Zanick
motherfucker
[my p.a. supernal goa]
Coffee is like wine, in that it tells a story about the place it comes from. Roasting it well is an art: the roaster has to understand the chemical composition of the beans and make intelligent choices that bring their natural flavors to the foreground of your palette. When you buy properly made coffee (not whatever Starbucks has scorched and distilled for the masses) it's a totally different experience. For me, this is an everyday learning process, but even if you just care about your coffee once in a while, it can be very rewarding.
Zanick
motherfucker
[my p.a. supernal goa]
I roast my own beans. Ethiopian Yirgacheffe is standard in my household, but I've recently stumbled onto a bean from a Bushoki cooperative in Rwanda that has a beautiful collage of flavor and I really enjoy working that one to an Italian roast, then grinding it for a French press brew. Usually, I drink it black, to admire my work, but a little bit of milk helps with the acidity.
2017-04-19 at 7:23 PM UTC
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Windows or Mac?
Zanick
motherfucker
[my p.a. supernal goa]
I'm partial to the latter, personally. I like the user interface much more because of its straightforward presentation, I like the stability and security of the OS and the fact that they release free updates for compatible machines, and I like that it comes with a bundle of free and essential software to counter the Microsoft products you need on Windows.
Zanick
motherfucker
[my p.a. supernal goa]
I've had good results with HIIT in the past, but I'm skeptical about those door frame bars. Do they often slip or cause damage to the frame? Do I need to get a decent one, or will one of those Walmart brands to the job?
Zanick
motherfucker
[my p.a. supernal goa]
There's so much we know to be factual about our country's history with the CIA and the FBI. MK-ULTRA, where we experimented on our own citizens with drugs like LSD; the work of J. Edgar Hoover to hinder American progress; the CIA meddling in elections around the world including the Middle East. And yet somehow, these actions remain a subject of esoteric knowledge in a nation that doesn't care.
Zanick
motherfucker
[my p.a. supernal goa]
I have a kettlebell and it's actually lots of fun, like dancing with a heavy infant corpse
Zanick
motherfucker
[my p.a. supernal goa]
I'm taking a few for mood problems and my initial concern was that it would harm my creativity. I'm a contemplative sort of person by nature and I have a rich internal life, so I had my reservations about drugs like lithium carbonate and citalopram because I thought that they would have a negative influence in this dimension. As far as I can tell, though, they haven't changed those habits in terms of how frequently I engage in creative projects, nor have they affected the quality of my ideas.
Have you got something to say about psychiatric interventions and your personality? If so, what?
Zanick
motherfucker
[my p.a. supernal goa]
I see all these gyms filled with fit people, just lifting their body weight and paying way too much to do it. Can't I just do crossfit at home? What makes it any better than a traditional gym membership?
2017-04-19 at 7:04 PM UTC
in
Why do we disregard Freud?
Zanick
motherfucker
[my p.a. supernal goa]
Academic psychology has obviously come a long way since its founding. I can't count how many times I've heard a psych major explain Freudian thought as obsolete, but I think there are more considerations to be made before his work is entirely discredited.
The scientific method has undergone a paradigm shift since Freud was around. He can hardly be blamed for the shortcomings of someone in his profession, and given the times he lived in it's clear that he took about the most forward-thinking stances on matters of evolution and the brain.
Freud revolutionized the way people think of their own minds. He is the author of our conception of defense mechanisms and the notion that events occurring in childhood can shape the adult personality. His fame is deserved and his contribution of psychology is beyond comparing.
2017-04-19 at 6:59 PM UTC
in
Hello everyone
Zanick
motherfucker
[my p.a. supernal goa]
I wanted it to be HC so badly I was ready to believe anything
2017-04-13 at 7:25 PM UTC
in
How do you think you'll die?
Zanick
motherfucker
[my p.a. supernal goa]
Car crash, not sure whether it'll be on purpose or an accident