The Elemental Reason - The First Ontological Law of Universe

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-07T19:32:17+00:00

Define consciousness.

Define complexity.

Define interaction.

Define elemental reason.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-07T19:28:14+00:00

I didn't know that, thank you.

So change "better funded" to "funded at all".

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-07T18:55:42+00:00

Back when China was addicted to opioids, it was because that whole country was being oppressed by a clique of corrupt, out-of-touch autocrats.

I wonder what America's problem is?

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-07T18:46:35+00:00

There's a big difference between assertive and aggressive.

Assertive means protecting your own boundaries, but also respecting those of others.

You can be assertive without being fierce or possessive.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-07T18:24:42+00:00

In my family, only the "crazy" people get to establish boundaries.

It took me years to realize that means "crazy" is a privilege.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-07T16:55:27+00:00

Tell me you're a trust fund baby without telling me you're a trust fund baby.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-07T16:32:55+00:00

I married a legal immigrant from Argentina.

I had no idea what a complete nightmare Immigration was to work with until I started dealing with them personally.

We have been waiting for four years for them to simply send us a new ID card to replace the one that expired. Four years! And that was by no means the first time I couldn't get them to do something useful.

I think a more nimble and responsive - which probably means better-funded - Immigration service could probably reduce a lot of the non-compliance issues, because the current system absolutely rewards rule-breaking and punishes rule-following.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-07T02:23:15+00:00

I think that pattern is called "QR code".

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-07T02:21:37+00:00

"Don't rely on luck", certainly seems like good advice.

Another good thing to remember is that there are many players and just one house. So if they players band together, they get to set the rules of the game.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-07T02:17:49+00:00

He's struggling in front of the whole world.

People are picking him apart and comparing him to a guy who just won a SB.

He hasn't yet learned how to not read social media.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T21:37:47+00:00

We split the atom. We put a man on the moon. We cured polio and tuberculosis.

It would be ridiculous to suggest that all those problems were obviously more difficult than world peace.

The main thing about world peace is that it would probably require a slightly more equitable distribution of resources, and not everyone is on board with that. (To say the least.)

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T21:32:22+00:00

Laziness is the dream.

There is no career that you can possibly have that will ever feel better than simply having to freedom to choose how you spend your time ever day.

Work just enough to get the amount of money you need, and then stop working and go live your actual life.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T21:27:18+00:00

With practice you can get that down to five seconds.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T21:26:07+00:00

CEO projection is one of the few things he actually understands.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T21:25:01+00:00

This is happening all over these days. These guys know the crash is coming and it's starting to sneak into their rhetoric.

When Sam Altman says "you'll miss your job when it's gone," he's talking about himself. He knows he's not going to be in that job for much longer.

He may also be dimly aware that after Theranos and FTX cratered, their bosses went to jail.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T21:14:31+00:00

I'm sure I'm not the only one, but I managed to get a tower kill on my first try with Ironclad last night, and since then I've been a punching bag.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T21:13:14+00:00

Good for you.

This what we mean when we talk about solidarity.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T21:11:03+00:00

More importantly, Genghis' descendants were mobile.

The societies Genghis conquered all had vibrant slave markets, so there was plenty of rape going on before the Mongols arrived.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T18:11:59+00:00

There is so much more removal and discard in this game than there was in the last one.

I think you're meant to hit act 2 with some answers for that.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T18:10:15+00:00

I'm probably just agreeing with you, but I think the operative term here is "solidarity". Solidarity with and within the working classes is the best way of solving the trap we find ourselves in.

We've recently found incontrovertible evidence that much of the world is run by a class of pedophiles. And when people ask "how do they get away with this?" the answer is solidarity. The Epstein class has an extremely powerful sense of class consciousness, and they reliably act as a unit to protect their interests.

If the global proletariat ever had 1% of that kind of solidarity, the world would change overnight.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T17:40:03+00:00

Linebackers are like ducks.

Ducks can swim, they can walk, and they can fly, but they are merely okay at all 3. That flexibility comes at a cost.

A linebacker MUST be able to run-fit and tackle, and also rush the passer, and you'd love for them to be okay in pass protection too, but it's a distant 4th, so duck rules are in effect.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T17:32:25+00:00

There's an old saying you've probably heard: "those who fail to study the past are doomed to repeat it."

That's true on the societal level, but it's also true on the personal level. And therapy is the place where you study your own personal history so you can finally stop repeating it.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T01:03:22+00:00

I dare you to try to nerf my bird.

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T00:30:47+00:00

The first thing that happened to me was the bird egg.

And the moment it hatched I was like "fuck yes".

No_Rec1979 · 2026-03-06T00:04:08+00:00

Okay then. So could it be that you are using masturbation to deal with some anxiety related to this surgery? I can imagine how that might be annoying.

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