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The Animal Is Tired

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Re: The Animal Is Tired

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Post by Aeolun »

Swizec wrote: post #146
dimitrios1 wrote: post #142

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This is certainly a take . My children, one of the greatest sources of pure, unadulterated, innocent joy, are the only reason I believe there is still good in the world and thankful that this floating rock continues to revolve around the sun so I get to enjoy them. The stress of the children and the hard work is so minuscule in comparison.

Got a better explanation? I think it’s possible for both to be true. That kids give you unadulterated joy and also make you objectively worse off.

I think constant exhaustion might have some effect on your satisfaction levels ;)

In my case, I’m also moving around a lot more, so I guess the added exercise compensates for the exhaustion in terms of effect on overall happiness.

Re: The Animal Is Tired

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Post by Aeolun »

snikeris wrote: post #321
Swizec wrote: post #146

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Got a better explanation? I think it’s possible for both to be true. That kids give you unadulterated joy and also make you objectively worse off.

All of your ancestors raised children. We are machines, designed by nature to procreate. The notion that one would be objectively better off by avoiding the very process that brought themself into being...seems unlikely to me. Unless, we’re narrowly using the term “objectively better off” to mean what society seems to value: money, power, pleasure, etc. These things aren’t necessarily good for the organism in the way…

Hah, this is true. I’m going to keep this. By virtue of having children, I’m objectively better off than anyone that didn’t.

Re: The Animal Is Tired

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Post by CRConrad »

ajarmst wrote: post #397
CRConrad wrote: post #391

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Her.

I believe Hobb identifies as male.

Really? First I hear of it. I was about to write this comment as all "Oops, sorry, not intentional"... But then I got curious and checked around a little, and my current best guess is that you're mistaken:

1) Always only mentioned as female in articles, including by presumably "woke" sources like in an interview at WorldCon75 in 2017.

2) The Wikipedia bio page is chock full of "she" and "her", not a whiff of anything else on the talk page either.

3) Seems to me to sport a "traditionally female" look as far as hairstyle and clothing goes in photos.

4) Both personal web pages feature a traditional nuclear family with children, grandchildren, and "Fred", presumably the husband (and father / grandfather).

So I believe she doesn't.

Re: The Animal Is Tired

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Post by Chris2048 »

Chris2048 wrote: post #378
Swizec wrote: post #32

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> My animal is only 33 and is very tired In life satisfaction surveys, your 30’s are the most miserable stressful part of life. Highest amount of responsibilities, lowest amount of consistent reward, and it keeps getting worse until your 40’s Apparently it gets better again in your late 40’s and early 50’s. By 60 you’re as happy as you were at 20. https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/scientists-just-discovered-mi... (am 33…

I was pretty unhappy as a teenager. Not as much formal responsibility (though arguably the responsibilities wrt study etc have more serious consequences), but more autonomy at least.

sorry, I mean now I have more autonomy; i.e. owning stuff/money, making choices wrt my life; but lack the free time I had.

Re: The Animal Is Tired

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Post by lenkite »

SunlightEdge wrote: post #265
spamalot159 wrote: post #215

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Brandon Sanderson is my go to recommendation for fantasy nowadays. Mistborn is a great place to start but The Way of Kings is the real meat and potatoes. He also links all these books together in the same universe and it's fun to notice the connections.

At the risk of being downvoted I don't find Brandon Sanderson a very good fantasy writer. For me, The way of kings started well (even if the characters were all pretty 2-D) in book one. Interesting plot with it mixing ww1/dune computer game themes in a fantasy setting. But by book 3 it was an incredible chore to get through and I stopped after about 10% in. I even got bored reading the plot summary of the third book.…

Brandon Sanderson is a terrific author when he completes another author's series. He is more lyrical when he is forced to adopt another author's style. Otherwise its paint-by-numbers fantasy.

Re: The Animal Is Tired

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Post by stavros_ »

rubicon33 wrote: post #383
stavros_ wrote: post #147

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>That, or it's some terrible undiagnosed medical condition. Sounds like ADHD to me too. At least it's eerily similar to my experience and I'm in the process of getting diagnosed. https://youtu.be/WFkpICWE9DM - might help.

So, probably, yes. I have struggled my entire life with these issues. The post you see here isn't something that's new. Whatever is causing this is inherent to my being. I've seen doctors, and had both depression and adhd diagnosed. The ADHD meds were amazing. They "solved" this problem. I feel better, I feel happy, I feel more motivated, I feel more natural interest and ability to hold my focus. I feel less foggy an…

You have my sympathy regardless, for whatever it's worth.

I don't yet have access to stimulants (beyond caffeine), but I've found cannabis relieves the ADHD symptoms when used sparingly (A very short hit from a vape, essentially microdosing).

Even still, I'm on a 4:2 cycle. 4 days medicated, 2 days off, because I find myself feeling stretched thin if I remain medicated for too long.

This fucked up brain of ours just doesn't belong in this fucked up world of ours. Do whatever you need to do to cope.

Re: The Animal Is Tired

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Post by top_kekeroni_m8 »

clcaev wrote: post #24
edoceo wrote: post #4

Oh, and eyesight. Like, I had to up-scale the default font sizes on mobile and now all sites (this one especially) are harder to use. Use responsive design people! You'll need it someday!!

I just plead to my fellow developers to stay well under 80 columns... my largest monitor in a readable font can fit 77 characters wide.

I have a 27" 1440p monitor and a readable font has 400 characters width. What kind of monitor are you using my dude, are you legally blind?

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Post by AlwaysRock »

dgfitz wrote: post #325
selykg wrote: post #282

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Too bad you will never see the end of The King Killer Chronicles. It has been something like 10 years since the last book. Rothfuss is in the exact same situation as Martin for me. I won't buy any books of his until the series is complete. You may not like Sanderson's writing, but the man publishes books. He will get my money for anything he writes because I know I'm going to enjoy it (personally, I really enjoy his…

I absolutely inhaled the first two books by Rothfuss, couldn't put 'em down, this was last year. Then I read up on when the last book would come out, and saw it had been over 10 years between the 2nd book coming out and present day. Then I started reading about Patrick Rothfuss. I don't think I'll ever read the 3rd book if he ever does actually write it. Yes write, all indications are he hasn't written a page. I have…

Maybe he has the exact issues you mentioned but doesnt want to release that information into the world. Despite you saying you would understand many wouldnt.

Does the man owe you anything?

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Post by dgfitz »

AlwaysRock wrote: post #408
dgfitz wrote: post #325

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I absolutely inhaled the first two books by Rothfuss, couldn't put 'em down, this was last year. Then I read up on when the last book would come out, and saw it had been over 10 years between the 2nd book coming out and present day. Then I started reading about Patrick Rothfuss. I don't think I'll ever read the 3rd book if he ever does actually write it. Yes write, all indications are he hasn't written a page. I have…

Maybe he has the exact issues you mentioned but doesnt want to release that information into the world. Despite you saying you would understand many wouldnt. Does the man owe you anything?

Yes, I believe he does in fact owe his readership something. Me? No. I'm not longer part of that group.

Re: The Animal Is Tired

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Post by rchaud »

okareaman wrote: post #386
rchaud wrote: post #380

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I had sex, and could have had more, but those would have been with partners I wasn't attracted to. Is that what you mean? Or did you actively pursue a lot of partners and decide, for whatever reason, to do it with just a few?

No, I held out for another right woman after breaking up with the right woman. There were long periods of drought in my sex life.

I know that feeling. Hope you were able to find the right person again.
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