What if you didn't have a name?

[Catwoman]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Because he doesn't have internet access--he currently lives with my mother (after she already kicked him out once, then my father kicked him out, now he's back at her house,) hasn't had a job in almost a year, has never had one for longer than 9 months, and has never paid his own rent or car payment in his life. He owns four electric guitars and a full drum set, but never plays them. He takes at least a roll of film a day on his $500+ camera, but he refuses to try to sell them or get them put in any art shows. And he loooooooves to philosophize, and tell you why your life is meaningless.

Would you be more inclined to accept this criticism - what you see as a criticism - if he had worked all his life and achieved 'success'? Is he the pot calling the kettle?

His perceived success (or lack thereof) has nothing to do with him. Whatever material routes he has and will pass through in his life, whether there is wealth or poverty, a career or a carer - none of this has any relevance to who he is. That's the point. He just is.

Maybe he has misinterpreted philosophy and sees it as another means to define himself. So he hasn't - on the surface - achieved much in this world: that's ok, because (he thinks) 'I'm a philosopher'. This is no different to defining your sense of self in any other way.

This is not what I am trying to do here. In fact I am not trying to do anything. I am typing and words are coming out that are the truth. No, they're not truth, but they point to the truth.