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  • 20-12-2016 12:06am
    #1
    voz es
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    What is it about being different that is so hard for society to accept?

    Are you afraid of Different?

    Are you afraid of Different? 3 votes

    Yes
    0% 0 votes
    No
    100% 3 votes


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  • #2
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,393 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Nope. I like being "different" in a variety of ways


  • #3
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    voz es wrote: »
    What is it about being different that is so hard for society to accept?

    I don't think Irish society has ever been more accepting of differences, and this is a quality which I hope will only improve with time.

    Variety is the spice of life, innit?


  • #4
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,707 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Define different? Different from birth as in say born with 6 fingers or different from life as in someone dying their hair pink?


  • #5
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 41,217 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QereR0CViMY


  • #6
    take everything
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,810 ✭✭✭take everything


    I am very different.
    People like to think they are progressive and accepting of difference.
    Load of ****e.
    People (largely) do what other people do.

    Social drives are stronger than any other forces (I include sexual drives in that).


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  • #7
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    voz es wrote: »
    What is it about being different that is so hard for society to accept?

    Are you afraid of Different?

    Very vague question and statment tbh.


  • #8
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Different is bad - conform, conform!


  • #9
    Slydice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    I want to say no but I know that sometimes yes, I do sometimes be afraid of different.

    Not that I want to be. I know it's good to experience diversity. It's just some things like snakes, spiders, tall heights, foods I haven't smelled before take a bit of getting used to.


  • #10
    the evasion_kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭the evasion_kid


    Peer police rules,die or be cool
    Peer Police tools...Peer police Fools...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hseBGyX2ooo


  • #11
    FizzleSticks
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  • #12
    The_Valeyard
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    biko wrote: »
    Different is bad - conform, conform!

    Assimilate, assimilate


  • #13
    learn_more
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭learn_more


    voz es wrote: »
    What is it about being different that is so hard for society to accept?

    Are you afraid of Different?

    I know this is AH but it IS a very good philosophical question. Or is it psychosocial question?

    It probably stems from the fact people grew up in tribes eons ago and are wary of things that are different. As a form of self protection.

    Like it or not, humans have instincts that are innate which originated from our far away history. Exactly in the same way that animals are born with instincts from the moment they are born.


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