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Awe and contempt are basically the same feeling, but with the charge flipped. The author is amazed that it works to the degree that it does, you're amazed a how
by beaconstudios 6y ago
Awe and contempt are basically the same feeling, but with the charge flipped. The author is amazed that it works to the degree that it does, you're amazed a how things don't work the way you want them to.
Such is the power of framing, I guess.
- throwawayboise 6y agoI used to get emotional like this about programming, both the awe and the contempt depending on circumstances. Now, after 30 years, it's just work. I don't really feel anything about it. And that's kind of the way everything is. Nothing is new or exciting. I wake up, work, do household stuff, eat, go to bed. That's life. Not interesting, not depressing, just neutral.
- carlmr 6y ago>Not interesting, not depressing, just neutral. The absence of feelings sounds exactly like depression.
- beaconstudios 6y agoDepression is a bit more complex than that though. You can be emotionally neutral if you're just not strongly affected by what you're doing, it's probably the default state if you've done something for a while. I'm emotionally neutral when I brush my teeth.
- carlmr 6y agoTrue, let me rephrase what I meant then, if everything, day in, day out, feels emotionally neutral, that's very depressive sounding.
- beaconstudios 6y agoYeah for sure. Anhedonia (no longer enjoying things you used to) is a strongly associated symptom. Of course it could just be a rut and you need to shake up your routine, introduce some variety, but that's matter of severity rather than category.
- throwawayboise 6y agoBut it doesn't seem that way. I'm not unhappy, or suicidal, or gloomy about the future. I just don't find that anything really feels "new" and therefore nothing really seems exciting. It's like if I got that cliche question "what are you passionate about" in an interview, my answer would be "nothing."
- beaconstudios 6y agoI think it's fair to not be passionate about programming. As long as you have some sort of creative/passion outlet.
- throwawayboise 6y ago> As long as you have some sort of creative/passion outlet I used to feel that I did, when I was younger. Not really these days. But I'm not sad about it.
- phabora 6y agoMa, the passion police is at the door again.
- beaconstudios 6y agoyou have 24h to present evidence of sufficient artistic hobbies to your local station.
- carlmr 6y agoDon't you have the feeling you want something exciting?
- throwawayboise 6y agoI'll put it this way, I have no real burning desire to do anything that I haven't already done.
- rufus_foreman 6y agoOh yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone.
- fastball 6y agoThe glass is half full.