The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck (Article)

[dovahfel]

I read this and found it extremely awesome. And thought of you all.  Nothing like self-help and pop psychology with a little side of repeated use of the f word!

markmanson.net/not-giving-a-fuck

[MrsC0617]

I know I give way too many fucks. This was an interesting read, thanks for sharing!

[WVaRN]

I found this image so funny.

[dovahfel]

I'm seriously considering printing that image for my closet mirror. hehe

[blush]

I am going to send this link to a couple I know. Thanks

[WVaRN]

I really wish I could send this to my sister, but she is a preachers wife and all the fucks given may give her a heart attack. lol she is in the middle of a facebook feud with one of her sister in laws so I think she would appreciate the no fucks given.

[dovahfel]

It's amazing. I am going back and forth on posting it on my facebook (I have a lot of people on it who will not appreciate the language). I myself am going through a time of giving more fucks than I should be, and this article made it make perfect sense! (apparently my comprehension is positively correlated with the amount of "fucks" in the piece....hmm)

[WVaRN]

Feb 14, 2015 22:52:01 GMT -5 dovahfel said:

It's amazing. I am going back and forth on posting it on my facebook (I have a lot of people on it who will not appreciate the language). I myself am going through a time of giving more fucks than I should be, and this article made it make perfect sense! (apparently my comprehension is positively correlated with the amount of "fucks" in the piece....hmm)

I don't know if anyone on my facebook would notice it. All I'm seeing now is posts about loving 50 shades movie, and other group condemning them for watching "porn". I can't wait until the entire crap is over.  

[dovahfel]

Feb 14, 2015 22:55:09 GMT -5 WVaRN said:

Feb 14, 2015 22:52:01 GMT -5 dovahfel said:

It's amazing. I am going back and forth on posting it on my facebook (I have a lot of people on it who will not appreciate the language). I myself am going through a time of giving more fucks than I should be, and this article made it make perfect sense! (apparently my comprehension is positively correlated with the amount of "fucks" in the piece....hmm)

I don't know if anyone on my facebook would notice it. All I'm seeing now is posts about loving 50 shades movie, and other group condemning them for watching "porn". I can't wait until the entire crap is over.  

haha! Same thing on my wall.  I never had any interest in reading the books or seeing the movie.  But with everyone on my newsfeed condemning "the public acceptance of porn" it's actually piquing my curiosity and I kinda wanna read it.  Kind of ironic that the people screaming to stay away from it are raising my interest in reading it......

[WVaRN]

Feb 14, 2015 23:02:19 GMT -5 dovahfel said:

Feb 14, 2015 22:55:09 GMT -5 WVaRN said:

I don't know if anyone on my facebook would notice it. All I'm seeing now is posts about loving 50 shades movie, and other group condemning them for watching "porn". I can't wait until the entire crap is over.  

haha! Same thing on my wall.  I never had any interest in reading the books or seeing the movie.  But with everyone on my newsfeed condemning "the public acceptance of porn" it's actually piquing my curiosity and I kinda wanna read it.  Kind of ironic that the people screaming to stay away from it are raising my interest in reading it......

I've read the books and seriously I have read some historical fiction that was raunchier.  lol I will probably see the movie when it comes out on DVD.

[beckynsean11]

"Now, while not giving a fuck may seem simple on the surface, it’s a whole new bag of burritos under the hood. I don’t even know what that sentence means, but I don’t give a fuck. A bag of burritos sounds awesome, so let’s just go with it."


Bag of burritos. I fucking died when I read that. I'm pretty sure this is my new favorite phrase.


This is definitely getting shared on my FB. I know quite a few aren't going to like the language. I don't give a fuck

[peanutmuse]

Feb 15, 2015 1:58:33 GMT -5 beckynsean11 said:

"Now, while not giving a fuck may seem simple on the surface, it’s a whole new bag of burritos under the hood. I don’t even know what that sentence means, but I don’t give a fuck. A bag of burritos sounds awesome, so let’s just go with it."


Bag of burritos. I fucking died when I read that. I'm pretty sure this is my new favorite phrase.


This is definitely getting shared on my FB. I know quite a few aren't going to like the language. I don't give a fuck

That was my favorite line too, beckynsean11.

I would share it for the same reason. Because I don't give a fuck. Never have. Except I don't really share much on FB. I am selective.

[peanutmuse]

I do have something that I give a fuck about that ruins my day. Poor customer service. I wish I could not give a fuck, but it always grinds my gears. I can't decide whether or not that qualifies as something that I should give a fuck about.

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Feb 14, 2015 22:33:55 GMT -5 WVaRN said:

I found this image so funny.

I sent this to my brother a few months ago. His name is Tim. He definitely never gives any fucks.

[Deleted]

I loved the article. I thought it was going to end up being an uneducated rant. Totally wrong. It made so much sense. The part about the old woman struck a cord with me. Maybe it's because I coupon or maybe it's because you never know what drives someone to their break point. Even when the issue seems trivial to you.

[getzystark]

I love this! I need to remember this more.

[RajahMD]

That article is all sorts of awesome. Thanks for sharing!

[adorebel]

Good to remember this one: "Not giving a fuck doesn't mean being indifferent, it means being comfortable with being different."

[apunicorn]

Thanks for sharing this! I loved it, forwarded it to others, and have now moved on to reading other articles on his site.

[achromia]

Thanks for sharing this! I still give too many fucks, but am slowly getting better at discriminating where/when to give them. I will refer to the article occasionally as encouragement.

[helloerrbody]

LOVE this article! Thanks for sharing dovahfel!

My favorite part:
This is what is so admirable — no, not me, dumbass — the overcoming adversity stuff. The staring failure in the face and shoving your middle finger back at it. The people who don’t give a fuck about adversity or failure or embarrassing themselves or shitting the bed a few times. The people who just laugh and then do it anyway. Because they know it’s right. They know it’s more important than them and their own feelings and their own pride and their own needs. They say “Fuck it,” not to everything in life, but rather they say “Fuck it” to everything unimportant in life.

[teenybenoit]

Loved it!