Talche Posted September 2, 2014 Posted September 2, 2014 Hello fellow FDRers! I am new to the forum but not new to philosophy and the joys of self knowledge. I have been a listener for 3 years roughly. I have benefitted greatly from this show and today I manned up and subscribed to donate to the show. It really is a tiny price to pay for all the good it has brought to my life. I have quit my toxic relationship with my mother and for once in my life I feel good about myself. My goal with posting here on the boards is to get connected to the community behind this wonderful movement. 1
Lingum Posted September 2, 2014 Posted September 2, 2014 Welcome! It's great to see other Scandinavians here (Norway myself). It's not easy to seperate from the Borg in Scandinavian countries. Would you like to share what happened with your family? You didn't mention a father.
Talche Posted September 3, 2014 Author Posted September 3, 2014 Thank you! Not sure what you mean by Borg maybe it means something different in Norwegian So I grew up with an abusive father as well and if it wasn't for the fact that I still have my brothers living with him I would have defo'ed him long ago. I could if you are interested that is share more of my upbringing in a private message.
Lingum Posted September 4, 2014 Posted September 4, 2014 I was using Borg as a synonym for the collective, which maybe you can relate to coming from Sweden. I'm sorry to hear that your father was abusive, and also that you had to quit your relationship with your mother. Both must have been rough. You could also post in the Forum or the Chat so you can have a dialogue with more people. I can be a bit slow to respond. Initially, you can do what you're comfortable with. I'm of course interested in hearing about it, and I've had good experiences sharing my life with people on FDR.
Nitpicker Posted October 4, 2014 Posted October 4, 2014 Hello from Stockholm too! Here is my introduction. I recently got the result of my Swedish Mensa IQ test: 131(40 out of 45). (lots of uncertainty about the result as I answered 5+ questions without looking at them and 2+ I did not understand. This means I now have documentation to show I am a deviant I have asked my mother about why my parents did not beat or yell at us children and she said she did not know, "it just wasn't needed". Still it was not all negotiation and I can see how parents might do better and one of my sisters is more into that and it will be interesting to see how her children will be as adults, for now they are a delight. I particularly enjoy finding nonstandard ways to do things. I have listened to FDR for about a year. Also the books. I expect I'll have some questions later.
philbert Posted October 18, 2014 Posted October 18, 2014 Hello fellow FDRers! I am new to the forum but not new to philosophy and the joys of self knowledge. I have been a listener for 3 years roughly. I have benefitted greatly from this show and today I manned up and subscribed to donate to the show. It really is a tiny price to pay for all the good it has brought to my life. I have quit my toxic relationship with my mother and for once in my life I feel good about myself. My goal with posting here on the boards is to get connected to the community behind this wonderful movement. Hi Talche, I'm in Stockholm too. There are a couple of libertarian/anarcho-capitalist groups in Stockholm. Maybe you already know them: Ankeborg and Frihetsfronten. They have pretty regular meetups and usually have pretty interesting people attending.
Tresor Posted October 21, 2014 Posted October 21, 2014 HI Talche and Nitpicker, nice hearing Fdr is helping you guys. Is there topic you want to talk about? Nitpicker could you tell more about the relationship with you mother? She didn’t beat or yell, and if it was not all negation, what was your experience of the things your parents did? Talche, can you tell me how you got into philosophy? I think it’s great you became a donator and are now actively participating in the conversation on this forum. I hope you both have a nice time on this forum and meet great people!
Nitpicker Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 HI Talche and Nitpicker, nice hearing Fdr is helping you guys. Is there topic you want to talk about? Nitpicker could you tell more about the relationship with you mother? She didn’t beat or yell, and if it was not all negation, what was your experience of the things your parents did? Once she pinched me in the arm and I told her it was wrong and she made a non-excuse but at least did not repeat it. The most violent thing I remember my father doing to me was pretending to be a gorilla to chase me to bed. Mostly I complied when my parents would suggest or decide something. One thing was: at a time I wanted to sleep on the floor rather than in a bed and I was not allowed to. They didn't reason with me but rather told me I was not allowed to because it disturbed their aestetics. When I had trouble with mathematics in 3-4th grade my mother sat with me to go through it and using some bribery (maybe candy) and that helped me get going and after that I didn't have any trouble in that subject.
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