{"id":1358,"date":"2020-09-30T06:36:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T10:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/cranialsoup\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2023-11-06T11:19:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T16:19:24","slug":"does-denying-and-suppressing-what-makes-you-human-make-you-more-acceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scarytaskbar.com\/cranialsoup\/2020\/09\/30\/does-denying-and-suppressing-what-makes-you-human-make-you-more-acceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"Does denying and suppressing what makes you human, make you more acceptable?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"su-youtube su-u-responsive-media-yes\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/low6Coqrw9Y?\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>Supertramp - The Logical Song (Lyrics)<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p>When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful<br \/>\nA miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical<br \/>\nAnd all the birds in the trees, well they&#8217;d be singing so happily<br \/>\nOh joyfully, playfully watching me<br \/>\nBut then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible<br \/>\nLogical, oh responsible, practical<br \/>\nAnd they showed me a world where I could be so dependable<br \/>\nOh clinical, oh intellectual, cynical<\/p>\n<p>There are times when all the world&#8217;s asleep<br \/>\nThe questions run too deep<br \/>\nFor such a simple man<br \/>\nWon&#8217;t you please, please tell me what we&#8217;ve learned<br \/>\nI know it sounds absurd<br \/>\nPlease tell me who I am<\/p>\n<p>I said, watch what you say or they&#8217;ll be calling you a radical<br \/>\nLiberal, oh fanatical, criminal<br \/>\nWon&#8217;t you sign up your name, we&#8217;d like to feel you&#8217;re Acceptable<br \/>\nRespectable, oh presentable, a vegetable!<br \/>\nOh, take it take it yeah<\/p>\n<p>But at night, when all the world&#8217;s asleep<br \/>\nThe questions run so deep<br \/>\nFor such a simple man<br \/>\nWon&#8217;t you please tell me what we&#8217;ve learned<br \/>\nI know it sounds absurd<br \/>\nPlease tell me who I am, who I am, who I am, who I am<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause I was feeling so logical<br \/>\nD-d-digital<br \/>\nOne, two, three, five<br \/>\nOh, oh, oh, oh<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s getting unbelievable<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always thought of this song as being sung from the perspective of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spock<\/a>, half human, half Vulcan, who grew up in a world where displaying his human side was considered unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the song again and think of it as from his perspective and you&#8217;ll see what I mean.<\/p>\n<p>Then consider what it means for us, the 100% humans, when we are forced to deny and suppress our humanness in order to live in this modern world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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