Red Mosquito

"my hair is so fucking rad today, and every day"

Yes.

"that hot chick over there is super into my sexy strut right now"

When you're self absorbed enough, you won't care if other people think you're hot or not. This is the road to Enlightenment.

"if i could impregnate every chick on earth the world would be a better place"

That would probably lead to some big problems with incest down the line.

tree_ wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:As an egoist, I love myself!

so what is your self-talk like?

"Wait, I don't remember signing any social contract!"

"No, it's the world that is wrong!"

"I am beset on all sides by egregores and ideas trying to enslave me to their will! I must be ever vigilant."

wait, burt, were you actually an Ayn Rand disciple this whole time?

tree_ wrote:wait, burt, were you actually an Ayn Rand disciple this whole time?

Rand's objectivism is very stupid and she's a terrible writer, but she had a few good ideas.

If you want pure, uncut egoism, read Stirner instead.

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I started getting along with myself a lot better after I realized I'm just a silly goofball

Jorge wrote:I started getting along with myself a lot better after I realized I'm just a silly goofball

That's a good one. I always get into trouble when I try to take myself too seriously. Fool's errand.

The Argonaut wrote:I've always struggled with low self-esteem, which can sometimes break down into self-loathing. It may be too much to ask to transform this into confidence and self-love, so recently I've begun to try to transform my low self-opinion into humility. It's going ok!

It’s tough

I do now. It was the only way I’d get clean. Once I settled the shit in my head things got easier. I like myself now.

spike wrote:i'm learning to not be so hard on