Morality
Duffers have a very delicate sense of morality, which means that they will do whatever it takes to avoid facing the wrath of Specter.* Beyond things like avoiding wrath, however, it can be difficult to explain exactly how to live a moral life according to Duffer standards. I will therefore attempt some general guidelines.
1. Talking about murder is moral. Becoming a career murderer is not.
then there's also fratricide, sibliside, uxoricide, infanticide, matricide, mariticide, filicide, sororicide, and lemon cide
i wonder why so few people choose the career of a murderer when there are so many possible opportunities and branches...
perhaps some of us just have a sense of moral lol
but, come on, be honest, isn't fratricide sometimes SO tempting!?
2. Being a career murderer is different from murdering. Murdering can be acceptable under the right circumstances, no matter what Derny says.
It wouldn't be sadistic to murder a mother-in-law! Mothers-in-law, as everyone knows, always count as justifiable murder.
3. Names matter. If you call your variety of murder by a good name, people will react with a more positive attitude.
well said. i'm inclined to forgive you for the horrible adjectives you used on my idea of self-defense before.
if fratricide is too cruel for you, how about fratriinfryingpanunderhammertrollsittingonhammerlaurenannyoingthetrollcide...?
4. Stealing can solve your problems, if written ideas about the methology are properly formatted.
Mind tricks don't work on me! Only money...
Well I don't have that, so what am I supposed to do eh?
Steal it. If you need ideas on how to steal, just let me know. I've got lots.
I would like a preview of a dozen or so. But properly done with a title and dedication.
5. If you attempt to steal, you should not attempt it in a boring manner, which would be immoral. For ideas on how to steal appropriately, read "
How to Steal in an Interesting Fashion." Or don't, and say you did. Which leads me to....
6. Lying. It can be a highly moral action if done in a sufficiently outrageous manner.
7. Heresy and/or blasphemy are immoral. Both are punishable by death, pending when we feel like having an execution. The heretic and/or blasphemer is not required by law to understand what their heresy and/or blasphemy was; they can rest assured that they will not be subjected to unpleasant legal questioning before being burnt. Or hanged. Et cetera. Observe:
How... how does a cliff splat?
In sum, Duffers are really not sure what morality is. But we are sure that we have a lot of it. That's because Duffers want to have what everyone else has, and if we can't get enough natural morality to reach the global average, then we will steal it. In an interesting fashion.
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* Toodles says that an attempt to avoid unpleasant consequences does not constitute a legitimate standard of morality under any ethical system ever created. As Toodles' reflections on ethicality seem to primarily be directed at Sopespian, however, he should not be presumed to speak for all Duffers.