Re: "The Small Stuff" book review

On 7/31/26 1:57 PM, Dude wrote:
> On 7/31/2026 10:07 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>> On Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:59:26 -0700, dart200
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/31/26 9:36 AM, Dude wrote:
>>>> On 7/31/2026 9:03 AM, Tara wrote:
>>>>> On Jul 31, 2026 at 11:56:48?AM EDT, "dart200"
>>>>> <[email protected]> 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
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> no kidding
>>>>> Amazing insight.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> read the book have ya
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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? ?
>>>>>
>>>>> lightnen up.  you need it bad.
>>>>   >
>>>> Nick came here to get enlightened.
>>>>   >
>>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> dud came here to get enlightened, and yet none was to be found
>>
>> And since he brought none with him, there was none to find.
>  >
> You two came HERE to get enlightened?

you came HERE to get enlightened???

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