Failed at life, yet he sits in the pantheon of philosophers, a very select group of people across a span of 2,500 years. I guess you could say Van Gogh failed at life too, being as financially and romantically unsuccessful as he was, despite having created timeless masterpieces
Just listened to a couple of Nick Fuentes videos on Rumble. He definitely strikes me as Gamma... even admitting to snark and hating women. Although he also hates J.D. Vance. (Which I attribute to jealousy... Vance got to be Trump's token Gamma instead of him.)
They tell us to be original and creative; but not everybody has the allotted talents. Comes a time to see that it is ok to collect and describe the works of others with careful citations. There are many, many tough acts to follow and as they say is no need to reinvent the wheel. But one must put wheels to work. The failure or refusal to accept the reality is a likely factor to formation of the faker, guy winning the game nobody else is playing, cranky redditor, quarrelsome hassler, tubcuddler, secret king. Among the rest of us, the poor moms.
Also true for composers? I like Franz Schubert, for instance, but I'm afraid he might also have been Gamma (or maybe Delta or Omega or maybe even Lambda). At any rate he was rather unhappy, most of the time.
Sometimes. Gamma composers started showing up in a big way during the 1800s (Romantic era) for whatever reason. Schubert, Chopin, and Brahms strike me as notable probable examples.
That letter reminds me of what my brother's future MIL said to my mother right before the wedding. She said she had tried to talk my brother out of it because her daughter is crazy. They lasted 2 years, which is longer than most expected. To his credit, she was smoking hot
Martyr Made podcast has an excellent podcast on Nietszche and Dostevesky presenting strong evidence that Nietszche was gamma tell the end, but also, Dostevesky behaved gamma during his early years. Well worth a listen, called the "underground spirit."
Finally, someone has pointed out what I have been saying for almost 20 years, that Schopenhauer is not someone ANYONE should ever have paid ANY attention to at all. Vox is far more forgiving and kind than I am, so even before I read this post (I only glanced at the title so far) I would bet he will find some sliver of possibly some excuse why his complete works should not have been used as toilet paper, but personally, I have invariably referred to Schoppy as a bitter and idiotic retard, who was not fit to give anyone any advice on anything, ever. Now, I will read the post and try and see what the ever too kind Dark Lord says.
Ah. I see even the kind SDL agrees that there is nothing of worth in Shoppy's sloppy and nonsensical thinking. One can only have so much mercy after all.
There comes a point where being forgotten is a mercy. Imagine having pretentions of being a philosopher, but everyone just remembers you as a horse fucker.
That was indeed hilarious. And I also noted that maybe it was unique to her, but if she was any indication, women some 200 years ago were far better acquainted with logic and objective reality than they seem to be today.
And the rest are like, "If you do not eat what's on your plate, you will starve," or "If you keep being rowdy at the table, you will fall over and die."
Absolutely not. Diogenes was probably a Sigma - didn't give a single crap about what anyone thought, not even the great conqueror himself, Alexander, nor the highly respected philosophers of his time.
That said, he sort of took it to the extreme, doing all sorts of weird stuff like sleeping in an old used wine barrel, holding a lit lantern in the middle of the day "looking for an honest man" and presumably not finding one, and taking his meals in the dirt with stray dogs.
He was either an absolute Chad among Sigmas, or an Omega with a severe mental illness who just got some fame for being so gosh-darned weird and ornery, the line is sort of blurry. I've always admired Diogenes but I would not wish to be him.
I'm interested in philosophy generally, yet I know almost nothing of the thought of Schopenhauer and it seems that this is a good thing, not a bad thing.
It is. Truly it is. Imagine a radioactively bitter gamma trying to tell you how you should think about women and love and sex. Then go downhill from there.
Vox needs to write a new series about philosophers and the SSH. It would be interesting to see where some of our favorite philosophers are designated within the SSH.
Failed at life, yet he sits in the pantheon of philosophers, a very select group of people across a span of 2,500 years. I guess you could say Van Gogh failed at life too, being as financially and romantically unsuccessful as he was, despite having created timeless masterpieces
Just listened to a couple of Nick Fuentes videos on Rumble. He definitely strikes me as Gamma... even admitting to snark and hating women. Although he also hates J.D. Vance. (Which I attribute to jealousy... Vance got to be Trump's token Gamma instead of him.)
Call him gay or a fed and it washes off him, but call him a leftist and he looses it.
Does anyone know Martin Luther's SSH rank?
They tell us to be original and creative; but not everybody has the allotted talents. Comes a time to see that it is ok to collect and describe the works of others with careful citations. There are many, many tough acts to follow and as they say is no need to reinvent the wheel. But one must put wheels to work. The failure or refusal to accept the reality is a likely factor to formation of the faker, guy winning the game nobody else is playing, cranky redditor, quarrelsome hassler, tubcuddler, secret king. Among the rest of us, the poor moms.
SSH is undefeated. That letter to her son Arthur is a give away tell for a gamma.
Also true for composers? I like Franz Schubert, for instance, but I'm afraid he might also have been Gamma (or maybe Delta or Omega or maybe even Lambda). At any rate he was rather unhappy, most of the time.
Sometimes. Gamma composers started showing up in a big way during the 1800s (Romantic era) for whatever reason. Schubert, Chopin, and Brahms strike me as notable probable examples.
They probably really glom onto Romance or Romantic themes.
But ist it safe to listen to Schubert’s music, or will it gammify me?
No, I wouldn’t expect it to be a problem in nearly the same way literature would be.
That letter reminds me of what my brother's future MIL said to my mother right before the wedding. She said she had tried to talk my brother out of it because her daughter is crazy. They lasted 2 years, which is longer than most expected. To his credit, she was smoking hot
smoking hot will get a gal a lot of tolerance
Martyr Made podcast has an excellent podcast on Nietszche and Dostevesky presenting strong evidence that Nietszche was gamma tell the end, but also, Dostevesky behaved gamma during his early years. Well worth a listen, called the "underground spirit."
THANK YOU!
Finally, someone has pointed out what I have been saying for almost 20 years, that Schopenhauer is not someone ANYONE should ever have paid ANY attention to at all. Vox is far more forgiving and kind than I am, so even before I read this post (I only glanced at the title so far) I would bet he will find some sliver of possibly some excuse why his complete works should not have been used as toilet paper, but personally, I have invariably referred to Schoppy as a bitter and idiotic retard, who was not fit to give anyone any advice on anything, ever. Now, I will read the post and try and see what the ever too kind Dark Lord says.
I remember Stardusk:
https://m.youtube.com/@thinking-ape6483
Quoting him on his channel believing he has worthy things to say.
And yes, having glanced at his channel, he is a black pill moron.
I have no idea who Stardusk is, but any who says Choppy has anything useful to say is a moron.
Ah. I see even the kind SDL agrees that there is nothing of worth in Shoppy's sloppy and nonsensical thinking. One can only have so much mercy after all.
There comes a point where being forgotten is a mercy. Imagine having pretentions of being a philosopher, but everyone just remembers you as a horse fucker.
Fuck just one horse...
Funnily enough, you're hardly less kind than his own mother.
That was indeed hilarious. And I also noted that maybe it was unique to her, but if she was any indication, women some 200 years ago were far better acquainted with logic and objective reality than they seem to be today.
Life was much harder back then, so it was more difficult to hold onto comforting delusions about the world and oneself in it.
Fables and fairy tales are the philosophy of the everyman. The German fables are famously straightforward and lacking in whimsy.
Most German fairy tales are just about a guy marrying a princess.
And the rest are like, "If you do not eat what's on your plate, you will starve," or "If you keep being rowdy at the table, you will fall over and die."
I used to feel bad about never going to college and studying philosophy and such.
Now not so much.
Oh no...
I went to look up philosophy I was formerly fond of and Yamamoto Tsunetomo's picture looks a lot like Schope's here.
So much for trying to follow masculine codes...
How foolish I am.
And now I know what gammas looked like in the time before the Fedora.
What about Diogenes? Even Alexander respected him, and he died partying. Alpha male?
Absolutely not. Diogenes was probably a Sigma - didn't give a single crap about what anyone thought, not even the great conqueror himself, Alexander, nor the highly respected philosophers of his time.
That said, he sort of took it to the extreme, doing all sorts of weird stuff like sleeping in an old used wine barrel, holding a lit lantern in the middle of the day "looking for an honest man" and presumably not finding one, and taking his meals in the dirt with stray dogs.
He was either an absolute Chad among Sigmas, or an Omega with a severe mental illness who just got some fame for being so gosh-darned weird and ornery, the line is sort of blurry. I've always admired Diogenes but I would not wish to be him.
I'm interested in philosophy generally, yet I know almost nothing of the thought of Schopenhauer and it seems that this is a good thing, not a bad thing.
It is. Truly it is. Imagine a radioactively bitter gamma trying to tell you how you should think about women and love and sex. Then go downhill from there.
Yuck. Thank you and VD for shortening my already several life times long reading list at least at the margin!
Vox needs to write a new series about philosophers and the SSH. It would be interesting to see where some of our favorite philosophers are designated within the SSH.
The first paragraph of the letter should be reproduced in Vox's seminal post of January 16; that's how well it encapsulates the essence of the Gamma