At least partly, maybe.

I'll be honest: I fantasize fairly regularly about being a "hero" and "saving the day", like stopping a shooter or something like that, cuz I'm just so, so desperate for my life to have meaning or a purpose. I just feel like if I did a heroic act like that, maybe I'd finally feel at peace, that I had finally fulfilled my "purpose" and "reason for being here".

I don't support tackling shoplifters or anything like that just to clarify, I just think I might understand at least a little bit why someone would feel motivated to do so.

  • FunkyStuff [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Even if I had lib brain I don't think that's me at all, I'm so afraid of confrontation even in a scenario where I have 100% of the moral high ground I still avoid it. I would never have the nerve to stop a shoplifter who is doing like no material harm to anyone at all.