which is the shitty part because if we are just supposed to be reacting without changing, it's like someone else is dictating our lives, entering prompts for us and controlling us from somewhere else. on the other hand this has been happening for almost a year so maybe the tides will change soon. they have to get bored of doing everything themselves soon.
Either that or someone will fire the shot that starts a revolution, figuratively speaking. Toss a match and light the powder keg. Maybe it's only a matter of time.
i've asked people what the likelihood is that someone causes an explosion before month's end. i did not even think of it that way, but maybe you're right. that's a little scary to think about but it could be what we need, too.
Unfortunately, I'm not the one to do it. I might support such a revolution if it were to take off, but I'm not altogether inclined to be the one who throws the match.
Too much Japanese upbringing, perhaps. Too many reminders of what happens to the nail that sticks out.
i doubt anyone would blame you. it sounds scary being the first to do it, especially when the nail that sticks out gets smashed into place. conformity bluhbluhbluh... maybe it's both. but someone is going to start something soon. there's no way they won't.
Oh, I'm sure some people might. There's a certain cowardice to only stepping up after someone else has done it first, I think, but that's simply how things are, sometimes.
at the same time there is also a difference between cowardice and caution. cowardice would be if you didn't step up at all, probably. normally i would say yes? i would like to solve things, see what is really happening and maybe make sure said-revolution doesn't get too out of hand since things like that escalate really fast. but i have other people to think about and what they would want me to do.
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on the other hand this has been happening for almost a year so maybe the tides will change soon.
they have to get bored of doing everything themselves soon.
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i did not even think of it that way, but maybe you're right.
that's a little scary to think about but it could be what we need, too.
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Too much Japanese upbringing, perhaps. Too many reminders of what happens to the nail that sticks out.
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conformity bluhbluhbluh...
maybe it's both. but someone is going to start something soon. there's no way they won't.
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Are you going to join in, if and when it does?
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normally i would say yes? i would like to solve things, see what is really happening and maybe make sure said-revolution doesn't get too out of hand since things like that escalate really fast. but i have other people to think about and what they would want me to do.
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i already did the dumb thing once in a past lifetime so maybe this lifetime it's better to do it this way.
depending.
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i am not the only reckless or sacrificial one here. so i have to watch just as close, too.