As an engineer, stoicism is a great talent
the ability to evealuate things for what they are
without attachment
with girlfirends and puppies
not so great.
Being a stoic
I can attest to the drawbacks in terms of the
male female courtship
engineering school prepares you for not a lot
besides strain and stress calculations
not the kind that help you through
a conversation about why it is the end of the world
that you stay at the birthday party for 2.5 hours, not 2.25 hours
or that you did not seem to care that
the deer on TV was starving
even though it was a cartoon.
stoic \STOH-ik\, noun:
1. (Capitalized). A member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno holding that one should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and should submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity.
2. Hence, one who is apparently or professedly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain, joy or grief.
adjective:
1. Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines.
2. Not affected by passion; being or appearing indifferent to pleasure or pain, joy or grief.
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