I think I am Green-White which would make me your polar opposite. I totally agree with you that people should be doing more cool shit, but where you would say “instead of focusing on being righteous/pure” I would say “instead of sitting around theorizing and philosophizing about the optimal shit to do and the optimal methods.”
What I get out of Green is an acceptance for the world as it is. THIS is my situation. I can learn to be satisfied with it or try to change it, but this is what it currently is, and this is what I have to work with. I have pretty low tolerance for whining. I also dislike the tendecy to make grandiose plans for oneself that are obviously above your capabilities. Growth is good. Self-delusion is not.
My Greenness ties to my Whiteness. I like community because I am a human. It is the natural state for me to desire strong communal bonds. Millions of years of evolution made me that way, and I couldn’t change that even if I wanted to. (Oftentimes my rationality plays out as “How do I-as-a-human function and can I use that to my advantage?”)
I don’t feel formal, but seeing lots of individuals moving in perfect unison is a special kind of thrill. I don’t feel hung up on things like purity, but I do feel very anti-Black. Things like selfishness, self-centeredness, and not thinking of others is very aversive for me to interact with.
I have a pretty decent amount of Blue in me (I’m hanging out here, aren’t I?) but my Blueness is more of a tool and a source of amusement than my driving force. There are issues where I can follow the Blues intricate logic chains, conclude that their reasoning is sound, but it turns out that I don’t actually care.
In the Meantime by Spacehog just came on my music feed. I had previously wondered why everyone else seems to think it’s meh, while I think it’s wonderful. Now I realize it’s because it’s a strongly Green/White song.
I think I am Green-White which would make me your polar opposite. I totally agree with you that people should be doing more cool shit, but where you would say “instead of focusing on being righteous/pure” I would say “instead of sitting around theorizing and philosophizing about the optimal shit to do and the optimal methods.”
What I get out of Green is an acceptance for the world as it is. THIS is my situation. I can learn to be satisfied with it or try to change it, but this is what it currently is, and this is what I have to work with. I have pretty low tolerance for whining. I also dislike the tendecy to make grandiose plans for oneself that are obviously above your capabilities. Growth is good. Self-delusion is not.
My Greenness ties to my Whiteness. I like community because I am a human. It is the natural state for me to desire strong communal bonds. Millions of years of evolution made me that way, and I couldn’t change that even if I wanted to. (Oftentimes my rationality plays out as “How do I-as-a-human function and can I use that to my advantage?”)
I don’t feel formal, but seeing lots of individuals moving in perfect unison is a special kind of thrill. I don’t feel hung up on things like purity, but I do feel very anti-Black. Things like selfishness, self-centeredness, and not thinking of others is very aversive for me to interact with.
I have a pretty decent amount of Blue in me (I’m hanging out here, aren’t I?) but my Blueness is more of a tool and a source of amusement than my driving force. There are issues where I can follow the Blues intricate logic chains, conclude that their reasoning is sound, but it turns out that I don’t actually care.
In the Meantime by Spacehog just came on my music feed. I had previously wondered why everyone else seems to think it’s meh, while I think it’s wonderful. Now I realize it’s because it’s a strongly Green/White song.