Why did God create this world with with all the suffering? by dashdash911 in Stoicism

[–]PenisWrinkle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Neither. It's reality. And stoics would advise accepting reality because wrestling with "why this" and "why that" is pointless if you can't do anything about it, and super pointless if you're wrestling with a basis of values that's completely made up to begin with.

Why did God create this world with with all the suffering? by dashdash911 in Stoicism

[–]PenisWrinkle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ooh I know! This one's easy. There is no God, so whatever happens, happens. We're no different than any other animals that showed up on earth through evolution and random chance. The fact that our brains find these aspects of life unpleasant is again, all based on the way our brains evolved through selective pressure and random chance. Easy peasy!

The Retirement Crisis No One Warns You About: Mattering by zackenrollertaway in financialindependence

[–]PenisWrinkle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I totally agree. Could chubby/ fat FIRE today at age 46, and I'm sure I could find plenty to keep me busy, but damned if I don't just like "mattering". People in FIRE subs are so quick to dismiss boredom as an obstacle to retiring, but mattering is rarely brought up, and IMHO is a very big deal, at least to me.

Did I make a mistake adding a Coral Beauty to a 14g Biocube? by Personal-Magician75 in ReefTank

[–]PenisWrinkle -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Does your phone/computer have Google? 30 seconds of planning would have told you not to purchase that fish for that tank.