Frivolity is our object of study today. Traditionally, frivolity is considered poor quality. In society, degree and solidity are valued. True, youth cannot be solid, if young people are sedate, then they are most likely arrogant or boring. Let’s figure out whether it’s so bad to be frivolous.
Value
Without any dictionaries, one can distinguish a frivolous person from a serious person. But when it comes to the definition of a particular word, then lightness is not the place here, everything should be justified. Therefore, we turn to the explanatory dictionary so that there is no misunderstanding. So, it recorded the following meaning of the word "frivolity": "Frivolity, thoughtlessness in actions, thoughtless behavior."
As we can see, the dictionary is also severe in its ratings, and it stigmatizes this quality. But books, too, are becoming outdated, so we will not judge him too harshly.
It has become a commonplace to say that now culture is rapidly becoming younger. Or rather, now it’s unfashionable to be old. Look at our or western stars. For example, put a photo of Tom Cruise, who is almost 60. Can you even believe it? And our wonderful Alla Borisovna is filmed in the videos so that it is not clear how old the Russian pop symbol is actually. It turns out that on the one hand, dictionaries stigmatize frivolity, and this is understandable, but on the other, people themselves do not want to part with youth and beauty, and not only because income depends on beauty and health. Although the fact that people are in demand in the field of mass culture plays an important role in their excellent physical shape. For many people, just the incentive is often not enough to keep themselves in check and not grow old.
Synonyms
We already realized that the significance of frivolity for modern existence is difficult to judge one-sidedly. We now ask the language that he, the great and mighty, thinks about this quality. To find out the opinion of such an abstract and such a specific entity is possible only by relying on the semantic replacements of the object of study, in other words, synonyms:
- carelessness;
- thoughtlessness;
- carelessness;
- windiness;
- boyhood;
- foolishness;
- frivolity;
- childishness.
It can be seen that the replacements of the object of study also support the tradition and characterize the quality as negative. But why in this case, all people are drawn to youth to deep gray? In this we will understand below.
Oh, this attractive frivolity!
Listen, this is interesting. The older generation always scolds the younger that the latter lives lightly, without really thinking. But old people and parents were like that too. Despite the fact that frivolity is the eternal object of attacks and even ridicule, but adults, when they grow up, want to return to this thoughtless state so that their thoughts are free from bills, taxes, the needs of children and wives. In other words, as Don Corleone said: “Women and children can be careless, men can never be,” and this thought in one form or another is very depressing. But do not think that women can afford to relax. They, like men, are entangled in a variety of obligations that cannot be neglected.
Why is frivolity dangerous?
The reader, we hope, was not fascinated by the way that we here with such zeal described, because this is only one side. The other is that there is a sort of people who are roughly called "infantiles", but in reality they are something like the followers of Peter Pan: they prefer not to grow up. They do not have families, children, and if they do, then all people dependent on them suffer. What is the main sin of such people? This question can be answered easily - hedonism, that is, the desire for constant pleasure.
The reader, probably, can already answer the question himself: frivolity - what does it mean? But we need to reveal another side of the phenomenon. It's no secret that people acquire bad habits at a fairly early age, and then pay their whole lives. And this is also the result of a thoughtless attitude. For example, you can easily recognize such phrases:
- "There will be nothing from one cigarette."
- "One glass has not harmed anyone."
- "How many people are throwing, and I can."
In the same row, it is necessary to mention the famous quote from Brodsky's poem: "Death is what happens to others."
Which side to choose?
Human existence is a kaleidoscope. There is a place for everything in it. You can relax and take it frivolously when it comes to any regular rumors about neighbors, or political transformations, or that another crisis is imminent. But when it comes to important things: work, family, choosing moral values, confronting a specific evil, one cannot be careless here. Then it can be expensive.
Ideally, a person should be a set of modules and options that he can turn on or off as he wishes. Adults and the older generation make a fetish and a flag out of seriousness, because they have nothing left, so they think that this is the fate of everyone. In fact, the best option would be this development of events: a person understands in which cases you can relax and let go of yourself and the situation, and when carelessness is dangerous. But often people cannot maintain balance, and we rush to extremes. But in fact, frivolity is an option and a module of consciousness, only you need to know exactly when to turn it on and when to turn it off. If the reader takes possession of such a technotronic harmony, he will achieve enlightenment, which we wish him.