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{{a|devil|{{image|Lucky Bastard|jpg|The lived experience when you are not “a proper little jailer’s pet”, yesterday.}}}}{{Quote| | {{a|devil|{{image|Lucky Bastard|jpg|The lived experience when you are not “a proper little jailer’s pet”, yesterday.}}}}{{Quote| | ||
{{script|Hamlet}}: [[Hamlet’s mum|Madam]], how like you this play? <br> | |||
{{script|Queen}}: The lady doth protest too much, methinks. | |||
:— ''Hamlet'', III, ii}}{{dpn|/lɪvd ɪksˈpɪərɪəns/|n}}Knowledge about the world one gains, first-hand, by living through it. | :— ''Hamlet'', III, ii}}{{dpn|/lɪvd ɪksˈpɪərɪəns/|n}}Knowledge about the world one gains, first-hand, by living through it. | ||
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Each person’s “lived experience” is necessarily unique and, taken ''ad absurdum'', unavailable — literally “[[ineffable]]” — to another. Which is true, of all of us, but makes you wonder what its value really is, except by way of unconditional surrender to the human condition. | Each person’s “lived experience” is necessarily unique and, taken ''ad absurdum'', unavailable — literally “[[ineffable]]” — to another. Which is true, of all of us, but makes you wonder what its value really is, except by way of unconditional surrender to the human condition. | ||
This calls to mind a stanza in one of the JC’s favourite Ogden Nash | This calls to mind a stanza in one of the JC’s favourite [[Ogden Nash]] poem: | ||
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{{Ogden nash listen}}}} | |||
Of course, knowing what one’s “lived experience” is can get confusing when you consider it ''includes'' being indoctrinated into those lesser forms of pseudo-knowledge, through social institutions like school, university, work, the internet and, well, people on it who witter on about “lived experiences” all the time. Yes: like the JC. | Of course, knowing what one’s “lived experience” is can get confusing when you consider it ''includes'' being indoctrinated into those lesser forms of pseudo-knowledge, through social institutions like school, university, work, the internet and, well, people on it who witter on about “lived experiences” all the time. Yes: like the JC. | ||
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In any rate, your lived experience is personal, subjective and your own business, to be ''minded'' as such: though you may be politely indulged, no-one much cares to hear about it.<ref>The proprietors of ''The Times'' appear to believe, wrongly, that this rule does not to apply to Robert Crampton, for some reason.</ref> So, life advice, kids, from the Dale Carnegie school of winning friends and influencing people: frame your interactions with the world in terms of ''others''’ lived experiences, not your own, lest you come across as a ''bore''. | In any rate, your lived experience is personal, subjective and your own business, to be ''minded'' as such: though you may be politely indulged, no-one much cares to hear about it.<ref>The proprietors of ''The Times'' appear to believe, wrongly, that this rule does not to apply to Robert Crampton, for some reason.</ref> So, life advice, kids, from the Dale Carnegie school of winning friends and influencing people: frame your interactions with the world in terms of ''others''’ lived experiences, not your own, lest you come across as a ''bore''. | ||
''Suppress'' the instinct to yawp about your own problems | ''Suppress'' the instinct to yawp about your own problems. For, if you have the time, energy and platform — that is, the ''luxury'' — to do that, they will hardly seem existential in nature to anyone minded to listen. The converse is just as true for those [[Inclined to|inclined]] to [[Humblebraggadocio|humblebrag]] about [[industry awards]] and [[Guide to the legal profession|Chambers]]’ rankings: if things are so good, why waste your time ''crowing'' about it, rather than just getting on with the ''winning''? | ||
Disingenuously complaining about your lot — let’s call it “[[humblegriping]]” — is a dark inversion of [[Humblebraggadocio|humblebragging]]. No more edifying, and so much more of a downer. Tiresome though he is, you rarely hear the humblebragger droning on about his lived experience. | Disingenuously complaining about your lot — let’s call it “[[humblegriping]]” — is a dark inversion of [[Humblebraggadocio|humblebragging]]. No more edifying, and so much more of a downer. Tiresome though he is, you rarely hear the humblebragger droning on about his lived experience. | ||