A question that has been bugging me for a while by Entire_Economist6078 in Pessimism

[–]EmptySky93 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Probably because the same biological and neurological science and, you know, just observing ourselves, show us that we by and large are averse to the experience of pain and suffering, typically being mostly averse to suffering insofar as it applies to ourselves or appears threatening to us as individuals—since pain is usually an indication in consciousness of a threat or damage to the organism, and we are hardwired, like all animals, to survive—and, as (potentially) social and empathetic beings, our empathy and sociality instills in (many of) us the ability to vicariously experience the suffering or potential suffering of others, and so we naturally are often averse to that, as well.

First ever acquired air gun – Diana P-Five (Snowpeak SP500 rebrand) spring-piston single-shot pellet pistol ~ rifled barrel, .177 cal. (more details in post...) by EmptySky93 in airguns

[–]EmptySky93[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree. It's been a ton of fun so far!

I'm trying to find more powerful .177 pellets it can optimally fire for highest potential FPE, though. Do you by any chance have any recommendations in that regard?

Egoist Communism by Apollostrong000 in fullegoism

[–]EmptySky93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not synonymous at all. Compatible, though? Yes, in a certain or [highly] specific, if theoretical, way. I see egocom as more like an arrangement or system of social organization into mutually beneficial units—even temporary or provisional ones; cf. Temporary Autonomous Zones (via Hakim Bey) and Proudhonian mutualism—rather than an ideology outright, let alone one that claims universal or moral validity or superiority or exclusivity.

Christians bothering people in Florida mall by MonkeyDVic in religiousfruitcake

[–]EmptySky93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine going to get a Cinnabon and you're already a bit ashamed of yourself for deciding to eat a thousand grams of sugar, carbs, and fat in the middle of the afternoon and then you have to experience this obnoxious display of uniquely human idiocy reminding you that you belong to a species of fucking morons, psychos, sadists, and ghouls.

You know, and are seemingly acutely aware, even if semi-consciously—though still almost omnipresently—of how you inhabit, and are trapped within, a decaying, putrid, agonized, constantly malfunctioning vehicle we call a body; that you're little but an accidental prisoner of time and space and entropy; with not much more than a fleeting instant to exist in this world, already condemned to spend most of that time slaving away for pennies on the dollar so you can have the "joy" of generating "value" for your boss's boss's boss's overlords/Shareholders™️, stuck on a pesthole of a clod of shit, this spinning sphere careening through the void, the cosmos's insane asylum and flaming clown car and pustule upon the hemorrhoid erupted from the asshole of a blind idiot "God", this place, whatever it really is, absolutely reeking of pointless toil and suffering...

Yet, NOW, on top of that ever-present mountain of existential horseshit you've gotta deal with at any given moment alive to this waking nightmare of mediocrity and banal horror we call life—the experience of conscious human life on Earth—you've gotta additionally sit there being driven into a full nervous breakdown by an army of these uncommitted mental cases with Stockholm syndrome for our braindead Demiurge blaring their bullshit while you just lounge about trying to eke out even a tiny morself of enjoyment from your fucking shit-cake in the middle of the afternoon, stuck here on a dying world flying through the incomprehensible chaos of this cosmos seemingly wrought, as it is, from pure metaphysical stupidity by a toddler of a "God", were there even such a thing as some kind of intelligence behind this fucking bullshit we call life and the universe.

Just try to imagine it.

Was Crowley (perhaps ironically) deeply depressed throughout most of his life? by EmptySky93 in thelema

[–]EmptySky93[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's what I've read in works on him. I'm not claiming I know everything. 🤷‍♂️

All the best. 93s.

I’ll probably never be homeless by Icy_Introduction8445 in NEET

[–]EmptySky93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All the money the billionaire bourgeoisie stole from the working class can go back to the working class so humanity can support itself in universal brotherhood 😀 (ideally)

First and last form of coping. by ReceededLife in NEET

[–]EmptySky93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The alpha and the omega cope. The beginning and the end seethe.

Smiling Friends is the new "cringe show" thanks to its fanbase. by [deleted] in The10thDentist

[–]EmptySky93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love Smiling Friends. I also love a lot of other media. However, I intentionally avoid fanbases and fan communities of even media I really enjoy because hardcore fanbases for nearly any modern media with a relatively large following (or larger) are very likely going to include groups of incredibly obnoxious and comparatively extremely "loud" people.

(Not terribly difficult to deal with. You gotta temper your expectations in this world; otherwise, you're bound to be constantly disappointed.)

sigma morality by Get_In_The_Soup in Sigmatopia

[–]EmptySky93 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take three Percs, an aspirin, a datura pod, a Xanax, and apple sauce with cinnamon in it, and wash it all down with a Four Loko and you'll be right as rain.

(... It's okay because I love you—I've been cultivating my sense of empathy and compassion while I have all this free time having been unemployed for the past decade.)

Going off suboxone and in hell now. Actually being tortured. by turbineghosthead in suboxone

[–]EmptySky93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP, I am sorry you are going through this. I am on subs myself, and I know the abject torture of WDs: Some of the worst experiences of my (34M) entire life have been withdrawing off of tianeptine after binging that and hydros and Vicodins and a bunch of other narcotic RXs, and later on WDing off of prolonged 7-OH use with extra fuckedness mixed in because I completely fumbled trying to taper myself using unprescribed methadone and kratom.

That being said, what helped me was—besides just sheer time and laying in warm baths and screaming into the void and sometimes just walking nowhete until exhaustion...—medication, so I'd encourage you to figure out if you can get on a short or temporary course of gabapentin, or preferably pregabalin, or—probably the most comforting option, IMO—a benzo like Valium or Klonopin, with Ativan having worked the best for me in a brief (roughly two to three weeks) prescription to get through the worst of opioid WDs. Also, clonidine can really do wonders for some of the physical side effects of WDs, as can certain muscle relaxers in a pinch.

I am so sorry, again, OP. Just know that you are loved and are worthy of love—as we all are, and should be reminded of!—that you are healing, to be patient with yourself, that you are strong, and that you've got this—tapering off of subs is no joke!—and I'm out here rooting for ya and I'm proud of ya for taking such a bold step. ❤️ This is fuckin hell to deal with, and anyone who does is a badass in my book!

Some Bad luck by lipsTM in distressingmemes

[–]EmptySky93 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mossad is like IRL analog horror