UnbornTao

It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out Carl Sagan.

God, you're doing the same shit. Okay.

Japan will clean up afterward, that's certain.

One of the few shows that have made me laugh out loud, along with Community.

What's hard about replying with a no? It was fairly straightforward. I wonder what hasn't shifted in you. It's not the first time you've posted something along the lines of "ugh, others, am I right? I didn't really want to do this. I was forced to engage in the social games." But you did it, like other people. And again, that's fine. It'd be much more useful to get clear on your actual intentions (whatever they are) and not to try to sugarcoat stuff in your own mind. No need to come up with justifications to feel better than others, even if only to yourself and in subtle ways. To me it seems to often boil down to wanting to feel special, again - "spiritual" or "conscious." That's at least my interpretation from past interactions.

No.

You do it (socialize, party, etc. - nothing wrong with that), and afterwards, contrasted with some ideal you have about what it means to be "truthful," you seem to complain about what you did and justify it in order to preserve your self-image as a "conscious" human being. It sounds like an excuse that lets you engage in "social games" while at the same time feeling superior to others. It sounds to me like the "excluded guy at the party" meme template: he's at the party, and at the same time wants to feel special about it. Becoming conscious of one's excuses and intentions is more real than pretending or hiding one's motives in order to preserve the way one sees oneself.

Absolutely. And Netherlands - Morocco. Cabo Verde will beat Argentina.

Lol that's a koan right there. Have you ever met this Joseph guy in person? I THOUGHT SO!

If you didn't know, then that's something to watch out for. Good thing about opinions - the holder is rather irrelevant.

Personally, when AI is used this way, I'm out. It takes away any authenticity to the content. It's like a plastic flower, imo.

@Joseph Maynor AI channel. Same with the monkey channel @Integral shared on another thread.

And Heraclitus makes it one-nil!

I see, thanks for the response. I don't know what to say.

What if we apply this principle to everything that is conceived and perceived?

I'm going to pour nutella on my smartphone and film it for social validation. Wish me luck! Memes.

To Infinity and beyond!

The people did not listen to the Buddha. That's why there's Buddhism. - J. Krishnamurti

Hence the hesitation. Thanks for the info.

Maybe use the Markdown format instead of HTML?

Markdown, maybe?

Now that one I like. I've been epistemically humbled.

Actions have certain consequences.

Epistemic conformity. Add 'epistemic' to any term so that it sounds fancier than it really is. Epistemic disappointment.