I’d tell myself I’m going to do it, but chicken out.

Y’all should watch Silo.

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.

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.

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)

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

OP go watch the movie The Village

That you, Morgoth? Stop trying to trick me into revealing the location of Gondolin.

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.

Got “Freedom Cities” on the mind, eh?

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.

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!

I’m too american to listen to what I’m told. I’m gonna get eaten by the titans, sorry everyone

For sure. I’d volunteer to be the first person on Venus knowing it would be a death sentence.

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?