iii@mander.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoHow do you recognise the difference between a need and a desire?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up140arrow-down1message-squareHow do you recognise the difference between a need and a desire?iii@mander.xyz to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-218 hours ago Why does the list grow? How? Exactly my question too. Who does that? I observe it everywhere. For example when people say they need a vacation. Or when people say they need strong social bonds. It’s obviously not a necessity to keep their body alive. But I do believe they view it as a genuine need?
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoPeople say lots of things, there is no need to take it in the most literal way possible.
minus-squareiii@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoWhere I live it made it into law even: vacation is mandatory because the majority decided it’s a need.
Exactly my question too.
I observe it everywhere. For example when people say they need a vacation. Or when people say they need strong social bonds.
It’s obviously not a necessity to keep their body alive. But I do believe they view it as a genuine need?
People say lots of things, there is no need to take it in the most literal way possible.
Where I live it made it into law even: vacation is mandatory because the majority decided it’s a need.