i am wasted, losing time

As I get older I’m finding that a lot of the “intellectuals” I used to admire are actually just condescending and pretentious. And also realizing how much more important it is to be present, considerate, and empathetic because nobody really knows what they’re talking about and anyone who claims to know everything about anything is feeding you bs.

“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” - Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

I am also realizing that actual intellectuals make their subjects easy to understand, and faux intelectuals will attempt to baffle.

“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.”

- Albert Einstein

“In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well for years I was smart, I recommend pleasant.”

-Elwood P. Dowd, “Harvey”

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

my secret talent is getting tired without doing anything

“ain’t that just the way”: lawful good

“it be like that sometimes”: true neutral

“that’s how it is on this bitch of an earth”: chaotic evil

discuss.

aint that the way it be sometimes on this bitch of an earth

im dropping out of art school to become a humble oblivion npc farming the same onion in the middle of the mild cyrodiilic countryside for the rest of my existence