Discussion

Subjects I Refuse to Write About

Specifics

Examples: Religion, politics, identity, purpose

These are too specific for high-level advice. You must define them yourself. Additionally, the Codex cannot ever feasibly cover every single base.

Pseudo-Dilemmas

Examples: “Is water wet?”, “Can you love two people at once?”, “Is [x] real?”

Semantics disguised as questions. They pretend to be deep but reveal and serve nothing.

Cynicism

Examples: Why people suck, why society is doomed, why you will never find true love

Venting isn’t philosophy. Anger without direction serves no purpose. Process your goddamn emotions.

“Psychology”

Examples: Attachment styles, extreme behavior, personality tests

For one, this is mostly bullshit. Two, frameworks become cages when people use them to justify stagnation.

Abstractions

Examples: Justice, equity, utopia, moral purity

You could write about these topics forever and still never scratch the surface.

Moral Performance

Examples: How to be good, how to be liked, how to win approval

Answer: Be authentic and this shit doesn’t matter anymore.

Empty Gratitude

Examples: Just be thankful/grateful, focus on the positives, it’ll work out in the end

Examples, in other words: Your pain is irrelevant, shut up.

Absolutes

Examples: Never do this, always do that

Life is not that simple.