@PhilipMott1 Makes me think of this view: That it's not the social competition that's significant, except as a valuable avenue for personal striving for excellence.
https://t.co/BSxvDEoqTg
@liekovarpio right before I commented a counter-point I read the top comments, all of which were counter-points of different flavours.
so to undermine his intellectual supposition I'll just say none of the great people I've known believed this
@sonyasupposedly@Kirsten3531 don't mean to come off as judgy here --- you sure you have to carry the convo? that's it's even to everyone's benefit?
A lot of smart or funny or charming friends takee long to realize they're actually steamrolling the dynamic
I did a doodle for my Romance of the Three Kingdoms boock club. Here's standard representation v. my pencil doodle.
Not to brag but mines way more accurate. As Liu Bei was said to have arms that down to his knees & ears so big his lobes rested on his shoulders *a sign of wisdom*
I've been having conversations all wrong in my life I always tried to be smart or smth stupid when they could just be for fun who cares talk about the same thing 100 times over and over again if it's fun!!
Sharing 10 people who I appreciate and why is just good Internet culture:
@willlowthewhisp - 1st person to bring me into meaningful twitter culture, also v eloquent social reflections
@liekovarpio - nice person, this is a serious compliment
@a_fellow_of - a wise wise guy
@simonsarris - posts beautiful things
@wolftivy - posts questions of true significance
@PrinceVogel - posts ideas aethestically, whatta lens!
@visakanv - living sculpture of "what if I took my good ideas seriously"
Dog-themed summer camp to help re-socialize & re-embody the kids. Adults should be comfortable around dogs and playing with dogs and know what it's like to train a dog. This is my curriculum
3. Miners would frequently monitor for dangerous levels of gases in mine shafts by bringing a caged canary with them. The canary is more sensitive to asphyxiant gases like CO2, so as it became unconscious it would stop singing and fall off its perch.
2.2. causing animals there to suffocate. Carrion feeders attracted to the carcasses are then also killed.
Children have been killed in the same way near the city of Goma by CO2 emissions from the nearby volcano Mt. Nyiragongo.
The Swahili term for this phenomenon is 'mazuku'.