What is a personal rule that you live by?

[Oktavarium]

4) From 5., we can analogously build and furnish our house as we please/desire
5) However from our desires are heavenly provisions

Where did I imply that "desires" are heavenly provisions? What you lack necessarily drives you to fill it, in that manner it is a heavenly provision. Hunger, for example, is provision; it exists, it is given to you for a reason, that reason is to fulfill it by eating. Same reason you are given anything. What we "want" aren't heavenly provisions. What we have are. It doesn't matter what we want nor what we do with it, what matters is that it's there and not there for a reason, that reason is to build something out of it.

Rereading it, "from our desires are heavenly provisions", I didn't imply that either. Lack precedes desire. Desire is merely a reaction to lack. Lack does not necessarily necessitate desire. There are things you don't have and don't want to have.

A for effort, D for reading comprehension. I'll be seeing you after class.

 

[CTRL]

"The Shameless Are Invincible."

Cultivated through 10 years of profound musing on Chinese Novels and Webnovels. The basic principle is, if you encounter an opponent of shamelessness, and any attempts of moral kidnapping, simply be more shameless than the opponent, and outclass them completely. This, of course, is not a blanket one-rule-solves-all-problems, but in some scenarios and specific cases, helps deal with the kind of societal parasites that perhaps a more gentle and ideologically kind person would struggle to deal with.

 

[upanddown-cursive]

• An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
• Be as honest as possible.
• Minimize liabilities.
• Every human is deeply flawed, but that's okay and one should make the best out of it.

 

[OrangeCola]

"The Shameless Are Invincible."

Cultivated through 10 years of profound musing on Chinese Novels and Webnovels. The basic principle is, if you encounter an opponent of shamelessness, and any attempts of moral kidnapping, simply be more shameless than the opponent, and outclass them completely. This, of course, is not a blanket one-rule-solves-all-problems, but in some scenarios and specific cases, helps deal with the kind of societal parasites that perhaps a more gentle and ideologically kind person would struggle to deal with.

This mindset only really works in theory. In practice, it's extraordinarily difficult to outfox a truly shameless person, especially if you're used to being straightforward and polite.

 

[№56]

 

[Grif]

Be nice. It's all of our first times and we're all in this together.

 

[sheo-chan]

What would Mr. Rogers do?

 

[TheMountainsofMadness]

What would Mr. Rogers do?

Similarly, what would uncle Iroh do?

 

[vulonkaaz]

never take seriously any of the thoughts you have when you're in a bad mood, when you'll be in a good mood you'll realise those thoughts were fake

 

[RisingThumb]

My personal rule is to be as honest as reasonably possible. It's important that it's as reasonably possible. Cruel honesty that has the aim of putting others down or inflating your ego is unreasonable. And so is honesty that is uncalled for or badly timed and simply causes offence with nothing for it. I used to also do cruel honesty, around 5-6 years ago, because... what you dish out is what you receive.

There's plenty of other cases where it's unreasonable. If you know some information given honestly(like the amount of money or assets you own) will cause problems, it's reasonable to skirt around it. It's also unreasonable when asked your opinion of someone behind their back. If I'm forced to by circumstance, I'd say little but only good things, and try to offer benefit of the doubt. I generally think it's most reasonable giving them your opinion in private if there's anything negative that you think needs to be said. Otherwise... sometimes better not to make a mountain out of a mole hill.

In other words, skirting the fine line of being honest without causing needless offence or problems for people.

 

[myrriad]

 

[Kaf_Kaffiend]

Always assume that any person you meet assumes you to be at least two times less intelligent than you actually are; almost always give a fake name to anyone/for anything that doesn't require legal verification, obviously with a few exceptions - my go-to is Katherine Bates; if you're outside, alone, and feel like you're being followed, you probably are; not everyone has to like you, and not everyone will like you - usually, it's not even personal.

Also, being selfish is fine. Putting yourself first is fine. I have never understood people-pleasers and I feel like some of you need to have your shoulders gripped and shaken a little bit

 

[anthonyalbu]

Pretentious teen me used to go "whatever the sun would fall from the sky or the gods would go mad and gives us endless abandence, I will just sit back and take a picture" now is just like "enjoy the things you have in life big and small, don't be a pretentious ass about it".

 

[PizzaW0lf]

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