2nd Physics - "2F" / "Hard Workers"

"Laborer" (2nd Phys.) 

Let's start with the appearance of the "toiler. In childhood, a child with the 2nd Physique hardly stands out externally from his or her peers. The only rather firm hallmark of the "toiler" during this period is the round, moon-like shape of the face. God knows how it happened and what science has to say about it, but the 2nd Physicist is predominantly "brachycephalic" (short-headed), while the other Physicists are predominantly "dolichocephalic" (long-headed). So, the round, wide face of the 2nd Physicist is recognizable from afar and at any age. 

The onset of puberty adds little to the appearance of the "toiler. Girls grow small, firm, milk-rich breasts. The buttocks increase in volume very much (the impression is that at puberty the process of growth and distribution of pelvic muscle mass of the 1st and 2nd Physicists is one-sided and multidirectional: the 1st Physicist has flat buttocks, the 2nd Physicist has growing buttocks while keeping the thighs narrow). 

Women before childbirth, men up to the age of thirty, usually retain their thinness and slimness. The more striking is the metamorphosis that happens to the 2nd Physique after that: the waist disappears, and the straight line formed from the hips to the shoulders gives the short, as it turns out, torso an almost square shape; the ankle disappears, and the leg becomes more grounded and firm. The hand is made short-fingered, being a combination of a wide square palm with short, plump, quick fingers. 

The circle is the form that dominates the appearance of the 2nd Physicist. And it is the form of the circle that Tolstoy used when describing Platon Karataev:"...Platon's whole figure...was round, his head was perfectly round, his back, chest, shoulders, even his arms, which he carried as if always about to embrace something, were round; his pleasant smile and large brown gentle eyes were round". 

After the age of thirty, the "toiler" unknowingly shortens, or maybe begins to look shorter, his neck and legs. His whole silhouette seems to shrink and become denser, giving a strong, healthy, grounded and compact appearance (it is not without reason that Krechmer in his classification called the 2nd Physique "picnic" - "dense"). 

The evolution of the appearance of the 2nd Physique can be clearly traced in the evolution of the appearance of Napoleon: in his youth, he even openly boasted of his slimness and thinness; what he eventually turned out to be is seen in the portraits of Napoleon of the imperial period. How the female version of the 2nd Physique looks after childbirth can be imagined by looking at the nude images of Rubens's second wife, Helena Frohmen, Venus Callipigi, Mayol's "Pomona". 

In general, the appearance of the 2nd Physique can be described as follows: her face is neither too ugly nor too beautiful. A simple, wide, round face with a small, short, usually straight nose. Height is more often below average, tall people are rare. Hair is not particularly textured or thick, and early baldness occurs in men. The figure is corpulent, broad-chested, and lean. The proportions are dominated by the orientation to be broad, square, collected, stable, therefore, if we proceed from the established canons of beauty (about the origin of which we spoke in the section devoted to the 1st Physics), the proportions of the "worker" cannot be called beautiful. Although this circumstance does not bother men at all and does not bother women with the 2nd Physique at all. 

I would like to add, in the form described above, the 2nd Physique after thirty years is as if preserved and survives unchanged until death. A small abdomen may still grow, but there is no serious, up to flabby obesity. The "toiler" does not like to be overweight, and the dynamic lifestyle he usually leads is not conducive to that. 

Although, as said, the looks of the 2nd Physicist are never too pretty, a caveat is necessary, she may not be very attractive in statics, but she is unusually good in dynamics. 

The impeccable cleanliness, economy, speed and precision of movements inherent in the "worker" are aesthetic in themselves. I can't help but think of my karate teacher in this regard. Looking at his short legs, it was hard to believe that they could even rise above a rather noticeable belly. That's why I was shocked to see his slow, clean, flawless leg movements that were as difficult, as high and beautiful as the ballet ones, as if they had been taken off with a rapide. 

Age has little effect on the plasticity of the "toiler. Bitter, describing the aged Mark Twain, said: "His dry folded bones move carefully, each of them feeling its old age... He seems very old, but it is clear that he plays the role of an old man, for often his movements and gestures are so strong, deft and so graceful, that for a moment you forget his gray head. 

2nd Physics lives by movement, so simplicity, normativity, and beauty are as natural to it as breathing in water is natural to fish. 

2nd Physics knows a lot about love, too. Without guaranteeing anything in advance in each individual case, I can state with full responsibility that the "worker" is the best lover in the world, if we have in mind the purely physical meaning of this word. Characteristics typical of the Second Function as such: strength, variety, processiveness, dialogue, flexibility - can be transferred entirely to the sex of the 2nd Physique. In love the "worker" is indefatigable, confident in himself and in his right for leadership in this sphere, multifaceted, non-standard, resourceful, natural, tolerant, benevolent, responsive, cherishes all stages of sexual intercourse without exception, from the very beginning to the very end. 

A lot contributes to the passionate nature of the "toiler" and the abundance of erogenous zones located (in contrast to the 1st Physique) on the back as well. But most of all, I do not know why, the ears of the "worker" are erogenous. In the light of this feature, Napoleon's habit of rubbing the ears of his subordinates as a sign of highest affection becomes understandable. He caressed as he wished to be caressed. 

Among the many love virtues of the "toiler" must be included the fact that his sex is longlived. The 2nd Physicist is not inclined to delay the time of his first sexual intercourse and with pleasure indulges in this occupation throughout his life, up to the last allowed by the aging of the organism. 

The attitude of the 2nd Physicist to sex itself can also be called normative. It is equally alien to the sporting fever of the 1st Physicist, the timidity and sanctimony of the 3rd Physicist, the indifference of the 4th Physicist in this sphere. "Workaholic" recognizes sex as a necessary pleasant duty, which can be talked about without rapture or cursing, in simple, calm, free language. 

The attitude of the "worker" to nudity is similarly calm. He is a born nudist - a person who accepts nudity as a non-negotiable given, who appreciates it at least for the fact that it is natural, who does not see in nudity anything super-seductive or super-repulsive. 

In general, the hallmark of the 2nd Physique is the Rabelaisian simplicity, love and naturalness of the attitude to everything that concerns physiology. For her, there is no high and low in physiology, nothing worthy of concealment, nothing shameful - everything is still wonderful, everything is still beautiful and can be a source of inspiration. In this connection I will not deny myself the pleasure of quoting a long but perfectly charming quote from Zinovius Zinik's novel "The Russophobe and the Fungophile," describing with rare relish the defecation process of a Russian emigrant who had come to England: 

" He rose, stretched with a crunch, sighed sweetly, and yawned, listening to his stomach rumbling and an owl's whooping in unison. To achieve final harmony, he needed to relieve himself on the inside as well. He moved to the bushes at the edge of the clearing, unbuckled his pants, pulled them down, and stood for a minute, his pants down to his knees, scratching his belly - exposing it to the cool breeze of the night air, as only a man convinced that no one else existed on this earth, in this clearing, among these bushes and trees, except him. He took his time and squatted down. A huge ass... with its matte glow, its unseen whiteness in the black frame of the night foliage, was like a full moon, out of a featherbed of thundering clouds. The moonlight played on his white buttocks, and it was unclear what was illuminating the shimmering light of this clearing - the Russian ass or the English moon?...he relieved himself noisily and heartily, he grunted, pushed and groaned blissfully, materializing the connection of his soul - aka stomach - with the roots and the soil through his anus. Sitting with a plantain leaf in his hands at the ready, with each grunt he felt more and more strongly how the blissful emptiness inside him balanced with the primordial emptiness of this night glade..." Is it worth explaining after this quote where the author stands on Physics? 

The "worker's" perception of physical existence primarily as a process leads to the fact that he is not only sexual but also child-loving. Not thoughtlessly, though, but quite calculatedly. He loves children, loves to make them, to nurture them, to feed them, to clothe them, to make their clothes, etc. Therefore, no matter how the other functions of the "worker" are correlated, no matter what relations are formed in the family, there is no reason to worry about the life and physical health of children born to the 2nd Physicist. 

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The "worker" is a creature in the physical sense who is extremely contactive. He loves to touch, stroke, take care of people and objects, which he considers his own, related, close, not changing his need for contact even when it is necessary to take out pots or squeeze out pus. 

And at the same time for the 2nd Physicist there is a boundary beyond which there are people and objects, for her absolutely untouchable, to which she has a feeling of disgust a priori and so strong that it looks at times simply anecdotal. About Dostoevsky, who had, strange as it may seem, a 2nd Physicist, his wife told the following story. One day they went to a Berlin restaurant, sat down under a tree and ordered a beer. Suddenly a twig "fell from the tree into Dostoevsky's mug, and with it a huge black beetle. My husband was squeamish and didn't want to drink from the mug with the beetle, but gave it to the porter, ordering him to bring another one. When he left, my husband wished he had thought of demanding a new mug first, but now perhaps the porter would just take the beetle and branch out and bring the same mug back. When the kellner came, Fyodor Mikhailovich asked him: "What, did you pour out that mug?" - "How I poured it out, I drank it!" - he replied, and you could be sure by his satisfied look that he hadn't missed a chance to have another beer." 

This episode with Dostoevsky, in addition to being a vivid illustration of the thesis of the emphasized purity of the 2nd Physicist, is a clear example of the mismatch between the psychological attitudes of different Physicists. Unlike Dostoevsky, the keller most likely had a 1st Physicist (she is not very squeamish by her thick skin), and this circumstance determined the difference in the behavior of the keller and his famous client. 

The "toiler's" passion for cleanliness looks almost manic in the eyes of other Physicists, and it is the easiest way to recognize the 2nd Physicist. One only has to enter a house which is shining with cleanliness and order and in which she certainly lives. 

The "hard worker" is fast, agile, fidgety. His energy and stamina are amazing. There is no worse punishment for the 2nd Physicist than forced idleness. Severe surgeries and heart attacks are not able to stiffen the "worker" - barely coming to his senses, he begins to feel the need for action, motor itch, which quickly leads to escape from the hospital bed. 

The 2nd Physicist is the only true "workaholic. Labor is necessary and dear to her in itself, often regardless of the size of the payoff. Moreover, we should pay special attention to the fact that her "workaholism" is not conditioned by one physical sphere. No. The 2nd Physicist is a "workaholic" in general, of the widest profile. Whatever the order of the other functions of the "worker", he is ready to work tirelessly in any place, wherever his lot takes him: in artistic, intellectual, managerial spheres - all the same. 

The "worker" can work on an assembly line, though not without violence to his burdensome monotony of nature. It is much more effective to use the 2nd Physique on a variety of collective work. Such qualities of the Second Function as strength, processiveness, dialogue, flexibility are embodied in the type of the ideal master in production in the 2nd Physicist. There is such a master, and not one, in any production. He is greedy to work, shrewd, ready to set an example of labor enthusiasm, to enthuse the indecisive and make the careless work, to replace the tired, to train a beginner, the first to master a new operation, to take control when abnormal situations arise. 

Unfortunately, there was a place on earth where the greed for labor of the 2nd Physicist turned out to be a tragedy for her - it was the Stalinist camps. This was because his confidence in the absolute value of labor, his habit of action, and his fearlessness in the waste of his strength forced him to engage in hard work without guile, from the first to the last day, with full dedication, the payment for which was a swift and painful death. The "toiler," incapable of simulation and sabotage, simply burned out like a candle in less than a year from starvation and overstretch. Peace be upon him, who died more ridiculously and tragically than the others, who died out of an inability to curb the better side of his nature. 

The special talent of the 2nd Physicist is to make, as we say, "a candy out of shit". The 2nd Physics is economical, nothing is lost in its economy and at the same time nothing lies dead weight, any even strongly worn out thing finds its use with time, often quite far from the original one. When turning shit into candy the "worker" has a special type of thinking, the mechanism of which I will not explain, I only know that no one is able to comprehend so deeply and comprehensively the world of things and to transform it as deeply and comprehensively as the 2nd Physics. Cocteau wrote of Picasso: ". He collects whatever he can get his hands on. He is a genius junk man. As soon as he comes out of the house, he picks up everything and brings it to his workshop, where every thing begins to serve him elevated to a new, high rank. And it's not just the hands that pick up the unusual object. The eye also chooses every little thing. If you look closely at his paintings...objects obey Picasso like animals to Orpheus. He takes them wherever he wants, into a realm he undividedly rules, establishing his own laws. But these objects always remain recognizable, for Picasso is always faithful to the idea contained in them." 

Without excessive excitement, but with full seriousness, Physics 2 takes the world of things. It is native to her, an element as dear to her as air is to a bird. Dostoevsky′s wife recalled: " ... Two or three days we went with her husband to buy for me the top things for the summer, and I marveled at Fyodor Mikhailovich, as he did not get bored to choose, consider matter from their quality, pattern and style bought things. Everything he chose for me was of good quality, simple and elegant, and I subsequently quite trusted his taste." 

2nd Physic knows the value of money, is able and loves to earn it. As in labor in general, in his financial activity the "toiler" knows no edge and is inwardly ready for endless hoarding. However, he is neither Shylock nor Hobsek to pine over gold. The mercantilism of the 2nd Physique is not so much productive as processional, which is why her selfinterest does not reach a pathological, tragic overstrain, but has a character of healthy enthusiasm, even if in a rather specific sphere of activity. 

Financial collapse, of course, is not painless for the 2nd Physicist. But it is not fatal for her, it does not knock the "worker" out of the saddle. The collapse worsens the conditions of the acquisitive process, but it does not cancel the process itself, which means that life continues. 

In terms of sympathies for political-economic models, the "worker" is best classified as a "social-democrat. Of all types of property, he prefers collective property, but does not exclude others. He takes property inequality for granted, but believes that all citizens who are able to do so should pay a tax that ensures a tolerable existence for the poor. At the same time, according to the "worker", this tax should not be a trough for the idlers and should not be excessive, depriving the poor and the rich of the incentive to work. In short, both in the family and in society, he is a sober, calculating altruist who does not forget himself or others. 

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The "Worker" is the world's best fighter. The very bodily architecture of the 2nd Physique with its short dense legs, low center of gravity, wide square body gives a special power and stability to the figure of the "Worker". But the main, fighting dignity of the 2nd Physique lies not in its anthropology, but in its psychology - in its absolutely unpretentious fearlessness. The Second Physique enters into battle without thinking twice, without calculating the consequences beforehand, and fights to the last man, sparing neither himself nor his opponent. Napoleon's famous phrase: "We must go into battle, and then we will see! - perfectly reflects the reckless behavior of the 2nd Physique in battle, and those marks from the many wounds found on the emperor's body after his death testify that his pugnacity was not realized in absentia, only in the cabinet plans of campaigns, but was personal, quite bodily in nature. 

Speaking about the courage of the 2nd Physique, one cannot but say that it is not always for the benefit of the "toiler" and in this case can be considered a virtue only conditionally. The fact is that the 2nd Physique is born fearless; there is no merit to it here. And the source of this fearlessness is in the psychological attitude to the strength and flexibility of the physical. The "worker" can afford fearlessness because he feels his body is something like a rubber truncheon - an effective, reliable, non-deformable weapon. 

If we are talking about the pugnacity of the 2nd Physicists, then the question about the criminogenic nature of this category of citizens arises by itself. What can I say? Of course, you can't call this "hard worker" an angel. But without taking the liberty to answer for each individual case, I can responsibly declare that by nature he is law-abiding. And not out of fear. It is simply that he feels his physical self sufficiently broad and richly endowed to earn his livelihood by honest work, without the risk of coming into conflict with the law. 

Self-interested violence is in general internally alien to the "worker. Therefore, even when he, due to circumstances, takes the path of violence, the "social democrat" in him does not die, the "worker" is simply transformed into a "Robin Hood" - a social democrat with a criminal bias, and thus as if reconciled with himself. 

I have no criminal statistics, but looking at 2nd Physics through the prism of psychosophy, you feel that of all types of criminal activity she is closest to theft with the use of technical means. In such thefts there is an element of youthfulness, a competitive spirit, and room for loving, understanding hands. Accordingly, among organized crime, the "hard worker" feels better in the role of technical director, who provides the material part of operations (cars, weapons, communications, locks, etc.). 

While I was sitting there describing the peculiarities of the crimogenesis of the 2nd Physics, the newspaper came. In it is a recent criminal story that demonstrates how comical the "Robinhood" of 2nd Physics can sometimes be. Here is the full story: "A funny thing happened in Gastonia, North Carolina. A thief broke into an apartment. To begin with, he cleaned the dishes, the kitchen floor, and the bathtub for some reason, and then fled, taking with him a stereo and some small things. "It's nice to get the apartment cleaned up," says victim Stephanie Pitts, "but where's the stuff?" 

The "hard worker" is always inwardly divided. Circumstances force him to do evil, while his soul yearns for good deeds. Hence such paradoxes as combining theft with washing dishes at the victim's place. 

About Taste. Probably many will disagree with me, but the taste of the "worker" is standard. To characterize it in one word, I think it is best to call the taste of the 2nd Physique "Japanese" (the Japanese have the 2nd Physique prevailing). The hallmark of Japanese taste is the priority of naturalness over all other properties of an object. Whether it is design or cooking, everywhere the Japanese try to avoid violence over the material, attempts to pass one off as the other. On the contrary, the Japanese aesthetic credo requires not to conceal but to emphasize and highlight the natural properties of the material during processing. This credo can also be seen in Japanese cuisine, which is close to raw food in its principles, in architecture and ceramics, where the traces of processing are specially preserved on the form, and, of course, in such a specific form of artless art as ikebana. 

Of course, only in Japan was the taste of the 2nd Physique able to develop and become the norm. Any "worker" living in another country must in one way or another adapt his taste to local temporal and national norms. But within the limits within which aesthetics is always allowed to fluctuate, the 2nd Physique demonstrates all the same inherent craving for naturalness, the naturalness of color, sound, smell...