I'm just curious to see the diversity around here on what you guys want as a romantic partner, if any. I'm biromantic, can't wait to meet you all!
I often struggle with this romantic idea of drinking, still lodged firmly in the back of my brain, versus the reality of what happens when I drink. I long to have a beer with my dad or to join my roommate and her friends as they “pre-game” for a night on the town. It all sounds so nice and fun and gets me to thinking “Maybe I’ve made a mistake. Maybe if I drink again, it will be different.” I know that’s my limbic system talking; my frontal lobe knows full-well that any fun would be quickly out-weighed by the consequences of blacking out (which would inevitably happen). I’ve been sober 549 days now, and I pledge to myself not to drink today. The struggle, how ever, is real and I thought posting my thoughts here might be somewhat therapeutic. How do others deal with these kinds of invasive/ misleading thoughts?
There’s a stark difference in having social issues and anxiety and depression and being a NEET. Versus being physically and mentally unable to deal with the outside world and other people. There are so many NEETs who are uneducated on what hikikomori is and they’re parading it around as “AHA xD I REFUSED TO GO OUTSIDE BEFORE QUARANTINE” it’s like shut up... please. I didn’t choose to be this way, and it isn’t quirky. It isn’t something that should be on a T Shirt.
7x01 when Ted talks to Robin while smoking a cigar about how he used to think anyone could be the one and he started to believe less and less in love and destiny. This was the first adult show I ever watched when I was growing up (like 9 or 10) and throughout the years I always identified with early season Ted (even if I had Barney tendencies, what up) and I dont know if it’s because of the quarantine but sheeeesh being single and believing in love now is tough. Did anyone grow up and stay like early seasons Ted? Did we all turn into season 7 run down Ted or Barney?
I'm writing an English paper where I make commentary about poetry that embraces romanticism written during the 1800s, specifically around the time of industrialization. My professor introduced this topic by talking about people like Jean Jacques- Rousseau who we know wrote the social contract and was at the very least an anti-capitalist. You can not be a supporter of democracy and still support capitalism, it doesn't exist under capitalist conditions. So this immediately made me think that these romantics were condemning capitalism. They saw the world was turning bleak and gray, everything they had loved about the world was being commodified, and the authoritarian work structures of corporations were practically set in stone at this point. There was no real freedom, there was no real enjoyment of nature and life. This is the perspective I'm imagining from these romantics. HOWEVER, I can't help but feel romantics are reactionary as well. They have this sort of nostalgia for the past. And they seem to embrace the irrational, seeing that they dislike rational scientific thought. This just reminds me of people like Reagan or anyone who claims they want to go back to the good old days.
For anyone who doesn't know. Romanticism is a movement that started around the late 1700s, early 1800s, that was focusing more on inspiration, subjectivity, imagination, the irrational, nature, things like that. People who are considered romantics are usually more idealistic, more of a dreamer.
So what do you guys think? Are there any Marxist thinkers who have commentary on this too? Or at least thinkers that supported democracy? Would they understand their sentiment? Or was the philosophy of a romantic reactionary and individualist?
Does the pressure to have children by parents happen when a child is younger versus when it is a rebellious teenager or even if it is a pleasant adult? I feel like the identity of parenthood is so wrapped up in younger children that the payoffs happen at younger ages for parents such as: a sense of identity, a sense of being a full adult, existential questions answered. But that those payoffs might become unraveled by a child growing up where one has empty nest syndrome and a loss of identity, the realization of old age as kids move out, and new existential questions what one could have done.
What have you all seen about the view of children by older parents? Do they tend to have a more balanced view of the positive and negative instead of the romantic and rhapsodic view parents of young children have?
So it makes sense. Gothic Revival is inherently medievalist, and medievalism is a key component of Romanticism. But Gothic Revival only became popular in the second half of the 19th century, and by that time the Romantic era had pretty much ended. I don't really get this.
Maybe this is a shallow understanding of the philosophy itself. But I'd like to move well enough away from what I think is a major influence on how society is today. Romantic philosophy. That of Impracticality in light of feelings, considering love and relationships to be some life saviour,feeling overly perturbed about loneliness, the emphasis on sex, overidealism that leads to radicalism and this general feeling of 'wanting to be child-like'.
For the books, it doesn't have to be a properly philosophical book. Just any book from long ago that shows a marked difference from generally popular attitudes of today,or any newer book that channels such.
Essentially what I'm trying to do is what they did in the Renaissance. Study classics and analyse their unique modes of thinking and adapt it to the modern day.
i have been seeing a lot of posts about “who is the most romantic?” And i was wondering in what ways did the writers show the romantic side of each character? I am still wondering about how they showed Rachel but I saw how they showed Finn. So give me your opinions lol
Hi guys so Im writing an English paper talking about romantic poems and I have to add my own thoughts on the subject. And I could really use your help. So initially when my professor was talking about romanticism, my first thought was these people sounds like supporters of socialism. My professor introduced the subject with Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who we know wrote the social contract. And at the very least Rousseau was supportive of true democracy, which we know does not exist in capitalism whether capitalism was authoritarian or libertarian - it does not exist.
And for anyone who doesnt know, romanticism is a movement that started around the late 1700s, early 1800s, that was focusing more on inspiration, subjectivity, imagination, the irrational, nature, things like that. People who are considered romantics are usually more idealistic, more of a dreamer.
But this is where I'm thrown off. Because ultimately industrialization is good, improving technology to help people is good. But the people who work under the authoritarian structures of corporations obviously dont have it good. I think seeing this type of work culture develop where we are worked to the bone and everything is gray was disliked by romantics. They also saw the commodification of everything as harmful to thinks like nature, imagination, and things like that. But still, were they reactionary, were they against change?
What are your thoughts? What other points can I make in this essay? Thanks in advance
So it makes sense. Gothic Revival is inherently medievalist, and medievalism is a key component of Romanticism. But Gothic Revival only became popular in the second half of the 19th century, and by that time the Romantic era had pretty much ended. I don't really get this.
