Re: "The Small Stuff" book review

On 7/31/26 1:06 PM, Tara wrote:
> On Jul 31, 2026 at 3:52:16 PM EDT, "dart200"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On 7/31/26 10:00 AM, Dude wrote:
>>> On 7/31/2026 8:56 AM, dart200 wrote:
>>>> On 7/31/26 8:15 AM, Tara wrote:
>>>>> On Jul 31, 2026 at 10:53:13 AM EDT, "Noah Sombrero" <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:12:02 -0000 (UTC), Tara <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> (I haven't read this book yet but I heard the author interviewed on
>>>>>>> CBC this
>>>>>>> a.m and liked what he said).  Just another self-help book or one of
>>>>>>> that ilk?
>>>>>>> Nah, I don't think so.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Small Stuff
>>>>>>> How to lead a more gratifying life
>>>>>>> -Ian Bogost -  Atlantic Columnist
>>>>>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In other words, why well off people are not happy.  So they pine for
>>>>>> the good old days, forgetting that they were not happy then either.
>>>>>
>>>>> Uhhh. No, not really what the book is about.
>>>>>
>>>>> why don't you read the book.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "sleek, but soulless, design".  Of course that is not satisfying.  On
>>>>>> the other hand, if a person has a satisfying fulfilled life, it won't
>>>>>> matter what knickknacks one includes or not.  Who notices such things?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On the other hand, "automated self-checkout counters"?  Who puts up
>>>>>> with such emptiness?  As if people needed another way to avoid
>>>>>> interacting with each other.  But if you have plenty of human
>>>>>> interaction in your life, maybe those counters wouldn't matter so
>>>>>> much.  There it is, we are so isolated from each other in our cars,
>>>>>> and lockable houses that we need to interact with clerks in stores.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How do we feel?  Lonely and bored.  Scared of each other, and out of
>>>>>> patience with ideas we don't want to listen to (from other people).
>>>>>> Simple, huh?
>>>>>
>>>>> His approach is more about being aware of the pleasure and experience of
>>>>> holding and drinking a warm cup of coffee on a cold morning.  kind of
>>>>> stuff
>>>>> like that.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> it's called mindfulness and it's been written about by like a million
>>>> times by now
>>>>
>>>> but in this case instead of actively cultivating mindfulness of what
>>>> he's still manually doing (which life still involves a lot of), it
>>>> seems he's bitching about being robbed of petty shit like manually
>>>> flushing toilets in public restrooms. or not having a pile of keys in
>>>> ur pockets instead of using the rfid in my watch. or paying for
>>>> everything with dirty ass money instead of just tapping my phone.
>>>>
>>>> it's like an even more retarded form of complaining that dishwashers
>>>> and washing machines have ruined taking care of households because
>>>> we're not spending a hours a day manually washing dishes and laundry
>>>> anymore 🙄
>>>>
>>>> this is the kind bonehead that bitches that electric cars having "no
>>>> soul" cause they don't go vroom vroom when u hit the gas! like ok
>>>> bro ... is the small electric wine that goes along with the rocket
>>>> ship acceleration not enough for you to be mindful of? 🤣
>>>>
>>> Everyone that thinks, is being mindful everyday...
>>>
>> counterpoint: all the absfg duds reading this
> 
> you know... it's an old one but apropo here I think. Why don't you go back
> under the rock you crawled out from. Seriously

what are you going to do about it? ban me?

u can say whatever u want to about me, it will _never_ hurt me more than 
abject ignorance you duds constantly put on displace

the fact i have to exist on planet with such ungodly stupidity is a 
_far_ worse feeling than whatever the fuck mean words on a screen

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