I guess this is why I write so much. I am looking for your approval in the form of comments, likes, attention. I can easily manipulate, too: tell me what a great job I am doing — and I’ll do whatever you want. Hell, I’ll even pay you to give me compliments. I'm not sure if the use of two shits instead of one is meant to be an intensifier or a qualifier: is the idea that I do give A shit, but not TWO of them? (So, I care more than not at all, but just barely). Many people say they need to focus as an excuse or to stop listening to annoying folks trying to grab their attention. This flood of extreme information has conditioned us to believe that exceptionalism is the new normal. And because we’re all quite average most of the time, the deluge of exceptional information drives us to feel pretty damn insecure and desperate, because clearly we are somehow not good enough. So more and more we feel the need to compensate through entitlement and addiction. Since there seems to be some disagreement about the number of negatives, I thought it might be interesting to summarize the views so far, and the following lists those who think Gibson got it right – 6 + 1/2 – and who think Gibson got it wrong – 2 + 1/2. It is pure chance, semantically, that those who think he got it right are also correct.

Să nu-ți doreștThat’s simply reality: if it feels like it’s you versus the world, chances are it’s really just you versus yourself. The weather may be a somewhat boring topic, but it can be a lifesaver when you’re bowing out of an interaction.

Michael Frank: We agree than when someone tries to make their desires your priorities and you say no, if they try to guilt trip you – call them out on it. Deane, Philip. I Should Have Died. pp. 113–114 ISBN 0-241-89038-1. ISBN 978-0-241-89038-7 ASIN: B000XYDADM Life is essentially an endless series of problems, Mark,” the panda told me. He sipped his drink and adjusted the little pink umbrella. “The solution to one problem is merely the creation of the next one.” Growth is an endlessly iterative process. When we learn something new, we don’t go from “wrong” to “right.” Rather, we go from wrong to slightly less wrong. And when we learn something additional, we go from slightly less wrong to slightly less wrong than that, and then to even less wrong than that, and so on. We are always in the process of approaching truth and perfection without actually ever reaching truth or perfection.”Often the only difference between a problem being painful or being powerful is a sense that we chose it, and that we are responsible for it. If you’re miserable in your current situation, chances are it’s because you feel like some part of it is outside your control—that there’s a problem you have no ability to solve. Our most radical changes in perspective often happen at the tail end of our worst moments. It’s only when we feel intense pain that we’re willing to look at our values and question why they seem to be failing us. We need some sort of existential crisis to take an objective look at how we’ve been deriving meaning in our life, and then consider changing course. Read, Allen Walker (2002). "Where Does That Word Come From?". Milestones in the History of English in America. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. pp.277–300. ISBN 0-8223-6526-X. These lines are best delivered with a hint of indifference but also while physically walking or moving away to let the other individual or individuals know you’re serious.

J. Pokorny's Indo-European Etymological Dictionary". indo-european.info . Retrieved December 11, 2021.

What you should and shouldn’t give a fuck about

Mikelionis, Lukas (June 11, 2018). "Robert De Niro throws F-bombs at Trump during Tony Awards". Fox News. Archived from the original on June 11, 2018 . Retrieved June 11, 2018. Who you are is defined by what you’re willing to struggle for. People who enjoy the struggles of a gym are the ones who run triathlons and have chiseled abs and can bench-press a small house. People who enjoy long workweeks and the politics of the corporate ladder are the ones who fly to the top of it. People who enjoy the stresses and uncertainties of the starving artist lifestyle are ultimately the ones who live it and make it.

So you nod and smile (tip one) and then listen as the stranger continues even more loudly, spittle beginning to fly. My recommendation: don’t be special; don’t be unique. Redefine your metrics in mundane and broad ways. Choose to measure yourself not as a rising star or an undiscovered genius. Choose to measure yourself not as some horrible victim or dismal failure. Instead, measure yourself by more mundane identities: a student, a partner, a friend, a creator.” This is the realisation that we, individually, are responsible for everything in our lives, no matter the external circumstances.

The Likability Vortex

Aaron Toivo (despite the unnecessary – because ambiguous, and not just because I don’t like it – “hopefully”) Marshall, Colin (February 11, 2014). "The Very First Written Use of the F Word in English (1528)". openculture. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014 . Retrieved February 25, 2014. The Oxford English Dictionary states that the ultimate etymology is uncertain, but that the word is "probably cognate" with a number of Germanic words with meanings involving striking, rubbing and having sex or is derivative of the Old French word that meant 'to have sex'. [7] It’s all very dramatic and disturbing, but at the same time you’re much more focused on an art project you’re working on and you’re really trying to focus on it mentally.