Ah the old saying something while saying nothing approach to bullshit.

what do u mean?

Not op but it seems like it's based off ego.

Why does any of that stuff matter? It seems as if the post image believes that having emotion is bad or a fault.

Emotion just is. Why would one want to remove emotion from life? Why does the post make it seem as if emotion is bad? It's as if the creator is proud to be emotionally harder and inhuman.

Seems as if the image is used as emotional abuse towards those that have natural human emotion instead of promoting actual understanding.

The post seems to contradict itself.

Any that's my over-thought answer to the question that you asked someone else. ✌️🙌

There's not enough context imo for the viewer to get or walk away with what I assume the original thinker was trying to get across.

Spinoza knows a thing or two about knowing a thing or two. You might benefit from listening.

"There are two things I can't stand in this world. People being intolerant of other people's culture. And the Dutch."

Like we say in Holland: that is pearls for the swines. Meaning like, its useless giving something nice or sophisticated to beings that will not appreciate or understand it anyway. And I think most responding negatively at the quote of this Jewish Dutchmen are Yanks…hence what I said. Not on that level.

i dont think it says emotions are bad. The message is that our intuitive action of judging someone based on our emotional response to it is sub optimal. So we need to strive to understand it.

Yeah exactly. But the quote might too short or not concise enough to get that point across to all viewers so for some it may come off as condescending. And I think that's was the op in this subthread meant. 🙌

Good luck, trying this has only led me to the conclusion that people are crazy.

Says the crazy person.

…and failed at all four. But still we carry on.

😂

not losing hope is in itself motivating

Have fun.

r/enlightenedcentrism vibes

Spinoza is one of the few dead philosophers I have time for. He gets a good deal more profound (and practical) than this quote might suggest.

We have reached peak /r/getmotivated nonsense

Not only does he know a thing or two. he IS a thing or two.

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That saying comes from the Bible.

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This is a great strat too for not getting frustrated at people.

Figure out what makes them tick. See if it’s helpful or not and move on.

Honestly sounds boring.

Cool. Don't laugh or cry. Got it!

Yeah no, excuse me but I can't really try to understand and not hate the people that want me dead, sorry

Where do we stand on use of the word 'striven'? I (probably incorrectly) would have used 'strived'.

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As I get older, all I can hope is to laugh more at all the idiocy and think about it and analyze it less and less.

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Judging and understanding are not synonymous with each other. You also will not always be able to understand another individual, but you are free to judge them however you feel is necessary. Unfortunately it benefits no one that we should sit on our hands, and demand that we have all the answers before we can act.

Not that I'm promoting ignorance, far from it, but we have to be familiar with not being able to play with a full deck.

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This is why some people find me frustrating to discuss politics with.