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- Krassy3
Desiderata
GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
By Max Ehrmann © 1927
Original text- it was so good until the last paragraph, where he shits the bed completely with nonsense about a mythic cunt of epic proportionsmonospaced
- It refers to a higher power ("God, whatever you conceive Him to be") and not to a mythic entity. It could be as abstract as a belief in a better tomorrow.Krassy
- Nice. I always get caught up with the God word too, especially referring to a “Him”.mort_
- The capital "Him" takes it from "higher power" and locks it in specifically as a mythic being, specifically a male one who feels he needs a title. Sorry.monospaced
- If we're talking about a power here, what is it? So far there is no evidence. If we're talking about the universe, there's no reason to say "God" or "Him."monospaced
- Regardless, this was one of my grandparents' favorite pieces, and I'm quite familiar with it. Good stuff, but again tainted by this unnecessary stuff at the endmonospaced
- mort_3
Don’t you have a famine to go die in?
You lot are a bunch of prideful inbred leprechauns who have ZERO global influence and ZERO white privilege. The rest of the world's white folk don't want to associate with you lot at all and it's because you are barbarians.
I’m happiest knowing the Irish are quarantined on an isle so they can continue to inbreed and keep their defective genes away from humanity.
- Azealia Banks
- mort_3
- "help I've fallen & I can't get up!"GuyFawkes
- Be the bucket you want to fillFax_Benson
- be the toilet you want to...StoicLevels
- palimpsest4
"I find the mono-perspective on something is thoughtless. If I can have an image of everything at once, aligned and captured, it also assigns me to a position, the one from which I can capture everything. It is not about that very frontal relation—the transaction between subject and object—rather it is an operation of de-framing the way we see or know. As one navigates a site of uncertainty—of possibilities—meaning can be assembled, or not, depending on where you come from and where you are going."
Pierre Huyghe
- i like his workKrassy
- He's one of three best, I've been following him since the 90s. His body is works reminds me of how Robert Irwin said...palimpsest
- about art not being the object but a continual inquiry into the potential of human beings to perceive another world with an aesthetic bias.palimpsest
- Excuse my autocorrect.
- one of the best
- his body of workpalimpsest - +100Krassy
- nb3
“I had to beat off Congress”
- President Donald Trump, Oct 9, 2020
- The Senate at the very leastsarahfailin
- I think the Senate beats off Trump every chance they get. And they put the ball gags back in their mouths once they're done.CyBrainX
- He forgot the word "to" between "off" and "Congress".BusterBoy
- Bluejam2
- starlight driven romance.neverscared
- The only loser in this situation is the asshole pulling his nuts out to rub on a strangers car.monospaced
- ^ Agree. Testicular Terrorism is on the rise.CyBrainX
- Cashews?microkorg
- monospaced4
“but im black...”
— deathboy, after making racist comments- + onedeathboy
- he is def. stoopido.neverscared
- seems like u are mexican racistdeathboy
- ohhhhhsnap0
- Wow. I guess he failed then?Ianbolton
- He did more toward that goal than most people, I guess. Definitely not a fail, unless you're taking it too literally.monospaced
- hippyantagonlsta
- it's a rusty toxic polluting dent but it's there.albums
- < lolZOOP
- true albums.ohhhhhsnap
- In the end, Bill Gates will have have made a far greater impact.waterhouse
- Gardener2
- stating the obviousKrassy
- I believe it because it’s stamped in metal and looks old, even if that makes no sense.monospaced
- MySpace was just the beginning.Nairn
- https://i.imgur.com/…utopian
- monospaced2
“ Teaching as a subversive education is a great book for and educator in knowing what they are teaching and objectively looking at like ng term implications of me”
— deathboy- He is arguing in favor of dismantling public education in the United States.monospaced
- Socrates of qbnsted
- WatNBQ00
- haha poor typing has nothing to do with context. read the book. u may learn somethingdeathboy
- but you are right I think the foundation of the education system is no different than china in order to create followers without critical thinking skillsdeathboy
- it could be redone. especially in regards to culture thinking of "higher edu colleges" and that they only exist and offer basket making because of gov guaranteedeathboy
- banking + gov robbed so many futures creating indentured slaves. and create incentive for any false profit to run on free shit platforms to kick the can downdeathboy
- the larger aspects of everything built on the foundations of our current edu platform are gonna fail unless fixeddeathboy
- I agree with you only on the last thing you said. And I believe it should be public, not private, that implements it.monospaced
- Education needs to be available to all, regardless of socioeconomic background or any other factor.monospaced
- Charter schools don’t do this. They are the opposite of that progress. They would go in the wrong direction for far too many.monospaced
- why do u believe that education wont be available mono? how'd ti work before gov edu? if you go public you monopolize itdeathboy
- and you don't allow shit systems to fail. private is far more agile and systems that show progress will be copied and ones that dont will faildeathboy
- and i don;t know of any current politician or even ten that can agree on a set standard that works for everyone.deathboy
- we like to talk of diversity of people but teach so homegeneous showing our clear ignorance to what real diversity is and how to act. in fact ppl scared shit ofdeathboy
- diversity. but that's probably anthropology and off topicdeathboy
- if we could have one set system of public education what is the system you think works for everyone?deathboy
- and the book talks that gov system under deweys guidelines became less about education but conformity especially after a couple WW. the idea has never been aboudeathboy
- t education but submission and and training ppl how to follow. all with the best intentions thinking only the best would and just would rule. and the hubrisdeathboy
- of it all is developed in his other books like amusing ourselves to death. he in my opinion is one of the most influential writers of the late 20th century.deathboy
- really should check out his work it's quite insightfuldeathboy
- You misunderstood me in your first sentence so a response is pointless.monospaced
- i misunderstood nothing. u clearly think a single edu is needed. no diversity. one you are happy with. what would that look like? and who decides? trump?deathboy
- maybe im a but ahead of you on my posts. throwing out arguments to basic reasoning you haven't even laid down. What is your ideal edu system and who controlsdeathboy
- it?deathboy
- oh noes a direct question that is hard to deflect... i put this possible deflection post out for fun to see if you take bait or just stay silentdeathboy
- no you didn'tmonospaced
- Yea no idea how to even have an opinion. Because no one told u how to have onedeathboy
- neverscared6
When I was young, I believed in three things: Marxism, the redemptive power of cinema, and dynamite. Now I just believe in dynamite.
sergio leone.
- mantrakid4
"It's like you have a $20 bill stuffed into your sock, and you could just reach down and have $20 but you think bending over is too much work."
- My Dad trying to get me to work at my potential in school. Always stuck with me for some reason.
- it's best to be very cautious and avoid getting stuck when a father gets you to bend over for cashBustySaintClaire
- Hajahadeathboy
- That gets more hahaha nicedeathboy
- _niko4
lol at Cantons's speech at uefa awards ceremony. Legend.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDJp…
"As flies to wonton boys, we are for the gods. They kill us for the sport. Soon the science will not only be able to slow down the ageing of cells, it will fix cells to the state and so we will become eternal. Only accidents, crimes, wars will kill us but unfortunately crimes and wars will multiply. I love football. Thank you."
- *Cantona's_niko
- yes! that speech was great! the faces in the crowd were priceless :)renderedred
- https://i.imgur.com/…renderedred