Random Thoughts 9: Attack of the Vapid Posts

[aimeeandbeatles]

Apparently the solution to anxiety is "don't be anxious." Yeah.

 

[Arakhor]

Apparently the solution to anxiety is "don't be anxious." Yeah.

Well, it kind of is, yes. Scumbag brain sees you're getting anxious and promptly makes you more anxious in response.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Anxiety is a terribly difficult problem to deal with. My sympathies @aimeeandbeatles

 

[Hygro]

Kind of basic, but I was thinking that the more tolerant you are of political differences, the more you concentrate your "fight" to those opposite from you, and the more intolerant you are of political differences, the more you're likely to attack the person adjacent to you.

 

[The_J]

Trump accuses Twitter of censoring his free speech, then threatens himself to censor everyone's free speech on Twitter (by shutting it down).

ooooh man.... my head...

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Less than two weeks ago it was snowing. Now we're having an early heat wave. Yeah.

I think it's even worse in Ontario and Quebec.

 

[Synobun]

They are streaming the first manned launch from SpaceX and NASA.

 

[choxorn]

Trump accuses Twitter of censoring his free speech, then threatens himself to censor everyone's free speech on Twitter (by shutting it down).

ooooh man.... my head...

Of course, Scott Adams being who he is, he'd never think there was anything ridiculous about Trump's threat, and would never acknowledge how well this comic fits everything he does.

 

[Arakhor]

Wasn't he the one who spent a good deal of time during 2016 talking about Trump was a "master persuader" and was going to win the election? Has he gone off him since then?

 

[Cutlass]

Despite a fairly anti-establishment cartoon, Scott Adam's blog posts have gotten notably right wing over the years.

 

[Takhisis]

^Definitely. I've learned how to tune out of his embedded text and videos when I do my weekly reading of Dilbert.

 

[Arakhor]

I stopped reading Dilbert four years ago because I didn't want to deal with all the stuff about how clever he thinks he is.

 

[Synobun]

I stopped reading Dilbert four years ago because I didn't want to deal with all the stuff about how clever he thinks he is.

Yet you remain here...

 

[Hygro]

Listen, Minister of Propaganda Scott Adams has a lot of important things to teach us.

 

[cardgame]

Yet you remain here...

Hey, some of us here actually are clever.

 

[H4run]

I read once in a child development book about not to attributed success to the child because of he is being a genius or an exceptional human being, but instead attributed it to their hard work, the process, so they love the process and can embrace failure and not being a goal oriented human being.

Today I made a brainstorming at work to the employee via zoom (30 min long), try to remind them that their past success were not the result of their genius, but it's through their struggle, hard work and team work, it seems to have a profound effect judging from their reaction.

I think I should read more on child development book.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

WHY IS THIS SURVEY IN COMIC SANS

It's also full of typos

 

[Hygro]

I read once in a child development book about not to attributed success to the child because of he is being a genius or an exceptional human being, but instead attributed it to their hard work, the process, so they love the process and can embrace failure and not being a goal oriented human being.

Today I made a brainstorming at work to the employee via zoom (30 min long), try to remind them that their past success were not the result of their genius, but it's through their struggle, hard work and team work, it seems to have a profound effect judging from their reaction.

I think I should read more on child development book.

The family is all in on this new method with my nieces and I’m the first to call it, it’s making no difference.

 

[H4run]

The family is all in on this new method with my nieces and I’m the first to call it, it’s making no difference.

This is come as the anti-thesis of the old "think positive" parenting that always putting emphasis on building the confident to the child to makes them successful, like the ultimate factor of the child success is having confident and superior self-image. By convincing their child success due to they are being exceptionally special and better than other, this created a burden to the child and makes them resent failure, because failure somewhat shattered the superiority self-image that the parent build for them.

But by attributing their success to the process: through the hard-work, their relentless of trial and error, their eagerness to keep on trying, this is not only makes them rely on the process to reach their goal/destination, but most importantly its makes them able to position themselves same as other and give them a chance to fail and see it as a natural process for success/mastery, hence they are liberated from maintaining "the chosen one" self-image, which can be quite misleading and un-egalitarian.

My employee believe their success is due to their individual superiority: they are smart, they are resourceful, blablabla, and whenever success come then the productivity and team-work went down, the leadership get weaken and that cause a failure which in return would break them and their self-image, until I come again lift them up and the cycle keep continue. while their success is not because that they are destined to be success, or they are inherently smart, but it's due to their work and the work of other as a team that deliver them to the destination they wanted to reach.

If the work stop, if the dynamic of the team work, so do the success, no matter who they are. It's the effort that one put that's matter.

 

[Synobun]

I would imagine caring about success within the context of the child's individuality is worth more than the question of advocating genius or persistence. Many parents want their children to be successful at what they assign their children to, and often care very little about the child's own wants. To them, "hard work" or "genius" are interchangeable aspects of the same reality: being forced to pursue excellence in something they may have no desire to excel in.