Trust
  • Agent Smith
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    The father takes his son up to the roof and tells his son "jump off, nothing'll happen". The son looks questioningly and asks "are you sure?" "Trust me," replies the father. Ten days later the son wakes up in hospital; the father looks at him and goes "son, life lesson #1, don't trust anyone."

    Our senses can't be trusted. Everyone knows that!

    Our mind plays tricks on us. Everyone knows that too.

    We have trust issues!
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  • 180 Proof
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    So I shouldn't trust grammar?
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  • Moliere
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    ↪Agent Smith
    And yet, the son will find, that the real lesson is: "Don't trust your father" because we live on trust. No one is an island. We are all vulnerable, whether we like it or not, whether we tell ourselves that we're strong or not, whether we have power or not. It's a defining feature of our species that individually we are pathetic. Only together are we strong -- and to be together takes trust.
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  • Agent Smith
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    So I shouldn't trust grammar? — 180 Proof

    The answer, it looks like, is no!

    ↪Moliere
    I concur, trust is vital to our collective well-being. However, the way things are done suggests betrayal is the norm, especially when the stakes are high.
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  • 180 Proof
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    ↪Agent Smith
    :roll:
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  • Agent Smith
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    ↪180 Proof
    Yeah, I know. C'est la vie.
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  • Yohan
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    Trust is won not given. ~ Tobsha Learner

    The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. ~ Henry Lewis Stimson

    I trust everyone. I just don’t trust the devil inside them. ~ Troy Kennedy-Martin

    Believe in Allah, but tie your camel. ~ Arabian proverb

    :eyes:
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  • Agent Smith
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    ↪Yohan
    Nice! Opinions seem divided, eh?

    Fun fact:

    1. Nobody gives their bank details to anyone? I wonder why?

    2. We all have our little secrets.
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  • Yohan
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    ...it is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.
    DESCARTES
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  • Agent Smith
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    ...it is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.
    DESCARTES     — Yohan

    Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

    :grin:
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