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What is the one most astonishingly dumb things that, as a child, you believed was absolute truth? (lemmy.ml)

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I dont remember the age, but it was before Kindergarten, thought men came into the house at night to load the next days shows into the TV.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of my baseless theories is that this is one reason people turn to religion. Because life isn't fair, but some people so badly have to believe that it is, that they'll believe in a god, or karma, or whathaveyou.

But, mostly it's because of a fear of the void, and obliteration, and (for most people) realizing that within a century or three no one will remember that they ever existed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

People just don't get that it's our responsibility to make life fair, and nothing else will do it for us.

Fairness only comes from your mouth or your fists in this world.