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Welcome! ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Welcome to my little Den! Here you'll find all sorts of things- mostly blog challenges, but mixed in, you'll notice:  I'm a bit of a fangirl  My life is very busy I enjoy using emoticons  I don't tend to swear, but stuff happens. |
| In the age of the internet, most everything we say and do online will be preserved forever. Even though our opinions, beliefs, and actions change over time, should we still be held accountable for our words, even words spoken or written years ago? Yes, yes, yes and 100 times yes over again.  It's a bit of a pet peeve of mine when people aren't held accountable for their words. Like, sure, viewpoints change, opinions, beliefs, etc change, but that doesn't mean you can wipe out history.  Alsooo it's natural for people to change their opinions and such, but at some point, even if they did say something that conflicts with their belief now, it's a sign of growth, in a way. I mean, let's say you're in your late 20s.... I'll bet you don't have the same thoughts as ten years ago. Or 20 years ago. However, I will challenge this "words spoken years ago" part, because who remembers what someone said 10 years ago? I mean, unless you have it on a recording or video recording of sorts, I'm not going to remember what I said on July 13, 2009. Heck, I was in middle school in 2009 and for me, back then, Hi-5 was my world, and I thought it was cool to sneak online and watch YouTube videos of Hi-5. Now, I have my own computer, and I'm using Hi-5 songs to teach kids about the ocean.  I want to say that, as people age and experience more in life, there eventually becomes this world of difference between who they are and who they were. There were real-life best friends I eventually outgrew, because I realized their priorities and mine were too different. They wanted to be in the popular crowd, who, at our elementary school, happened to be the theater kids. I was not a theater kid, nor was I ever a Girl Scout, or really involved in any of the extracurriculars she participated in, and eventually, I think that difference kinda drove a wedge between us. When I got to middle school, I started actively trying to make new friends- one of whom ended up being shadowfanglerz and one of my closest friends today.  Going back to the topic, though, I think it's perfectly okay to change your opinion. Everyone does it. It's a natural process of human thought, I'd argue. BUT I also think it's important to acknowledge the opinion you held before, because chances are, you gleaned some particle of new information that made you think, and made you wonder if your original opinion was still valid in your own worldview. This could actually get quite philosophical because it's reminding me of my second year in the honors program and taking classes on The Philosophy on Science (which I found boring but is now sorta interesting, in the light of this prompt , but I'm not going to go down that rabbit hole because it could be a long one, and I'd rather not.  |
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