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As a kid I believed in fairies. When I was a teen, I believed in true love. Now that I’m an adult, I believe in good people. As I grow older, I begin to realize that these are all works of fiction people made to have hope in the world.

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Anonymous 1d

Idk man I don’t think good people are a fiction. I know them, I see them. Don’t let yourself become blind to what good surrounds you

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Anonymous 1d

Guys this was supposed to be a funny post, because I thought of it when I was 14 and thought it would be funny to make an “I’m 14 and this is deep”’post

Anonymous 1d

good people are just as real as bad people. neither exist in an absolute sense, they're both shorthand for a combination of actions, words, personality, & temperament. some people are considered good people because they are kind, pleasant, they help others, etc. others are considered bad people because they don't do those things. but that's measured based on a given moment and might not reflect the feelings or past actions of the individual. life is rarely that black and white

Anonymous 1d

Most bad things in the world happen because bad people spend more time conspiring together to do bad things than good people spend time getting together to stop the bad people.

Anonymous 1d

I still believe in fairies and true love and good people

Anonymous 11h

R/im14andthisisdeep

Anonymous 7h

It’s a well written piece despite the age and the interpretations of others are nice to discuss but completely disregarded interpretations is insane. If I’m js a poor explainer tell me that and I can simplify or revise it 😭 keep it up

Anonymous 1h

People are in consistent, they will let you down. Jesus will not let you down.

Anonymous 7h

They talk about giving up multiple times within the piece. Giving up on things that are filled with hope, then as they age they accept the patience that is required by living in reality. That’s why they opened with something like a fairy tale, setting the tone for the rest. As they grew their hope towards these experiences dwindled, calling it fiction. Pieces of fiction contain facts of reality. That doesn’t make hope entirely false, it just means some aspects of it are true and applicable.

Anonymous 8h

Bro not to be that guy but what r u talking about 😭there’s good people across the world😭😭believing there’s no good people will just make you solely believe that there’s no good people regardless if there is

Anonymous 1h

True love and good people do exist, trust me, it’s just unfortunate how commonly and easily exposed we are to evil, toxic, and sad individuals who make us believe otherwise

Anonymous 23h

Please see a therapist

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Anonymous 1d

What’s the memo then

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Anonymous 1d

hope being made up doesnt even make sense. it obviously isn't made up because it's an emotion that people do indeed experience, & may be correct. i agree about the subjectivity tho. i think the idea of good people and bad people is made up the same way i think introverts and extroverts are made up. its not black & white, it's dependent on context & definition, and most people arent one or the other exclusively

Anonymous

#4 1d

That doesn’t even address the explicit statement of comparisons to a piece of fiction 😭 you’re not wrong at all but you’re talking about how there’s different genres to people because of the gradients that come with colors, but how are you ignoring the fact they said works of fiction. I agree with you, but the writers talking about how their beliefs changed as they age. As time went on expressions look different, dreams change. I’m open to hearing what you meant tho because that’s sum different

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Anonymous

OP 1d

Then I’m sorry I detailed it twin 😔♥️

Anonymous

#1 1d

Derailed *

Anonymous

OP 1d

Wait no but I love it tho

Anonymous

#2 1d

to be honest i'm kind of confused by what you're getting at here. comparisons to a piece of fiction? i took their phrasing of saying "good people are a fiction" as in good people are not real, they are a made up concept. which i agree with, in so far as i believe bad people are made up. my point was mainly that this doesn't mean people aren't good, it just means nobody can be defined as just "good" or "bad". i'm not sure how that isn't acknowledging that the author's beliefs change as they age

Anonymous

#2 1d

like can you explain what you mean a little more because i genuinely just don't get your comment

Anonymous

OP 1d

i'm having fun discussing in the comments

Anonymous

#4 1d

how did this get downvoted 😭 the controversial opinion that people are nuanced

Anonymous

#4 1d

Idk fam people like to be mad all the time

Anonymous

#4 1d

That’s not what I meant, the like subjectivity surrounding people’s morale compass is something of fiction because it’s not something that’s innately concrete. It’s something that changes per individual, the need for uniform within morales is made up.

Anonymous 1d

Calm down Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way 🙄

Anonymous

#4 12h

And it’s super fun reading the replies and the interpretations, but I genuinely did not expect this to gain so much traction

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Anonymous 10h

this mindset is weak. Hope is tied ti resilience as there would be no reason to go on without hope.

Anonymous

#2 8h

Just how well do you think society would function if we all ascribed to that. That’s not to say we’ve got it all figured out, but Id prefer what we have to total anarchy. Also *moral compass

Anonymous

#12 8h

We already don’t function well because no one abides to said moral compass, I’m not trying to be pessimistic or say there’s no hope. I’m saying it’s a concept that is made up, because nothing is innately good or bad it just is. People do things that they think are okay, that doesn’t make them better or worse than anyone. So the idea of having hope is unneeded if you have the ideation that no one is trying to be a horrible person intentionally. They’re people who do things that are bad.

Anonymous

#2 8h

And there are things that are societally accepted as good, but no single person alive is going out of their way to break those universal acceptances. People are so conditioned to idolize themselves that they don’t think they’re committing an act that’s breaking some moral code. They’ve convinced themselves they’re just living. Which is why I said the fictional aspect is hope, they’re hoping for a fantasy of life that doesn’t exist.

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purplep_pup 8h

I never said hope is nonexistent, it’s fantasy. Meaning it exists in a made up scenario, your mind is making up the fact that things or people have to be one way in order to have that. You can have hope over something that doesn’t need it, patience is more appropriate of a term honestly. If you have patience toward the changes of life, then that is somewhat providing you with hope. Just having it for no reason is ignorance, they’re describing experiencing youthful ignorance and calling it hope.

Anonymous 5h

Hope has been scientifically tested and proven. I.E, that one experiment with the mice in water buckets.

Anonymous

#9 5h

Yeah, that’s what I said in my comment under this