You were born in a poor family, you tried school but it didn't worked. Maybe you were pushed to do child-working in your country. Maybe you were despicted by other people for your origins, or the color of your skin. You were born in a middle class family, you got mommy's love until you got old enough to start diggin gals. Maybe you're ugly, stupid or just different and girls really didn't dig into you. You went to school, high school, then you went through UNI. Now you have a work related to your specialization. You were born in a rich family. You did whatever you want or you were forced to do whatever it was expected from you to do. Now you're exactly as comfortably as you know you will be tomorrow. Did you ever questioned anything that was imposed (passively or agressively) in your life? Do you follow the rules regardeless of your own doubts or insecurities? No, I'm not selling anything. I'm just curious. You can add more specific scenarios if you're in the mood and you feel it's worth.

If it's impossible to change, what else can I do but dream of freedom?

We all question the rules to an extent, it's just that we might not do anything other than question.

The problem is that humans are social creatures, and as such, going against the status quo typically leads to isolation. And while change may help for the future, we live in the present.

Like others, I weigh the risk vs reward of questions, and their consequences.

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Did you ever questioned anything that was imposed (passively or agressively) in your life?

Did you ever thought about very simple thing: your mommy gave birth to you without your consent?

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Did you ever questioned anything that was imposed (passively or agressively) in your life?

Did you ever thought about very simple thing: your mommy gave birth to you without your consent?

That's actually one of the facts I base my life on. But that's just a premise. It doesn't solve anything by itself. It just absolves you from the "crime" of being alive. Your mommy wasn't asked for consent neither.

You're a hoot.

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You're a hoot.

rofl. epic.

I don't follow anyone's rules. Not even my own.

Quote: Original quote by Timothy Leary
Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going in this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities, the political, the religious, the educational authorities who attempted to comfort us by giving us order, rules, regulations, informing, forming in our minds their view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority and learn how to put yourself in a state of vulnerable, open-mindedness; chaotic, confused, vulnerability to inform yourself.

Think for yourself.
Question authority.

Q: Do you question the rules?
A: What rules?

I don't follow rules. I follow best practices.

If you're questioning the origins of morality in ones life, then I'd counter and say that all morality is subjective to the group holding those values.

If you really drill down into the causes and sources of what makes something 'right' and what makes something 'wrong', you may or may not find a reasonable premise universally accepted across all cultures. I think for the most part, everything can probably be boiled down to this: Do not hurt other people. Why? If everyone does this, you won't be hurt.

Middle class. Raised without any mention of religion or politics, and im very grateful of that. Very loving mother and sisters: the last time i saw my father he was raving about knifing me down. I guess being the defacto man of the family at 17, having no more than some clothes and the shelter provided by friends, absolves me of some of that middle-class angst so common in my contemporaries.

I have no problem with authority: if you have bigger guns than me, im not going to deny this empirical fact: i will adjust my behavior accordingly. But if you think it gives you intellectual power, you are in for a world of ridicule.

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I thought one should have the attitude of "What do you care what other people think!" I said, "We should listen to other peopie's opinions and take them into account. Then, if they don't make sense and we think they're wrong, then that's that!"