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What's in a name? - What is the significance of your Gulch pseudonym?

Posted by Eudaimonia 12 years, 8 months ago to Philosophy
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Some of us, like myself, opt to post under a pseudonym.
However, being Objectivists, for the most part, those pseudonyms in all likelihood mean something specific to the wielder.

So, what's your psuedonym's deeper meaning?

I'll start:

Eudaimonia - (from wiktionary's entry on eudemonia - http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eudemonia#...) - A person’s state of excellence characterized by objective flourishing across a lifetime, and brought about through the exercise of moral virtue, practical wisdom, and rationality.

Eudaimonia, to me is a state of flourishing as a result of rational self-interest.

I first came across the term in a philosophy class titled "Ethical Individualism".

Eudaimonia, to me, is a goal which can best be summed up with the phrase "the good life".

"The good life", in fact, is my standard drinking toast.

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    Posted by Rocky_Road 12 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You are one of the McDonald family?

    And you have nothing to hide?

    How about this camera shot of you getting 'busted'.... ;-)

    [IMG]http://i40.tinypic.com/i52ot5.jpg[/IMG]
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    Posted by Wonky 12 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes. You're no fun. You've got to add a bit of the wonky to wonk to have the kind of fun he has ripping apart fellow senators, congressmen, and government agencies. Tell me he's not enjoying himself while being principled, on point, unwavering, unafraid, articulate and thorough. He's definitely not a conventional senator, and by conventional measures, one might call him weird, whacked out, messed up, etc. Whatever the case, I don't think we have to agree on whether or not he's wonky when it's so much more significant that we agree that he has integrity.
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    Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't think wonky describes him. More like principled, on point, unwavering, unafraid, articulate, and thorough. Si?
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    Posted by Wonky 12 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Department of Energy. Sounds like he has low flow toilets due to regulation, but they don't work. He's spot on, and he tore them up. I love they part where he says he's been waiting 20 years to bitch out the right people. C'mon, it's a little wonky, no? (with the utmost respect, of course) Wonky is good!
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    Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 12 years, 8 months ago
    My screen name is the result of trial and error looking for something apropos and not yet taken. It is an aspiration. I do not claim to be an "Objectivist" or completely objective. We are all influenced by our own subjectivity, but I strive to find and root out all of my own wheresoever possible. This is where the analyst comes in. I have had this screen name for several years and used it in participation in every board set up for the promotion of these movies since the beginning.
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    Posted by LetsShrug 12 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    He wasn't complaining about the toilets...he was complaining that the epa (or whoever) can TELL people what toilets they can have or not have... how did we get here...when we can't choose our own effing toilets in our own homes??
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    Posted by ObjectiveAnalyst 12 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Your screen name is fine! If one thinks of it as collectivist, then what was John Galt doing when he asked others to Shrug and join him in his gulch?
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