[ SECRET POST #2578 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2578 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

lol you're on fandomsecrets, so I'm assuming you spend a good chunk of your life watching movies/Tv/playing video games/reading/whatever. and guess what....none of those characters exist either. At least her beliefs (whether you believe them or not) inspire her to go out in the world and help people.

[(Anonymous)]

LOL! & a very good point.

[(Anonymous)]

Not commenting on what AYRT said, but you do realize that most people who watch TV and movies or play video games don't actually believe that the fictional characters in them are real, right? That's not really the same thing at all.

[(Anonymous)]

When it comes to the question of "wasting time," yeah, it kinda is. Whether or not a person believes the characters of events are real is irrelevant; what matters is the actions that result from these beliefs. In this case, a nun is inspired to help people because she believes she received a spiritual calling from a higher power. Compare this to a person who reads a book she knows is fictional and spends the next couple hours blogging about it or searching the internet. To accuse the person who is actually helping others instead of sitting on her ass of "wasting time" is incredibly laughable.

[(Anonymous)]

Still not exactly the same, since everyone needs recreation/downtime as part of their lives. The person who watches TV and movies and then blogs about them is doing that as part of their recreation time; the person who believes they have a spiritual calling from a higher power is acting on that as part of their "work time." So it's really not a useful comparison.

[(Anonymous)]

I disagree. Obviously the situations are not exactly the same, but if we are to measure "wasting time" in an objective way (if such a thing is even possible), then the person who is doing something to help society is clearly wasting less time then the person who is sitting down watching TV. I agree that relaxation is important, but there are ways to relax while still being productive (like knitting sweaters or blankets for the homeless, or growing a garden for your own food, for example).

Also, I question the implication that blogging is relaxing in nature. Yes, it could be (and should be), but certainly you have seen how intense, aggressive, and overly-invested people can be when it comes to fandom or tumblr or whatever. And too much technology use can have unhealthy results (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-volpi-md-pc-facs/technology-depression_b_1723625.html). Casual recreation is fine, but you know that there are people who spend hours upon hours on tumblr or facebook or watching internet videos. It can go beyond recreation and turn into an obsession. If I had to consider anything a "waste of life" (which I don't, since it implies a misguided sense of self-superiority and arrogance), I would be more inclined to use that person as an example instead of the nun.