Chad Lloyd
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anti buddhist buddhist club
dreams are weird. it's like there's this complete other being that lives in your head and will only tell you in very cryptic ways what you can do to stop the night terrors also tied up with how you breathe while sleeping and the state of your gut needs a grand unifying theory
I'm glad I started my career in the office. I learned from senior people, gained their mentorship, built real relationships, and it set me up for success. But now, a decade later with all the experience I've gained and the financial position I'm in, I'll never regularly commute to an office again. I lost my mom to cancer at 22. My dad died unexpectedly last year. My aunt, who was like a second mom, died unexpectedly months later. Work hard while you're young. Get yourself in a strong financial position. I'm glad I did. But don't let executives gaslight you into trading family time for facetime. Telling employees their kids are an "inconvenience" is contempt, not leadership. When your time comes to pass, what do you want on your gravestone: "good employee" or "good father"? I know what I'm picking.
The problem with progressive “empathy” is that progressives project themselves onto the world rather than approaching it with curiosity and seeking to understand new things. Their “empathy” is narcissistic and psychopathic, because when they look at other people, all they see is themselves and their ostensible love and compassion for others is really just self regard. This is why they end up being wrong about everything. They look at a problem like theft and say: “I would only do that if I was really desperate, so therefore, these people must be really desperate. If we alleviate the desperation, no one will steal.” But thieves don’t steal because they are desperate, they steal because they can, because they know nobody will stop them and any consequences they may face will be trivial. If you want to know this, all you have to do is ask a thief why he does what he does. But progressives will never understand this, because they are not people who ask these kinds of questions; they are people who write self-insert “Les Miserables” fan fiction and then try to enact policy based on the story they made up.
Periodic reminder that men should absolutely talk about their problems & emotions but absolutely not with a therapist. Find a priest, a coach, a good friend. But don't take risks with psychotherapy until state boards start canceling licenses for these public displays of insanity
A look back at the famous 1979 TV debate where John Cleese and Michael Palin defended MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN against journalist & the Bishop of Southwark. The result was one of the most entertaining clashes between comedians and critics.
You can have all the prestige and authority you can dream of, but if you're not willing to scrub the toilets when necessary, everyone can tell, and no one thinks of you as their leader
One More Sip
When I say filmmakers wish they can make a mid-tier Spielberg film, this is what I mean. His blocking is like watching a little mini-ballet. The camera moves are motivated by the actors. Violà you have at least 9 shot compositions in 35 seconds. Hook (1991) | Steven Spielberg
