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Loco   Canada. Nov 04 2014 11:18. Posts 20963 | | |
| On November 03 2014 13:17 Santafairy wrote:
also the point that platitudes can be applied to bad things is retarded, it's like going into a blog where someone posts about their new car and posting "i'm just saying this can be used to run people over also i believe in putting automobiles in their rightful place because that is the only way of having real transportation" |
The point is not that "platitudes can be applied to bad things". It's that nobody is in a place to know what someone "following his dreams" will result in. The person doesn't have to be evil like Hitler; if the person is naive or delusional, it's probably not going to turn out well for them (and for the other people that are impacted by that person). PuertoRican's post seemed to me like it was not personal at all--he wasn't saying that longple is unique and one of the few who should pursue their dreams and that will accomplish great things. The statement was made in a universal way. Frankly, the whole statement is something I would not be surprised to find in a fortune cookie, which as you might know is not meant to be a personalized statement that fits you and your Zodiac sign or whatever.
Your analogy is awful and makes absolutely no sense. You also made it unfair to me so as to go for comedic value, as if it was outlandish of me to remark that clichés and platitudes do not in any way stimulate genuine, thoughtful conversation. The other annoying thing is that in trivializing my point you basically defend the idea that only people with good dreams are the ones who have been given the advice of following them, which we all know to be untrue. You proceeded to imagine my post but you don't mention the initial post I would be responding to, which is also silly and carelessly unfair. It would be more fair to say that someone first encouraged the car owner to ignore that he could do something reckless/harmful with it, and instead guaranteed that no matter what he does--even if it's driving drunk--great things will happen.
I'll just finish this by saying that I've read a few of your posts and generally find them to be incomprehensible or trollish. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt by replying this time but if that's as good as your posts get and you plan on replying to me in the same way you can be sure I won't bother again. |
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Santafairy   Korea (South). Nov 04 2014 11:46. Posts 2224 | | |
you're right i apologize for being unfair i should have made my entire post the caption to a picture of hitler instead |
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Loco   Canada. Nov 04 2014 12:03. Posts 20963 | | |
| On November 04 2014 10:46 Santafairy wrote:
you're right i apologize for being unfair i should have made my entire post the caption to a picture of hitler instead |
Lame tu quoque fallacy. Even if I had been unfair to PuertoRican, it wouldn't excuse you from doing it. |
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GoTuNk   Chile. Nov 04 2014 14:28. Posts 2860 | | |
| On November 03 2014 04:53 Loco wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 31 2014 17:57 GoTuNk wrote:
Do not neglect: have sex. make more money
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I'll pass this image on to my children
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Loco   Canada. Nov 05 2014 03:58. Posts 20963 | | |
It seems too animalistic/self-centered to me. Emerson has a bit on happiness which I believe sounds more sensible:
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” |
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Love your post. Getting out of your comfort zone. By the way, you don't have to hit rock bottom to find the fighting spirit in yourself. That is something that I am trying to realize. Its actually way harder to face your own deepest darkest parts of yourself when they aren't banging on your door, because you don't have to.
I just went on a trip to Europe to visit a woman and she had to work during the day, so I was basically on my own in a German city for a 6 of the days. I highly suggest books and an mp3 player with a ton of music. But thats just me at this point. If you can really get out there and be social all day and be relaxed, then you have it all.
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Stated watching many Sam Harris videos after this blog |
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| On November 05 2014 02:58 Loco wrote:
It seems too animalistic/self-centered to me. Emerson has a bit on happiness which I believe sounds more sensible:
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” |
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
-Harold Thurman Whitman
I like this better, and in the end I think the two quotes end up being compatible |
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Romm3l   Germany. Nov 07 2014 16:49. Posts 285 | | |
thx for the advice big rob. nothing makes me come alive like gassing jews
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Loco   Canada. Nov 09 2014 16:08. Posts 20963 | | |
| On November 07 2014 14:27 Big_Rob_isback wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 05 2014 02:58 Loco wrote:
It seems too animalistic/self-centered to me. Emerson has a bit on happiness which I believe sounds more sensible:
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” |
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
-Harold Thurman Whitman
I like this better, and in the end I think the two quotes end up being compatible
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Not necessarily compatible. For a great number of people, the things that make them feel alive depend on making others feel terrible, whether directly or indirectly. |
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Loco   Canada. Nov 09 2014 16:14. Posts 20963 | | |
| On November 06 2014 00:05 Big_Rob_isback wrote:
Love your post. Getting out of your comfort zone. By the way, you don't have to hit rock bottom to find the fighting spirit in yourself. That is something that I am trying to realize. |
I think this is true, but it's incredibly difficult. The ancient Stoics had a practice called voluntary discomfort, which involved temporarily depriving themselves of things so that they don't take them for granted. It's a practiced designed to combat the hedonic treadmill problem, but also served as preparation were you to lose those things. To the modern mind, depriving oneself of something you currently have and want tends to make no sense, but to the Hellenistic philosophers--arguably the first true psychologists--it wasn't. They had the wherewithal for it which we lack. |
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Romm3l   Germany. Nov 09 2014 16:46. Posts 285 | | |
snap.. was just reading this today http://www.theguardian.com/commentisf...inance-structuring-equity-derivatives
| "By the end of my time at the bank I was making around £800,000 a year. That's a lot of money, a lot. I saved it all, never went for the expensive car etc. As a result I am in my mid 30s and I never have to work again in my life. Stoicism holds great appeal to me, as a philosophy. No matter how much stuff you have, you will always get used to it and want more. So it's much smarter to imagine you have much less, and then enjoy what you have. Under the shower this morning I imagined what my life would be like without running hot water. That's reality for 5 billion other people on this planet. I ended up thoroughly enjoying my shower, deeply grateful.
"It's strange. Bankers are so smart, yet they get this thing wrong. They spend their lives in an office when the only truly valuable thing in life is time. It is the only thing that is not replenishable. You can always make more money, but you can never get more time. Maybe it's because death is such a taboo in our society; that people live in this illusion that their life will go on forever. Or maybe they are afraid of the time, if they'd take it, if they'd stop working those insane hours. |
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Jamie217   Canada. Nov 13 2014 12:41. Posts 4351 | | |
Awesome blog man... hope you can keep us updated. Ill be doing something similar to you although not quite as adventurous as a one way ticket but going to India for 2-3 months beginning in January. If you have any inclination to venture on up lemme know!
All the best |
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whamm!   Albania. Nov 15 2014 20:56. Posts 11625 | | |
When I saw the Blogpost reps I thought "wow 50 replies from a Longple Blog(should be a fun read), Imma read this all then I saw Loco.." |
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where and when are you starting with your trip? |
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how do you like it so far?:D |
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MysticJoey   Poland. Feb 21 2015 20:14. Posts 1430 | | |
how are you longple? this no info is scary |
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