Raguvian
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I hope he's less elitist and naive there.
Seriously cifani, you sound like you have a lot of growing up to do. Not everything is as black and white as you make it out to be. Maybe you should apply your "deep thinking" to some thinking about other people, their feelings, their thoughts, and how perhaps they're not so far removed from you after all. Everyone thinks the same way, we all have the same instincts, the same goals, the same fears. We all get up in the morning and decide what to do with our lives. People have their own motivations for doing something. Perhaps their priorities are not the same as yours. Sometimes people just want to be happy. You don't always have to worry about appearance, prestige, money, class, or many other things you seem to value.
To be honest, it makes you sound like an elitist, pompous jerk. And you're still young. Perhaps if you would open your mind up a little, you would be able to get to know those you don't associate yourself with readily a bit better. And hopefully in doing so you learn to respect people different from yourself.
Essentially, I think you could do with a healthy dollop of self-criticism and modesty.
I don't smoke. Partially because of the health concerns, but mostly because I know I am incredibly prone to addiction. I can't stand the idea of having physical dependency on a substance, and I know that if I even try smoking, I likely will become dependent. Just the fact that so many people have a desire to quit is motivation enough every time I think about trying.
I'm cutting him a little slack because I think he's still in high school, and back in high school, all of my friends and I thought that drinking and drugs were terrible, but honestly that is very naive. I hope that cifani learns that drinking and even other drugs doesn't make someone any less of a person, and that if he chooses not to partake, it isn't because he thinks he's better than everyone. I'm not a heavy drinker or drug user but I can see why some people do some drugs. I myself have taken some substances that would probably make cifani think lowly of me, but I will say that it really opened my eyes WRT life and how I live it.
I don't smoke because I had severe asthma, the smoke makes me feel sick and I am a runner, but that doesn't make me think any less of anyone who does smoke.
I think cifani needs to grow up and that's coming from someone who still needs to grow up as well. All I can say is I wasn't as snobby as cifani was when I was younger.