beats me wrote:Although getting laid can be a good time, I think I’ve reached a mentality where I find it a bit odd that a biological function is so tied to somebody’s sense of self-worth, especially given all the other components involved in attempting to do so and maintain it. It’s a base level primal urge and yet society highly elevates its importance.
This isn’t to say I’ve reached some zen level of celibacy. I just find its importance odd. We can all perform the basic function on our own with a lot of time and drama saved.
Good point. I feel similarly towards people who can't be alone with themselves for 5 minutes, which apparently seems to become more the norm, coincidentally starting around the same facebook and phones as tablets became the norm. If you aren't texting or talking to someone every five minutes then something must be wrong with you and you're a loser. So now people feel like they have to look busy doing something on the phone just to not feel like a loser. (Using it to avoid conversation otoh isn't as big a deal imo)
Society highly elevates its importance because it’s a base level primal urge
FTFY
I don't think there's any difference between that and why fart jokes and love songs will never get old with most people.
It's why they watch and listen to the same shit over and over again.
We could just say that you're one of the more evolved ones.
There's also the case that (and I think this might be more of current trend or an american thing) of how much constant gratification a person needs to feel good about themselves.
It isn't enough that someone said 'You're awesome!" a month ago, it seems like a lot of people need esteem boosters like they need sugar or coffee. But again, maybe it's an american thing, like a side effect they way this society has been orchestrated. Sort of like how magazine covers can make women feel insecure about themselves...
I think one of the greatest freedoms every person should have is to NGAF what other people think and to feel good about themselves. That doesn't have to equate to being an arrogant prick (
that can equate to idiocracy)
But this is the irony, millions of idiots are shagging like bunnies and having kids where nice intelligent folk like yourself should be taken. Of course, a lot of that is on you, but you know what I mean.