Why Do You Like This?

I think it can be an exercise in futility to ask people why they are the way they are. Like asking questions about why you like steak and not lamb chops? I've tried asking such questions before, and the responses I get range from the inane to the outright evasive. It is not uncommon for me to get a variety of turn around like "but why do YOU like lamb chops but not steak?". (No, the steak vs lamb chops isn't a real discussion here). I just think it's a silly bit of rhetoric used by the unawakened humans who are disinclined to think more about what really drives them.

I especially hate the turnaround approach, because it's not just an evasion but it's pretty much a rhetorical question. The other person isn't actually interested in whatever response I may give, and it simply opens the opportunity for them to wiggle out of it by saying that they think the same. On my end, I am actually interested in a serious response, and all I get are these cheap responses.

It is this sort of response that only serves to cement my belief that the average human barely qualifies the title, and is hardly better than an animal. Once in a while, though, someone actually sits down and thinks seriously about the question. It is refreshing to see it happen, but frankly...I've never had much faith in humanity, and there are few things that I have encountered that convinced me otherwise. C'est la vie.