Comments on: FPCAN’s You Are Not Dead

By: megh

megh — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:26:46 +0000

Of course you’re welcome to share thoughts, Anca. I’m glad you’re enjoying it! and glad you’re comfortable taking it (or some of it, at least) seriously. The somberness is not all pretend–it can be pretty dark, and definitely satirical–but that can make it too easy for people to write it off as all ironic or a joke, when really, it presents difficult questions that if we actually asked and answered to ourselves… well, it would probably be depressing (and some of it is downright brutal)–but it also just as well provides motivation for self realization and change.

By: Anca

Anca — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:05:49 +0000

Thanks for shipping the book, just (re) read it. Loved the thought-inducing parts and the presentation, especially all the hope that pretends to be somber . Loved even more chapter 3′s questions, and will surely ruminate on them more, even though they seem to be leading only on one path (the benefits of being hard on oneself). Questions that could compliment those:
- What impact did you have? Can you grow the eyes that recognize the benefits and change you did bring? And if so, can this be done without overdoing the self-praises? Can self-worth be acknowledged in a realistic manner?
- What do you do with self-hate feelings? Is simply dropping realistic or beneficial, since it implies dropping the will to understand a side of human nature?
- What are the ways you showed yourself you do care? Others? Any common ground between the two (=balance)?

Just sharing thoughts, hope that’s ok. Kudos.

By: megh

megh — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:14:20 +0000

Deepsicks could not survive eight years strong were I doing it for adulation.

I’m doin it for the lols. And the rolls. The rick rolls, that is. Thank ya, dave.

By: dave

dave — Fri, 21 May 2010 07:02:00 +0000

where is the peanut gallery? have you been blogging so long that all of your readers have died and/or started their own blogs?