(By WEST — we mean Western values, enlightenment values, liberal democracy) West hating West is like VEGANS hating plant food Imagine a vegan only eating in restaurants, and only eating in vegan restaurants Except he HATES the vegan restaurants in this town He thinks the plants there are TOO sentient He thinks they …
Author: Janus
How You’re Brainwashed Into False Scepticism
Want the easiest trick in the fucking book? Tell someone that ONLY YOU KNOW THE TRUTH, and EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG, or LYING, Then tell them “THE TRUTH” ! ta-da look I wrote about the psychology behind it: “The Opposite Of Wrong Is Not True “ “What Really Happens When You Reject The Authority” …
Is Life Tension or Is Life a Cruise?
Life is tension Tension between life and death To be or not to be Tension between being and not being One day you are — next day you are not Life is tension One day you’re “good enough” — next day you’re rejected The wisdom is not in convincing yourself that you are indeed …
Is Reality Happy Or Unhappy Or Neither Or What
Below’s a janky and inconclusive rant trying to answer if reality is happy or unhappy. No answers, only questions: happiness / suffering and reality are independent or are they? what I’m saying is, existential truth is part of THE truth, the truth about reality, but in the same time existential truth is vastly …
Knowledge Is One Objective Edge You Can Have
Knowledge is overrated Knowledge will not redeem you, knowledge will not be your salvation And knowledge won’t do shit for you, you have to DO things yourself Knowledge is UNDERRATED Knowledge is underrated too Most people are ignorant cunts Most people are incompetent dilettantes KNOWLEDGE HAS VALUE Knowledge is USEFUL I wrote …
It’s Either FAIR, UNFAIR, or RANDOM
Fair means it conforms to certain rules: whether agreed as a community — or at least internally consistent and transparent. Unfair means the opposite: it breaks the rules. Whether it’s rules decided as a community, or even any consistent and complete set of rules. Random means it neither breaks the rules nor is explained by …
Everyone You Know Is An Idiot
Everyone you know is an idiot You just don’t know it yet Everyone you know believes something that, if you knew they believed it — you would have thought they were idiots If not that then Everyone you know, if put in a new situation, with new problem to solve, REAL new …
Cool vs Uncool
being “based”, saying what you think, and NOT being afraid of offending others = super cool offending others is uncool, lame, insecure it’s just like BEING COOL, vs TRYING TO LOOK COOL, you know? trying to “say a funny thing”, or “look strong”, or hint at your HIGH VALUE — that’s uncool as fuck, …
What ACCEPTANCE Actually Means
True ACCEPTANCE is actually VERY HARD When we think we “do acceptance” — what we’re typically actually only doing is: –accepting something suboptimal… -…except with the CAVEAT that we will IMPROVE IT, ERASE IT …which is not truly acceptance, is it? We’re still WISHING TO SEE IT GONE, DENY IT TRUE ACCEPTANCE is …
Perhaps LOVE Is But To Be OPEN
Perhaps LOVE is but to be OPEN You’re just open, So that you are open to experience, to perceive to see You just observe You just accept You just appreciate You just love …yeah You can go do your BUSINESS later Make your IMPORTANT DECISIONS later Make the VALUE JUDGEMENTS LATER …