Creatures definitely live in these woods. A panther killed my pet goat about 12 years ago. Jumped into the cage three times, tore its head off, carried it with it deep into the woods, came back for more. Our chickens have been destroyed by skunks, panthers and bears. And there’s certainly unspeakable horrors beyond human comprehension out there.
My 11 yr old ne refuses to go outside here after dark.
My answer is: stop thinking in terms of matrix. Live your life. The matrix is a fictional movie made by trans women about living a fraudulent life for the sake of fitting in and that image on top is a meme that exaggerates human choices to some weird dichotomy that does not reflect reality but rather a fantasy some attempt to achieve; making real a fiction.
Instead of trying to make a fiction real, be real.
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I mean our environments do present us with different sets of choices so in that sense, our environments guide us in various directions; different environments afford us different choices.
But how extreme are these choices? How radically do they really change YOU?
I’ve been in a monastery in my mid 20s. Fun experience – would do it again. Totally alien environment and I loved it. Did the environment change me? No, but it allowed me explore aspects of myself that otherwise might have been dormant.
Same with these meme choices. I mean there’s some truth to it of course; that’s why it’s engaging.
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