In movies (especially action movies), a hero needs to show vulnerability according to Chris Stuckmann:
An example is “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015):
A lot of movies have the “Superman issue,” as I like to call it – the hero is perfect, with no vulnerability, no issues, no faults.
A hero with faults is a better hero, in my opinion.
Am văzut “The Batman” (2022).
Un rezumat foarte scurt: filmul mi se pare foarte bine făcut, te pune în atmosferă, te provoacă, are suspans, muzică, grafică, emoții intense.
Mai mult decât atât, în film sunt vulnerabilități – nu e vorba în film despre Superman, care câștigă toate bătăliile, e invincibil, ci de un erou vulnerabil (pe tema asta: 1, 2).
Ca parte mai puțin plăcută, nu mi-a lăsat un gust plăcut. E ca o ciocolată neagră – sănătoasă, cu cacao, fină, dar la sfârșit nu mai vrei o a doua bucată.
Ca o comparație, “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion” (1997) este un film foarte slab tehnic, dar care mi-a plăcut mult și l-am revăzut.
“The Batman” te face să visezi rău noaptea.
Îl consider un film pentru cinefili, dar nu pentru cei care vor să se simtă bine după un film.
Mi-ar fi plăcut un film deștept și atât, fără altă miză, cum sunt – “Tenet” (2020) sau “The Dark Knight” (2008). “The Batman” (2022) face multe lucruri foarte bine, dar la emoții e atât de credibil încât simți cum îți intră carne. Dacă asta îți dorești de la un film, foarte bine, eu vreau să mă simt bine după ce văd un film.
“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to …
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” ― Thomas Jefferson
“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” ― Sun Tzu
“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.” ― Bill Watterson
I have lots of plans, I plan to do lots of things. Rarely do I have time for most plans I make.
What I noticed is that the more things I do, the more opportunities arise.
And, also, that I want to do some silly things, perhaps not even worth doing in the first place.
There’s a personal development speaker in Romania (focused on financial investments) who really pushes determining your personal profile, and based on that profile, you could make a realistic investment strategy.
The issue? Most people don’t start with investing a fortune. As far as I see it, it’s better to just start investing and see how you respond to things.
Are you good with handling rent for a property you invested in?
Do dividends for the company you bought shares at come with a good ratio?
Just splitting 20-30-50 between three main assets is not, in my opinion, the best choice, and just letting life (and mistakes, of course) do their course is the way to go.
My main issue with the principle “from personality we’ll determine an investor profile” is that there are a lot of unknowns – how will you handle a real estate? Do you like the stress of the Stock Exchange? Would you prefer investing in small businesses?
As I see it, there are two types of romantic love:
I’m not much of an expert in this, but I do think 1. is preferable.
There are some memes on the Internet with “Find someone to love as much as person/entity X loves/looks at Y.” And they show a photo of someone/some animal looking at something with a lot of interest.
The issue with this unconditional, not require anything back, type of love is that it might be a symptom of something deep – not being loved, not knowing what being loved is, not understanding love.
Some say that you need to feel loved in order to be able to love others.
While this certainly sounds nice, I don’t view this as a requirement. Good to have? Sure. Mandatory? No.
A tip for an oral exam – try to be the first one to present.
If you’re the first one to speak, it’s more likely that the teacher is in a good spirit.
You’ll also be more energetic and brave.
I see no major drawback to this, other than the ones that are examined before you. You might have some tips for you.
Sometimes, I go on buses in Romania. And it strikes me to see how desperate people can be:
If you get down and leave some space between the person in front of you and yourself, people who want to get up into the bus want to occupy that space.
“Empty spaces, what are we living for?” (Queen – The Show Must Go On – YouTube)
Also, once I wanted to get down from a bus, but I had quite some luggage and there was a big dog without a leash in front of me. People started entering the bus without allowing me to get down. The bus started, and I specifically yelled at the bus to stop at the first crossroad so that I could get down.
I’m not sure where this desperation comes from.
They say Romania has issues with infrastructure and corruption. I want to add an element that’s even harder to overcome – education. As a population, we’re rather uneducated.
If you take a question in a written form, you can look at it, analyze it, and debate it.
Verbally, as far as I notice, people answer a bit strange – if the question is detailed, people tend to answer to just a part of it.
If I have a question, and the answer is complex, a lot of time, in a verbal manner, people reply to just a part of it.
The solution, as far as I see it, is to try and give a complete answer, even if the communication is oral.
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, … (Matthew 5:44, New International Version)
If someone annoys you (I won’t use the word “hate”, I think it’s too much, in my opinion, most people are annoyed by others, they don’t hate them deeply), you can try and make good gestures for them. Show a sign of good fate and behave nicely.
But such occasions tend to be rare – to do a small sacrifice, to do good, to actually act on your intent.
Yet, there’s a simpler way to love those who annoy you – pray for them.
It’s a placebo effect – if you wish the good of the other, you will get past their annoying behavior much more easily.