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Is that a hipster thing? Like the same person would write completely opposite in the same style ten years ago, but now that PKM are all the rage they need to r
by wiseowise 1y ago
Is that a hipster thing?
Like the same person would write completely opposite in the same style ten years ago, but now that PKM are all the rage they need to reassert themselves as “not-like-the-other” by burning everything to the ground?
- bravesoul2 1y agoI'd think so but then the mention of sobriety makes me think there are other reasons behind the note taking.
- sandspar 1y agoAnd instead of just logging off, the dramatic deletion. He frames this as the end of a phase but I suspect he's still in the middle of something. I wish him luck and strength.
- MrVandemar 1y agoWrong pronoun. Joan Westenberg so "she".
- grugagag 1y agoIt’s both https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_(given_name) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_(given_name)
- robertlutece 1y agopeople change, people grow I myself threw out about 3000 notes last year
- wiseowise 1y agoThrowing notes away is not growing. Growing is understanding that inanimate things don't have control over your life. This whole "philosophical" article that basically says "I've removed my notes because they were giving me anxiety" is a confirmation that this is just yet another phase in author's life.
- latexr 1y ago> Throwing notes away is not growing. You don’t get to define that. The author does, it’s their life. The action taken here was not just the deletion, it was the reflecting, the identification of a problem, the thinking of a solution, the courage to follow through with something irreversible, the willingness to try something.
- navane 1y agoI think it's a phase he had to go through. The point is not to not have notes, but maybe it's time to reassess having them.
- latexr 1y agoThat is a judgemental and bad faith argument. Do you know that this person was writing the opposite ten years ago? And even if they did, people can’t try something and then change their mind? Is that worthy of ridicule now? Frankly, making fun of someone for being “hipster” says more about the person doing the comment than the target of it. It’s a basic, meaningless insult.