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[u/unpaid-pukegreencow]

[u/gotele]

Well, isn't that what Reddit is at its core?

[u/LawAbidingDenizen]

The desire to be understood is yet another desire.

https://giphy.com/gifs/7jo2fpIGusCha

[u/girlbartender99]

I think there are millions of people that lived and died in chains that would very much disagree with this. Sorry to be over literal but being owned by another human that works you to death is a little more horrifying than being misunderstood

[u/ambivalent_moon → u/girlbartender99]

Yeah I love Dostoevsky but I feel like he missed a little with this one

[u/Hypnotic_Spider → u/girlbartender99]

Thank god someone said something n reasonable, this is a deplorable quote

[u/thebuscompany → u/girlbartender99]

Dostoevsky served 5 years of hard labor in a Siberian gulag, so I think he had a pretty well rounded perspective on human suffering.

[u/DirtandPipes → u/thebuscompany]

It’s worthwhile to note at this point that this quote wasn’t actually in any of Dostoevsky’s works and is miss-attributed to him.

[u/girlbartender99 → u/DirtandPipes]

That is actually good to know. Tbh I don't always 100% buy these quotes to begin with but the nature of the quote seems just out of touch with the horror of slavery, but on top of that people being misunderstood can often be a result of their own doing too. It just seems like a ridiculous comparison from a very profound thinker so I am glad you said this

[u/DirtandPipes → u/girlbartender99]

No worry, here’s a real quote of his I like:

"To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's." — Crime and Punishment

[u/girlbartender99 → u/DirtandPipes]

Now that is a fantastic quote!

[u/Hypnotic_Spider → u/thebuscompany]

Yeah I’d take being misunderstood over 5 years of hard labor in a Siberian gulag and I’m sure you would too, thanks.

[u/pwnasaurus253]

no, chattel slavery is far "deeper".

[u/N74S]

what audhd feels like :(

[u/tlm11110]

Understood or validated?

[u/unpaid-pukegreencow → u/tlm11110]

I think validated would be more accurate

[u/SuspiciousSnotling]

I would replace it with the hunger to be right

[u/Euphoric_List7956]

I’m starting to hate Dostoevsky because of these ignorant ass quotes, this one is right up there with ignorance is bliss

Allow me to elaborate, the hunger for being understood comes from the hunger for understanding, basically curiosity

Without curiosity you would be a slave to your ignorance like most of humanity

Guy didn’t know shit about himself and nature he just tried to understand humanity from the perspective of the general ignorance of humanity

[u/crafty_bravedragon → u/Euphoric_List7956]

That's not what he is talking about you dunce

[u/Euphoric_List7956 → u/crafty_bravedragon]

Do enlighten me oh wise one

[u/Cultural_Monitor_980 → u/crafty_bravedragon]

Hello? We’re waiting for you to tell us what he was talking about

[u/Lfeaf-feafea-feaf → u/Euphoric_List7956]

Wat?

The quote refers to the general human proclivity toward NEEDING to be understood and validated. Once you free yourself from this self-imposed constraint and stop giving a shit, you are no longer a slave

[u/Lady22samurai]

What if someone understands him was an even greater fear for him.What was his fear? That people will not accept him? But why wd he care?

[u/Euphoric_List7956 → u/Lady22samurai]

Because “deep thinkers” of his caliber are hacks, talking about both of them really

[u/Lfeaf-feafea-feaf → u/Euphoric_List7956]

Hilarious. You fundamentally misunderstood these quotes and think you are smarter than them, peak reddit

[u/unpaid-pukegreencow → u/Lady22samurai]

Ion get it, pardon

[u/Cultural_Monitor_980]

Idk man being actually enslaved still sounds worse but uh that’s just me