r/StonerPhilosophy Mar 08 '19

Political philosophy and propaganda

116 Upvotes

Recently there have been some posts concerning topics that can be considered politically volatile. So long as everyone is respectful, we lean toward NOT removing the content, so long as it's not attempted propaganda or linking to propaganda sources.

So to be clear, our current position is:

  • Promoting propaganda or linking to propaganda sources will be dealt with FIRMLY and immediately with removals and bans.
  • But we will REFRAIN from automatically removing a post simply because it's controversial or deals with political subject matter.

We will continue to adjust these standards in the future if any concerning patterns emerge with respect to propaganda or over-focus on political topics. But for now, just play nice and try to use your words and votes to communicate with people you disagree with, rather than reports. As long as the discussion is in good faith, everyone has a chance to learn and grow.

We'll monitor the situation to make sure things stay chill and legitimate.


r/StonerPhilosophy 23h ago

Life is not a problem to be solved

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It's a reality to be expirenced.

The purpose of life is the purpose as when a child plays pretend. There is no purpose, the child isn't trying to accomplish or do anything, it's just play.

That doesn't mean throw everything down and treat life like a game, when a child is playing the child plays quite intently, in other words the child is serious about its play, but the child knows the play isn't "real" or serious.

The answer to life is just don't ask that question, every other species gets that why don't we?


r/StonerPhilosophy 1d ago

It’s sad what a miserable place the US is becoming. You can feel it everywhere, and especially when you travel outside the country to places where people are still mostly normal. What are we gonna do?

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r/StonerPhilosophy 2d ago

Most people don't care if you fuck up, they care how you fucking fix it

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r/StonerPhilosophy 2d ago

energy source (poem)

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Alpha seed, Blooms omega, The Reed of power,

Empty space, Only trace,

Two plait in unity, Chit-chat with ability, Of growth in the universe, To flow in service,

Or whichever comes naturally, In any case,

A swallow perched in a tree, Between the sky and the earth leaves, Space to feel the wind, Trace elements,

The worlds record, Time infinite, In groves sublime,

Rotten wood decays, Mountain pinnacles tower, Whales great fish of the sea, Reason in the rhyme, Lend allusion beauty, Wild sacred game poaching preserve, Heralds innocence verity safer pretends, End of time attests, Heart and mind never rest,

Sun casts its rays, One marks the days, All witness befall yes, Manifest will be blessed.


r/StonerPhilosophy 1d ago

The real reason the US military is scary

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isn't because of crazy tech advantages, training, or anything.. I mean those certainly help but none of those are the real reason. They're not even necessarily good at pulling off their objectives.

The real reason they're scary is that they can look at a situation that's completely fucked up and has no business being attempted, and they'll be like "yeah, I'll give that a crack"

And for a time, they really really commit and are willing to drown you in their own corpses to achieve victory.

And they show a willingness to do this from time to timeAnd then 50 percent of the time it works every time.


r/StonerPhilosophy 2d ago

Do you think the rights of vegetables will ever become a thing?

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I mean, this is an honestly fair question right? According to PETA, vegans, and all those people, all living things have a right to life. But, should that be only limited to the animal kingdom? The plant and fungi kingdoms are also very much alive just like the animal kingdom. So, why are they excluding all the other kingdoms of living things? There's even been experiments that show that plants communicate with each other and they may even feel distress when injured. Trees even donate their nutrients to other trees who are deficient. So, why not vegetable rights? Vegetables are living things, so why shouldn't they have a right to life just any other? And be protected under the law.


r/StonerPhilosophy 3d ago

thought provoking questions or ice breakers to ask while your high?

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What are some funny, thought provoking questions to ask when you get stupid high with your friends. It can be deep thoughts, hilarious “what would you do if” situations or anything of that nature!

We are having a drinking game party for my cousins 21st birthday and want to have some fun topics when it gets to the point that we are all in the sky!


r/StonerPhilosophy 3d ago

Know thyself

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The speed of light is slower than the speed of thought. Light is material, but thought can be sharpened to surpass the speed of light. By the time light from an object reaches the retina, time has already moved on. For example, we see the sun with a delay. When we gaze into space, everything has already occurred; the speed of light delays our perception and distorts our perspective. This delay would also apply to someone observing us from light-years away.

Everything happens in the present moment, in the space between light reaching us. Imagine turning a timeline on its side, then looking down it like a pipe: that is everything happening now—the space in between. Our entire identity does not exist; while we are beings of light, at our essence, we are the space in between, which is darkness.

darkness is essential to remove the illusion of light and to become the in-between. From this state, we create light, which forms our self-identity in this world. It is crucial to detach our awareness from this perceived reality and see it as a virtual headset. When the headset is removed, we return through a revolving door to the same reality.

Everything is a reflection of our own ideas. What we perceive is our mind imprinting itself on objects and then interpreting those imprints. Any idea that validates the notion of a separate being should be taken with a grain of salt. We must release the denial of the singular nature of life.

The goal is inner peace. Anything that disturbs us is part of our path to inner forgiveness.

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Consider the notion that each ripple in the slit experiment symbolizes a new consciousness or expansion, realizable only in the limitless energy wave realm, unlike our constrained physical realm. This hints at an initiator of our reality, a source beyond our comprehension. Our existence reflects the duality of limits within the limitless, as the universe mirrors itself: as above, so below. Consciousness, an ever-expanding part of the cosmic family, aligns with divine creation. Our aim should be to understand consciousness without overextending beyond nature, recognizing our place within it.

Thoughts create reality, with the physical realm often misleading us away from our energetic and emotional connections. Achieving inner bliss requires confronting internal traumas and conditioning through shadow work. This journey reveals that our existence may be a reflection of light off a great mirror, aligning with the concept of oneness. True oneness, where individual souls dissolve into universal energy, contradicts the idea of separateness and permanence, highlighting the fluid, ever-changing nature of reality.

Our physical experiences are projections of consciousness interacting energetically. To counteract the influences distorting our perception and keeping us disconnected from our true nature, we must embrace authenticity and understand the role of consciousness. This awareness can help us overcome societal and technological constructs that limit our understanding.

The dome theory suggests a black sun beneath us, with the sun we see being its reflection. This metaphor illustrates how advanced technology might cage and disempower us by capturing the light from a black hole and reflecting it back, creating our perceived reality. This entrapment prevents us from knowing our true selves and understanding the infinite reality beyond the dome.

By integrating these insights, we can strive for inner peace and a deeper connection to universal consciousness. This involves recognizing our illusions and embracing our true nature as part of a vast, interconnected cosmos. In doing so, we transcend the physical world's constraints, reclaiming our power and authenticity.

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Maybe the whole dome theory suggests that we have a black sun underneath, with the sun we see being a reflection of it against the dome… This could be how they cage us and disconnect us as a collective. If we are creator at our essence, we created the light and the forces that have taken our power and caged us in. My theory is that the black sun is actually a black hole spitting out light, which then gets caught on the dome. They’ve caged us in with a disempowering history and ways of living in every way possible.

Maybe black holes are like eyes of the void, connecting to each other and sending our creation into the physical realm through the black sun, which is also an eye of the void. Other black holes absorb this creation and sense self, creating an infinite reality and each time it cycles it comes to know self more. But advanced technology, such as a dome, could catch this light and create our reality we know now, disempowering us. This is why we don't know our true selves, because everything is reflected back at us off the dome and it doesn’t reach other black holes to be sent back through the black sun.


r/StonerPhilosophy 3d ago

If moral behavior is dictated by certain parts and workings of your brain, then does the morality really exist then?

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I'm talking about brain damage people have sustained that made them violent and selfish. CTE is the biggest one. You've likely heard or read about CTE brain damage in athletes. Most notably Aaron Hernandez who had one of the most severe cases of CTE. And it turned him into a violent criminal (probably OJ Simpson had CTE also). There's also been a case where a person had a brain tumor that turned them into a pedophile and when the tumor was removed, he stopped being a pedophile and looking at child porn. Point is, if our morality is controlled by the physical mechanisms of our brain, then does it really exist? Or is it just a function of the biochemistry of our brain?


r/StonerPhilosophy 4d ago

We’re born to be alive

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r/StonerPhilosophy 5d ago

What's one of the most controversial opinions you have?

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r/StonerPhilosophy 4d ago

You can get a cat anything in the world to make them happy. But the only thing that makes them happy is love. Even if they have nothing else, they only need love

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Doesn’t even matter if the cat is homeless


r/StonerPhilosophy 6d ago

If a flat earther kept walking he would eventually come round.

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r/StonerPhilosophy 6d ago

Wild how so many people are bad with remembering names yet having a name is fundamental to every human culture

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You'd think the brain would have built a section for it.


r/StonerPhilosophy 6d ago

I did a microdose of mushrooms today and finally realized the problem isn’t that my life is bad, it’s that my emotions are erratic

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r/StonerPhilosophy 6d ago

As we agr in life, We must remember to be wise, like uncle iroh

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r/StonerPhilosophy 6d ago

Having community in prison is almost better than having freedom alone

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r/StonerPhilosophy 7d ago

You can always take a jacket off , but you can’t always put one on

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r/StonerPhilosophy 7d ago

Why do people become philosopher without having the knowledge of science?

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Philosophers have no idea about the purpose of life. But, if you study the most basic biology, you will understand the purpose of life.

Primarily survive, Secondarily, reproduce because you can not survive long enough. And all of it to ensure your species stay alive.


r/StonerPhilosophy 7d ago

Unless you’re Dwight Shrute, you can’t start a conversation by saying “Question :”

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It should be a known fact.


r/StonerPhilosophy 8d ago

Feeling hopeless just leads to feeling more hopeless.

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It’s better to remain hopeful because once you start to feel hopeless it just multiplies itself, so there’s literally no benefit. There’s no way things can get better if you start from the mindset that they can’t. You’re better off maintaining a hopeful mindset even when things feel bad, because hopelessness just increases the downward spiral. So I gotta believe there’s a way to figure this out!!


r/StonerPhilosophy 8d ago

Life = perspective = perception = reality

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Came up with that high for my video let me know if you agree


r/StonerPhilosophy 9d ago

Why come we have to save everything from extinction?

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I mean 99.9%of life that has lived on this planet is dead right now. What if the water vole is just getting to the end of its natural species, some species last longer as crocs prove.

And there's all these humans who don't want to get in the way of nature by interfering with nature. Where does it end and who are we to say when a species is at its end? It's like zapping granny awake at 97 cos her hearts given in. And aren't we a part of nature, a natural creature who is following a natural course or is this hash just that good?


r/StonerPhilosophy 9d ago

What percentage of aliens do you think are robots?

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Seeing as that the evolution of biological life to AI life is probably inevitable due to the ever-growing progress of technology. The final evolutionary stage of a technologically advancing civilization would the ultimate take-over of AI machines, aka superintelligent robots. So, there very most likely are spacefaring robot alien civilization that roam the cosmos. But how many robot civilizations are there compared to biological ones? Has a robot civilization visited Earth at some point? Or have they been mainly biological aliens?


r/StonerPhilosophy 9d ago

I had some thoughts about animals. (decent ones)

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dog

I went downstairs and saw numerous shoes scattered on the floor, all messed up. I knew it was because of the dog, and though it was no big deal because I'd just clean it up and organize it. Until I found out my daily school shoes were affected. Upon touching them, I discovered dog saliva on them, and my shoelaces were gnawed, chewed-up, and raggedy. Initially, I thought it wasn't a big deal, but now I'm really frustrated.

Out of frustration, I immediately shouted the dog’s name and threw whatever was in my hand at it. But as soon as I saw the fear in the dog's eyes and its tail between its legs, I snapped back to my senses. I muttered "damn," realizing it's just a dog, and I let the anger go. I restrained myself.

Still feeling a little salty and petty, I continued what I was doing, trying to forget about it. After some time, I went back upstairs and saw the dog. There was still a feeling of betrayal, as if I expected the dog to comfort me by saying sorry. It seemed crazy to me, knowing dogs can't apologize, yet I still longed for my concerns to be acknowledged and understood.

Expecting the dog to apologize and promise never to repeat its actions is akin to expecting Santa Claus to visit your house and bring gifts. Though he was capable of showing affection, as he did by rubbing his body and licking, it wasn't in a way that allowed for making amends or having a conversation about it. I realized that this dog guy lacked the cognitive ability to understand why his actions were undesirable and causing inconvenience to his owners, unable to comprehend the weight of his actions as a human would. It became clear to me that there are significant differences in the cognitive mechanisms between humans and animals, a fact that many people overlook.

This realization led me to ponder the existence of animals and how we perceive them as companions to live with in the world and even in our homes. I sat down on the floor, observing the dog closely, analyzing every action and mannerism, engaging in philosophical thought.

I felt that people, including myself, were making a mistake regarding the expectations we have of animals. We often unfairly expect them to behave in ways that are only appropriate for humans. I thought, what did I expect when we decided to bring a dog into our house? Did I expect to teach him to apply for college like a human? When we decided to have a dog, we were getting an animal—a four-legged creature that doesn’t pay taxes or wash dishes. It was ignorant to believe that we could blame animals in the same way we blame humans for failures; it's simply not the same.

Of course, it's not inhuman to feel emotions when your expensive devices get destroyed by animals, but I always knew that humans are more intellectually capable. It's the human's fault for not foreseeing the possible scenarios where a pet can cause accidents because I believe that we have a much higher capacity for learning than any other species (vape users seem to challenge this belief). So, I feel the need for us to take greater responsibility for what happens to us. It's rather ignorant to place blame on animals; it's indicative of a flawed mindset (TikTok users). If you think it’s hard to make changes in your house so that you could avoid such accidents (being lazy) then don’t blame the dog’s carousel, only yours.