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  1. Apr 2022
  2. markmanson.net markmanson.net
    How We Judge Others is How We Judge Ourselves
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    1. rdsleepwalker 08 Apr 2022
      I once knew a guy who was a loser. He was socially awkward and nobody liked him. He saw the world as a popularity contest, a contest that he was perpetually losing. Everything from how much he earned at work, to the poor service he got at restaurants, to the people who didn’t laugh at his jokes.

      I never thought of it that way, but it is so true. You judge others the same way you judge yourself. I relate to this one specifically because I always thought about what others thought of me. It became obsessive at one point before I learned not to care. A better word would be carefree, why worry what others think?

    2. rdsleepwalker 06 Apr 2022
      But you must accept that you cannot change a person’s values for them.

      No one should. People will be people there’s nothing that will change that. I’m glad this article ended with giving the people the freedom to do whatever they want.

    3. rdsleepwalker 06 Apr 2022
      It’s why those who can’t trust are the ones who can’t be trusted.

      I really love this quote because it kind of reminds me of Jishnu and Leela. Both are very untrusting people and in turn are not trustworthy. Leela on the more face value level while Jishnu in his own tier.

    4. rdsleepwalker 06 Apr 2022
      This isn’t to say that judging is wrong. There are plenty of values worth judgment. I judge people who are violent and malicious. But that is a reflection of who I am. I judge violence and malice within myself. Those are traits that I will not tolerate within myself, therefore I do not tolerate them in others.

      This creates morals I feel like. Judging shapes our society as a whole. Especially with social media it gets even worse. People judging others even faster than before. If anything the Internet makes it easier to judge people.

    5. rdsleepwalker 06 Apr 2022
      The way you measure yourself is how you measure others, and how you assume others measure you.

      How else should people judge? Maybe people should be more empathetic and judge on a grander scale.

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  3. Mar 2022
  4. www.forbes5.pitt.edu www.forbes5.pitt.edu
    Pride & Prejudice and the Purpose of Marriage | Forbes and Fifth | University of Pittsburgh
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    1. rdsleepwalker 23 Mar 2022
      Elizabeth seems unconcerned with Darcy’s wealth when she initially rejects and eventually accepts him,

      A very realistic trope where they hate each other, but really do love each other. It also happens in real life way to often.

    2. rdsleepwalker 23 Mar 2022
      results in sensible women being wedded to foolish men and young girls’ thoughtless actions either forever ruining their chances for a stable life or chaining them to men who do not genuinely care for them.

      I’m glad this is no longer a common occurrence. It’s naturally such a good book while pointing out the real issues with society.

    3. rdsleepwalker 23 Mar 2022
      Through her satirical tone, Austen displays her skepticism toward the institution of matrimony.

      Is marriage a good thing? Do men and women use marriage as a tool? Should every marriage couple sign a prenup?

    4. rdsleepwalker 23 Mar 2022
      Elizabeth gets the idealized ending with the man who is rich, respectable, and loves her. On the other hand, Charlotte gets the realistic ending. A wedding is not always the heart-warming event some like to imagine, since a wedding at times simply begins a business deal. It is not glamorous or necessarily fulfilling, but it is her “pleasantest preservative from want”.xvii

      I truly enjoyed the ending with both sides of the coin. A ideal ending compared to a not so ideal ending. Fitting for the main character to get a happy ending. It feels like that happy ending is to make the readers happy, but charlottes ending is what usually happens.

    5. rdsleepwalker 23 Mar 2022
      The narrator encourages readers to laugh at Mrs. Bennet to help them realize the ridiculousness of Mrs. Bennet’s “business” being marrying off her daughters.

      I do like how the narrator or the author of the book even realizes the ridiculousness of the business or plot.

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