I know the meme is older than I am, but I’m clearly not going to win an argument on the Internet Enjoy your ambivalence.
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Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 16 hours agoPuritanical bs has nothing to do with morals, as much as some like to pretend it does. What harm are you trying to call out or prevent?
boaratio@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
He jealous of tiddy writers
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
That’s the closest I’ve been able to think about for why people turn to puritanical values in the first place: jealousy that others can do fun things they think they can’t, plus maybe a second layer of being upset that some aren’t also upset about it.
Oh wait, I almost forgot about the control angle, where if you can convince enough people that some normal and ok aspect about humanity is actually wrong, then you can catch people “slipping” and manipulate them via guilt or blackmail.