well, there is one good thing about the like system.
if someone likes what i say and thinks its useful (or funny or whatever caused them to like it)
then i know im not just farting in the wind
(whether or not its good farts or not)
i dont really need it, per say, though i do enjoy it sometimes (and giving it)
but many members here are younger and probably enjoy it more.
i personally put no special meaning to it.
rather curious why you are so strongworded about it? insecure about your adulthood? (lol, never noticed any point i became adult , just got older and wiser, still am me and feel much the same as i did, just more experienced and calm about it)
hehhe
dont find it sad at all, any more than i find a teddybear in the hands of a child anything more than cute (well unless its a well made horror movie though more dolls that can be creepy lol)
,.... you are right though, its bit sad that we think we have to fight for acceptance..
i used to be more insecure, but after meeting alot of people, i dont give a rat´s ass, either i like people or i dont (if i dont i dont make a big deal out of it unless i have to, their fucking life
)
and either they like me or not (see, there are only really This many people i Can fit into my life, only this Many best friends and close friends, rest are just aquintances or people..
..i dont fight with them unless i have to (or anyone)
but i also dont give a rat´s ass whether they like me or not, cause they aint close and there are plenty of new aquaintances and people out there in this sea of 10 billion people..
despite life after this,
this life is short, i dont remember the last one and if im born again i wont remember this one (well, maybe bits and pieces but its the past,who cares?, learned all i need from it
)
and what that means? im not gonna waste my time with fuckheads or go out of my way "to make them friends"
usually people just click.
no click, doesnt mean there never will be one, but it also means you should get too worked up about it lol if its meant to be, its meant to be. (or if you really want it, make it so, i dare ya)
and if we go into fame?
well thats a shitload of work, mostly involving keeping the right mask on...
see.
those people, "fans" (fanning that ego) love ya, because you are good at something AND because you are charming and well likeable.
but they are only gonna love ya as long as good at it OR charming and likeable to boot (or just really funny charming and likable even though you arent any good at anything anymore)
thats why celebrities are always hiding shit , like the fact they are gay (though thats mostly in the past, thankfully..)
or something like that.
their status , revolves around people liking them.
thats why actors generally tend to do more and more shit and the same for musicians.
they get afraid to do anything else because people might stop liking it *usually cemented by some experimentary failure*
to me , thats sounds like too much of a hassle and too much of a restriction in being me..
at least, seeking after that kinda fame.
pretending to be something im not.. (at least not, all the bloody time...kinda sick (politicians are an extreme example of this, they REally cant be themselves publicly, (probably great part of why they get grey hair so quick within office))