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comment by OftenBen
OftenBen  ·  4055 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Losing the Flame of Rebellion

>the mere knowledge that I don't know is enough to intrude on my happiness.

This. I'll be having a conversation with a friend, nothing deep or profound, but a point of contention will come up about something that I know could be solved with a quick google search. So I'll pull out my phone and look it up, maybe not right at the time, but I will look it up because not knowing is of itself painful. I'm learning that this is considered strange. People don't want to know how the world works, or what's going on it.