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I want my son to become a man who has the confidence to do the right thing, even when doing so might cost him socially.

— The Prof G Pod
1d ago

The point of stoicism isn't to make you more productive. It's not to make you richer. The Stoics believed that the purpose of the philosophy was to make you a better person. Stoicism isn't just about what it can do for you. It also asks a lot of you.

3w ago

We're in the middle of what you would call a moral inversion, where some of the worst people are getting the most attention and getting the furthest ahead. It almost looks like it's a bad strategy to be honest, to try to work hard, to try to do things at the the right pace, right? Everyone's looking for shortcuts. Everyone's seeing scams and sketchiness as as a success strategy, one that you can get away with.

3mo ago

If your choices are beautiful, then you will be beautiful. We are the product of our choices. Beauty can't be separated from the process, from the regiment that creates it.

4mo ago

If your muscles are a result of steroids or neglecting your other responsibilities in life. If your physique is a result of starving yourself or actively harming yourself. If you are selfish and fragile and superficial, then you are ugly even if it manifests itself in some kind of temporary physical attractiveness.

4mo ago

If your choices are beautiful, then you will be beautiful. [...] If you are selfish and fragile and superficial, then you are ugly even if it manifests itself in some kind of temporary physical attractiveness.

4mo ago

Even Vince has acknowledged that he really enjoyed playing this character because in many ways this character was true to real life. In real life, he was philandering. He had many affairs. He was ruthless, sometimes contractually, with his wrestlers.

6mo ago

Underscored — save the words that stop you in your tracks.

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