If you take the guilt out of the guilty pleasure, does the pleasure still remain?Or was it just guilt you were enjoying all along?
Is your act still enjoyable if you take away the judgment of right and wrong?
If you take away the possibility of getting caught and being punished, is it still enjoyable?
Are we just addicted to guilt rather than that which we call guilty pleasure?
This thread was sparked by a scene in The Matrix Resurrections, where Smith (Neo's boss in this movie) is smoking a cigarette.
Neo says "I thought you quit", and Smith replies, “I quit calling it a habit, now it's just a guilty pleasure.”
The thing to question is, why can't we just feel pleasure without the guilt?
Why do we add this layer of guilt?
Where is this guilt coming from?
Are we feeling guilty about the action or is a hidden guilt driving us to do things that make us feel "wrong"?
This thread was sparked by a scene in The Matrix Resurrections, where Smith (Neo's boss in this movie) is smoking a cigarette.
Neo says "I thought you quit", and Smith replies, “I quit calling it a habit, now it's just a guilty pleasure.”
The thing to question is, why can't we just feel pleasure without the guilt?
Why do we add this layer of guilt?
Where is this guilt coming from?
Are we feeling guilty about the action or is a hidden guilt driving us to do things that make us feel "wrong"?