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A leopard never changes his spots...

Captain Fabio

Captain Fabio

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    Do you think people can change?



    Simple question really. Do you think people can change regardless of their past or present?

    Personally, I think people can change, if they have the right motivation. A loved one, for the greater good and so on.

    Yes, there is a reason for this choice of board, I don't want the opinion of just anyone.
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    I agree with you. People can change, but that change will be hard. They need motivation to do so.
     
    I think people can change. But I don't really count on that to happen often.
     
    People can change, yet many do not want to, or don't know how.

    People should change, it is natural for people to change from time to time, think about how the world would be if no one ever changed. They would always laugh at the same stupid jokes, listen to the same outdated music, and etc.
     
    Where there is a will, there is a way.

    Without the will to change, people cannot be forced to change something they accept as a part of themselves. What upsets me is seeing people who think they can change a person without considering the feelings of that person above and beyond their own feelings about the change.

    Still, if that person really wants to change, they can change...but it won't always be a wonderfully beautiful, artistic and easy transformation that happens in a moment or even overnight. Change takes time...and time marches at it's own pace, and no one else's
     
    I'm looking at this from a sort of "chemist's" point of view. People can and will change until they change into something stable.

    What I mean by stable would be some sort of "definite" personality. Like in chemistry, atoms go through decay, electron gain, loss, and other processes to become stable. This results in the person becoming who they really are. And of course, in the case of Alpha/Beta decay, you can become a new person if you really want to.

    Sorry if that's hard to gulp in, but I've really gotten a nice liking for chemistry.
     
    Not at all K47.

    If you guys hadn't guessed, this topic was a reflection on me. Since I have been a complete troll the past few years, I was wondering what you all thought if a member, me, could change.

    I am trying. Haha.
     
    This is true, Gav.
    I do hold my hands up and say I have done stupid things and I am an idiot for it.

    But I just thought, there is a reason I keep coming back. And I do like this place and the community. I am trying to get the forum more active with events and I am trying to concentrate on getting Other Games more active too.
     
    People can and will change. I've been in that situation, especially in high school. One side of it can be good, but sometimes it's something you don't want. But heck, that's what life is.
     
    People also change in ways they don't want to though, as you grow up and are expsosed to different experiences and people your personality will continue to be shaped.
     
    People can absolutely change, they do it all the time. A troll can become a respected member, an irritation can become a friend. I count on the idea that people, and perceptions of people, can change. It's why I never let first impressions affect the way I see people and why I try to always see the best even when they show the worst.

    EDIT: That sounded high-horsey, but I didn't mean it that way.
     
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    I swear this has already been posted in OC or OVP or somewhere ¬.¬

    I reckon people can change and are constantly changing. Especially if its a younger person. to me everyone around you are constantly influencing how you act and if they have a big enough impact they can permanently change you as a person and change your personality.
    That's just me though xD I'm strongly influenced by the sociological approach x]
     
    Captain Fabio said:
    Not at all K47.

    If you guys hadn't guessed, this topic was a reflection on me. Since I have been a complete troll the past few years, I was wondering what you all thought if a member, me, could change.

    I am trying. Haha.
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    Nobody thinks of you as a troll. The admins here are good. If they thought you couldn't change they wouldn't have modded you.

    Yes people can change if they really want to.
     
    Of course people can change, especially if the desire to change is there. I've changed quite a bit, since my initial days as a member of PC, and I've changed a fair amount, irl.
     
    Some people are just incapable of changing. Old habits die hard and whatnot. But there are those who can change, if they are really willing to. Everyone has a reason to change, but if they're not truthful to themselves as to why they want to change, they can revert back to their old ways. If someone wants to change because they are not happy with the person they have become, they first have to tell ask themselves why it is they have become this person. When the root of the problem can be pin pointed out, then it can become easier the make the required adjustments to accumulate the needed fundamentals to change. Anyone can say they want to change, but only a determined few can actually say they have changed.
     
    People only change because of some external force. Something outside of you is what makes you want to change, whether you want to change for another person to like you, whether you want to change to succeed in school, whether you want to change to do anything... it always seems to be something outside of you that makes you want to do it, should you ever actually change. People can change, sure, but whether or not it's legitimate I feel comes from whether or not it's really you who wants to change or something outside of you pressuring you into it. Until a person believes 100% that change is for the better, real change can never happen because they'll be reluctant to accept the results of it.
     
    I think most people can change, yes, but a lot of the time they simply aren't aware that they need to. If no-one tells them that there's a problem then obviously nothing will happen, and if just one person has the problem then they're unlikely to change just for them.

    As for people who don't need to change anything in particular massively, yes, I think people are always changing. I know I've changed a hell of a lot over the last few years. In some ways for the better, in others for the worse.
     
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