06-05-2013, 04:14 PM
I don't think its nihilistic, I think it is predominately the equation Youth = Stupid.
I bet most are in their 20's or contracted the disease(s) in their 20's. I distinctly recall doing a whole hella lot of stupid in my 20's because I felt immortal and pretty much eternally youthful.
The first decade of adulthood is a severely climbing learning curve. We start out as 'children' and end up being adults somewhere along the line (the majority do).
Few have a real grasp on what it is to be an adult, we think we know, but end up discovering that we didn't know. Think of the teenager who knows everything, by the time they hit 30's they find themselves knowing little more than their parents...
Humans also have this blind spot which boils down to 'Sure it happens to others, but it will never happen to me.' this allows us to live in Tornado Alley with out screaming nightmares, allows us to live on flood plains, on the side of unstable sliding hills, on the sides of volcanoes or in the shadow of active ones.
When I was sliding a needle into my arm I just knew I was magical and not going to become addicted - sure I knew that addiction was possible, but to everyone else, not me. I was immortal, eternally youthful and smarter than the average human...
I bet the same sort of thoughts runs through the minds of those who enjoy unprotected sex with well, everyone... Sure they know intellectually that there are STDS but they are confident that they are magical thus immune... Until they test positive then they get the message (a wee bit to late) that they ain't magical.
I bet most are in their 20's or contracted the disease(s) in their 20's. I distinctly recall doing a whole hella lot of stupid in my 20's because I felt immortal and pretty much eternally youthful.
The first decade of adulthood is a severely climbing learning curve. We start out as 'children' and end up being adults somewhere along the line (the majority do).
Few have a real grasp on what it is to be an adult, we think we know, but end up discovering that we didn't know. Think of the teenager who knows everything, by the time they hit 30's they find themselves knowing little more than their parents...
Humans also have this blind spot which boils down to 'Sure it happens to others, but it will never happen to me.' this allows us to live in Tornado Alley with out screaming nightmares, allows us to live on flood plains, on the side of unstable sliding hills, on the sides of volcanoes or in the shadow of active ones.
When I was sliding a needle into my arm I just knew I was magical and not going to become addicted - sure I knew that addiction was possible, but to everyone else, not me. I was immortal, eternally youthful and smarter than the average human...
I bet the same sort of thoughts runs through the minds of those who enjoy unprotected sex with well, everyone... Sure they know intellectually that there are STDS but they are confident that they are magical thus immune... Until they test positive then they get the message (a wee bit to late) that they ain't magical.