Do not act with the same sheep-like, senseless passivity as always—
the same passivity seen in everyone else...
Please, do not do that; instead, stand firm and be yourself,
Be your own master, forever,
With an unyielding smile upon your lips,
Feeling the influence of an immortal, indelible hope...
The bit I keep turning over is the hope being immortal and indelible while the smile is only unyielding. Reads like the hope is doing the work and the smile is what you show everyone else.
Standing firm with a smile you refuse to drop is harder than it sounds. Most days I'm the sheep and I know it the whole time.
I see this in video game criticism, too. There's a term called metroidvania , used to describe platform games featuring exploration, abilities that unlock new paths, challenging bosses, and other…
There you go. You have a dead book.
Homer Simpson is an idiot. At least, that is how the world knows him.
To me, this is the stupidest question in the world. And since so many people answer it, writing is simply taking a piece of paper or sitting down in front of a computer and writing. Even famous…
When I was younger, my mother asked me what I wanted. I wanted a computer. She wanted to buy me a motorcycle. In the end, I got the computer.
People do terrible things. Some know exactly what they are doing. Others do not. And perhaps the latter are the hardest to understand, because they can hurt, destroy, humiliate, and even ruin their…
Once, I was at a bar on Augusta Street with a friend. We had drunk ourselves silly when a group at the next table started talking about Romero Britto.
How does this chapter make you feel?
Do not act with the same sheep-like, senseless passivity as always—