Yeah, as much as its easy to say its stupid or selfish to not be vaccinated against xyz, history is littered with examples of, specifically the US government, using vaccines as cover for evil things.

Im vaccinated against everything i could get insurance approval for, but, i cant blame the vaccine hesistant/skeptical person, i blame the system and officials who caused the hesitation/skepticism by abusing medicine for espionage and experimentation, who put their curiosity over the well being of others.

With all the news of this world hitting me hard, this art offered me a little sanctuary. Thank you

A long time ago i bought the cheapest bottle of sparking wine i could, my friends know i have it too - when it happens - well meet and open the bottle, cheer and weep, and prepare for whatever happens next

Maybe a bunch of hackers locked in over winter

As an adopted kid who was rescued from an abusive environment, and is now an adult, this is a pretty messed up and just mean in its generalization.

If you are a potential parent, and your heart is big enough to let a kid in genuine distress and need be a part of your family and life, like i once was, i beg of you to truly consider the option

Absolutly i had issues coming out of my original household and the foster system, and thankfully with the irrevocable love and skill my foster and then adoptive family put into me, i did change, i was able to heal, i was able to get better.

To forsake all the children is bad, certainly i was difficult for my family, and maybe even more than the average biological kid (even so, ive seen some monsters that were bio-raised, im sure you have too), i came out alright, and i protect and have undying infinite love for my family, the family that adopted me and helped me when and where i needed it, and tolerated me with their love through my struggles

If you are thinking of becoming a parent or adding to your family, you should at least consider adoption, at least seriously ask yourself the question and look up the realities and see if its right for you.

And if, after looking it up, you understand that your heart is not the one that can take in an adopted kid, then you shouldnt adopt, and that is ok too. But if your heart is the kind that can, then please do not be discouraged, contact the foster care agency and tell them youre cautiously curious and you can figure it out further from there.

After i turned 30, i was rapidly confronted with consequences for my unhealthy lifestyle from my teens and twenties, you learn quickly that things need to change after glancing at death a couple times and at hospital stays.

Thankfully i have the motivation to keep living, and that began to drive my actions after that

Eat healthy less processed foods made in your kitchen and bought from farmers and markets

Gym and active hobbies like hiking and dancing at least three times a week

Hygene routines solidified, brushing teeth twice daily, non negotiable, thorough flossing and even tounge scrapping daily, fresh clean towel after the daily shower - its worth the extra laundry imo

Skincare, especially daily sunscreen, non negotiable - face, neck, and exposed arms - brimmed hat when on a daily walk, upf 50+ clothing if outside for more than an hour doing chores of on hobbies - in the morning vit c on the face, and in the night a retinol (vit a derivitive)

Hearing protection when at any music shows, wear them so you can keep hearing shows for the long term and not be that guy that says “WHAT?!” at every sentence. Genuinely, i prefer to go with good earplugs now than without

Keeping hold of and scheduling meets with friends, family, and neighbors - as you get older it gets so easy to drift a part, we are all busy, and that 3 minutes spent texting to say “hey lets hang out, does thursday evening work?” makes good friends into best friends - lonely people die faster - be that family, friends, neighbors, and yourself

As i get older and take care of myself, its easier to love myself, and thus, its easier to love other people and receive their love too. Get philosophical about it, it also takes care of you.

Humans assign certain names to certain wavelength of the em spectrum

In this case red is often defined as wavelenths between 625 to 700nm, greens are 500 to 565nm, while yellow is defined as 565 to 590nm.

If a human saw em light at 580nm, wed call that yellow

But for an rgb screen, it never produces light at 580nm, only red green and blue lights, but, as a quark of our biology, if humans see red and green light at certain amplitude ratios, most humans will interpret that light in the same way as it does light at 580nm

This to say, yellow light does exist, but screens do not make it, but it does make light that the human can interpret as the color of yellow regardless

(Didnt see the other comment before writting this one, sorry for the duplicate)

“You are now cultured”

Til: https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/old-fashioned-chocolate-soda/

Does he try to look like the devil, or does that apperance just like, manifest itself after doing enough evil?

https://youtube.com/shorts/B4APOBUpLAs

Interesting thought. Forgive the stream of conciousness:

I think there is wisdom in understanding that each of us is just a part, a subset of the universe. I am part of the universe, therefore, i am the universe. Just as a cell within my body is a part of me, and thus, is me.

But also, i think there is wisdom that only I can make action with my body, and that I cannot make actions via other bodies. I, whatever I is, has sole control over this part of the universe, the part that makes up my body. So it is up to me to join and participate in a larger sentience, a larger conciousness, or decline it if i do not align with it. In the same way all the cells in my body have aligned to form me, and if they one day stop aligning to a form, me will cease to exist.

So, while you and I and the earth and everything else are indeed one thing, and could act together as one thing if we were concious enough to, and form a sentience, and be able to make tremendous action from that conciousness - i cannot action you, and you cannot action me. And since we have not all aligned, the universe as a sentience, is currently dead.

If each of these parts of the universe where to become concious of each other and act synergistically with each other, wed likely have greater thoughts and greater actions than any individual or smaller subset.

Im cautous to call discoveries a form of created content, likewise those things are peer reviewed amongst a group - you could theoretically rediscover shrodingers equations without ever learning from shrodinger, but almost certainly you could never rewrite harry potter without having read harry potter - thats because on some level, hp is a reflection of jkr herself - shrodingers equations are not a reflection of shrodinger, but of reality itself (possibly!)

Didnt know he was a pedo though, yuck: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebeccacoffey/2022/01/24/schrdinger-pedophilia-the-cat-is-out-of-the-bag-box/

To blanket disregard content simply because it was authored by a bad person is not a valid stance at all, but also, it is quite literally the hateful option since you are asserting your hostility towards a person and even to anything remotely related to them. That is the definition of hatred, not love.

Is an odd take to me, should we all read mein kampf? Its just content right? Is it hateful to not read mein kampf? I dont think so. I dont think i am ignorant for not having read mein kampf either. Seperate the art from the artist? I do not. You seem to think i should tolerate intolerance - but it is good, in my mind at least, to draw boundries - but by your argument, any intolerance is hatred - all nazis, pedos, other evil-doers can be tolerated at your table, but not mine, i will blanket disregard them and protect my table from their influence.

At most generous, ill look at their content through a purely analytical and guarded lense - treating it as dangerous, because i beleive it really is.

(And for clarity, im not equating mein kampf and harry potter, nor jkr and hitler, its just a clearer example to make my case with)

Those are completly valid problems with my statement, we might have different perspectives and wont find agreement, i accept that and still love you and anyone who chooses to consume the content. Ill also say that i was major harry potter fan in my youth, went to the book and movie releases, etc, etc. Harry potter had a special place in my heart.

1a: the distinction between mind and soul is one better discussed in person over hours and hours, ill let you choose whichever fits best within your model of reality. But as far as unhealthy i mean it in the same way as getting mcdonalds - even if you get a salad and water at mcdonalds, you are still reinforcing a pattern where mcdonalds is an acceptable place and source of food, even when we know the food isnt healthy and how they source the food isnt healthy (references to slavery, abuse, theft, environmental degredation, etc - if unfamiliar with these concerns from mcdonalds and other fast foods ill make it your homework as itd be a lot to type out and im no expert to speak authoritatively) - harry potter has a number of stereotypes and problematic areas baked into its universe - maybe eveb innocently from jkr’s perspective - but weve seen what shes manifested into - and further - because of the links and references to other issues it can soften your rejection of other harmful content (for example, theres a very specific representation of goblins in harry potter, and becoming familiar with that representation, innocently, can make you desensitized to other problematic sources that move that interpretation of goblins to antisemitism, just one example of unhealthiness i talk about)

1b: this is what i reference to as underlying patterns, by watching the new hp, is a knife going to jump out of the screen and stab you? No. But you might internalize some concepts from the universe and story that later forms the seed of hatred, or sends you on a path/rabbit hole that does do damage to you. in a certain perspective im sure someone would call that psychically. Just as one double cheeseburger dosent kill you on the spot and even tastes good, in aggregate and over time and repitition, it will decrease your quality of life and if unlucky, might actually kill you.

2: have i consumed unhealthy content before? Certainly and plenty of it, further its likely ive consumed unhealthy content even today unknowingly. But i am now aware and am actively trying to manage the content i consume and being more aware of how it can influence me because i want to think and act in a certain way, and that requires dilligence, just as im dilligent about weeding my garden, just as im dilligent about going to the market for groceries and not going to mcdonalds. I didnt know jkr was hateful as a kid, but now i do. I cant and wouldnt change the past, but i can and would change the present. Its what we do now.

I hope that answers your questions, i dont know how to make my answers shorter, and typing this on the phone is exhuasting, this is a conversation better had with voice and a back and forth dialog.

The people talking abour piracy as if this is just a monetary battle. Its not. With each piece of content we consume we are changed. What content you consume has influence on what you think, what you say, what you do. By choosing to consume content, even if no money changes hands, is still consenting to be changed by content sourced from a person with hate in their heart.

I do not think it healthy to consume content made by hateful people.

There are other options to consume, and potentially even, maybe the time spent consuming harry potter would be better placed meditating and introspecting to become a better person outside of additional influences, or even interacting and sharing experiences and insights with family and friends.

Choose love, reject hate. Money is a secondaey medium.

https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

For those who have always seen this image and advice and have been like, “huh?” Like i was for the longest time, it wasnt until i finally started going to the gym and learning squats did i realize how fulfilling and painless lifting with proper form is

If youre looking for a good starting point for learning squats at home, ive sent this video to a couple friends with positive results: https://youtu.be/k-0OYcoyASk

Its worth it

I reslly like that framing device, “we each need our own bus to drive around”, going to adopt that line in my arguments against car brained people

Good read, thanks

Thanks!