I don't know if it's that I'm growing up and I'm realizing that there is some crazy stuff in the world or if the world is getting weirder.
An anthropologist told me that people have been saying since the dawn of man (ok maybe not since the dawn of man, but since we have had written record of people), "men are starting to dress like women, women are starting to dress like men, we're losing our values, society is falling apart...blah blah" So maybe I am just growing up and realizing that people are human and do stupid things. The world is so huge and there are so many people out there...think about all of the people you know and then all of the different personalities/quirks they have...now multiply that by 7000000 to roughly give you the world's population (about 7.052 billion people, according to the US Census Bureau as of March 2012; this is also assuming you know 1000 people - I'm being generous with my estimate). Now think that all of these people have individual personalities, problems, culture, religion, consciences, hurt, vengeance, karma, you name it, to give you...the world we live in. It's no wonder we have people killing other people, leaving all their money to a stranger, torturing other people, falling in love, resolving to swim across various straits to "prove something," etc. People are freaking rad.
Growing up is weird. It's like shattering everything you always believed as a child except there is so much more cool stuff out there.
An anthropologist told me that people have been saying since the dawn of man (ok maybe not since the dawn of man, but since we have had written record of people), "men are starting to dress like women, women are starting to dress like men, we're losing our values, society is falling apart...blah blah" So maybe I am just growing up and realizing that people are human and do stupid things. The world is so huge and there are so many people out there...think about all of the people you know and then all of the different personalities/quirks they have...now multiply that by 7000000 to roughly give you the world's population (about 7.052 billion people, according to the US Census Bureau as of March 2012; this is also assuming you know 1000 people - I'm being generous with my estimate). Now think that all of these people have individual personalities, problems, culture, religion, consciences, hurt, vengeance, karma, you name it, to give you...the world we live in. It's no wonder we have people killing other people, leaving all their money to a stranger, torturing other people, falling in love, resolving to swim across various straits to "prove something," etc. People are freaking rad.
Growing up is weird. It's like shattering everything you always believed as a child except there is so much more cool stuff out there.
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