@djsumdog @Main_Tomato @Wetrix A quote from a big article I'm writing that I think is relevant:
Look around you, everything that you have is a monument to self control.
The clothes on your back are the result of centuries of research and development, the result of centuries of very smart people dedicating themselves to the study of fabric and cloth and thread. And somewhere there is somebody who instead of spending their time at home playing video games spend their entire day making shirts or making pants or making socks. Every single one of these takes huge amounts of self-control. The walls around you are covered in paint that is the result of centuries of research and development. The walls themselves are probably covered in a space age material, and that material likely involves highly processed wood fiber combined with highly processed mineral deposits. Somebody needed to gather the Raw materials. Somebody else needed to process the raw materials. Somebody needed to transfer all these materials to somewhere near where you live. Someone else needed to sell the materials. Somebody else needed to take those materials and turn them into the walls that you're staring at right now. I could go on and on and on but every single thing that you're looking at represents self control. Instead of doing something fun, they decided to go to work and do something that made your world a better place. This book that you're reading right now, this is an example of self control. I love video games. And I really don't mind getting drunk or getting high either. There are a lot of things that I could be doing that would just be instantly fun. Instead of doing those fun things, I have spent hours every weekend for months putting together these essays.
Your entire world is built and maintained by people exercising self control.
Look around you, everything that you have is a monument to self control.
The clothes on your back are the result of centuries of research and development, the result of centuries of very smart people dedicating themselves to the study of fabric and cloth and thread. And somewhere there is somebody who instead of spending their time at home playing video games spend their entire day making shirts or making pants or making socks. Every single one of these takes huge amounts of self-control. The walls around you are covered in paint that is the result of centuries of research and development. The walls themselves are probably covered in a space age material, and that material likely involves highly processed wood fiber combined with highly processed mineral deposits. Somebody needed to gather the Raw materials. Somebody else needed to process the raw materials. Somebody needed to transfer all these materials to somewhere near where you live. Someone else needed to sell the materials. Somebody else needed to take those materials and turn them into the walls that you're staring at right now. I could go on and on and on but every single thing that you're looking at represents self control. Instead of doing something fun, they decided to go to work and do something that made your world a better place. This book that you're reading right now, this is an example of self control. I love video games. And I really don't mind getting drunk or getting high either. There are a lot of things that I could be doing that would just be instantly fun. Instead of doing those fun things, I have spent hours every weekend for months putting together these essays.
Your entire world is built and maintained by people exercising self control.
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