Ever feel like you don't belong in this world?

[robvalue]

Indeed yes, in many ways.

[CapnAwesome]

I feel like that on a regular basis.

Not in a depressive manner, though I've been there and experienced that.

I mean that I feel as though I should have been born thousands of years in the future, because I can see how absolutely ignorant current society is and how corrective measures are not being taken. Not that the future will be any better, at this rate, yet a drop of optimism makes me want to think the future will be better than the present.

I used to, but then I made a major lifestyle change and found myself.

[chimp3]

Not only do I feel that way but I have been told so by others.

[CapnAwesome]

Dude, I feel like that all the time. I feel like I don't fit in to this society. I just kind of feel out of place here sometimes. I feel like I don't understand most people, and most don't understand me. I have always found social norms and behaviors confusing, though I've gotten better at fitting in or whatever.

That's whay subcultures are for, I've found. So many different ways to live and choices to make in this life, other than the mainstream way of living. When I was a kid, I always wanted to be an adventurer and felt like I didn't belong. Little did I know that is an actual choice you can make in life.

[pocaracas]

I feel like that on a regular basis.

Not in a depressive manner, though I've been there and experienced that.

I mean that I feel as though I should have been born thousands of years in the future, because I can see how absolutely ignorant current society is and how corrective measures are not being taken. Not that the future will be any better, at this rate, yet a drop of optimism makes me want to think the future will be better than the present.

Be the change you want to happen in the world.
If it is for the good, others will mimic you or be that change themselves, too.
That's how society moves forward.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Quite the contrary - I feel as if I belong nowhere else.

Boru

[Brian37]

I feel like that on a regular basis.

Not in a depressive manner, though I've been there and experienced that.

I mean that I feel as though I should have been born thousands of years in the future, because I can see how absolutely ignorant current society is and how corrective measures are not being taken.  Not that the future will be any better, at this rate, yet a drop of optimism makes me want to think the future will be better than the present.

Grass is always greener. I have often wished though that I could have had my current knowledge growing up, I wouldn't have cared so much about the bullies on my block and would have focused on my schoolwork. 

But I do get concerned with our species global interactions, we are a invasive species. I think more in terms that I hate that evolution doesn't produce knowledge at birth.

[Little lunch]

Dude, I feel like that all the time. I feel like I don't fit in to this society. I just kind of feel out of place here sometimes. I feel like I don't understand most people, and most don't understand me. I have always found social norms and behaviors confusing, though I've gotten better at fitting in or whatever.

That's whay subcultures are for,  I've found. So many different ways to live and choices to make in this life,  other than the mainstream way of living.  When I was a kid, I always wanted to be an adventurer and felt like I didn't belong. Little did I know that is an actual choice you can make in life.

I've always admired that about you CapnAwesome, that you had a dream and are now living it.

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When I was young I believed that I should have been born in the late sixties.
I would sit around with older people and listen to the stories of their youth wishing it were me.
Those were the good old days they'd say, it'll never be the same.
Lately I've captured the imagination of a few teens I work with, with stories from my youth.
Live bands I saw in the eighties, drunken escapades, beautiful women, drugs, fashion, etc.
It occurs to me that you have to live in the present.
Deep down, we are all the same and it seems that the state of mind is the only real restriction.
Though changing your state of mind is the near impossible part.

[The Valkyrie]

Nope.

But I do feel that the world belongs to me and you fuckers should be paying rent.

[notimportant1234]

I feel like that on a regular basis.

Not in a depressive manner, though I've been there and experienced that.

I mean that I feel as though I should have been born thousands of years in the future, because I can see how absolutely ignorant current society is and how corrective measures are not being taken.  Not that the future will be any better, at this rate, yet a drop of optimism makes me want to think the future will be better than the present.

Be the change you want to happen in the world.
If it is for the good, others will mimic you or be that change themselves, too.
That's how society moves forward.

If the change isn't big enough, why pursue it ? That is the question that bothers me for some time.