"THE MASS OF MEN LEAD LIVES OF QUIET DESPERATION." - HENRY THOREAU. CAN YOU IDENTIFY WITH THIS STATEMENT?

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"THE MASS OF MEN LEAD LIVES OF QUIET DESPERATION." - HENRY THOREAU. CAN YOU IDENTIFY WITH THIS STATEMENT?


[+] serious ballot by mojo
created Sat Jul 03, 04

Smokey Robinson expressed the same idea another way in his song "Tears of a Clown". Do you put on a brave face for the world to hide inner pain, either emotional or physical?

yes
no
not sure
Whenever I can glimpse reality without deceptions


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COMMENTS:
We all wear masks.
by johan_moritz on Sat Jul 03, 04 2:21pm [+]

Not intentionally. Shielded by naivete and a remaining ember of idealism, I distract myself in occasionally reaching; by thinking one person may be able to make a difference.
by Cathexis on Sat Jul 03, 04 5:10pm [+]

When I clicked on this title, I should have *known* it was one of yours, mojo! Great topic!
by Cathexis on Sat Jul 03, 04 5:11pm [+]

Yes, when I feel that way, but you cant hide things from the ones that are close to you, and the people that I am not close to are not likely to be concerned how I am feeling.
by ABC on Sat Jul 03, 04 6:20pm [+]

One thing is the mass though, other thing is the individual. Even if the mass lives in quiet desperation, the individual in it may have no feeling of the desperation lying around, and its forms. The desperation pops out when private things start to fall apart, go briefly into pieces. That's the theme of many modern great novels (Franzen, for example)- It's really the 'big' secret about life in our society-

Great ballot (etc)
by Buzzer on Sat Jul 03, 04 6:38pm [+]

No, I'm not european.
by exarmydude on Fri Dec 31, 04 3:30pm [+]

Exairmyasshole is a retarded weasel. You were never in the military. You are a piece of shit.
by xxxxxxxx on Fri Dec 31, 04 4:22pm [+]

my dick's bigger than yours
by exarmydude on Fri Dec 31, 04 8:30pm [+]






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