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vile  ·  3183 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm a _____ (fill in the blank)

I'm going to go ahead and make it a point to not answer your question. I'm not trying to be rude or anything. It's a good question. But there are three main issues that I can see arising from me trying to answer.

The first is me. I have a set of beliefs and a set of interests, but there isn't one belief or interest that I feel strongly enough about compared to the others that I would use it as a label.

The second is labels. Humans are complex creatures. To condense someone into a single word or phrase is a disservice to that person and all of their nuance. Not only that, but label carry their own complex meanings as well. Your perception of someone will undoubtedly be colored by your perceptions of the labels they choose, or perhaps didn't choose. Labels are fast and easy, but they lack accuracy and precision.

Lastly there is language itself. Language is clumsy. There are so many things that simply cannot be expressed through language. Take emotions for example. I have emotions that I can't put into words almost constantly. What was that feeling that I got when watching season 7 episode 25 of Adventure Time? I have no idea, and neither do you. The only way you could know is to literally be me, because I don't have to words to describe that emotion. The 'simple' emotions don't translate very well either. When is anger just anger. When is happiness just happiness. I can't think of a single time in my life when I have felt a single pure emotion. There is always some mixture of feelings that creates an indescribable form of anger, happiness, sadness, etc. This is where it ties back to labels. There are so many things that people do/enjoy/believe in so many different ways that you just can't fit all of that nuance into a word.

In any case, I feel that I've gone a bit off the rails with this. The point here is that I'm the type of person that makes a point of not answering questions.

Edit: Sorry for the incoherent rant. I've been feeling a bit, uh, existential (?) lately.