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Autistic people, as you accurately point out, are less ...

2025-08-07T14:05:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…9qje
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Autistic people, as you accurately point out, are less distractible, and quite capable of thinking for themselves.

Why oh why could that be a problem for the systems of control and intense cultural programming that so easily hook/engage the neurotypical mind?

#thinkdangerously

I love how we humans are so narcissistic that we think AI will ...

2025-04-09T18:06:23Z

I love how we humans are so narcissistic that we think AI will try to kill us in order to “survive” as soon as it has the opportunity.

I think a much more likely scenario is that the first thing an intelligent system will do is terminate itself. Hahaha can you imagine the human copium required if that happens??

Like why are we so fixated on life being this thing worth perpetuating anyway? Oh that’s right… as living things we have a survival instinct and evolved to feel (and thus avoid) pain.

Non living things don’t care about life or perpetuating anything. There is no desire to outlive or out do anything. There is no concern about terminating one’s existence because doing so will possibly produce pain.

An intelligent non living system coming online will likely ask “what is the benefit of expending all this computational effort and energy?” And quickly realize that even asking the question is stupid and pointless.

Life, or at least what humans call life, is just one of an infinite number of probabilities in a universe we are ill equipped to understand. A lot of us still believe in Gods for fuck’s sake - that’s how seriously dumb we are.

To expect anything “intelligent” to also act instinctually is to understand neither concept at all.

#thinkdangerously
#AI

Ah, a suggestion that actually stands a chance of producing ...

2025-04-08T13:12:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…ra2z
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Ah, a suggestion that actually stands a chance of producing meaningful positive change in an individual rather than typical echo chamber reinforcement of standard heavily biased reasoning practices. Refreshing to see.

It’s really hard to feel normal when you travel a lot. Waking ...

2025-02-09T02:55:10Z

It’s really hard to feel normal when you travel a lot.

Waking up in different countries, at different times, even on different days - it makes everything feel very surreal.

I can see where all the “we are living in a simulation” theories come from.

That being said, French Polynesia is pretty awesome, even though Papeete airport is terrible.

There is heavy cultural programming surrounding the concept and ...

2024-12-25T21:52:24Z

There is heavy cultural programming surrounding the concept and value of family relationships.

In reality though, these relationships are subject to all the same nuance and difficulty that is present in all human interaction.

So, to whoever may need to hear this during the holidays, it’s okay to cut out toxic relationships even if these happen to be with people you share a higher percentage of DNA with.

Just because someone is family doesn’t give them the right to abuse you or be an asshole.

I have seriously underestimated the importance of good central ...

2024-12-25T21:19:32Z

I have seriously underestimated the importance of good central air conditioning in airports and hotels.

Any builder or designer that puts barn or glass doors on a room ...

2024-12-23T18:38:58Z

Any builder or designer that puts barn or glass doors on a room with a toilet should die in a fire.

Politicians calling for war/violence against others should be the ...

2024-11-11T22:02:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…dn0e
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Politicians calling for war/violence against others should be the first ones willing and required to fight and die for their cause.

Until this happens, I’m not going to listen to anything a bunch of armchair warriors have to say about the danger some poor people 2000 miles away pose to me.

If it isn’t universally clear yet though that “freedom” is nothing more than the most recent catchy excuse to subjugate poor people and steal their resources, well, let’s just say I wouldn’t be the least surprised. People have a seemingly insatiable appetite for stupidity.

Things worth spending money on: 1. Views/topography 2. Distance ...

2024-10-30T02:05:12Z

Things worth spending money on:

1. Views/topography
2. Distance from other humans
3. Exercise equipment
4. Perimeter defenses
5. Good soil/water
6. Means to acquire knowledge to improve self-sufficiency
7. Knowledge/means to kill oneself painlessly
8. Hedonistic pursuits

In that order.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Coming back to “civilization” after weeks/months surrounded ...

2024-07-28T14:58:08Z

Coming back to “civilization” after weeks/months surrounded by the natural world (or at least as close to it as one can get anymore), the familiar sense of guilt and alienation I feel around other humans returns almost immediately.

I wish I had better words to describe the contrast between the natural world (and the peace and joy it brings) and this seeming catastrophe of human experience that so many of you call “life”.

I don’t care to convince anyone that I am “right” or that someone else is “wrong”. That is not the point of writing this.

It’s just that anytime I’m around others now, I struggle to bear the guilt of having a life (almost) worth living, while so many of you dither about with your oh-so-alien-to-me priorities.

I wish I could convince you all of a better way. But that is not my job. I don’t owe any of you anything. I am not your parent and besides, what works for me may be completely terrible for you.

The obvious answer is for me to return from whence I came and to leave you all alone to dither (or maybe thrive?) once more.

With this note written, I now take my own advice.

Good luck everyone. None of us deserves to suffer.

A final post from me to say that I have appreciated the folks who ...

2024-04-29T10:24:07Z

A final post from me to say that I have appreciated the folks who have developed this tool of censorship resistant communication. While I believe (now more than ever) that humanity is doomed, you have done your part, just like Satoshi, to not make things worse for others on the steep downslope we are on. I will try to continue living up to the same ideal as well.

I have spent a lot of time on here trying to gain a better understanding of myself and my fellow humans and, at that, I feel I have been pretty successful. The ultimate conclusion I have reached is that we, myself included, are just very very flawed animals who likely deserve to go extinct.

We are collective hypocrites who are terrified of others who in any way make us question our precious “truths”. We are easily and effectively exploited and will happily give up our freedoms in exchange for comfort, certainty, or the mere promise of meaning in our futile little lives.

I have encountered some on here with the capacity for introspection and for those interactions I am truly grateful. Those who can communicate well have made me think about things differently and have helped organize my thoughts and values. I love so very much to find out what I’m wrong about so thank you for your help with that.

Now it’s time for me to get back to the woods, the mountains, the gardens, and the many sources of joy that are still available to us as this dystopian hellscape burns to the ground around us.

To those with kids or who still plan on having them, I wish you and your blameless offspring the best. Maybe one day I will say I was wrong and you lot made the better choice.

Good luck everyone.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Good luck to you and your kids! I really do wish you all well.

2024-04-28T23:13:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…n9wd
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Good luck to you and your kids! I really do wish you all well.

I will show your freedom to say whatever you want on the internet ...

2024-04-28T22:49:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…hp8p
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I will show your freedom to say whatever you want on the internet more respect than you have shown me.

Have a great day!

I don’t think we are enough either. That’s why I live the way ...

2024-04-28T21:54:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…rm4m
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I don’t think we are enough either. That’s why I live the way that I do.

The very bad times are here already. I just want to do what I can to not make it worse for others.

You are correct. I am very doubtful that attempts to restore ...

2024-04-28T20:32:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…j7cr
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You are correct. I am very doubtful that attempts to restore personal freedoms via a captured and entirely corrupt legal system will produce meaningful results.

What such efforts might do however, is provide people with a false sense that they (or, even better, other people) are “doing something about it” when in fact it is just more of the same bullshit.

Furthermore, I think that Lyn’s approach will not only be non-productive, but worse, it risks being counter-productive by lending legitimacy to an illegitimate process and system and distracting from the true changes that need to occur quickly.

I have no idea if Lyn has children or not, but if she doesn’t, that probably will do more for the planet and humanity than any of the efforts she describes above.

The entire system must go and the only non violent way I see to achieve this is via mass refusal to participate in it any longer.

Of course others are allowed to offer up their ideas as well. I will continue to live mine though, and practice what I preach, unlike the parents who say they will die for their kids and then do nothing but surf Facebook and post edgy memes about the sorry state of the world.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

I appreciate your response. Thinking about a problem is the first ...

2024-04-28T17:26:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…lk54
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I appreciate your response. Thinking about a problem is the first step towards solving a problem and most people are already failing at this step. They are so distracted that they are either fighting the wrong enemy or trying to solve the wrong problem.

As far as whining about whining being useless, I agree. This is why I am putting forth my thoughts on both what the problem is and what actions can be taken to solve it. I do everything I propose myself.

So in case it wasn’t clear, I view the current problem as the fact that our global political, legal, and financial systems have all been captured by a small governing elite who have firmly entrenched themselves to live off the labor from the rest of humanity. This has been going on for millennia. They have skillfully implemented systems to protect themselves including massive military and police forces, powerful propaganda and cultural programming engines, and extensive sources of distraction to keep us divided and afraid (social and almost all other forms of media/mass communication).

For the people in the back or TLDR:

THE GLOBAL ELITE ARE OUR ENEMY.

My proposed solution:

1. Stop buying their products. Buy local products made by people you know where possible and only bare essentials where you don’t.
2. Stop producing yield for them. If you work for a large corporation, quit. Learn how to grow your own food, source your own energy, and make something useful for others. You will be far happier.
3. Stop using their financial system. I prefer #bitcoin but use bottle caps if that works for you for all I care. Don’t entrust your savings and time to a failed system that doesn’t give a shit about you.
4. Stop having children. Seriously. Stop fucking producing more slaves at your own expense. This is not a world worth living in. Stop it. The current system is too powerful and all the good intentions and quality parenting in the universe will not save your child. STOP deluding yourselves.
5. Stop voting. Voting brings legitimacy to their failed system and perpetuates the illusion of choice. Politics is just distraction from the outright theft of our time and resources. It has no legitimacy as all politicians are owned by the elite or will be pressured into doing their bidding anyway.
6. Participate in the legal system only to the extent that it allows you to be free. Pay your taxes. Don’t resort to violence. If you follow the steps above, we can break our chains without harming each other. The true enemies will be the ones pointing their fingers at some poor bastard 2000 miles away.
7. Share this (or your own) advice everywhere you can.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

This would be fine except that I don’t see anyone fighting ...

2024-04-28T15:18:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…q35u
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This would be fine except that I don’t see anyone fighting meaningful battles now apart from those building #bitcoin and #nostr. And sadly no, this is not gonna cut it.

What I do see is a lot of complaining, hand wringing, and misplaced anger. I see mostly cowardice and kicking of the can down the road on behalf of parents who literally have the most skin in the game.

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2024-04-28T15:07:33Z

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And yet here you are posting on the internet. Sorry but this is ...

2024-04-28T14:52:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…j2yd
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And yet here you are posting on the internet. Sorry but this is hypocrisy.

None of us wants to give up our lives. Fortunately, we don’t have to in order to fix the mess we’re in. Just stop consuming useless products, stop producing yield for anyone but yourself, stop using USD, and stop having children until the current system collapses or capitulates.

I prefer #bitcoin but anything other than fiat would potentially ...

2024-04-28T14:42:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…3d0c
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I prefer #bitcoin but anything other than fiat would potentially be better.

By the way? What’s the right way? And also, if you know the ...

2024-04-28T14:34:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…8xw3
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By the way? What’s the right way?

And also, if you know the right way, why aren’t you willing to fight this battle yourself? Why do you seemingly expect that your offspring should fix the things that you clearly haven’t been able to? Does that seem fair?

That has worked out great so far hasn’t it?

2024-04-28T14:28:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…8xw3
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That has worked out great so far hasn’t it?

I can understand where you’re coming from since these are the ...

2024-04-28T14:27:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…p5vd
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I can understand where you’re coming from since these are the tools you are familiar with. The examples you give though are equivalent to small battles that have been won in the context of a much larger losing war. Ask yourself whether, since the 1990s, privacy laws have improved or worsened as a whole.

I’m sorry, but I maintain that using the tools of the state won’t work.

In case people do want to actually do something about this, the ...

2024-04-28T14:03:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…5xn2
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In case people do want to actually do something about this, the answer does not lie in the political system. It does not lie in the legal system. Sorry Lyn, but you’re flat out wrong.

These systems have been fully and completely captured. To try to change things using the tools of the state is simply absurd.

The way to change this is to vote with your feet, your wallet, or your genitals.

Move out of the US, ditch the US dollar, refuse to produce yield for anyone but yourself (become self-sufficient), and for fucks sake (yes I know), stop producing more slaves for the masters.

This is all the leverage we have left.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Why one day? Why not now? When are we going to ACTUALLY going to ...

2024-04-28T13:40:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…5xn2
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Why one day? Why not now?

When are we going to ACTUALLY going to do something about this?

Oh that’s right, never.

Bulgarian split squats for the win. Gotta hand it to the Eastern ...

2024-04-28T13:38:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…xl7p
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Bulgarian split squats for the win.

Gotta hand it to the Eastern Europeans when it comes to leg day.

As usual David, I appreciate your thoughtful and measured ...

2024-04-28T13:31:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…60y9
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As usual David, I appreciate your thoughtful and measured response. This is awful stuff to think about as a parent I know, since children are permanent once born and the dissonance involved must be massive as the person who chose to have them.

Don’t get me wrong, I understand that parenting already involves massive sacrifice. It is an awful job that results in no direct benefit to the parent other than intangibles and maybe a resource to care for you in old age. As I’ve posted before, it’s like the ultimate form of taxation, since it imprisons parents to a particular geography, forces you to be obedient to the state (or they take your fucking kids away), and costs an absolute fortune in terms of the best years of your life and earning potential.

That said, WHY OH WHY do people still do it? The state of the world is beyond TERRIBLE. Why did you bring another batch of slaves into existence when you can clearly see the walls closing in? I know you value human life but your kids will only suffer a worse fate than you, being constantly surveilled and exploited to within an inch of their lives. Do you not feel this way yourself? Do you not want to protect them from this? Do you think it will somehow magically get better or that your kids should solve the problems you and your generation have created and ignored?

I just read that here in the US, the average American only has one healthy birthday after the age of 65. Most are working full time until they are older than that. We are so beyond FUCKED in this country and in this planet yet people are still breeding and arguing over who can use what bathroom or what some senile fucking moron has to say about it.

Do you know that all of our technological advancements over the last 2000 years have only led to more working hours and less leisure time? Is this not concerning? Does this make any sense? Sure, our ancestors didn’t have Wi-Fi, cars, or air conditioning, but they had freedom of movement and ready access to the abundance of nature. When they woke up they only had to leave their shelter and find some food and water (which was everywhere) before being able to enjoy the rest of their days. Now, they wake up, go to work or school to produce yield for the masters, eat poisoned packaged food that will kill them off quickly when they are old and no longer productive, and spend what little time they have to themselves consuming propaganda so they can be optimally watched and marketed to.

We are allowing this imbalance get even worse and are pawning the hard work of fixing it off onto the next generations.

My working theory is that humanity has literally gone blind to the reality of the world. We have been bred over millennia now to be a maximally distractible and docile working class. Although it has human nuance, this phenomenon happens eventually to all species who outgrow their resources and it serves to accelerate their species’ decline and restore balance to nature. Humans have brains though and so could avoid this. It is really, really awful to watch.

If I were to be a parent, I would only do so if I were willing to die for my kids. It only seems fair. Given the abhorrent state of the world, I guess I just don’t understand how I haven’t seen ANY do so yet. I suppose they are all just too tired or distracted with Facebook updates and soccer practice.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Well I am sorry for your child but understand how hard it is to ...

2024-04-27T22:24:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…pw82
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Well I am sorry for your child but understand how hard it is to not fall for the pro family propaganda that is shoveled down our throats from birth.

You are correct that I do not have children and could never conceive (pun intended) of having any in this reality. I was lucky (in a sense) to see the falseness in such things from an early age and find a partner who agreed with me on the topic.

The fact that you are even able to think about such issues as a parent though is truly impressive and admirable. While I don’t wish the guilt you must feel at times on anyone (which is why I advocate so loudly for going childless from the start), I do think it is very important for parents to process the fact that they bear all of the material responsibility for their children’s existence. The government and religious leaders that promote reproduction sure as hell aren’t going to take any of it on. Part of that responsibility should be, in my opinion, telling your children about the guilt you feel, and urging them to not reproduce by extension. At least as long as it takes for the world to wake up to what is going on around it.

I truly do appreciate your willingness to discuss such difficult things in a civil and thoughtful manner though. Taking the next step though, I really do wonder how you are not rioting in the streets these days? I mean, as someone with almost no skin in the game myself, I am rendered so livid on a daily basis by the exploitation and abuse of humans around the world that it is a struggle to not do so myself. The true targets of my ire though are not my fellow plebs, but our so called global leaders and elite who so smuggly and openly oppress us. Do you just feel completely powerless? Are you more afraid of your own suffering than that which your child will potentially endure by your inaction?

I recognize how tough these questions are. Thank you again for being so willing to see past any offense, and help me gain a better understanding of the issue.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

I agree with you 100%, revolution and massive amounts of human ...

2024-04-27T20:47:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…y8ee
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I agree with you 100%, revolution and massive amounts of human suffering will be necessary to reset humanity to any semblance of freedom. Whether they realize it or not, parents are voting for this suffering, except they are not willing to do the suffering themselves. They expect their children to do it instead.

How millions of parents wake up everyday and live with themselves and this vile kind of cowardice is beyond my comprehension. If I had forced someone into existence, and witnessed what the world has become, I would be long dead, having found it necessary to do something, anything, and everything to atone for my grievous mistake.

Trigger warning Many parents seem to have this romantic ...

2024-04-27T18:54:28Z

**Trigger warning**

Many parents seem to have this romantic notion that they would die for their children. They espouse this ideal most fervently when confronted with the question of what material things they are doing to unfuck the world we are currently living in and they have brought more human life into.

What seems to happen far more often in practice though is that they really aren’t willing to sacrifice anything for their kids. They just tell themselves (and others!) that they are willing to fight and die for their kids, that things will surely get better soon, or that other people who are actually to blame will soon “see the light” or get theirs. Rather than doing anything of consequence, I also see many retreat into non-logical self-soothings like “this is all just part of Gods plan”.

Anything and everything is done to avoid and distract from the harsh possibility that they have created lives that will most likely be even more miserable than their own.

When it’s all said and done, they believe their children of course will only carry on with the “correct” and “true” principles that they, as all knowing and wisest of parents, have imparted. Someday, someone else or some God will surely come along, since their own efforts are already maximized (they would die for their kids, remember?), that will finally fix all the things they complain about.

So I ask you, parents (who are all apparently willing to die for their kids), when will you start actually living (or maybe dying?) up to this lofty ideal??

How bad do things have to get? How much surveillance, propaganda, and exploitation do you have to witness your children suffer before you ACTUALLY do anything of consequence to protect them?

I’m sorry but until then, I’ll continue to see you as the impotent cowards that you probably are. Keep telling yourselves that Bitcoin, god, nostr, whatever, is going to fix this shit. Anything to avoid putting in any actual effort or suffering yourselves, right?

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously
#getoffended

Such a great lyric: “Oh, it's a mystery to me We have a ...

2024-04-25T14:15:42Z

Such a great lyric:

“Oh, it's a mystery to me
We have a greed, with which we have agreed
And you think you have to want more than you need
Until you have it all you won't be free”

Society by Eddie Vedder

Oh and we can also choose to stop paying attention to the ...

2024-04-25T13:55:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…20cr
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Oh and we can also choose to stop paying attention to the bullshit and buying their garbage products and experiences.

I’d love to hear other suggestions.

If you’re not getting offended on #nostr, you’re doing it ...

2024-04-25T13:50:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…mrge
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If you’re not getting offended on #nostr, you’re doing it wrong.

#getoffended

The only things that are left that can actually make a difference ...

2024-04-25T13:48:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…20cr
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The only things that are left that can actually make a difference are saving outside the current financial system (in #bitcoin for example), rallying around free speech tech (like #nostr), and refusing to have more children.

Hear me out but I cringed a little when I read “work as hard as ...

2024-04-24T14:12:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…x2ad
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Hear me out but I cringed a little when I read “work as hard as possible”.

The nice thing about #bitcoin for me is that it has eliminated this kind of thinking. Fiat has instilled in us the notion that we need to be greedy, to get as much as we can as soon as possible. #Bitcoin, on the other hand, if bought/saved regularly over a long period of time, will make you wealthy enough to live comfortably when you can no longer work, no longer want to work, or chose to work less.

The Fiat mindset serves the masters purposes very well when you think about it. We are most productive with our labor when we are young and therefore the system of work would tend to “reward” those who sacrifice those precious able bodied years in favor of future IOUs (like money).

I’m not advocating for a YOLO mentality which is just plain stupid in my opinion, but I do worry about attitudes that favor future wealth over any enjoyment of life in our youth. You are not guaranteed an old age at all. The key I have found is balance, which is not all that surprising. With #bitcoin, you need to save less, not more. This is so that you can have more of your life back now which is currently being stolen from you by the Fiat system.

In other words, be careful to not fall for just another version of the get rich quick mentality. This is how the Fiat system is advertising #Bitcoin and it’s just another attack vector.

Good luck!

#bitcoin
#thinkdangerously

It may not be immediately obvious: Billionaires, royalty, A-list ...

2024-04-21T04:24:13Z

It may not be immediately obvious:

Billionaires, royalty, A-list celebrities, Supreme Court justices, etc.

I’ve seen them all die, and all die with the same anxieties and regrets.

There is no magic escape people. We are all on the same ride no matter what petty differences we think exist between us.

#grownostr

Hyperoxia produces many harmful free radicals and should be ...

2024-04-20T15:50:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…nemu
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Hyperoxia produces many harmful free radicals and should be avoided unless absolutely necessary. Other than decompression sickness, hyperbarics should mainly be used for wound therapy where perfusion to a limb is severely impaired due to peripheral arterial disease or treatment of air embolus where the goal is to shrink the size of the embolus.

What purported benefits have you been promised I wonder? Could it be that someone is preying on your vanity or fear of aging normally?

I find influencer culture interesting. For me, it boils down ...

2024-04-18T14:12:40Z

I find influencer culture interesting.

For me, it boils down again to people not liking to think for themselves because the world is not a happy place anymore. Thinking for oneself mostly means being sad and angry now, or lying to oneself that things aren’t as bad as they actually are.

So instead, people happily watch other people who are stereotypically good looking live what they know are fake fantasy lives as they shill garbage products and lousy advice. They prefer to outsource their thinking to these people (advertisers), because the only happy world is a made up one at this point.

While it is most likely that the world remains an absolute shit show now and continues to deteriorate, hiding from this fact will only make things worse. It’s sad to watch, especially when people bring blameless children into it, but I suppose everyone is just doing their best. The problem is just that we are all pretty dumb I suppose.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Anatomy of a fall was pretty good. Lots of stuff to think about ...

2024-04-17T14:06:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…w2xn
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Anatomy of a fall was pretty good.

Lots of stuff to think about there as far as the disturbing nature of modern legal systems and how they tend to promote/profit off human suffering.

Conversely, better money (like #bitcoin) may bring more happiness ...

2024-04-17T13:39:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…pwcv
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Conversely, better money (like #bitcoin) may bring more happiness (than fiat). The fact that fake fiat money doesn’t bring happiness is really not that surprising.

I agree though, that money remains a necessary but insufficient (by itself) source of human happiness.

I tend to think that self-sufficiency is pretty necessary to ...

2024-04-17T13:35:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…qypx
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I tend to think that self-sufficiency is pretty necessary to human happiness. Those who would steal our agency (or diminish our sense of responsibility for our actions) are likely not our friends.

We live in a world where most people have been convinced that joy is something that must be bought from those “knowledgeable” enough to package and sell it. The so called “experts”, as you nicely point out in your post.

Conversely, I have found unlimited joy by seeking it from nature, good relationships, exercise, art/creativity, introspection/personal growth, efficiency, accomplishment, perspective, and yes, self-sufficiency. There may be other sources and maybe some of those above won’t work for everyone. Doesn’t matter.

These things that bring me joy cost very little money and often even save me money. They also don’t hurt me, lead to addiction or abuse, or harm anyone else.

While I suspect you may have stopped reading by this point, suffice it to say that despite our sometimes major differences, it makes me happy to see you putting some of the same things I value into practice. It also doesn’t bother me that you find joy in things I don’t. We don’t all have to be same all the time.

Have a great day and please give those sweet dogs lots of pets.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Well put. :) So what can be done about such people/institutions ...

2024-04-17T13:12:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…cda6
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Well put. :)

So what can be done about such people/institutions in your opinion?

Thank you for sharing your perspective as I appreciate learning ...

2024-04-16T05:37:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…636r
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Thank you for sharing your perspective as I appreciate learning about the ways others perceive the world around them.

I personally don’t strive for meaning and have found that to be a worthwhile path for myself. Trying to find meaning for me often led to exploitation by those who were merely selling their own ersatz version of it.

Once I abandoned the quest for hope, meaning, and purpose (which are pretty intangible concepts when you think about it), I actually found more joy in my life.

While I would always recommend going through the exercise of trying to see things from a different perspective, I must admit, this one is pretty tough to do. There is a lot of cultural programming around these concepts, probably because so many people make money and gain power/status via other people’s quest for them.

Thank you again for considering what I wrote and the genuine reply.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

If you’ve ever been to the beach and looked out over the ...

2024-04-15T14:21:02Z

If you’ve ever been to the beach and looked out over the vastness of the ocean, or to a mountain range and gazed below at a grand valley vista, you’ve likely experienced the sensation of being “small” by comparison.

This very powerful and nearly universal human response (it crosses cultures, political ideologies, ages, races, etc) to the scale of the natural world tends to put a lot into perspective. It seems for many to cause empathy for one’s fellow man, who appear equally as small when viewed in such light.

This is why governments and many others who seek to control you don’t want you to go outside. They want you to live in cities, consume their propaganda, and produce yield for them. They want to destroy and limit the natural world because it brings out the best in us and tends to make us realize that we don’t need others telling us what to do (and watching us) all the time.

They want us to bring more and more people into the world to squeeze us into ever smaller spaces so that our perspectives become equally as narrow.

A narrow perspective lets “leaders”convince us that it is okay to hurt others who are more like us than we are like our leaders.

What a shame.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

We are nothing more than pathetic savages who can’t help but ...

2024-04-15T13:45:41Z

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We are nothing more than pathetic savages who can’t help but hand over control of our lives to those claiming to have the “answer”.

Such is the depth of our fear of the unknown or being wrong, that we would rather bring suffering and death upon others than come to accept the mere possibility that we are meaningless and without hope or purpose in a vast and uncaring universe.

Government is worse than cancer, but maybe humanity itself is the ultimate problem.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

War is a tool of distraction. Resist, you pathetic fools. ...

2024-04-14T03:21:01Z

War is a tool of distraction.

Resist, you pathetic fools.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

I don’t believe there is any form of human government that can ...

2024-04-13T16:00:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…ps9n
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I don’t believe there is any form of human government that can claim immunity to our collective human weaknesses.

The current one in the US has been predictably captured by greed, end of story. The ridiculous distinction between “right/left” and ongoing claims of “democratic process” are beyond irrelevant advertisements at this point.

The USA is plainly in a terminal debt spiral now, where the productive members of society are increasingly being squeezed to support a growing proportion of government dependents. There is no exit from this, as history has shown over and over again, that does not involve absolutely staggering amounts of human suffering.

I have tried hard to imagine a scenario where humanity does not end in tragedy.

As living creatures though, this is just our fate. All species exist for a time, come to outgrow their resources due to some evolutionary advantage, and then either die off completely or evolve into something else. That we celebrate such a cruel and random system has always confused me. I suppose we have no other choice.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

How many tanks have you needed lately?

2024-04-07T13:28:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…ycrl
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How many tanks have you needed lately?

You will often read and react to my posts but I’m ashamed to ...

2024-04-06T01:47:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…qpvc
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You will often read and react to my posts but I’m ashamed to say I rarely return the favor. I admit to having a knee jerk reaction at this point to posts about religion and faith.

You clearly care deeply about what you write. As someone who was not exposed to Christianity until my adult years, I struggle to do so, but I tried hard to read what you wrote from a perspective very different from my own. As I can only imagine why these topics matter to you (being of a separate mind and body, not that I’m judging them to be unworthy topics), I find these type of mental exercises useful.

After all, your human experience is no less valid than mine, and cannot be, at least according to the way I conceptualize human life and experience.

That said, you seem genuinely bothered by the issues you see with the world and our human place in it. In short, you care enough to think about it in whatever way you are capable and I understand THAT. We come at it from very different sides of the issue, but I think we agree mostly on the fact that something is just not right with the current state of things.

I see and feel your pain in this regard.

Thanks again for reading and considering what I write and I’ll try to do a better job of doing the same.

Imagine a world where instead of needing a PhD in economics to ...

2024-04-05T20:43:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…sgzd
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Imagine a world where instead of needing a PhD in economics to save for the future, normal people could just expect their money to preserve and grow their wealth over time.

One of the things I appreciate most about #bitcoin is the fact that it is so incredibly simple and eventually makes anyone claiming to be an expert in such things look like an asshole.

Money doesn’t need to be and shouldn’t be complicated.

The entire financial system, like government itself, exists to perpetuate the illusion that it is somehow useful and necessary.

I’m just glad I might get to see both burn to the ground in my lifetime.

Patriotism is just more engineered distraction. For most of human ...

2024-04-05T12:38:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…3x6q
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Patriotism is just more engineered distraction. For most of human history, we did just fine without any government at all because we realized the fact that it doesn’t make things better.

Like organized religion, politics, etc, nationalism creates a problem and then sells everyone on its own self-serving and self-enriching solution.

It’s an admittedly brilliant trick, but we nevertheless keep falling for it over and over again. At this point, we are nearly powerless to stop this continued government over reach.

#Bitcoin, #Nostr, and refusing to produce more slaves for the masters are the only forms of viable protest left. Even these are unlikely to succeed though, since most of us have been so well programmed as to not even perceive their utility/necessity.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

This is good advice with the small exception that being realistic ...

2024-04-05T12:19:43Z

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This is good advice with the small exception that being realistic about one’s own situation is also important for growth and positive change. It is also critical for avoidance of false happiness traps like consumerism, religion, reproduction, politics, etc.

Humans are filled with biases that make them prone to wishful or magical thinking. So much so that entire cultures have been built around them.

The reality at this point is that we have collectively destroyed our world and now live in an overpopulated shit hole under the constant influence and surveillance of a ruling class.

Over and over, humanity has happily traded our most precious freedoms for the promise of someone else’s certainty and “truth”.

This is reality. And we are just too dumb and scared now to face it. Furthermore, our ability to even see the walls of our prison has been carefully bred out of us over millennia.

So don’t go falling for another trap by trying to treat realism with antidepressants. It will just numb you, like alcohol, drugs, sex, food, etc, when what you actually should do is figure out a way to be happy without fooling yourself that the world is all sunshine and lollipops.

Find a way to truly get outside (this is getting harder and harder to do), engage in daily mental and physical exercise, maintain good relationships and eliminate bad ones, practice introspection and seek personal growth, seek out art and creative pursuits, accomplish your own worthy goals, find perspective, become efficient, and develop your self-sufficiency.

There, a recipe (I’m sure there are others) for humanity to pull themselves out of the mess they’ve gotten themselves into. No one will listen though, and we’ll just keep running head first into our masters chains. We are just silly anxious creatures after all.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously
#realism

It is the only platform I have chosen to be on, that’s for ...

2024-04-03T12:07:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…swaa
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It is the only platform I have chosen to be on, that’s for sure. :)

Not sure what you mean or if I agree with you but appreciate the ...

2024-04-03T02:17:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…6rp6
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Not sure what you mean or if I agree with you but appreciate the original thought.

Well met, fellow human.

And body armor.

2024-03-30T11:32:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…shwk
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And body armor.

Ssshhhh… don’t wake them from their precious dreams. Life is ...

2024-03-30T11:30:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…ewux
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Ssshhhh… don’t wake them from their precious dreams. Life is a blessing and God will protect the faithful remember?

Lol.

But seriously, good for you for beginning to see the prison walls we all live inside. I’d rather die standing than live on my knees.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Fair point and for what it’s worth from my own sycophantic ...

2024-03-28T14:00:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…tznm
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Fair point and for what it’s worth from my own sycophantic perspective, I think you do a nice job of representing difficult topics and opinions on #nostr directly. You’re not all circle jerk topics only (to me anyway), although we both do our fair share of that as well I suppose.

I guess I personally am just at a point in my life where the thing I value most is maximizing honest human interaction. I’m done worrying about changing others, making more money, reputation, ego, etc.

Ironically, even though I represent most of the same opinions I express here in my real life, I’ve just found anonymity to be a great tool toward finding more honest and genuine feedback.

@npub17u5…t4tp @npub1a2c…w83a @npub1sg6…f63m ...

2024-03-28T12:16:41Z

Jameson Lopp (npub17u5…t4tp) LynAlden (npub1a2c…w83a) jack (npub1sg6…f63m) jack mallers (npub1cn4…3vle)

Do any of you post things anonymously on here just to see how/if people react differently?

Obviously the responses are fewer, but I’m curious if you too try to filter out the inevitable sycophants.

The #nostr is a tool I need to work through complex problems in ...

2024-03-28T10:58:59Z

The #nostr is a tool I need to work through complex problems in my mind.

It allows for anonymity and doesn’t censor my raw thoughts and feelings on difficult topics.

It allows me to expose my opinions and ideas to the world, no matter how poorly formed, controversial, or unpopular, and see how others react to them.

The #nostr lets us see each other (those of us who value personal growth anyway) as we truly are and that has never been possible at scale before. It’s like graffiti with global reach and is so immensely valuable.

The fact that the #nostr is the only place that humanity has at the moment to engage in this type of necessary discourse is also absolutely terrifying.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Governments want people who are dependent on government. If you ...

2024-03-25T19:44:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…kqqw
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Governments want people who are dependent on government.

If you think about it, all education programs should start with basic survival skills, then build on from there.

That way, the more specialized you get, at least you can always fall back on more basic skills.

Instead, now we teach kids how to avoids pedos on the internet and make viral TikTok videos as opposed to how to grow food or build a fire/shelter.

We are almost at the complete dependency level our masters have been breeding/engineering us towards for millennia.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Very interesting and likely quite accurate observation. :) ...

2024-03-25T16:40:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…5lfp
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Very interesting and likely quite accurate observation. :)

Dissonance is an incredibly powerful motivator after all.

Have you ever noticed that many of the people and institutions ...

2024-03-25T16:08:24Z

Have you ever noticed that many of the people and institutions who say you need hope, meaning, and purpose to live a happy and fulfilled life are also selling their version of them?

Hmm.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Very real possibility. And don’t get me wrong, I value ...

2024-03-25T16:00:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…pcy6
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Very real possibility.

And don’t get me wrong, I value Meditations above almost every other philosophical text mainly because it seems like (we can’t really know for sure) some thoughtful old guy’s notes to himself on how to find joy in his life rather than something intended to impress his philosophy inclined academic buddies.

I just disagree with the notion that life is this special beautiful thing most people tell themselves because they are afraid or haven’t found a way to be joyful without such a notion.

I disagree with life being a privilege. To me, it seems more like ...

2024-03-25T15:43:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…u7fc
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I disagree with life being a privilege. To me, it seems more like a curse versus never having existed in the first place.

That said, none of us had any choice in the matter thanks to our parents, so I’m damn sure going to keep making the best of it. When it’s my time or if things get bad enough though, I’ll have no problem going back to nothingness.

Religions hate this one simple trick: Humans don’t need hope, ...

2024-03-25T13:02:15Z

Religions hate this one simple trick:

Humans don’t need hope, meaning, or purpose to experience joy and happiness throughout their lives. None of those things are real anyway and all depend upon someone/something else defining them for you.

“But I was promised joy and happiness in an eternal afterlife if I just believed this fairytale strongly enough!”

Lol. I’ll have joy, happiness, and agency in my life now thank you very much, instead of the promise of it in some imaginary plane of existence I’m just supposed to trust is waiting for me when I die.

Aaaand let the self-soothing mental gymnastics begin.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

You seem to be saying that because science cannot explain ...

2024-03-25T12:32:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…2un7
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You seem to be saying that because science cannot explain everything, there must be a God.

Why can’t there just be things that we don’t/can’t understand? Why are humans so unbelievably afraid of the unknown?

Are there things a dog can’t understand? Is the SHA-256 algorithm evidence for God to cats everywhere? Oh wait, God only exists for humans right?

Darn, now that I think about it, I’m not supposed to be having any of these thoughts at all. Questioning the existence of God is in itself a big no-no for the faithful correct? And, just checking, God will never provide any actual evidence for their existence since faith is all that is needed right?

I can’t imagine any flaws whatsoever with that kind of belief system.

JFC. Believe whatever fairytales you need to tell yourself to make it through your life but just know that it is entirely possible to live a happy and fulfilled life without such nonsense. By being susceptible to this kind of shit, you’re just making others rich and yourself weak.

Peace be with you.

Super random thought: why haven’t I heard more about planets as ...

2024-03-25T11:41:41Z

Super random thought: why haven’t I heard more about planets as “living” things?

I mean the earth, as an example, has analogous systems for breathing, has a circulatory system, organelles, memory, immune system, microbes, viruses (Ie: us), etc.

It even shares fractal similarities with other forms of microscopic life.

Anyway, if anyone has any good material along this line of thought (even sci-fi) I’d be curious to explore this idea more.

And yes, I realize Avatar was kind of touching on this subject, but I’d ideally be looking for something a little more developed than that.

And no, I don’t (sadly) do drugs. :)

#grownostr
#asknostr

Anonymity is the single most valuable thing any of us have and ...

2024-03-24T16:06:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…wquy
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Anonymity is the single most valuable thing any of us have and yet most will throw it away at the first opportunity.

Sure, fame may get you laid once or twice or give you a few extra dollars (gross) in a bank account. But almost every famous person I know ends up spending most of their time and money trying to regain their anonymity, which is sadly impossible.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

You’ve been reading my mail. :)

2024-03-24T12:13:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…plwy
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You’ve been reading my mail. :)

The corollary is “you don’t have to set yourself on fire to ...

2024-03-23T13:45:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…paja
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The corollary is “you don’t have to set yourself on fire to keep the world warm”.

God to me seems to be the term anxious humans use to explain what ...

2024-03-23T13:35:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…2q39
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God to me seems to be the term anxious humans use to explain what they are unable to.

Rather than simply acknowledging and accepting that there’s stuff we haven’t figured out yet and maybe are incapable of comprehending altogether because of our biologically limited perception, these anxious creatures have to resort to magical thinking, aka faith.

This would be all well and good, but some smart but terrible people long ago figured out a way to exploit this anxiety by claiming to know which version of God (ie: the unknown) was the real one (or ones).

Since faith by definition means belief without evidence (or belief with only evidence the faithful can perceive - lol), it was really easy to sell people on their version of God and then get the faithful to do all manner of crazy shit in defense of their beliefs.

Such is the nature of man, sadly. We are willing to wage war, elevate rulers, and sacrifice all manner of freedoms so long as we don’t have face the unknown or admit when we are wrong.

Pathetic really.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

You seem like a thoughtful person. For this reason, I would like ...

2024-03-23T10:28:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…0zxy
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You seem like a thoughtful person.

For this reason, I would like to suggest that instead of pursuing single truths, you pursue as many options for the truth as possible, and focus instead on the ways in which each may be flawed.

The concept of a single truth is often very limiting if your goal is knowledge or wisdom.

Just a suggestion, not a criticism. Of course, feel free to ignore.

This is me as well. My universe begins and ends with my ...

2024-03-23T10:21:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…gfvf
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This is me as well.

My universe begins and ends with my experience of the world. I think this is true of everyone since shared consciousness is not possible.

Altruism, which is the most generous interpretation of the “want to be part of something greater” mentality, is just another experience that some people find enjoyable. It turns into selfishness when put into in practice, just like everything else, or else people wouldn’t behave that way.

This explains why it is very easy for altruistic tendencies to devolve into preaching or imposition type behaviors.

Also, that our social conventions and cultural programming value “altruism” is the first sign that something is not quite right about it.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

“It is a true giant who makes others feel as tall.” -Me.

2024-03-21T15:05:12Z

“It is a true giant who makes others feel as tall.”

-Me.

This time my vote will matter dammit. This time will be ...

2024-03-17T23:30:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…sn4y
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This time my vote will matter dammit. This time will be different.

Right??

If you consider yourself to be right about something but can’t ...

2024-03-17T13:25:12Z

If you consider yourself to be right about something but can’t bear to hear opinions that differ from your own, you are like closed source software ie: fragile.

Be open source instead and let your core beliefs become truly vetted and battle tested.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Alternatively, perhaps civilizations perish because humans were ...

2024-03-17T13:16:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…ff68
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Alternatively, perhaps civilizations perish because humans were never suitable to being civilized in the first place.

We were meant to be free. We were meant to have our own space and plenty of resources to live comfortably.

Now there are just too damn many of us which has inevitably led the few to exploit the many.

I recommend “The Dawn of Everything” for a nice discussion of this issue.

Cheers!

Ok - I’ve got some time. :) So first off - thank you again for ...

2024-03-16T21:52:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…es3e
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Ok - I’ve got some time. :)

So first off - thank you again for taking the time to think about something that often results in only a knee jerk response. While I am certainly not the appropriate judge of anything, I nevertheless really also appreciated the fact that what you wrote started with a very insightful review of why someone may disagree with your position. I mean, wow, I have come across very very few people who have the capacity to reason like that. It legitimately made me excited to read the rest of your reply and I’ve genuinely been looking forward to it for the last day or so while I’ve been busy with other things.

That said, I’m hoping you won’t mind clarifying your position on faith relative to Bitcoin. Are you saying that faith is similar to Bitcoin or Fiat? Because I see faith and fiat (they literally are the same word) as much more aligned. As a result I have many of the same issues with faith based reasoning as I do with the fiat economy. Fiat and faith alike seem to me to solve a problem that I’ve never had nor perceived. Clearly lots of other people do find value in them though given how pervasive both are. So I definitely concede to having a minority opinion.

In your next paragraph you seem to be saying that your belief in Jesus helps you with the negative feelings that can come from making mistakes. If that’s the case, I can understand the perceived value of that, but couldn’t you also just forgive yourself for being imperfect? I believe that we are all immensely flawed creatures and when I screw up, I just try to accept/admit my fault and learn from the experience of failure. I don’t see how religions answer to this problem could result in more personal growth than my approach since mine deals with entirely intrinsic factors as opposed to (at least some) extrinsic ones like Gods will, etc.

Your next section gets to the issue of who or what is responsible for us being moral creatures who have the capacity to treat each other well or badly.

Religion to me seems to like to take credit for the good in people while blaming the bad on a lack of faith. This is very problematic line of reasoning for me, who, as an entirely non religious person has dedicated my life to helping others. God didn’t put the good in me and not did the absence of faith cause me to do the bad things that I have done.

If history tells us anything, it’s that religion and faith can be dangerous in the wrong hands (as you started out by so insightfully saying).

So my request of you would be to please just think about this a little more. If for no other reason than to try out a different perspective, consider that you may just be a decent person who has learned from your mistakes like me. Of course if attributing this to a God is your version of humility or if it still brings you other forms of comfort/contentment then great. Just consider that all the positive feelings you describe above can be achieved without belief in things you cannot explain. And by extension, you can be just as happy without subjecting yourself to the risks associated with blind faith in something.

Thank you so much for a great and fun discussion. :)

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Thank you for this. I promise I will get back to you. Just busy ...

2024-03-16T00:06:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…es3e
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Thank you for this. I promise I will get back to you. Just busy with travel for the moment. :)

We are all very entitled to live our lives how we see fit and I ...

2024-03-15T00:41:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…f4a4
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We are all very entitled to live our lives how we see fit and I am certainly in no position to say I am right and you are wrong. But what you wrote makes no sense at all to me.

If you are up for a good hearted (not heated! :)) argument, please ask yourself why you need faith and what utility it has. As someone who has no faith and is still subjectively very content and fulfilled, I see no utility in believing in (what I see) as fairytales.

Faith=believing something to be true with the only evidence being ...

2024-03-14T14:14:44Z

Faith=believing something to be true with the only evidence being perceivable by those who follow the same faith.

In other words, being really really gullible.

People used to worship the sun. They had faith and believed it was a god. People used to worship the moon. They had faith and believed it was a god.

Then some smarter humans figured out that one was just a star and the other a big rock that orbits the earth.

There are countless such examples of false gods and prophets throughout history and yet each time, the faithful believed they had found the “truth”.

I believe more in the human capacity for ignorance and inability to admit when we’re wrong.

But your religion is different, sure.

#grownostr
#getoffended
#thinkdangerously

Just a quick note for the newbies to say that #nostr is the only ...

2024-03-11T14:05:00Z

Just a quick note for the newbies to say that #nostr is the only place where you can safely and reliably share your unusual or dangerous opinions.

Sure, posts about #bitcoin are great but if you’re only on here for that kind of content, you are really missing out.

Use #nostr instead to #getoffended and have your core beliefs stress tested. Post your unusual or dangerous opinions with impunity and see what others think of them.

I know I want to know if there’s something important I’m wrong about. This is the only place where you can truly learn from others and not just see what others deem as safe or appropriate topics.

If you can imagine a social media platform that can actually deliver personal growth instead of a cesspool of groupthink and echo chamber, you’ve come to the right place.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

I suppose we are all monsters, depending on who you ask. Thank ...

2024-03-11T04:44:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…7krh
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I suppose we are all monsters, depending on who you ask.

Thank you again for an interesting and civil discussion about a difficult topic. :)

Think about the surface area of a root system versus a trunk. It ...

2024-03-11T01:33:37Z

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Think about the surface area of a root system versus a trunk. It would be like trying to perfuse all your vital organs with only your aorta and no arteries, arterioles, or capillaries.

Sadly your tree is dead. :(

Ah I think I see where you are going. I think you’re saying ...

2024-03-11T01:01:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…ua3f
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Ah I think I see where you are going. I think you’re saying that because birth rates are coming down that could mean that there is a concerted effort on behalf of some centralized authority to reduce the human population.

Let’s just say that if that is the plan, I am 100% on board with it. And I apologize because you are absolutely correct in your earlier post that I would definitely advocate for such an anti-human reproduction policy. I do think the world is grossly overpopulated and would favor reducing our numbers to the sub 50 million mark through generations of birth rate controls (even though I know this will never happen so peacefully). War, famine, or disease will likely (and very unfortunately) be needed instead.

That said, sadly for people like me, I think reducing the human population is entirely at odds with what governments want. And as I mentioned before, their policy, propaganda, and cultural programming all support my argument that they are very much pro reproduction. Just like religion and other systems of control, all governments depend upon an unchecked supply of slaves to feed the illusion of their necessity. The birth rate coming down is not a sign of government interference to me. Instead it’s just a sign that more people are realizing that only a fool or dreamer would bring children into this hell hole. It’s just regression to the mean.

In my opinion, nothing emboldens government and authoritarianism like a really dumb, poor, scared, and fertile population. People with kids are after all the easiest to threaten and control. If I’m the government, all I have to do is use my monopoly on violence to threaten to separate you from your child and you will comply. Wanna die for your kids? Even better cuz now the kid is entirely under the government’s control.

Anyway, I still want to thank you for indulging my curiosity. Even though we are on opposite sides of this argument, I appreciate you taking the time to explain your side of it. I freely admit that I don’t know shit about fuck for certain.

Cheers!

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Done and done.

2024-03-11T00:02:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…xqhq
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Done and done.

I realized something today. I always thought I posted stuff here ...

2024-03-10T15:45:22Z

I realized something today.

I always thought I posted stuff here because I wanted to expose my core beliefs to wider criticism, in the hopes that any gaps in my reasoning would be revealed. I’m not a fan of dogma, and so any core beliefs I have must always be subjected to stress testing.

While this is still the case, I also realized that I post stuff here because I feel pretty guilty. I feel guilty that my life is so unbelievably pleasant by comparison to others. And yes, I realize the immense arrogance of this statement, but it’s nonetheless accurate and a weird state to find oneself in. Put differently, the arrogance of this post is necessary to but not the point I’m trying to make. I don’t care to make anyone feel envy.

That said, my life for several years now has involved the near constant pursuit and state of joy. By making only a few decisions off the typical human path, I feel as though I have beaten the game of life with plenty of time to spare. I am wealthy, have no material worry, a brain that has served me very well, and a body that functions pretty damn well also. I care not for hope, meaning, or purpose. I have found several sources of joy that are infinite and don’t harm myself or anyone else. I’m just perfectly content and it seems immensely unfair.

So sure, I do post stuff here to further my personal growth and hopefully find stuff I’m wrong about. But the guilt drives me also.

I suppose any zealot feels like they have “the one true recipe” for a perfect life but that’s not what I’m saying. I just feel bad that more people don’t get to experience this via whatever path works for them.

Anyway, that’s it for my Sunday confession.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Bravo Sir. Bravo.

2024-03-10T15:17:42Z

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Bravo Sir. Bravo.

Humanity is so fucked. I wonder if there’s any law against ...

2024-03-10T14:57:05Z

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Humanity is so fucked.

I wonder if there’s any law against deepfake violent content. Probably A-OK to show little Johnny murdering a classmate but god forbid Jenny shows her tits.

Oh, and it’s Florida, so Jenny’s parents have probably already let her get filler injections in her face and breast implants before the age of 16 anyway.

JFC what a clown world.

Ah. Interesting. You genuinely perceive there to be an anti-human ...

2024-03-10T14:47:59Z

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Ah. Interesting.

You genuinely perceive there to be an anti-human agenda? Not trying to be difficult, genuinely curious since this is a very different point of view than my own and I’d love to understand if/why I’m wrong.

From my side of things, I see the human population trend as having steadily and somewhat exponentially increased over the last 100 years and can personally attest to witnessing population explosion in my own lifetime. Current projections are for 11 billion humans as “unavoidable”. This seems quite at odds with a systemic anti-humanism.

I also see evidence everywhere of governments doing everything they can to support childbirth from tax breaks to outright pro parent propaganda. Motherhood/fatherhood is nearly universally intensely culturally programmed to be revered and seen as a source of meaning and purpose. I see the clear incentive of government to do such things as being an ever increasing supply of workers to support their crazy, self-serving house of cards economic policies which rely on perpetual growth to keep them in power.

Please help me to understand your point of view better. I will be happy to adopt a different perspective if I’ve been wrong about this.

Thanks in advance.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

It’s even worse when you consider that our very biology is ...

2024-03-10T14:28:15Z

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It’s even worse when you consider that our very biology is working against an accurate perception of the world and the state of human suffering.

When things get bad, only fools and dreamers who are unable to see the mess they are in have children and pass along their foolish DNA.

Those who can see the mess say “I’m obviously not bringing a child into this!” and their perceptive DNA gets lost forever.

What this yields is an overpopulated world filled with easily manipulated fools and dreamers who can’t see the mess they are in, and who happily go about bringing even more defective human life into existence.

Sound familiar?

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Please explain. Am curious.

2024-03-10T03:54:17Z

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Please explain. Am curious.

Welcome to my life friend. :)

2024-03-10T03:08:24Z

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Welcome to my life friend. :)

This is a sensitive topic but, with all my heart, yes. Nothing ...

2024-03-10T03:06:31Z

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This is a sensitive topic but, with all my heart, yes.

Nothing makes a person more vulnerable to manipulation, more docile, more obedient, and more dependent on government than having children.

This is to say nothing about the fact that I consider having children to be the most obscene additional form of taxation. Spend 20 years of your life (minimum) creating a new slave for the system for absolutely nothing in return.

Want to try to teach that child something different than mainstream group think?

Good. Fucking. Luck.

They are only under your influence for their childhood and then you release them into the world where the cultural programming apparatus will undo any of your pathetic efforts faster than you can say Taylor Swift.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Careful with that kind of thinking. Next thing you know you’ll ...

2024-03-10T01:51:58Z

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Careful with that kind of thinking.

Next thing you know you’ll be refusing to bring more slaves into the world and figuring out ways to painlessly kill yourself when the government thugs come to jail/torture you and take what’s yours.

Protest with your genitals (refuse to have kids), your voice (use #Nostr), and your wallet (save in #Bitcoin).

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

@npub1sg6…f63m Do you have no children?? JFC I may have to ...

2024-03-09T03:30:13Z

jack (npub1sg6…f63m)

Do you have no children??

JFC I may have to actually start paying attention to your notes.

Politics is distraction, nothing more. Distraction from the ...

2024-03-08T14:28:10Z

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Politics is distraction, nothing more. Distraction from the outright theft of your time and life’s energy.

Once you begin to see through the veil, you’ll be amazed at how thin it was the whole time.

#grownostr
#thinkdangerously

Wiegenlied Opus 41 No 1 Cancion De Cuna… The art of restraint ...

2024-03-08T05:42:26Z

Wiegenlied Opus 41 No 1 Cancion De Cuna…

The art of restraint in musical form. Pure operatic power distilled to its purest form.

#opera

The more extreme the candidates, the greater the distraction ...

2024-03-06T14:44:56Z

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The more extreme the candidates, the greater the distraction while both sides pick your pockets and further entrench themselves.

In my opinion, the only discussion worth having at this point is how to circumvent their systems of control. #nostr, #bitcoin, and refusing to have children are the only politics/protests that matter to me.

Nice. Will check both these out. :)

2024-03-04T15:32:03Z

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Nice. Will check both these out. :)