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Questions that get you thinking
Thought-provoking questions you may or may not have the answers to. Don't forget to tag me @chainedinshadow
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Concepts for Consideration

1) Why is blue the "sad color"?

2) How do you decide when it's time to stop forgiving someone?

3) What parameters define a person as 'normal'? Which of these are necessary, and which are optional?

4) What would it feel like to be inside someone else's head for a day? Not just in another body, but along for the ride, hearing how they think and feeling what they feel. Do they taste, hear, smell, feel things differently? Is it a relief going back to yourself or would you want to spend more time with them? Would you try the experience again or not?

5) If you could tell someone anything and have them listen, who would you talk to and what would you say?

6) If you could choose a place or object to haunt, what would you choose and why? How would you make your presence known?

7) What 'lines' do we draw to differentiate ourselves from others, and which do we take for granted?

8) If there's vanilla (or vanillin) in chocolate, why are they considered opposites?

9) Do some things taste almost like cinnamon even when they're not supposed to, like coconut items or lemon juice? More broadly, how much does individual perception of the world vary in both sensation and processing?

Thanks to @chainedinshadow for the idea - I don't have answers to all of these, but would certainly be interested in hearing what you all think (particularly on 3&4, because there are certainly days when it feels like I'm on the other side of the glass and trying to figure out what's going on with 'everyone else'). For clarification, 1 is because people will give you the weirdest looks for saying blue is a happy or calm or exuberant color, and I'm not entirely sure if they think of only one specific version (like Crayola blue, maybe?) but I love Copenhagen blue.