Author: Uncharted Thoughts
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Dune 2 a masterpiece of propaganda, or just one of the greatest film ever made?
Spoilers obviously…. “Dad, wanna go see Dune?” I asked in the early hours of Monday morning. “What’s Dune?” He replied, with seemingly little interest. “You know, the SyFy movie about sand worms. The second one is out now”. That’s how my morning started out, little did I know, I was about to wittiness one of…
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A dog knows not the sharpness of a wolf’s teeth.
I was listening to a podcast by The Ancients the other day while at work scrubbing floors and changing beds. The podcast episode was about ancient dogs, specifically about how we came to domesticate dogs, what they were used for and how they were treated (I highly recommend listening in to the podcast). A passage…
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Stoicism Saved My F**king Life Man.
“You have power over your mind, not outside events” – Marcus Aurelius Okay, maybe there is a little bit of a exaggeration here, but stoicism has changed the way I think forever, which in turn has changed the way I feel for good. About two years ago, I found myself in a really bad job,…
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The Manosphere.
As a Plymothian, as a son, as a brother to two sister and as a human I think this topic is one that strikes deep into my morality. While working a shift at McDonalds in Plymouth, I witnessed twenty or more police cars bolting down the A38 into Plymouth city centre with their sirens blaring.…
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Euphoria, less is more… more or less.
In recent years there has been a lot of report on the current state of this generations over exposure to dopamine. Be it pornography, computer games, or social media, as a generation we are overdosing on dopamine, like junkies to the needle, we run to the nearest website to get our fix. This is a…
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Two steps forward, one step back. The art of discipline
These past weeks haves been one filled with Christmas joy, large plates and plenty of strong booze to help warm the soul. I was lucky enough to make it down to my home town to celebrate with my loved ones, a privilege I am always thankful for. Yet, the grind never stopped. Yes I was…
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Why do we run?
Yesterday, a thousand people and I took part in The Langdale Christmas Pudding run. This was my third running event, prior to this I had completed two half marathons. A 10k like any other, The Langdale Christmas Pudding run meanders its way through the heart of the Lake District, and at its conclusion you win…
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John O’ Groats to Lands End…. What?
What was it like? It has been seven years, three months and ten days (I think) since I finished the pilgrimage. So remembering every aspect of the walk, or attempting to remember it without rose tinted glasses is difficult. I could easily sit here and tell you it was the best eighty one days of…
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Masters at Cardiff University!
My relationship with my childhood friend Joe is one built on travel, “would you rather” debates and quoting the office, the English one, the good one. A common interest we never really discussed until our journey into university is our love for story telling and journalism. Although our late teenage years were filled with watching…
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