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[giveuponyourself]

It seems we're all stuck here together like one big happy family, aren't we? Since that's the case... how about we play a little game to get to know each other?

What is most important to you in your entire life? What would you be willing to do anything for? And I do mean anything~

And please, nothing like 'friendship' or 'world peace.' Really dig down deep; we should all be honest with each other, don't you think? ❤

[feel free to answer the question or not, Joshua seems to just be very bored. what a chatty nerd!]

Comments

[giveuponyourself]

My, my, someone's getting defensive. I never said that my experience was the end-all, be-all.

You're right, of course. There's nothing wrong with people needing someone else to help them out of a bad spot. I was talking about when people get self-righteous about it without ever being in a lick of trouble, but I supposed you'll give me a nice friendship speech about that too?

[metagame]

You can say that all you like... but what else can you mean with words such as “in my experience?” People don’t mention that unless they’re in a position where they’ve met a great deal of people... And eliminating two potential answers implies you have heard them quite a bit. How is relative at this point, but I stick by my two-bit villain assessment. You’re obviously enjoying the conflict.

It’s a waste of our time to continue this “game.” I’ve given you my answer, and I stand by it. There’s not anything I can say that’ll ever convince you otherwise... Whether it’s boring or trite to you doesn’t matter— in the end, I know what’s important to me.

[giveuponyourself]

Of course I enjoy the conflict. It's only by being met with opposition, having to defend ourselves and what we know against an outside opinion, that we learn to grow and be ourselves. Perhaps we realize the error in our own thinking, or we can see that we are right. Either way, it's impossible to grow without clashing.

But you're right-- I do have a rather large sample size that informs my opinion. Nothing you say will convince me of your own viewpoint, just as nothing I say will change your mind. It's impossible for us to express ourselves without clashing, and yet we still try.