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[Freshstart175 @freshstart175]

@BowTiedBull Who cares man - just live your life, if you're 20, 40, 50 or 80. You will die one day and within 3 generations no one will remember who you were.

If you wanna travel the world at 40 go for it - if you wanna change careers go for it, if you wanna make some friends go for it.

[Freshstart175 @freshstart175]

@NoCapCapitalLLC Maybe they're happy living their life like that, who are we to judge?

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@novasoupONLINE I think the real question is are you happier doing your creative work than you are by socialising?

It depends on your goals but I'd say if you're finding joy in creating and it's giving you fulfilment in life then I don't see that as a bad situation, its agency.

[Freshstart175 @freshstart175]

@WhileTravelling @lexfridman That being said I do agree that hitchhiking here is a bit weird - especially when you can get high speed trains for relatively cheap and a Didi from one side of Beijing to the other is cheaper than a coffee in the west.

Life here is pretty good tbh.

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@WhileTravelling @lexfridman I live in Beijing and even here I get people who want to chat or take pictures - I went to a more rural part of Tianjin and people would stop in the street to chat and practice their English.

I don't think its necessarily a bad thing, meeting a foreigner is a novelty for many.

[Freshstart175 @freshstart175]

@NoahRayWrites I think my greater point about art in general is that I wish it were treated less like a sport.

In a world that feels increasingly competitive and "hustle culture" coded I think art remains one of the few things we can enjoy without trying to beat another person.

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@NoahRayWrites That's fair enough - saying a book about a caterpillar is "damaging to children" is ridiculous statement that I missed from the original post.

For what its worth I have fond memories of reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar as a kid

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@NoahRayWrites My background is in music, I deeply appreciate the music of The Beatles.

That being said if someone says they don't like The Beatles or don't get it I'm not going to tell them "you need to study music theory."

Most people don't engage with art in that way, and that's fine.

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@elseano85 @CLINT419 For sure, I think if money is your main objective then working in a creative field is far from the best option.

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@edibadeville @CLINT419 If that's the case then it's failed at it's objective of targeting those who wish to be exceptional.

You can criticise peoples reaction to it but if the creators tweet doesn't reach it's intended audience then it's pretty pointless.

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@edibadeville @CLINT419 Nothing wrong with being average, in fact the average person is average.

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@GoodVibePolitik Some of the framing of "the working class" as a monolith in the comments below are pretty shocking and quite frankly dehumanising.

Try speaking to a few working class folks once in a while and you'll realise we are a tad brighter than the cattle you assume us to be.

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@MadelaineLucyH I think you can understand that education is important to society whilst also recognising that not everyone needs to have a degree without resorting to the ad-hominin insult.

Ironically this is the type of thing that universities teach via critical thinking seminars.

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@Romy_Holland It'd be nice to see more discourse around how we can improve the reading levels of adults rather than the obnoxious back patting of those who consider themselves educationally superior.

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@AccordingToLee Nobody owes you their beauty.

People are living their lives for themselves and their families, not for your gaze.

You're not the main character in their life, you're a stranger who they could simply not care less about.

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@PAHoyeck I don't necessarily think it's a problem . People just live their lives and do the stuff they enjoy, if people happen to enjoy thinking about reading but never actually reading then they're still enjoying themselves. Innocent happiness doesn't need to justify its existence.

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@miniapeur I don't necessarily think it's a problem .

People just live their lives and do the stuff they enjoy, if people happen to enjoy thinking about reading but never actually reading then they're still enjoying themselves.

Innocent happiness doesn't need to justify its existence.

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@tristanhofman @miniapeur Who cares man, if people want to pretend to be a different version of themselves in their spare time then more power to them.