Insanity
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We all go a little mad sometimes... Ya shouldn't go thinking like that man, I know a lot of crazy people ya see --
(I've already been on duty in a mental institution) and no your nothing like them.. now that I think about it I'm probably a hell of a whole lot crazier than you are (not kidding) I sometimes tend to recall past events and when I do I speak whatever lines I said during those flashbacks to allow me to recall the memory better ... but makes it seem like I'm talking and laughing to myself with no apparent reason...
Well thats what ya get for being a ex-loner(talking to myself).. but thats just me.. hahahaha
(I've already been on duty in a mental institution) and no your nothing like them.. now that I think about it I'm probably a hell of a whole lot crazier than you are (not kidding) I sometimes tend to recall past events and when I do I speak whatever lines I said during those flashbacks to allow me to recall the memory better ... but makes it seem like I'm talking and laughing to myself with no apparent reason...
Well thats what ya get for being a ex-loner(talking to myself).. but thats just me.. hahahaha
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You're not insane; you're just trying to understand the "established" rules/traditions that the community has made. Plus people become stubborn when they know that the mass think it is right. Which now most younger generations do not acknowledge. Don't think that just because your view of things are different from the others makes you insane; there are and will be people who have the same views as you.
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As others have said, you are not insane. At least, that's what I see, and people are free to interpret things as they want. Don't over-think it, people have their own view, which including you as well. You are just stating your opinion, and there is no problem with it.
and if you really insane, then you won't even bother to ask people here about your sanity.
and if you really insane, then you won't even bother to ask people here about your sanity.
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Dude, if it doesn't seem logical, then do not conform to it. It's just the government trying to tell us what to do man.
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Sineã®mine
Soba-Scans Staff
It's not black and white.
Ultimately, no, you shouldn't follow exactly what you are told to do simply on an appeal to authority when you have a strong feeling it is wrong. We are imbued with a sense of self and a sense of right and wrong individually for that reason.
But you also have to remember this: There are ALWAYS going to be people who are smarter than you and wiser than you, and this is especially true when you are young. It can be hard to accept some things you are told simply because you don't understand them yet, but in the end they are truly for the best. Society isn't COMPLETELY broken, a lot of what is there is there for a reason. It can be hard to discern the extraneous from the important for sure, but in the same way that you shouldn't obey JUST to obey, you definitely should not rebel JUST to rebel.
Ultimately, no, you shouldn't follow exactly what you are told to do simply on an appeal to authority when you have a strong feeling it is wrong. We are imbued with a sense of self and a sense of right and wrong individually for that reason.
But you also have to remember this: There are ALWAYS going to be people who are smarter than you and wiser than you, and this is especially true when you are young. It can be hard to accept some things you are told simply because you don't understand them yet, but in the end they are truly for the best. Society isn't COMPLETELY broken, a lot of what is there is there for a reason. It can be hard to discern the extraneous from the important for sure, but in the same way that you shouldn't obey JUST to obey, you definitely should not rebel JUST to rebel.
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StaticChange wrote...
tazpup wrote...
Sometimes i wonder if i'm insane because i'm so different from all the other people that i know. Viewing the world i am constantly confronted with hypocrisy and people unwilling to admit that they're wrong, or compromise on a matter. Then everyone ignores what is obviously false, at least to me, and mob mentality kicks in. I know that people might just not like me, but barring that fact, see it a lot in the relationship between parents and children. When a child speaks out against an adult they are immediately wrong and deserve to be punished even if they're right for daring to speak out against the all knowing parental authority. I'm just want to know, am i insane for seeing how wrong people can be, and should i comform to social laws that seem illogical to me, laws that everyone seems to know so much better than i and put me at a disadvantage due to my ignorance of the ins and outs of these said laws?As everyone else has said, you aren't insane. I do think you are probably depressed, or else just inflating your ego though. I say this because I don't think that you legitimately feel you are insane, instead you are claiming it because it is a radical thing to say, and saying it will draw attention to yourself.
But on to the topic of your post: it should be obvious to anyone who has a cursory understanding of ethics that laws are only guidelines. This will never change however, because the philosophy upon which laws are founded changes too rapidly and varies too greatly from person to person for the government to keep up with it. We call this philosophy common morality in ethics, and essentially it is just the set of moral beliefs that is commonly shared by people within a society.
Laws sometimes lie outside of this set of common beliefs, and when they do I would say they are wrong. But it is difficult to define when a law has stepped outside of common morality. Usually people will protest it, as you are protesting certain laws in your post. If enough people feel the same way, public opinion will influence law makers and things change. I suggest that if you feel other people agree with the laws you don't like though, that you should try to understand what other people find agreeable in them. If you don't understand the "ins and outs" of those laws, then perhaps that is the problem and you should work on understanding them before protesting. It is difficult to be an unwilling victim of ignorance in our current age of technology and information.
Mr.Shaggnificent wrote...
tazpup wrote...
I live in the South.That is the problem. many people from the south seem to take pride in their ignorance. you can't convince them they are wrong, so don't bother trying. the best you can do is try to understand their unique form of idiocy, and use it to manipulate them. if they are religious nuts, use the many contradictions of the bible to confound them. if they assume any one that is younger them them is by default stupider, and therefore always wrong, say the opposite of what your point really is. surrender doesn't always mean failure or losing. sometimes it's better to just give up just so the moron will stop talking.
Ethnocentrism at its finest. The long and the short of it is that you are wrong, and there are very many intelligent and educated people in the southern states. I should state that ironically, you are exhibiting the same style of ignorance you would accuse other people of having.
This pretty well states what I would have said myself. I would add that morals are pretty subjective, and the common idea of them in a society doesn't necessarily agree with the individual concept of morals any one person in it may have. There are plenty of things that I don't think are 'wrong,' but are, in my society, seen that way.
In any case, not agreeing with the world around you isn't insanity. In fact, it's probably fairly normal. As The Jesus said, you just sound young.
But do not worry. The world is a silly, stupid place. Act accordingly.
Also, I wouldn't generalize about the entire south like that. I've met plenty of ignorant and bigoted people in northern states as well. People seem to really like this stereotype of southern people as dumb, toothless, bible-thumping hicks, and it's really just not fair. I can understand wanting to think a certain way about places that have a church on every street corner and a bar on the one opposite, but I've been to Wisconsin, and it's similarly arranged.
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A friend once told me this and i will never forget it insane people don't think they are going insane the think they're getting better.
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Your thinking of being insane is quite the same as giving up from your problems. I was like that, years ago, and I needed years to change my mind. There many kinds of people out there, each having their own unique ways of thinking. True, most people are stubborn. They don't want to admit their wrongs, and prefer to judge others. But not everyone are like that. We also need to have an open mind to admit our wrongs and to compromise with others. Just think from others' perspectives, and it will make us easier to understand their thinking (it works for me) and live this life easier.
Sorry if my english is sucks, thus making people more confused than before...
Sorry if my english is sucks, thus making people more confused than before...
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If you thinkt you are insane you are. If you don´t think you´re insane, you aren´t.
In my opninion you´re a bit special (dude im more fucked up then you so chill down) but not even near insane. But also dont measure yourself on the opinion of others. Its possible that every human on the world says that you´re insane and you aren´t, and the opposite is also possible. Fuck the opninion of the others, what you think of you is the most important thing.
In my opninion you´re a bit special (dude im more fucked up then you so chill down) but not even near insane. But also dont measure yourself on the opinion of others. Its possible that every human on the world says that you´re insane and you aren´t, and the opposite is also possible. Fuck the opninion of the others, what you think of you is the most important thing.
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I believe it can lead to... a form of insanity if you travel the "wrong" roads, so to speak. I feel the same way, only well beyond that. I think that there are different mental uh, states, within the human race. The majority, not being able to see from anything other then what they are, what there perspective is. I find it highly disturbing that even myself has such a limited capacity of thought, that it becomes vary difficult to attempt to understand a vary large number of things, for most everyone. There is so much more i could say, but i don't like writing a lot. XD
Don't let it bother you if you.
There are oddity's that work out, its just the way the universe is configured.
Don't let it bother you if you.
There are oddity's that work out, its just the way the universe is configured.
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Unfortunately you're not insane. Cause insane people like me have all the fun. But on a serious note people will always believe in their own fallacies and resort to mob mentality to fell affirmed in their own decisions. The only thing you can do is be confident in your own decisions and to walk proudly no matter what because you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are right because you have your moral code to live by and you honor and respect yourself. /end rant/
btw i'm from Columbus, Mississippi so that fallacy about the south is untrue and i wish you would shut your whore mouth and stop generalizing about us (you know who you are). Thank you and have a nice day.
btw i'm from Columbus, Mississippi so that fallacy about the south is untrue and i wish you would shut your whore mouth and stop generalizing about us (you know who you are). Thank you and have a nice day.
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Cruz
Dope Stone Lion
tazpup wrote...
Sometimes i wonder if i'm insane because i'm so different from all the other people that i know. Not insane but.....
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No you're not insane :) people are shit. it's a fact. Most people feel the same way.. but if you look closely enough you will realize that you are a person too! it's hard to admit it but you are fucked up too, so am I and everyone else.. We can try and be better but we won't win :) we'll die first. I'm NOT saying to give up trying and just conform though; what I am saying is that all you can do is accept others as they are -shitty or not- and also try as hard as you can to stop being so shitty yurself :P
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...Can I make an Asperger's joke on this forum?
Anyway OP, assuming you aren't an Aspie, what's going on is that you are having that transition where you start to see the reality of life.
Did you really think that people were going to treat you like an equal?
Did you really think that our society is a meritocracy?
Did you really believe in happy endings?
Turn on the news, open the paper...you'll see that [X] amount of people died from [X] disaster. But that's not just a number. Each and every one of those people had a family, friends, a childhood, memories, emotion. And now, they are a number.
You might just end up being a number as well. Every little thing you've ever perceived or felt or experienced will now be as insignificant as that number you saw in the news. It was just a number. Sure, it may have been a large number, but you never thought about what each and every number used to be. It used to be a human life.
TL;DR You don't matter, but neither does anyone else so don't feel too bad.
Anyway OP, assuming you aren't an Aspie, what's going on is that you are having that transition where you start to see the reality of life.
Did you really think that people were going to treat you like an equal?
Did you really think that our society is a meritocracy?
Did you really believe in happy endings?
Turn on the news, open the paper...you'll see that [X] amount of people died from [X] disaster. But that's not just a number. Each and every one of those people had a family, friends, a childhood, memories, emotion. And now, they are a number.
You might just end up being a number as well. Every little thing you've ever perceived or felt or experienced will now be as insignificant as that number you saw in the news. It was just a number. Sure, it may have been a large number, but you never thought about what each and every number used to be. It used to be a human life.
TL;DR You don't matter, but neither does anyone else so don't feel too bad.
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....\(TT^TT)/ You're not insane. Just mentally frustrated by things out of your control even though there so ridiculous and you know that the right answer is in you but you can't speak it or it gets rejected.
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I don't think you are insane, matter of fact, I and a few friends I know could relate to you. feeling out of place and always fighting against the ignorant ones, thats me.
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That is not insanity. You have merely seen society for what it is. I do not recommend anarchy but something will give soon enough.
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TheDarkStarAlchemist
Requests Moderator
Isn't the definition of insanity the process of doing one act over and over again and expecting a different result? Unless you are doing that then you aren't insane.
People in positions of authority will do two things when confronted. Either prove you wrong and tell you you are incompetent or punish you and tell you that you are an idiot if you are right, criticizing you and saying that you should know your place and basically "Respect your elders".
People in power earn their way their and since they feel that they have worked harder than everyone below them to get where they are it seems logical to them that no one has the right to stand up to them. They only tackle issues they know they can solve.
Let's look at parent/child example: A parent who has worked their whole life and lived let's say forty-five years has a lot of experience under their belt and fought to get where they are. For their fifteen year old son or daughter to pose a logical argument that trumps their knowledge or proves them wrong is threatening to them and the position of authority they hold as the child's parent. So they tell them they are wrong if they are and if the child is right or could possibly be right, it is passed off as talking back and may even punish the child.
For example. Let's take me and my father.
I'm a mechanical engineer and a gun enthusiast. I go to school full time to learn about the properties of materials and how they act in compression, tension, impact, and so forth. Since my father cannot accept that I know more about the materials that he works with on his handyman projects around the house he sighs and/or grimaces whenever I have something to say about how a material with perform or give him structural advice.
Same basic idea with guns. My father has shot more than I have and has been in the military [Air Force] and owns guns many guns. I spend many hundreds of hours of my free time researching guns, their history, why the gun was successful or not, how the rounds perform, how the shape affects their flight path, bullet drop, and bullet type. Coupled with my knowledge of the materials the bullets are made of and the materials that the bullets might be hitting it further extends my understanding of guns and bullet ballistics. Since I know so much about the subject that my father does not know, he passed of everything I say as either a wrong or a joke. All because it is beyond his understanding and being presented by me, his son who is around thirty years younger then he.
It's infuriating. I agree wholeheartedly. So no, do not conform. Do everything you can to make yourself heard, and prove that you are right, in a serious manner. Everything that will not get you killed.
[Edit: Not using political examples because I do not want this to turn into a politics thread.]
People in positions of authority will do two things when confronted. Either prove you wrong and tell you you are incompetent or punish you and tell you that you are an idiot if you are right, criticizing you and saying that you should know your place and basically "Respect your elders".
People in power earn their way their and since they feel that they have worked harder than everyone below them to get where they are it seems logical to them that no one has the right to stand up to them. They only tackle issues they know they can solve.
Let's look at parent/child example: A parent who has worked their whole life and lived let's say forty-five years has a lot of experience under their belt and fought to get where they are. For their fifteen year old son or daughter to pose a logical argument that trumps their knowledge or proves them wrong is threatening to them and the position of authority they hold as the child's parent. So they tell them they are wrong if they are and if the child is right or could possibly be right, it is passed off as talking back and may even punish the child.
For example. Let's take me and my father.
I'm a mechanical engineer and a gun enthusiast. I go to school full time to learn about the properties of materials and how they act in compression, tension, impact, and so forth. Since my father cannot accept that I know more about the materials that he works with on his handyman projects around the house he sighs and/or grimaces whenever I have something to say about how a material with perform or give him structural advice.
Same basic idea with guns. My father has shot more than I have and has been in the military [Air Force] and owns guns many guns. I spend many hundreds of hours of my free time researching guns, their history, why the gun was successful or not, how the rounds perform, how the shape affects their flight path, bullet drop, and bullet type. Coupled with my knowledge of the materials the bullets are made of and the materials that the bullets might be hitting it further extends my understanding of guns and bullet ballistics. Since I know so much about the subject that my father does not know, he passed of everything I say as either a wrong or a joke. All because it is beyond his understanding and being presented by me, his son who is around thirty years younger then he.
It's infuriating. I agree wholeheartedly. So no, do not conform. Do everything you can to make yourself heard, and prove that you are right, in a serious manner. Everything that will not get you killed.
[Edit: Not using political examples because I do not want this to turn into a politics thread.]