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  1. "Success will often depend on what you choose to ignore.” - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
    --

    If you follow me, you will know I'm very big on not following big hype. Far too many trends are overplayed and overemphasized, and yet under-reach with unrealistic potential.

    Why is that? Because I've seen over and over and over again what happens when excessively hyped trends don't become real in the short term. But here's a fun fact - I also believe the observation by Bill Gates that we tend to overestimate the impact of a trend in the short term, but underestimate it's impact its impact in the long term.

    Which means timing is everything!

    So let's put this conundrum into perspective. Many of us are conditioned to believe that success is about absorption. More information, more networking, more trends, more hustle leads to more success - that type of thing. But my own voyage through the global economy has taught me that the opposite is true. As the world gets louder, your success doesn't depend on what you take in. It depends on what you ruthlessly exclude.

    The "Infinite Pivot" isn't just about moving toward the new; it's about knowing which 'new' to avoid, and when.

    Fast-moving trends can often be a powerful distraction. The buzz they generate It is a chaotic mix of breaking news, viral hype, and the promise of quick riches. But if you jump on too soon, you'll get burned. Too late, and you'll miss the opportunity. Did I mention timing is everything?

    There's also the aspect of how real any particular trend might be - and which should be ignored. The most profound shifts in my career happened when I finally built a "cognitive firewall" against trivial trends.

    In an era of infinite distraction, the person who can choose what not to care about is the only one who can truly see what's coming.

    Don't just filter the future.

    Manage your attention.

    ---
    Futurist Jim Carroll has developed a well-honed skill for discovering and managing hype.

    **#Ignore** **#Focus** **#Hype** **#Timing** **#Subtraction** **#Clarity** **#Distraction** **#Noise** **#FOMO** **#Trends** **#Attention** **#Filter** **#Pivot** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Consensus** **#Quiet** **#Opportunity** **#Strategic** **#Ruthless** **#Exclusion** **#Signal** **#Gates** **#Wisdom** **#Onwards**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  2. "Success will often depend on what you choose to ignore.” - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
    --

    If you follow me, you will know I'm very big on not following big hype. Far too many trends are overplayed and overemphasized, and yet under-reach with unrealistic potential.

    Why is that? Because I've seen over and over and over again what happens when excessively hyped trends don't become real in the short term. But here's a fun fact - I also believe the observation by Bill Gates that we tend to overestimate the impact of a trend in the short term, but underestimate it's impact its impact in the long term.

    Which means timing is everything!

    So let's put this conundrum into perspective. Many of us are conditioned to believe that success is about absorption. More information, more networking, more trends, more hustle leads to more success - that type of thing. But my own voyage through the global economy has taught me that the opposite is true. As the world gets louder, your success doesn't depend on what you take in. It depends on what you ruthlessly exclude.

    The "Infinite Pivot" isn't just about moving toward the new; it's about knowing which 'new' to avoid, and when.

    Fast-moving trends can often be a powerful distraction. The buzz they generate It is a chaotic mix of breaking news, viral hype, and the promise of quick riches. But if you jump on too soon, you'll get burned. Too late, and you'll miss the opportunity. Did I mention timing is everything?

    There's also the aspect of how real any particular trend might be - and which should be ignored. The most profound shifts in my career happened when I finally built a "cognitive firewall" against trivial trends.

    In an era of infinite distraction, the person who can choose what not to care about is the only one who can truly see what's coming.

    Don't just filter the future.

    Manage your attention.

    ---
    Futurist Jim Carroll has developed a well-honed skill for discovering and managing hype.

    **#Ignore** **#Focus** **#Hype** **#Timing** **#Subtraction** **#Clarity** **#Distraction** **#Noise** **#FOMO** **#Trends** **#Attention** **#Filter** **#Pivot** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Consensus** **#Quiet** **#Opportunity** **#Strategic** **#Ruthless** **#Exclusion** **#Signal** **#Gates** **#Wisdom** **#Onwards**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  3. "Success will often depend on what you choose to ignore.” - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
    --

    If you follow me, you will know I'm very big on not following big hype. Far too many trends are overplayed and overemphasized, and yet under-reach with unrealistic potential.

    Why is that? Because I've seen over and over and over again what happens when excessively hyped trends don't become real in the short term. But here's a fun fact - I also believe the observation by Bill Gates that we tend to overestimate the impact of a trend in the short term, but underestimate it's impact its impact in the long term.

    Which means timing is everything!

    So let's put this conundrum into perspective. Many of us are conditioned to believe that success is about absorption. More information, more networking, more trends, more hustle leads to more success - that type of thing. But my own voyage through the global economy has taught me that the opposite is true. As the world gets louder, your success doesn't depend on what you take in. It depends on what you ruthlessly exclude.

    The "Infinite Pivot" isn't just about moving toward the new; it's about knowing which 'new' to avoid, and when.

    Fast-moving trends can often be a powerful distraction. The buzz they generate It is a chaotic mix of breaking news, viral hype, and the promise of quick riches. But if you jump on too soon, you'll get burned. Too late, and you'll miss the opportunity. Did I mention timing is everything?

    There's also the aspect of how real any particular trend might be - and which should be ignored. The most profound shifts in my career happened when I finally built a "cognitive firewall" against trivial trends.

    In an era of infinite distraction, the person who can choose what not to care about is the only one who can truly see what's coming.

    Don't just filter the future.

    Manage your attention.

    ---
    Futurist Jim Carroll has developed a well-honed skill for discovering and managing hype.

    **#Ignore** **#Focus** **#Hype** **#Timing** **#Subtraction** **#Clarity** **#Distraction** **#Noise** **#FOMO** **#Trends** **#Attention** **#Filter** **#Pivot** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Consensus** **#Quiet** **#Opportunity** **#Strategic** **#Ruthless** **#Exclusion** **#Signal** **#Gates** **#Wisdom** **#Onwards**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  4. "Success will often depend on what you choose to ignore.” - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
    --

    If you follow me, you will know I'm very big on not following big hype. Far too many trends are overplayed and overemphasized, and yet under-reach with unrealistic potential.

    Why is that? Because I've seen over and over and over again what happens when excessively hyped trends don't become real in the short term. But here's a fun fact - I also believe the observation by Bill Gates that we tend to overestimate the impact of a trend in the short term, but underestimate it's impact its impact in the long term.

    Which means timing is everything!

    So let's put this conundrum into perspective. Many of us are conditioned to believe that success is about absorption. More information, more networking, more trends, more hustle leads to more success - that type of thing. But my own voyage through the global economy has taught me that the opposite is true. As the world gets louder, your success doesn't depend on what you take in. It depends on what you ruthlessly exclude.

    The "Infinite Pivot" isn't just about moving toward the new; it's about knowing which 'new' to avoid, and when.

    Fast-moving trends can often be a powerful distraction. The buzz they generate It is a chaotic mix of breaking news, viral hype, and the promise of quick riches. But if you jump on too soon, you'll get burned. Too late, and you'll miss the opportunity. Did I mention timing is everything?

    There's also the aspect of how real any particular trend might be - and which should be ignored. The most profound shifts in my career happened when I finally built a "cognitive firewall" against trivial trends.

    In an era of infinite distraction, the person who can choose what not to care about is the only one who can truly see what's coming.

    Don't just filter the future.

    Manage your attention.

    ---
    Futurist Jim Carroll has developed a well-honed skill for discovering and managing hype.

    **#Ignore** **#Focus** **#Hype** **#Timing** **#Subtraction** **#Clarity** **#Distraction** **#Noise** **#FOMO** **#Trends** **#Attention** **#Filter** **#Pivot** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Consensus** **#Quiet** **#Opportunity** **#Strategic** **#Ruthless** **#Exclusion** **#Signal** **#Gates** **#Wisdom** **#Onwards**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  5. "Success will often depend on what you choose to ignore.” - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
    --

    If you follow me, you will know I'm very big on not following big hype. Far too many trends are overplayed and overemphasized, and yet under-reach with unrealistic potential.

    Why is that? Because I've seen over and over and over again what happens when excessively hyped trends don't become real in the short term. But here's a fun fact - I also believe the observation by Bill Gates that we tend to overestimate the impact of a trend in the short term, but underestimate it's impact its impact in the long term.

    Which means timing is everything!

    So let's put this conundrum into perspective. Many of us are conditioned to believe that success is about absorption. More information, more networking, more trends, more hustle leads to more success - that type of thing. But my own voyage through the global economy has taught me that the opposite is true. As the world gets louder, your success doesn't depend on what you take in. It depends on what you ruthlessly exclude.

    The "Infinite Pivot" isn't just about moving toward the new; it's about knowing which 'new' to avoid, and when.

    Fast-moving trends can often be a powerful distraction. The buzz they generate It is a chaotic mix of breaking news, viral hype, and the promise of quick riches. But if you jump on too soon, you'll get burned. Too late, and you'll miss the opportunity. Did I mention timing is everything?

    There's also the aspect of how real any particular trend might be - and which should be ignored. The most profound shifts in my career happened when I finally built a "cognitive firewall" against trivial trends.

    In an era of infinite distraction, the person who can choose what not to care about is the only one who can truly see what's coming.

    Don't just filter the future.

    Manage your attention.

    ---
    Futurist Jim Carroll has developed a well-honed skill for discovering and managing hype.

    **#Ignore** **#Focus** **#Hype** **#Timing** **#Subtraction** **#Clarity** **#Distraction** **#Noise** **#FOMO** **#Trends** **#Attention** **#Filter** **#Pivot** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Consensus** **#Quiet** **#Opportunity** **#Strategic** **#Ruthless** **#Exclusion** **#Signal** **#Gates** **#Wisdom** **#Onwards**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  6. Nobody has a #machine for processing #truth / #feelings / #emotions.

    Arguably only humans can do this but many systems don't have this process in-built and if anything design-out feelings / emotions and #ignore them. #AltText

    #Cold #Systems
    = #System without #Love for people

  7. This is a test of a new compose app I’m playing with for posting to my social accounts. #Ignore

  8. Porque pode ajudar: quem usa Chrome (e derivados), ativem estas na chrome://flags
    #enable-quic
    #enable-parallel-downloading
    #ignore-gpu-blocklist
    #force-high-performance-gpu (para fixos🪫🚨)
    #enable-gpu-rasterization

    Navegação mais suave.
    Resultados podem variar 🤷‍♂️

  9. Porque pode ajudar: quem usa Chrome (e derivados), ativem estas na chrome://flags
    #enable-quic
    #enable-parallel-downloading
    #ignore-gpu-blocklist
    #force-high-performance-gpu (para fixos🪫🚨)
    #enable-gpu-rasterization

    Navegação mais suave.
    Resultados podem variar 🤷‍♂️

  10. Porque pode ajudar: quem usa Chrome (e derivados), ativem estas na chrome://flags
    #enable-quic
    #enable-parallel-downloading
    #ignore-gpu-blocklist
    #force-high-performance-gpu (para fixos🪫🚨)
    #enable-gpu-rasterization

    Navegação mais suave.
    Resultados podem variar 🤷‍♂️

  11. Porque pode ajudar: quem usa Chrome (e derivados), ativem estas na chrome://flags
    #enable-quic
    #enable-parallel-downloading
    #ignore-gpu-blocklist
    #force-high-performance-gpu (para fixos🪫🚨)
    #enable-gpu-rasterization

    Navegação mais suave.
    Resultados podem variar 🤷‍♂️

  12. Porque pode ajudar: quem usa Chrome (e derivados), ativem estas na chrome://flags
    #enable-quic
    #enable-parallel-downloading
    #ignore-gpu-blocklist
    #force-high-performance-gpu (para fixos🪫🚨)
    #enable-gpu-rasterization

    Navegação mais suave.
    Resultados podem variar 🤷‍♂️

  13. Just a post that let me find my own profile in my masto app #ignore

  14. CW: hashtag oversaturation, absolutely non-screenreader friendly

    I #do #not #understand the #urge to #put a #hashtag in #front of #random #words in #toots.

    #Besides the #fact that it is a #pain in the #ass for #screenreader #users, #most of those #hashtags are just #useless and do #not even #help to #reach a #bigger #audience.
    On the #contrary, even for #sighted #folks it's #hard to #read, so they #probably #ignore the #post and just #continue #scrolling.

    #JustSaying.

  15. CW: hashtag oversaturation, absolutely non-screenreader friendly

    I #do #not #understand the #urge to #put a #hashtag in #front of #random #words in #toots.

    #Besides the #fact that it is a #pain in the #ass for #screenreader #users, #most of those #hashtags are just #useless and do #not even #help to #reach a #bigger #audience.
    On the #contrary, even for #sighted #folks it's #hard to #read, so they #probably #ignore the #post and just #continue #scrolling.

    #JustSaying.

  16. CW: hashtag oversaturation, absolutely non-screenreader friendly

    I #do #not #understand the #urge to #put a #hashtag in #front of #random #words in #toots.

    #Besides the #fact that it is a #pain in the #ass for #screenreader #users, #most of those #hashtags are just #useless and do #not even #help to #reach a #bigger #audience.
    On the #contrary, even for #sighted #folks it's #hard to #read, so they #probably #ignore the #post and just #continue #scrolling.

    #JustSaying.

  17. CW: hashtag oversaturation, absolutely non-screenreader friendly

    I #do #not #understand the #urge to #put a #hashtag in #front of #random #words in #toots.

    #Besides the #fact that it is a #pain in the #ass for #screenreader #users, #most of those #hashtags are just #useless and do #not even #help to #reach a #bigger #audience.
    On the #contrary, even for #sighted #folks it's #hard to #read, so they #probably #ignore the #post and just #continue #scrolling.

    #JustSaying.

  18. CW: hashtag oversaturation, absolutely non-screenreader friendly

    I #do #not #understand the #urge to #put a #hashtag in #front of #random #words in #toots.

    #Besides the #fact that it is a #pain in the #ass for #screenreader #users, #most of those #hashtags are just #useless and do #not even #help to #reach a #bigger #audience.
    On the #contrary, even for #sighted #folks it's #hard to #read, so they #probably #ignore the #post and just #continue #scrolling.

    #JustSaying.

  19. Hidden LatAm Appliance Play US Investors Ignore

    Brazil’s Whirlpool S.A. quietly anchors Whirlpool Corp.’s Latin American growth. Here’s how FX, margins, and emerging?market demand could…
    #Conflict #Conflicts #War #Appliance #Brazil’s #corps #hidden #Ignore #investors #latam #Latin #Latinamerica #play #whirlpool
    europesays.com/2799106/

  20. First Light News – A Tale of Two Labour Markets: Headline Strength Masks Underlying Weakness

    The large revisions help rationalise the lacklustre market reaction following the announcement. Take the USD/JPY, for example. We…
    #NewsBeep #News #Economy #AU #Australia #Business #Commodities #daily #DowJones #Forex #GBP/USD #Gold #ignore #indices #Kospi #NASDAQ100 #nikkei #S&P500 #S&P/ASX200 #Silver #stocks #USDollarIndex #USD/JPY #WTICrudeOil
    newsbeep.com/au/475835/

  21. Hi, sorry ich teste den channel, ich versuche #mastodontest #ignore als hashtag hinzuzufügen, damit ihr das wegfiltern könnt und nicht zugespammt werdet.

  22. Does anyone need to do ghost hunting to tell you what they actually see in their dreams? :neocat_googly_woozy_256:

    Do you really believe that dreams are just dreams? :neocat_googly_woozy_256:


    #Ignore #just-something-mine's #trully #don't-worry
  23. Does anyone need to do ghost hunting to tell you what they actually see in their dreams? :neocat_googly_woozy_256:

    Do you really believe that dreams are just dreams? :neocat_googly_woozy_256:


    #Ignore #just-something-mine's #trully #don't-worry
  24. CW: 18+, Feet

    Peek at our toes while we cuddle n chat? ~ Lucy LaRue and Harper Minx in "Cuddling Foot Fetish Friends Ignore U" (7 minutes) apclips.com/lacebaby/cuddling-
    #feet #toes #soles #cuddling #ignore #nonbinary #queer #AltText #FootFetish #gif

  25. (Sorry, falls das jetzt teilweise unverständlich war. Es ist ein etwas längerer #wilderGedanke - also etwas noch nicht komplett durchdachtes, recherchiertes, verstandenes. Eher ein Anfang für mich, den ich teile, da sich dadurch manchmal weitere interessante Gedanken ergeben. Feel free to #ignore or #share or even #care - however you feel best. :) ).

    12/12

  26. CW: at-pol

    Plakolm dies, Plakolm das, Plakolm, Plako, Pla, Pla Pla.

    #ignore

  27. oh gosh, wasn't there an add-on that forced UIA in Chrome for NVDA? Or am I dreaming of this. Would sure help me as enabling the flag: "Override software rendering list
    Overrides the built-in software rendering list and enables GPU-acceleration on unsupported system configurations. – Mac, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Android
    #ignore-gpu-blocklist" breaks all NVDA cursor tracking and reading in multiline controls. I kid you not. Test it yourself, enable it and restart. No idea what this does to break #NVDASR but there it is, it breaks it. I could repro it on two machines, go ahead. Chrome://flags is where it's at. (ah yes, this is now in NVDA's advanced prefs, yay! no add-on needed!)
    And yup. Doing that setting, to use UIA in Chromium and Edge to yes fixed it all. Wow, facepalm moment, ugh.

  28. Being ghosted is bad enough in personal lives, but at work, it is uncalled for. When emails and messages are ignored, it is just downright rude. #ghosted #ignore #work #life #communication

  29. Com que no sé com borrar un post a phanpy, aixina es queda...

    #borrat #nollegir #ignore

  30. A quotation from Ambrose of Milan

       To avoid dissensions we should ever be on our guard, more especially with those who drive us to argue with them, with those who vex and irritate us, and who say things likely to excite us to anger. When we find ourselves in company with quarrelsome, eccentric individuals, people who openly and unblushingly say the most shocking things, difficult to put up with, we should take refuge in silence, and the wisest plan is not to reply to people whose behavior is so preposterous.
       Those who insult us and treat us contumeliously are anxious for a spiteful and sarcastic reply: the silence we then affect disheartens them, and they cannot avoid showing their vexation; they do all they can to provoke us and to elicit a reply, but the best way to baffle them is to say nothing, refuse to argue with them, and to leave them to chew the cud of their hasty anger. This method of bringing down their pride disarms them, and shows them plainly that we slight and despise them.
     
       [Sed etiam ille cavendus; est, qui videri potest, quicumque inritat, quicumque incitat, quicumque exasperat, quicumque incentiva luxuriae aut libidinis suggerit. Quando ergo aliquis nobis convitiatur, lacessit, ad violentiam provocat, ad iurgium vocat: tunc silentium exerceamus, tunc muti fieri non erubescamus. Peccator est enim qui nos provocat, qui iniuriam facit et nos similes sui fieri desiderat.
       Denique si taceas, si dissimules, solet dicere: Quid taces? Loquere, si audes; sed non audes, mutus es, elinguem te feci. Si ergo taceas, plus rumpitur; victum sese putat, inrisum, posthabitum atque inlusum.]

    Ambrose of Milan (339-397) Roman theologian, statesman, Christian prelate, saint, Doctor of the Church [Aurelius Ambrosius]
    De Officiis Ministrorum [On the Duties of the Clergy], Book 1, ch. 5, sec. 17-18 (AD 386)

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/ambrose-saint/32739/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #stambrose #anger #argument #calumny #disdain #dismiss #goad #ignore #insult #irritation #mute #provocation #quiet #scorn #silence #vexation

  31. A quotation from Ambrose of Milan

       To avoid dissensions we should ever be on our guard, more especially with those who drive us to argue with them, with those who vex and irritate us, and who say things likely to excite us to anger. When we find ourselves in company with quarrelsome, eccentric individuals, people who openly and unblushingly say the most shocking things, difficult to put up with, we should take refuge in silence, and the wisest plan is not to reply to people whose behavior is so preposterous.
       Those who insult us and treat us contumeliously are anxious for a spiteful and sarcastic reply: the silence we then affect disheartens them, and they cannot avoid showing their vexation; they do all they can to provoke us and to elicit a reply, but the best way to baffle them is to say nothing, refuse to argue with them, and to leave them to chew the cud of their hasty anger. This method of bringing down their pride disarms them, and shows them plainly that we slight and despise them.
     
       [Sed etiam ille cavendus; est, qui videri potest, quicumque inritat, quicumque incitat, quicumque exasperat, quicumque incentiva luxuriae aut libidinis suggerit. Quando ergo aliquis nobis convitiatur, lacessit, ad violentiam provocat, ad iurgium vocat: tunc silentium exerceamus, tunc muti fieri non erubescamus. Peccator est enim qui nos provocat, qui iniuriam facit et nos similes sui fieri desiderat.
       Denique si taceas, si dissimules, solet dicere: Quid taces? Loquere, si audes; sed non audes, mutus es, elinguem te feci. Si ergo taceas, plus rumpitur; victum sese putat, inrisum, posthabitum atque inlusum.]

    Ambrose of Milan (339-397) Roman theologian, statesman, Christian prelate, saint, Doctor of the Church [Aurelius Ambrosius]
    De Officiis Ministrorum [On the Duties of the Clergy], Book 1, ch. 5, sec. 17-18 (AD 386)

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/ambrose-saint/32739/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #stambrose #anger #argument #calumny #disdain #dismiss #goad #ignore #insult #irritation #mute #provocation #quiet #scorn #silence #vexation

  32. A quotation from Ambrose of Milan

       To avoid dissensions we should ever be on our guard, more especially with those who drive us to argue with them, with those who vex and irritate us, and who say things likely to excite us to anger. When we find ourselves in company with quarrelsome, eccentric individuals, people who openly and unblushingly say the most shocking things, difficult to put up with, we should take refuge in silence, and the wisest plan is not to reply to people whose behavior is so preposterous.
       Those who insult us and treat us contumeliously are anxious for a spiteful and sarcastic reply: the silence we then affect disheartens them, and they cannot avoid showing their vexation; they do all they can to provoke us and to elicit a reply, but the best way to baffle them is to say nothing, refuse to argue with them, and to leave them to chew the cud of their hasty anger. This method of bringing down their pride disarms them, and shows them plainly that we slight and despise them.
     
       [Sed etiam ille cavendus; est, qui videri potest, quicumque inritat, quicumque incitat, quicumque exasperat, quicumque incentiva luxuriae aut libidinis suggerit. Quando ergo aliquis nobis convitiatur, lacessit, ad violentiam provocat, ad iurgium vocat: tunc silentium exerceamus, tunc muti fieri non erubescamus. Peccator est enim qui nos provocat, qui iniuriam facit et nos similes sui fieri desiderat.
       Denique si taceas, si dissimules, solet dicere: Quid taces? Loquere, si audes; sed non audes, mutus es, elinguem te feci. Si ergo taceas, plus rumpitur; victum sese putat, inrisum, posthabitum atque inlusum.]

    Ambrose of Milan (339-397) Roman theologian, statesman, Christian prelate, saint, Doctor of the Church [Aurelius Ambrosius]
    De Officiis Ministrorum [On the Duties of the Clergy], Book 1, ch. 5, sec. 17-18 (AD 386)

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/ambrose-saint/32739/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #stambrose #anger #argument #calumny #disdain #dismiss #goad #ignore #insult #irritation #mute #provocation #quiet #scorn #silence #vexation

  33. A quotation from Ambrose of Milan

       To avoid dissensions we should ever be on our guard, more especially with those who drive us to argue with them, with those who vex and irritate us, and who say things likely to excite us to anger. When we find ourselves in company with quarrelsome, eccentric individuals, people who openly and unblushingly say the most shocking things, difficult to put up with, we should take refuge in silence, and the wisest plan is not to reply to people whose behavior is so preposterous.
       Those who insult us and treat us contumeliously are anxious for a spiteful and sarcastic reply: the silence we then affect disheartens them, and they cannot avoid showing their vexation; they do all they can to provoke us and to elicit a reply, but the best way to baffle them is to say nothing, refuse to argue with them, and to leave them to chew the cud of their hasty anger. This method of bringing down their pride disarms them, and shows them plainly that we slight and despise them.
     
       [Sed etiam ille cavendus; est, qui videri potest, quicumque inritat, quicumque incitat, quicumque exasperat, quicumque incentiva luxuriae aut libidinis suggerit. Quando ergo aliquis nobis convitiatur, lacessit, ad violentiam provocat, ad iurgium vocat: tunc silentium exerceamus, tunc muti fieri non erubescamus. Peccator est enim qui nos provocat, qui iniuriam facit et nos similes sui fieri desiderat.
       Denique si taceas, si dissimules, solet dicere: Quid taces? Loquere, si audes; sed non audes, mutus es, elinguem te feci. Si ergo taceas, plus rumpitur; victum sese putat, inrisum, posthabitum atque inlusum.]

    Ambrose of Milan (339-397) Roman theologian, statesman, Christian prelate, saint, Doctor of the Church [Aurelius Ambrosius]
    De Officiis Ministrorum [On the Duties of the Clergy], Book 1, ch. 5, sec. 17-18 (AD 386)

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/ambrose-saint/32739/

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  34. Nānā ʻole == ignore
    The “Hawaii Words” app (which doesn’t seem to be in the App Store any more?) fed me this word yesterday. I thought it was very timely after learning “nānākuli” for a specific type of ignoring as the June 6th HPR word of the day.
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