rob hardy

And this is why I put “ayy lmao” in my meme about the heart of philosophy. Laughter is the divine thing that transmutes stupid bullshit into something real. It cracks up the edifice of polite fictions and tedious prattle and gets to the heart of things. And fun, I think, always has a spirit of laughter about it, even if you’re doing it quietly with... See more

“Everyone dreams big until you see the price tag.”

Shane Parrish

It's strange how much humility it takes to stop hating yourself. 'I am the cause of every problem in my life' is a grandiose belief just like any other. The fall from (dis)grace hits every bit as hard.

If we don’t know how to mourn and rebuild, we are incentivized to keep the storms of our lives raging indefinitely.

Staying locked in an eternal battle against the world is a good way to distract ourselves from the incredible vulnerability of existing within it.

if i'd had more agency when I was younger,

I would have acted on some truly terrible decisions that I may never have recovered from

...which makes me suspicious of agency as the latest all-good panacea

How many dreams are abandoned for fear of looking stupid in the eyes of those who never think about us at all

My people are the whitepill people

The ones who try to find ways to support instead of tearing down

The ones who never make fun of others for the way they look or for their struggles

The ones who are kind to others (though sometimes they could be kinder to themselves)

Repetition doesn't spoil the prayer.