing any abuse because chickens lay eggs daily and don't get emotionally attached to their eggs.

Edit: Got my answers, no need for further comments

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u/Numerous-Elk2076 — 5 days ago

Looking for teen friends in Riyadh

I'm 16 and I'm looking for friends to know online first

I'm looking for close friendships and it's hard for me to find people that I can relate to and be close with because I'm an ex muslim and I'm agnostic.

i want friends who aren't homophobic or sexist and preferably good in English but it's okay

Hopefully this post finds the right people and for anyone else, instead of hating just ignore this post and go on with your day

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u/Numerous-Elk2076 — 6 days ago

I get motivated for 10 minutes then remember there's no point to it and lose it all again

i get motivated for 10 minutes

i remember how nothing's gonna work out the way i wish

i lose all motivation again

life is supposed to give people hints of how everything could and will work out someday but for me it just gives me hints of how it'll never do. my life is good but for another person other than me. like.. a good life comes in a million different forms, but not all these forms are considered good for everyone.

what i mean is that my life is good for people that aren't me and I'm forced to live this life knowing i don't want it.

16 years with nothing I'm proud of. 16 years and all i turned out to be is a selfish ungrateful person. if i were to list all my bad traits i would keep going and going until the best traits in the world wouldn't even make a balance, not as if i even have the best traits in the world either.

it's like someone poor is in debt that even the richest man wouldn't be able to pay off

I either work really hard for a life that is slightly better than the one i have right now and the one ill have if i give up on everything. but i believe that in both cases, im the one that'll decide when to finally leave it all behind

I cope by telling myself "maybe in another universe" for everything that couldn't and wouldn't be able to be true

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u/Numerous-Elk2076 — 7 days ago

The movie Call me by Your Name.

I havent watched it but the live story is about a 17 year old with a 24 year old which I don't feel comfortable with but id like a movie about a queer couple thats actually good

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u/Numerous-Elk2076 — 19 days ago

I'm seriously not depressed anymore but I want to commit everyday more than the day before and it's selfish and I'm ungrateful and selfish and guilty but I dont even think I care abymyore but it's still confusing that I'm not even struggling like if I compare my struggles to the first time I attenpted then the first time would be an intensity of 8/10 and right now it'd be like 4/10. 

I still somewhat enjoy stuff and sometimes look forward to things and everything is fine and there's not even any actual internal struggles. My parents are financially stable and they love me, like they do love me but are againt my non religious beliefs and sometimes they lash out at me and it's really complicated which makes me not love them all the time but it's still selfish because they do everything for me and they care yet they don't and it's confusing. 

I don't feel motivated for anything at all but I'm not burnt out, like when I used to get burnt out it was that I was neither motivated nor have the energy to do anything but right now I'm unmotivated but I still could function if I force myself to but I just dont feel like it which isn't an excuse.

So everything is basically fine. Maybe I'm struggling a tiny bit but it's completely within my control and I'm not too weak to fight back but instead I'm too selfish and ungrateful.

I'm not posting this for reassurance or anything, I just wanted to say it somewhere.

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u/Numerous-Elk2076 — 23 days ago

I'm really confused as to how to know if something is right or wrong. I'm 16 and I know it's normal to be confused but still.

Religion gives you a steady moral compass that many people depend on, even if it's wrong, it's easy to say whether something is right or wrong, and you'll follow it blindly with full belief that you're in the right.

But when you're sane and don't just follow some BS blindly, you are left with no definite moral compass.

Sometimes I feel like I should just not GAF about anything and just be a bad person until I die, like.. I didn't even ask to be here in the first place and I already just wanna die and the only thing stopping me from doing it is because the many people I don't deserve that I'll hurt.

If it's all about looking at all sides and deciding which one seems right to you then everyone would be fucked up. It's not morally right/wrong if I simply listened to all sides and decided which one I believe is right. Someone could find things that I find immoral okay and vice versa.

If it's about "if it doesn't hurt anyone" then it's too confusing and broad and makes moral dilemmas feel more complicated and disastrous, and it doesn't do anything regarding justice.

I'm only 16, but the life ahead of me is already miserable and I'd rather just die soon, but I wanna die pure, which isn't a realistic thing to want, but it's my life my rules, I didn't just come here to live miserably and die miserably.

My life is better than 99% of the people alive and I'm still so ungrateful which is definitely immoral, but I like to make myself believe that I just wasn't meant for life, and that's one of my ways to cope with being so guilty. And don't even sympathize with me.

Roast me all you want about me being immoral but just keep in mind that I already know that.

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u/Numerous-Elk2076 — 24 days ago

I'm really confused as to how to know if something is right or wrong. I'm 16 and I know it's normal to be confused but still.

Religion gives you a steady moral compass that many people depend on, even if it's wrong, it's easy to say whether something is right or wrong, and you'll follow it blindly with full belief that you're in the right.

But when you're sane and don't just follow some BS blindly, you are left with no definite moral compass.

Sometimes I feel like I should just not GAF about anything and just be a bad person until I die, like.. I didn't even ask to be here in the first place and I already just wanna die and the only thing stopping me from doing it is because the many people I don't deserve that I'll hurt.

If it's all about looking at all sides and deciding which one seems right to you then everyone would be fucked up. It's not morally right/wrong if I simply listened to all sides and decided which one I believe is right. Someone could find things that I find immoral okay and vice versa.

If it's about "if it doesn't hurt anyone" then it's too confusing and broad and makes moral dilemmas feel more complicated and disastrous, and it doesn't do anything regarding justice.

I'm only 16, but the life ahead of me is already miserable and I'd rather just die soon, but I wanna die pure, which isn't a realistic thing to want, but it's my life my rules, I didn't just come here to live miserably and die miserably.

My life is better than 99% of the people alive and I'm still so ungrateful which is definitely immoral, but I like to make myself believe that I just wasn't meant for life, and that's one of my ways to cope with being so guilty. And don't even sympathize with me.

Roast me all you want about me being immoral but just keep in mind that I already know that.

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u/Numerous-Elk2076 — 24 days ago

Why is it considered bad to consume nude content and pornography. And why is it considered bad to be a nude content creator or a porn star. Also what decides if something is morally right or wrong or neutral

Edit: Also why is prostitution bad if it doesn't contain any unconsenting individuals

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u/Numerous-Elk2076 — 26 days ago