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- Comment on It used to be just weird Christians, but now everyone's pretty much on board with burning Harry Potter books. 18 hours ago:
As a psychotherapist, let me tell you, it would be a good idea if more adults read some children’s books sometimes.
- Comment on Jellyfin over the internet 4 days ago:
I think paying for remote access counts as a hoop.
As in “that’s a pain in my hoop”
- Comment on Yes, this is what people did back then 1 week ago:
Does it have to be one or the other?
- Comment on Ask the crickets 1 week ago:
Wow.
It’s zero degrees here in June.
Weird.
- Comment on The Elder God 1 week ago:
ASSUMING DIRECT LAMP CONTROL
- Comment on Have you noticed 1 week ago:
Have a read about solilosism for inspiration which may help with your confusion
- Comment on Have you noticed 1 week ago:
As a therapist surrounded by therapists, and we all constantly notice things, it does get a bit much.
- Comment on how are my fellow peeps hosting your music collection these days? 1 week ago:
I got an SMB sync app on my phone, stores any new music I’ve found into the network folder and syncs it up on my phone.
Sorted. Wherever I get more tracks from, they’re available on all my devices.
- Comment on Boomer Decisions 1 week ago:
Boomers never wonder about stuff.
They think all their beliefs are true & obvious.
- Comment on If only my parents knew 1 week ago:
And I assume my mom too
Can confirm
- Comment on Are foldable phones as good/bad as they say? 2 weeks ago:
This is exactly why I wanted one. Exactly why I then got it, and on discovering it worked exactly like I wanted, I got a better one.
If you’ve ever wished for a bigger screen on your phone…
(I love toys, gadgets and tech so for me the price point was worth it. Objectively, the higher price I don’t think is justified by the higher utility)
- Comment on There should be a universal standard indicator for whether a comment chain should be read top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top 2 weeks ago:
If God had intended us to communicate with Brevity, he would never have generated the outrageous monstrosity that is the verbose English language.
- Comment on do you think freewill truly exists? 4 weeks ago:
Small stuff doesn’t really interest me, or my partner.
Doesn’t mean we’re incapable of discussing dinner plans or cleaning schedules.
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 4 weeks ago:
I still repplay now and then, there’s no game like it.
Sadly the sequals failed to capture the grace of the original, though I’ve not tried 3 yet.
- Comment on Into the meat grinder! 4 weeks ago:
Some of you will be fighting for your planet. Some of you will be dying for your planet. Some of you will be forced through a fine screen mesh for your planet. Those will be the luckiest of all.
- Comment on What games are just objective master pieces? 4 weeks ago:
My Picks…
Deus Ex (So many games try to be this and fail) Cyberpunk (This one eventually measured up) Alpha Centauri (Innovation mixed with familiarity and setting) Fallout 2 (they’re all good. Fallout 2 is special) Kotor (Star Wars story telling in a beautiful way) Baldur’s Gate 2 and 3 (I’m stunned that 3 was a worthy successor) Homeworld (One of the World’s truly beautiful games)
- Comment on Amazonian tribe that received Starlink satellite internet sues The New York Times, TMZ, and Yahoo for $180M over defamation and more, claiming a viral 2024 NYT story smeared members as porn addicts. 5 weeks ago:
Maybe via Meta’s tracking cookies that watch all over the internet!
- Comment on Amazonian tribe that received Starlink satellite internet sues The New York Times, TMZ, and Yahoo for $180M over defamation and more, claiming a viral 2024 NYT story smeared members as porn addicts. 5 weeks ago:
I’m having a harder and harder time
What social media are you on?
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Time travel is a settled theory?
😁
That’s not what theory means at all
- Comment on The answer to the The Problem of Evil could just be that "god" has a totally different definition of evil. 5 weeks ago:
Maybe it’s sulferine
- Comment on The answer to the The Problem of Evil could just be that "god" has a totally different definition of evil. 5 weeks ago:
I am a dark mysterious thing!
- Comment on The answer to the The Problem of Evil could just be that "god" has a totally different definition of evil. 5 weeks ago:
I think I can handle it. 😄
- Comment on The answer to the The Problem of Evil could just be that "god" has a totally different definition of evil. 5 weeks ago:
I’m suddenly both curious and terrified to go and check if there’s any rule 42 of Squid Daddy.
- Comment on The answer to the The Problem of Evil could just be that "god" has a totally different definition of evil. 5 weeks ago:
It’s interesting to consider the definition of real in that sense then, because many experiences do not have an objective cause, or at least not one that directly correlates to the subjective experience.
God, evil, ghosts, happiness. They’re real In the sense that we can experience them, however, the shared understanding largely comes from an internal place, a necessary agreement of experience with the concepts of its objects.
- Comment on The answer to the The Problem of Evil could just be that "god" has a totally different definition of evil. 5 weeks ago:
Certainly, that was the Gnostics viewpoint. It has as much merit as any other
- Comment on The answer to the The Problem of Evil could just be that "god" has a totally different definition of evil. 5 weeks ago:
That’s certainly one definition of evil, yes
Of course if you believe “God” set all of this in motion and with foreknowledge then even those seemingly random events have god’s intent behind them, yes?
- Comment on The answer to the The Problem of Evil could just be that "god" has a totally different definition of evil. 5 weeks ago:
Well, we have a word for god so we must have a concept of god.
Even if there’s no objective phenomenon which corresponds to the concept, the subjective experiences alone are worthy of attention and consideration
- Comment on The answer to the The Problem of Evil could just be that "god" has a totally different definition of evil. 5 weeks ago:
Love it.
- Comment on Besides money/capitalism, why are tech companies trying to push AI text generators over search engines? 5 weeks ago:
Allow me to add in an extract from the film “The Cube” which addresses this point
WORTH
It’s maybe hard for you to understand, but there’s no conspiracy. Nobody
is in charge. It’s a headless blunder operating under the illusion of a masterplan.
Can you grasp that? Big brother is not watching you.
QUENTIN
What kind of fucking explanation is that?
WORTH
It’s the best you�re gonna get. I looked and the only explanation I can
come to is that there is nobody up there.
QUENTIN
Somebody had to say yes to this thing.
WORTH
What thing? Only we know what it is.
QUENTIN
We have no idea, what it is.
WORTH
We know more than anybody else. I mean somebody might have known
sometime, before they got fired or voted out or sold it. But if this place ever had a
purpose, then it got miscommunicated or lost in the shuffle. This is an accident, a
forgotten propetual, public, worksproject. Do you think anybody wants to ask
questions? All they want is a clear conscience and a fat paycheck. I mean, I lead on
my desk for months. This was a great job!
QUENTIN
Why put people in it?
WORTH
Because it’s here. you have to use it or admit it’s pointless.
QUENTIN
But it is pointless!
WORTH
Quentin… That’s my point.
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