A book that changed my perspective on reality and the human condition: The Spell Of The Sensuous - David Abram

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48582.The_Spell_of_the_Sensuous

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Never to look for anything, they might come and talk or wake me up if needed. But they knocked or called before coming in. I never locked my room, so they could have if they wanted to, they simply didn’t want to. They also never checked my bags or pockets. One time my little brother snitched on me smoking, my dad made me grab the cigarettes and dispose of them. He didn’t look for them himself.

Is this normal? I’m biased. To me it is. I think privacy is an important part of forming your identity. Having a space where you can be yourself and express yourself, and keep your failed attempts at self-expression to yourself. Nobody needs to see your attempts of tying a tie that you discovered was the total opposite of cool and you died of shame getting laughed at at school. Your parents don’t need to know that shit. Their job is to love and support you, not get into the weeds of youth fashion.

And this is true of many things, but i can imagine that sometimes interventions are needed. When drugs or weapons are involved for example, parents should be parenting. As it’s very difficult as a teenager to understand when self expression crosses into self harm. And in that case supporting your children could mean infringement on their privacy in some occasions.

I guess in a way my parents trusted me and trusted their formative parenting years enough to give me the privacy i had. And it is very difficult for a child to bot blame themselves for a loss of privacy, even when it’s the parents not trusting their own parenting enough to trust their children with privacy.

I’m very proud of my partner getting a new job and starting her career in earnest. I’m super proud of myself for having been able to support that endeavor. This isn’t something that I did last year obviously, this was a process over multiple years. I’m just very happy to see the results of my life decisions from the previous 5 years culminating in actual tangible outcomes this year. Not just for me, but for the people close to me as well. I have my path for the next 5 years visualized as well, and this type of stuff gives me the confidence to pursue things that i would have previously considered out of reach.

Keep it up. Best thing I did for my life. I had a hard time quitting but managed to get through it. Almost 10 years ago already, i stopped when i was 36. Never ever touching that again.

Working in a place where they boast about the profits made as a team, while you struggle at home. The people who struggle least are the ones looking out for themselves, throw everything under the bus if need be, act completely anti social. To the point where it has become a personality. To the point where hoping to signal that you love these personalities makes them want you to be in their circle. And life being so shit anyway that you feel you can handle being thrown under a bus another time.

So, without animal products, the answer is yes. with animal products the answer is no, then we’re way over the sustainability threshold. It is so inefficiënt and costs so much land and resources that the argument that the wealthy are hoarding resources is looking merely like a small problem in comparison.

Besides. Would humanity ever actually be happy and fulfilled when millions of animals have to suffer to get there? I would argue, not actually, not on a deep level. Superficially, perhaps.

Yeah those! They sound amazing as well

Tether cars.

12 days. Only had water and some black coffee. Wanted to do 14. Just wanted to know what it was like. Couldn’t make it. It was really not fun, suffering the entire time. Very interesting though. Great as an experience, it did change my relationship with food. Everybody should try it. 14 days is a great goal and there are no adverse effects (if you’re otherwise healthy).

45m. I see all my close friends at least once a month. Most of the time every other week. We have gamenight or some other excuse to hang out.

We do keep in contact, discord, whatsapp. But hanging out in person is the best. So we take the time.

Nah, i just let them die if their hygiëne is so messed up i dont want to give mtm. Like, Im not the fucking ambulance.

you do not understand how much this means to me. incredible.

Okay so mine is so old i can’t really put a finger on where i got it from…It’s a piece of electronic music with a music video that included an Inuit fishing. It must have been from around '97 but could be anywhere in the nineties. In my recollection it was a single on cdrom from The Chemical Brothers. That never yielded any results for me. The second recollection was that it came from a cdrom that accompanied an exhibition on electronic art. Also never yielded any results for me. So, somewhere in my recollection is a couple of electronic notes and an Inuit in the music video. Ive given up searching for it, even though i tried many many times over the years.

Not just the far right. Also was a staple in the new-atheist movement, their conviction was that science had solved all big dillemas already. Just a few minor details to work out. And they have been far more influential.

You mean that reality might have been created by intelligent being(s)? wow… Nobody ever thought about that one before.

Never enjoyed meat and i’ve been vegan for 7 years now. I really couldn’t care less about it. I don’t see the appeal, you’re all just talking like a bunch of junkies.

Same, im in The Netherlands.

Enormous potential inside all of us.

Too bad.

Capitalism.

Either have the bitter shit and suffer for a little or don’t and suffer longer.