ON EVERYTHING REVISED

Read this by Noah Cicero.

I agree with all of that.

Here is what I believe:

Wait, let me say that I think I agree with two groups:

Existentialists
Humanists

Yes, I agree or belong to those groups.

I believe these things:

There is no universal good or bad. If I am a nice person, the universe doesn't care. If I go on a killing rampage and shoot a hundred innocent people, the universe doesn't care. I believe this because I do not believe in a god or higher power that has arbitrary judgments about what is right/wrong or good/bad.

I exist only to exist. I believe in my own existence and that is all I can believe in, because that is the only reality I can experience, that of my own. I am an existentialist.

I believe in being nice to people so that people don't feel unhappy, or feel physically or mentally unhealthy. I try to behave like this. I feel no requirement to be awarded/punished after death for my living action and behavior. I believe that all humans are created equal. I am worth as much as Jeffery Dahmer or a dying child in Sudan. I am a humanist.

I try and never use the words good and bad, and if I do I say "I believe that...". I try and never use the words good/bad for art. I say "I like that movie" or "I dislike that movie". I believe that I should use honest, clear communication that can not be misinterpreted to harbor negative, pretentious meaning. If I am making jokes, or if I express that I am "better" than someone or something, I do so sarcastically.

Some examples of my core beliefs applied to certain things:

Diet: I feel like being a vegan is the "best" thing to be, because it is the least wasteful and cruel dietary path. You do not require that an animal is killed to be fed, you do not support factories that harm the people around them that process that meat, you are eating renewable energy. This is supportive for future generations of human beings and the planet. I am not a vegan, because eating meat and dairy products make me happy because they taste so good to me, and I am thin so it would be hard for me to eat enough protein and carbohydrates to stay at my current weight.

Comedy: I believe that the least harmful comedy is "self-deprecating" humor, because this humor cannot hurt anyone else's feelings. All other humor uses societal constructs I don't believe in, or make fun of somebody or a group of people. That humor is pretentious. If I make jokes that are pretentious or use societal constructs, I do so sarcastically.

These are my beliefs. They are not right or wrong. They are only mine.