Re: "The Small Stuff" book review

On 8/1/26 6:03 PM, Dude wrote:
> On 7/31/2026 3:56 PM, dart200 wrote:
>> 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
>>
>  >
> nigga shut the fuck up! You came here to post shit because you're short 
> and fat.
> 
> You came here for an honest discussion.

u came HERE for eNlIgHtEnMeNt????

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

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