Burlap_Mac wrote:This is a very good question/hypothetical. I may have said "yes, most definitely yes," earlier in life. However, i've come to realize that it's challenges that make us who we are. Not having a "free-pass" where everything I do is considered mainstream and completely accepted has led me to see the steep climb others are making in life whether it be through a mental/physical deficit or because they just don't fit in.
This climb is invisible to those who have lived a life of convenience. I admit that no one has avoided being the "other" in their lives entirely, however, I'd warrant that some of us have had to treat the cliffside while others rode the gondola from hilltop to hilltop. I appreciate the way nature and life experience made me, and I believe wholeheartedly that being in the out-crowd has made me the fighter I am today. The constant battle against inequality and injustice has given me a purpose far greater than amassing wealth or fame.
I wouldn't change a thing.
I realize my reply is a bit late, but you make a good point. Especially that bit about having a free pass by being 100% mainstream.
At the risk of sounding cliche here, I do sometimes take comfort in the fact that I have this "other side", so to speak, that nobody knows about. Don't get me wrong. I'm no special snowflake that preaches their detachment from social norms. But it does provide me with a sense of character in what could otherwise be considered a fairly average life.
Still, I think it's important that everyone who has the interest find someone that they can share it with. I don't think people are meant to hang around in this sort of limbo forever. If I somehow knew today that I would have absolutely no chance of finding that person, I would probably choose to not like it. But it's that connection that makes it worth it.
There is only one God, and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: Not today.