That's what I do! I tell my partner he's a good pupper. I tell my dog he's a tiny asshole. Both are true.
Partner's allowed to use any terms of endearment that would apply to our dog without them being read as gendered, on the theory that brain wires get crossed and I'm happy to be in the same love-nickname-category as the pup.
I don't quite understand what you mean in that first paragraph. Are you talking about people who justify clearly bad behavior with religion? Or the opposite, people who are uncertain about good behavior because it contradicts their religion? Or both at the same time, people who give up trying to define good and bad and just do whatever, because God will forgive them anyway?
I worry about being good though, not for spiritual reasons, but because the world is created by the tiny choices we make each day and I worry about making the world worse out of complacency.
What is the nature of "goodness", how do I encapsulate that into "me"; can I be good whilst doing bad things? Are bad thoughts enough to eliminate goodness, or is action required?
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I solve this issue by being a furry, cause now I can say "am I a good pup?" :3c
But aren't you a bat? :o
Technically a bat/bunny :3
Anyhow, if you can call a good dog by it's baby name (puppy) you can also do it to a bat :3
Aw cute, and good point!
Not the point, but I like that lemmy is such a small community that one random commentor knows the fursona of another random commentor
In mean, it's in the name
To be fair, as long as you have :3 they're good.
"Am I a good person? :3"
That last one sounds very "I'm terrified I'm a bad person and need reassurance but also need to try to lighten it"
:3 saves existential minds :3
that completely changes the vibe :3
i'm gonna use that from now :-D
That's what I do! I tell my partner he's a good pupper. I tell my dog he's a tiny asshole. Both are true.
Partner's allowed to use any terms of endearment that would apply to our dog without them being read as gendered, on the theory that brain wires get crossed and I'm happy to be in the same love-nickname-category as the pup.
Have I been good?
Have I been?
Have I?
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Looks like you are funny. This is also good.
I wasn't expecting an answer to the joke, thank you! I went and checked your history, and it looks like you've been quite good and nice too.
Always fun to answer a rhetorical question.
Do I have beans?
A cursory glance at your post history suggests that yes, you are kind and respectful.
No. That's a statue
Am I a good peep?
I don't quite understand what you mean in that first paragraph. Are you talking about people who justify clearly bad behavior with religion? Or the opposite, people who are uncertain about good behavior because it contradicts their religion? Or both at the same time, people who give up trying to define good and bad and just do whatever, because God will forgive them anyway?
I worry about being good though, not for spiritual reasons, but because the world is created by the tiny choices we make each day and I worry about making the world worse out of complacency.
This is an actual issue
Am I a good person?
What is the nature of "goodness", how do I encapsulate that into "me"; can I be good whilst doing bad things? Are bad thoughts enough to eliminate goodness, or is action required?
Have I been a good person?
:3 Have I been a good person? :3
Have I been a good gamer?