Johan Sigg
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What to do about the self-exalted oppressed [Medium.com censored me]
[Medium.com censored my months-old account. I suspect it is because my posts had a conservative lean. I don’t know what to do with my posts, so I might as well repurpose them here. Tell me what you think.]
By Johan Sigg2 years ago in The Swamp
Advice From a Cynical Graduate of Awkwardness
If you find that you are the butt of most of the jokes in your social circle, it is because you have been deemed inferior by the unspoken social ghost of everyone and no one. It is very likely due to some social awkwardness or difficulty communicating on your part- this is a plague that affects most interesting people. You must take direct and immediate countermeasures or your status as coal for the groups’ steam engine of humor will become definite. You are a muse as well as a pin cushion to them - you inadvertently serve to encourage the others to “improve” lest they too descend into the gloom of your hideous, leprous peonage. Unfortunately, the way things work here isn’t very fair or reasonable: no one will ever tell you what you did wrong clearly. Instead, there will be a silence, or an eye roll, or a chuckle, or a whisper. They want you to make mistakes. Your indiscretions will either be punished right away or subsumed into an ether which will eventually regurgitate a punishment upon you. You are expected to figure out what you did wrong on your own, and they won’t even tell you that. They’ll pretend that you should’ve “just known” what they happen to have already learned. You must fail in order to learn- it isn’t your fault, but you will be treated as though it is your fault. What’s more, the failures of others will not often be displayed and the higher-ups are often granted amnesty for their mistakes because they are prettier or wealthier than you and the sycophants that surround them wish to preserve their access to this abundance.
By Johan Sigg3 years ago in Humans
3 Things "In the Mood for Love" Taught Me About Love
1 - It transcends material things and is not bound by human law I watched Wong Kar-Wai’s beloved Hong Kong film like seven times and now I know more about love than you do. Byron and Pushkin and Austen are all dead so you may as well listen to me, I have credentials. My credentials are that I understand one of the best movies about love ever and I read a bunch of philosophy and sh*t, so pay attention. In the Mood for Love is about two lovers who meet while they are both in failing marriages. Mr. Chow and Mrs. Su Chan, the two main characters in the film, are each being cheated on by their respective spouses. They realize the truth over the long months that their respective husband and wife are gone for work. Once Su and Chow understand why their spouses are both gone at the same time and to the same place, they consult each other. They want to know why they were not enough, so they reenact the courtship of their spouses to find understanding. They go on dates, order food for each other and play out flirtations. Gradually, they develop very real feelings for one another. It’s a beautiful movie and you should go watch it. But first, finish reading my spoiler-free wisdom.
By Johan Sigg3 years ago in Geeks