Comment on Snowflake is such a weird insult as it seems to imply it's best to just be like everyone else
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 1 month agoWhat if someone IS unique, though? I would consider Socrates unique. He was so determined, stubborn, and self-assured of his belief that he was a clueless fool that he was willing to die for it. What if someone is a once-a-generation brilliant mind or psychological anomaly? What if someone has a schizospectrum disorder and experiences a reality nobody else lives in?
halvar@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I’d argue that’s not a unique person, but a unique skill of an ordinary person. Interacting with Socrates as a person probably wouldn’t have been extraordinary but experiencing his unique ideas for the time would have.
VulKendov@reddthat.com 1 month ago
I’d argue that unique skills, experiences, and relationships are what make people unique.