The Remarkable Fools Letter

The Remarkable Fools Letter

Share this post

The Remarkable Fools Letter
The Remarkable Fools Letter
seeking problems and taking offense
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More

seeking problems and taking offense

you are what you find

Jim Dalling's avatar
Jim Dalling
Jun 06, 2024
∙ Paid
2

Share this post

The Remarkable Fools Letter
The Remarkable Fools Letter
seeking problems and taking offense
Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More
2
Share

I once knew a man who described himself as a ‘seeker’.

I always regarded him as a pretentious dipshit.

Seeker eh? What are you looking for?

His answer didn’t disappoint:

Liberty, love and social justice.

Wow.

What a high minded person.

And important too! They were on a big quest for ‘liberty, love and social justice’.

They must be highly capable - if they were going to find liberty love and social justice.

What’s more, they must have somehow been my ‘better’.

Me?

I wanted a weekend off and a better job than washing dishes.

My goals in life were simple: I just wanted to get paid to make people laugh and have girls like me. 1

I told him as much and was made aware of the fact that both this goal and I myself were, ‘problematic’ and that this was an example of my ‘privilege’.2

Over the years, the Beaker faced ass patty of a human demonstrated quite the ability to find problems and take afense.

One day, I told him as much and you know what this hyper aware pile of moral purity did?

He found that ‘proble…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to The Remarkable Fools Letter to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 James Dalling
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture

Share

Copy link
Facebook
Email
Notes
More