Surveys have shown that many people move to Montreal, not for the culture, but for their health.
They’re paranoid, and it is the only place where their fears are truly justified.
Tag Archives: humour
JotD: Living in Manitoba (PWH00077)
A man walks into a Winnipeg bar and asks, “Wanna hear a joke about people from Churchill?”
The bartender says, “Listen, pal, I’m from Churchill, and I won’t appreciate it. The man sitting next to you is 265 pounds, and he’s from Churchill too. And the bouncer, that huge guy there, is also from Churchill. So, do you still want to tell that joke?”
“No,” says the guy. “Not if I have to explain it three times.”
JotD: Living in Alberta (PWH00076)
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson (2016) – BR00186 (2020) – 🐸🐸⚪⚪⚪
Plot or Premise
This is a self-help guide to reducing your stress levels by choosing to care only about those things that are important to you.
What I Liked
I found this a very odd book to read. In almost every chapter, I found myself disagreeing with his evidence and examples, often thinking they proved the opposite of what he was trying to use them to prove, yet at the same time agreeing with some of the premises. It felt more like he had some solid ideas throughout, just not very well developed. Like, for instance, that we have limited bandwidth to care about things and therefore we should not care about a lot of unimportant stuff (hence the title), finding problems you like to solve (i.e., what you love), prioritizing better values for ourselves in line with what we love, and certainty being an enemy of growth (so you should risk failure more).
What I Didn’t Like
Most of his examples are Millenial-style rants, not actual evidence to support his arguments, and it is a lot of work to come to the familiar conclusion “don’t sweat the small stuff and it is all small stuff”, except with swearing.
The Bottom Line
Not worth reading but at least I got a reading badge for it.
