Imagine doing something because you wanna be good, or even the best at it, instead of doing it jus because you enjoy it
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One of my best friends has a poetry club in Santiago. It started with a 50/50 male/female ration. Now he is the only man. When we asked him what happened his answer was that the other guys came to show off, but as this wasn’t a dick-size competition they slowly and organically stopped attending
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This is a post about my field
People still play chess and go even when we know that computers are better
OK OK, this is a post about justifying my presence in this field, as I’ve never been better than average, regardless of how much I love it
@RosaCtrl i don't believe this is possible
@hipsterelectron it is though! And it’s fine! That’s may main point here
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@RosaCtrl i have difficulty with that. but that is why i mentioned anhedonia. the satisfaction of any success is often fleeting
@RosaCtrl that is something i recognize as unfortunate
@hipsterelectron oh, but that’s my point here! Success is nice, yet I won’t stop doing what I like because I’m not successful, or I won’t surrender joy to success. I could never be happy that way
@RosaCtrl oh that's true. i certainly don't care about being lauded for it. but i do have a predilection for doing things that haven't been done and i think that can be unhealthy
@hipsterelectron oh, why is that? Are you afraid of running out of novel ideas or something?
@RosaCtrl anhedonia is surprisingly common
@hipsterelectron yeah, we are all sick, and I say it as someone that started wondering about her health because of anhedonia