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10 days of Confessions! (Day 2)
12 years ago
Day 1: Ten things you want to say to ten different people right now.
Day 2: Nine things about yourself.
Day 3: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day 4: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day 5: Six things you wish you'd never done.
Day 6: Five people who mean a lot to you (in no order whatsoever).
Day 7: Four turn-offs.
Day 8: Three turn-ons.
Day 9: Two emoticons that describe your life right now.
Day 10: One confession.
More meming. Still
thetakogun's fault. x3 This... kinda turned into a running essay of sorts, which I guess works. xD
1. I want to get along with everybody. I know, I know, you can't. But it hurts me so much when I see that somebody and I can't be friends, when stupid differences keep me from getting close to so many people. I love people, I really do, and I wish people loved me. I don't mean that as an emo statement... plenty do, but the reality is that people in general never will. There are too many differences, too many blocks in people's minds about who their friends and enemies should be. It breaks my heart.
2. I don't bring this up often (see #1), but there isn't anything that makes me roll my eyes more than the claim that seems so popular amongst my generation: People are stupid. Oh, how stupid people are. Well the vast majority of the time when you look at another person and judge them to be stupid, it's because of hindsight. Hindsight is a logical fallacy that says that people think something that has occurred was more likely to happen all along, and we are very susceptible to it. Either that, or it's simply because someone disagrees with your opinion, or because you know something that nobody taught them, or an endless stream of other reasons. There are no stupid people. There are only people, and people do stupid things. You do, I do, all of us. It's the fatal flaw of being human.
3. Because of how ingrained the first and second things are to my being, I am constantly fretting about the best way to reconcile opposing beliefs. There are at least two camps to every issue, and it is deeply important to me in understanding why. Sometimes (rarely), it's simply because people have different opinions, or values, that's all. But usually it's that people have different beliefs about what the reality of a situation is. And almost always, the truth lies somewhere in between the talking heads. I find it incredibly important to seek that truth out, even when it's unattainable.
4. Because of #3, science is one of the most important things in the world to me. The one true human project for determining objectivity. I think it's the best thing that has ever happened to the world, and I wish it were central to every issue at hand today. The scientific process is beautiful and awe-inspiring to me (seriously), and its continued progress makes me optimistic about our future.
5. Because of #4, however, I find it very, very difficult to tolerate beliefs that are not scientifically supported, or people who dismiss sound science because it goes against their viewpoints, or pseudo-science and science-"inspired" ideas. It doesn't matter if it's something as simple as thinking that aspartame is a dangerous substance, or if someone uses vague ideas of quantum physics to weave New Age theories, or steadfastly gives me a single anecdotal story as if it is solid evidence against a body of scientific studies, it all makes me cringe.
6. I am very pro-science, and I am an atheist, but I am also a very spiritual person. Love is what gives me spiritual meaning. Love and intimacy are so important to me; there's nothing that makes me feel more alive and joyful than someone I care for, a bed, and hours of privacy. Whether that entails sex, or cuddling, or anything in between, it doesn't matter. I'm extremely affectionate for this reason, as well as #1.
7. There are enormous swaths of music that makes me cry, every time, usually with happiness. But then, I cry pretty easily in general.
8. When it comes to intimacy, I would rather give my partner an orgasm than have one myself. Giving my partner pleasure of any kind is what makes me happy.
9. I care about you, and I want you to be happy. Yes, you.
Day 2: Nine things about yourself.
Day 3: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day 4: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day 5: Six things you wish you'd never done.
Day 6: Five people who mean a lot to you (in no order whatsoever).
Day 7: Four turn-offs.
Day 8: Three turn-ons.
Day 9: Two emoticons that describe your life right now.
Day 10: One confession.
More meming. Still
thetakogun's fault. x3 This... kinda turned into a running essay of sorts, which I guess works. xD1. I want to get along with everybody. I know, I know, you can't. But it hurts me so much when I see that somebody and I can't be friends, when stupid differences keep me from getting close to so many people. I love people, I really do, and I wish people loved me. I don't mean that as an emo statement... plenty do, but the reality is that people in general never will. There are too many differences, too many blocks in people's minds about who their friends and enemies should be. It breaks my heart.
2. I don't bring this up often (see #1), but there isn't anything that makes me roll my eyes more than the claim that seems so popular amongst my generation: People are stupid. Oh, how stupid people are. Well the vast majority of the time when you look at another person and judge them to be stupid, it's because of hindsight. Hindsight is a logical fallacy that says that people think something that has occurred was more likely to happen all along, and we are very susceptible to it. Either that, or it's simply because someone disagrees with your opinion, or because you know something that nobody taught them, or an endless stream of other reasons. There are no stupid people. There are only people, and people do stupid things. You do, I do, all of us. It's the fatal flaw of being human.
3. Because of how ingrained the first and second things are to my being, I am constantly fretting about the best way to reconcile opposing beliefs. There are at least two camps to every issue, and it is deeply important to me in understanding why. Sometimes (rarely), it's simply because people have different opinions, or values, that's all. But usually it's that people have different beliefs about what the reality of a situation is. And almost always, the truth lies somewhere in between the talking heads. I find it incredibly important to seek that truth out, even when it's unattainable.
4. Because of #3, science is one of the most important things in the world to me. The one true human project for determining objectivity. I think it's the best thing that has ever happened to the world, and I wish it were central to every issue at hand today. The scientific process is beautiful and awe-inspiring to me (seriously), and its continued progress makes me optimistic about our future.
5. Because of #4, however, I find it very, very difficult to tolerate beliefs that are not scientifically supported, or people who dismiss sound science because it goes against their viewpoints, or pseudo-science and science-"inspired" ideas. It doesn't matter if it's something as simple as thinking that aspartame is a dangerous substance, or if someone uses vague ideas of quantum physics to weave New Age theories, or steadfastly gives me a single anecdotal story as if it is solid evidence against a body of scientific studies, it all makes me cringe.
6. I am very pro-science, and I am an atheist, but I am also a very spiritual person. Love is what gives me spiritual meaning. Love and intimacy are so important to me; there's nothing that makes me feel more alive and joyful than someone I care for, a bed, and hours of privacy. Whether that entails sex, or cuddling, or anything in between, it doesn't matter. I'm extremely affectionate for this reason, as well as #1.
7. There are enormous swaths of music that makes me cry, every time, usually with happiness. But then, I cry pretty easily in general.
8. When it comes to intimacy, I would rather give my partner an orgasm than have one myself. Giving my partner pleasure of any kind is what makes me happy.
9. I care about you, and I want you to be happy. Yes, you.
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