"Well we're talking about an super-overshadowing sibling, like Jessica Simpson to Ashlee Simpson, not like Lisa Simpson to Bart Simpson. You wouldn't be competing, you'd come up short every time."
I love to compete. Coming up short just makes me more inspired to try my best. (I am surrounded by such overshadowing people as well. Who isn't?)
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
True, but this is a sibling whose shadow you've lived under your entire life and always come up short against. You wouldn't be the person you (Sapphire) are today if you had to grow up under those conditions. Your self-esteem would probably be abysmal, people would always compare you to your superior sibling, and you'd always be a runner up.
So would you rather have that or have to help take care of a mentally handicapped sibling?
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Like I said before, I've lived my whole life surrounded by people who I have yet to surpass. My brother went to MIT and is nine years my senior, so of course he's always been the most "respected". My best friend goes there, and nowadays all of my classmates in my honors program are absolute geniuses who have already learned the material or can very easily do so.. So of course I'm going to be coming up short until I catch up. That doesn't mean it has any effect on my confidence though. It's a bit shortsighted (aka stupid) to assume how someone will turn out based on one thing, especially when you don't know much else about them.Originally Posted by Animeniax
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
I'm trying to qualify a hypothetical situation so people can better answer the question, not write your autobiography, though I would like to know more. Though, judging from your reaction, I might have hit a nerve with this line of questioning.
Nah, this super sibling would look down on you unless you were his/her toady. Meanwhile, the mentally handicapped sibling would look up to you and love you as best his reduced mental capacity will allow (think Arnie from What's Eating Gilbert Grape?).
Last edited by Animeniax; Mon, 10-20-2008 at 02:05 PM.
“For God will not permit that we shall know what is to come... those who by some sorcery or by some dream might come to pierce the veil that lies so darkly over all that is before them may serve by just that vision to cause that God should wrench the world from its heading and set it upon another course altogether and then where stands the sorcerer? Where the dreamer and his dream?”
Mhm, fallacies = pet peeve. I'll give a high five to anyone who can pose/answer a hypothetical question without over generalizing the results.
Feel free to PM me if you need something though. (Since IMs are too unanonymous?)
"Leaving hell is not the same as entering it." - Tierce Japhrimel
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