To one who knew too much suffering — it’s only natural for him to bring more suffering. You call it revenge or you call it justice — it’s just revenge. For every blustering “hero of justice” there’s some kid that’s been bullied, some young man who has been mistreated. Alas broken men can’t …
Tag: Society
College is Not Predicated On Learning
College is not predicated on learning, self-betterment, or even signalling. College is predicated on comfort and indolence. Students get the comfort of going “the right way”. Society gets the comfort of schooling “the right experts”. Employers get the comfort of hiring “the right people”. All based on the construct we comfortably espoused. …when the one …
Solving Problems; The Problem of Clarity
Solving problems is easy when there is clarity. It’s absence of clarity which constitutes the real difficulty when solving problems. Bad formulation of a problem is a problem in itself. We make syntactical, formal logical errors in the way we approach a matter. The solutions will not make any sense because the problem …
Probe Into Your FOMO
Deleting Instagram won’t heal your insecurities. You must probe into your FOMO. Learn from it. You must ask yourself: Why do you envy others? Why do you feel threatened by their success? Why are you insecure? What do you think would make you happier? These are some of the most important questions you …
There Is Not a “Nice Way To Put It”
There is not “a nice way to put it” A spade is a fucking spade The only question is: to speak or not to speak
I Take Small Talk Over a Lecture Every Day
Contrary to popular belief – small talk is not devoid of substance. There are vast worlds of meanings, emotions, personalities, relations, concealed between the words – if only you can listen. With many people – the only way to avoid hearing another conceited lecture or bombastic monologue — is to small-talk them. Small talk …
Alienating “Good” Impression
I wonder if some people never realise how their desperation to make a good impression only makes them twice as alienating. Forthrightness goes such a long way — often in ways we can’t explain but know to be true. If you know someone who tries a little bit too hard — be forthright …
REAL Social Justice
Our society is not perfect. It’s a fact. There are many societal problems which I won’t even state. I imagine you have your own problems with society. Now, how do you go about those problems? We, humans, have an unfortunate tendency to identify. We identify with things. What we identify with – we …
You Can Tell The Exact Moment People Refuse To Listen
Some people are great listeners. Some people are great conversationalists. And some people are just great. Most people are bad listeners. Most people are dull conversationalists. Most people are pretty boring too. How not to be boring, when you spend your whole life doing boring things in a boring place with boring people… yeah …