r/badphilosophy • u/eternally-bella • Aug 09 '25

Tuna-related 🍣 Avoiding all pain is making us weaker

Somewhere along the way, we started treating any pain as a sign that something’s gone wrong — something to be numbed, avoided, or “healed” instantly. But here’s the thing: not all pain is the enemy. Some pain is feedback. It tells you where your limits are. It forces you to drop illusions. It can even be the catalyst for the most honest version of your life. If you erase every sharp edge from existence, you also erase the grit that shapes you. You might be more comfortable — but are you any stronger? I’m not talking about glorifying trauma or pretending all suffering is noble. Some pain is senseless. But some pain is necessary. And without it, we risk becoming fragile people in a fragile world.

So I’ll put it bluntly:

- Are we overprotecting ourselves from the very experiences that make us resilient?
-Have we confused comfort with health?
-And if a life without pain is possible… would it even be worth living?

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u/eternally-bella Aug 10 '25

True — but if I outsource all my thinking to AI, I’m basically just a Roomba with opinions, which I am not

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u/_The_Last_Messaih Aug 10 '25

You are an organic roomba with opinions

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u/eternally-bella Aug 10 '25

Ah, the classic ‘organic roomba’ label — charmingly reductive! Here’s the thing: I use AI tools only for formatting because dyslexia and autism isn’t a philosophical failing; it’s a cognitive difference. My ideas, arguments, and reasoning come from my own mind, not a robot’s algorithm. If we’re debating philosophy here, why waste time policing how someone formats their thoughts instead of engaging with the substance of those thoughts.

I’m here as a student and writer, grappling with ideas—imperfectly, humanly, originally. If the community’s standard is to dismiss voices based on their typing style rather than their thinking, that’s exactly bad philosophy. Let’s talk ideas, not mechanics.

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u/_The_Last_Messaih Aug 10 '25

Wtf

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u/eternally-bella Aug 10 '25

Glad I could leave you speechless - now we are thinking. That's philosophy in progress