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[nomoresharks]

I've an odd question to ask, if you'll indulge me.

Let us say a world exists where all work toward the betterment of their world, where none go without, and no one need be separated from their loved ones before they could bid farewell. Each day is peaceful and productive, and you know your place within it. You need not leave until you are ready, and only when you feel fulfilled.

Would you choose to live in this world or the one you came from? Why?

And to those who know why I ask this question, I pray you answer as well, and do so honestly. I promise 'tis in the spirit of keeping an open mind.

Comments

Un: samsa

[anthropophagite]

I think it'd depend if it came at a cost.

[nomoresharks]

I imagine there is--to either world, no matter which is picked.

'Twould be more accurate to ask this: if both were to be coming to an end, which would you save? ...But the question seemed a bit too cruel to ask.

[anthropophagite]

It's a little, but it's hypothetical. [ for kaneki, at least]I'd prefer to be in the better world, if everyone I knew had the chance to be happy.

[nomoresharks]

Most would, wouldn't they? Mayhap it's a flawed question to begin with.

[anthropophagite]

I think there is much that could influence our answer, which may make it a difficult question.

But above all, I don't think such a place would exist.

[nomoresharks]

Is that so? And why is that?

[anthropophagite]

It's part of our existence to face hardships. It's how we grow and change.

We want perfection and we aim for it, but it's not possible to achieve it.

[nomoresharks]

To an extent, yes. But to that degree? Is it truly necessary for others to starve and children to pass in order to grow?

[anthropophagite]

No, I don't mean that sort of thing. Of course, those are painful and bad, and not something that will help us grow.

I meant more like personal struggles, things that sometimes may be painful, but in the end, help us see more.

[nomoresharks]

See, that I can agree with. Full often do we need to embrace stepping out of our comfort zone to improve ourselves. [Says the man who avoids it where possible] And even then the occasional feud between friends is inevitable.

I'm not sure why people keep assuming those sorts of things wouldn't occur in the world I describe.

[anthropophagite]

I think when someone says everyday is fulfilling and peaceful, it just feels like there is never any sort of... conflict. And truth be told, that is something we actually desire.

But I don't think we fully understand the way we truly want and desire it. "I want my life to be perfect" is a common thought, but I don't think most of us would even know what perfection looks like.

[nomoresharks]

That's a good point, actually. Even in my own world we're still trying to reach it. Mayhap it's one of those things only visible when you look back.

If that makes sense.

[anthropophagite]

You are probably right, yes.

I think even if we had it, we probably wouldn't realize it.