I think another part of it is how some sorts just can't wrap their heads around why they feel "out of place" in life, and start drinking the Kool-aid because they can't come up with any other answer to their unanswered riddle (and because that's the popular "answer" being pushed by various institutions these days).

Meanwhile, the real answer could be any number of possibilities. Unresolved psychological hangups, lifestyle and habits, health related anomalies, actual brain issues, being a major recluse, etc etc.

And in some cases I wonder if degeneracy might be more of a symptom or an outlet than the outright cause.

I think another part of it is how some sorts just can't wrap their heads around why they feel "out of place" in life, and start drinking the Kool-aid because they can't come up with any other answer to their unanswered riddle (and because that's the popular "answer" being pushed by various institutions these days).

Meanwhile, the real answer could be any number of possibilities. Unresolved psychological hangups, lifestyle and habits, health related anomalies, actual brain issues, being a major recluse, etc etc.

And in some cases I wonder if degeneracy might be more of a symptom or an outlet than the outright cause. A person who, for whatever reason, whether it be a condition or a choice, who's unable to form meaningful emotional connections with other people might choose degeneracy as an outlet for their primal drives.

I think another part of it is how some sorts just can't wrap their heads around why they feel "out of place" in life, and start drinking the Kool-aid because they can't come up with any other answer to their unanswered riddle (and because that's the popular "answer" being pushed by various institutions these days).

Meanwhile, the real answer could be any number of possibilities. Unresolved psychological hangups, lifestyle and habits, health related anomalies, actual brain issues, being a major recluse, etc etc.

And in some cases I wonder if degeneracy might be more of a symptom or an outlet than the outright cause.