[ SECRET POST #7042 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7042 ⌋

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If you claim not to read HP books (even bought second hand) or watch the movies via pirating because there's no "ethical consumption", but it is noticeable that you have them in the library of your house and there are photos of you in Universal Studios? you're a huge hypocrite.

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[(Anonymous)]

It is weird. No one is harmed by someone read the books or watching the DVDs that they already own. Nor is anyone harmed if you buy the books secondhand.

I still reread my Harry Potter books every now and then. It doesn't harm anyone.

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[(Anonymous)]

If someone is that preachy in general, yeah, they're probably a hypocrite.

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[(Anonymous)]

Do you make a distinction between people who visit Universal and go to HP world, and those who don't go to HP world?

I looked this up a while ago - apparently as long as HP World is part of Universal, JKR gets a cut of the money Universal makes from people who go to the parks. Regardless of whether they visit HP world while they're there. And of course she also gets money from licensed food and merch sold there.

So if you go to Universal without visiting HP world, you're still giving JKR money.

BUT I assume Universal keeps track of which attractions attract the most people, so if they notice that most visitors to Universal aren't going to HP world, they eventually might replace it with something, and then JKR won't get anymore money from them. But that will take a while obviously.

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[(Anonymous)]

I can't imagine obsessing this hard over giving JKR money.

At this rate, we're all gonna need a wiki or at least a handy spreadsheet we can review before planning any sort of entertainment outings or purchases lest we commit a sin without even knowing it.

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[(Anonymous)]

And?

What about that bothers you, exactly?

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[(Anonymous)]

DA: probably the fact that having to micromanage every part of your life to maximise your "ethics points" is unsustainable, demoralising, and pretty much guaranteed to leave you a paranoid wreck over the possibility that you've sinned - sorry, "acted unethically" - by unknowingly buying something that sent money back to someone who is yet to be identified as evil.

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[(Anonymous)]

+100000

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[(Anonymous)]

Well, that's your problem. You're doing it for ethics points.

Try doing it because it's the right thing to do and accept that it's not going to be perfect, and you're not going to win a prize. But try being inconvenienced for a little while for the sake of your fellow human, you'll find it's not that bad.

Too many folks, especially Americans, prioritize their comfort over making sure they aren't directly contributing to someone else's harm. They're addicted to instant gratification, and don't want to do the work to make things better because it takes too long and the solution isn't perfect.

But just because it isn't *perfect* doesn't mean you don't *try.* The world doesn't change by itself.

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[(Anonymous)]

Absolutely true, but my point is that if you micromanage your life to the point of spreadsheets mapping out where every penny of your money ultimately ends up it's not "trying", it's mental illness.

"Trying" is avoiding what you know is contributing to cruelty in the world, making a best effort to stay aware, and accepting that there are deals and contracts behind the scenes you don't know or will forget about. Paralysing yourself to stay pure of sin is pointless.

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[(Anonymous)]

Absolutely true, but my point is that if you micromanage your life to the point of spreadsheets mapping out where every penny of your money ultimately ends up it's not "trying", it's mental illness.

"Trying" is avoiding what you know is contributing to cruelty in the world, making a best effort to stay aware, and accepting that there are deals and contracts behind the scenes you don't know or will forget about.

Paralysing yourself to prevent yourself being contaminated by sin as you try to enjoy life is basically orthorexia, just for the consumption of joy instead of food.