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Deleted in 2017! Life’s been great since. I’ve taken a bunch of classes, read a bunch of books, and I’m no longer plagued by the political and social ideas of t

• fooker 8y ago
  > I’m no longer plagued by the political and social ideas of the uneducated on a regular basis. My condolences. "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
  • labster 8y ago
    Those thoughts stopped being entertaining a long time ago.
  • 50656E6973 8y ago
    "Most of what passes for legitimate entertainment is inferior or foolish and only caters to or exploits people's weaknesses. Avoid being one of the mob who indulges in such pastimes. Your life is too short and you have important things to do. Be discriminating about what images and ideas you permit into your mind. If you yourself don't choose what thoughts and images you expose yourself to, someone else will, and their motives may not be the highest. It is the easiest thing in the world to slide imperceptibly into vulgarity. But there's no need for that to happen if you determine not to waste your time and attention on mindless pap." -Epictetus, The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness