He is not metal or uber motivated though, he just appreciates that he gets to eat and doesn't have to wake up early during hell weak. He is practicing stoicism. There were a lot of candidates in BUDS 234, many bad asses and any one of the other candidates could go on those other motivational subs but I posted Lively's highlights here because only he displays stoic beliefs.
From what I am reading you are not a stoic unless you practice stoicism. Just having the ideas in your head or the label of stoicism attached to something doesn't make them or it a stoic. It's the pictures of coins and quotes that are watering down this sub, not real life examples of stoicism in action.
I posted this because 1.) I saw that discussion thread and 2.) this sub has had a lot of low quality content recently. I thought real life stoic practice would elevate the quality of this sub.
I'll remove it myself but you guys are misguided.