19th Trauma

[wondering_eye]

A friend of mine recently lent me a few books. Among them was a trilogy called "The Lord of the Rings." I've only read the first two books so far, but...I'm enjoying them. They raise a lot of interesting questions about morality and power

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[redthenightless]

Fools, for the most part.

[wondering_eye]

I expected to get this answer at least once.

[redthenightless]

They are. Forgettable and useless, but for the few that shine. Of course, there's more than enough of them to increase that shining number.

[wondering_eye]

And what, in your mind, constitutes a shining human?

[redthenightless]

One that dares to rise above the dull mediocrity of their daily lives, to become more than simply another member of society. Or those that are just plain special by nature. The interesting ones.

[wondering_eye]

Hmm...I understand where you're coming from. Most of the humans I've encountered here aren't interesting at all. Their thoughts all follow the same patterns, with very little variation.

[redthenightless]

Right? Society molds them that way. I suppose it's for the good of civilization, but it's not very interesting at all, like cogs in a machine.