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Every day I become a stupider and stupider girl

The values communicated by status-insecure parents are such that their children learn to put personal success and the acquisition of power above all else. They are taught to judge people for their usefulness rather than their likableness. Their friends, and even future marriage partners, are selected and used in the service of personal advancement; love and affection take second place to knowing the right people. They are taught to eschew weaknesses and passivity, to respect authority, and to despise those who have not made the socio-economic grade. Success is equated with social esteem and material advantage, rather than with more spiritual values.

Norman F. Dixon (1922-2013) British cognitive psychologist, author, military engineer
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, Part 2, ch. 22 “Authoritarianism” (1976)

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Dixon, Norman F. - On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, Part 2, ch. 22 "Authoritarianism" (1976) | WIST Quotations

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WIST Quotations Jan 17

A quotation from Mark Twain

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
(Attributed)

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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. Quoted in Gay Zenola MacLaren, Morally We Roll Along (1938). A recollection of something Twain said to the author when she was…

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Mårten Paulsson Jan 5

My 2026 ego wish list:

-man cave/one bedroom flat
-back to writing, playing, recording and performing rock music
-new job role (dropping out of 1st-line mgmt)
-puppy ☑️
-quarterly visits to my UK family
-20 pull-ups and 10k at 45’
-improve my French (from 1 to 2 out of 10), maintain my Kiswahili at simple conversational (3/10)
-visit old friend in Tanzania
-dad free from The C, no relapse for mum
-closest fam well and happy
-AIK playing their football smiling and winning

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Energetic Nova Jan 3

I think knowing more about regulations might also be fun for me since I like plane crash documentaries and documentaries about fires best.

I think I have a very strong sense of morality on this. Maybe I can find a book and later a class about safety? I would like this. Im not a reader tho. If you can help, I welcome it.

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#ActuallyAutistic
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Cesar Delgado Jan 1

Is it just me or renewing all the domain names you’ve bought feels like being reminded of dreams and aspirations that never happened?
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Cannibal Halfling Gaming Dec 31

Nine Years of Cannibal Halflings

Well, we're leaving our enneadic era behind and heading into our tenth year. If you take OD&D as the starting point of the 'modern TTRPG' (although I'd recommend taking a deeper dive), that means we've been doing this for... ~17% of the medium's lifespan? Which also means CHG has been active for longer than some editions of D&D? Oh gods. Well, let's see what we did, and then look ahead to the final solar rotation of a decade of CHG. […]

https://cannibalhalflinggaming.com/2025/12/31/nine-years-of-cannibal-halflings/