Originally posted by: shellytt
Here's my second round. Have fun answering!
😆 Yes m'am 😉
-What do you value most in life?
My family and relationships
2-Do believe that people are inherently good or bad?
No. I believe a person is born as a clean slate and the upbringing, environment and circumstances shape them up to be "good" or "bad".
3-What is your greatest regret?
Not having a clean and open relationship with my parents from the start...but we're working on it now 😊
4-What do you see as your greatest achievement?
It's yet to come...
5-How do you deal with someone you don't like?
Minimal interaction. When contact is necessary, I am as polite as I would be to anyone. I don't like dragging myself down by associating with someone I don't like. It's a waste of time and energy.
6-What do you feel you are entitled to in life?
I'm not entitled to anything. Everything in life must be earned...we all come in with clean slates and make our way in the world, building relations, status and making our mark by working at it.
7-What's your favourite song?
Not sure.. I'm an avid dancer, so anything with a beat speaks to me. One of my all-time favs is Raat Kali Ek Khaab Me Aayi
8-What are your feelings regarding God?
Rather complex ... and largely unsure. I'm still trying to figure them out for myself.
9-How do you personally define "Right" from "Wrong"?
Right: when any feelings of guilt, apprehension, regret and misgivings is minimal.
Wrong: when the above feelings are maximal.
10. You have won a prize. The prize has two options, and you can choose either (but not both). The first option is a year in Europe with a monthly stipend of $2,000. The second option is ten minutes on the moon.
Which option do you select?
A year in Europe wtih a $2,000 monthly stipend. Ten minutes on the moon won't be nearly as fulfilling to me.
11. Your best friend is taking a nap on the floor of your living room. Suddenly, you are faced with a bizarre existential problem: This friend is going to die unless you kick them (as hard as you can) in the rib cage. If you don't kick them while they slumber, they will never wake up. However, you can never explain this to your friend; if you later inform them that you did this to save their life, they will also die from that. So you have to kick a sleeping friend in the ribs, and you can't tell them why.
Since you cannot tell your friend the truth, what excuse will you fabricate to explain this (seemingly inexplicable) attack?
😆 What a truly bizarre situation! I'll just blame it on an inexplicable muscle spasm in my leg. And if they persist I'll say they were the softest target around 😆
12. For whatever the reason, two unauthorized movies are made about your life. The first is an independently released documentary, primarily comprised of interviews with people who know you and bootleg footage from your actual life. Critics are describing the documentary as "brutally honest and relentlessly fair." Meanwhile, Columbia Tri-Star has produced a big-budget biopic of your life, casting major Hollywood stars as you and all your acquaintances; though the movie is based on actual events, screenwriters have taken some liberties with the facts. Critics are split on the artistic merits of this fictionalized account, but audiences love it.
Which film would you be most interested in seeing?
The big-budget fictionalized version - I face my reality on a daily basis. I do a lot of self-analysis, self-criticizing, etc. So I have no wish to see the "brutally honest" interpretation on my life. Anyway.. you can't take snippets of a persons life and pass it off as a biography, since it doesn't give the whole picture. I'd much rather the romanticized version so that I could escape from the realities for a bit.
13. You are sitting in an empty bar (in a town you've never before visited), drinking Bacardi with a soft-spoken acquaintance you barely know. After an hour, a third individual walks into the tavern and sits by himself, and you ask your acquaintance who the new man is. "Be careful of that guy," you are told. "He is a man with a past." A few minutes later, a fourth person enters the bar; he also sits alone. You ask your acquaintance who this new individual is. "Be careful of that guy, too," he says. "He is a man with no past."
Which of these two people do you trust less?
The man with no past. He is an unknown, and there is no basis for expectation or understanding. A man with no past is a man who can hide, a man who can disappear again ... and again have no past. That is a dangerous thing. A man with a past can be understood. There is a basis for comparison in his actions, reactions and mannerisms. There may even be a redeemable quality in him.
14. You have a brain tumor. Though there is no discomfort at the moment, this tumor would unquestionably kill you in six months. However, your life can (and will) be saved by an operation; the only downside is that there will be a brutal incision to your frontal lobe. After the surgery, you will be significantly less intelligent. You will still be a fully functioning adult, but you will be less logical, you will have a terrible memory, and you will have little ability to understand complex concepts or difficult ideas. The surgery is in two weeks.
How do you spend the next fourteen days?
I opt not to take the surgery. I believe in leading a full and fulfiling life. I see the post-surgery "down-sides" as a great burden on myself and my loved ones. I'd rather spend the remaining 6 months of my life having a good time with my family then have a clean break. The suffering of living with a person who was a shadow of her former self wouldn't unfair on myself and my loved ones.
15. For reasons that cannot be explained, cats can suddenly read at a twelfth-grade level. They can't talk and they can't write, but they can read silently and understand the text. Many cats love this new skill, because they now have something to do all day while they lay around the house; however, a few cats become depressed, because reading forces them to realize the limitations of their existence (not to mention the utter frustration of being unable to express themselves).
This being the case, do you think the average cat would enjoy Garfield, or would cats find this cartoon to be an insulting caricature?
😆 Where do you come up with these questions??? 😆
Hmmm....I think in general, they would be highly insulted as Garfield is a representation of the stereotyped nature of cats. I think anyone capable of reading and realizing their limitations would be offended with the one-dimensional thought process of Garfield.
16. Let us assume you met a rudimentary magician. Let us assume he can do five simple tricks--he can pull a rabbit out of his hat, he can make a coin disappear, he can turn the ace of spades into the Joker card, and two others in a similar vein. These are his only tricks and he can't learn any more; he can only do these five. HOWEVER, it turns out he's doing these five tricks with real magic. It's not an illusion; he can actually conjure the bunny out of the ether and he can move the coin through space. He's legitimately magical, but extremely limited in scope and influence.
Would this person be more impressive than Albert Einstein?
Both are impressive in their own place. However, Albert Einstein impresses me more as he had the scope to grow and work beyond obvious limitations.
17. What is your favorite color?
Purple 😊
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