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MeloJag
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25 Dec 2011, 1:56 pm

AceOfSpades wrote:
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Fnord, I'm with you on this one. I am not a Christian or am I religious but since discovering this quote I've found I am a happier person in general: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference."

So now, everytime I find myself harping on something I cant change, I say "F*** it, who gives a s**t" and I've found it helps me, but to each their own. With that said, I agree that sometimes it can be cathartic to raise a big middle finger to the world. Just try not to let that anger fester for too long. Anger is ok, anger all the time is not.
I am pretty much angry most of the time, usually over things either beyond my control or things that push my limit on how much I can control. I don't know though, I can't just accept things. How do I keep my cool? The obvious answer would be "Just accept things" but that's just circular logic. I want to actually know how to get there.

Thats how you get there, you just need some patience and persistence. The brain can be rewired in certain ways. Sorry Im short on time right now, Ill try to expound on this later.



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25 Dec 2011, 5:51 pm

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btw guys I wasn't bitching about things going on all over the world or about the system. I'm not trying to tackle anything that big, I'm just bitching about people in general. Maybe I expect too much from other people, I don't know. I can be arrogant and stupid at times but I am at least able to keep myself in check and admit when I'm wrong rather than rationalize it. Is it really unreasonable to be fed up with the fact that being a stupid degenerate is glorified in society?

Anyways I feel a lot better today. I guess I was painting a lot of people with the same brush out of frustration, but it still stands that this type of crap is glorified in society.


Yeah, it'd be nice if people didn't have such an ego investment in being right that actually investigating if their truths are true becomes hard.

It would also be nice if changing one's opinion, or admitting uncertainty, wasn't automatically a "weakness" to be pounced on.



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25 Dec 2011, 6:15 pm

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I've known for the longest time what a f**** up world this is to live in, but for some reason I've never really gotten jaded by it. Matter of fact I find myself feeling more and more disgusted by the stupidity and arrogance that runs rampant in society as the years pass by. Yeah that's all there really is to this thread, I don't know what else to say other than I've felt this way for the longest time and I don't think I'll ever get used to it.
I am so very sorry that the world has not met with your expectations. Maybe you should have been around when it was created, non?
Uh ok maybe one of the reasons I'm fed up is because we've came so far and yet our own arrogance and stupidity holds progress back?

I'm with you on that, and throw in our dependence on dogmatic / tautological beliefs that dis-incentivises (is that a word?) inquisitive thinking.

How much greater would our science be if there had not been ~1000 years of religiously-enforced geocentrism, for example?