Well, I'm going to start up some random prompt and just mindlessly talk about it.
And...
Nailcutters.
I'll be honest, nailcutters are ruining my life. I just find myself addicted to cutting my nails, perfecting them and always making them short. It's most satisfying when a nail is digging into your skin and then prying it open and cutting it. Of course, all addictions have got its bad repercussions, and nail-cutting is no different. I used to have lovely long nails, but now mine have developed into stubby nails just from me constantly cutting them too short.
Now, this addiction really isn't the worst addiction you can have.
My religion teacher recently used a quote that I absolutely love.
There are a lot of dead people walking among us.
This means that there are many people who have had their humanity taken away from them through drugs or gambling. They've taken away their freedom, their motivation and possibly their will to live, essentially just making them no better than dead people. That's a **** way to live your life, which is why I joined St Vincent de Paul society, but that's just me gloating on how much of a perfect human being I am (sarcastic, I am aware of my flaws).
But you see, the problem is, they've taken their own humanity from themselves, so should we feel bad for these people? I mean, if some shady bloke asks me for money, should I pay him? I mean, he's probably going to spend them on drugs anyway, so I may as well spend it on something more beneficial. Of course, that's a simpletons way of looking at it. Should I pay him? If I do pay him... Aren't I doing it out of pity? Isn't paying out of pity looking at them as lesser of a human being, making their situation even worse? I mean, in the end, not paying them would be better. And the thing is, it would not be the greedy thing to do.
Let me elaborate. By not giving money, you are probably making their lives better and maintaining their humanity. That's not the main point. What if you were to give money? Now that would be greedy. Why? You give money because it feels good. You get this feeling in your stomach that you did good, you're a good person. But when you get this feeling, you are in turn further taking away their humanity. By giving money, they will realise that they can get money by being pitied, and they will continue to live their lives in a lower social class, deemed by society.
Now, back to my religion teacher's quote. While the above was what he really meant, my initial thought is that he was talking about the people who lived before us. And of these prominent figures, Jesus.
Ok, this is more humorous than anything, but what if the concept of Christianity was built up on adultery? Let me elaborate. Joseph returned to his wife for the census. He was having a **** day, working as a carpenter, etcetera etcetera. His day is simply made worse when he comes back home to find that the Holy Spirit ****ed and impregnated his wife. Life, poor Jospeh. He gets a son which will leave a huge mark on society on years to come, and it's not even his biological son.
Well, getting late, I think I'll cut it off here.
As for feeling bad for some of these people, to some extent, yeah, I'll feel bad for some of them. When it comes down to it, if their lives are ruined by their drug addiction or gambling addiction, it is almost always 100% their fault. However, there may be reasonings behind why these people started doing drugs. Maybe they had a ****ty life growing up, and they turned to drugs to cope with it. I don't agree at all with drugs being the solution, but still. Addiction can be a very hard thing to deal with, and if a person at least tries to get clean, then at least they're trying to do that. However, if the person commits crimes or does horrid things to get the money for drugs, gambling, etc, then I have no sympathy for them, nor if they refuse to seek help to try and quit. Though, gambling is a mental addiction, and I'm not really sure how I feel about those compared to physical addictions.
I have a balanced take on filthy people asking for money..Few facts first:
1. In my country, people have done PhD's in ways to cheat and beg.
2. Not even a single public place in the whole country where you not gonna meet a kid , women, old lady, crippled people, transvets, etc all kinds of people asking for money in most cases. I think we must be having some kind of world record in terms of numbers for sure.
3. Half of those are involved in an organised way and do it as a job and a lot of them are very successful at the work they do, masters.
- Eventually, where your money gonna be spend: on food , drugs , alcohol, prostitutn, etc it doesn't matter. If you are feeling good and feel happy helping somebody with food or money do it. Not by obligation but by choice. But beware, it so often happens tat soon after you have helped somebody another guy comes in, that's really pissing bcz he might be more deserving of help. So take it in an easy way..never feel guilt or obligation. That's Karma!
As for the nailcutting, that was an odd thing to read. Good luck with your addiction? xD
I also love typing as you can tell by my frequently long posts. It's just fun. I practically type faster than I talk at this point.