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2399959 No.2399959 [Reply] [Original]

Why do people chose instant gratification over long-term benefits?

>> No.2399961

human nature.

>> No.2399964

>>2399959
We're plains dwelling hunter gatherer hominids, that's why. It's all evolutionary baggage.

>> No.2399966

"time is money"

>> No.2399982

I don't.

>> No.2399983

Because the future is uncertain.

>> No.2399988

>>2399964

This. It would be better if we were anthros.

>> No.2399990

It is like compound interest. A dollar today is worth 1000 in 70 years.

So if we value a cupcake at 5 dollars, then good health needs to be worth 5000 dollars for us to skip the cupcake

>> No.2399993

>>2399964

This.

If you never knew when you were going to get your next meal, eating now probably conferred a lot of survival advantages which means you could fuck more and then have more children. If you never knew if you were going to get laid ever again, fucking now means you had the best chance of having children.

>> No.2399999

>>2399964
hear this
>Evolutionary baggage...

followed by this playing in my head
>We've also acquired compassion for others,
>Love for our children,
>And a great soaring passionate intelligence
>The clear tools for our continued survival

>> No.2400010

>>2399999

Yeah. Isn't evolution grand?

>> No.2400013

>>2399999
Oh I wasn't saying all evolutionary baggage was bad. Just that we need to grow up is all.

>> No.2400023

>>2399999
Nice quints, bro.

>> No.2400049

Because you may not live long enough to reap the benefits.

>> No.2400076

>>2400023
retard, the quints was >2400000

>> No.2400083

>>2400076

Count em

>>2399999

>> No.2400081

>>2400076
>99999 isn't quints

>> No.2400089

>>2400083
...you got trolled, newfag.

>> No.2400095

You could say this about westernized culture, but not necessarily people as a whole.

>> No.2400098

>>2399999
>>2399999
>>2399999
>>2399999
WHOLE LOTTA NINES GOOD SIR.

>> No.2400099
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2400099

>>2400081
>>2400083
why so trolled?

>> No.2400102
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2400102

>>2399988
RIANTHS EVERYWHERE

>> No.2400122

>>2400102

Haha is that from OA?

Also I wasn't serious, just trying to see if it would get the quints.

>> No.2400133

>>2400122
GURPS Biotech.

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2400134

>>2400099
>Make stupid post
>Get told it's stupid
>LOLITROLU!!!!!111!221

>> No.2400152

>>2400133

Oh I see. I never really got the point of the GURPS. Is it some universal set of technologies and rules everyone follows or what?

>> No.2400168

>>2399959
Because "whatever, it'll sort itself out one way or another".

>> No.2400252
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2400252

>>2400152
Yeah, it's supposed to be a universal ruleset, enabling mixing and matching just about anything.

Of course you can just read it for ideas.

>> No.2400267

>>2400252

Fucking SAVED.

>> No.2400269

>>2399959
Long term benefits normally involved putting in work now, and people do not like spending time for something in the future.

>> No.2400413

>>2400252
what is that text even supposed to be?

>> No.2400451

>>2400413
An example of body modification with relatively simple grafts.

And before anyone goes "GRAFTS??? SIMPLE???? BALDERDASH!!!!", remember not to take it out of context.