Would you curiosity win? Or would the fear of death win?

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If you’ve watched Avatar, I’m talking about city like Ba Sing Se, but IRL.

  • Aggravationstation@feddit.uk
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    21 hours ago

    It depends on the danger I was told about. If it was poisoned gas like Bad Boy Bubby then I don’t think so. If it was just there are dangerous or violent people out there then maybe.

    If there were rumours that the outside world wasn’t actually dangerous that might have swayed me when I was younger but probably not now.

  • sifr@retrolemmy.com
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    1 day ago

    Absolutely. I was teaching English with Mormons in Kiev, UA in 2014 (as a volunteer, I am not Mormon). The nonprofit we were with stressed to us that we should absolutely, under no circumstance, go to Maidan (city center). This was when the revolution was just starting. Of course I went anyway.

    At least when I was in Ukraine at that time, all the discord was contained within Maidan and the eastern regions. Life elsewhere went on as usual. I’m not sure if it is the same now. But it felt like going between two worlds.

  • neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    City? Probably yes. Country? Probably no.

    It really depends on the Size of the “cage” and what it has to “offer” to me. (how entertained I am, how well-off I am)

  • bluegreenwookie@bookwormstory.social
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    2 days ago

    Personally? Probably not. Im not much of a rebel or confident enough to push a boundary like that

    But we kinda have something like that irl.

    If i remember right

    The Amish think technology is evil but some leave and embrace the modern world despite that

  • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Is anyone actively trying to stop me from leaving? Is there any punishment for doing so?

    Is the “dangerous” outside because of something invisible, like a plague? Or is the “dangerous” a nebulous claim of “nobody goes out there”

    I think plenty of people would try it just to say they did, just like the real world.

  • EaterOfLentils@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It depends on how sus the people telling me that seemed. I would definitely question, but the desire to see what is on the outside would probably be inversely proportional to how content I was with life on the inside.

    If I was like, “This place fucking sucks,” and they said, “TS, there’s nowhere else to go,” I might take my chances.

  • gimmelemmy@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Considering that I ended up getting banished from my personal bubble, I’m betying that I would have ended up on the outside of that wall anyway, so yeah!

  • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net
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    3 days ago

    It depends on a number of factors.

    How thorough is the isolation/how “high” are the walls? Can I perceive the world outside the walls in any way?

    How good is the propaganda?

    Do I have anything to lose other than my life? Do I have a community I care about within the city? A family? Children?