Pojo-san said:
Given Question: What makes us Human?
Well I was going to include religion like my own, but I respect your wishes to not include it so I shall not, which also I really don't know why I am going to write a whole lot, but here I seem motivated about the topic!
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Sorry! Moving on, what makes us human can be expressed in so many ways. It can be how we're part of the homo sapian category, it can be how humans are literally the smartest living things we know so far (spite our flaws, but it goes toward the majority), can be based on our actions that took course overtime, making history and civilasation, and so forth. But, in my personal ideals about this is that humans are very emotional. Emotion can be wonders beyond understanding, that it controls how we think, feel, and act upon. When you're in love, you're usually happy and strive to be with that person. When you're mad, you tend to not be yourself which you shout, scream, hold it inside with hatred or just take it out on something. It actually depends, everyone is different. What gets to me is that emotions can overtake us to.
Have you ever seen an animal cry? We are the only ones that can shed tears, feel guilt for our actions. We don't go and move on after losing someone, we set funerals for them and also have systems to run our country like politics. No animal can establish this, which they do not construct inventions or keep in touch their children over the ages. They cannot create art on paper or technical design like we can. We're more then some brilliant life form- we're unique in our own way, no one is different and we all have personalities. Defining a character is beyond what any animal can grasp, therefore we're like that movie
IRobot. We stand out, we're not like all the other designed robots. We can feel, learn, understand what we do, set course and adapt in unlimited ways.
Sometimes being human has it's disadvantages though. We can be cruel and full of destruction, have slavery over others and do terrible deeds. We can destroy ourselves even, being to greedy or to attached to something that it drives us to the brink of insanity. So many consiquences for being alive, but life isn't fair to anything so why worry? Live the best you can and be the mature, well-spoken Escapists you are on here and noble people out there in the World. I'm grateful I was given the chance to live as a person, so I may be even able to write this. No animal can type essays upon essays of literature, poetry, or even a child's story. We're so advanced that it's pretty scary is why we must be careful with our gift.
Yes, I know I am seriously getting carried away and I do thank you for this Thread Pojo-san, but truly we're human to the point of bearing so many different cultures. Animals usually live the same, do the same thing everyday cause of survival. In America as a hunan being, if we went to Japan or Egypt, we'll notice so many different stories of history, buildings, language, and so much more. We can create things that were impossible in the past. Nothing can be explained for our accomplishments or how it came to be that we've been so successful to survive without much worry (not for all, but usually we got it easy depending on our life style or what's going on around us). We can put effort into creativity that enables us to make things of fantasy or sci-fi!
There comes a point that we even question our own existence. Maybe we underestimate animals about how they feel or think, but without a doubt humans can go so deep without logical terms that most people are impressed with the outcome. Sometimes we shouldn't because that can lead to bad decisions like suicide (if the person is depressed by any means to that level of throwing their life away which I hope they can find reason to live before hand). We also don't find a partner to simple make love to and move on (er.. some do but hear me out!) most people want someone to be with, love for the rest of their life. We're very sensitive living things, so we need compashion and company. That's what makes us unique, we all need someone to have in our lives to feel secure, or appreciated. Not saying animals don't, but we go very far and wide to gain that promise.
This is all I have to say and sorry for writing a lot, but I was going to say more. Hope this makes sense because I was just putting down whatever came to mind. Glad to of found this Thread and posted on it! Oh and one more thing- what makes us human overall is that we are aware of what's right and wrong. Animals don't for sure, which they act on instinct. Humans act on instict too, but if they could steal food for free from someone and not get caught, they may consider it wrong and not steal it after all. This is moral choice, we pick what we believe in and that's why I was going to include religion, but oh well! That's my explination.
