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<blockquote data-quote="Levistus's_Leviathan" data-source="post: 8428240" data-attributes="member: 7023887"><p>Okay. You're choosing feelings over facts. I can't say that I recommend that approach, or even understand it, but it is your choice. An incorrect one, but it is yours.</p><p></p><p>Those are not equivalent. It's more like saying "Don't think that you or anyone else is immortal, because everyone dies eventually". They're both inaccurate beliefs that will end up making you disappointed (and possibly emotionally crushed) when you find out the truth. You don't have to think about death all the time or the fact that everyone is flawed, but you do have to acknowledge those are true. Otherwise, you're fooling yourself in order to live in a disappointing fantasy.</p><p></p><p>Nope. I can't make you or anyone else realize or do anything! However, that doesn't mean that one of the approaches isn't superior to the other.</p><p></p><p>But it's wrong. They weren't great people, because "Great People" are a myth. They don't exist. They're all just "people", like all of us. It was great that they made D&D, but that doesn't make them great people. Their actions can be great, but that doesn't mean that they were great, anymore than writing a good book makes you a good person good (I'm sure most of you know who I'm referring to).</p><p></p><p>And I do believe that your life will be better if you admit that. I've found that the more that you admit that people are flawed and heroes don't exist, you have more realistic expectations of people. It's just like how children have to realize that their parents are human and flawed when they grow up. It's hard to do, but it makes your life better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Levistus's_Leviathan, post: 8428240, member: 7023887"] Okay. You're choosing feelings over facts. I can't say that I recommend that approach, or even understand it, but it is your choice. An incorrect one, but it is yours. Those are not equivalent. It's more like saying "Don't think that you or anyone else is immortal, because everyone dies eventually". They're both inaccurate beliefs that will end up making you disappointed (and possibly emotionally crushed) when you find out the truth. You don't have to think about death all the time or the fact that everyone is flawed, but you do have to acknowledge those are true. Otherwise, you're fooling yourself in order to live in a disappointing fantasy. Nope. I can't make you or anyone else realize or do anything! However, that doesn't mean that one of the approaches isn't superior to the other. But it's wrong. They weren't great people, because "Great People" are a myth. They don't exist. They're all just "people", like all of us. It was great that they made D&D, but that doesn't make them great people. Their actions can be great, but that doesn't mean that they were great, anymore than writing a good book makes you a good person good (I'm sure most of you know who I'm referring to). And I do believe that your life will be better if you admit that. I've found that the more that you admit that people are flawed and heroes don't exist, you have more realistic expectations of people. It's just like how children have to realize that their parents are human and flawed when they grow up. It's hard to do, but it makes your life better. [/QUOTE]
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