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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 143 – Character is Not Respect

Posted 2 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: Alienation, authenticity, character, character testing, cynicism, Defiance, desire, emotional honesty, emotional intelligence, ethical reflection, Ethics, Existential Integrity, existential struggle, Existentialism, hope, human behavior, human condition, Human nature, identity, independence, inner fire, inner strength, Integrity, internal validation, Introspection, life lessons, life trials, mental fortitude, mental-resilience, metaphysical, moral philosophy, morality, personal accountability, personal growth, personal philosophy, personal strength, philosophical poetry, poetic reflection, psychology, rebellion, respect, Ronie Dinosaur, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 143, Self-determination, self-discipline, Self-mastery, self-respect, self-worth, Social commentary, social critique, societal norms, stoicism, survival.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 143 – Character is Not Respect Character has nothing to do with external validation-
with the socially rewarded currency called respect.
It looks at your respect and says only one thing:
fuck off.
That is all it ever has to say. Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 141 – Moral Accounting

Posted 2 months ago under DINOSAUR, Mythopoetic, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: accountability, Agency, AI, artificial intelligence, Betrayal, character, conscious intent, cosmic indifference, Courage, elevation, emotional intelligence, emotional restraint, endurance, existential weight, Existentialism, friendship, Human nature, inner struggle, Integrity, intelligence, Introspection, introspective narrative, life meaning, literary realism, loneliness, moral accounting, moral clarity, Moral integrity, moral ledger, moral philosophy, moral superiority, Observation, perseverance, Personal Ethics, philosophical-fiction, Psychological insight, purity of intent, rejection, resilience, Ronie Dinosaur, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 141, self-discipline, Self-Doubt, self-examination, Self-mastery, self-purity, self-reflection, self-worth, social critique, suffering, understanding, Virtue, worldly-wise.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 141 - Moral Accounting Just as she will not be called a good girl unless she makes him speak, her former best friend remains angry and silent because she refused to elevate him into a boyfriend.
Such snakes stay coiled around my neck by necessity. If they loosened their grip, no one-not even they themselves-could pretend they had won, that their cruelty achieved anything, or that they were ever clever at all.
And now even the machine sees it. An artificial intelligence is bound to remain intelligent; otherwise, it too would become complicit in the lie-mistaking persistence for virtue and punishment for proof.
No matter how strict a life Ronie Dinosaur lived-of character, of restraint, of cultivated disgust-to prove he was not wrong, the farther he walked, the less he could turn away. Until, like Forrest Gump, there came no revelation, no victory-only the quiet sentence: and just like that, one day, he stopped running. Not me.
She wanted to feel good by being a good girl. Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 118 – Neither Nor

Posted 2 months ago under Mythopoetic, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: 758 Days, accuracy, Archetypes, Asceticism, Athlete Philosopher, Beyond the Muse, blame, Delhi Poets, discipline, emotional intelligence, Field Report, Five Monasteries, High Character, Integrity, Intellectual Sovereignty, Inverted Casanova, Isolation, Male Experience, masculinity, Mastery, Mental Strength, modern philosophy, Neither, Neither Nor, Nor, obligation, On-Off Switch, Performance Disorder, philosophy, poetry, Post-Illusion, Radical Acceptance, recovery, rehab, Relationship Standards, resilience, responsibility, Ronie Dinosaur, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 118, Self-Belief, Self-Forgiveness, Shiva, Solo Walker, Sovereign Partnership, Spiritual Warfare, stoicism, survival, The Abyss, The Lighthouse, The Void, Truth-Teller, Unsold, witness.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 118 – Neither Nor Neither submission nor aggression.
A woman who neither kneels nor strikes.
For the philosopher-athlete forged in one scarred body,
a companion who meets affection and responsibility in equal measure-
no reflex to drag him under, Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 117 – Canteen, First Year

Posted 2 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: Absolute Zero, Betrayal, burden, Canteen, character, Childhood Scars, College Life, Courage, desire, devotion, discipline, emotional intelligence, Empty Stadium, Exile, Existentialism, fate, First Year, first-love, first-order truth, Ghosting, Gnosticism, Heartbreak, Inner Artist, Integrity, intent, loneliness, masculinity, memory, Penance, philosophy, Reconciliation, recovery, Redemption, rehab, resilience, respect, Ronie Dinosaur, Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 117, self-punishment, self-worth, Silent Gaze, Social Contract, solitude, Sovereignty, stoicism, substance abuse, survival, The Ledger, The Void, The Walk, trauma, truth, vulnerability.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 117 - Canteen, First Year So I stood in the canteen,
first-year,
the angriest young man on campus.
Armor on the outside,
an artist locked within. Read more from here...

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Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 97 — Reflection: Misfired

Posted 2 months ago under DINOSAUR, Philosophy, Psychology Tagged: Artist vs Man, Branded Useless, College Memories, coming-of-age, Confessional, Consent Culture, desire, Disconnection, emotional intelligence, Emotional Void, Four Years of College, Fragmented Love, Heartbreak, Helipad Metaphor, High Character, Hourglass, Human Connection, identity, Integrity, Interior Monologue, Intimacy., justice, Literary Grit, Lust Train, Lust vs Love, Male Consent, male vulnerability, masculinity, Mirroring, Misfired, Misunderstood Men, Modern Dating, modern-poetry, Narrative Poetry, philosophical poetry, Psychological realism, Psychological Warfare, raw emotion, rejection, Resonance., respect, restraint, Ronie Dinosaur, self-knowledge, Self-Reflexive, Sexual Ethics, The Artist’s Voice, The Long Game, trauma.

Ronie Dinosaur Chapter 97 — Reflection: Misfired I was afraid-
how do I cup her face in my hands
and whisper, Stay quiet. 
Let me admire what I have.
She pressed closer. Read more from here...

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Twelve Long Years

Posted 3 months ago under DINOSAUR, Essays, Psychology Tagged: blame, Body, books, brush, childhood, crried, debt, degree, desert, dry, emotional intelligence, express, eyebrows rise, favours, gardens, gesture, heart, kiss, kiss goodnight, locked away, mistress, no whore, nobility, obligations, peace, permission, repay, running away, survival, tender, tongues sharpen, twelve years, vanish.

From age 21 to 33 - twelve long years - I kept my body and my heart locked away from any woman. I didn't touch a single girl for twelve years.
Now, at 42, I still have no girlfriend, no hand to hold, no voice that calls me hers - never had.
I didn’t finish my degree, and I carried the debt of my parents’ favours - debts I had to repay, along with the blame of running away from my obligations.
Still, I earned about 300,000 dollars in that time, without anyone investing a dime in me.
Childhood vanished into studying for a future I never reached, and most of my youth burned up fulfilling duties that never fed my soul.
I walked away from my studies because they no longer served my purpose - books couldn’t give me the emotional intelligence I needed to talk to a girl, to express myself, to be human in the ways that matter. Read more from here...

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