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RBHubbell58 t1_j1hqu69 wrote

Nope. This perpetuates the fallacy that outside forces control your life.

"It" isn't "trying to teach" you anything.

The right questions are: what can I learn from this? and how do I avoid this in the future?

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thrww3534 t1_j1ihktf wrote

Huh? It seems to me more like personification, a common literary tool, in this case the personification of experiences, of experiential lessons particularly. But even if we assumed it to mean experiences are forces that literally “try” to do things like allow us to learn, that wouldn’t mean they controlled lives. It would only mean outside forces affect your life, which they do.

It seems to me to just be an artful way of saying to ask ‘what can I learn from this.’ There is no perpetration of fallacy here as far as I can see.

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Gyoziiko t1_j1is9w5 wrote

Reddit hive mind will disagree with you as they think this is hinting at the idea of a higher power or universal force and religious beliefs = bad. Instead of interpreting it as, like you said, an artful personification.

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BigBossWesker4 t1_j1isjbl wrote

I feel ya, I just let it run its course, learn the lessons and see the signs for next time.

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JohnJThrush t1_j1kxozj wrote

Also add that the world doesn't need to make sense to you because you're human with all the limitations that it entails.

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Kivitee t1_j1i8r80 wrote

You had shitty friends, find new one that treats you right

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