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We’re More Alike Than You May Think | Siobhan Barnsley | TEDxYouth@Harlow


people expect us to be different but
we’re not we’re very similar people and
it’s because we’re so similar and close
to each other that we make each other
laugh
in fact we make each other laugh more
than we can make anyone else laugh as
much as I’d love to take credit for that
quote I can’t famous comedian Adrian
Edmondson once said that and by that
quote he needs everyone wants to be
unique and their own individual but we
can’t be because we will always have our
similarities now hearing that you’re
probably thinking that Adrian Emerson is
a liar you probably immediately assumed
that everyone’s unique and their own
person and the person sitting next to
you is an entirely different person and
there’s no way you have something in
common with your weird next-door
neighbor well that’s what we assume
that’s what many things we have in
common
we have seen that and whether it’s a
situation like this or an entirely
different scenario we’ve all been in a
similar situation with similar people
and similar opinions again you may be
denying that notion now but please allow
me to prove it to you in the past couple
of years I’ve acknowledged some examples
where I realized my similarities of
people and it’s okay so the first
instance was couple years ago and this
was a big thing for me I feel a big
change let me elaborate on that we all
have been or will being a victim we will
all be violated by the same thing it’ll
make us feel down and moody and despite
us trying to snap out of it
we have to face it for up to six years
yes ladies and gentlemen I am talking
about the teenage face for some of you
in the audience you’ve been there done
that
as well people like means some the
speakers we are still suffering now
listen to that sentence again we are
still suffering as our former selves in
this phase we decide to sit in our
bedrooms lock ourselves away and tell
the people around us that they’ll never
understand what we’re going through as
it’s just too complicated
well what we don’t realize is that the
people around us have either faced a
phase themselves or facing it with us
when I truly acknowledge this it made me
feel as if I could be more open with the
people
me as I knew that I wasn’t alone when
facing the face another instance in
which I realized my similarities with
people was on a residential trip dad
went on just about a year ago around the
Jean last year I on the trip with my
school to the South of France a lot of
the people in the trip were people that
I would never consider talking to as
they like sports things going out
whereas I like performing your music but
turns out I had things in cold the
people that like going out and playing
sports
were they I was having the same
political views or liking the same taste
in music we had something to talk about
we had similarities it was partly those
bonds that I made on that trip that made
my experience so unforgettable so we
aren’t all that different and so what we
have something in common well we’ve
mixed or neighbor
we don’t we there’s nothing wrong with
being similar or having things in common
with other people it’s in fact it just
means that we aren’t lonely it’s okay to
have things in common with other people
it’s okay to be similar with everyone in
the room with you you can have your
differences but you can also have your
similarities and that’s okay ladies and
gentlemen if I haven’t reassured you
enough already it’s okay to have your
similarities so whether we are children
teenagers or adults we are similar even
if it’s just in the smallest way
possible such as having the same
favorite color with someone else we
don’t have to feel lonely in this world
because someone around us is probably
gone through the same thing or it’s
going through the same thing as you just
look around you
we’re human at the end of the day and we
all have similarities and we all have
something in common i we all come from
different backgrounds different families
and yet we still have something to talk
about we can still relate I believe we
can all agree that’s pretty
extraordinary so from that I want you to
take away this war and maybe talk to it
about it with your weird little neighbor
people expect us to be different but
we’re not we’re very similar people and
it’s because we’re so similar and close
to each other
that we make each other laugh in fact
they make each other laugh more than we
can make anyone else off so tell me how
much is Adrian Edmondson lying now thank
don’t look so scared of me how do you
feel I feel pretty good yeah yeah okay
you said yesterday you were shy well I
was shine like you see X but in like as
I’ve come through school I dream that
shows and I don’t start doing like
getting into public speakings right so
thank you your advice to people who are
shy yes to get out and do stuff do stuff
even though it’s a bit scary yeah and we
want to know do you have a weird neighbor
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