Someone started talking about "traditional values being lost" on Facebook.

[POFP]

William is my friend on Facebook. He is now regretting that friend invite.

"Do people just love being edgy or something? Is fighting against traditional values the new fad or something?" ~ William

"The one standard is what kept us going for thousands of years. You notice that the entire world just recently started going completely to shit socially? There's turmoil in homes and in the streets. People believe blindly everything they hear and refuse to think for themselves. People are allowed to avoid responsibility and the government will pay for it. Absolutely haram." ~ William,

Me: ">Implying there hasn't been social chaos on immeasurably massive scales since the beginning of animal interactions.
>Implying that all of those things haven't been going on since the beginning of human existence

What standard are you talking about? I've noticed a steady trend of shitty behavior by every living being that has ever existed throughout history on this planet. What the fuck kind of one-sided history book did you read? You bitch about how bad shit is now, and you say it's because of the traditional values being lost. I don't see a traditional value standard at any point in history, in any group or civilization. I see a bunch of egocentric primates comparing themselves to previous generations of egocentric primates. And when they find they haven't quite changed that much, themselves, the only way they can cope is to convince themselves that their "improvements," or changes, on the world around them, no matter how small or large, are the determining factor of their self-worth. And then they passed on their legacy to egocentric primates that will follow in their footsteps. And then some of those egocentric primates liked sports. Others liked tentacle porn. Personally, I find it sad that you base your life off of a set of principles (Traditional values) that are less tangible than tentacle porn. Tentacle porn beat your values by existing in the physical world. The only difference between your principles and traditional values and tentacle porn is that tentacle porn is not imaginary.

[Insert picture that reads: Remember: KING KONG DIED FOR YOUR SINS]"

I mainly wanted to share the rant at the bottom. But I also wanted there to be context. I kind of feel like I'm just bragging to you about something I thought was funny, when adding the context, though. 

[Doktor Howl]

Your friend will be a tea party member by this time next month, if he isn't already.

[POFP]

Your friend will be a tea party member by this time next month, if he isn't already.

Already there 

[Reginald Ret]

Your rant was at times incoherent (or i just lost track) and mostly accurate.

Well done.

(bragging is ok)

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm you realize that on some level you were shouting at the ocean.

I approve.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Does he seriously think that "we", by which I mean any subset of humanity, have had a set of "traditional values" for thousands of years?

[Cain]

I believe in traditional values, like not using the internet.

[POFP]

Thanks guys.

Does he seriously think that "we", by which I mean any subset of humanity, have had a set of "traditional values" for thousands of years?

Yes. He's one of those. 

[LMNO]

I believe in traditional values, like not using the internet.

[POFP]

I believe in traditional values, like not using the internet.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I believe in traditional values, like not using the internet.

Win.

[Prelate Diogenes Shandor]

I would go farther than merely dismissing the notion of "traditional values". I would also furthermore add that, the the extent that they are a valid concept, they are not "the standard that kept us going" so much as "the weight that held us back" (or possibly more of an "albatross hanging around our neck")

[POFP]

I would go farther than merely dismissing the notion of "traditional values". I would also furthermore add that, the the extent that they are a valid concept, they are not "the standard that kept us going" so much as "the weight that held us back" (or possibly more of an "albatross hanging around our neck")

Good point. I agree. Most of the greatest leaps forward for human-kind involved actions against any general consensus or widely-held belief.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

C'mon, man. Colonialism. Total LOLs, amirite?

[xXRon_Paul_42016Xxx(weed)]

I would go farther than merely dismissing the notion of "traditional values". I would also furthermore add that, the the extent that they are a valid concept, they are not "the standard that kept us going" so much as "the weight that held us back" (or possibly more of an "albatross hanging around our neck")

Held us back from what exactly?