As always thank you for writing. The way you pace yourself and allow for the reader to preempt the connections you are to make by allowing them to observe the story beforehand is something that is as instructive as it is endearing; you place confidence in your readers while allowing those who are unfamiliar to be included at the same starting point and to use their wits in the same step, it keeps even the familiar fresh. It also takes patience and reserve not to shock them with conclusions as quickly as possible, and makes the reader feel as mature as you would have to be in formatting it this way. It also fits the message of the essay, as you accommodate participation in your form, so you implore it in your content. Beyond writing however I'll think of how to apply these points to my own living and habits, which is the point of writing after all. Thank you again YW
It is true that you'll probably have a much more fulfilling life in trying to make your own life a perfect little slice of heaven for yourself, rather try and be an aggressive groyper, but the whole "the Homeric violence and gloryseeking is alien to us" is simply not true, many people are living will to power lifestyles even in the current day, and it's often the people you express a lot of hate and ascribe (falsely) a lot of misery to, since you see the world through the veil of cope. As you've correctly noted regarding the nature of conflict in the Iliad, I can assure you that they actually do think of you as fully human, while you only see them through the lens of political caricature fed to you by 30 year old hateful line cooks (no disrespect to line cooks but its important to note a failure of achievement here is not by political choice) who dwell in seething resentment and misery over not realizing their desires, even though it's true that they might cut your jugular. You got the world upside down. Think about it: anything but 4HL is unthinkable to you, and you are the "man of letters", i.e. written culture, you write substacks. Your reaction comes from the fear of the strange invading force that you fear would upend your sedentary lifestyle. You've never faced any real conflict, you've never even moved outside a 30 mile radius away from your high school, and will do anything to avoid doing so because you're afraid you won't be able to make friends who invite you to parties anywhere else, so this is why you think like that. You know some people just do whatever the fuck they think is cool, even if it doesn't make money, and maintain their culture by hanging out, not by writing substacks, and this drives you nuts. As ridiculous as it is, they *are* your pirates, and you are the farmer. Personally, I think you are so cringe because you've seen so few miracles. Christianity will probably not save you, but in my heart I do sincerely wish you a swift recovery, and hope that it does.
P.S. I wish you didn't block me on sight so I could fit less into one huge block of text, you get me? Creating throwaway accounts every time I remember about your existence and have thoughts I must express is low key very annoying! Perhaps then i would talk to you nice.
As always thank you for writing. The way you pace yourself and allow for the reader to preempt the connections you are to make by allowing them to observe the story beforehand is something that is as instructive as it is endearing; you place confidence in your readers while allowing those who are unfamiliar to be included at the same starting point and to use their wits in the same step, it keeps even the familiar fresh. It also takes patience and reserve not to shock them with conclusions as quickly as possible, and makes the reader feel as mature as you would have to be in formatting it this way. It also fits the message of the essay, as you accommodate participation in your form, so you implore it in your content. Beyond writing however I'll think of how to apply these points to my own living and habits, which is the point of writing after all. Thank you again YW
It is true that you'll probably have a much more fulfilling life in trying to make your own life a perfect little slice of heaven for yourself, rather try and be an aggressive groyper, but the whole "the Homeric violence and gloryseeking is alien to us" is simply not true, many people are living will to power lifestyles even in the current day, and it's often the people you express a lot of hate and ascribe (falsely) a lot of misery to, since you see the world through the veil of cope. As you've correctly noted regarding the nature of conflict in the Iliad, I can assure you that they actually do think of you as fully human, while you only see them through the lens of political caricature fed to you by 30 year old hateful line cooks (no disrespect to line cooks but its important to note a failure of achievement here is not by political choice) who dwell in seething resentment and misery over not realizing their desires, even though it's true that they might cut your jugular. You got the world upside down. Think about it: anything but 4HL is unthinkable to you, and you are the "man of letters", i.e. written culture, you write substacks. Your reaction comes from the fear of the strange invading force that you fear would upend your sedentary lifestyle. You've never faced any real conflict, you've never even moved outside a 30 mile radius away from your high school, and will do anything to avoid doing so because you're afraid you won't be able to make friends who invite you to parties anywhere else, so this is why you think like that. You know some people just do whatever the fuck they think is cool, even if it doesn't make money, and maintain their culture by hanging out, not by writing substacks, and this drives you nuts. As ridiculous as it is, they *are* your pirates, and you are the farmer. Personally, I think you are so cringe because you've seen so few miracles. Christianity will probably not save you, but in my heart I do sincerely wish you a swift recovery, and hope that it does.
P.S. I wish you didn't block me on sight so I could fit less into one huge block of text, you get me? Creating throwaway accounts every time I remember about your existence and have thoughts I must express is low key very annoying! Perhaps then i would talk to you nice.
Oeneas belt rich in "purple" may have been highly valuable if purple was the rare dye, like this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekhelet
I'm working on it