"It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'Try to be a little kinder'." --Aldous Huxley
Pale amber sunlight falls across
The reddening October trees
That hardly sway before a breeze
As soft as summer: summer's loss
Seems little, dear! on days like these
Beyond the pearled horizons lie
Winter and night: awaiting these
We garner this poor hour of ease,
Until love turn from us and die
Beneath the drear November trees.
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Growing up, had a habit of reflecting on the prior year and often realizing how naive and stupid I was.
Still holding onto that habit, albeit with a shorter duration. Now, every day reminds me how stupid I was yesterday!
They are not long, the weeping and the laughter
Love and desire and hate
I think they have no portion in us after
We pass the gate.
They are not long, the days of wine and roses
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream
@lindayaX I have a similar story. Got into an argument with a lady back in 2013. Nearly blocked each other but didn't. Became friends, fell in love, and got married in 2021.
Last year, when I got the offer to work at X, couldn't resist completing the circle of life.
Excited to see Meta build on X’s open-source Community Notes, a testament to the power of transparency and community-driven fact-checking! #CommunityNotes#Transparency
I’m excited to announce our second Global Transparency Report. From July to Dec 2024, we achieved a 61% drop in content violations and a 28% reduction in account violations. My team is dedicated to keeping X safe—transparency is our promise.
Immanuel Kant was a real piss-ant who was very rarely stable.
Heidegger was a boozy beggar who could think you under the table.
David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlegel
There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach 'ya 'bout the raising of the wrist
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed
John Stuart Mill, of his own free will, after half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.
Plato, they say, could stick it away, half a crate of whiskey every day!
Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,
And Hobbes was fond of his Dram.
And René Descartes was a drunken fart:
"I drink, therefore I am."