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hshshshshsh ◴[] No.42192136[source]
To people who are considering moving abroad you should do it.

Don't let nationalism stop you. You were randomly born in your country.

Choose your country. Don't let randomness and some emotional baggage control where you want to live.

You have a finite live. Make most of it.

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vegabook ◴[] No.42192171[source]
You were anything but “randomly born in your country”. You are most likely the latest branch in a sedentary tree rooted both geographically and culturally for centuries, and without that tree you certainly wouldn’t exist. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t travel, perhaps plant a new tree, but the idea that you were born randomly is obviously false.
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hshshshshsh ◴[] No.42192190[source]
From your point of view you were born randomly in a universe in a random country to random parents. Yes. There is a story once you were born. But as far you are concerned you could have been born as anything in any Universe. There would always be a story backing it up.
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card_zero ◴[] No.42192284[source]
The problem here is that you're defined by the history of environments you've been in, which provides a reason to stay in them (and a reason why the phenomenon of culture shock exists). I could not randomly have been, to take a random person, Carmen Miranda, because I am not her to any extent, so for me to "be" her, in some alternate reality, wouldn't mean anything.
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hshshshshsh ◴[] No.42192301[source]
Who are you?
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card_zero ◴[] No.42192324[source]
IDK, a strange loop? But a specific one.

Oh wait, you changed what to who, didn't you?

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hshshshshsh ◴[] No.42192328[source]
Does the specificity comes from beliefs that you think about yourself?
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1. card_zero ◴[] No.42192348{3}[source]
Kinda, but like they say, if you open your mind too far, your brain falls out.
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2. hshshshshsh ◴[] No.42192357[source]
Is that also something that you believe or you know?
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3. card_zero ◴[] No.42192379[source]
It's a maxim that reflects objective reality, according to me.
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4. hshshshshsh ◴[] No.42192430{3}[source]
Do you know it or is that also a belief?
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5. card_zero ◴[] No.42192452{4}[source]
It's knowledge, and it may be false.
6. rambambram ◴[] No.42193151[source]
> "if you open your mind too far, your brain falls out"

Boom, thanks, and ouch... I guess.