Moral Licensing -

[Wallace]

An article that crossed my dash today:

Moral Licensing: How Being Good Can Make You Bad

Moral licensing is a a particularly interesting mental glitch: apparently, doing something that helps to strengthen our positive self-image also makes us less worried about the consequences of immoral behaviour, and therefore more likely to make immoral choices. For example, studies have shown that people who have just expressed strong disagreement with sexist statements are more likely to then hire a man for a job in a male-dominated industry, because they feel secure about their “non-sexist” self-image and therefore pay less attention to the possible biases they might have (the exact same thing happens with people who express disagreement with racist statements and then are more likely to unconsciously discriminate against racial minorities). It seems that being “good” is where the slippery slope towards being “bad” starts.

It's an interesting explanation to many lolcows; they use their bolstered self-image to justify acting like spergs and casting stones at their enemies.

 

[AnOminous]

An article that crossed my dash today:

Moral Licensing: How Being Good Can Make You Bad



It's an interesting explanation to many lolcows; they use their bolstered self-image to justify acting like spergs and casting stones at their enemies.

It is a very common SJW behavior that the more vehement they are about how much they support minorities, the more likely they are to cross the street when they see a black man.

 

[DuskEngine]

Anyone who is more interested in being righteous than solving problems is in it for themselves.

 

[Ebola]

The same is true of people who hate gays and pedophiles. For example, it's always the people who strongly attack pedophilia and homosexuality who are gay and have pedophilic tendencies. Don't believe me? Keep an eye out for social media profiles whose posts mainly consist of anti-gay or anti-pedophile rants and materials. Dox the users, and you'll be forced to accept that I'm not just pulling this out of my ass.

If you ever encounter a man whose Facebook profile is littered with reposts about Amber Alerts and suspected pedophiles or pedophilic crimes, rants about how disgusting pedophilia is, and posts about how all pedophiles need to be painfully killed, you can be 100% sure that this person is a child rapist. People who hold extreme views, such as wanting all people who like X, or are part of group X, to be killed, are almost always closeted members of group X. This is an undeniable fact of reality. I think that their logic is: "I am a pedophile, so if I ever get accused of raping a kid, I'll just point to my social media profiles and everyone will think I'm innocent!"

 

[Null]

If you ever encounter a man whose Facebook profile is littered with reposts about Amber Alerts and suspected pedophiles or pedophilic crimes, rants about how disgusting pedophilia is, and posts about how all pedophiles need to be painfully killed, you can be 100% sure that this person is a child rapist. People who hold extreme views, such as wanting all people who like X to be killed, are almost always closeted members of group X. This is an undeniable fact of reality. I think that their logic is: "I am a pedophile, so if I ever get accused of raping a kid, I'll just point to my social media profiles and everyone will think I'm innocent!"

u wot m8

 

[AnOminous]

This may be just my inherent and deepening cynicism, but the moment someone says they love humanity, the hair on my back stands up, I back away, and I look warily at whoever is saying it.

Such a person is invariably dangerous, mean and stupid, and as likely to bite you as do anything for the good of any actually living person.

u wot m8

Perfect example while I was writing my post. Ever notice how this guy smiles broadly but you never see it in his eyes or the muscles in his face? He's deliberately smiling but he's never been actually happy. People who naturally smile a lot have more wrinkles around the corners of their eyes, and you see it when they genuinely smile. Because a real smile is a whole face thing, not just a simulated rictus to convince the world.

 

[melty]

Perfect example while I was writing my post. Ever notice how this guy smiles broadly but you never see it in his eyes or the muscles in his face? He's deliberately smiling but he's never been actually happy. People who naturally smile a lot have more wrinkles around the corners of their eyes, and you see it when they genuinely smile. Because a real smile is a whole face thing, not just a simulated rictus to convince the world.

On a positive note, one of my favorite things is seeing photos and video of happy old couples, they have great eye wrinkles

Back on topic, I read awhile back there was some study that showed people who recycled were more likely to be assholes later in the day, because they had done their "good deed" for the day by recycling.
It sounds like some small sample psych bullshit imo but maybe there's something to it.

 

[Darndirty]

Also kind of reminds me of the mindset of alot of drug addicts to be honest. They know it's harmful yet it makes them feel better ergo can it really be THAT bad?

 

[AnOminous]

Also kind of reminds me of the mindset of alot of drug addicts to be honest. They know it's harmful yet it makes them feel better ergo can it really be THAT bad?

Prove that shit. I've known a lot of drug addicts, and most of them are not just liars, they're really good liars.

I knew a junky whose main deal was lifting electronics and then selling them, and he actually would steal high ticket items and then take them straight to customer service and get "refunds" on them using stolen receipts he'd picked out of trash cans for the specific item. He would actually then escalate this shit to the manager level and then get the manager to give him free money.

Please do not tell me drug addicts are honest.

 

[Darndirty]

Prove that shit. I've known a lot of drug addicts, and most of them are not just liars, they're really good liars.

I knew a junky whose main deal was lifting electronics and then selling them, and he actually would steal high ticket items and then take them straight to customer service and get "refunds" on them using stolen receipts he'd picked out of trash cans for the specific item. He would actually then escalate this shit to the manager level and then get the manager to give him free money.

Please do not tell me drug addicts are honest.

...where did I say they were honest? Oh I see, I should have added a coma in there what I meant was that was my honest opinion. But man someone got screwed over by a junkie at some point. Touchy touchy. Also aren't you like a lawyer or something?

 

[AnOminous]

...where did I say they were honest? Oh I see, I should have added a coma in there what I meant was that was my honest opinion. But man someone got screwed over by a junkie at some point. Touchy touchy. Also aren't you like a lawyer or something?

That dude was actually a good friend of mine (before he died of obvious reasons). Also I liked the "coma" thing. I think you meant comma but the typo is appropriate. And no, I was never screwed over by a junkie because I always knew what they were and are. I just will never care about one again.

 

[Darndirty]

Ooh nice burn bro. You didn't answer me, aren't you like a lawyer, cause I've never met an honest one of those either. If you don't wanna answer I understand.

 

[AnOminous]

Ooh nice burn bro. You didn't answer me, aren't you like a lawyer, cause I've never met an honest one of those either. If you don't wanna answer I understand.

It wasn't a burn, dude.

Also there's a name for an honest lawyer. It's "loser."

 

[Wallace]

Also there's a name for an honest lawyer. It's "loser."

Could you elaborate on this statement? I ask because I'm considering law school.

 

[AnOminous]

Could you elaborate on this statement? I ask because I'm considering law school.

Are you retarded?

Seriously? You're considering law school?

Again.

Are you retarded?

 

[fcgh vgcf]

law school is a mistake, most nutties either go art or law

 

[Asuka]

Are you exceptional?

Seriously? You're considering law school?

Again.

Are you exceptional?

Deep Thoughts - mature discussion 24/7

Also you're a poophead

 

[Wallace]

Are you exceptional?

Seriously? You're considering law school?

Again.

Are you exceptional?

A simple "optimistic" rating would have sufficed.