Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "Accepting the Universe" channel.

@sunmarsh The tattoos part has me wondering. And no one can have money for emergencies on $15k per year. You know you can count on help. Which is fine by me, but let's be real.
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YOU are the only person I've ever heard of in the English-speaking world who knows Pierre Hadot . . . Thought of him not that long ago.
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@chadwickerman To be fair, there are many countries where that does not factor in at all. But it is wildly unrealistic here.
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Lord, 4k per month qualifies a single person in Chicago for certain benefits. I didn't think I would live to see when a salary of $50k would not be considered solidly middle class. People with degrees expect $80k to start. Insane. (And what's it like in New York?)
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@user-tx4wj7qk4t Around for thousands of years? Are you kidding? To return to contemporaneity, I lived in a country where bullying was looked upon as indicating something seriously wrong with the bully -- who was, after all, the instigator. No one was confused about this. My own father put an immediate halt to bullying wherever he saw it. He did it without pontificating or moralizing or chiding anyone. He simply turned the tables. No, bullying is cultural. It was institutionalized in the infamous British boys' schools, and was reproduced here in the fraternities and sororities, obviously the refuge of weak people. It has a bigger hold among the English-speaking peoples than in most other cultures I'm familiar with.
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@galaxylucia1898 You didn't understand my post. At all. It is wildly unrealistic to expect logic from anyone.
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About Pierre Hadot's life: he had some heart problems back in the 1980s when I lived in Paris and he taught at Collège de France. He passed away in 2010. He was 88.
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@noname8366 "Sad?" I'm a rock star. I made it about France. I set my own agenda, I don't care what yours was. A parent does choose where to raise their children. France is an outstanding choice.
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I know what's bad. When a nine-year-old girl gets her legs blown off, and from her hospital bed, she vows to become a doctor one day to help other children like her. Within two days, the hospital is hit by a bomb and she is decapitated. That's bad. If they let you read this, that's not only good, it's utterly astonishing. It's time to be grownups now. Posts like this do not need to be sanitized for your protection.
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This worked for me when I was burgled. First, to be honest, he tripped the alarm and hence didn't stay very long, and he committed no vandalism, and left no signs of anger. Had any of that happened, I might have reacted differently. Other people were more upset than I was. I was struck by how many said they would be so upset that a stranger was in their house, and would find it hard to be there after that. My response was, it's my house. I'm supposed to be there. He wasn't.
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I agree.
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@benettinger5910 Thank you for letting us know you are an ideologue. We thought so, but you confirmed it. The bigger question is, how did we come to this? Irrationality and jeering are the norm. A broader, dispassionate, objective view has become impossible. Consider only this principle, from elementary economics: if a large number of people emulated you, your costs would go up. You know that, correct? Just kidding. You clearly do not.
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@noname8366 Whining? My parents met in a refugee camp, and I cared for them in old age single-handedly, as our family had died out besides me. When I got sick, people were stunned that I didn't bat an eye. Meaning, not a tear was shed. (I'm fine now, of course.) Home was an English-free zone, in a real tough city. I don't know what your drugs look like, much less . . . So, how's it going in the 'burbs? Aren't you late for 12 steps?
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@noname8366 You feel sorry for kids growing up in France? 😂😂😂😂😂
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@noname8366 Oops, forgot to block.
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No.
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I like this a lot, but bro, who are you talking to? Have you been outside lately? 60% of the country is precarious. Homelessness is skyrocketing. Anyone who has all they need and is still chasing a dollar is making a big mistake, but most of those people are incorrigible.
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I think my childhood dreams are the best thing for me to pursue. It is the purest, most sincere expression of my essence.
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@user-tx4wj7qk4t 😂😂😂 Bullied? And "it's your fault?" In AMERICA? 😂😂😂😂
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How do you know that the person who gave away his last piece of bread wasn't also the person who wailed and complained and was revolted by the injustice of his fate? I suspect they are often the same. I've seen a smaller version of it too often.
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@marlonjormungand7845 Have you ever lived for an extended period of time in a non-English-speaking country? Did you notice how they shape their children, and what they did differently?
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YOU are the only person I've ever heard of in the English-speaking world who knows Pierre Hadot . . . Thought of him not that long ago. OMG
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@galaxylucia1898 Okay, I'll help. Not having to worry about hospital bills is reasonable in many countries, but is wildly unrealistic here, where such bills can easily be ruinous. See?
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@jakestephens3751 YOU ARE VERY YOUNG. Most important: do not let anyone tell you otherwise. At age 40, you have nearly three decades of work ahead, and possibly longer -- plenty for any career.
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Thank you for this. Of course you're right.
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Oh goodness. Read what Jefferson did to his Bible.
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@benettinger5910 Yes you do.
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@ionamcbrid By the way, bravo! You're a hero! At least in France, if something were to happen to you, the benefits would be more than the amount sufficient to keep a collie well-fed, which is all most people would get in the US. You can judge the mentality here. It has become frightening. The only thing the vast majority cheer is war, and you can never admit you lack money. That is the surest way to be hit with contempt that you cannot escape.
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