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8 minutes ago, cruising for burgers said:
this is very hard, zero.
wrangle that shit in, Mr Tim J. don't let your mind control you. mind is like a monkey, jumping around constantly from thought to thought. gotta be able to slow that down so the mind is blank. takes effort. practice.
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On 11/4/2023 at 9:07 PM, chronical said:
all this coming of age of a big ass magical universe only to end in pain hatred and frustration. get out of here. this cant be it.
nah, it's not. people who get drunk and yell at each other, pick fights, etc. are all unable to see that they are being pulled around by the voice in their head, which doesn't actually exist. you realizing that acting like this isn't the right way to be, is a step in the right direction. the only thing that makes sense as to the "it" (life) thing you mentioned, is humans co-exist as peacefully as possible, not circle down the drain of living with a mentality jam packed with hatred and anger...once you start really being able to look at emotions objectively and questioning things like why is this emotion even here, then you realize that it came from my own head, my own ego created this. if I created this, then I can stop it right now. and that to me is sorta a big key as to what life's all about. being able to have a very high level of self control over thoughts and emotions. this can lead to a higher degree of peace and calm, which we all need to live our lives on this planet. not yelling at the top of our lungs in drunken rages at bars lol.
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to me at least it seems, if we are talking about the immediate cause of the horrible deaths and violence we are all bearing witness to right now on a daily basis, then it is hard to deny political/economic/nationalistic reasons are at the forefront as to the "why" this is happening. but if you want to look back at the historical reason to understand what is at the root of the conflict between these 2 groups, then it is hard to deny that religion has played a massive part here.
this essay says it much better than I can - https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/religion-and-israel-palestinian-conflict-cause-consequence-and-cure
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/where-to-go-to-explore-pagan-culture
WHAT TO KNOW: PAGAN TERMS
Pagan terms to know before you go.
Cernunnos—Ancient Celt deity who oversees nature, wilderness, and sexuality.
Isis—The most powerful goddess in the ancient Egyptian religion, she oversees healing and magic.
Druid—A practitioner of Druidry, an ancient Celtic nature-based pagan religion that believes in environmental stewardship.
Wiccan—A practitioner (often called a witch or wizard) of Wicca, one of the largest modern-day, nature-based pagan religions.
Pagan—A follower of a polytheistic or pantheistic nature-worshipping religion.
Kemetic—A person who follows the beliefs of the ancient Egyptian religion.
Tik Tok witch—A social media influencer who shares knowledge on witchcraft, spirituality, and magic.
Heathen—A devotee to Norse gods who views the Icelandic Eddas and sagas (oral poems recorded in the 13th century) as sacred texts.
Witchcraft—A religious practice involving magic and affinity with nature, usually within a pagan tradition.
#witchtok—A niche section of TikTok, a video-sharing app, that revolves around magic and witchcraft.
Full moon ceremonies—A ritual event that takes place during a full moon to help release negativity and recharge spiritual and emotional batteries.-
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17 minutes ago, Alcofribas said:
i thought the killer was excellent. watched in the theater. i don't really care if a movie has a "subtext" but i will say i think this is yet another entry into fincher's cannon that seems to be a send up of masculinity.
definitely want to check this out.
for those who liked it, I highly recommend the comics this film is based on. there are several collected volume editions. Vol 1 & 2 are very good. from what I remember about the character, he does discuss about his personal nihilist view of the world quite a bit. the later volumes focus more on a global political story as opposed to the inner thoughts and motivations of the killer.
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1 hour ago, zlemflolia said:
i never get these takes that talk about religious motivations when its clearly economic and political. what aspect of israel's billions of dollars worth of US weaponry and advanced surveillance technology employed in their anti-Palestinian concentration camp is related to Judaism? none
and how is Palestine's motivation to resist Israel religious rather than, extremely obviously, a fight for survival?
so when i read this take i just think not a word is relevant
well I'd say you need to look deeper at the human level, to understand the "why" as to what is motivating people to commit these actions. economic and political decisions are made by people. religion is baked into the heads of the leaders that are making these decisions. for me I start with the people to try and make sense of what causes conflict, try and look at what factors could contribute to their behaviors. the Abrahamic religions promote tribalism, and this has an effect of the people making the decisions.
but I get that this is a hypothetical take, difficult to prove and argue for. I am not anti-religion, only think that what it can do to people often times is more harmful than helpful.
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I'm sometimes guilty of trying to reverse engineer things I don't quite understand. such as, why in the fuck are they doing this? (the collective "they" here, not just 1 side). the obvious answer is this is a territory dispute. they are fighting each other over land. over a slice of land both sides want for their people. why do they want the land? because both sides believe it is significant within each of their cultures. why is it significant? then comes the elephant in the room - religious reasons. once you pull back enough layers of the onion, the Abrahamic faiths rear their violent heads once again.
how many humans have been killed throughout history due to reasons linked to Islam/Christianity/Judaism? impossible to know. isn't part of the point of these religions to spread peace, love, and social order? yet the adherents of these faiths continue to not be able to accomplish this very well. these faiths are strong promoters of tribalism. they all believe they are justified in their actions of committing sins against the other team, in order to get what they want. this seems antagonistic, not peace-promoting (and seems even crazier when you consider these groups all believe in the same monotheistic God). but yeah...shit like this can't usually be said out loud in the room, i.e. this killing and fighting is the fault of religion. it will usually lead to anger and arguing.
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he confirmed it's no more old school sampling for him... it's all software synths, korg plugins, and generic trap beats nowadays. he will never go back to the MPC. this is a frustrating article to read: https://www.musicradar.com/news/dj-shadow-interview
this is a better article, since he talks a lot about what he was doing back in the '90s: https://www.stereogum.com/2240398/dj-shadow-new-album-unkle-dj-hero-rare-records/interviews/weve-got-a-file-on-you/
it was a good run from him from about '94 - '03. every track he put out had a sense of soul + originality to it. once he moved away from vinyl/tape/vhs samples on an MPC to DAWs, he lost his superpower.
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I rarely go, but when I do go to a professional sporting event, I can't help but thinking that this is a massive scam. everything is incredibly overpriced. a decent seat costs in the hundreds. the cheap seats have horrible views, and you're mostly watching a screen from far away. you are crammed next to some undesirable group of loud obnoxious disgusting humans. most of them are starring at their phones anyway, barely paying attention. a beer costs $15. bad food. generic loud music. sitting in horrific traffic trying to exit. why tf did I do this? this is a miserable experience. I could've watched it on a decent sized screen at home and saved all this hassle.
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thx for sharing the thought... One Very Important Thought
the font type definitely looks the same as what they've used before. especially on MHTRTC.
looks like it's called ITC Bauhaus, based on what this says:
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38 minutes ago, trying to be less rude said:
one thing about brainwashing is that it can be a step on the way to war. you say "seems to me we're past that point" and this the reasoning in the minds of people who become willing to resort to deadly violence.
I can see that what I said there could be interpreted that way... but I was meaning that it's been many, many years now since the rise of trump and maga-ism. there have been numerous opportunities for his supporters to "snap out of it," realize that him and his whole schtick is a giant con game. that's the "point" I was meaning. the kool aid should've worn off by now...how anyone can still straight faced say that the election was stolen, etc., after all the evidence presented, means that those on team maga are never going to come around. ever. they will go to their graves believing trump was the best thing that happened to America. and all the debating/trying to snap them out of it, seems futile...
but I don't have any other solution to present as an alternative to the debating method you mentioned...this is the part in the movie when a deus ex machina is supposed to happen.
55 minutes ago, trying to be less rude said:i say doing god's work jokingly, and as a way of saying that this is the frontline, and this is where the work of improving society occurs.
gotcha. yeah the humans inhabiting this planet are in dire need of a massive sea change right about now. and it isn't going to come from more technology being thrown at us (AI), if you ask me.
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10 hours ago, trying to be less rude said:
yes, brainwashing is real, and it is wild to see
it is. especially when it's someone you've known for a long time.
10 hours ago, trying to be less rude said:if you give someone a piece of information they didn't have before, you can help. try to figure out which piece of information they'd take the best.
this requires the other side to actually listen though. seems to me we're passed that point. there is the side of logic/common sense/decency, and there is the other side starring back angrily with fingers plugged in their ears. society has become far more immature after social media started.
10 hours ago, trying to be less rude said:unfortunately, we're forced to debate. jumping into the fray is doing god's work
debate only works if the other side is mature enough to reply back with a take that is rooted in reality. the maga tribe have all completely lost touch with the real world, thanks to FB/twitter/Fox news and con man don filling their heads with non stop BS over the years.
also, gotta be careful about crossing the streams of politics/religion. doing "gods work" is what the red hats all say trumpo is doing. IMO it's this type of thinking, i.e. believing to be acting on behalf of an imaginary omniscient eye in the sky, that causes more bad deeds to occur on this planet than good.
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ugh...I've had a few irl encounters with trump supporters lately. one was a very well educated guy I've known a long time, who fell down the right wing rabbit hole years back. don't know how it came up (we were drinking, always the best time to discuss politics lol) and I saw the "switch" in his personality as soon as the election and all that shit came up. the aggressiveness came out big time. not willing to listen to any points I made. his logic fell apart when trying to defend that stuff, but he kept repeating stuff over and over. like robotic scary. I finally had to go down the path of least resistance - fuck all this politics shit, I love you maaaan - in order to get back to some state of calmness.
another dude was a bar denizen who came up to a table I was at with friends. he made some comment about one of my friends having hair like trump (my friends hair was salt and pepper grey, longish, but nothing like big T's classic combover) and then it all starts getting into politics. the bar dude just kept repeating over and over "he's my guy. don't care what anyone says, trump's my guy." this dude was definitely looking to fight if we wanted that, which we didn't. dealing with dipshits like this...it's almost like being a parent who is forced to placate an upset toddler so they don't continue to throw shit around the room.
Maga-ism is 100% a cult. this is what happens to people in cults. they may act normal for the most part, then boom, some trigger hits, some synapses in their brain start misfiring. they no longer are accepting of logic. I know most of us know this by now, see it day in day out online. but dealing with people like this irl is a reminder that brainwashing is real.
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was in New Mexico recently and drank quite a few of these. from Santa Fe Brewing company
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pure USA on display...racism, stupidity, white Christian non-acceptance, wasting taxpayer money...all for nothing!
Buddhist group wants to open a temple/meditation center in Mobile, AL. they get city approval and buy the property. then, the local "public" weighs in on it...and sure enough the local leaders cave in -
QuoteHowever, after vociferous public opposition – including comments focusing on the Buddhist character of the proposed usage – the Planning Commission turned down the zoning change.
people start suing, and the thing gets logged down in the legal system for, oh, 7 years? and it apparently cost the city over $1 mil to defend its pointless/racist case? incredible. so much pointless dumb shit in this country.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/15/trump-fec-polls-funding-00121681
QuoteThe $24.5 million Trump’s campaign reported raising during the third quarter is more than double what any of his Republican rivals reported over the same period.
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23 hours ago, scumtron said:
Justified (original series). Three episodes in, and I´m totally clueless how this has a 8.6 IMDB-rating. The plots in the episodes are almost laughable, and especially the acting in S1E3 reminds me about the old soap operas. Surely this has to get better eventually?
it's been awhile since I watched it, but I do remember it didn't find its footing until later in season 1. season 2 introduces some new bad guy characters that are really good. it does improve as it goes on (and gets much darker), so maybe grind through the first few more lighthearted/pulpy s1 eps. for me it's one of those shows I only want to watch once. don't have much of a desire to go back and re-watch the whole thing.
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3 hours ago, cruising for burgers said:
btw, random thought, i learned a lot with watmm during all the years i've been around and somehow i've outgrown (quite a bit) the shitty bloke i once was... got tired of hearing my own voice and thoughts so i just surrender to the opposite, talk/type less, listen/read more... nice outcome...
haha yeah 4 real. anyone's who's posted on a forum for close to 20+ yrs would say the same thing. aging/maturity, right? can't stay the same 20 something yr old online persona forever.
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48 minutes ago, ignatius said:
i wish you luck in finding solid footing w/whatever you're dealing with. and as they say in AA.. you have to surrender to win.
very thoughtful post...but remember, he mentioned he rarely does blow, and was posting that shit after knowingly doing a bunch of lines. the purpose of cocaine is more or less to cause whoever snorts it to experience a shit ton of crazy brain thinking and anxiety lol.
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big T's lawyer seems p cool -
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-lawyer-sports-gamer-laptop-181500741.html
QuoteTrump Lawyer Sports Gamer Laptop At $250 Million Fraud Trial
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6 hours ago, cruising for burgers said:
I almost scared myself to death just 1 hour ago or such... I don't do cocaine very often, must have done it like 4 or 5 times in my entire life... my 1st time was maybe last year or such... so, me and 2 friends came to my house with some beers and 4 grams of coke... on the second last line my friend was mentioning that people also die from coke overdose... and in the middle of that chat I started feeling something in my body I've never felt before... I'm too anxious to write it right now... just thinking about it... but yeah wtf dudes I don't think I'll touch that shit anymore... or do I need more practice?
I stopped drinking maybe 5 hours ago, am I on the clear to take 10mg of benzos? I'm still too fucking anxious can't stop shaking and I really need to chilllllllll pls Richie... I'm also a bit afraid to fall asleep right now... I'm very sleepy but I don't know, we've all heard stories about ppl that died in their sleep... I'm a bit paranoid maybe that's what you're thinking and you're totally right...
u probably asleep now...my unprofessional advice?
1)R E L A X, B R O. no need to think bad thoughts at all. thoughts aren't reality. focus on breaths to calm the mind. yeah I know harder to do after drinking + coke...but u can try it.
2)listen to calm music! we're on a music forum ffs
3)don't take more shit hoping it will fix the first shit you took. that is bad! drinking more agua is a good idea. a ton of water or even like those sports drinks are what I'd say are a better idea. food helps...but yeah I know too much coke tells your brain food is a no no.
also, coke hangovers are the fuckin worst.
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humans are the only species with a chin. it is an anatomical feature with no known function.
https://evolutionnews.org/2016/02/on_the_origin_o_8/
QuoteChimpanzees don’t have chins, neither do gorillas, orangutans, spider monkeys, dogs, horses, frogs, or fish.
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Your pointless thoughts & observations
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ah c'mon man...let's just take some blue pills and go back to our day to day lives, then wake up the next day and do it all over again. no going down any rabbit holes...that leads to too many difficult to answer questions
I am no expert here. just another dude with random opinions on the internet... but if I were to try and explain in words how the mind is separate than the self, then I may try and use a movie analogy. the mind is like the scriptwriter/director, and the self is the actor. the self is an agent of the mind, can express outwardly what the mind wants it to through words and actions. the script is constantly being written by the mind (i.e., thoughts). whether or not the self acts on the thoughts generated by mind, is largely situational. the mind is the main driver of everything a person does. now the actor (self) can come and go, but mind is always there (unless one "loses" one's mind, ha!). the self changes based on the situation it is in. it is not a constant unchanging thing. therefore there is no permanent self, the permanent self does not exist. aaaand then you can go down the religious rabbit hole about people having souls and shit, and yeah...leave that for the AI thread
got it? lol idk man. this is nothing original here. this line of thinking has existed for thousands of years. Greek and Indian philosophers and all that. the key thing is to recognize this yourself, have some sorta a-ha moment where spiritual/philosophical teachings such as this all click into place. otherwise it's all just more text on a screen to read (or page, for those still reading books), and has no real impact whatsoever.
anyway, this reminds me that there used to be some really great philosophical discussions on this forum a long time ago. now we old and just post memes, talk politics and shit haha