Something New Every Day

Stories and essays on identity, creative thought, and everyday common sense.

Are people incapable of following their own desires

Never have so many people stayed where they didn’t want to be.

This is the kind of post (the one in the image) where you’d think nobody would have a positive reaction. The people who agreed with it would have followed it’s advice, turned off their device and departed to their favourite place to relax. The people who disagreed with it would’ve ignored it and kept on scrolling. However.

As you can see from the reactions to the post, truth is stranger than fiction. 116 thousand people liked the post, 11 thousand people spent their time leaving a comment and 34 thousand people shared it with their friends to let them know they didn’t want to be online 🤣.

All I can say is, common sense will not be used to explain the results because it’s obvious it’s not being used by the people who responded to the post.

The post did make me question people’s behaviour both online and offline which lead me to postulate the following.

How many people are actually doing what they want to do?

Any how many people are doing things because they never honestly answered the following question, what do I really want to do with my life?


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