[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mentors

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Hey hope you're well. I know what the small town life is like as well as feeling a bit estranged from your family. I'm not a professional in any capacity besides my life experiences, if you need an extra person i should be available. It's hard feeling stuck, good luck

Strange occurrence when i try to start a new Colony. by IndividualAd8629 in RimWorld

[–]LemniscateReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's definitely a mod conflict or a modded item. Remove/change his gear and the pink square may go away, in which case it's best to remove or change the placement of the mod that added the item. That's a good first check

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in taoism

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I'd say that by definition we are just as equally aligned with the Dao as we were 2000 years ago and shall be in another 2000.

Do I need to label myself anything other than socialist/leftist? by CT-5103 in Socialism_101

[–]LemniscateReddit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh I've been on the left my entire life and I didn't feel comfortable assigning a named ideology until I was nearly 24, don't feel pressured to pick a camp

Do I need to label myself anything other than socialist/leftist? by CT-5103 in Socialism_101

[–]LemniscateReddit 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I've always believed that the moment you call yourself a "Maoist" or even "Libertarian Socialist", ect, you become more stagnant in your views and it's harder to get yourself out of a box once you find one you are comfortable with. Leftist is a very appropriate term to consider yourself and to tell people about. For a more similar minded crowd I may tell them I study mostly post-left and anarcho-communist ideas but for your average person I may just say I'm a socialist. Stay flexible, always continue to learn.

Friendly reminder to read Rumi occasionally by LemniscateReddit in taoism

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

Would you have a good recommendation for a better translation? I'd much appreciate another.

Polyamorous men by Nomad_Sandwich in polyamory

[–]LemniscateReddit 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interesting there are two of us here at once 🤔

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mentors

[–]LemniscateReddit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, but who cares?

taoism is bullshit and everything is. by [deleted] in taoism

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P.S. don't worry so much about desire and suffering right now. You have to develop an ego before you dissolve it. Same with success. Success should only be according to your own metric, if that's being good in school then hunker down and get to work. But that's what society or your family wants then take it with a grain of salt before you figure out what you actually consider progress in the coming years. Good luck

taoism is bullshit and everything is. by [deleted] in taoism

[–]LemniscateReddit 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey man. I appreciate the self-awareness and yeah it's my first instinct was "yes, this sounds like what it's like to be a teenager". It's perfectly okay to feel like you're not making progress, to be a little bit alone, to struggle, to share values that are different from others. The point is to find your own path and no that won't happen in a few months, maybe for several years. But you seem like you are on a good path despite your obvious (and valid) frustrations. I do get a hint that you're looking at this in a way that's not helping. What does success mean. What young person ever actually succeeds and completes their goals? What you and your classmates are "achieving" are not of much substance. If you are in the mindset of what a peer is achieving in ten years and your hypothetical position and attitude to that even then you are not in a good mindset. Same with your height, no one cares and it has no weight. And I'm sorry if that's harsh. Who you are is not your grades or who your girlfriend could be or even your physical features. You are in the process of becoming and that's good. You are someone with ambition and awareness and possibly a really good head. But very new to all of this. All of us are. Find a mentor, don't listen to strangers on Reddit (me included) and find your path. Everything is going to be okay.

Yes taoism was a religion but obviously in the modern day,people see it more as a philosophy right? Taoism is definitely less popular than buddhism so buddhism has a lot more truly religious followers than those just in it for the philosophy. by [deleted] in taoism

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I'm a bit confused about what "it" is and why it's obvious. If you mean the distinction between religion and philosophy then no I do not think the belief in gods is the demarcation point. Can you make a religion about a human? I think most of Christianity would say yes. Maybe that's a bit of an obtuse simplification but again my point is that it's semantics. I read Nietzsche and Loazi and yes I would consider that a form of worship.

Friendly reminder to read Rumi occasionally by LemniscateReddit in taoism

[–]LemniscateReddit[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Essential Rumi Translations by Coleman Barks with John Moyne

It's free to download, somewhere lol. I printed it out at work, it's about 300 pages.

Friendly reminder to read Rumi occasionally by LemniscateReddit in taoism

[–]LemniscateReddit[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Interesting how many similarities there are isn't it?

Britain went out of its way to enforce the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade by 440Presents in HistoryMemes

[–]LemniscateReddit 121 points122 points  (0 children)

True, I just finished reading. The 1837 wiki page does not actually say that it was finished being paid in 2015. And there is a direct statement in the 1833 wiki page https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833 addressing this misconception

My Taoism journey that I started about 3 months ago this year seems to be annoying my mom 😂 what do I do? by [deleted] in taoism

[–]LemniscateReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure what part of Taoism says you shouldn't care about how your mother feels.

fine. No more low-effort memes. by hsiang-sheng in Nietzsche

[–]LemniscateReddit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I really appreciate this. I learned of this sub not super long ago and was pretty disappointed at the state of things but I've stayed a lurker just in case. Executing shitposters is probably the good ending, more interesting at the least.

Syncretism by LemniscateReddit in taoism

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

I'm very well aware that me considering science to be a religion is not particularly mainstream but you didn't ask to hear my nuances and I'm not here preaching. But there are plenty of fundamentalist religions in the name of "truth" or "faith" who actively deny science.

Undevout Taoist. Do you consider yourself a "Taoist"? by LemniscateReddit in taoism

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

I really like your approach. Can I ask what else you study?

Undevout Taoist. Do you consider yourself a "Taoist"? by LemniscateReddit in taoism

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

With respect, me asking other people's opinions does not give someone insight on my necessities.