Pointless existence

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• negativenull@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In 305 CE, Diocletian became the first Roman emperor to abdicate. He also declined multiple requests to come out of retirement, telling his colleagues that he preferred staying at home and growing cabbages to being emperor.

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  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Didn’t he get the Romans out of some serious jams too, which is why they wanted him back? While effective, I think he has really mixed reviews, and the Praetorians wanted his head on a stick. I might be way off though

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• zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If only there was a way to be a non-religious monk.

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  • nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i’m pretty sure a nonreligious monasteary is just a commune

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  • Prime_Minister_Keyes@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I read an interview once with Leonard Cohen, who, as you might remember, became a Buddhist monk. He stated that in the monastery, you’re free to do pretty much anything - in your free time. Listen to rock music, take drugs, no-one cares.
    It’s just that you don’t have any free time because every day is 100% structured.

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  • novibe@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not non-religious, but Buddhists don’t believe in god 🤷‍♂️ it’s something

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s way more complicated than that. Can depend on the sect, or even the individual. There’s a lot of Buddhist stereotypes that persist from how westerners first reported back about Buddhists to other westerners.

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    • sunbather@beehaw.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      they dont believe in capital g God but buddhism has plenty of gods for sure

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• A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Real talk, if my life ever goes real sideways I’d love to be a monk. Just maybe without all the prayer.

  … do I just secretly want to be institutionalized?

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  • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Structure, security, fraternity, simplicity. There’s definitely some appeal there, but maybe there are easier ways to find those things.

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    • NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The trick is to get all your bois together and buy a decent plot of land and build homes or a large enough house you can divide up

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    you want a commune with state sponsorship

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  • nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    according to the handful of people i’ve heard who got institutionalized, you do not want to be institutionalized

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• 69420@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  MC Pea Plants

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  • MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Tussin

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• blindbunny@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Make a farm, house people, eat farmed food. Don’t spend money. Work on music and ride motorcycles when I’m not farming.

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• 4oreman@lemy.lol ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  is this a pope meme?

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