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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: what are your fears?]
« Reply #60 on: March 26, 2019, 07:30:02 pm »
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I'm pretty scared of heights. Seems generic, but I just look down and gulp inwardly and feel like I'm floating a second from death. It's this really weird feeling that I'm scared of.

Not really a fear, but I'm also really averse to being subjected to high velocities/forces ie. theme park rides. I usually only go on the tamer ones.

Failing has always been a big fear for me, when I do (by my lofty standards) I sink into a hole that I won't get out of for a few days.

I think my only real fear is being helpless and/or having to depend on other people.
Also this. I know I'm 100% dependent right now (speaking more materialistic-wise) but mentally and emotionally I'm really scared of opening up to other people/depending on them for support.
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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: what are your fears?]
« Reply #61 on: March 26, 2019, 07:43:56 pm »
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Rats. Give me massive heebie jeebies.

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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: what are your fears?]
« Reply #62 on: March 26, 2019, 07:51:24 pm »
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I haven't contributed yet but I might as well

I think my biggest fear is not being able to see. I panic in water when I can't see the bottom, or in caves/unfamiliar places when I can't see ahead or behind of me at all. Complete and utter darkness. Both in the physical sense and in theoretical. I can't see the future, even the little things like 'will I get to work on time' and that brings me immense anxiety. At the same time, something like someone getting injured or dying in the near future and that I could have done something to prevent it is a common irrational fear.
Probably doesn't make sense but there you go. 🙄

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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: what are your fears?]
« Reply #63 on: March 26, 2019, 07:56:22 pm »
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I think my biggest fear has to be death. Like I always wonder when, where and how will I die? Is there an afterlife and do I reincarnate into something else? Or do I just die and that's it. I always joke about 'I'm here for a good time not for a long time' but in reality I only joke about that in order to cover up my fear of dying.
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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: what are your fears?]
« Reply #64 on: March 26, 2019, 08:27:16 pm »
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my biggest fear is getting stuck with a 9-5 office job, sitting at a desk all day.
My dad has his own business and somedays I used to come to work with him (weekends) but he just sits at his desk all day on his computer.
BORING!!!  >:( >:( >:(
hence why I got a job at KFC so I could avoid going to work with him  (don't tell him  ;) )
nowadays im just focusing on getting a decent ATAR (by decent I mean above 85) so that I can apply for the courses I wanna get into...which will hopefully lead me to some pathway in medicine. Whether that be a surgeon, pathologist , or even biomaterial engineering.
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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: what are your fears?]
« Reply #65 on: March 26, 2019, 08:35:52 pm »
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I'm pretty good with most things, but one thing that does get my teeth on edge is barbed wire. For somereason whenever I'm around it I always tell myself that I'm gonna fall and cut my face on it - even if the barbed wire is half a meter above my head.
I think my biggest fear has to be death. Like I always wonder when, where and how will I die? Is there an afterlife and do I reincarnate into something else? Or do I just die and that's it. I always joke about 'I'm here for a good time not for a long time' but in reality I only joke about that in order to cover up my fear of dying.
Do you find that to be a good motivator to get things done in life, or does it get in the way?
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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: what are your fears?]
« Reply #66 on: March 26, 2019, 09:33:30 pm »
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In the past I would've phrased this as scared of being "a bad person" but now it's more not being enough. Good enough, effective enough, impactful enough...

When I'm in a relatively healthy headspace (such as now) I don't think about it too much but it's the best answer I have

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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: what are your fears?]
« Reply #67 on: March 26, 2019, 09:46:31 pm »
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Do you find that to be a good motivator to get things done in life, or does it get in the way?

I feel like it depends on the situation- if it has to be between eating healthy and eating what I actually like- I’ll pick the second option cos I’m like “I only have one life why bother pushing myself to eat healthy when I have the choice to eat whatever I want?”

But also when an opportunity comes up and it scares me or don’t think I’m good enough, I’ll brush it off and be like “eh there’ll be more opportunities in the future. What’s the point in embarassing myself?.
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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: what are your fears?]
« Reply #68 on: April 02, 2019, 04:39:54 pm »
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PROMPT: What are your thoughts about politics? Interesting? Boring? How involved do you feel?

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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: what are your fears?]
« Reply #69 on: April 02, 2019, 04:47:47 pm »
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PROMPT: What are your thoughts about politics? Interesting? Boring? How involved do you feel?

The only interesting political thing I have seen recently is egg boi.

I find it all soooo boring. I am starting to pay attention to what parties are doing what now the federal election is coming up but I really just think whoever we elect there will be controversies and scandals and everyone will hate whoever gets elected in.
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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: thoughts about politics]
« Reply #70 on: April 02, 2019, 06:27:20 pm »
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"What are your thoughts about politics? Interesting? Boring? How involved do you feel?"

I love politics but listening to politicians just makes me wanna rip my hair out. Australia's party system kinda sucks in my opinion - our PM seems to change every 5 seconds and we have all these small parties like the HEMP Party.

I'm probably not that involved with Australian politics and parties but I'm pretty into political/social debates. I'm a pretty big supporter of feminism (gender equality) and it upsets me that more guys aren't supporting women because i think your gender shouldn't dictate your opportunities and rights
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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: thoughts about politics]
« Reply #71 on: April 02, 2019, 07:00:09 pm »
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I'd like to think I'm politically active at least. It's pretty damn interesting to monitor the rock bottom pinnacle of human society which we're governed by :)

English classes aren't really English, it's mostly me and my best mate looking at BBC, ABC, SMH and a ton of other news sites and looking at sport and politics (though mostly politics) arguing about how dumb our politicians are, and internationally as well. Even if we can't vote, we enjoy proposing new solutions to things, but mostly HAHAHA LOOK HOW DUMB THIS IDIOT IS is honestly good enough for me. And considering that when we last had a prime minister that served a full term, the iPhone didn't exist, there's a lot of idiots to be interested in keeping tabs on. We're both reasonably leftist, so like all the rightist articles suddenly become weirdly interesting reads, even if we don't agree with them. So all in all, pretty complex and interesting :)
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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: thoughts about politics]
« Reply #72 on: April 03, 2019, 10:21:26 am »
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I don't really care, not about the mundane, daily politics anyway. I probably should be more involved but I'm not :/
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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: thoughts about politics]
« Reply #73 on: April 03, 2019, 03:07:04 pm »
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I've never paid much attention to Australian politics since it confuses the hell out of me how there's so many parties to choose from. I've had a bunch of people from uni yesterday explaining the different parties. But they pretty much said that there isn't a distinct party, rather every party has its pros and cons. (**Note: I'm not an Australian citizen so I didn't vote in the latest election for the NSW premier and all that)

American politics kinda makes more sense because there are two distinct parties- the Democrats and the Republicans. I'm only aware of what each party represents but don't know much about the specifics.

I really should read more into politics because I care about social issues such as Women's reproductive rights, LGBTQI+ rights etc. but I actually don't know which parties correlates to my values. When the time comes, I should exercise my right to vote.
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Re: Get to know you series :) [CURRENTLY: thoughts about politics]
« Reply #74 on: April 03, 2019, 11:48:42 pm »
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I think I care more about social issues than politics - although obviously they're very much linked.

Also kind of hate politics though. Listening to politicians argue just gets really sad. I really can't figure out why they think/say a lot of the things that they do. Also feels like there's not all that much that happens (aside from constant scandals). It's just people saying that things should be done for a long time and no one doing anything until wayyyy later when it's a popular position because they're too damn desperate to get re-elected.
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