Miserum
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People judge, and will always judge other people by what they can practically do. By what their merits are.
A person could be well-read; a person could be a morally good person; a person could be amiable; a person could have interesting hobbies. But if that person doesn't have a tangible skillset to compliment those qualities, the world looks down on them.
People only care about what you can do for them; they care about whether you're competent. This is why society values the engineer, the doctor, the businessperson, the handyman, but not the philosopher.
And right now I don't feel so competent, although I think I fit the former qualities above. Historically, I've felt that I deserve respect because I'm a nice person, or because I can hold an intelligent conversation. But no one gives a **** about those things, nor do they take you seriously unless you're someone of "importance," someone pragmatic. And when I feel that people see me this way, it gives me social anxiety. So, I guess it's time to get competent.
A person could be well-read; a person could be a morally good person; a person could be amiable; a person could have interesting hobbies. But if that person doesn't have a tangible skillset to compliment those qualities, the world looks down on them.
People only care about what you can do for them; they care about whether you're competent. This is why society values the engineer, the doctor, the businessperson, the handyman, but not the philosopher.
And right now I don't feel so competent, although I think I fit the former qualities above. Historically, I've felt that I deserve respect because I'm a nice person, or because I can hold an intelligent conversation. But no one gives a **** about those things, nor do they take you seriously unless you're someone of "importance," someone pragmatic. And when I feel that people see me this way, it gives me social anxiety. So, I guess it's time to get competent.
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