shower thoughts: Why is this sub so compelling?
19 upvotes | April 5, 2021 | by stevierose789
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What draws women and men to comment, offer advice, and even bare their
souls to complete strangers on social media? I have asked myself that
question so many times. Why do I feel the need to post and share my
thoughts on RPW? Why do I continue to follow this sub?

Today I read a comment by u/whisper [/u/whisper] and a light bulb lit
up when I read his words as to why he posts. They are as follows:

> I only do this because I'm compulsively pedagogical... when I have
> an insight, I need someone to explain it to, or I'll start
> buttonhole ng strangers in line at the grocery store. I have the
> luxury of not caring if you believe in me or not, because my
> insights are free. I give them away so that they will stop hammering
> at the walls of my braincase, not so that people will pay me.

I will admit I had to look up the word pedagogical. The word refers to
the mindset of teaching. Being that my career is in education, it was
a little embarrassing that I didn’t recognize that term. Never the
less, these words really do sum up why I post here.

The best I can do to put this in my own words is this: We all face the
same obstacles in life, but we don’t face them from the same vantage
point. In spite of this, there is a semblance of truth that a person
can offer others after a hard battle to learn the truth on their own.
This is the essence of experience. We offer what we learn in the hopes
that others can learn from it also.
This is why I post and comment here.

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