Your pointless thoughts & observations

big fan of this leaf I found the other day

can't help but wonder what kinda cryptid it summons

when I left my last ship the stolen hidden free wifi network wasn't working for a while cause the company inserted a password besides the network being hidden (some of the crew had this network cause they have connects up there on the hierarchy ladder)...

so, I thought, damn I'm fucked this next contract, no free internet (expensive af)...

turns out it's working again with no pass...

  On 11/7/2023 at 2:11 AM, cruising for burgers said:

anyway, the mind, how can u separate that from, yourself ? this should be in the AI thread...

ah c'mon man...let's just take some blue pills and go back to our day to day lives, then wake up the next day and do it all over again. no going down any rabbit holes...that leads to too many difficult to answer questions 

I am no expert here. just another dude with random opinions on the internet... but if I were to try and explain in words how the mind is separate than the self, then I may try and use a movie analogy. the mind is like the scriptwriter/director, and the self is the actor. the self is an agent of the mind, can express outwardly what the mind wants it to through words and actions. the script is constantly being written by the mind (i.e., thoughts). whether or not the self acts on the thoughts generated by mind, is largely situational. the mind is the main driver of everything a person does. now the actor (self) can come and go, but mind is always there (unless one "loses" one's mind, ha!). the self changes based on the situation it is in. it is not a constant unchanging thing. therefore there is no permanent self, the permanent self does not exist. aaaand then you can go down the religious rabbit hole about people having souls and shit, and yeah...leave that for the AI thread 

got it? lol idk man. this is nothing original here. this line of thinking has existed for thousands of years. Greek and Indian philosophers and all that. the key thing is to recognize this yourself, have some sorta a-ha moment where spiritual/philosophical teachings such as this all click into place. otherwise it's all just more text on a screen to read (or page, for those still reading books), and has no real impact whatsoever.

anyway, this reminds me that there used to be some really great philosophical discussions on this forum a long time ago. now we old and just post memes, talk politics and shit haha

  On 11/7/2023 at 5:53 AM, luke viia said:

big fan of this leaf I found the other day

can't help but wonder what kinda cryptid it summons

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they are everywhere: 

  On 11/7/2023 at 4:26 PM, zero said:

ah c'mon man...let's just take some blue pills and go back to our day to day lives, then wake up the next day and do it all over again. no going down any rabbit holes...that leads to too many difficult to answer questions 

I am no expert here. just another dude with random opinions on the internet... but if I were to try and explain in words how the mind is separate than the self, then I may try and use a movie analogy. the mind is like the scriptwriter/director, and the self is the actor. the self is an agent of the mind, can express outwardly what the mind wants it to through words and actions. the script is constantly being written by the mind (i.e., thoughts). whether or not the self acts on the thoughts generated by mind, is largely situational. the mind is the main driver of everything a person does. now the actor (self) can come and go, but mind is always there (unless one "loses" one's mind, ha!). the self changes based on the situation it is in. it is not a constant unchanging thing. therefore there is no permanent self, the permanent self does not exist. aaaand then you can go down the religious rabbit hole about people having souls and shit, and yeah...leave that for the AI thread 

got it? lol idk man. this is nothing original here. this line of thinking has existed for thousands of years. Greek and Indian philosophers and all that. the key thing is to recognize this yourself, have some sorta a-ha moment where spiritual/philosophical teachings such as this all click into place. otherwise it's all just more text on a screen to read (or page, for those still reading books), and has no real impact whatsoever.

anyway, this reminds me that there used to be some really great philosophical discussions on this forum a long time ago. now we old and just post memes, talk politics and shit haha

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it's gonna take a while to digest all of that...

this roommate snores like an horse  he wakes himself up with his own snoring... and he also whistles when he exhales...

  On 10/24/2023 at 7:47 PM, zero said:

I rarely go, but when I do go to a professional sporting event, I can't help but thinking that this is a massive scam. everything is incredibly overpriced. a decent seat costs in the hundreds. the cheap seats have horrible views, and you're mostly watching a screen from far away. you are crammed next to some undesirable group of loud obnoxious disgusting humans. most of them are starring at their phones anyway, barely paying attention. a beer costs $15. bad food. generic loud music. sitting in horrific traffic trying to exit. why tf did I do this? this is a miserable experience. I could've watched it on a decent sized screen at home and saved all this hassle. 

 

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Maybe try a hockey game? I don't go to any sporting events except an occasional hockey game, the crowds are pretty chill. The overpriced food/beer/tickets sucks, but weekday game tickets aren't too bad. Pregame a few drinks with dinner and it's overall a pretty fun experience. 

I went to the gym today and walked/ran 30 minutes on a treadmill...

anyway, didn't know that nothing compares to u was written by Prince...

both of these came way before Sinéad O'Connor's cover and they're stunning, notice the dissonant chords... it's almost microtonal....

Autechre AMA on WATMM was 10 years ago

TF 

  On 11/9/2023 at 4:56 PM, o00o said:

Autechre AMA on WATMM was 10 years ago

TF 

time is a flat circle

and so is earth...

  On 11/9/2023 at 5:56 PM, trying to be less rude said:

 

time is a flat circle

how come Woody never won an oscar was he ever nominated at least? he's a such a great actor don't u agree watmm? seems like a nice dude to hang around with as well...

  On 11/9/2023 at 8:51 PM, cruising for burgers said:

how come Woody never won an oscar was he ever nominated at least? he's a such a great actor don't u agree watmm? seems like a nice dude to hang around with as well...

he's been nominated for everything and has won several awards. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Woody_Harrelson

oh shit you're right, I feel better now...

imagine if my doc would prescribe me unreleased boards of canada music.. wonder if itd be more effective than antidepressants. i get so fkn happy when they come out of hiding but I guess meds it is lol

I don't know if I can stop being retarded

  On 11/20/2023 at 6:46 AM, luke viia said:

I don't know if I can stop being retarded

^^this is the song of my people. 

  On 11/21/2023 at 8:13 PM, Summon Dot E X E said:

Make your own

I mean I try but boards of canada is the holy grail of the whole shebang to me, not that easy to do. Especially while dealing with depression 

  On 11/21/2023 at 8:18 PM, chronical said:

I mean I try but boards of canada is the holy grail of the whole shebang to me, not that easy to do. Especially while dealing with depression 

Watch anime until you feel like doing music. Also, big Hugs 

Why is Aphex Twin's cousin out here pretending to be from Jamaica?

What kind of journalist starts an article with the words "we need to talk about..."

Just installed Duolingo some weeks ago out of curiosity and found out by accident that I really really like learning Japanese. It feels like learning some alien language from another planet