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"Settle down"
You don't tell me to settle down. It is not healthy.
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brainiac3397
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"Settle down"
Settle down in what sense?
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I'm so cool I settle UP.
Hello, traveler.
This is an ancient account I have not used in a long time. My views have changed much in the intervening months and years.
Nonetheless, I refuse to clean it up. Pretending that I've held my current views since the beginning of time is what we in the industry call a lie. Asking people to do so contributes to moralistic self-loathing. "See, those people have nothing damning! I do! I'm truly vile!"
Because you can never be a good person with a single blemish on the moral record, I thought that simply entertaining some thoughts made me irredeemable. Though I don't care for his writing style, William Faulkner presents a good counterexample. He went from being a typical Southern racist to supporting the civil rights movement. These days we'd yell at him for that, probably.
People are allowed to change their views.
Nevertheless, this period of my life has informed some of how I am today. In good ways and bad ways. To purge it would be to do a disservice to history. Perhaps it will not make anyone sympathetic, but it may help someone understand.
If, after reading all this, you still decide to use the post above as evidence that I am evil today, ask yourself if you have never disagreed with the moral code you now follow. In all likelihood you did, at some point. If some questions are verboten, and the answer is "how dare you ask that," don't expect your ideological opponents to ever change their minds.
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Mælstrom
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RE: "Settle down"
Wishing for a life of nomadicism, Keita? That's something that I'd desire, though having several areas to dwell in semi-permanently would be nice.
If you're reading this, I killed myself.
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Ky
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I'll settle for not settling at all, or at the very least not settling out west. Settling down is unsettling.
Public Service Announcement: First world problems are still problems.
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Mælstrom
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RE: "Settle down"
(05-03-2013 09:45 AM)DoA Wrote: I'll settle for not settling at all, or at the very least not settling out west. Settling down is unsettling.
Preach it loud and clear, brother!
If you're reading this, I killed myself.
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(05-03-2013 09:48 AM)Mælstrom Wrote: (05-03-2013 09:45 AM)DoA Wrote: I'll settle for not settling at all, or at the very least not settling out west. Settling down is unsettling.
Preach it loud and clear, brother!
I'll settle for what I just said, nothing more. Settled?
Public Service Announcement: First world problems are still problems.
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Mælstrom
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RE: "Settle down"
Touché.
If you're reading this, I killed myself.
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I honestly don't care who settles down or not. I don't know if I will one day or not, but that's up to the future to decide. It's not a conscious decision, I don't think. It kinda just ensues. If you have a great spouse and children you might not give a shit about taking a crappy job and living the middle-class suburban lifestyle even if it compromises the values you had when you were a young adult. What's more important to me is just to live with a full awareness and passion for living in the moment, whatever your ambitions may be. Not settling is easy, you just have to remain fairly discontent and be willing to give a middle finger and take action to correct it. Feeling like you have no destination but are not lost is a much more difficult and rewarding endeavor.
"If you think you know what the hell is going on, you're probably full of shit." - Robert Anton Wilson
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