People don't think bad things will happen to them. Whether its getting into the car with someone that has been drinking or forgetting to use a condom, nobody thinks they will be THAT person. That they could be so unlucky to have any real consequences for making a mistake that one time. They can't imagine or wrap their head around the idea that they could be the next poster child for drunk driving and get into a car accident or that they could get pregnant. This obliviousness is what I consider the superman complex. People don't acknowledge that there are consequences to their actions until it is too late. Last weekend my friends convinced me to get into a car with a driver that had been drinking with this exact reasoning and I realized that a free ride is not worth dying for. That waiting ten more minutes for a cab could save my life if this just so happened to be one of those times. Life is too valuable to throw away out of convenience.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Superman Complex
People don't think bad things will happen to them. Whether its getting into the car with someone that has been drinking or forgetting to use a condom, nobody thinks they will be THAT person. That they could be so unlucky to have any real consequences for making a mistake that one time. They can't imagine or wrap their head around the idea that they could be the next poster child for drunk driving and get into a car accident or that they could get pregnant. This obliviousness is what I consider the superman complex. People don't acknowledge that there are consequences to their actions until it is too late. Last weekend my friends convinced me to get into a car with a driver that had been drinking with this exact reasoning and I realized that a free ride is not worth dying for. That waiting ten more minutes for a cab could save my life if this just so happened to be one of those times. Life is too valuable to throw away out of convenience.
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