And the shape and colour of the exclamation point depends on which animal it is? As in a kitten causes it to be pink and the dot to be heart shaped while a bed bug changes it to a horror font?
I like the idea of NPC energy, especially when working in customer service - sometimes I feel like a vendor in a camp talking with customers and dropping random rumors or tips to them
It's just an oversimplified position. I think you can want very little (quantity wise, as number of desires), but exercise massive amounts of will to achieve it. And then you can live with more or less ego, or more or less empathy and care.
I'm sure there's dozens of other ways to do it. You just can't get there with "NPC" and "not NPC".
Some people are much more the protagonist in their story than other people. And then there's the degree to which the story actually overlaps with reality. You can make it all up and not follow up on it, or you can make it come true, and everything in between, human reality does allow for that.
If you get older that stance may change. Hustle if you want, don't if you don't.
As an older gamer I enjoy games, even shooters, for their scenery or vehicles (love to race around with no destination) or subtle jokes - and all that can be enjoyed best by behaving backgroundly like a NPC.
Same. Don't need to be a protagonist, but I will definitely not stop thinking all the massive thoughts. I will Peter Quill my way to growth and pulling others up around me.
This is sad. You should be the protagonist of your own existence. This videogame metaphor is reaching it's breaking point if people are content with being oblivious and uninteresting.
I would argue it takes all kinds. Some might like to be in the forefront of the story where the action is, some might like to settle into a comfortable patterned lifestyle. And before anyone jumps on the binary perspective, to be clear I think this is a spectrum. I believe the phrase is “different strokes for different folks. “