What Does the Word Reality Mean to You

Lexi · #1 (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 04:34 PM

http:/www.wikipedia.com

Real life is a phrase or term referring to life in the real world. It is most used to mean life or consensus reality outside of an environment that is generally seen as fiction or fantasy, such as something on the Internet, virtual reality, a dream, a novel, a movie, a hallucination, or a delusion. Online the acronym IRL can mean "in real life", with the meaning "not on the Internet"[1] (see below.)

It is sometimes used synonymously with real world to mean one's existence after he or she is done with schooling and is no longer supported by parents, i.e. the practical world versus the academic world.[2] A person with experience in "real life" or "the real world" has experience beyond book learning.

Real life can be a controversial term. Some people use it as a value judgement to describe "productive" activities, specifically jobs or the support of one's family. However, many speakers use the phrase in an ironic sense to describe an alternative to their own activities, which may be valued as more important.

oceanbreeze · #2 (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 04:41 PM

Lexi; please tell me you aren't going with this where I think it's going. If you are, our realities aren't the one and the same.

Lexi · #3 (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 04:43 PM

Some people seem to think if you're pro choice you are a delusional person and have no concept of reality. I disagree with this strongly as that would only be one thing among many that make up reality for each individual. Reality is the life we live every day and abortion is only one part of that reality.

oceanbreeze · #4 (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 04:45 PM

Oh.

I respect you as a person to be pro-choice.
I am pro-life, except in the case of rape or incest.
But, our realities on agreeing will never collide.

Lexi · #5 (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by oceanbreeze

Lexi; please tell me you aren't going with this where I think it's going. If you are, our realities aren't the one and the same.

I agree, what is reality for one person is not a reality for another so therefore no one can tell another what the realities are in their lives. I'm curious as to what others have to say about this.

ForReal · #6 (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 04:54 PM

I thought the question was what does the word reality mean to you?

Lexi, you posted something different than what I googled through Wikipedia. Here's the beginning of REALITY:

Reality, in everyday usage, means "the state of things as they actually exist". [1] [2] The term reality, in its widest sense, includes everything that is, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible. Reality in this sense may include both being and nothingness, whereas existence is often restricted to being (compare with nature). In other words, "reality", as a philosophical category includes the formal concept of "nothingness" and articulations and combinations of it with other concepts (those possessing extension in physical objects or processes for example)

And it goes on and on.

Maybe you could clarify between real life and reality, which one do you want to talk about?

Lexi · #7 (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ForReal

I thought the question was what does the word reality mean to you?

Lexi, you posted something different than what I googled through Wikipedia. Here's the beginning of REALITY:

Reality, in everyday usage, means "the state of things as they actually exist". [1] [2] The term reality, in its widest sense, includes everything that is, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible. Reality in this sense may include both being and nothingness, whereas existence is often restricted to being (compare with nature). In other words, "reality", as a philosophical category includes the formal concept of "nothingness" and articulations and combinations of it with other concepts (those possessing extension in physical objects or processes for example)

And it goes on and on.

Maybe you could clarify between real life and reality, which one do you want to talk about?

I posted the part that was the best description IMO, you posted the first part of the article and didn't read the whole article. There are many different discriptions of the word reality and that's the point I'm trying to make. One persons reality is not the same as anothers and if it's different that doesn't mean that either person is wrong.

What does it mean to you?

ForReal · #8 (**permalink**) 04-21-2008, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Lexi

I posted the part that was the best description IMO, you posted the first part of the article and didn't read the whole article. There are many different discriptions of the word reality and that's the point I'm trying to make. One persons reality is not the same as anothers and if it's different that doesn't mean that either person is wrong.

What does it mean to you?

Actually, I clicked on your link and this is what it said: Page not found

And I am still under my 15 post rule so I can't post a link. :LOL

But here's some more of what it said on the page I drug up:

A common colloquial usage would have "reality" mean "perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes toward reality," as in "My reality is not your reality."

That seems to be "our" reality at the moment.

Here's my link as best as I can post it:
wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality
Reality - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I can't wait til I can post a link.