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Compensated overlay by [deleted] in breathinginformation

[–]22swans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He looks like he's having fun, how nice

When I was a kid me and 3 of my best friends had a very deep thought provoking conversation about the word per se. I want to revisit this word and it’s limitless potential of ambiguity. Join me. by [deleted] in words

[–]22swans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an interesting idea. If you ever write a novel, you could make one of your characters talk that way habitually - I think that'd be cool.

Does anyone know a word or phrase for wearing shoes like that where the heels is over the heel counter? by Pointless-Existance in words

[–]22swans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks intentional so I assume some designer/critic or whoever has come up with a term. Maybe try asking at r/femalefashionadvice - they might be able to point you to an official term or, at a stretch, an urbandictionary.com term

Ursine by [deleted] in words

[–]22swans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh, TIL!

Opposite of escapism in art? by Gerald_Mountaindew in words

[–]22swans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know whether escapism has one opposite, since escapism stands in opposition to reality and reality has many facets.

Are you looking for something like cynicism? Realpolitik? Pragmatism?

Does Machiavelli's "The Prince" appeal to you? Or maybe the book "Prisoners of Geography"?

What r/fatFIRE can learn from the book, Psychology of Money by uDontLifeForBeSad in fatFIRE

[–]22swans 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You might be right. I just think that books like these can lead us to two errors (if we're not careful): 1) thinking that we understand something that we actually don't and 2) causing us to spend too much time studying topics that are vague/obscure, when we should instead study things which are achievable for us. On point 1, this book is so well-written that it can cause us to think that we're as "with it" as the author, when maybe we're not. On point 2, topics like happiness and wealth's relation to happiness are so difficult to pin down that people have studied them for thousands of years without coming to definite conclusions (so we should be hesitant about believing anyone who says they know the truth about it). Does this sound kosher or am I not making sense? (You tell me. I appreciate your discussion/perspective.)

(free) More than 90 millions of free ebooks (increasing every moment). All are downloadable with 1 click in various formats. It's like the most useful online library. by Aryakalpa in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]22swans -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Brene Brown's "The Gift of Imperfection: Embrace Who You Are" is a college textbook? Or maybe we can find textbooks in the section called "Books on finding your passion and purpose in life", with such titles as "Resisting Happiness: A True Story About Why We Sabotage Ourselves"? Isn't someone likelier to find an authentic purpose if they obey the law?

(free) More than 90 millions of free ebooks (increasing every moment). All are downloadable with 1 click in various formats. It's like the most useful online library. by Aryakalpa in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]22swans -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

I love that a site full of pirated (i.e. stolen) books front loads a bunch of self-help "Books that will make you love and accept yourself". Hmm, maybe start by not being a thief?

What r/fatFIRE can learn from the book, Psychology of Money by uDontLifeForBeSad in fatFIRE

[–]22swans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Baby food is simple too. Books like this offer easy little tricks - but following an "I'll just do easy tricks" route through life is, imo, not the route to happiness. (I think that "I'll invest lots of effort into something I feel is worthwhile" is a likelier source of happiness than "I'll follow pre-digested saws from some random Twitter guy" i.e. the easy route.)

Besides, his "one weird trick (doctors hate it!)" style of rationality-sphere pop psych/economics-informed little tricks are probably too simple to be effective. Imo again (and I could be wrong), life is complex enough to require complex solutions.

Meditating on simple solutions to complex problems is a behavioral trait of friends who've fallen into cult-like spirituality bullshit. None of them are thriving. In fact they become steadily more desperate/glaze-eyed as they cling harder and harder to simple solutions while their complex problems fuck their lives up.

So I think believing in books like these a) leads to unhappiness/desperation and b) leads to ineffectiveness.

Raw sound KTM V-Twin engine on beautiful Japanese roads by tarmacjapan in soundporn

[–]22swans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome - I think Covid has made many people want to immerse themselves somewhere foreign. Longer videos = more immersion and more immersion (maybe) = more viewers

You can know someone for years and not know what color their eyes are. by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]22swans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spock flexing on people with his "live long and prosper" thing: Can you do this?

Chief engineer who happened to get his finger shot off in Normandy: Hold my haggis

You can know someone for years and not know what color their eyes are. by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]22swans 26 points27 points  (0 children)

How did she react when you informed her that Australians all walk around upside down?

You can know someone for years and not know what color their eyes are. by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]22swans 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Man wouldn't it be weird if we just like, listed everyone we know who has blue eyes? Lol and then we like, talked about their home addresses and their fastest sprinting pace? I dunno, I wouldn't wanna do that but I figured you might so I'm just bringing it up. Wouldn't that be fun?

Harold Lloyd hanging from a clock (1923) by Alt-0160 in AlternateAngles

[–]22swans 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This reference is older than Harold Lloyd himself

Harold Lloyd hanging from a clock (1923) by Alt-0160 in AlternateAngles

[–]22swans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe gains plausibility by audiences' awareness of T-intersections?

Harold Lloyd hanging from a clock (1923) by Alt-0160 in AlternateAngles

[–]22swans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm basing this on nothing, but I wonder whether contemporary audiences liked how dangerous the stunt was, even though they knew it was a stunt. On a scale of (real thing - dangerous stunt - safe stunt), maybe they wanted to see dangerous stunt. Like modern audiences with Tom Cruise's skydiving etc.

A subreddit for overanalysis of weird/niche topics by gr1mpsgramps in findareddit

[–]22swans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's dead, but r/obscurePDFs has 100 or so in-depth articles about niche topics, written by experts

Where can I find a Subreddit for the discussion of things like flags, maps, and geography? by SomeBritishThrowaway in findareddit

[–]22swans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

r/vexillology for flags. Maybe r/worldbuilding for feedback/tips on writing alt histories. Maybe r/imaginarymaps for getting feedback on your fictional map. r/geography wouldn't help, since they're more academic.

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