Desirous
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Life isn't beautiful for some.
8 Powerful Photos - Hunts Point, South Bronx
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nineteeneightysix
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It is all up for interpretation...
My view on people is that, none of us is really making our own decisions...You can only think and act the you think and act...
By this I mean, if you were faced with a problem, you will find a solution using the programming you were given...At that point in time, you will not think and act in any other way...Options are only clear in hindsight...But at the time of the decision, those options were not available to you because you were not aware of them...
This perspective is from looking at things from an individual perceptive...
Most of the time we are judging people from a "researcher's" point of view...Meaning, we are on the outside and we can see the problem and solutions from multiple vantage points...
But when you are the "mouse" in the experiment, you can only see what a mouse sees, and therefore, you will only do what a mouse does...And some mice were (1) endowed with more suitable genes for certain situations and (2) experienced an environment that complemented the development of those suitable genes...
I took a university course this past summer, and because I had been in university for such a long time, I was experienced fatigue, depression and I had no extrinsic motivation to excel in the course...
(1) Did not attend any classes (2) I did not do any self-study at home
The night before the mid-term, logically, I wanted to study and I knew I had to study to pass, and I knew studying was the best thing for me...But I couldn't...
I asked myself, "what is the worst thing that can happen if I fail this course?" (a) I have to repeat the course in the Fall...I was okay with this outcome (b) I will lose C$700 in school fees...I was okay with that outcome...
So, I didn't study for the course, because I believed it wasn't worth the stress in the grand scheme of things...
From an academic perspective, you can say I "stopped fighting," but on a different level I believe I was fighting to preserve myself in one way or another...
I not that I wasn't willing to pass the course during the summer, it was just that at that point in time, I didn't have whatever it takes to be successful...Even though, I was willing, I just couldn't...
Those are the times when you may require outside influence to help you push through the wall...
Desirous
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It's good that you have the option lol some of these people were thrown out as kids...or, basically had to take care of themselves.
Some of those people I can't feel sorry for.
Desirous
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I don't think their photos were taken so that people can feel sorry for them...their stories are just being told.
Their stories are being told as what though? Cautionary tales?
Desirous
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I don't think so...I think he's just representing their reality. If you're born into a certain lifestyle, people can warn you about a lot of things, but if you're around it all the time, it's in your home, you see your parents are getting into it, you're more than likely to be influenced by the environment you've grown up in than by outsiders.
True, but the Aida lady, she turned to drugs on her own. I'm quite sure she was aware of the consequences of her actions.
Desirous
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We only know a glimpse of her life...only what she chose to share.
I dont care for any of the stories. But I remember the hookers on the point show from HBO. That shyt was hilarious. Is it still like that up there or is it cleaned up?
Desirous
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I'm the opposite. I always want to know how people ended up where they are...whether in tragic situations or really successful. Dunno about the hookers.
CashmereThoughts
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You don't care for the plight of hookers?