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Alpha791
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I have thought about this for a long time, here goes. If everyone is special then we all fall under the category of special. Therefore no one is special. But by not being special we break away from the category of "special" and are once again special and the cycle continues. So are we special or not?

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Alpha791
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Yes, I know we are all special in our own way but we all go into the category of "special" or "uniquely special". Which makes us unspecial. Which removes us from the category of special which then makes us special again.

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Yes, I know we are all special in our own way but we all go into the category of "special" or "uniquely special". Which makes us unspecial. Which removes us from the category of special which then makes us special again.


Well then that makes it a never ending qeustion.Like what came first the chiken or the egg.
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dude in da beginning he says were all special so thats da answer... duhhhh

ninjachampion
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We are special though we are not in the special catagory.

Alpha791
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Do u think that pedophiles and murders are special? well ur wrong...they are scum


But they are unique scum. lol
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Since everyone is special, then special is normal. Now since everybody is special, they are normal. Thus, the normal NON-special people, are in fact special. It's not a paradox. Only the very untalented, average, normal people are truly special.

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Since everyone is special, then special is normal. Now since everybody is special, they are normal. Thus, the normal NON-special people, are in fact special. It's not a paradox. Only the very untalented, average, normal people are truly special.


However, by becoming special, do they not then become normal due to the paradox? *Evil grin*
SilentQ
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However, by becoming special, do they not then become normal due to the paradox?


Nope, they are still normal. It's just that by everybody else's standards they are special.
Destor
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And if by everyone else's standards they are normal, that makes them special so no one else is normal, so thus they are special, however everyone ELSE is special too, thus the "boring" people are now no longer special, and fall in with the rest of them.

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And if by everyone else's standards they are normal, that makes them special so no one else is normal, so thus they are special, however everyone ELSE is special too, thus the "boring" people are now no longer special, and fall in with the rest of them.


Just because they are special by other's standards, it doesn't make them special. For instance, by my standard's my younger sister is really dumb. By her classmate's standards, she's averagely smart. By kindergartner's standards, she's really smart. In this case, by everybody else's standards they are special, but in there own standards they are normal. It's rather subjective.
Destor
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Well in everyone's own standards they are normal, because normal is only what you expect something to be, and most people base that off of themselves. That makes everyone everywhere normal, does it not?

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if you are special you are different, yes?

no human being is exactly identical - everyone is special - special becomes the norm.

the only way to become special from the norm would to conform to the previous norm which does not exist.

the end.

Alpha791
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Great job Graham. I'm dead serious I knew that before I even made this thread and was waiting for someone to figure it out.

Graham
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Great job Graham


I feel special.

isn't special also an expression for a sense of achievement/a sense of pity (others)?
Destor
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sn't special also an expression for a sense of achievement/a sense of pity (others)?


Yes, but pretty much everyone's felt that. It's not a very special feeling.

XD
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