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Comment on What music would you want to listen to going into a war? in ~music
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Comment on What silly thing do you argue about with your significant other? in ~talk
nemo Link ParentI don't see how that matters. Reubens and cubanos are both condiment-forward and greasy, but no one's going to argue they're not sandwiches.I don't see how that matters. Reubens and cubanos are both condiment-forward and greasy, but no one's going to argue they're not sandwiches.
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Comment on What silly thing do you argue about with your significant other? in ~talk
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Comment on What silly thing do you argue about with your significant other? in ~talk
nemo Link ParentNoodle is the shape, pasta is the material. Not all pasta is noodle-shaped; not all noodles are made of pasta. Spaghetti and vermicelli are noodles made of pasta. Orecchiette is a non-noodle made...Noodle is the shape, pasta is the material. Not all pasta is noodle-shaped; not all noodles are made of pasta.
Spaghetti and vermicelli are noodles made of pasta. Orecchiette is a non-noodle made of pasta. Pool noodles are noodles not made of pasta.
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Comment on Hearing aids, what's it like to have them? in ~health
nemo Link Parentkind of presumptive to only consider terrestrial entities capable of humanitykind of presumptive to only consider terrestrial entities capable of humanity
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Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games
nemo LinkHonestly, Pikmin Bloom. It's one of those "get walking" games like Pokémon Go, by the same developer I think, but this one clicks with me. I walked 103K steps last week and had a blast doing it....Honestly, Pikmin Bloom. It's one of those "get walking" games like Pokémon Go, by the same developer I think, but this one clicks with me. I walked 103K steps last week and had a blast doing it. While it does offer microtransactions, it's quite straightforward to gather sufficient in-game currency through regular play, and there's only one currency, which is refreshing.
My only complaints are that it's slow to load and a battery-gobbler, but not insanely so in either case.
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
nemo Link ParentI got to go to a live showing of Rejected with a Q&A years ago here in Chicago. Unfortunately, Don was sick and couldn't make it. Instead the audience asked each other questions, it was actually...I got to go to a live showing of Rejected with a Q&A years ago here in Chicago. Unfortunately, Don was sick and couldn't make it. Instead the audience asked each other questions, it was actually really fun!
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Comment on Besides money, if the was the case, what might prevent you from have a fulfilling life? in ~talk
nemo Link ParentThe Stoic knows that she is not her brain, she is not her mind. Having a defect or disability of the mind is the same as having one of the body, in that it is an external factor outside of her...The Stoic knows that she is not her brain, she is not her mind. Having a defect or disability of the mind is the same as having one of the body, in that it is an external factor outside of her control, and she must accept this limitation and make the best of it.
A lot of non-stoics mistakenly think that Stoicism, with its emphasis on limiting the effect of emotion on decision-making, is a rational system, but that's dualistic thinking. Rationality can lead one astray as easily as emotion. It is virtue, not reason, that guides the Stoic.
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
nemo Link ParentHey, thanks! I'm not a quick reader, but I am an avid one, and always looking to stock up my phone with ebooks for the train.Hey, thanks! I'm not a quick reader, but I am an avid one, and always looking to stock up my phone with ebooks for the train.
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Comment on Besides money, if the was the case, what might prevent you from have a fulfilling life? in ~talk
nemo Link ParentSure, chronic pain is unpleasant, sometimes crippling. It's an obstacle to happiness at the very least and almost always a constraint on action. But to quote Marcus Aurelius this time, "the...Sure, chronic pain is unpleasant, sometimes crippling. It's an obstacle to happiness at the very least and almost always a constraint on action. But to quote Marcus Aurelius this time, "the obstacle in the way becomes the way". One can't just wish things to be different than they are. If chronic pain is a part of someone's life, she can't ignore that or try to live the life of someone without it; she needs to find ways to seek virtue and fulfillment that are in accordance with a life of chronic pain.
To the Stoic, happiness isn't good and pain isn't bad. Nothing that happens to us can be, because they're out of our control; only our decisions can be good or bad.
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Comment on Besides money, if the was the case, what might prevent you from have a fulfilling life? in ~talk
nemo Link ParentThere's a quote from Hamlet: "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." What Hamlet means is one of the core Stoic principles: that we have to accept reality, and whether we...There's a quote from Hamlet: "There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so." What Hamlet means is one of the core Stoic principles: that we have to accept reality, and whether we like it or not is not determined by reality, but by our preferences about reality. In Latin, the phrase was "amor fati", the love of fate; not "fate" as in future events, but past events, things you cannot change. You cannot change events, I repeat, but you can change how you feel about them.
So if I am unfulfilled, it's because I have chosen to be so, either by viewing my life as unfulfilling, or by pursuing a life I find unfulfilling. I choose to both "love my fate" and also do things I find fulfillment in, like helping others and making the world a better place.
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
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Comment on Black women with guitars? in ~music
nemo LinkI really like Kimya Dawson. She ranges from very lighthearted ("Tire Swing") to very dark ("The Beer") but is always unrepentantly earnest.I really like Kimya Dawson. She ranges from very lighthearted ("Tire Swing") to very dark ("The Beer") but is always unrepentantly earnest.
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Comment on Do you have favorite lighthearted or silly songs? in ~music
nemo LinkLogan Whitehurst & the Junior Science Club — How Ya Doin', Emily? When the nights are long remember you can sing this song, I wrote it just for you.Logan Whitehurst & the Junior Science Club — How Ya Doin', Emily?
When the nights are long remember you can sing this song, I wrote it just for you.
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Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk
nemo LinkWork, work, work. Covering for coworkers who are taking time off, as they did for me last weekend and earlier in the summer. Walked a total of 103K+ steps this week, probably do it again next week.Work, work, work. Covering for coworkers who are taking time off, as they did for me last weekend and earlier in the summer. Walked a total of 103K+ steps this week, probably do it again next week.
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Comment on Besides money, if the was the case, what might prevent you from have a fulfilling life? in ~talk
nemo LinkAs a Stoic, the only thing that could prevent me are my own decisions and my own perceptions.As a Stoic, the only thing that could prevent me are my own decisions and my own perceptions.
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
nemo LinkMe? I'm nobody. Other than my fondness for liguistic humour, my main hobbies are: home repair & improvement of my 1880's structural brick four-square on the West Side of Chicago road cycling...Me? I'm nobody.
Other than my fondness for liguistic humour, my main hobbies are:
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home repair & improvement of my 1880's structural brick four-square on the West Side of Chicago
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road cycling
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ethical philosophy, which is the main reason I go onto social media like tildes. I'm very much into Stoicism as the concept of the American Civic Religion, and starting to explore what it means to be a Unitarian Christian, especially as it interacts with the other two.
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social dance, including Ceilli, Square, Contra, and occasionally newer forms like Swing or various mosh pit forms.
I'd say fatherhood as well, but that's significantly more than a hobby to me.
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
nemo Link ParentI have a question. I'm your target audience, where can I pick up your book?I have a question. I'm your target audience, where can I pick up your book?
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
nemo Link ParentI'm in a similar situation. My wife has always been more ambitious than I, but she also wanted to stay home when we had kids, leaving introverted ol' me as the primary breadwinner. A decade later,...I'm in a similar situation. My wife has always been more ambitious than I, but she also wanted to stay home when we had kids, leaving introverted ol' me as the primary breadwinner. A decade later, the youngest is entering kindergarten, and she's ready to get back into a career and let me cut back a little bit. How are you feeling about the situation?
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Comment on Meet Your Tildes Neighbour: August 2023 Edition in ~talk
nemo Link ParentWhen I was a (male) teacher, and before that when I was an afterschool daycare worker and summer camp counselor, there were always patents who thanked me specifically for being in the role....When I was a (male) teacher, and before that when I was an afterschool daycare worker and summer camp counselor, there were always patents who thanked me specifically for being in the role. Positive male role models are much more rare than we should be, and it's sonething many parents worry about. A lot of young boys only have a father or maybe an uncle to look up to until they're old enough for sports, and that's not healthy.
"Paper Planes" by M.I.A.