"Embrace Fate."
In some way, these words are of a stoic mentality. Stoicism would have us live in the moment. But at the same time, Stoicism believes that we should choose the moral path when faced with a crossroads. To say the bad shit happened WHILE you let it or made it, and then others have to deal with the consequences.
Well, for those people, this affects - Amor Fati. But for those who create the situation, crying "embrace it" is bullshit.
FYI - It is the title of the Last White Lotus, but no spoilers.
Let us take a simple example of why this can be impossible.
Let us say you see a hit-and-run driver. To the victim, "amor fati" makes sense. This situation occurred; what can you do? Try to move on. To accept what happened and live as happily and morally as you can.
But to the driver, claiming "amor fait" is so wrong as to be evil. It is like "whoopsie" after stabbing someone.
So, yes, I do have some problems being stoic every now and then.
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