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    3 months ago

    I have an allegorical story that might help you, friend. The moral of this story is that anger at others poisons the self. Really keep in mind that the physical discomfort is a sensation, pain is a sensation, and that anger is an emotion. The story: let’s say we are in class and the person in front of us is doing that thing where they shake their leg up and down and they have some keys in their pocket. The keys are making a jingle sound and the person doesn’t seem to realize that the noise is annoying to us. We have some options in this situation. As part of the story, let’s say that we are a powerful magician. We are a magician that can do anything, without anyone knowing, and no one could prove it. If we wanted to, no one would even remember it. Now we really have some options. The question I pose is: if you could do anything in this situation, what should you do? There are infinite answers, of course, but for the purposes of the story I will try to do the least evil thing possible. What is the most evil thing? For comparison purposes, it might be removing the guy’s genes from reality after several eons of torture. Now, given infinite power as a magician, this would be feasible. I mention the evil choice because, of course, we will be choosing the most good choice. What might this choice look like? Something that doesn’t violate the guy would be the better choice. We could let the guy read our mind, seeing just how annoying the jingle keys are to us. This would change his mind. We might give the guy an upgraded car with a biometric door and remove the keys. The list goes on until we don’t violate the guy and change itself to not be annoyed at the jingle keys. The people you payed to come do your lawn started early to escape the august heat? That might be insensitive of them, but really, anger is a choice friend. Good and safe travels.