Rindolfism - Shlomi Fish’s Personal Philosophy
Rindolfism
Sources of Inspiration
Rindolfism is my own personal philosophy and idea system, based on many influences - both more “serious” ones such as:
Judaism (= the philosophy, culture, and idea system, of the Jewish people, which is much more than just a religion).
The culture, history, and heritage of the modern state of Israel.
The open source and open content movements.
Ayn Rand’s Objectivism and Neo-Tech. (Note that I no longer find pure Classical Randian Objectivism usable in this day and age, and I am not a "randroid".)
As well as idea systems / franchises that don’t take themselves as seriously as those such as:
Sesame Street and the rest of The Muppets’ franchise.
The Star Trek franchise ( especially The Next Generation (TNG) and Deep Space Nine (DS9) series ).
The film The Princess Bride and other classic films such as:
The works of Monty Python.
Various popular Israeli T.V. shows and films.
The Greek mythology and other parts of Greek and Roman philosophy.
Online YouTube content, whether by YouTubers, by signed artists or official content owners, and bootleg content.
Web comics and blogs such as xkcd, "Joel on Software", or "Ozy and Millie".
These are just some of the major influences on Rindolfism, but there are many, many more.
The Dynamic Nature of Rindolfism
Moreover, Rindolfism is not static - it is dynamic and is constantly evolving. Since an early age, I have committed myself to be an idealist. However, my idealism has constantly changed, and my idealism today is very different from what it was even a year ago, which in turn is different from what it was two years ago, and so forth.
Furthermore, as great as philosophy is (including my own original, or mostly original, amateur philosophy), it just provides general guidelines for behaviour ( Reference ). A man or a woman eventually should use reason and judgement in leading their life. Making a bad decision and performing a wrong action, is often better than not doing anything at all.
How to help?
Finally, Rindolfism does not need fans and followers as much as it needs people who will either:
Criticise it.
Build upon it - including mix and match it with other things.
Suggest improvements.
Try to compete with it. Don't try to be No. 2… try to be No. 1! But "make your own kind of music" and do it your way.
Contribute! Feel free to clone the GitHub repository (or one of its child repositories), and send me an improvement licensed under CC-by or the public domain (either as a pull request or as a patch). If I like it, I will merge it. If I don't, I'll tell you why, and I may have to say "No".
Fork! - you can create a derivative of Rindolfism / *.shlomifish.org, and carry it in your own direction. It may not still be easy to do from the programmatic aspect but merge requests or patches to facilitate forking are welcome.
Codifying Rindolfism
I am also not planning to write a complete summary of Rindolfism any time soon, because like I said, it is constantly evolving, and because I don't see the point. If interested, you can read my essays (some of which are somewhat outdated), my works of humour and fiction (which are arguably both more serious, and not as funny as my essays), the posts on my blogs, my Twitter feed, and other Internet social media outlets where I have posted stuff.
For some attempts at codifying Rindolfism, see:
“The Eternal Jew” - an old essay, but still mostly pertinent.
“Putting all the Cards on the Table (2013)” - a newer essay - relevant for 2013, about which I received mixed opinions, may not be for everyone, and that may require a lot of revamping.
“Putting Cards on the Table (2019-*)” - an update.
Neo-Semitism
A central tenant of Rindolfism is Neo-Semitism, which has been an attempt to create the same fusion of ideas, cultures, influences, and even blood, that took place in the Near East by the predominantly Semitic peoples , only this time world wide, with electronic and computer communication as a facilitator, and with faster land, sea, and air travel.
I originally documented the term in a scene from my screenplay Selina Mandrake:
Mosheh: The so-called New Age is finally arriving, and we are about to establish the worldwide Neo-Semitic culture, based on diversity, cross-pollination, acceptance, tolerance, rationality and life.
The Rindolfism’s Canon
I noted in a tweet once that:
There’s too much different Anime. There’s only one My Little Pony canon.
And indeed there is the show that My Little Pony fans watched from its start up to an arbitrary number of seasons, and a lot of spin off official and fan/"bootleg" art and merchandise, which are less universally agreed upon by fans.
Other notable canons are the Hebrew Bible for Judaism, The Muppet Show (as opposed to the more chaotic and repetitive Sesame Street), and the xkcd.com's numbered strips.
So without further ado, Rindolfism's canon consists of these resources:
Chatroom guidelines
Vanity chat for the Rindolfism Philosophy ( https://www.shlomifish.org/humour/ ; https://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/ ),
You can be a critical fan, but don't be a rindroid/xkcdroid/randroid etc. (= A professional zealot of a franchise who cites old and legacy material as evidence for its official and contemporary opinion or capability.)
People/Collectives can change!
Criticism/forks/competitions, blasphemy, parody/comedy, and sexualised messages are encouraged. However, please invest time in delivery.
May be publicly logged.