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Time to get spiritual. For some reason, your comment made me think of an interesting conversation I had while I was on a walk once with a friend of mine who is

Time to get spiritual. For some reason, your comment made me think of an interesting conversation I had while I was on a walk once with a friend of mine who is a Chan Buddhist monk. We were walking by a hotel in Boulder, CO called the St. Julian. I had always hated that place since it was one of the first large development projects that came in and started to change the feeling of the downtown area. That and they had rejected me as a job applicant. I related all this to him and mentioned that I liked to "get back" at them by regularly walking in and using the lobby bathroom. He looked over at me with a severe expression and said, "You may as well have been pissing in their mouths." I suppose that's the point in the parable where I was "enlightened." My friend's meaning was that, by acting spitefully and vengefully, I wasn't doing myself or anyone else any favors. I think the same could be said of OP's story.

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skinnymuch 4y ago
Your thing appears to be petty and unimportant. Allowing the status quo to exist under a parasitic all encompassing economic system does nothing for material dialectics. Unhoused people sometimes have nothing not even clean clothes. Let's move on with the bravado of civility and help the marginalized as much as possible. Let's leave spiritualness in this case with general liberal ideals.
- euroderf 4y ago
  Actually, crappy hats and T's are a dime a dozen. Homeless shelters need unglamorous items like undies and socks, which are rarely donated, altho I remember reading about one SV biggie who dropped several G's on them.
  - skinnymuch 4y ago
    Homeless shelters need to not exist in post scarcity western world. Point noted tho :)
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- euroderf 4y ago
  Level: Satori
  - HopenHeyHi 4y ago
    I'm never able to spot the sucker at the poker table. I try and try and always end up assuming it is me. I keep trying. And keep assuming it is me. Lately I have observed fortune smiles my way more often. Perhaps I will accrue significant winnings over time. Or not. No matter. Most probably I'm the sucker. The game is a pleasant distraction. Whenever it stops being fun I get up and leave. Duces.

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skinnymuch 4y ago

Your thing appears to be petty and unimportant. Allowing the status quo to exist under a parasitic all encompassing economic system does nothing for material dialectics. Unhoused people sometimes have nothing not even clean clothes. Let's move on with the bravado of civility and help the marginalized as much as possible. Let's leave spiritualness in this case with general liberal ideals.

euroderf 4y ago
Actually, crappy hats and T's are a dime a dozen. Homeless shelters need unglamorous items like undies and socks, which are rarely donated, altho I remember reading about one SV biggie who dropped several G's on them.
- skinnymuch 4y ago
  Homeless shelters need to not exist in post scarcity western world. Point noted tho :)

HopenHeyHi 4y ago

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euroderf 4y ago
Level: Satori
- HopenHeyHi 4y ago
  I'm never able to spot the sucker at the poker table. I try and try and always end up assuming it is me. I keep trying. And keep assuming it is me. Lately I have observed fortune smiles my way more often. Perhaps I will accrue significant winnings over time. Or not. No matter. Most probably I'm the sucker. The game is a pleasant distraction. Whenever it stops being fun I get up and leave. Duces.