To your PPS. I hate elitist fags who don't do stuff just because it's "popular" and other people do it. God forbid you like something for what it is and not basing it off of whether other people like to do it.
Difference in Different?k_tonApril 13 2005, 07:15:20 UTC
What if they aren't doing it because they want to maintain a little bit of individuality in a society that stresses conformity. If I wanted to be different, I would look at what everyone else is doing and then not do it rather than just taking random stabs in the dark. But I guess the entire point is moot because I own an iPod, they are really good.
Re: Difference in Different?pags411April 13 2005, 12:47:08 UTC
Haha. I think the idea is that if you form an opinion on something using it popularity as a main point, regardless of how you view it then it was based on the popular opinion...which is still a conformity. The idea of originality for the sake of itself is inherently flawed it would seem.
Normally when I person dies, people don't go around and slander them and remind everyone of how much of an asshole they were. People want to remember why those people were their friends in the first place and they want to miss them, that is why they focus on the positives from their lives. I hope that people don't tell the truth about me when I die, I would like to think that I will have friends in the afterlife, not a bunch of pissed-off newly dead looking to kick my ass 6-ways from Sunday: which there is in the afterlife.
I guess I poorly phrased my opinion. I was trying to make the point that people should take note of these tragedies, and use it as an inspiriation to take each day at a time. There are many people I know whom I wish understood how I feel. I would regret to tell the world how I felt about them after they were gone, rather than tell that individual while he/she was still with me.
We're as happy as we let ourselves be. It would be beneficial to give others the benefit of the doubt. I do not know if you have been faced with a life or death situation in your past, but I think you'd be surprised how much respect your loved ones have for you.
"Sure, maybe we're preventing something from reoccuring in the immediate future, but some of this shit is common sense. Tell friends you love them before they're dead. Let a student know that you recognize them as a maturing adult before they blow up a school. Check the damn fire alarm regardless of a recent fire or not
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I agree with you entirely. Even while writing that post, the first thing that came to mind was that I should walk away from that article, and remember what I wrote about in this entry. Introverted people tend to be highly critical of themselves, so usually if I write something addressing the general public I can assure you that I've gotten my own lecture as well. The reason my actions seem to conflict with my words is partly due to the fact that when I think of these things, it's fairly obvious (just by the article in question) that people aren't doing this. I am usually one of them, like I said earlier. However, I can't help but wonder if other people even see this the way I do. It's been my experience that many people don't see things the way I do. I'm nowhere's near arrogant enough to expect anyone to take my words into consideration, but what would a journal be without my own thoughts? Most of the things I point out as being problems with people have already been pointed at me. What I mean to say is: I try to practice, or
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We're as happy as we let ourselves be. It would be beneficial to give others the benefit of the doubt. I do not know if you have been faced with a life or death situation in your past, but I think you'd be surprised how much respect your loved ones have for you.
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