Post Aw6JFu8J4MeFKnnJzc by futurebird@sauropods.win
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(DIR) Post #Aw6JFu8J4MeFKnnJzc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-07-13T19:48:36Z
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@shafik Let's do a poll.What would you rather have?
(DIR) Post #Aw6JsIktyJfuhi9kZs by ricosuave@mastodon.online
2025-07-13T19:55:28Z
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@futurebird @shafik I voted for the 3rd option. If I could die knowing I was as kind and loving as possible, and did as much as I could with the gifts I'd been handed in life, that'd be best. If somehow I could be reunited with loved ones and kitties OTRB, even better.
(DIR) Post #Aw6K63DkWgzgZuCopU by coolcoder360@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-07-13T19:57:58Z
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@futurebird @shafik third option: being able to have a quiet life away from hustle and bustle without worry.
(DIR) Post #Aw6KLHCIqMkGGmmzdQ by restlesshead@dice.camp
2025-07-13T20:00:43Z
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@futurebird it's difficult to find things he actually said instead of things he wrote, but Terry Pratchett once said something about being able to afford to make art that wasn't about the money... That's what I want, which I suppose is what Heller meant by "enough"
(DIR) Post #Aw6KME71ncaAzVm76W by grumpasaurus@infosec.exchange
2025-07-13T20:00:55Z
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@futurebird @shafik goddamn. I honestly can't say. Catch-22 is so good.
(DIR) Post #Aw6LQKXdwApe2lkEXA by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-07-13T20:12:53Z
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@futurebird @shafik the thing is that I don't believe this story. It's too neat. It's too pat. Somebody knew Vonnegut and Heller knew each other, and made the rest up. Conveniently, it didn't appear until after they were both dead and could no longer object.
(DIR) Post #Aw6Lxa0dRxdJZW9zMW by SteveClough@metalhead.club
2025-07-13T20:18:51Z
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@futurebird @shafik I think I would rather have written something as amazing as Catch 22. And I think that might then have been "enough" for me.But it is hard to say, as I am definitely comfortable financially, so it might change if I was less so.
(DIR) Post #Aw6MC7iOvf04AAZAAa by raphaelmorgan@disabled.social
2025-07-13T20:21:29Z
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@futurebird @shafik I chose the second option because fuck am I tired of not having enough and my "enough" is probably way lower than what he was talking about anywayI'd be happy with $35k a year or something, enough to pay for rent and food and still have some left over for mutual aid
(DIR) Post #Aw6QK3KzUKlIifeWi8 by sbourne@mastodon.social
2025-07-13T21:07:45Z
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@futurebird @shafik I like Heller's answer: enough.
(DIR) Post #Aw6RNDROTsNgsRigaG by 0x0ddc0ffee@infosec.exchange
2025-07-13T21:19:31Z
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@futurebird @shafik Modest means, but with universal healthcare.
(DIR) Post #Aw6ROH5MPpyMTDv1P6 by Andrew@mnstdn.monster
2025-07-13T21:19:35Z
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@futurebird @shafik just yesterday I was looking up cultural differences in "enoughness" because as a transplant in Spain I'm often struck by how big an impact it has on everyday life here vs the US. I feel like "enough" is seen as anti-capitalist and anti-American these days...
(DIR) Post #Aw6fTxmsTeSZiKsddY by nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social
2025-07-13T23:57:37Z
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@futurebird @shafik Having "enough" is my dream. There is a lot I could at least do something about in my life if I had "enough." I don't want to be ultra-wealthy. But I sure would like to do the basics I can't do.
(DIR) Post #Aw6p3TsC4fRKwuNTlY by beaker@freeradical.zone
2025-07-14T01:44:52Z
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@futurebird Third option, I'd rather have written _2666_. Heller was a good writer and _Catch-22_ is important literature, but I personally didn't enjoy it. I made it through 8 chapters and decided it wasn't worth reading to 42.
(DIR) Post #Aw7jVnjCD2OTTigfsu by zdl@gamerplus.org
2025-07-14T06:44:16Z
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@futurebird @shafik I voted the third. I'd rather just have a life of quiet contentment away from the public eye and public interference.
(DIR) Post #Aw7nCjtwc0olvOsgG8 by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-07-14T04:50:59Z
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@futurebird To write a book as well crafted and influential as Catch 22 is my choice because it's something I would like to achieve in the outer world.It's much easier to develop the internal mindset that "enough is as good as a feast" (KS Robinson, Red Mars). There have been times when I haven't had the basics of enough and it's given me an appreciation for when I do have enough and the ability to stop myself from craving a constant feast (no this isn't about food) when I certainly don't need it.@shafik
(DIR) Post #Aw7sX9BcoNmzuLhYLg by iwein@mas.to
2025-07-14T04:04:41Z
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@futurebird I'd rather live in a world where everyone has enough. Having enough as an exceptional state is very uncomfortable and is not preferable to option 1 imo @shafik