WeirdGoesPro

@WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How active is too active while being on lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Post history checks out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone struggle with spending money foolishly on prostitutes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  In this case, johns looking for hookers. You know, it’s full of your typical back alley bastards. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone struggle with spending money foolishly on prostitutes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  No worries, I just would have helped if it was something you wanted, but nobody should be forced into anything they don’t want to do.

  I totally agree with your point that Christian values can drive the temptation towards “vice”—I just told OP the same thing in my reply to him. If you don’t create a moralistic contradiction for yourself, there is no tension to rebel against.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone struggle with spending money foolishly on prostitutes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The Christian values are a limitation you place on yourself, not an objective measure of right and wrong. It sounds like the feeling of transgression is part of what has got you hooked—like your own moral code is fuel for the addiction. Maybe, if you accepted your own hyper-sexuality and found an affordable outlet for it, you would be less driven towards prostitutes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone struggle with spending money foolishly on prostitutes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you want to know? There are whole subreddits dedicated to the subject.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does anyone struggle with spending money foolishly on prostitutes?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  First off, there is nothing wrong with seeing a prostitute other than the financial burden it may place on you. Play safe, get tested, treat people with respect, no guilt necessary.

  Ironically, I have the opposite problem. I have met sex workers and ended up dating them because we got along so well. My point is that the struggle is real. Every relationship has a price. Prostitute are just more up front and clear about what that price is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does a guy become his most confident around women?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds like more of an issue with how you’re behaving with other men.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does a guy become his most confident around women?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Be direct, and ask questions. People enjoy talking about themselves. Don’t be self disparaging—you can tell the truth and own it at the same time. Stand up for yourself—don’t become a pushover because it is a woman asking. Don’t be afraid to say what you really think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fafo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The fungus definitely sits around all day musing “why walk when you could ride?” /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨fafo⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m no fun-guy, but I don’t think it works that way. When you drive a car, you don’t suddenly feel like you have wheels. I imagine a zombie fungus driving an ant is akin to a person riding a Silt Strider in Morrowind—a body horror vehicular experience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Researchers announce babies born from a trial of three-person IVF⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Instead of a family tree, you have a flux capacitor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thai woman arrested for blackmailing monks after sex with thousands of videos⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes, a life of rigid control and mandatory conformity. A great life, indeed. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deserved? Poll inside⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Me too, I’m just saying I’d like an upstairs appetizer before heading to the cheese cellar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deserved? Poll inside⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree, you don’t scratch your own butthole with your tongue unless you’re a cat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rats.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t be a square, man! /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great idea⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So what? Most books sit on shelves unread until they are recycled by Half Priced Books. Might as well use them until they fall apart instead of display them to look smart.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Children never lie⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Chicken soup for the soul, not the organs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Its so easy for humans to die from a random accident, but very hard to deliberately end their own lives reliably and painlessly.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is not very well thought out. People survive accidents all the time, far more than they die from them. It is confirmation bias that makes you feel like it is easy to die from one because people only focus on the bad ones. Normal injuries and close calls fly under the radar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can I find forums about specific things?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s Hoffman music forum. Private torrent sites have great forums for different genre’s of art. There are forums for writers, queer people, furries, and almost every other subculture out there.

  Whachutalkin’ about, Willis?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one become a clown?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That is going to be outside the scope of normal clown schooling. You may want to get an act together and approach an alternative freak show—I feel like that might fit well. Otherwise, it sounds like you’d probably be going the self employed route.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one become a clown?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Independent study is the cornerstone of any good education.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one become a clown?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Clown colleges. Some of the ones in France are downright prestigious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does one become a clown?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It kind of depends on what kind of clown you want to be.

  There are clown colleges that you can go to which will help you make connections that can lead to circus jobs. They also teach you about the different types of classic clown tropes, and will help you narrow down to the specific skill set that works for you. Here is a website that will help you find clown colleges:

  clownswithoutborders.org/top-clown-schools-u-s/

  Rodeo clowns are a different breed altogether. To become a rodeo clown, you need to be somewhat insane, have no fear of death by trampling, and then you need to hang out at rodeos to make the right connections. Finding some basic job at a rodeo would be a good start, and then you can work your way into the clown role once they recognize that you are completely bonkers and willing to stand in front of a charging bull.

  Party clowns are essentially entrepreneurs. You need to develop the skills on your own, and then find someone to give you a shot at their kids birthday party. Relationships are essential—don’t be afraid to ask your clients for referrals, and make sure you are professional, personable, and entertaining at all times around them. It is a hard road, but like any freelance business, once you get the ball rolling in your area, you have the potential to carve out a decent career. It is especially important that you use your connections for a broader reputation among schools and churches because eventually the first wave of kids will grow up, and you will need to transition into the next generation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man, I hate it when this happens!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As a matter of fact, yes.

  My biggest recommendation is the book 78 Degrees of Wisdom by Rachel Pollack. She compares the imagery off of the most popular symbolic systems for tarot, and really dives in to the esoteric meaning of each symbol. If you can absorb her book, you will be able to read nearly any deck you come across on sight alone.

  For the Thoth tarot specifically, I would recommend Understanding Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Tarot by Lon Milo DuQuette. The Thoth deck is a slightly more advanced deck in my opinion, but it ties tarot philosophy to Kabbalah, Jungian psychology, and a whole lot more.

  I started as a Rider Waite deck reader (which is the most common symbol set in tarot), and Rachel Pollack’s book is perfect for understanding that, but then I moved into the Thoth deck as I got more advanced and understood what a genius Crowley was with this kind of stuff. There is no right or wrong answer—use the deck that speaks to you—but I’d recommend starting off with a standard Rider Waite and seeing where the journey takes you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man, I hate it when this happens!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the tarot Trump card “the fool”. The fact that he is using the axe incorrectly is part of the point. He just bumbles forwards blindly, driven along by the cat who swipes at his balls, unburdened by any intention whatsoever.

  The fool is an incredibly important card in that it is the genesis of all action. As card 0, he sort of stands outside the path of the major arcana and can be seen as the beginning of any line of progression. Without the fool, nothing would or could ever begin.

  Source: I am a woo woo individual who has spent a lot of time with the cards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for work? Need a job with good pay and benefits? Have any sense of ethics? ICE is hiring and has low standards. Sign up for ICE and be the most incompetent agent in history.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They seem pretty competent at spreading misery and pain so far.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for work? Need a job with good pay and benefits? Have any sense of ethics? ICE is hiring and has low standards. Sign up for ICE and be the most incompetent agent in history.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That may be so, but the problem is getting a statistically significant number of people to participate and go unnoticed. People are already being arrested for interfering with ICE. If they have a bad employee, they will get fired. If they think that employee intentionally let people get away, they will be arrested. If they think there is a conspiracy to create hundreds of bad employees (which is what we are doing here), then they will investigate and find a reason to arrest en masse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for work? Need a job with good pay and benefits? Have any sense of ethics? ICE is hiring and has low standards. Sign up for ICE and be the most incompetent agent in history.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It is definitely a fun thing to think about, just not realistically feasible as the person I was responding to was hoping for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I require nothing more⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, the knick-knacks are my most prized possessions. Crystal balls, monkey skulls, old clocks—these are the building blocks of my happiness. Nothing brings me more joy than a perfectly arranged curio cabinet. It is like an OCD orgasm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for work? Need a job with good pay and benefits? Have any sense of ethics? ICE is hiring and has low standards. Sign up for ICE and be the most incompetent agent in history.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They have been taking pictures and using facial recognition at protests, they are adept at scouring people’s online footprint, and they have thousands of employees. How do you plan to get a statistically significant number of sympathetic people into their ranks undetected, and then keep them there as they throw a wrench in the works?

  This is a pipe dream.