Who are your favourite philosophers?

[entertainment]

What I like about constant escape is that most people would think about working up some clout before stuff like that but he just volleys that one across to the chief without blinking.

 

[constant escape]

Feel the incoming explosion of frustration, and hydraulically push it through into your cognitive effort.

Now sure how effectively articulated that is, but the tactic I'm trying to describe works for me.

 

[luka]

he's a valuable addition to the team

 

[linebaugh]

I think a good chunk of my reading habit is informed by that feeling of insecurity- no personal growth, I'll just fucking learn everything

 

[luka]

way. ore

I think a good chunk of my reading habit is informed by that feeling of insecurity- no personal growth, I'll just fucking learn everything

one of the good things my dad said to me is motivation is hard to come by, grab everything you can. envy, hate, competitivrness, chippiness, insecirity...

 

[luka]

those are the vital engines. the 'negative' emotions. harness them

 

[entertainment]

you do feel a bit annoyed at the academy's attitude about this stuff, because what is their role supposed to be if not disseminators of all this arcane golden knowledge, and mostly you feel they're just playing with it amongst themselves and setting up barriers of entry to keep you out

 

[constant escape]

What I like about constant escape is that most people would think about working up some clout before stuff like that but he just volleys that one across to the chief without blinking.

I had a much longer shpeal written out before, then I saw it as pretentious in light of the above comments. Basically flaunting how much I know about the importance of admitting a lack of knowledge. A bit self-defeating.

But this thread lowered my floodgates.

 

[luka]

i've always struggled with motivation and that has been the only helpful advice ive ever got.

 

[luka]

I had a much longer shpeal written out before, then I saw it as pretentious in light of the above comments. Basically flaunting how much I know about the importance of admitting a lack of knowledge. A bit self-defeating.

But this thread lowered my floodgates.

Spiel

he slipped up!

 

[entertainment]

i've always struggled with motivation and that has been the only helpful advice ive ever got.

it's great advice

 

[constant escape]

Spiel

he slipped up!

This is hilarious. I even looked it up and hastily confirmed what I saw:

Urban Dictionary: Shpeal
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Shpeal
Dumbasses who cannot spell the word spiel. I googled the word shpeal and found another dumbass on Urban Dictionary whom spelled it incorrectly as well. The correct spelling is spiel, not spheal, shpeal, schpeal, or spill.

Basically just read the headline.

 

[luka]

gotcha!

 

[version]

Shtik, Shtick, Schtick trips me up as all three are valid spellings. Their being valid obviously means it doesn't matter, but sometimes one spelling looks more right than the others.

 

[luka]

is yiddish even a written laguage?

 

[version]

Does anyone like Spinoza, "The Prince of Philosophers"?

 

[constant escape]

I know nothing of Spinoza. What was his angle?

 

[luka]

I know nothing of Spinoza. What was his angle?

it's too hard for me. if you claim to understand it i might feel goaded into understanding it, just out of competitiveness

 

[luka]

sometimes you need that nudge

 

[luka]

i'm not having him get the better of me