Ah, I love The Matrix. Very very well executed for the time of it’s production, thought-provoking and awesome.
Yay!
Blog Entry? Last day of school before the Christmas break was today! That means I am free! Free for about 2 weeks (and a little bit)! Yeeeaaay!
So, what do I expect from Christmas this year?
I’d like to say “just my family, that’s all”, but am I being really honest? Is anyone, as a matter of fact? Unless you have the skill and self control to want nothing more than just your normal routine, then what is so absurd?
This is a little point I like to show people. Most of what social interactions we have are basically lies. An example?
“How are you feeling?”
“Oh, yeah, I’m fine.”
“You sure?”
“Yep.”
Now, is this really the case? Obviously this person isn’t feeling fine. After all, the non-commital way they said it means that they’re probably just hiding what they really want to say.
“I feel dead inside and I just can’t be bothered with the rest of today, I want to go back to bed!” makes you sound like a complete and total ungrateful prat. However, a lot of people are. Humans just aren’t satisfied, though we are told time and time again we should be thankful for what we actually DO have, it becomes difficult to stick to this regime.
Me? Oh, I’m actually really quite happy. I’m just living life as it comes along. But yet: does this mean that I don’t want cool gifts? No. It’s simply in human nature to want more than we have. Look at the Bible: Adam wanted more than he had, so he took the fruit. If you’re of the Evolution crowd, obviously primoridial slugs wanted more than they had and thought it was a jolly good idea to get some lungs aboard.
If you believe neither, just imagine how you would react if somebody said, “Here’s a thick wad of money, do you want it?”. Would you reply “No, it’s ok, I have some money already.”? Not many people would, I know that.
Some people have a reason to want more than they have; it’s because they have poor standard of living. Impoverished or permanently diseased people often want more than they have: and why shouldn’t they? But the rest of us don’t REALLY need what we WANT, now do we?
