Posted by dj on February 4, 2001, at 8:43:48
In reply to Re: uh..no dj..., posted by allisonm on February 4, 2001, at 7:52:08
> For me, it's not a matter of feeling superior or the world not meeting my standards. It's more a matter of feeling that I wasn't made right, I wasn't made for this world, I don't fit in. For whatever reason I don't share the same interests as many other people, so I keep to myself. I have spent a lot of time alone, especially as a child. I always have been introverted. The thing about drones that I have puzzled about is how they can live their lives in this way, which appears so very normal -- whatever that is. How do they do it? How did I get on this other path? I marvel at >their contentment because I don't have it.
Alison,
This I can relate to, though I wish I did not and parts of what Phil and Todd wrote I can also relate to, though I also wish I did not.
The use of the word drone to characterize those who are content and seemingly non-questioning is what I believe to be a negative judgment that I don't think is appropriate. Contentment is a state to seek, rather than condemn, I believe, and I consider it to be a superior state to relentless questioning and obsessing as it seems to be from where more happiness springs.
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