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[a_sin_for_him]

[It's been some time since Lust simply posed a vaguely self-relevant and general philosophy question to the network, but apparently it's that time. She's sitting at her desk in her room, the trio of small Espurr draped over her - one on each shoulder and one in her lap, just peering over the edge of the desk at the 'gear screen. There's a book open in front of her, and anyone willing to turn the screen to try and read it will discover it's a rather simplistic book on dream interpretation. Lust has been making corrective notes in it.]

Has anyone else ever noted how personal patterns develop?

The entertainment we seek out, the recreational activities, types of people... humans establish personal patterns and preferences. One wonders why.

I don't mean why we have preferences in general, but why we develop the ones that we do? One could argue it's a comfort of familiarity, but comfort isn't always a factor. Take those who's joy is found in risk taking and difficult tasks. Or those who seek out things that are bad for them.

[Or her own preference for damaged, emotionally crippled men.]

Simply something I've been thinking on. Sometimes it seems as though the phrase 'the logical mind' is grossly inappropriate.

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

[Because I fully believe they are the type of house to video chat from other rooms. Harry is at his own desk, totally not procrastinating as cat pokemon try to take over his desk space.]

That I can agree with. Some things are logical, some random. Sometimes you have no idea why. Other things are formed due to trauma and things like that.

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[a_sin_for_him]

[They absolutely are.]

But it all has to stem from something, some...initial experience or thought or something.

Though I'd imagine trauma is more likely to spawn aversions.

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

People can find a way to explain or attach a reason to a lot of things. But it can just be as simple as...well food preferences. Sometimes there's a reason behind why people don't like a certain food. Other times it's as simple as they just don't like the taste. Personal preference but not really any logical reason.

I'd say it usually does. Though with aversions you then sometimes latch onto the opposite of whatever it is that you're avoiding. I've liked sunny days a lot more, if only because I dislike foggy ones so much.

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[a_sin_for_him]

Hmm. But wouldn't a preference for tastes of food be biological?

That's an interesting point, and one I've never considered.

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[haveyouseenalittlegirl]

If it is, they never mentioned it in my biology classes. Then again that was a while ago. I know some people like coffee, some people hate it, some people only like it certain ways. It could be biological. But I like to think there are parts of our personality that aren't connected to any forces besides randomness.

The negative aspects do tend to be the parts that are harder to ignore. And sometimes the opposite of them are still negatives. But every so often there's something that's not terrible.

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[exeggutorhead]

Well, you know me, I'm never one for all the philosophical musings.

[Although now at least he won't come out of the gate with WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL IT DOESN'T MATTER??]

[He also knows that SOMETHING usually prompts lines of questioning like this...]

Thinking of someone's habits in particular?

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[a_sin_for_him]

No, you've never had much of an interest in theoretical ideology. But you may find this more easy to relate to than my usual wonderings.

Well my own, for one. I've been looking back over my life here and seeing various patterns of my own design. Some make sense, but others...

Has that ever happened to you, in this life? You find yourself developing or discovering tastes or inclinations you never had before?

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[exeggutorhead]

[He lets out a little huff of a laugh at that question, shaking his head.]

What, you mean like the entire time I've been in this world?

Before that...hm, probably a few here and there, depends on what you mean exactly. Four hundred years is a long time. But I didn't really have the chance to develop a whole lot of hobbies.

Besides the obvious.

[Creative murder, espionage.......although he does pause, thinking before he speaks again, his tone going very deliberately nonchalant instead of truly relaxed.]

Piano, I guess. Learned some once for a mission and liked it alright. I didn't ever let anybody else know about it, it seemed stupid. [And like it would get him in trouble somehow.]

I haven't had much time for it in a while, but I've kept up with it here now and then.

[SHRUG. NO BIG DEAL!!]

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[a_sin_for_him]

This world particularly. Before...I'd say we existed, I don't know if we truly lived. We weren't allowed to.

Really? I'd no idea. That's hardly foolish.

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[exeggutorhead]

[He shrugs, thinking a little more on it.]

Hmmm...I guess I keep finding jobs with showy people. Miguel and Tulio, Joker, Jack...that's easy enough to figure out why, it's what I'm good at.

And ehh...it was back then. And it's hardly useful.

[Or befitting his more public persona.]

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[shiro2hero]

I think it's complicated.

[The bits she'd said about someone enjoying taking risk rings harder than it probably should. He's trying to scale it back. Trying to be better...]

You mean preferences for people or just... things in general?

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[a_sin_for_him]

'It's complicated' covers a great deal of how human minds work, I believe.

All of it, really.

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[shiro2hero]

Yeah. Yeah, I think you're right on, there.

[She culdn't have put it better.]

If we knew how that kind of thing worked out, it'd probably be easier to break the habits we didn't want. Preferences, I mean.

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[a_sin_for_him]

But...I do think that's better than being simple. I don't mean foolish, I mean...less complex.

I suppose it would be. It's funny, for all the research and publishings under the heading of 'science of the mind', there's only so much science to it.

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[shiro2hero]

Yeah -- probably be less interesting if people were easier to get a handle on.

Right. It feels like we don't really know much at all, doesn't it?

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[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry flips his own video on, in the break room back at the Pokemon Center.]}

If it makes the good slime happen in my brain, I do it.

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[a_sin_for_him]

That's certainly one way to approach it.

I just wonder what it is that calls to those responses in us. Why do some find lightning beautiful and some find it terrible? I don't know, I've too many thoughts today.

[no_ufo_ending]

Maybe it's something in our DNA? Did you know that there's a gene some people have that makes cilantro taste like soap to them?

[a_sin_for_him]

Really? I didn't know that. I've always associated DNA with physical attributes.

[no_ufo_ending]

Isn't that weird? I think that's a genetic thing too, so hating cilantro can run in families.

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[cyan_maid]

As much as I'm a firm believer in the logical...in the case of that sort of thing, it's definitely safe to say that how we're drawn to what we're drawn to is definitely illogical.

[So she's agreeing with you on that front.]

So basically it's the old nature versus nurture argument, isn't it?

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[a_sin_for_him]

I suppose it is. Obviously we're influenced heavily by our experiences, but...

Oh, I don't know. Maybe I've just been thinking too much. God knows I do that.

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[cyan_maid]

There's nothing wrong with thinking! We have so much time to do so in this world, after all. Especially when travel opportunities are cut short.

[She's just going to get comfy on her couch. A Bunnelby scoots over towards her and lounges in her lap, and one of her hands goes to scritch him behind those big ears.]

I think...there's probably some things that would've been innate in each of us no matter what. Genetics would determine what we can do, how well we can do it, and then the environment we live in would provide us opportunities depending on the time we're living in, the kind of situation your family has...it's a fairly complicated sort of...machine, I guess? Though not the menacing kind of machine. Or...maybe not a machine, I don't know. The main thing I find myself comparing it to in my head are like...clockwork cogs, if that makes sense? All the little parts moving together to create one greater thing, working as they can based on their condition and upkeep.

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[a_sin_for_him]

[Lust is quiet a moment, thinking over what Jane's said.]

An interesting way to look at it. One wonders...how much comes from what. What small parts make up which bit of the whole.

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[cyan_maid]

Mm, it'd probably take ages to map out something like that...studies over multiple lifetimes...something incredibly extensive. But even then, would we be able to quantify it?