andrew barnett
“ Depression, probably the most obvious condition leading to suicide, is a prison filled with repeat offenders, and the crime of melancholia has a startling recidivism rate. But it is not a prison in which rights are respected, nor is humane treatment the standard fare. Rather, the jailer is a fickle torturer who punishes his charges without mercy. The depressed person inhabits a cell with a tiny window and iron bars, is beaten, burned, electrocuted, and flayed by the guards, left shivering and in pain, while relatives and friends may visit, blind to both the unbearable wounds he suffers and to the bars which hold him. Bewildered, they cannot understand why he doesn’t rise and walk through the empty doorway; they do not understand his pain; and they may inflict guilt or further torture by sneering at his condition or offering pointless advice (“What’s the matter with you? Just leave!”) which only exacerbates his suffering. Because they do not see the bars, the walls, the jailer, the prison grounds, they cannot take his pain seriously. It is an enigma to them. They can give him little, if any, comfort.
Antonio Savoradin
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Growing Up
Growing up is when you accept with good grace that the other two thirds of what you wanted from life will have to wait until next time around.
Growing up is when you accept with good grace that you’re probably better off with the third you have, instead of the two thirds you don’t.
WTF
8 years after Cluetrain, business people still think that this is English:
In addition to the BAU budgets, we will focus on uplifting our capabilities so that we can be a leader in undertaking transformation initiatives that are likely to significantly change the way we provide IT services. Leadership and change resilience initiatives will also take a prominent place among the capability uplift segment of the business plan.Let. Me. Out. Of. Here.