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geektown

I've Got No Excuse

May 03, 2010 17:33

Since I studied English Lit in college, I think it's only appropriate that I talk about Shakespeare from time to time. I have a Complete Works of Shakespeare book that I more or less inherited from my grandmother, and it is currently in my bathroom for those lengthy sit down times which crop up (or down, as it were) from time to time. If reading ( Read more... )

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anonymous May 7 2010, 00:53:49 UTC

I think anytime you allow yourself to really feel and care about your surroundings, there is a high probability you will feel cynical / disappointed in others. I think caring invokes a certain standard / expectation of how things should be. I don't think specifically to sequence of events, but more to the quality of how things are handled. The more you care, the more effort you will put into the things and the better the quality of the things that are associated with you. The more you care, the greater the disparity between your level of caring and those you encounter hence the greater the probability that someone will not meet your standards.

I don't know if that makes sense or if that even relates, but that is what I was thinking about after reading this.

anonymous May 7 2010, 00:54:47 UTC

This is Josh by the way - I didn't realize LJ logged me out.

geektown May 7 2010, 05:11:14 UTC

It relates and doesn't relate. How it doesn't relate is in the fact I think you maybe didn't carry the point far enough. It's not just that there may be a disparity in how much one cares vs how much someone else cares; it's that there is a disparity in what is viewed as worthy to be care for and about. If I value a thing and someone else (usually many other someone else's) doesn't value it much at all, it's difficult not to get cynical. The goal is to make other people see why a thing is valuable, and in that sense, cynicism is valuable, because it can help you show anything as grotesque to people who don't see it that way.

jdromine May 8 2010, 15:14:17 UTC

Yes! Very well said - I couldn't agree more.

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