Subjects I Refuse to Write About

Characterization

Examples: How to find identity, purpose, and people you resonate with

These are too personal for high-level advice. You must define them yourself. Additionally, these will evolve over time as you do.

Pseudo-Dilemmas

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

Semantics disguised as questions. They pretend to be deep but reveal and serve nothing. Furthermore, the Codex is focused on practical, everyday philosophical problems, not abstract bullshit that serves no purpose.

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. Furthermore; people do suck, but you still need them, and still want to connect with them. Society is not doomed; we have overcome major catastrophies over and over again, one way or another, albeit not always comfortably. And belief in true love is what causes the disappointment of it not existing; be realistic about your relationships. Cynicism often has a source, but 1) it’s source isn’t always rational because of the complexity of life, and 2) cynicism solves literally nothing, making it self fulfilling.

“Psychology”

Examples: Attachment styles, extreme behavior, personality tests

For one, this is mostly bullshit because it doesn’t factor in the complexity of human emotions. Two, frameworks become cages when people use them to justify stagnation. Three, I’m not a therapist.

Abstractions

Examples: Justice, equity, utopia, moral purity

You could write about these topics forever and still never scratch the surface. Additionally, they are heavily context-dependent.

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. Stop living your life as if others experience it more than you do.

Empty Gratitude

Examples: Just be thankful/grateful, focus on the positives, it’ll work out in the end, [x] tried their best

Examples, in other words: Your pain is irrelevant, shut up. But to be fair, positive and gracious thought does quite consistently improve one’s mental state. However, using these as an excuse to avoid or justify existing problems instead of working to fix them is unfair and immoral.

Absolutes

Examples: Never do this, always do that

Life is not that simple. Nothing transcends context or the complexity of the human existence.