Just a preliminary notice: all these rants relate to one person (me).
- Why must people complain about someone, for such long periods of time, as though they actually enjoy the act of complaining? If you don't like someone, just go punch him, and be done with it. Or if you don't have the balls to confront the source of your discomfort, then you don't have the right to complain. Hence, shut up.
- If people notice an opportunity to become more efficient in their (e.g.) work, why so few of them actually use it? I don't understand the point of being stuck in your ways, if it's obviously counterproductive. If you need a lot of time to adapt to a new way of doing something, that's fine, take your time. But never completely throw away opportunities for improvement and self-improvement just because you're "used to doing it" the wrong way.
- Why are people so scared of hurting someone's feelings or getting hurt themselves? As long as the insult/complaint/observation is genuine, then no matter how much it hurts your feelings, you can still use that information to genuinely better yourself. I'm sensitive as fuck, and even the slightest offensive comment can destroy my mood for several weeks, but I'll still value it greatly, because if a flaw has been pointed out, then I've been made aware of it, thus I can fix it. Knowledge is power.
If you prefer to instead constantly listen to sweet lies just for the sake of comfort, then you're not living a life, you're living a lie. And how can you find comfort in living a lie? I definitely can't.
- Why do people try so hard to please others, even when it's obvious that their efforts are actually self-serving in the end? It just looks stupid, if you're trying to act kind and generous, just to please someone who has power over your life (e.g. pleasing your boss). Certainly, it's a way to succeed in society, but it's a very pathetic way if you'd ask me. If you want to gain genuine respect, you need to show your bold/courageous/independent/uncompromising side. Walk on the edge of a sharp blade (in social relations/interaction), and do so confidently. If you fall and cut yourself in the process, it will be an honorable failure worth of respect nonetheless. Be a proud cat, don't serve others like a dog.
- Why do people spend so much time regretting their actions or their experiences? I do sometimes also doubt my life choices, but ultimately it's just such a pointless thing to invest your time and emotions into. It makes you look weak, and makes you feel weak. History is written by the victors. So it doesn't matter how right or wrong you were in the past, or how right or wrong you are now, as long as you can leave a mark on the world and destroy your opposition.
- Why must people beat around the bush for so long when trying to make a point? If you have something important to say, say it now. I don't need a 20-minute-long build-up story to the point you're trying to make. Because I most likely will figure all the details out myself upon hearing the main point. And if I'll need any extra information after that, I'll ask you to tell me the whole story from start to finish. Just don't tell me everything, unless I explicitly asked you to.
- People worry too much about boring everyday routine things. Of course stuff like taxes, relationships, concerts, kids, etc. are important life essentials, but that's exactly what they are - essentials - something you shouldn't neglect, but something you should also treat as background noise. If you direct a majority of your life energy towards supporting essential needs, you'll have no energy left to grow. What kind of homo-sapiens are we, if all we do is just repeat the same routine shit everyone else repeats? That's no different from being an animal that spends its life eating, shitting, sleeping and hunting. Why aren't we channeling our energy towards leaving big marks on the universe and human history? I don't care what we do, how great or horrible it is, but it has to be big, and grow bigger, indefinitely. Let's challenge God even. I'm sure he'd enjoy a sparring match, or two.
- People who don't understand that everything in life is a battle, will be destroyed by the world before they know it. The laws, tactics and strategies of war apply to absolutely everything in life, to every relationship, no matter how close/warm or distant/cold it is, to every endeavor/task, no matter how peaceful or boring it is, to every art, craft, thought and emotion. Life is war, love is war.
This doesn't mean you have to always frantically fight, but you need to approach everything with the mind of a warlord, commanding officer, or general, rather than with the mind of a tree-hugger, victim, or a hippy.
Don't fight in the North or the South. Fight every battle everywhere, always, in your mind. Everyone is your enemy, everyone is your friend. Every possible series of events is happening all at once.
- I can't stand it when people leave gaps in their beliefs, thoughts, values or processes. Of course, not everything has to be explained by science, since science is a continuous process, we constantly discover new things, new facts, rewrite old facts, rewrite science, rewrite history. Hence, we can't entirely rely on scientific methods or facts to explain everything we feel or believe or want to believe. But, at the very least, anyone's reasoning, even if it isn't scientific, has to be logical. There needs to be consistency between what people observe, what they believe, what they preach, and the decision they make. I don't care if that consistency is scientific or metaphysical, as long as it's logical. If someone's reasoning (no matter how right or wrong) can be consistently and logically traced back to some starting point (a belief, an observation, a value), then his reasoning deserves to exist and be adhered to.
- Why must people complain about someone, for such long periods of time, as though they actually enjoy the act of complaining? If you don't like someone, just go punch him, and be done with it. Or if you don't have the balls to confront the source of your discomfort, then you don't have the right to complain. Hence, shut up.
- If people notice an opportunity to become more efficient in their (e.g.) work, why so few of them actually use it? I don't understand the point of being stuck in your ways, if it's obviously counterproductive. If you need a lot of time to adapt to a new way of doing something, that's fine, take your time. But never completely throw away opportunities for improvement and self-improvement just because you're "used to doing it" the wrong way.
- Why are people so scared of hurting someone's feelings or getting hurt themselves? As long as the insult/complaint/observation is genuine, then no matter how much it hurts your feelings, you can still use that information to genuinely better yourself. I'm sensitive as fuck, and even the slightest offensive comment can destroy my mood for several weeks, but I'll still value it greatly, because if a flaw has been pointed out, then I've been made aware of it, thus I can fix it. Knowledge is power.
If you prefer to instead constantly listen to sweet lies just for the sake of comfort, then you're not living a life, you're living a lie. And how can you find comfort in living a lie? I definitely can't.
- Why do people try so hard to please others, even when it's obvious that their efforts are actually self-serving in the end? It just looks stupid, if you're trying to act kind and generous, just to please someone who has power over your life (e.g. pleasing your boss). Certainly, it's a way to succeed in society, but it's a very pathetic way if you'd ask me. If you want to gain genuine respect, you need to show your bold/courageous/independent/uncompromising side. Walk on the edge of a sharp blade (in social relations/interaction), and do so confidently. If you fall and cut yourself in the process, it will be an honorable failure worth of respect nonetheless. Be a proud cat, don't serve others like a dog.
- Why do people spend so much time regretting their actions or their experiences? I do sometimes also doubt my life choices, but ultimately it's just such a pointless thing to invest your time and emotions into. It makes you look weak, and makes you feel weak. History is written by the victors. So it doesn't matter how right or wrong you were in the past, or how right or wrong you are now, as long as you can leave a mark on the world and destroy your opposition.
- Why must people beat around the bush for so long when trying to make a point? If you have something important to say, say it now. I don't need a 20-minute-long build-up story to the point you're trying to make. Because I most likely will figure all the details out myself upon hearing the main point. And if I'll need any extra information after that, I'll ask you to tell me the whole story from start to finish. Just don't tell me everything, unless I explicitly asked you to.
- People worry too much about boring everyday routine things. Of course stuff like taxes, relationships, concerts, kids, etc. are important life essentials, but that's exactly what they are - essentials - something you shouldn't neglect, but something you should also treat as background noise. If you direct a majority of your life energy towards supporting essential needs, you'll have no energy left to grow. What kind of homo-sapiens are we, if all we do is just repeat the same routine shit everyone else repeats? That's no different from being an animal that spends its life eating, shitting, sleeping and hunting. Why aren't we channeling our energy towards leaving big marks on the universe and human history? I don't care what we do, how great or horrible it is, but it has to be big, and grow bigger, indefinitely. Let's challenge God even. I'm sure he'd enjoy a sparring match, or two.
- People who don't understand that everything in life is a battle, will be destroyed by the world before they know it. The laws, tactics and strategies of war apply to absolutely everything in life, to every relationship, no matter how close/warm or distant/cold it is, to every endeavor/task, no matter how peaceful or boring it is, to every art, craft, thought and emotion. Life is war, love is war.
This doesn't mean you have to always frantically fight, but you need to approach everything with the mind of a warlord, commanding officer, or general, rather than with the mind of a tree-hugger, victim, or a hippy.
Don't fight in the North or the South. Fight every battle everywhere, always, in your mind. Everyone is your enemy, everyone is your friend. Every possible series of events is happening all at once.
- I can't stand it when people leave gaps in their beliefs, thoughts, values or processes. Of course, not everything has to be explained by science, since science is a continuous process, we constantly discover new things, new facts, rewrite old facts, rewrite science, rewrite history. Hence, we can't entirely rely on scientific methods or facts to explain everything we feel or believe or want to believe. But, at the very least, anyone's reasoning, even if it isn't scientific, has to be logical. There needs to be consistency between what people observe, what they believe, what they preach, and the decision they make. I don't care if that consistency is scientific or metaphysical, as long as it's logical. If someone's reasoning (no matter how right or wrong) can be consistently and logically traced back to some starting point (a belief, an observation, a value), then his reasoning deserves to exist and be adhered to.
