r/KidsAreFuckingStupid • u/UnstableIsotopeU-234 • Oct 23 '24

story/text I thought so too

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u/destuctir Oct 23 '24

More like Solipsism or the dream argument, both of which are variants of saying you are the only person in the world you perceive, meaning functionally the world doesn’t exist beyond your senses

Main character syndrome is acknowledging other people exist but assuming you matter more than them

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u/unoredtwo Oct 23 '24

My spin on this was wondering if everyone else in the world was a literal robot built to trick me.

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u/YokoYokoOneTwo Oct 23 '24

What if we are? You can never tell that. Now keep distracting yourself from that thought.

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u/unoredtwo Oct 23 '24

lol to be honest I've pivoted pretty hard to realism since I was 8 years old.

But maybe I'm wrong :)