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14470919 No.14470919 [Reply] [Original]

How do you refute people who argue along the lines of "There are people in africa starving, you shouldn't be depressed." ?

>> No.14470920

>>14470919
By not giving a fuck about people in Africa

>> No.14470921

>>14470919
It's a relativist platitude. Also, fuck Africa.

>> No.14470930

Refer them to the Unabomber's discussion of the power process

>> No.14470943

>>14470919
Talk about the autism that is the population density in Africa and how AIDS and lions and AIDS infected lions will kill them before starvation does anyway so there's no point in worrying about their hunger.

>> No.14470949

>>14470919
"There are people much better off than me, as well, so fuck you."

>> No.14470953

>>14470919
>people

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14470957

You faggots did a great job of addressing opie's question right out of the gate. I have nothing to add. Goodnight frens.

>> No.14470960

>>14470919
That people are suffering elsewhere has nothing to do with the fact that someone else—despite being better off financially, etc.—is also suffering, and does nothing to mitigate that suffering.

If someone is suffering in a worse fashion than you are, that doesn't mean that you aren't suffering as well The sort of people who use the starving African people argument are the same type of people who tell those who are clinically depressed to "just cheer up."

>> No.14470964

>>14470919
Are tgey implying that people in Africa should be depressed and hungry? That's racist

>> No.14470974

>>14470960
>the same type of people who tell those who are clinically depressed to "just cheer up."
literally my dad

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14470983

what do you say to this grand philosopher, /lit/?

>> No.14470993

>>14470983
That he's based

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14470999

>>14470983
Happiness is overrated.

>> No.14471014

try to be less of a whiny self-absorbed emotional vampire and maybe people would be more willing to spare some of their finite empathy on you OP

>> No.14471096

>>14470919
>Africa
We brought them civilization. They sold their kin to us. Then we tried to expand, and they resisted.
Their country is no place to farm now. Yet they have no plans to move to other grounds where they can farm.
They come before our houses now and beg us for our assistance.
And we are to pity them?
>No, but just generally. Why would you be depressed when there are people who have it much worse than you.
Actually, they are partly right. I'm guessing you are depressed because you lack a purpose in life. Poor people, or people struggling to make a living, can't be depressed because they have a goal they strife for; well, when they do anyway.
>>14470983
repeat this for puspose

>> No.14471106

>>14471096
>We brought them civilization
They had it before colonization, retard.

>> No.14471107

>>14470919
By that logic you can only be unhappy if you're literally the most mistreated, tortured, starving person in the world. Everyone else doesn't matter.

>> No.14471129

Begin beating them while explaining South Americans are beaten a lot worse by cartel members

>> No.14471151

>>14470919
>starving africans make you happy? that's lowkey racist my dude, let's lean away from that one okay champ. i don't know this man. hello, yes, no, it's for you - it's an entire continent of people calling asking why you think it's okay to eat food while they don't have any.