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Old 06-02-2023, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Velvet View Post
I’m not sure who started the idea of sadistic goodness, that there is something holy about suffering, but I don’t think it came from the Creator because all living things try to avoid suffering.
Suffering, from the perspective of Mama Nature, is a good thing. We do whatever we can to avoid or alleviate pain and by so doing we (assumedly) prolong our lives. Just think of what the world would be like if, say, getting toasted to a cinder in a fire felt orgasmically good?