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The 8 Techniques to Tolerify the Dark World
MatthewHawkchurch10

This post strikes me as broadly outlining some coping mechanisms, and then saying these are bad because people do them instead of actually fixing anything. There's some important nuance there that's lacking, and I suspect this post will do more harm than good by making people feel bad about coping mechanisms / strategies that let them tolerate the world, without helping them do anything else. I mean, the self-dig is sweet and I guess indicates that we're all struggling with this balance together, but still.

(Apologies if this is harsh: I also... (read more)

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1adamShimi
On the contrary, that comment is great! Nothing is more frustrating when posting here to see the karma go down without anyone pointing out what they think is wrong. I wrote this as an outlet for my frustration with my own coping mechanisms, and thus was pretty tongue in cheek. But I see how a reader could feel attacked or mocked. Maybe this shows that the value of this piece was in writing it, not in someone else than me actually reading it.
MatthewHawkchurch50

This seems like it's missing the point.

1) What would be the rewards from League membership, aside from status and respect? "The league would be an island within which people would be freed from these pressures to do whatever they want." --> Are non-League community members now obligated to give them resources? Or just to let them blog about whatever they want? (Can't they do that already?)

2) There's substantial precedent for great thinkers running off the rails over time, and thus not meriting sacrosanct status as great thinker... (read more)

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