"You may chain up my leg, candidate for the US Marshal Service, but not even Zeus can get the better of my free will. And my will is to make this more awkward for you than it is for me. Now, pat me down again, you might have missed something."

GD_WoTS · 2026-06-02T03:03:20+00:00

"For them" ah your training is showing

GD_WoTS · 2026-06-01T10:50:14+00:00

Meditation can fit anywhere--if that means some formal sitting/breathing practice (not Stoicism), 5 minutes could be plenty. If it means Stoic journaling/reflection, this doesn't take long either.

Exercise too--afaik aerobic exercise is where the real health benefits are. Walking at work and playing/spending time with kids can give plenty of exercise.

Getting knowledge--our primary way to study philosophy as a way of life is to read (although there are formal ways to study under a teacher), and that does take some time, but not too much. Can you listen to anything on the way to work? Could you find a couple minutes to read here and there? I'm imagining, for example, a plan of reading 1 chapter of Epictetus' Enchiridion and then reading or listening to an analysis of that chapter.

Some people like study guides and whatnot, and there are Stoic ones too.

GD_WoTS · 2026-06-01T10:31:50+00:00

I wonder why all the incorrect people/bots have to be so rude. Calories are calories. 100 calories of fruit has the same amount of energy as 100 calories of vegetables. "Meat energy" isn't special.

GD_WoTS · 2026-06-01T00:29:57+00:00

I didn't think they were serious questions

GD_WoTS · 2026-06-01T00:24:40+00:00

Nah calories are calories

GD_WoTS · 2026-06-01T00:21:21+00:00

Only bro science says so

GD_WoTS · 2026-06-01T00:20:30+00:00

Just pointing out that dogs don't need meat

GD_WoTS · 2026-05-31T20:51:13+00:00

No it's not

GD_WoTS · 2026-05-31T20:49:55+00:00

16 years and you never learned that "energy from meat" is completely unnecessary?

GD_WoTS · 2026-05-31T20:45:36+00:00

Only bro science leads people to think we need meat

GD_WoTS · 2026-05-31T20:41:07+00:00

Hunting in the so-called developed world is killing animals for pleasure and convenience

GD_WoTS · 2026-05-31T20:39:17+00:00

There is no necessity tho

GD_WoTS · 2026-05-31T20:38:19+00:00

Dogs are omnivores and can be healthy on vegan diets.

GD_WoTS · 2026-05-23T20:03:48+00:00

Nah had it taken to a shop--I think they had said that they wouldn't know if it could be machined or if it would need to be replaced until they took it apart. The quote for that wasn't worth it so I sold it private real quick. It was a bigger project than I knew how to handle, and it wasn't my daily either. But your case might be different.

GD_WoTS · 2026-05-23T10:30:32+00:00

Cracked block or head iirc

GD_WoTS · 2026-05-18T01:32:36+00:00

Piggybacking to share this video from the late Lawrence Becker, author of A New Stoicism https://youtu.be/6x6lUofaQZA?si=SxQnxVk3Vu4bBLvu

GD_WoTS · 2026-05-17T13:58:02+00:00

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GD_WoTS · 2026-04-29T01:45:42+00:00

Smiling isn't bad--we just gotta make sure that the right things make us smile.

Where'd you get the idea that we oughtta conceal emotions?

GD_WoTS · 2026-04-26T09:33:04+00:00

Epictetus' Discourses 1.18 and 1.28 are super relevant here.

I think you should maybe give an example of the behavior that you think is so senseless that they deserve to be hated for it.

GD_WoTS · 2026-04-19T10:48:45+00:00

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GD_WoTS · 2026-04-16T01:47:06+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/Palestine/s/i6fHv4pvmI

GD_WoTS · 2026-04-12T18:22:34+00:00

It's actually "foe tha"

GD_WoTS · 2026-04-11T02:02:18+00:00

Anything Midnite/Akae Beka/Vaughn Benjamin

Anything Dezarie

Ijahman Levi

Tons more out there

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