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I really enjoyed the time and writing style of this! I had a bit of a laugh when the author described how they read and think too much and wanted to take action

by soared 3y ago

I really enjoyed the time and writing style of this! I had a bit of a laugh when the author described how they read and think too much and wanted to take action - then the solution is a club who who .. meet to talk about taking action :) I propose a different club rule: You can write/post/meet up/etc but for every one thing you do talking/thinking, you have to have already taken that action in real life! IE read a book about going to the gym? Don’t meet to talk about it, but go to the gym and talk about it after!

goddessoflists 3y ago
> I really enjoyed the time and writing style of this! Hi, author here. I'm glad you liked it--I don't get to hear this often. :) > I had a bit of a laugh when the author described how they read and think too much and wanted to take action - then the solution is a club who who .. meet to talk about taking action :) I wrote this post in a hurry because I'd have broken my streak otherwise and so didn't really spend much time on it. I just made a quick note and posted it online because I've recently started treating the blog like an open notebook rather than thinking that everything that goes on it has to be something I've thought about for ages and then executed perfectly; that helps with ignoring my perfectionism. I didn't think it would make it to HN. (I was hoping that would happen to a different post.) All of this to say that: when I had the idea, I imagined us doing things and reporting on them, but I forgot to mention it in the post. I've added the update after seeing your comment, so thanks for pointing it out!
- hodgesrm 3y ago
  By the way your idea sounds a lot like how the Royal Society started. [0] You are following in the footsteps of giants. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society
  - goddessoflists 3y ago
    One can dream :)
hodgesrm 3y ago
> the solution is a club who who .. meet to talk about taking action Touché. On the other hand this is one of the reasons why it's hard not to love the rest of humanity. The results are sometimes comical, but we're all trying.
iraqmtpizza 3y ago
ah, yes. a bragging club
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
  I read the comment as being the whole group going to the activity and talking about it afterward, again as a group. A “gym club” doesn’t necessarily “brag amongst themselves” about their activities; they just talk about the activity.
  - iraqmtpizza 3y ago
    an exclusive club would provide an incentive to accomplish things
- rewmie 3y ago
  > ah, yes. a bragging club Book clubs tend to be organized around sharing thoughts about the books the participants have read, and I never heard of those being referred to as bragging hotspots.
  - iraqmtpizza 3y ago
    simply ingesting an inexpensive consumer product is not much to brag about. maybe they're talking about art
    - rewmie 3y ago
      > simply ingesting an inexpensive consumer product is not much to brag about. maybe they're talking about art Your broad-stroke condescending attitude towards others make you sound like you wear a fedora. If you have insecurities to deal with, don't deal with them by trying to drag others into your personal issues.
      - iraqmtpizza 3y ago
        Broad-stroke? Surely you have an actual point to make that isn't tone-policing. I get that you're just dumping your raw thoughts onto the internet but your non-sequiturs and inapt analogies really hurt discussion. I'm here to counteract the rampant muddled thinking that goes on here. Nobody else is willing to point out obviously flawed arguments, so consider it a service. (Hell, in the other thread, people think that grocery stores are pulling in 43 percent gross margins. Apple, Inc. would be jealous!)
m3kw9 3y ago
I look at it as an accountability club where there is a pact o show what you did

by soared 3y ago

goddessoflists 3y ago

> I really enjoyed the time and writing style of this! Hi, author here. I'm glad you liked it--I don't get to hear this often. :) > I had a bit of a laugh when the author described how they read and think too much and wanted to take action - then the solution is a club who who .. meet to talk about taking action :) I wrote this post in a hurry because I'd have broken my streak otherwise and so didn't really spend much time on it. I just made a quick note and posted it online because I've recently started treating the blog like an open notebook rather than thinking that everything that goes on it has to be something I've thought about for ages and then executed perfectly; that helps with ignoring my perfectionism. I didn't think it would make it to HN. (I was hoping that would happen to a different post.) All of this to say that: when I had the idea, I imagined us doing things and reporting on them, but I forgot to mention it in the post. I've added the update after seeing your comment, so thanks for pointing it out!

hodgesrm 3y ago
By the way your idea sounds a lot like how the Royal Society started. [0] You are following in the footsteps of giants. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society
- goddessoflists 3y ago
  One can dream :)

hodgesrm 3y ago

> the solution is a club who who .. meet to talk about taking action Touché. On the other hand this is one of the reasons why it's hard not to love the rest of humanity. The results are sometimes comical, but we're all trying.

iraqmtpizza 3y ago

ah, yes. a bragging club

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y ago
I read the comment as being the whole group going to the activity and talking about it afterward, again as a group. A “gym club” doesn’t necessarily “brag amongst themselves” about their activities; they just talk about the activity.
- iraqmtpizza 3y ago
  an exclusive club would provide an incentive to accomplish things
rewmie 3y ago
> ah, yes. a bragging club Book clubs tend to be organized around sharing thoughts about the books the participants have read, and I never heard of those being referred to as bragging hotspots.
- iraqmtpizza 3y ago
  simply ingesting an inexpensive consumer product is not much to brag about. maybe they're talking about art
  - rewmie 3y ago
    > simply ingesting an inexpensive consumer product is not much to brag about. maybe they're talking about art Your broad-stroke condescending attitude towards others make you sound like you wear a fedora. If you have insecurities to deal with, don't deal with them by trying to drag others into your personal issues.
    - iraqmtpizza 3y ago
      Broad-stroke? Surely you have an actual point to make that isn't tone-policing. I get that you're just dumping your raw thoughts onto the internet but your non-sequiturs and inapt analogies really hurt discussion. I'm here to counteract the rampant muddled thinking that goes on here. Nobody else is willing to point out obviously flawed arguments, so consider it a service. (Hell, in the other thread, people think that grocery stores are pulling in 43 percent gross margins. Apple, Inc. would be jealous!)

m3kw9 3y ago

I look at it as an accountability club where there is a pact o show what you did