Re: "The Small Stuff" book review

On 7/31/26 3:48 PM, Creon wrote:
> At Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:38:14 -0000 (UTC), Tara <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> On Jul 31, 2026 at 4:23:49 PM EDT, "dart200"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>
>> You do know there is a psychological term and diagnosis for your feelings of
>> superiority don't you. And it's not pretty.
> 
> As I said elsewhere, he came here because he can get a rise out of
> people by acting like the poster child for Dunning-Kruger.

nvm seen that term used by someone interested in honest discussion

> 
> The more people that kf him the better.
> 

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