Re:Thinking the unthinkable
by unimpressive on Sunday December 16, 2012 @02:08PM
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I am 100% serious. Though I probably should have left out that aside about Linkin Park. It probably didn't give the right image. (I was already thinking about things, and it reminded me of the song, as I remember it.)
The mental challenge of deciphering whether or not you're actually serious (thereby weighting if the reality you describe could be real; significantly your change of heart; also how anti/a-social you actually were before this) is in itself quite interesting.
Personally I did a few cruel things when I was younger, but at some point realized that trying to improve the world was much harder, and thereby ended up focusing on being nice. It is also much more rewarding. I still get some guilty pleasure from tearing down people that are acting cruel; knowing that it's not a very effective way of improving things - but it can be very satisfying at times.