I was thinking that since most people here left Reddit for whatever reason - despite it being inconvenient - then having strong principles and actually sticking to them might be a common theme among the userbase here.
AM I? I’m the most principled materfucker there is.
I left reddit and do not contribute anymore. I do browse certain subreddits in my mobile browser, but don’t login. Lemmy is better for conversation and I like supporting the underdog in the age of content is everything.
Yes, I believe I am very principled. I struggle to live up to them, but it gives me something to strive for.
Probably not as much as I think I am.
Not particularly, no. Unless doing the things I want to do, and not doing things I don’t want to do, counts as principle.
I think I am principled in some things and not so much in others. Reddit has nothing to do with it. I left Reddit because it was no longer fun. I don’t want to scroll reposts of engagement bait and read the dumbest bot comments under it. I would happily keep using it if it was fun.
Tricky question, because the people who directly conflict with MY principles, probably feel that they are the one with principles, and I’M the immoral one.
Even bad principles are still principles.
I mean, say what you like about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it’s an ethos.
It’s not an ethos, though? They abandon all principles for dear leader, as well as holding contradictory principles simultaneous. They don’t stand by anything, because it’s ultimately mental illness. Their only principle is that they have none.
it’s a reference to The Big Lebowski
That’s just, like, your opinion, man.
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Ofc, who would I be if I weren’t? 😁
Yes but also no. I’ve come to the conclusion that being too extreme is just stupid. You always need a little bit of wiggle room.
I don’t think it necessarily implies extremism. It just means someone holds themselves to their own standards even when it’s inconvenient or when no one’s looking.
“It’s not a principle if it doesn’t cost you anything”
I mean that’s sort of what I mean. I don’t always hold myself to my standards.
For example I’m a tree loving hippie, but I have a ICE car (luckily its currently broken). I had to get one for work, I needed to get parts during the work day etc. I would have bought a EV, had I had the money for one. But anyway, having that car there, if I had cravings for some potato chips in the middle of the night, every now and then I’d hop in and pop to the shops. Not saying that was a weekly thing, but a few times a year I’d do that.
But I’m not gonna start hating myself because of that. As long as its a rare thing, its fine. Or perhaps my principle is “do your best, don’t be too harsh on yourself.”
I came across this quote recently: “We dont need a hanful of people doing zero waste perfectly. We need millions of people doing it imperfectly.” - Anne Marie Bonneau
Kind of. But I’m also a pragmatic person resulting in a lot of contradictions. Just as an example, I despise authoritarian regimes, but my work email ends with .cn
I consider myself an anarchopragmatist at heart; I would love to have neither God’s, kings, or mayors, but the process of implementing an alternative would most likely be worse than what we have today, at least in my corner of the world.
Yeah, I guess fairly principled. That’s probably related to my autism/sense of justice/not being controlled by social expectations, as well
I’ve wondered about the potenttial relationship to autism as well. I too like a rule-based and structured life.
I’m also noticing a significant amount of us on lemmy are on the spectrum.
White supremacist ideologies also offer well-defined structures and rules (just don’t look into them too much!). But yeah, miss Greta is a good example of autistic righteousness, and I love to see it.
Not in all areas, not on all topics, but yes, variouse principles apply.
I’d like to think so. I’m not perfect, but I mostly do what I think it right and what I think is important for myself and for society at large.
…having strong principles and actually sticking to them might be a common theme among the userbase here.
That’s what I’ve traditionally thought, but I’ve found there’s less of it that sentiment than I’d hoped for. A lot more people willing to be ‘content consumers’ or opinion-spewers without doing much to help make the FV work than I’d imagined. That said, some of that’s surely just whining on my part as someone who chronically wishes that more communities (including mine) received more help & participation, as well as someone on the ‘snappish-side’ due to constant pain. Also, not everyone here necessarily came from Reddit, or has any special respect for the Fediverse.
If I had the courage of my convictions then I wouldnt be on here either.
I do that with eating meat. I can’t defend it but I keep doing it. At least I do it knowingly.
