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What does this evoke in you? #2
1913 sats \ 24 comments \ @ek 20 Dec mostly_harmless
Next attempt at mentioning something pseudo-intellectually confusing.
Similar to #816528, I wonder if people understand what I want to say, this time it’s this sentence:
Don’t be a pendulum, be a compass.
me trying to quote myself into history books
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314 sats \ 3 replies \ @OneOneSeven 20 Dec
my take:
A compass points to something and is steady, but it does only one thing.
You gotta be like Jack's magic compass and follow what it is you want most, just be smart about it.
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44 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 20 Dec
Oh wow, I totally forgot about Jack's magic compass! That's definitely more the compass I imagined.
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51 sats \ 0 replies \ @OneOneSeven 20 Dec
I always liked the various MacGuffin's in the PoTC trilogy; the compass, the Black Pearl, the Flying Dutchman, Davy Jones' heart, the kraken, the pieces of eight.
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30 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 20 Dec
Nice one.
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124 sats \ 4 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 20 Dec
Being like a pendulum can mean changing your mind all the time, I'm not sure if it's worse than a compass (which goes round in circles).
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25 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek OP 20 Dec
Mhh yes, but a compass at least always points to something? 👀
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @bren 20 Dec
The pendulum always points to the center of the Earth.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 20 Dec
Oh, good point!
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67 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 20 Dec
It depends on your point of view, I don't like going round in circles, i.e. changing and coming back to the same thing. Life is made up of changes and that makes us stronger, even with some suffering along the way.
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 20 Dec
I must bring back the Discuss this Quote series so we can analyze the meaning of ek's musings.
A compass directs you where to go where as a pendulum swings back and forth so to me this evokes knowing where you want to go and reminding yourself rather than swinging back and forth from thing to thing.
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40 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 20 Dec
I saw #428900 in the related posts and I loved reading it! Will keep the other ones in mind.
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 20 Dec
So it was you that zapped it and made it pop into my notifications and mind again. Thanks.
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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @Imyourfed 20 Dec
Don’t be a pendulum, be a compass
Maybe react less, lead more?
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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 20 Dec
Also good!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Imyourfed 20 Dec
Thank you!
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 20 Dec
My favorite metaphor for feelings is a compass, so it evokes not wanting to have mood swings.
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20 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek OP 20 Dec
Interesting, not what I was thinking but close
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88 sats \ 2 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 20 Dec
A compass only shows you which direction you are headed. A pendulum can be used to divine the location of water, minerals, spirits, etc.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek OP 20 Dec
A pendulum can be used to divine the location of water, minerals, spirits, etc.
Really? How?
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77 sats \ 0 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 20 Dec
Dowsing
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77 sats \ 0 replies \ @DesertDave 20 Dec
Have a clear focus that cuts through the noise and chaotic cycles that surround us.
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55 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheWildHustle 20 Dec
Both are responding to forces of nature
The pendulum is in a constant state of imbalance rocking back and forth never agreeing on a fixed point.
The compass responds to nature by pointing towards a constant signal.
maybe.....
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fiatrevelation 20 Dec
The proverbial pendulum swings left and right with people's changing attitudes towards the role of government. Compass points north, because of physical properties, like a convicted bitcoiner points toward the truth.
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder 20 Dec
a pendulum is all over the place, flip flopping, whereas a compass is about heading in the direction you know you need to go, pursuing a goal with focus, and not deviating and being a cuck pendulum lol
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