Learning Challenge

 I love judging people, in fact, I'd say I spend most of my time judging people. Even if these people have little or no effect on my life. Take Jake Gyllenhaal for instance, I never met the guy, I like a few movies he's in but personally, I don't know him. However, this week, I've judged the hell outta the dude! And why? Because I listened to a 10 minute Taylor Swift song. Hoo boy did I love just tearing this Gyllenhaal guy apart in my head, like wow, what a terrible person he is! 

And I would say most people would agree with my judgement and say that he deserves to be judged. But what about all the other people I judge? The common people on the street who didn't star in the classic film Donnie Darko? What makes it ok for me to judge them? I decided maybe it was time for me to judge myself so I read this article called "10 Reasons to Stop Judging People" and what I read surprised me, not gonna lie.

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Turns out the reason we as a species are so judgemental is because of our natural survival instincts. In the same way my caveman ancestors would see a saber toothed tiger and say "Ooh better watch out for that fella, Yabba Dabba Doo" I will now see a man dating a girl ten years younger than him and think "Oof, Major Red Flags, Yabba Dabba Doo". The article touches on something I felt I already should have started doing and  thats giving people the benefit of the doubt, from now on, I'll have to start cutting people some slack, after all, we can't ALL be Jake Gyllenhaal. I am curious to see where our judgemental culture will lead us though, how far can we take our judging? Who judges the judgers? Is it God? I have no clue, maybe I should't have listened to that Taylor Swift song, it's definitely done something to my head. 


  

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