Stereotypical induced need?
Out of curiostiy, does anyone think that, if it wasn’t so stereotypical for people to ‘have a home’ that was connected to a certain place, would the homelessness issue actually bother any of us at all? Is a home base really that integral to us? Or is it just something society makes us believe we need, like advertising tries to make us think we need the newest, hippest thing?
Sometimes I wonder, if some of the things we believe so important, are only that important to us because of the society we are in. I mean, if you think about it, in the stone age if a man bonked you on the head and took you to his cave and got you pregnant, this day and age it would be called rape, but back then it was the norm. Not that I am saying that rape is ok, I believe it’s one of the worst things that can happen to anyone, especially since I have seen what it can do to a person.
Compare any two societies together. One place it’s normal to walk around naked, another it’s taboo.
Is our need to have a place we can call home, connected to a physical place, on the same level as our need to be wearing clothes when we go out into public?
Sorry, this might be a bit random, but it has been going on in my mind. Part of it could be stereotypically induced, yes, but then why is it a NEED for some of us. I know some people who don’t actually need a home, home is where they are, or where their suitcases are, but some people, alot of TCK’s, and non-TCK’S, have a need to have a home.
If a non-TCK’s home is burnt down, it is like a personal insult, for some maybe even akin to loosing a part of themselves.
Attatchement to the object, or the idea?
June 11th, 2008 at 3:09 am
Because it was what all the cool kids had at the time.
What? I was 12. They went out of fashion within a few months after that anyawy.
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June 11th, 2008 at 3:21 am
They were pretty cool…
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June 11th, 2008 at 3:53 am
My mother never let me have tamagotchi. It was a little upsetting as a kid since everyone I know right now had one, and everyone I knew at the time that tamagotchis were the craze had one, or even two, lol. But I guess you kind of ignore it after a while and you realise it’s not as important as it seems.
Although some people still ask me if I had a tamagotchi, and when I say no, they look at my rather pityingly. But that’s okay, I’ve got bigger things to play with. *runs off to catch nearest plane*
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June 11th, 2008 at 4:02 am
Lmao!
*But that’s okay, I’ve got bigger things to play with. *runs off to catch nearest plane**
I love that line!
I never had two. One was enough… and if I wanted I could just kill it and get a new one! Technically… whole rebirth thing…
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June 11th, 2008 at 4:12 am
Oh man, tamagotchi’s….those were the days (welll, sorta).
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June 11th, 2008 at 4:34 am
I loved tamagatchi…i would hide it around the house when it annoyed me and my mom would go crazy hearing it…then I would put it on silent in school and play with it when I was bored…
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June 11th, 2008 at 5:40 am
haha oh wow we really got off topic…
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June 30th, 2008 at 8:03 am
yah honestly, if you think about it everything seems like a stereotype.
I think life is about breaking these stereoptypes that get into human’s way of living fully and happily.
For example…I don’t need a home because the world is my home.
Or, I don’t need to get married because I just don’t. Or I don’t need to have my own child because I can adopt.
Or, I don’t need to feel embarrased at stupid clumsy things I do in public because I think they are fun.
wow the variety.
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