Posted on Sep 3, 2024
Pervasive demand avoidance. I have no trouble admitting it exists, I have seen things.
Either I do not have it, or I learned to manage it when I was young.
When teenagers have it: it’s ugly.
When old people have it: it’s worse.
I refuse to believe it is invincible.
One could think that teenagers would be more proactive in managing it, because they are young and full of energy. They are not.
One could think that adults would be more eager to manage it, year after year, because they know the consequences. They are not.
There are some killer combinations: “I will do nothing, unless someone tells me what to do. If you tell me what to do, I will not do it because it restricts my freedom.”
There are other, less fascinating, situations: if you have to take care of someone else, it requires you to do what is needed, not what you want. “Ha! Ha! Ha! I do what I want! If someone needs care, it is not my problem!” Joyful existence ensues.
If you have it and you blame other people for the consequences: you are evil. Being weak in your mind is not an excuse; even in a weak mind there is room for the sense of justice.
In my opinion, when dealing with people that have it: the worst is not knowing what’s going on. Knowledge makes you better. If I know that this exists, it is because I use the Net to feed me some random knowledge. Random knowledge makes you better.