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2023-02-22 at 6:15 AM UTC in reject life, embrace death
Originally posted by aldra taking action that guarantees your death is probably the only choice you can make that's truly your own
What about suicide makes you think it is "more genuinely" your own, versus anything else you do?
I don't believe there is a genuine self behind the mask.
You're not your body. If you lost your leg, we could replace it theoretically and you would still be you. In fact, theoretically we could replace every bone in your body, every tissue, and you would still be you.
You're not your brain. Theoretically, if we could replicate your brain exactly the replicated brain wouldn't be a second you; you would still be you, and the new brain would be a new person who may think extremely similarly to you, but they would still be new person who can and will become different than you.
You're not even your brain state. Someone who has experienced a traumatic injury to their brain may develop a different personality, but they are still the same person. Your grandparents can lose their memories as they age but they remain your grandparents. In theory we could reprogram Jack's mind, erase old memories and give him new ones, completely change his personality - and he would still be Jack. He would just act and think differently and no longer identify with how he acted and thought before the procedure.
So what is left? Underneath everything that can be replaced and changed, behind every "choice" and everything that is molded by the world and developes and changes as we age, fundamentally what remains?
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2023-03-11 at 5:22 PM UTC in What strain are you smoking right nowThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2023-03-11 at 11:49 AM UTC in World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster than forecastOh sure, climate change, what a joke! It's not like we're seeing more frequent and severe heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, and floods around the world, right? And those melting glaciers, disappearing Arctic sea ice, and rising sea levels? Pffft, just nature doing its thing, nothing to worry about. And those scientists with their fancy measurements and models? Who needs 'em! I mean, who cares about the future of our planet and the well-being of future generations? As long as we can keep burning fossil fuels and making a quick buck, everything will be just fine!The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2020-05-03 at 11:52 PM UTC in Cart Narcs
Originally posted by Fox What else would we pay the retards to do if not bagging groceries and putting the carts back. Should we just euthanize them instead?? You monster
Jobs a job, service to others is a noble pursuit and I can respect those who clean up the messes left behind by slobs and narcissists.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2023-03-01 at 6:48 PM UTC in how many of you ever meet a womanThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2023-03-01 at 11:11 PM UTC in Do you like my new glasses?The new ones compliment your face better, are more stylish and make you appear slightly older which will help trick people into assuming you're more mature. They also have a larger field of view and are therefore better at helping you see, which is why you have them.
Your old glasses look like they belong to someone else.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2023-02-27 at 12:44 AM UTC in Podcast TopicsThe Aldra Show:
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2021-11-11 at 3:19 PM UTC in Reviving this communityWhen &totse was active and had hundreds of users contributing interesting content, mainstream culture wasn't online. The internet was a place for nerds and weirdos and other social outcasts. &totse wasn't planned, people didn't scheme together how to make the site more popular; it emerged naturally out of an environment that allowed for it to happen, we found each other because we were seeking out that forbidden knowledge that was so enticing.
Now the internet has gone mainstream, and every sheep has their own kind of a shepard keeping them fenced in. Everyone is in a club or circle jerk or echo chamber and niggasin.space is not so very different. You want to chase that dragon you won't find it here.
You'll find it in whatever the new medium is, where the young and outcast go to get away from the old and the mainstream. It cannot be forced or planned, but given the right conditions, it will blossom up on its own.
Any predictions on where?The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2023-02-01 at 6:27 AM UTC in What are you thinking about....The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2023-01-25 at 4:47 AM UTC in What strain are you smoking right nowSmoldering organic material has a pungent sharp odor that lingers. Smell and taste are closely linked, so smoke always has a charred taste that competes with and often overpowers the natural flavor. There's yet another problem: the heat of combustion is so high that it can destroy (pyrolyze) or diminish (chemically alter) components. Still, people tolerate the numerous negative aspects in order to benefit from the desirable components that are released.
Clearly, all of these problems can be avoided if we just heat the material to the point where the desirable components are released but not destroyed, and the material itself doesn't ignite. That is exactly what a vaporizer does.
The idea is to release only the vapor of the target component, which is usually found in the plant resins. In smoke, the desired component is diluted and mixed with particulates, tars, and toxic gases. Vapor, on the other hand, is much purer. The exact components released at the vaporization temperature depend on the material, but none of the toxic products of organic combustion will be present, so vapor contains a much higher percentage of the desired component than smoke does.
Vapor has a slight odor but it doesn't cling or linger for nearly as long as smoke. It certainly doesn't smell like burning. Vapor delivers full flavor. Because a large percentage of your material is no longer destroyed or floating away in smoke, vaporizing lets you get the most out of your material. One more potential benefit: a vaporizer with a variable temperature control lets you target components that vaporize at different temperatures. My article on Temperature controlled vaporizing explains why you would do this and how to approach it.
If you are still subjecting yourself to the hazards of smoke, you owe it to yourself to try the switch to vaporizing. Vaporizers have become widespread and affordable, and there's a wide selection of home and portable units.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2023-01-15 at 10:07 PM UTC in Plane Crash Live SteamShould have put his phone on airplane mode.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-12-05 at 3:21 PM UTC in What strain are you smoking right nowThinking about upgrading to this submarine bong:
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2022-12-16 at 1:36 PM UTC in Indianna Jones 5The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2021-08-02 at 2:31 PM UTC in New GTA DLCThe trick with gta is to not get suckered into their capitalistic ploy, don't chase after their bullshit, don't give them your money, just fuck around and enjoy yourself and the game will constantly be throwing money at you anyway.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-12-13 at 2:10 PM UTC in World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster than forecastThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-12-04 at 7:37 PM UTC in World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster than forecastThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-12-02 at 4:54 AM UTC in World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster than forecast
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2022-12-01 at 3:39 AM UTC in World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster than forecastThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2022-12-01 at 6:40 PM UTC in World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster than forecast
Originally posted by lockedin the industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster
…whatever may happen with technology in the future, it will not be rationally planned. Technology will not be used “wisely.” In view of our society’s past record, anyone who thinks that technology will be used wisely is completely out of touch with reality. Technology will take us on a course that we can neither predict nor control. …The changes that technology will bring will be a hundred times more radical, and more unpredictable, than any that have occurred in the past. The technological adventure is wildly reckless and utterly mad, and the people who are responsible for it are the worst criminals who have ever lived. They are worse than Hitler, worse than Stalin. Neither Stalin nor Hitler ever dreamed of anything so horrible.
- Ted Kaczynski, Technological Slavery (2019)The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2022-11-30 at 1:36 AM UTC in World to hit temperature tipping point 10 years faster than forecastThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
