I don’t know about y’all, but if I grew up in a country that never has the news criticizing its leaders, I’d be very skepical and deduce that there is censorshop going on and the offical news could be exaggerated or entirely falsified. Do people in authoritarian countries actually just eat the propaganda? To what extent do they believe the propaganda?

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    9 hours ago

    Do you believe in religion? Do you believe in any home remedies? Do you eat the same foods you grew up with?

    It’s a very rare person that questions literally everything and logically analyzes why they think what they think.

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      As someone who has always done this, this has been a very hard lesson to learn. It doesn’t make sense to me how you can go through life and NOT do that. Like… Fuck dude… I just feel like everyone is so fucking DUMB. Like I don’t want to be narcissistic and shit but Jesus people … Maybe try a little!!!

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      Questioning beliefs takes a lot of time and courage. Very few people do it.

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      What does eating the same foods you grew up with have to do with it?

      i try all new things even bugs, but some foods I grew up with are delicious

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        That is fantastic. I’m glad you like them.

        The difference here, presumably, is that you’ve thought about what you eat and continue to do so knowing full well what that means, whatever it means. But~ not everybody thinks about it. Some people are carried forward through life just by the sheer momentum of their childhood.

        And I say some people, but really, everybody is in some way or another. It takes active effort to change your course in life.

        For example, no idea what your diet is like: if you eat a lot of junk food, do you know how much sugar you’re consuming? Have you ever thought about whether that’s a good thing?