My Half-Baked Ideas
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Observed in the Wild: Stupid People
Stupidity, like Hope, apparently springs eternally. On Parenting: At the bar today some idiot was complaining about his 18-year old child, specifically about his child’s inability to take care of himself: “You’re 18 now, you should be able to take care of yourself!” … I really had to keep myself from leaping over the bar…
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My massive problem with self-pity, and (over?)analyzing cold shoulders
My family has a text message thread. Everyone responds to the cute things others send to that thread. Except if I’m the sender. I may be overanalyzing this, or over-valuing the content that I share. But no matter the case, my subjective experience is that I feel like an unwelcome member of that little text…
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Egoism and the Fallacy of Selflessness
I’ll readily admit I’m an egoist. I’ll then immediately draw your attention to the fact that I am not an egotist. They are not the same thing. Even the idea that you are a selfless person and act for the interest of others before yourself is a lie told in order to comfort one’s self…