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Maybe in cities, in rural areas it's pretty fucking easy to end up alone for a while, even in the middle ages or antiquity.
by chepaslaaa 9y ago
Maybe in cities, in rural areas it's pretty fucking easy to end up alone for a while, even in the middle ages or antiquity.
- ianai 9y agoSee Henry David Thoraeu for ref.
- WalterSear 9y agoNot really. He was rather active in his community. > The premise of Walden—a man adventuring in a hut he builds for himself near a lake—seems like the ultimate boy ’s fantasy, and the convenient proximity of Thoreau’s cabin to friends and neighbors can remind one, a bit wryly, of a child pitching a tent in his parents’ backyard. https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2012/septemberoctober/feature/not-exactly-hermit https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2012/septemberoctober/feature...
- ianai 9y agoYeah Ed Abbeys probably a better example.
- verylittlemeat 9y agonot to mention he had his mom who lived nearby do his laundry
- Will_Parker 9y agoYou've made a great point easily dismissible with the word "fucking". (Sorry for being annoying but it's a key point I wished I learned when younger.)
- BlueGh0st 9y agoThe blame falls on the reader to not invalidate a valid point just because of their personal issues with the language used.
- Broken_Hippo 9y agoWhile that is true, it was the most efficient way to state that while putting emphasis on how easy it was. "Freaking" or some other substitute for the word "fucking" is the next easiest. Simply leaving out the word completely changes the meaning a little.
- Will_Parker 9y agoI'll eat the downvotes without caring, in case it makes one person think, because it's the advice I needed 10 years ago to be a more effective communicator, which I didn't take. Consider "In rural areas, which reflect the dominant lifestyle of human beings for 10,000 years, it was common to have many hours alone to think while performing labour. Hence it's obviously not a privileged mode of thought."
- balabaster 9y agoWhile you've made a cogent point, brevity is often your friend when it comes to communication. Becoming a more effective communicator is the ability to say more with less. Not say the same amount with more.
- criddell 9y agoJust my opinion, but the original sentence containing the vulgarity is more clear and concise. It feels more human because that's how lots of people talk when they are in an informal setting (which an internet message board certainly is).
- Will_Parker 9y agoIt's much more concise, and much less persuasive to someone entering the discussion with preconceptions.
- criddell 9y agoI try to not judge an argument by it's language. It feels close to ad hominem reasoning to me.
- 2aa07e2 9y agoProfane words cannot possibly invalidate a point by themselves. I personally don't mind swearing, unless it is used in a context to offend someone/something (which can always still be done with an alternative, "safer" selection of words).
- bobthechef 9y agoActually, it's probably easier to be alone in a city, depending on your definition of what being alone means. It's in the small towns where you can't take a walk without being harassed by one of your obnoxious neighbors because everyone knows everybody else. In a large city, you do not know most of its inhabitants and most inhabitants don't know you, and everyone minds their own business. And unlike rural areas, you've still got the social presence without the unwanted social engagement.
- white-flame 9y agoIt depends on what your preferential definition of "alone" is. For some it's environmental quiet, for some it's freedom from personal attention as you mention. But still, in a denser place there's a ton more non-human factors (like advertising) battling to inject themselves into your attention.