Why are people so sadistically realistic?

Ugh…

“Sadistically realistic?”

Really?

sa·dis·tic
səˈdistik/
adjective
adjective: sadistic

1.
deriving pleasure from inflicting pain, suffering, or humiliation on others.

So do you honestly believe that people are choosing to “be realistic,” in order to take pleasure in the pain that their realism apparently causes you?

Or do you think that maybe it’s possible that “being realistic,” is just reasonable, and so reasonable people tend to choose to be realistic, rather than believing in farcical, outrageous claims?

I could just as easily ask: “why are people so pathetically desperate to believe unreasonable falsities?”

In fact, that is how i will counter your question. Your implication that being realistic is somehow “sadistic,” is beyond asinine, but my assertion that you seem pathetically desperate to believe false things, seems very… realistic. Heh.

Being ignorant of the correct answer is not valid justification for choosing the wrong one that you like better.

The truth is that no one “needs” to “turn to” any incorrect explanation, in the absence of sufficient understanding of any event. The correct way to respond to lacking understanding of an event, is to attempt to understand it… not just decide it was magic or monsters or spirits or gods, “just because science hasn’t yet explained it.”

What you convey comes off as childish and desperate, and quite sad.

I actually pity you. But i feel like i understand, well enough, what could cause someone to be that way; reality can be quite harsh and displeasing. Some people can’t handle it, and end up needing to believe otherwise, due to an inability to cope with reality. Granted, reality usually sucks… but the only way to make it better, is to see it clearly, dig in, and try to actively change it for the better… not bury your head in the sand, or float through clouds, and pretend it isn’t real. Pretending it isn’t what it is, will only help it stay as it is.

Oh look, a discussion (sort of) happened.

@Duke:

“I unwittingly became involved in a discussion on religion on here a few monghs ago and asked whether they’d prohibit religious practice. The answer was unreservedly ‘yes’. Nothing unethical about that then?”

I remember that. You were calling yourself “exit to nowhere” at the time, and in case you don’t recall, my answer was indeed given amidst reservation. I intended to communicate that i would not want to be in the position that was forced to decide to prohibit religious practice… but if religious practice is detrimental to the rest of the world (which, IMO, it certainly has shown plenty of evidence that it often is), then it doesn’t get a special pass just for being religion. If i were in charge, i would not want people doing things that caused unnecessary problems for each other, and unfortunately, that often does include religion. My preference would be to simply teach everyone critical thinking, knowing that this would lead to most people naturally seeing for themselves that religion is a farcical waste of energy, and obfuscates the reality we all need to see, in order to get to the sources of problems, in order to correct them, thereby making the world a better place for everyone.

@else:

I am far from being a sadist. I don’t like to hurt others unnecessarily, and i don’t like to hurt myself. But sometimes we must go through a painful process, in order to progress and evolve. Some pain is necessarily unavoidable, some is justifiable, some is even beneficial, as long as it’s not so extreme as to cripple a person.

If any of you are expecting (irrationally so) to never encounter anything uncomfortable, whether in real life, or just on the internet, then you are in for a very rude awakening. And if you refuse to see reality, and choose to believe fantasies instead, then this type of unpleasant encounter will surely shock and dumbfound you, and will most likely cause you to want to lash out against everyone else, for something you damn well should have known to expect.

Realism is about being ready, seeing clearly, forming appropriate expectations, making accurate predictions, and staying balanced… not about hurting anyone. To me, it’s as i said initially: beyond asinine, for anyone to correlate “being realistic,” with any desire to cause suffering to others.

Although i suppose that if you know and associate with sadists, who are aware of your fantastical nature, then it is quite likely that they will attempt to contest against whatever beliefs they perceive you to hold, so that it may cause you frustration and discomfort. But it has nothing to do with anyone being realistic, and everything to do with a certain unfortunately common character flaw, in many people, who simply enjoy obfuscation and disruption, and use these tactics to cause discomfort in anyone they find vulnerable.

On the internet, we call them trolls. Trolls exist in the real world too, and they will adopt any tactic they think can facilitate causing frustration to others, because they think it’s hilarious, and they enjoy watching you writhe and squirm. If “realism” wasn’t the thing that upset you so much, then it would be some other tactic they would employ. But since you are so unrealistic, you don’t understand how to deconstruct the events surrounding you, and analyze the people you associate with, to determine an accurate assessment of what is actually happening. No, instead of being realistic and figuring it out yourself, you choose to believe something else, and act as though “realism” is the thing that is attacking you. When in actuality, realism would serve to help you avoid such situations. You, and everyone else, should be embracing it, not demonizing it.

@jswiss: i LQTM’d. (laugh quietly to myself)