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author — cuffed's avatar

if he calls himself your brother—

but never checks your excuses—

he’s not.

— author

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DAgerrald 📚's avatar

Noted beards beneath the Corinthian helmet on the Spartan (“Come back with your shield or on it”) and on the Knight Templar … who looks an awful lot like author.

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DAgerrald 📚's avatar

Your opening salvo is just so sweepingly replete with ... beyond idealism and noble truths. That mindset and expectation/hope is male romanticism, the engine that drives the Lord of the Rings gathering, and the Hero's Journey. It's a kind of rapture, really, to hold such high expectations of yourself and those around you.

I of course agree with you on these first principles, but the culture is not an aid here, and not likely to be as we look to AI for benevolent overlordism.

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author — cuffed's avatar

it’s rare to find someone who still believes in first principles.

rarer still to see them articulated with reverence.

your take on male romanticism is spot on—

what most call idealism, i call duty.

— author

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DAgerrald 📚's avatar

It's sexy as hell, as you well know.

I think this is evidence for my mention that I skew more masculine than the average femme. Not so oddly, this quirk somewhat places me at a fringe of your preferred audience. I'll do my best to keep proselytizing in this space, but guys don't really like girls telling them how things ought to be. ;)

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