Chastity White Rose

Tag: dailyprompt

  • Determinism

    Do you believe in fate/destiny?

    I don’t believe in the religious concept of fate/destiny where the greek gods have decided what will happen in my life.

    However, things are still predetermined to happen as they do because I cannot control my body nor my desires.

    This is especially relevant today for example. I am sick and have not been able to breathe well enough to sleep well. I also had to call into work because I was too sick.

    I spent a long time recording podcasts explaining the illusion of free will back when I was Executive Producer of the Free Will, Science, and Religion podcast. This prompt about destiny reminded me of those days.

  • Pedophile

    If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why?

    I do not actually support banning words, but for the mental exercise and to make a point, I believe that people should stop using the word pedophile because they use it interchangeably with “child molester”.

    Stop conflating those who have harmed children with those who may have been born with an unfortunate attraction but still know better than to have sex with a child.

    • Not all pedophiles rape children.
    • Not all who rape children are pedophiles.

    Society has yet to have a serious discussion on this topic. When I see people say that we should “kill all pedophiles”, I am concerned about the innocent pedophiles who may have a sexual attraction to children but will never act on it because they know it is wrong to do so.

    Here is a simple fact. People do not have sex with everyone they are attracted to. First, they may be committed to celibacy; second, they may be monogamous and only have sex with their spouse, who they are no longer attracted to, but they have been married for 50 years, so they might as well. Third, we need to be wise in how we use our words so that we don’t mislead people into thinking we are talking about something we are not.

    But the question weighing on my mind most is, if someone is a pedophile, where do they go for help? To a therapist? To a pastor? I don’t really know what I would do if I were in their situation because anyone they go to for help will probably kill them or call the police and put them on a sex offender registry, even though they have never touched a child.

  • Abolish Taxation

    If you had the power to change one law, what would it be and why?

    Taxation is an evil that many believe is necessary. However, it also forces people to pay for wars, abortion, animal slaughter, and every other morally reprehensible thing. So if I could change one law, that would be my first choice to abolish all forms of tax.

  • Florida

    What place in the world do you never want to visit? Why?

    I will never visit Florida again because transgender people will be arrested regardless of which restroom they use. The same is true for anyone who is not transgender but is accused of being so because of their appearance.

    These things happen in other places too but Florida is the state of the USA with the worst reputation for my people.

  • March 3 prompt answer

    What are three objects you couldn’t live without?

    Diet soda, bread, and tofu.

    My other possessions, although important, do not fuel my body like food items do.

    But if the question wasn’t about food, then perhaps the items would be my computer, cell phone, and of course an internet connection. I would like to be able to live without my cell phone but I have to use it at work and many websites require it for two factor authentication.

    And speaking of two factor authentication, my wordpress and lichess accounts are set up with this app on my phone.


    2 factor authentication is important on major accounts that I don’t want to lose. In fact it wad required on lichess.org when I became an official streamer.

    But the question is, if I lost my phone, what then? How do I access my accounts?

    It is situations like this that remind me how complex it is living in an age of the internet where nothing, not even applying for a job, can be done without computers, phones, and internet.

    Ironically, I needed these things to even obtain the money that lets me buy my food and drink. That’s why I can’t live without them.