tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053773803998874663.post1695213017590165876..comments2024-02-03T09:16:16.897-08:00Comments on Mr. Mean-Spirited: PERSONAL GROWTH IS A WAY OF SELLING OUTMr. Mean-Spiritedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16261750487608315400noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053773803998874663.post-62038818652934734442015-09-13T08:26:55.930-07:002015-09-13T08:26:55.930-07:00WIthout a doubt the whole "self-improvement&q...WIthout a doubt the whole "self-improvement" thing is a scam. I think it's rooted in the false free will assumption: people think they're more than reactionary beings and so certainly they must be able to change themselves for the better. <br /><br />It's all a bunch of shit. I feel the same now at 29, on average, as I did when I was little. No difference. <br /><br />The newest crowd-pleasing topic involves the microbiome: that somehow genetic changes can occur with various interactions at the cellular level. I'm calling bs on that one too and I don't even know much about it. lindseywagnershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01026849015815733721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053773803998874663.post-81251461277904822332015-09-08T15:09:37.522-07:002015-09-08T15:09:37.522-07:00You know, I think you are right about how things t...You know, I think you are right about how things turned out in the comic. In real life, though, the bully becomes the owner of a car dealership, while the 97-pound weakling spends the rest of his life rubbing a shammy across vehicles at the car wash.Mr. Mean-Spiritedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16261750487608315400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053773803998874663.post-90605949866943992302015-09-08T09:49:11.732-07:002015-09-08T09:49:11.732-07:00In the original panel of cartoons I first saw in a...In the original panel of cartoons I first saw in a comic book in the 60's, I believe the skinny guy DID, using isometrics, become muscular and show the bully off.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10679323357178434306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053773803998874663.post-28672862645852387542015-09-08T03:34:09.338-07:002015-09-08T03:34:09.338-07:00"What I know at 60 I knew as well as at 20. F..."What I know at 60 I knew as well as at 20. Forty years of a long, superfluous labour of verification" - EM CioranKarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16333013979246343381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7053773803998874663.post-68730706533617301622015-09-07T17:46:47.286-07:002015-09-07T17:46:47.286-07:00Good one. The idea that an individual can be impro...Good one. The idea that an individual can be improved in some way is the method by which so many scams are perpetrated upon the masses. The simple truth is that people are product of their genetics and they will only be able to do that which their biological programming will allow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com