Posted by Multipas*

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Some really insight bout your priveldged lives

Technically, over-privillaged and under-privillaged is only a matter of perspective. Furthermore, normal people live under the same serotonin and dopamine releases around the world except for malnourished and extreme poverty places. They actually receive the same amounts of love, and its highest forms such as sex release, but smaller things will please them more than it will those living in upper class.

In my own conclusion, (besides extreme poverty and healthcare differences) no matter where you live you will experience the same amounts of pleasure and displeasure. It is just what your brain is used to which determines everything.

If i worded that a little weird, here:
People in underprivileged areas will receive more please from smaller things, while people in privileged areas will receive less please. Also, underprivileged areas will be harder to displease rather than privileged areas. A good way to understand this in your own thought processes is to compare suicide rates between living conditions.  

Posted by Kendama

Technically, over-privillaged and under-privillaged is only a matter of perspective. Furthermore, normal people live under the same serotonin and dopamine releases around the world except for malnourished and extreme poverty places. They actually receive the same amounts of love, and its highest forms such as sex release, but smaller things will please them more than it will those living in upper class.

In my own conclusion, (besides extreme poverty and healthcare differences) no matter where you live you will experience the same amounts of pleasure and displeasure. It is just what your brain is used to which determines everything.

If i worded that a little weird, here:
People in underprivileged areas will receive more please from smaller things, while people in privileged areas will receive less please. Also, underprivileged areas will be harder to displease rather than privileged areas. A good way to understand this in your own thought processes is to compare suicide rates between living conditions.

Priveledge also has to do with the constructed idea of race, with biological sex, with disability or mental illness.
The ability to take ableism lightly is a priveledge, apathy is a priveldge.
To be able to act like nothin in the world matters but yourself is a priveldge exacted by hundreds of millions people everyday.
If there were no oppression priveldge would be a lot simpler topic.  

My little sister is autistic but I'm pretty sure she is entitled the the same privileges as any other person.

Like Kendeema said, it's s matter of prespective. I view her disability as a mere setback from the kind and lovely person she actually is. But when I think of if she never had that disability, is think he range of personalities would be less.

Everything that happens around us influences us in some way, whether that is good or bad is also a matter of perspective.

On another note, I noticed people who are over-privileged or under-privileged have different views on life. I have a friend who's dad works as a construction worker but he's got the most funny and optimistic personality. I've got another friend who's mom and dad both work for big company and have an overall larger income. They're a bit stingy and micromanaging but in the end they're still good folks.  

Do you even think about race priveldge? Sex priveldge that when I walk down the street I get gawked and yelled at because of my body, my male friend doesn't my male friend doesn't get sexually harassed as much as I do. Its a priveldge to not even have to think about a mysogny and racist culture.


It just shows who Yall are where your grew up, under a blanket of priveledge. Does racism even cross your mind on a daily basis?for a lot black people they are confronted with the fact that they are black all the time. But a white person no one ever questions why or what a white person is doing.

I bet your sister doesn't get treated seriously. Your sister deserves respect but I'm sure she doesn't always get it why? Because people don't have to care bout an autistic person but a healthy young white man? A healthy young white man will get it most all the time and that's priveldge.  

Posted by 5hift

My little sister is autistic but I'm pretty sure she is entitled the the same privileges as any other person.

Like Kendeema said, it's s matter of prespective. I view her disability as a mere setback from the kind and lovely person she actually is. But when I think of if she never had that disability, is think he range of personalities would be less.

Everything that happens around us influences us in some way, whether that is good or bad is also a matter of perspective.

On another note, I noticed people who are over-privileged or under-privileged have different views on life. I have a friend who's dad works as a construction worker but he's got the most funny and optimistic personality. I've got another friend who's mom and dad both work for big company and have an overall larger income. They're a bit stingy and micromanaging but in the end they're still good folks.

I really like this right here what you said. It really is just how your personality develops! Spoiled brats will never be please while homeless kids experience the smallest gestures as great miracles and a reason to celebrate. In the end, it makes you wonder who really is enjoying life more.  

Posted by Multipas*

Do you even think about race priveldge? Sex priveldge that when I walk down the street I get gawked and yelled at because of my body, my male friend doesn't my male friend doesn't get sexually harassed as much as I do. Its a priveldge to not even have to think about a mysogny and racist culture.


It just shows who Yall are where your grew up, under a blanket of priveledge. Does racism even cross your mind on a daily basis?for a lot black people they are confronted with the fact that they are black all the time. But a white person no one ever questions why or what a white person is doing.

I bet your sister doesn't get treated seriously. Your sister deserves respect but I'm sure she doesn't always get it why? Because people don't have to care bout an autistic person but a healthy young white man? A healthy young white man will get it most all the time and that's priveldge.

You do realize that privileges aren't exactly just given to you the moment you are born? They're earned by your family and their family's family. Even if feel that you are under-privileged, that doesn't mean that you can go out into the world and earn them yourself. And like I said, the perspective of life only makes you're privileges any more worthwhile.

I admit, there are a lot of seriously ignorant people out there that refuse to see it this way but the fact of the matter is, in the end we're all humans.

Nothing about us is taken for granted which is why these dumb conversations even happen.

Oh and for the record, I think people can take my little sister with a severe mental disability much more seriously than some random white guy.  

If you want a break from all the serious political documentaries, this one is great.

 

thats what Im saying as long as people are oppressed the priveldge is going to unequal. Not just economicly. But also cause people are oppressed racially, sexually, and many others. Essentially we are all born free equal lil human beings, we are also born into a racist and mysognistic culture so that goes into how people judge each other. Creating power dynamic creating steriotypes. All of that factors into priveldge not to mention america stealing resources from all around the globe, economical priveldge.

But sometimes you can't go earn themselves. its all relative, and that relativity shows the diversity. We don't live in a world where people Are treated, loved, hated equally  

I think there is a distinction that needs to be made between the two usages of privilege in this thread.

For the first type, privilege can be used to describe something that is endowed to a person as something necessary to allow them to thrive but can also be nullified should that person abuse it. For example, I am given a privilege as a human being to go out on the streets and roam where I please. Should I abuse this privilege, however, and go out and murder someone, my privilege is revoked and I am forced to reside in jail.

On the other hand, privilege can be used much more abstractly. It can be used to describe something that, although it may be still endowed by society, is issued as part of a cultural phenomenon and therefore cannot be revoked. I am a white male in society, and as such I have certain privileges due to the society I have found myself in that cannot be taken away. The government can try to alleviate the injustice of my privilege, but they cannot take it away completely. Therein lies the distinction between the two.

5hift mentions that privilege is given based on a family's history of effort, and while this is probably debatable in itself, it still only pertains to the first definition. Things like sex, race, etc. are truly 'assigned' in the since that nobody had to work for you to look the particular way that you do. Society's interpretation of you (in which lies the privilege) is independent of any effort that may have been put in not only by your parents but you as well.  

Posted by Multipas*

thats what Im saying as long as people are oppressed the priveldge is going to unequal. Not just economicly. But also cause people are oppressed racially, sexually, and many others. Essentially we are all born free equal lil human beings, we are also born into a racist and mysognistic culture so that goes into how people judge each other. Creating power dynamic creating steriotypes. All of that factors into priveldge not to mention america stealing resources from all around the globe, economical priveldge.

But sometimes you can't go earn themselves. its all relative, and that relativity shows the diversity. We don't live in a world where people Are treated, loved, hated equally

We also do not live in a world where people are the same. Certain races act certain ways. I am, in a naturalistic and observational sense, more on-guard around certain races than I am with my own. This is because they are less likely to view me as "one of them" and more so as "not one of them". This is evident in groups, and less so individuals. I will refrain from naming specific ethnicities and races, as that will not be productive and just encourage defensive replies. I just know, as a survival instinct, races are different. You can become lovers/best friends with anyone from any race, but as a general assumption you can predict the behavior of people to an extent based on race.

In a way- survival of the fittest. I do not discriminate, but I do keep my distances from large groups of people that are not multicultural / my race. I feel less safe when interacting with them because I would be looked at as an outsider in many instances.

This thought process will never change. It will survive with humanity till its end.  

Omg all day stressing bout graalians come. Back to read 3 posts I really appreciate. Thanks  

A documentary on second life, how people have made a living from it but devoted their lives also and how it affects them, pretty interesting (and features a catfish!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUwD7u7wwcY  

Posted by Admiral

A documentary on second life, how people have made a living from it but devoted their lives also and how it affects them, pretty interesting (and features a catfish!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUwD7u7wwcY

very interesting i skipped around in this video though because it was very long  

Posted by Admiral

A documentary on second life, how people have made a living from it but devoted their lives also and how it affects them, pretty interesting (and features a catfish!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUwD7u7wwcY

Now if only that game wasn't terrible.  

Posted by Draenin

Now if only that game wasn't terrible.

I've never played it personally, but I suppose it's understandable and even relatable considering the amount of time we all have spent at one point or another playing Graal or some other MMO lol, this new perspective is interesting