Bechuga Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 My older brother came over to collect something he had bought from me and saw one of my records on the shelf, the cover ninety degrees counter clockwise so the title was on its side (Deftones' Diamond Eyes). "You should always store those the right way up," he said, himself an owner of no vinyl records whatsoever. "That's going to damage it." I explained to him that storing a record flat is bad, yes, but standing upright is fine, cover the right way or not. "No," he said, "even standing upright, you can damage them. Even a standing up album can be upside down." edit: he has said this particular advice to me before, but I still not cannot wrap my head around it, no matter how many times he asserts it to be true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 It's a metaphysical allegory for the irrationality of life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 It's a metaphysical allegory for the irrationality of life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keanu reeves Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 even a standing up album can be upside down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 even a standing up album can be upside down words to live by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 umop apisdn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 even a standing up album can be upside down yes, it's a superposition, metastate of worst kind related to both sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 One chinchilla good. Two chinchillas bad. Turns out that zero chinchillas is in fact the right amount of chinchilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I have neither received this advice or given it until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbot Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 edit: he has said this particular advice to me before, but I still not cannot wrap my head around it, no matter how many times he asserts it to be true Your older brother came (broke in) to my place and started yelling at me about my vinyl collection too. But he said the exact opposite of what you said. I'm starting to think he's fuckin with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 My previous psychiatrist told me there was "no scientific evidence that diet affects mood". Things like that have been eroding my confidence in The Western Perspective for some time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbot Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 My previous psychiatrist told me there was "no scientific evidence that diet affects mood". Things like that have been eroding my confidence in The Western Perspective for some time now. So he's saying if I eat this fork in front of me, it won't make me irritable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 lol how much did you pay for this sage advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Mughnus Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 has a few shots of kerosene* mood is great* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Edit: to clarify, I mean the way people in the west tend to think...obviously the West knows that diet greatly affects mood...but the fact that a psychiatrist (of all people) would so confidently express such a bad idea (and that intuitively this idea would make sense to his worldview) is evidence of some systemic problem or other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbot Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Edit: to clarify, I mean the way people in the west tend to think...obviously the West knows that diet greatly affects mood...but the fact that a psychiatrist (of all people) would so confidently express such a bad idea (and that intuitively this idea would make sense to his worldview) is evidence of some systemic problem or other or perhaps evidence of a bad psychologist. Now if you find two of them in tandem... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 lol how much did you pay for this sage advice? Well, this is after my long-time Jungian/60's psychiatrist retired and he had a succession of temporary replacements that I was referred to Edit: to clarify, I mean the way people in the west tend to think...obviously the West knows that diet greatly affects mood...but the fact that a psychiatrist (of all people) would so confidently express such a bad idea (and that intuitively this idea would make sense to his worldview) is evidence of some systemic problem or otheror perhaps evidence of a bad psychologist. Now if you find two of them in tandem... The fact that he could make it so far with such a fundamentally backwards idea says as much about the education system he came up through as it does about him, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisbot Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 The fact that he could make it so far with such a fundamentally backwards idea says as much about the education system he came up through as it does about him, no? Well, I avoid generalization in general when I only have a single example. Just because he passed his classes doesn't mean he doesn't have a few irrational beliefs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpyLoo Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Well, certainly it is merely one data point. But like I said, my "Western disillusionment" is founded on many such data points. I was raised on 60's self-help books and eastern religious texts and some of the sillier New Age stuff...and then I sorta drifted in the opposite, more "Western" direction...and now I've come back around to thinking that beyond science and technology, the sorts of experiences and worldviews typically on offer in the West are as backwards as a human being can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 My previous psychiatrist told me there was "no scientific evidence that diet affects mood". Things like that have been eroding my confidence in The Western Perspective for some time now. So he's saying if I eat this fork in front of me, it won't make me irritable? * pays brisbot 5 bucks to eat a fork * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadameChaos Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 There's no evidence to support it but it's a scientific fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adieu Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Edit: to clarify, I mean the way people in the west tend to think...obviously the West knows that diet greatly affects mood...but the fact that a psychiatrist (of all people) would so confidently express such a bad idea (and that intuitively this idea would make sense to his worldview) is evidence of some systemic problem or other or perhaps evidence of a bad psychologist. Now if you find two of them in tandem... problem being that many people educated in western medicine have very incorrect views or are even ignorant of how diet contributes to health status. Even so many of them tout "low fat diets" as healthy when they are scientifically very obviously unhealthy and result in increased levels of obesity. But I digress, point being, doctors & other health professionals fucking suck a lot of the time, and they will quite literally ruin your body if you allow them to. Even orthodontics is utterly depressingly bad for you, and it's not talked about, because not enough people understand that when you start altering teeth for cosmetic outcomes, you can in a lot of cases, completely destroy the functioning of the jaw and create an intensely uncomfortable and unhealthy existence as well as an inferior cosmetic appearance of the face by doing so. but anyway, I'll go back to fixing all the damage doctors and orthodontists did to my body as I grow up. It's going to be great when I have to spend 50k on my jaw, because my ortho decided that extracting teeth made any sense at all, and now can't be held responsible for it. I fucking hate healthcare professionals tbh "have a problem?" "here take drugs" What a dumbass approach to health It's not so funny that I'm in a constant state of helping people fix themselves after doctors have utterly failed them. The amount of people I encounter with digestive problems that doctors have either been unable to diagnose or misdiagnosed and they are in a constant poor health status is astounding. I seriously spend an incredible amount of time consulting with people. it's ridiculous. Like, prescribing fucking thyroid hormone for someone with hypothyroidism is not a solution to a poorly functioning thyroid. If your thyroid is in dysfunction and you aren't taking steps to improve its function and you're just masking it with fucking synthetic hormone stimulation you're not even paying attention to the fact that your body is fucked and you're not going to improve it by focusing on the effect and not the cause. jesus christ. sorry this is not directed at you bris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingformung Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 But I digress, point being, doctors & other health professionals fucking suck a lot of the time, and they will quite literally ruin your body if you allow them to. Good doctors don't. They can save lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adieu Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 But I digress, point being, doctors & other health professionals fucking suck a lot of the time, and they will quite literally ruin your body if you allow them to. Good doctors don't. They can save lives Right but a very low percentage of doctors actually go about healing people without drug interventions which is the problem I'm talking about. Others will use invasive and often unnecessary surgeries to fix problems that could be resolved with diet and supplementation. "saving lives" is a poor phrasing. It should be "keeping people alive and suffering", because that's often what it is. We have extended our lifespans a great deal, but our actual health state is decreasing as a society. The authoritarian approach to health as perpetuated by doctors and the drug industry is a failure and needs immediate reform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerWaschbar Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 to be fair the 'health' industry is no better. charlatans and hacks abound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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