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Itjusthitme
This hit home at a perfect moment for me. I have to have a tough conversation with an employee tomorrow for the 1st time and /1
Itjusthitme
have been gathering strenght and courage to do it. This gave me both and also reassureance that one can be kind and just at the same time.
ValhallaAwaits
Boxingjedi
bradmo
11. Don't spend so much time on Imgur.
EternalStudent07
My fat butt read #4 as don't overly exert yourself, the first time.
freegallegal
Dude still let his sociopath son take over for him
RobJenkins
420supercoolusername69
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - life changing read
TheDungineer
just bought it, thank you!
braechnov
Started reading this and thought I got a fair way in before realising I'm still in the prologue...
gesel
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55317
DaisyTeddyBear
I'm pretty sure he explains the best way to pet a dog is firmly, on the right ear, with some tugging
Chicagorooftop
My favorite book
RocksNSocks
First half is excellent, but if I remember correctly the second half is a long rant about how women are inferior. Can't say I enjoyed that.
WhereIsMyAppleQuava
Mark Forstater being the writer that provides context?
carrotsonfire
Some of these have asterisks after them saying "Unless you're a slave, in which case keep scrubbing or I'll chop your hands off"
1123581321345589144233377
The drawing in 2 looks like Mel Gibson.
WeylandYutaniCorp
9 looks like someone tried to fix a painting of jesus
Marcolorn
I was hoping someone else noticed LOL
wadatahmydamie
And the last one looks like Joaquin Phoenix.
DaDudeAbides
This
SrPootStank
That
nDsgn74
And the other thing
mandy009
Don't forget that, though he was very well-respected, his son fell far from the tree, so take his place on a pedestal with a grain of salt.
Doopapotamus
11. Make Commodus your successor for Emperor. It'll be fine, probably.
davyclam
Aquaducts.
jesusisherelookbusy
And the sanitation.
Promethianfire
The roads?
jesusisherelookbusy
Irrigation.
GuyGordon
But *besides* all that,
jesusisherelookbusy
And the wine!
wadenelson1
To insult me I would first have to respect your opinion.
sharkbateoohaha
Well, that or understand how powerful their opinion can be, especially if they are orange and good at getting small-minded people to follow.
TheStaffmaster
that's the spirit!
Waxilliam
downvoters take note, you can't hurt me.
fiddlewheelx
Too bad my ADHD makes me highly susceptible to Rejection sensitivity dysphoria
Hayashima
But what happens to #3 when the persion in question refuses to be educated?
Allrighty
That's their problem.
PrinceOfWhales
Be more dog than dogmatic.
Allrighty
Channeling Diogenes I see
Chicagorooftop
Joachim Phoenix shouldn't have killed him at the beginning of "Gladiator"
Animorphs
Number two is Mel Gibson
copperdomebodhi
Stoicism is the "what". Buddhism is the "how".
eightyearplan
I don't know any other 'stoics', but MA was fairly down to earth about journaling - https://youtu.be/nenX9sruWSU
ThailandExpress
And crucify any Christians you run across
xn1992
Probably not. Although persecution did increase in his time, it’s likely it was too minor a problem to be of concern to the emperor himself.
Vixess
This is honestly just really good advice on how to be at peace.
HylianFox
10- and that's I why I don't bother arguing with Republicans.
Attaroo
Respice Post Te. Hominen te memento. The slave in the Roman Triumph who whispered: Look behind you. And remember you are but human.
Magisterpotter
Hominem*
Rovylern
jesusisherelookbusy
“Remember thou are mortal!” “Oh, blow it out your ass!”
Rovylern
somecallmetimmmmkay
“Wash this” “meah yes sire”
jesusisherelookbusy
HappyTimeHollis
These are all fine, how come this guy is worshipped by incels and right-wing extremists?
Rovylern
jesusisherelookbusy
“But none of my values were on your list!”
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BrickSniper33
How ‘bout we just get rid of leaders entirely so we can be free of this archaic power struggle?
Promethianfire
Anarchy generally produces authoritarianism.
NoNameFred
“Democracy is the worst form of Government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time…” —Winston Churchill
LoquaciousDude
Why?
4254
Anarchy is attractive theoretically, but in practice always devolves in to warlords and gangs.
yeahhedugit
You mean like the current Republicans in the House of Representatives?
OmnipotentBeing
True.
BrickSniper33
I suppose Imgur’s word limit makes it hard to make my point, but I refer more to a distribution of power across wide swaths rather than 1/2
BrickSniper33
Centralizing it. While such ideas as pure communism do not work in the real world, decentralized councils are practical I would say
RecurringNightmare
#7 is bullshit tho, people like to gossip and some of the dirt others throw at you will always stick...many times in our lifes we are >
Chicagorooftop
What he means here is: if you've really done the right thing, criticism of you, by others, is invalid. So, fuck their opinion.
RecurringNightmare
'fuck their opinion' is not so easy when your future depends on their opinion because they have a position of power over you...
Chicagorooftop
He means that if you've done your best, that's enough. I guess he didn't say "life's not fair". It sure isn't
DigYourselfBaby
That's right. My neighbour telling everyone my business is harmful in tangible ways, not just having my 'feelings' hurt.
RecurringNightmare
> struggling to make a good (first) impression on someone who unbeknownst to us already has a negative opinion about us...and as a result >
RecurringNightmare
> we miss out on something...mentally trying to shrug it off doesnt change it, we still didnt get the promotion or whatever it was...<<<
certainlynotaserialkiller
11: dont get stabbed in the back.
lxix
Marcus Aurelius wasn't stabbed.
certainlynotaserialkiller
You dont have to get stabbed to give such advice.
TheStaffmaster
AHEM. *slaps 7 and 10 while looking at the trans community* A-HEM. RE. LAX.
doctorwut02
"Simply don't allow the bullets to hurt you."
FreeShrugs357
Bullets?
doctorwut02
As in people getting shot at.
TheStaffmaster
We all have flaws. Sometime it's the greatest act of kindness to point them out, in the hopes one can better themselves. >
TheStaffmaster
>And if you as the recipient of such criticism disagree, then you are under no obligation to pay the "advice" any mind.
doctorwut02
Don't see how assaulting people in the street and shooting up nightclubs 'friendly criticism' but if you say so.
TheStaffmaster
that's not what I'm getting at and you know it.