afeinman, 3 months ago @futurebird Reminds me of a common frustration, which I think you've posted about before... Abstinence is so often prescribed as the solution to a perceived vice. Just don't do it! Eat less! Don't Do Drugs! Problem solved. It absolves the speaker and reveals a piss-off attitude. "That is your individual problem. If you can't even take my simple advice, you moron, ..." And it flattens away the systemic or situational pressures which make the advice useless.
@futurebird
Reminds me of a common frustration, which I think you've posted about before...
Abstinence is so often prescribed as the solution to a perceived vice. Just don't do it! Eat less! Don't Do Drugs! Problem solved.
It absolves the speaker and reveals a piss-off attitude. "That is your individual problem. If you can't even take my simple advice, you moron, ..."
And it flattens away the systemic or situational pressures which make the advice useless.
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