769
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] MoonManKipper@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

“Yourself” is the totality of everything you do. You don’t get to do stuff and then decide “No, that wasn’t me, it doesn’t count”. If you do that you’re just deluding yourself

[-] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

Too often though, such arguments are used by others in the attempt to define a person by one specific example in ignorance of everything else that person is.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

You will always be defined by others as your relationship to them, and the actions they know you take. You will always be more complex than you're observed to be.

You have little say in how others define you.

[-] MoonManKipper@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

I'm talking about personal interactions - online or in person - if that one specific example is the only interaction a person has with you then that's the only information they have about you. If you don't want to be classified as an asshole, don't be an asshole.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

How do you define yourself? Do you throw out the anomalies, or weight them in, or something else ...?

this post was submitted on 22 Mar 2024
769 points (100.0% liked)

tumblr

3434 readers
515 users here now

Welcome to /c/tumblr, a place for all your tumblr screenshots and news.

Our Rules:

  1. Keep it civil. We're all people here. Be respectful to one another.

  2. No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia or any other flavor of bigotry. I should not need to explain this one.

  3. Must be tumblr related. This one is kind of a given.

  4. Try not to repost anything posted within the past month. Beyond that, go for it. Not everyone is on every site all the time.

  5. No unnecessary negativity. Just because you don't like a thing doesn't mean that you need to spend the entire comment section complaining about said thing. Just downvote and move on.


Sister Communities:

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS