HKH2

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by HKH2 4y ago
Yeah I don't think tutors do all that much if everyone is motivated. What I meant was that conversations in person are often more productive, especially when you're trying to get motivated.
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by HKH2 4y ago
I meant talking face to face is way better than Zoom. If you can find a group willing to talk in person about whatever it is you want to study, it should work.
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by HKH2 4y ago
Lectures could be, but tutorials are nowhere near as good online.
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by HKH2 4y ago
I didn't realize that guaranteed loans and government subsidies are part of the free market.
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by HKH2 4y ago
The first part was sampled in Rob Dougan's Clubbed to Death.
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by HKH2 4y ago
Chemtrails are just a conspiracy theory.
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by HKH2 4y ago
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past."
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by HKH2 4y ago
That's not whataboutism.
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by HKH2 4y ago
> This "self-awareness" is a common theme I've experienced in trips is just the pure randomness of reality/existence. There is no "reason" why anything happens. There's no reason you are you, and there&
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by HKH2 4y ago
They end up on Erowid: https://www.erowid.org/experiences/subs/exp_Mushrooms_Bad_Tr...
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by HKH2 4y ago
I think it will only ever attract right wingers. Maybe they consider that a feature.
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by HKH2 4y ago
Being needs no justification. Hedonism is bound to leave you jaded. Minimise your possessions. Purge out the old leaven.
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by HKH2 4y ago
> It’s sad to think that I must go and find/make someone to live for, just to able to live. Do you think you can just stop being a mammal?
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by HKH2 4y ago
> Sounds like you approach this debate as an exercise in argumentation, not as a discussion of Watts' life or his publications. This thread is about whether we should take advice from an abusive alcoholic or not. > When I asked O
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by HKH2 4y ago
> What does fame or being an alcoholic have to do with giving good advice? You asked the OP to name someone, so presumably you're after someone famous. > Watts was smart, insightful, highly versed in philosophy and religion. Does
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by HKH2 4y ago
There's a vast gap between being an abusive alcoholic and being perfect. Do the people who give good advice have to be famous?
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by HKH2 4y ago
Duchamp's Fountain is a great example, because most people couldn't care less about its artistic value because they reject it for its lack of aesthetic value. Just like you don't see people gluing themselves to postmodern art
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Preservatives?
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by HKH2 4y ago
> Posts and statuses were definitely a mistake. Definitely. Posts and statuses led to the current 'we are all influencers' plague.
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by HKH2 4y ago
Sounds like an IDE. Yet what are the disadvantages of using an IDE?
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by HKH2 4y ago
> Sorry, but the difference between "rule" and "control" seems more like a play on words and less like a coherent argument. 'Rule' is a neutral word. I meant it in the way that a ruler generally tries to do
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by HKH2 4y ago
Freezing Europeans can't beg Russians for gas if the pipelines are broken. Joe Biden was vocally against the pipelines. It's not a stretch at all, but let's just forget he said what he said, hey? The conspiracy theory is that
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by HKH2 4y ago
> Wouldn't it be easier to control people if they are happy and content, given that in human history revolutions were almost always a product of suffering and unhappiness? It's easier to rule happy people. If you want to cont
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by HKH2 4y ago
> Has there been any consideration for a pivot towards an overarching strategy of radical honesty and openness? If you want to start going along that path, I think you need to take responsibility for being offended, e.g. let people know
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by HKH2 4y ago
> I doubt anybody thinks "it’s no big deal". But in this game of high-stakes nuclear poker, if you communicate your fears and self-imposed limits to your enemy - you increase the chance he'll use them against you. Like Gen
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by HKH2 4y ago
What grows in a dessert?
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by HKH2 4y ago
When they fail to investigate blatant inconsistencies, they are culpable.
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by HKH2 4y ago
> There's a finite amount of news you can report so which objective facts you choose to show your readers is in itself a subjective decision of "newsworthiness". That applies to fact checkers too. Anything ideologically in
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by HKH2 4y ago
> There are many media outlets that specialize in selling the reality that a large enough population wishes to be true. Which ones don't do that? It's hard to find journalists who are not activists, or at the very least do not
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by HKH2 4y ago
... AD, et al, ibid, n.b., i.e., e.g., etc. To be fair, I've encountered Latin the most in philosophical texts which I can't say are read all that often

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