• Mongostein@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    Two reasons:

    Because I’m a filthy hippy and I don’t want to throw a brand new cord in the landfill because I fucked up.

    Dealing with it for a long enough time period will make me think of how I wrecked it and I won’t haphazardly leave my cables lying on the floor any more.

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      2 months ago

      Ultimately it’s your life yah.

      But I can’t help but think that adult humans don’t need to do penance and suffer for a year just because they made such a small mistake. It’s like a 12th century religious act.

      I believe that adult humans can just learn not to do something without religious style self imposed suffering. If I burn my hand on the stove I don’t need to keep the wound in pain for a year in order to remember not to burn my hand again.

      This all being said I am a humanist materialist. If people come from a spiritual background where self imposed suffering helps the soul I can see why they would do such a thing.

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          2 months ago

          Ok. I’m curious now though. Do you choose to suffer unnecessarily as a joke on yourself? Is there a reason you choose to suffer when you don’t have to?

          Like I can’t relate to your choice at all here and am very curious.

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            2 months ago

            I don’t know what to tell you. It still works and I don’t need to move my phone while I’m working or sleeping.

            I don’t consider minor inconveniences suffering.