So you wanna de-bog yourself (2024)

Post by SoleilAbsolu » Thu, Jan 08, 2026, 12:55 AM UTC

TeMPOraL wrote: post #10

alexpotato wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Short names for complex topics can be very handy. I was once watching an old school survivalist talk about Native American/First Peoples legends. These legends often had a bumbling main character who would usually cause some kind of problem b/c he forgot to do the key thing required for survival. For example, he would pick wet wood that wouldn't work for making a fire etc while his smart friend would pick the dry woo…

Sokath, his eyes uncovered!

Post by draw_down » Thu, Jan 08, 2026, 1:26 AM UTC

Post by lunatuna » Thu, Jan 08, 2026, 3:23 PM UTC

leephillips wrote: post #6

legerdemain wrote: post #4

The author shows a tendency to give colorful, but opaque names like "gutterballing" to things that can themselves be explained in a short phrase ("working on something that is similar to, but not exactly what you actually want, and getting predictably frustrated"). Where does this tendency come from? My first guess is self-help literature. Or maybe this is a personality trait to write this way? Or a kind of marketing…

“unsticking myself always seems to be a matter of finding a name for the thing happening to me”