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Andrew asked in Social SciencePsychology · 11 months ago

Why do stories and not experiences, affect some people more than bad real experiences?

I sat here for years complaining about things that I have personally experienced.

I have personally experienced a totally destroyed, lost childhood, period..

And that childhood was lost for a lot of reasons..

People not wanting to actually do their jobs, trying to get a free government paycheck..

Idiots putting teens and little kids on the same school, going to a school for problem kids.

And Philadelphia's boat load of problems..

And my dad's list of things wrong with him keeping me and his highly dependent wife

(My mom) there.

And my mounting issues there.

I sat right and complained about it..

You know how much that made for me ?

Exactly $0.00

So I started working..

I had a few blunders..

So I went and got another job..

Now im making a combined average total of $4500 per month.

And I've done it fairly quickly by thinking, reading and doing..

The blacks, Irish, Scots, Italians and whatever other poor group out there..

***** and moan about 200 years ago..

About things they NEVER experienced.

It makes them $0.00

So if I fixed a major problem caused by real experiences..

Why are they still poor.. Because of things that they NEVER experienced ?

I'm part Irish..

I heard all the stories in the world..

Starvation

Slavery

Conquest

Colonization and Colonialism.

Booze abuse

Drank himself to death..

Committed suicide..

The list goes on and on..

I never experienced it..

So it doesn't effect me.

So why does it affect others when they NEVER experienced things ?

Update:

Same school bus*

Update 2:

This is an argument about capitalism

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  • 11 months ago
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    Yes,you are right.

    Nothings worth more then experience.

  • Anonymous
    11 months ago

    Who and what on earth are you talking about? No one is traumatized by stories more than by genuine experiences.

    Frankly, dear, I think you need to be in psychiatric care. This long, meandering post doesn't argue well for your mental health.  Get help.

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