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Posts Tagged ‘anhedonia’

Paving the Road to Hell [Oscar Wilde]

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws. Their origin is pure vanity. Their result is absolutely nil. They give us, now and then, some of those luxurious sterile emotions that have a certain charm for the weak. That is all that can be said for them. They are simply cheques that men [...]

I’ll torture you so slowly,
you’ll think it’s a career

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Atrocitas Sui Generis The company that employed me strived only to serve up the cheapest fare that its customers would tolerate, churn it out as fast as possible, and charge as much as they could get away with. If it were possible to do so, the company would sell what all businesses of its kind [...]

Anhedonia’s Muse: Hyperopia

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Researchers have demonstrated that though in the short run it appears preferable to act responsibly and choose virtue over vice, over time such righteous behavior generates increasing regret. It has been argued that the passage of time attenuates regret about choosing vice and accentuates regret about choosing virtue because of the decay of indulgence guilt [...]

On Anhedonia and Horror

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Earlier today I was struck by an aspect of myself which left me at a loss for words – I knew there was some description for what I was experiencing which would sum up my thoughts on the matter and allow me to better understand myself (cue the immediate reaction to mouseover the “Back” button [...]