I have two real #vices: #cigarettes and #twitter; both are #toxic to my #health.

Seneca claims - and makes a number of arguments (some good, some. . . ) that anger is the worst of all of the vices. Here's a core concept video on his discussion of that in On Anger book 3

https://youtu.be/lgfupnOOf6s
#Video #Seneca #Stoicism #Anger #Vices #Argument #Comparison

There's only one situation in which John Cassian thinks anger is useful for us human beings, and that's when a person gets angry with their own vices, including paradoxically, their very own anger!

https://youtu.be/DOacwqCnMrY
#Video #Cassian #Anger #Vices #Emotion #Ethics #Philosophy

12/16
Many people, especially those of us who grew up in a male dominated society as the father is supposed to be the head of the family, tend to view our inability to control everything in the family as a sign of weakness and therefore we tend to try to cover it up at any cost. Interestingly, many people who spoke the loudest against any specific “vices” often have “history” with such “vices” deep inside.
#Holiness #vices
#FamilyMyth

I sometimes think about giving up coffee and soda because of the sugar. I think I would feel better. But I already gave up alcohol and at some point I’m not sure what the point of living is.

I don’t really like unsweetened coffee or tea. I hate drinking plain water. What the hell would I look forward to? Life? It’s not that great.

A man with no visible vices should not be trusted.

#vices

Happy National Develop Alternative #Vices Day
#Mastodon #holiday

Nearly all #vices are rooted in the future. Gratitude looks to the past and love to the present; fear, avarice, lust and ambition look ahead
#CSLewis

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In past centuries the church performed the function of #fertility booster. Today's more complex society requires more complex #indoctrination methods. Hollywood and #corporateMedia serve this end. Look how they glamorise #megacities, war, #vices (especially #smoking) and open-borders. Oh and the character will never get an abortion (the alternative to this rule is the #PopulationMediaCenter, #PMC).

Sadly most #socialMedia platforms today, which are #centralised, like...(5/9)

Pour changer de la #lecture un peu de #photographie avec mon compte Instagram 📷 Parce qu'il faut bien l'avouer, ce sont mes deux grandes obsessions 😆 😛 #vices
http://www.instagram.com/ymadea