ripsawridge

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by ripsawridge 4y ago
Since social contagion is part of the problem, that would already be an improvement.
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by ripsawridge 4y ago
I scrolled many pages for this. It is true! Information wants to be like an "earworm"...an annoying and "false" song that you just can't shake. Because then it's not anodyne. It has a personality. It will be re
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by ripsawridge 4y ago
After the third "I'm just SO ANGRY" I had to stop reading. Look, we all get angry, right? It is not a revelation to me that somebody living is feeling angry. Once they told me 3 times they are angry, I realize they are enjoyi
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by ripsawridge 4y ago
You are tone policing. How do you know she didn't "think just a little bit more"? You assert that she didn't think enough because you don't like what she had to say. Ascribing bad intentions off the bat to someone w
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by ripsawridge 4y ago
I've had my site ( https://www.mountainwerks.org ) going since 1998, and for sure, I am myself the primary user. But over time, my gosh, there is a lot of content. It started as a log of trips to the mountains. I found religi
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by ripsawridge 5y ago
I don't think the pastors admission is as bad as it sounds at first blush. A religious man is likely to believe that the best "food" is the knowledge of God. That is, if the spirit is fed, and the mind looks to higher things,
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by ripsawridge 5y ago
Where I live, people pulled down AfD signs or defaced them. The unpersoning is not helpful. The ideas won't go away, and the people who think the AfD raises good questions will only feel persecuted (because they are). The worst part is
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by ripsawridge 5y ago
So much agree. Naussica and Toroto capture the highest expressions of depth and delight. Though Spirited Away speaks to me more and more...there is a tenderness about the human condition in that film, which becomes a call to courage.
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by ripsawridge 5y ago
Keep in touch with your friend. A lot of times, they are wracking their brains to find a way. The weird thing about stepping away, is that the sacrifice of supposed "needs" turns out to be the sweetest benefit.
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by ripsawridge 5y ago
Sigh. So I'm writing from a position of privilege (I'm often accused of this). However, if MY attitudes are adopted, then the locus of control returns to the individual. Who will do better in the end: the one who goes home every n
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by ripsawridge 5y ago
> perhaps like some progressives, I am not sure there is as big a difference as we'd like to believe between selling one's spring days to be a cog in any commercial operation and selling participation in sexual gratification. T
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by ripsawridge 6y ago
Our aspirations might be vaunting past what humans are generally capable of. I completely agree with you, but since I see over and over (and over) that only direct relationships engender change, I finally conclude that this is where humanit
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by ripsawridge 6y ago
It was useful, thanks! I've definitely seen this in tech, esp. the latter case, which I've seen make smart people who deserve better miserable.
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
I'm interested, and will probably try it. But! I'll keep the # of sick days the same. They are wellness days, when I take care of other business.
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
Yes. All that aggressively postured success creates feelings of alienation, not only from your friends but the whole society. The people doing it don't understand how it looks on the outside. To rediscover the joy of people, I had to l
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
The south is very friendly. I think it's because people have time...somehow not hooked up entirely to the cult of productivity.
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
Why is this downvoted? As an American (48 yrs) living the last 15 in Europe, I see it exactly the same as vlastjj here.
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
Munich is the same (as Kiev). I quit social media after divorce, recognizing that no one could have had any idea we were struggling as a couple. I found our projected persona to be sharp-edged and inhuman. Such tools create more isolation t
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
I've often thought that the loss of smoking means less mixing of classes that wouldn't have reason to say one word to each other. Smoking creates small favors and the need to ask for them. Phones don't do this.
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
Your comment is delightful.
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
It is not possible to over-post Adam Curtis. The range of ideas in his videos is fantastic.
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
Those loopholes are features, not bugs. They allow the mind to close the door to consideration of reflexive problems. Those with a feedback loop back to the self. It really simplifies existence! xD
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
I think your buffer has overflowed. If living sustainably within limited resources were merely a "thing" to take care of one afternoon, or even in 1000 afternoons, then we probably would have done it by now. Consider that the need
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
Ha!
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
Yes, everything 'steals time,' but the biggest time stealers are those things which chemically alter your brain, such as alcohol, cannabis or other drugs. They alter the organs of perception in ways that reading a book or walking
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind is so wonderful, I highly second this recommendation.
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
"Dark Age America" is a fascinating book by John Michael Greer that goes into the wicked dependencies in our technology stack.
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
Thanks for sharing this. I totally agree.
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
TL;DR; Ben Kenobi had his Darth Vader, who he didn't give a f k about.
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by ripsawridge 7y ago
I like it for sure, but let me take devil's advocate position! :) You've got a value scale telegraphed through your essay: edgy and dangerous is much more what a human should be rather than safe, complacent, comfortable. I think i

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