Brett Spriester 29,696

Favorite Quotes:

Being right is a distant second to the joy of compassion

This really resonates with me since I’m someone who loves debating and critical thinking, and yet I have to remind myself that loving others, and the joy that comes with it, is far more important than proving I’m right in a debate.

God Is Most Glorified in Us When We Are Most Satisfied in Him

For me it is ultimately all about God. I may frequently mess up in living it out, but it remains my goal to glorify God in everything I do and derive my happiness (true satisfaction) from Him.

Blood of a slave, heart of a king

My ancestors in Germany were serfs–slaves to the local landowner. Hence, I have the blood of a slave and, I would like to imagine at least, the heart of a king.

Personal Milestones:
08/22/13 – Editor’d by Shawn
11/01/13 – 250 Annotations
11/12/13 – One of My Annotations is Annotated, the First Annotation to be Annotated Ever (the Very First of Its Very Useless Kind!!)
11/26/13 – 10,000 IQ
01/05/14 – Moderator’d by PerfectRhyme
08/28/14 – Annotation with 100 Upvotes
03/21/15 – Activity count is 15,000
05/07/15 – 20,000 IQ
06/01/17 – 25,000 IQ
08/14/17 – De-moderated with many other inactive mods (including Tomi, SameOldShawn, and PerfectRhyme)

A Sample of My ‘Tates!

/theinternet:

• Prioritizing the Arts Over Test Prep

Music:

• Eminem: “Rap God”

• Jay-Z: “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)”

• Michael Jackson: “Billie Jean”

• Kanye West: “Dark Fantasy”

• Lecrae: “Was It Worth It”

Other:

• The KJV Bible’s Revelation 4:3

• William Shakespeare: “Sonnet 73”

Some of My Threads!

• Tech Team Appreciation Thread (editors forum)

• 3 Main Categories of Hip Hop
  

• Annotation Appreciation Thread (editors forum)

• RG Favorite Films Survey Results with Analysis

• Chicago Hip Hop has Finally Gained Significant Visibility and Influence

• The “King Kendrick” Misnomer

• PROPERLY Dealing with the Flood of New Users in the Forum and in General

• Why do rappers reference Kurt Cobain so much (older thread)

• The Most Efficient Way to Help the World’s Poor (I know this sounds like a troll thread, but I be for realz!!)

Hobbies

Philosophy, theology, watching dope films and TV shows, literature, helping the less fortunate, reading the Bible, and (of course!) Rap Genius.

Beliefs

I’m theologically evangelical but mostly politically progressive with a hint of libertarianism. Epistemologically, I’m a probabilistic global skeptic in that I don’t think on a technical epistemic level that anything can be truly known (although I think on a practical level we can have knowledge).