"Now Is the Time to Do the Dumb Stuff" Topic
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| Tango01 | 10 Apr 2020 9:39 p.m. PST |
"Quarantine, shelter in place—whatever you're calling it wherever you are—is horrifying. If hell is other people, being forced to keep all people outside a six-foot perimeter makes a strong case for purgatory-on-Earth. But in the fleeting moments where I'm feeling pollyannaish about this catastrophe, social isolation is also strangely liberating. What I'm saying is: In this golden moment of loneliness and unaccountability, you should do some dumb stuff. Nothing that endangers your safety or the safety of others—what I'm talking about are the development of eccentrics, the pursuit of totally meaningless aims, the on-a-whim personal decisions that, with more visibility and less time to yourself, would probably be unthinkable…"
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Armand |
 Legion 4   | 11 Apr 2020 7:59 a.m. PST |
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| robert piepenbrink | 11 Apr 2020 10:03 a.m. PST |
I'm a retired widower. I can do dumb stuff whenever I want--and frequently do. Currently, it's microscale Napoleonics. But if the Lockdown continues long enough, microscale Spartans will begin marching across the painting table. |
| Tango01 | 11 Apr 2020 11:33 a.m. PST |
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| von Schwartz | 11 Apr 2020 6:35 p.m. PST |
You mean you need a SPECIAL time?!?! Does that mean I've been doing it wrong all these years?! |
 etotheipi  | 12 Apr 2020 9:37 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 12 Apr 2020 4:45 p.m. PST |
Ha!Ha!…. Amicalement
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| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 13 Apr 2020 5:55 p.m. PST |
I think we all count as eccentrics already, although there is a sea change happening, as our hobby becomes more mainstream and accepted with every mention in popular culture. |
| von Schwartz | 13 Apr 2020 6:42 p.m. PST |
Can I get an appointment to do some dumb stuff this week? (smile) |
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