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You Have to Feel It

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376 points tosh | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 14:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.222s | source
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mcdeltat ◴[30 Aug 25 22:47 UTC] No.45078646[source]▶
I've learnt that just about everything in life boils down to feelings, which is interesting. No matter how rational a person or people claim to be, usually it comes down to feelings... Life choices? Business decisions? Who gets promoted? It's all vibes and feelings. People will deliberate and argue over facts but ultimately there will be some "weighting" factor which is feelings and will make or break the outcome. You can have a perfectly argued decision that fails some vibe check and is hence discarded. Or a terrible argument that plays to some emotional point so is accepted. It's all feelings. Rare is the opposite.
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1. docmars ◴[31 Aug 25 15:25 UTC] No.45083907[source]▶
I think a lot of the dysfunction we see in the world can be attributed to people feeling positive emotions towards deeply problematic logical decisions, so they favor them for whatever perceived benefit they'll get from that decision, often overlooking the long-term impacts or how it affects others around them.

We walk a dangerous line when feelings are the executive decision maker, even when we know what we should do (what's right) doesn't give us the same emotional response.

It's like working out. Nobody really wants to do it, but it only stands to benefit the body in the most logical, tangible sense.