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>Unfortunately, a lot of people I talk to are confused about what Openness to Experience means. They assume it refers to whether you take drugs, have casual sex

by pydry 4y ago

>Unfortunately, a lot of people I talk to are confused about what Openness to Experience means. They assume it refers to whether you take drugs, have casual sex, go to wild parties, go hitchhiking, fly across the world on a whim, and so on. The whole article is about how his friends think that being open to experiences means automatically being into bungee jumping rather than just being willing to try it. This seems... rather obvious.

SQueeeeeL 4y ago
Yeah, a lot of this feels like a really elaborate "dunking on mainstream people", which, yeah of course they aren't that open to experience. The material conditions of consuming profit driven TV and living in the suburbs aren't very condusive towards broad horizons. But it's presented in a 'classification' fashion so that you can feel try to group those you meet and immediately feel superior to them, rather then be empathetic
- mantas 4y ago
  What living in the suburbs have to do with it?
  - SQueeeeeL 4y ago
    Living in the suburbs seems pretty equivalent with this lack of experience phenomenon, just basically a lack of association with other people and experiences. He even explicitly mentions PTA meetings and "Live Laugh Love" signs, which are both pretty associated with white picket fence Americana. Maybe there's a lot of people living in Manhattan whose main concern is their 4th graders position on the football team, but I somewhat doubt it
    - mantas 4y ago
      For me it looks like the same issue of rock'n'roll partying vs Mozart. There're many city folks who don't have a wide range of concerns. Eating out in a different restaurant or going to yet another rock show or doing yet another drug after some time stops being a new experience. At the same time, tending your garden is an experience as well. Especially anything beyond a simple lawn. Ultimately spending every weekend in your backyard is as novel as visiting bars and parties every weekend.

by pydry 4y ago

SQueeeeeL 4y ago

Yeah, a lot of this feels like a really elaborate "dunking on mainstream people", which, yeah of course they aren't that open to experience. The material conditions of consuming profit driven TV and living in the suburbs aren't very condusive towards broad horizons. But it's presented in a 'classification' fashion so that you can feel try to group those you meet and immediately feel superior to them, rather then be empathetic

mantas 4y ago
What living in the suburbs have to do with it?
- SQueeeeeL 4y ago
  Living in the suburbs seems pretty equivalent with this lack of experience phenomenon, just basically a lack of association with other people and experiences. He even explicitly mentions PTA meetings and "Live Laugh Love" signs, which are both pretty associated with white picket fence Americana. Maybe there's a lot of people living in Manhattan whose main concern is their 4th graders position on the football team, but I somewhat doubt it
  - mantas 4y ago
    For me it looks like the same issue of rock'n'roll partying vs Mozart. There're many city folks who don't have a wide range of concerns. Eating out in a different restaurant or going to yet another rock show or doing yet another drug after some time stops being a new experience. At the same time, tending your garden is an experience as well. Especially anything beyond a simple lawn. Ultimately spending every weekend in your backyard is as novel as visiting bars and parties every weekend.