Like:

Bad thing happened = The universe made it happen, not your fault

Forgetting to do something = Well there’s nothing I can do, my brain chemicals are dictated by the laws of physics

Like if I don’t keep using Determism as an explantion, my brain just 🤯💀…

  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Kurt Vonnegut said this was the best prayer he knew.

    "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change,

    "The courage to change the things I can,

    “And the wisdom to know the difference.”

    It’s not Joe’s fault he lost his job when the factory closed, it is his fault that he didn’t go to the local college and take some courses to learn a new skill.