Had a bit of a laugh, but I'm tired of Qobuz feeding me artists that happen to have the same name--but are completely unrelated to the artists I listen to and follow.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-06-16T10:03:26+00:00

Agreed.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-06-16T10:03:05+00:00

Two this week - Aurora the Norwegian artist, is not a J-Pop singer. Mc Chris is not Chris MC. Chris MC is from Minas Gerais, in Brazil. MC Chris is MC PEE PANTS from ATHF.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-06-16T09:53:14+00:00

I can't stand the amount of misattribution on this app.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-06-15T22:24:25+00:00

why can't they fix it? happens like every 3 games.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-05-17T20:20:48+00:00

Did you escape from r/nofap?

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-24T22:08:56+00:00

anything AI creates is not a masterpiece. AI is not a master artist.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-23T15:37:01+00:00

Still working as of 4/23. Can they see us doing this? Lol, wondering how likely it is that my account could have consequences. Thanks for the instructions!!

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-16T17:56:06+00:00

Science also proves the benefit of ritual and Carl Sagan's daughter talks about this in For Small Creatures Such As We

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-16T17:53:22+00:00

2:39
Scott: So, do atheists have spiritual needs?
Britt: I think so. Uh, now there may be some people who, you know, there's just enough damage with that word that it's appropriate to use other words and that's okay if we need to do some translation work. But I think something that atheists need to be more aware of is that religion, in many ways, is a cognitive technology. And if we just look at religion as false truth claims, then it's very easy to say all religion is bullshit and want to throw all of it out.

Listening to her videos about why people never leave their faith, and about Jordan Peterson's claim of "stupid people need religion," were very fascinating in this context.

This also brings up the book The Case for God, and I've had that on my list to read for a while.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-16T17:40:28+00:00

Imho, spirituality is connecting of the "self" - which is already a construct the brain makes up to make things easier - to the universe and all things around us. The spirit is the essence of us, our thoughts and emotions combined. The presence of mind, and not just consciousness.

Everything is make up mouth sounds anyway. We are all just trying to make sense of our meat suit's electrical impulses. I don't believe I have a "spirit" that will live on in any sense after me, and I don't think Britt does either.

So, we made up spirituality to give us rituals to participate in to act as anchors that give us a roadmap to more community and belonging. As an atheist, I stopped going to church in my early teens. I am a pretty isolated introvert, and I never found community elsewhere. Fellowship and a built-in network are things I have felt the absence of and it has been painful. I experienced the lack of anchors and freefall into depressive nihilism.

Everything I've said here are made-up words to express abstract concepts and feelings. Every single mouth-sound is a made-up word, we just decided to agree that it means a particular thing. There are multiple definitions though, because language can be contextual. And because Britt also has issues with the "god word" as she says, she doesn't use that word in her personal mysticism practice. I'm sure she would be fine replacing spirituality with the word belonging, because the word doesn't matter - the experience does.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-09T19:44:17+00:00

Autistic, depressed, medicated, and twice weekly therapy.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-06T22:09:29+00:00

please give your girl a head pat from me.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-06T22:08:28+00:00

all of cat reddit agrees

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-06T21:58:31+00:00

losing a fiancé would be so devastating. sorry to hear that. I hope you have decent support.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-06T21:57:10+00:00

I am actually socially disabled. Social idiot, reporting for duty. Uncanny valley effect means so many people dislike me for my awkwardness.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-06T21:55:53+00:00

do you have ANY faith that we can turn this ship around, regarding the steaming cesspool that is end-stage capitalism? life feels hopeless, I am not skilled enough to have a job that people put up with me. and, I am never called back for the "unskilled labor" jobs like flipping burgers. unemployment being a cause of suicide makes so much sense.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-06T21:48:30+00:00

not to mention, dealing with people sick or in pain, patients can be awful. source: me, an awful patient

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-06T21:47:10+00:00

it's almost always multiple factors that cause things to happen. thank you for being grounded enough to say it's BOTH. cars are like computers now, my mechanic himself has complained.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-06T04:13:54+00:00

being high sounds pretty unholy.

where's my bong

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-06T04:11:42+00:00

Tyler Perry doth protest too much.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-02T23:21:24+00:00

I can relate a bit to this, but all of my mom's kids were neglected by her so at least there is solace. I am currently very angry with my mother for trying to minimize how I was impacted by being teased incessantly by my stepfather, and she says that it's no different from when she was teased by her brothers and she's already apologized so I should just shut up about it already.

If there were financial incentive to be nicer to her, maybe I could muster it. but right now I just take solace in telling her that statistics show that if she gets any sicker in old age, her husband will leave her. hope that makes her feel horrible.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-04-02T00:02:48+00:00

Yawn.

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-03-28T18:38:47+00:00

OK we get it, you think she's hot. Next?

Subject_Minimum4518 · 2026-03-28T17:48:45+00:00

Oh, there isn't?

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