RE: Ever feel like you don't belong in this world?
April 1, 2018 at 11:35 pm
(This post was last modified: April 1, 2018 at 11:40 pm by c172.)
I feel like I'm in a parallel world of sorts. I'm not gay, but I am disabled, which presents its own social difficulties. The head pats, the pet names, the other forms of communicating down to. The desexualization. That last part is annoying in a way and isa kind of withdrawal that will always, in some sense, be with me. Partially by my own choice at this point. I just can't crash through certain taboos society lays on me.
But, frankly, this world is too interesting to me. I'm sorry we all die, societal struggles and all. There is much to observe, and it is interesting to do so.
I do love to try to envision the future. I guess I am a legit futurist. What will our brand of English be like? What states will we have that we don't know, and what states will we lose? What will our form of government be? What will the population be of places I have lived in? What else will be different, or the same, in, say, 300 years? Will we be more accepting...of gays? Blacks? Women? What will the trans situation be like (I've only been aware of that since NC HB 2)?
Will our society be any better? What kind of culture shock will I have if I am able to time travel to 2318? What will QOL be like for those of us with spina bifida? What new disabilities and diseases will there be, and will society be more accepting of QOL solutions than an outright cure? And on and on.
But, frankly, this world is too interesting to me. I'm sorry we all die, societal struggles and all. There is much to observe, and it is interesting to do so.
I do love to try to envision the future. I guess I am a legit futurist. What will our brand of English be like? What states will we have that we don't know, and what states will we lose? What will our form of government be? What will the population be of places I have lived in? What else will be different, or the same, in, say, 300 years? Will we be more accepting...of gays? Blacks? Women? What will the trans situation be like (I've only been aware of that since NC HB 2)?
Will our society be any better? What kind of culture shock will I have if I am able to time travel to 2318? What will QOL be like for those of us with spina bifida? What new disabilities and diseases will there be, and will society be more accepting of QOL solutions than an outright cure? And on and on.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
