Ep 24 // Rubyisms Vol. 3: Infinite Photos, Yoga Wisdom, and Proud Failures

07/21/23 • 21 min

Matt collects aphorisms, mantras, and other brief thoughts that represent lessons he’s learned throughout his life. In this episode, he and producer J. McVay discuss a handful of these so-called “Rubyisms,” the stories behind them, and the deeper truths they’re connected to:

We’ll have so many photos of so much nothing and no one will look at them. Meanwhile, your grandparents had a few photos in a shoebox and viewed them hundreds of times.
Let your weight be absorbed by the ground. (Lesson from yoga.)
An embarrassing success is worse than a proud failure.

Produced by Stereoactive Media

We’ll have so many photos of so much nothing and no one will look at them. Meanwhile, your grandparents had a few photos in a shoebox and viewed them hundreds of times.
Let your weight be absorbed by the ground. (Lesson from yoga.)
An embarrassing success is worse than a proud failure.

Produced by Stereoactive Media

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Ep 23 // Rubyisms Vol. 2: Romantic Cynics, Traditions, Beautiful Violence, and Illegal vs. Wrong

Cynics are just disappointed romantics.
Tradition makes you focus on the wrong things. Want people to remember your wedding? Skip the cake and spend that money on a choreographer for your first dance. No one cares about cake anyway.
Make your violence beautiful. Make your violence, beautiful.
Just because something is illegal doesn't mean it's wrong. Laws often have an ulterior motive.

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Ep 25 // "THAT did not age well" and the battle between generations...

“Aging well” is an oxymoron and the future will frown upon all of us. Matt explores the friction between generations that occurs when younger people expect elders to be able to keep up with changing expectations about language, behavior, etc, even as many elders are unreasonable in their refusal to even try. A wider willingness to forgive elders who are trying might be helpful, but it would probably also help if elders better recognized their own generational shortcomings as well as the advantages they had that will largely not be passed on.

Produced by Stereoactive Media