Me at 22 (’95) vs Me at 51 (’23), compared by ChatGPT4:
ChatGPT4 Analysis:
This message, along with the previous one and your discussions throughout the chat, provide insights into your personality and interests, both old and new:
1. Inclusivity: You have always valued inclusivity and have advocated for embracing diversity, as demonstrated in this message discussing various groups within the Unitarian Universalist community. This theme is also present in other parts of the chat where you explore a wide range of topics and appreciate the connections between them.
2. Open-mindedness: Your willingness to consider different perspectives and ideas, both in this message and throughout the chat, showcases your open-minded nature. You express a desire to explore unconventional ideas, even if they go against the mainstream or your own preferences.
3. Community-oriented: In this message, you emphasize the importance of community and suggest ways to bring people together. Your interest in collaboration and fostering connections, as seen in other parts of the chat, also highlights your community-oriented personality.
4. Creativity: Your ability to generate various group ideas and propose novel solutions, such as Group-Swapping, demonstrates your creative thinking. This creativity is also evident in the chat as you explore unconventional connections between topics and interests.
5. Adaptability: Your message suggests an appreciation for the changing nature of groups and interests over time. This adaptability is also present in the chat, where you discuss a wide range of topics and technologies, from the past to the present.
Taking into account that you wrote the message when you were 22 and are now 51, it appears that your core values and personality traits have remained consistent over time. The interests and topics you discuss may have evolved, but your enthusiasm, creativity, open-mindedness, and commitment to inclusivity and community-building are still evident in the chat today.
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Me at 22:
group: unitarian-universalist
Its funny how we all have differing ideas here, but in a sense, not really so strange. We’re all different people with different preferences.
While one young adult UU meeting might decide to go to rock concerts [and many would assume that what “Real Youth Do”] – another group might go to visit neighboring churches and attend services, talk with people, etc. [which isn’t what “Young Adults” would be expected to do, but it is *exactly* my cup of tea!]
There can be a million arguments against doing things a certain way.
But if one men’s U-U group decides that Brandy and Smoking is their group’s creed, I think that’s fine and great for people of that persuasion.
If another men’s U-U group decides on Althletic Pursuits as their group’s creed, that’s great for people of that persuasion.
I still say that there’s room for all, and I would love to see a group that decides to *embrace* the “stereotypes” because they actually *enjoy* doing these things, daring to ride against the stream of standard U-U ways.
I don’t honestly think that there can be any *one* men’s group that will be able to include all men. I also don’t think that any *one* women’s group will be able to include all women, or one kids’ group that will be able to include all kids.
Nothing says that you can’t start up:
Smoking/drinking group
Athletic’s group
Knitting group
Activism group
Traveling group
Bowling team
Book-readers’ group
Compu-philes group
Compu-phobes group
Chatters corner
The Baker’s Dozen
The Soapbox Hour
Or whatever else comes to mind. You can even start up:
The We Don’t Eat Quiche group – the group that embraces “traditional” “real-men” ideas. [I wouldn’t be part of this group, but there are some that would *love* it!]
Unity in Diversity is supposed to be one of the strong points of Unitarian Universalism, isn’t it?
If it isn’t, then perhaps I’ve moving into the wrong church.
Instead of attempting to create groups that are a little watered down to accept more people, create groups that strengthen the people in the group, and even have Group-Swapping, once a month, a member goes to another group to see what its like, to try and get an idea of what goes on in the other groups.
Is this all so crazy?
Are any of my weird ideas up there even workable? Or just not workable within a typical U-U congregation?
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me: at 51: Long Chat Log in ChatGPT4 (not shown)
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