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GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Would you change your whole personality just because society dictates you must?

Yes. We do what we must to survive. It’s masking. I am many people. I am one person at work, I play the game of being social. I am another at home with family, I play the game of house member. I am another person with friends, I play the game of a buddy.

You decide if you want to follow the rules and earn their prizes or find another system to exist in. It’s far easier said than done. I chose to follow the rules. You might not.

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vestmoria@linux.community ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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- Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  I like how you present this as a choice
  
  And it’s true. Everything you do has been your choice to do.
  
  what do I do with people like this? I simply don’t care about their beliefs
  
  But don’t you see the possibilities there? Your choice!
  
  Especially with the “ranting ones” it is so easy to give them peace (because they can hardly ever see through it): just fake a little understanding, listen just a little longer and then finish it by (for example) telling them that it was nice talking and now you are going to continue with your work.
  
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  - vestmoria@linux.community ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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    Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    
    I’m not a patient person.
    
    Even that is a choice.
    
    the easy answer.
    
    “Choosing” to give another answer feels completely strange, foreign, not me
    
    Oh, come on. Life starts when you get your lazy ass up and try it ; -)
    
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