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+ no matter how long you live, you will always live in fear.

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    - that's your survival instinct speaking.

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- *as long as you're learning, you can never truly be comfortable.*

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    + learning new things requires changing yourself, and changing yourself means overcoming fear of the unknown.

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        - (absorbing knowledge is not the same as learning.)

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- this is pretty scary when you think about it.
do you mean I'll never be comfortable [being a furry][page:philosophy/furry]?

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    - well yeah, basically yeah.
    only way is that you can become comfortable with certain _parts_ of the experience, by simply experiencing them and teaching your mind [it's okay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcBLUIov1_I){.secret}.