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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: junpei

[coolerjunpei]

which one am i in before i get to choose?

[nomoresharks]

Either one. You could look at it from the perspective from both worlds if you'd like.

[coolerjunpei]

hm, i guess. although once you start getting into choosing, isn't it kind of...i dunno, weird? like, you're choosing at all because you're basically saying one is "better" than the other, right? that's the real point here.

[nomoresharks]

[There's a moment before he responds]

That wasn't my intention, but I can see how it would come across that way.

[...]

Nay. That is a disingenuous statement, whether I meant for it to be or no. Even so, I can't help but find myself curious. Is there a situation you can imagine where your own world would be preferable?

[coolerjunpei]

i'm probably sticking with wherever i was in the first place, either way. but then again, i'm the one who's thinking "choose" usually comes with "the better one," so that's why.

uh not because one is better or worse, though? i think that's my point. it feels a little screwed up to toss one place for another. it's....brand loyalty.

[nomoresharks]

You're not wrong there. In the end, no matter what happens, home shall ever be home.

And if one did decide to leave one place for another, what would you think of them?

[coolerjunpei]

if i get to pick then so should somebody else, right? i mean,

[And he takes forever on this and the '...' of his stop-and-start typing keeps popping up. This is the big pause moment.]

some people are definitely going to be on team "f this place, the other one is better," and that's... shitty to hear if you're staying behind. but i don't think i could blame anyone for going.

[nomoresharks]

Allowing others to take the path best for them, even if it means you'll be left behind... A noble stance indeed.

[coolerjunpei]

maybe. don't think i'm trying to be mr. big noble self-sacrifice guy or anything. honestly, it kind of pisses me off.

there's just no arguing with some people once they make up their mind, you know?

[nomoresharks]

[...Oh.]

No, I suppose there isn't. People can be quite stubborn when they want to be, but if it were easy to sway someone, rhetoric would have never come to exist in the first place.

[coolerjunpei]

yeah. it's just priorities, i guess. and circumstances.

most people never get to pick one or the other, so i think someone who could do that would think differently than everyone else.

[nomoresharks]

Ah. Yes, I can see that. 'Twould be a rare opportunity indeed, no matter where one went--even if paradise was off the table entirely.