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Just wondering

If your personality, beliefs, and choices are all shaped by your past experiences, upbringing, and biology… then how much of ‘you’ is actually your own free choice?”

Just wondering

If your personality, beliefs, and choices are all shaped by your past experiences, upbringing, and biology… then how much of ‘you’ is actually your own free choice?

Question About Women’s “Daddy Issues” and “Mommy Issues”. Is It Accurate?

I came across a meme contrasting “daddy issues” and “mommy issues,” and it made me pause. It suggested that women with “daddy issues” might seek validation from men (socially or romantically) while women with “mommy issues” might struggle more with anxiety, self-consciousness, anger, deception, or... read more

Human babies > pets

Recently, I've been seeing an exponential increase in frequency of pet parents. Literally parents. People treating their pets (animals) as human babies. It's beyond ridiculous. Those same people are going to complain how life is hard, economy is in ruins, this and that. Then how TF are you... (edited) read more

Do we have Free Will?

Is your life determined by your genes, upbringing, social environment as a baby - teen (we didn't get to pick who was around us as babies, etc). We don't get to pick our IQ (we can reach out full potential, but one person's max potential may be someone else's half-potential), our looks (looks play... read more

How I grew up vs Western norms

I grew up on a remote area of the Scottish isles so my upbringing has given me different views and experiences and shaped me different from UK mainlanders, North Americans, Aus, NZ, Canada etc. 1. Everything was shut on a Sunday and we were pushed to go to church services. It's a religious... read more