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788. YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH GET ALL OF OUR WISDOM FROM BOY MEETS WORLD RERUNS AND IT IS A LOT LESS VULGAR.
823. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE WITH SOMEONE, JUST TELL THEM. 99% OF THE TIME THEY AREN'T GOING TO STAB YOU AND WILL JUST UNDERSTAND. THE OTHER 1% OF THE TIME, WELL, THAT IS JUST YOUR OWN FAULT FOR BEING AROUND DERANGED PEOPLE WITH KNIVES TO BEGIN WITH.
836. ART NEVER COMES FROM HAPPINESS.
907. IF YOU SPENT HALF OF YOUR TIME ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK YOU'RE PUTTING OFF INSTEAD OF PROCRASTINATING JUST IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD ACCOMPLISH.
Socrates and the social benefits of having an iPhone 4S
Cast
Socrates – Athenian Philosopher
Meno – Nobleman from Thessaly
Glaucon – Plato’s brother, friend to Socrates
(Ancient Athens. The great philosopher, Socrates, is sitting on a rock, just within the Agora. His head is facing down intently as he fidgets with an iPhone 4S. A man approaches him.)
MENO: By Zeus! If it isn’t Socrates! Have you gone into hiding? No one has seen or heard from you in weeks.
(Socrates lifts his right hand up and waves his index finger in the air. He continues to play with his iPhone while never looking up to address Meno.)
MENO: I’ve come to have another conversation on the topic of virtue. There were many holes left in our last discussion, and I was hoping you could expound upon other novel ideas pertaining to the nature of virtue.
SOCRATES (still not looking up): For one to fully understand virtue one must find its essential definition. To do this, it is first necessary to download the app. It’s free.
MENO (caught off-guard): The essential definition, right, I already—wait, download the app, what do you mean, Socrates?
SOCRATES (finally looks up, exasperated): The Virtue application. You can download it for free from the iTunes store.
MENO: I am nonplussed, Socrates. I thought you were a man of principle, a man of self-examination…
SOCRATES: Yeah, yeah. The unexamined life is a life not worth living. I got it. You know, for a guy that has never written any books, you people sure remember a lot of things I say.
MENO: Surely, Socrates, you’re not a man who is concerned with things below the earth and in the sky, as well as the new iPhone 4S?
SOCRATES (holding his hand out, as if putting his iPhone on display): Seriously, have you seen this thing?! The speed is amazing! And look, I can read the entire works of Hesiod and Homer right here, in the palm of my hand!
MENO: But Socrates, what about the value of wisdom? Do you not care about what is just and unjust? Do you not care about democracy? Do you not care about the state of the city?
SOCRATES: With this Google Maps app, I can get a bird’s eye view of the entire city!
MENO (becoming increasingly furious): Socrates! You have been openly critical of Athenian democracy and now you stand before me and provide nothing but insult with your irony. You have let down Apollo, Socrates. You are no wise man!
(Meno storms off. Socrates, realizing he has offended Meno, shrugs his shoulders and continues playing on his iPhone. Another man approaches.)
GLAUCON: Hey Socrates, still messing around with your new iPhone 4S?
SOCRATES (looks up, shows a warm greeting): Ah, Glaucon! I am indeed still figuring out the workings of this wise device.
GLAUCON: Did you get my email, Socrates? The one pertaining to the ostracism that is being held today?
SOCRATES: I did not. Let me check my Gmail right now, it’ll only take a sec.
(Socrates slides his index finger over the touch screen.)
GLAUCON: Can I assume, then, that you have not been on Twitter today?
SOCRATES: I have not. I was too busy setting up my Facebook fan page. You should “like” it when you get a chance.
GLAUCON (unsettled): I will certainly do that, Socrates. Look, as a friend, I should tell you—it’s probably not a good idea for you to come to the assembly to vote.
SOCRATES: Glaucon, my boy! You read my mind. I’m just gonna text my vote in for the ostracism. Going to grab a bite at the Prytaneum, they’re having a lunch buffet.
GLAUCON: Yeah, well, Socrates, you know that play The Clouds?
SOCRATES: Yes, the iCloud. It’s cutting-edge technology. Your content. On all your devices.
GLAUCON: I meant the play The Clouds by Aristophanes. You were the main character and were made fun of throughout it. He called you a Sophist. Remember?
SOCRATES: Hilarious! That Aristophanes can really give a good roasting! The idea that I could be a Sophist—those dudes are still using Blackberrys.
GLAUCON: Sure. Well, do you remember making Anytus angry, you know, before Plato had bought you an iPhone 4S?
(Socrates’ iPhone makes a noise that sounds like chimes)
SOCRATES: Look here! That’s my Twitter text message tone. Someone has just mentioned me. It says: @Socrates will be put on trial for #impiety #corruptingtheyouth
GLAUCON: Don’t worry. We’ll help you prepare a strong apology.
(Socrates looks at Glaucon briefly and then, in a very cavalier manner, shrugs his shoulders and goes back to fidgeting with his iPhone.)
SOCRATES: Glaucon, remember: the just man who appears unjust will always be better off.
GLAUCON: Socrates, you truly are a wise man.
SOCRATES (looks up): NICE! The Angry Birds app! Squawk!!!
10 Captivating Short Stories Everyone Should Read
1. The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell — The story of a big game hunter finding himself stranded on an island and becoming the hunted.
2. The Last Question by Isaac Asimov — A question is posed to a supercomputer that does not get answered until the end days of man.
3. The Last Answer by Isaac Asimov — A man passes away and has a conversation with the Voice in the afterlife.
4. The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman — A collection of journal entries written by a woman whose physician husband has confined her to the upstairs bedroom of the house.
5. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson — The story of one small town’s ritual know only as “the lottery.”
6. Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway — A couple has a tension-filled conversation at a train station in Spain.
7. All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury — A group of schoolchildren live on Venus where the Sun is visible for only two hours every seven years.
8. Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut — It is the year 2081, and all Americans are equal in every possible way.
9. The Monkey by Stephen King — The story of a cymbal-banging monkey toy that controls the lives around it.
10. We Can Get Them For You Wholesale by Neil Gaiman — A man named Peter searches the phone book for an assassin to kill his unfaithful fiancée.
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Life awaits. Meaningful friendships, inspiring work, independence, your place in the world. They’re all just waiting outside your door. Now imagine if that door was locked. No key, no side exit, you’re trapped, while everybody else blossoms around you. That’s what it feels like growing up with a mental illness… We all have to figure out who we are beyond our diagnosis. It’s a long process that begins with learning how to trust our own minds again.
Daniel Pierce, Perception (Asylum)
The truth has left me with no friends.
Amir Al Mumineen Ali Ibn Abi Talib (as); speaking about how telling the truth and abiding by it has left him with no friends. (via alscientist)