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A channel for the people with the INFJ personality type.
The Ardabil Carpet, the world's oldest dated carpet,
1539-1540, Ardabil, Iran.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-ardabil-carpet
Survivorship bias
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
Guts
by Cooper Lit
Biden vs Trump
https://cooperlit.com/guts/
#cartoon
"When you have a child, the world has a hostage."
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
#quote
#antinatalism
Barbarity vs Civilisation, France 1899
https://redd.it/1cq1iym
Meanwhile in reddit (r/AlternateHistory)
https://www.reddit.com/r/AlternateHistory/s/Ol3CpDdu3B
Jonas Salk didn’t patent his 1955 polio vaccine so that it would be affordable for all people. As a result, he lost an estimated 7 billion dollars. Saying in an interview: “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”
https://redd.it/1esynat
The ocean does not apologize for his depth and the mountains do not seek forgiveness for the space they take and so, neither shall I.
Becca Lee
#poetry
#quote
If your plan is for 1 year, plant rice. If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees. If your plan is for 100 years, educate children.
Confucius (c. 551 – c. 479 BCE)
#quote
And she had a heart! (Autopsy)
By Enrique Simonet - 1890
#painting
"I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction."
Clarence Darrow (1857-1938)
#quote
This is my father's crime against me,
which I myself committed against none.
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هذا جَنَاهُ أَبي عَلَيَّ
وما جَنَيْتُ عَلَى أَحَدْ
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اين جنايت پدرم بر من است،
و من بر احدی این جنايت روا نداشتم
Al-Ma'arri's self-composed epitaph, on his tomb (regarding life and birth).
Al-Ma'arri (973-1075), was a Syrian philosopher and poet. He was atheist and antinatalist. He went blind at an early age, never married and had no children. He became a vegan in his later years.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Ma%27arri
#quote
#epitaph
#arabic