#self congratulation

[phoebette]

Most productive day in forever, got 1/3 of my dissertation written (in Italian!!!!!)

[infinitysisters]

There is also the problem of moral grandiosity, perhaps seen in purest culture in Sweden. There the government agreed to take 160,000 refugees or migrants from the Middle East in a single year (who did not want to claim asylum in Denmark, where the social security payments were lower). The government did this because it (and its supporters) wanted Sweden to be an ethical superpower, a country responsible to and for the whole world, rather than to and for itself. Even these ethical narcissists soon realized, however, that if they proceeded in this fashion for, say, ten years (by no means an eternity in the history of a country), Sweden would have become, with the aid of a little family reunification and a higher birthrate, a semi–Middle Eastern country stuck in the Baltic, and they promptly closed the borders. In effect, they wanted to close the stable door before too many horses got in and ate up the supply of oats. Even the most self-regarding of the ethical narcissists realized that their position in the world was not invulnerable to fundamental change, and since they were motivated not so much by the desire for change as the desire to preen themselves like ducks at the edge of a pond, they suddenly realized the danger they were in. Their desire to be good was much shallower than their desire to appear good.

Theodore Dalrymple

[im-the-punk-who]

[atlas-bugged]

Somehow, this blog has over 700 followers. I'm flattered.

[ambariffic]

Wow!

My last post got 53 notes! Cool! :) 

[twogoldstars]

I am nailing my spring break to do list! And it hasn't even been very stressful, once I got down to it (though it is a hefty list). I'm not done yet but I have every intention of getting it all done, which I would NOT have thought possible three days ago.

[abrokenfunnybone]

Damn, People Love Some Marc Maron

128 notes on my Marc Maron screengrab.

I love congratulating myself.