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Anon reinvents stoicism
So this is a prequel to this one
Isn't it more just appreciating the small joys in life? If thats complicated enough that it has to be a whole philosiphy then I think we're fucked as a species.
You don't sell books to teenage boys and 20-somethings by telling them they need to be more appreciative of small blessings, not when they're so horny that they can't think straight. You gotta sell them the idea that they can embrace all the same toxic traits that are making them miserable, but with a branding that sounds legitimate.
It is just that, but it is also a good chunck of stoicism.
Yeah that's actually hedonism
Most young dudes who subscribe to "stoicism" think it means getting a square jaw from the square jaw store and then not showing happiness about anything. Like they already do, but now with self-help terminology backing it.
I'd love to see a new movement where guys learn to express overwhelming joy at small things in life and can be genuine with each other about literally anything rather than making every moment together the Sarcasm Olympics.