Althouse: "When you aren’t sure whether the lingering sensation that you aren’t liked enough is a rational response to unfair circumstances..."

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"When you aren’t sure whether the lingering sensation that you aren’t liked enough is a rational response to unfair circumstances..."

"... or is in fact symptomatic of your tendency to blame your environment for your own failure to self-actualize, drink."

Item 2 in "The Overthinking Person’s Drinking Game." There are many items!

Via Metafilter.

১১টি মন্তব্য:

Dante বলেছেন...: If you can't figure out what your goals ought to be, and you can't tell whether the world's goals are misaligned or you are being unrealistic about what good goals are, drink.; ২৭/৫/১২, ৯:২৩ AM
Eric the Fruit Bat বলেছেন...: My receiver must be tuned to the wrong frequency.; ২৭/৫/১২, ৯:২৬ AM
edutcher বলেছেন...: I was wondering about the masthead.; ২৭/৫/১২, ৯:৩৭ AM
Ann Althouse বলেছেন...: "I was wondering about the masthead."

Ha ha. I'd forgotten about that!

Click on it. It's a hot link. Doesn't look it because the colors are reversed in the masthead. I wish I could reverse that!; ২৭/৫/১২, ৯:৩৯ AM
robinintn বলেছেন...: Giving consideration to the notion of being liked "enough" is on its own a fairly reliable indicator of irrationality. Who thinks like that?; ২৭/৫/১২, ৯:৪৮ AM
edutcher বলেছেন...: এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।; ২৭/৫/১২, ১০:২১ AM
edutcher বলেছেন...: I see it.

Yes, reversing the blue and black gets a wee bit confusing.

PS Glad I could give you a laugh.; ২৭/৫/১২, ১০:২২ AM
ricpic বলেছেন...: Being tolerated isn't good enough?; ২৭/৫/১২, ১১:২১ AM
ndspinelli বলেছেন...: Not giving a shit what people say about you is one of the greatest liberations possible. I'll have a shot and beer to that.; ২৭/৫/১২, ১২:৪১ PM
kjbe বলেছেন...: There are many items!

Exactly...and welcome to the alcoholic brain.; ২৭/৫/১২, ৪:১৭ PM
Astro বলেছেন...: At this point Leigh Alexander has had 27 drinks and has 24 excuses for being drunk.; ২৮/৫/১২, ৭:৫০ AM