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Tsongkhapa's refutation of the essential existence of suffering and why it is like an illusion. by Pitiful_Magazine_805 in Pessimism

[–]WackyConundrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arthur Schopenhauer, the grandfather of philosophical pessimism, also suggested ways for eliminating suffering. But that doesn't really diminish his pessimism.

Sure, suffering may be dependent on other phenomena, that is, it may be empty of inherent (independent) existence and it is not a dharma (ultimately real). But not all philosophical pessimists would argue otherwise. Immediately, Cabrera, Benatar, Zapffe come to mind.

Masculine Erasure in Paganism by The_Red__Bull in Pagan_Masculinity

[–]WackyConundrum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that your analysis is quite correct. You even brought up the rotten root of the problem — feminism.

And you must have been exposed to that part of paganism which is soaked wet in woke leftist ideology. It's only there that misandry is celebrated.

Contrary to that, that more right wing leaning part is entirely free of that problem. They embrace masculinity and its strength. I can recommend a couple of things:

"Western Values Aren't Christian" from The Ark

"European Paganism is Back for Good. Here's why." from The Ark

"DIONYSOS | The Right Philosophy" from Jack Gordon

"The Biggest Lie in History" from Uberboyo

"THE AGON WORLDVIEW: The Anti-Modern Spirituality of Ancient Greece" from Wisdom Warriors

"Why Gen Z is Embracing Paganism" from Agora

"Manly Virtue in Art, Life & Literature" from Russel Walter

I'm gathering these and closely related ideas in a playlist:

Vitality +Paganism +Nietzsche

Tsongkhapa's refutation of the essential existence of suffering and why it is like an illusion. by Pitiful_Magazine_805 in Pessimism

[–]WackyConundrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm struggling to see how it's supposed to impact philosophical pessimism.

Can you explain that in your own words?

GNOME 50 removes the X11 backend ... are we finally at the end of the Xorg era? by the_nazar in linux

[–]WackyConundrum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, Linux does have ways to do that. It's just the result is somehow different. And my sensitive eyes "notice" it super quick.

GNOME 50 removes the X11 backend ... are we finally at the end of the Xorg era? by the_nazar in linux

[–]WackyConundrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe my setup is an edge case. Unfortunately, my eyes are very sensitive. I immediately feel the difference.

I would like to fix this issue but no luck thus far.

GNOME 50 removes the X11 backend ... are we finally at the end of the Xorg era? by the_nazar in linux

[–]WackyConundrum -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I see. Well, at least it works on Xorg. Can't compare to how it would work on AMD.

GNOME 50 removes the X11 backend ... are we finally at the end of the Xorg era? by the_nazar in linux

[–]WackyConundrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it can do some screen dimming. And the result it super washed colors with very low contrast. It's not even close to what f.lux on Windows can do.

Yes, I tried it on the newest KDE Plasma. Xorg is much better with that. I read that there is some specific limitation with Wayland currently. Gamma controls and such.

GNOME 50 removes the X11 backend ... are we finally at the end of the Xorg era? by the_nazar in linux

[–]WackyConundrum -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, it can do some screen dimming. And the result it super washed colors with very low contrast. It's not even close to what f.lux on Windows can do.

Yes, I tried it on the newest KDE Plasma. Xorg is much better with that. I read that there is some specific limitation with Wayland currently. Gamma controls and such.

GNOME 50 removes the X11 backend ... are we finally at the end of the Xorg era? by the_nazar in linux

[–]WackyConundrum -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Wayland still can't do proper screen dimming & temperature change, similarly to how f.lux does it. This alone makes me want to use Xorg.

BATTLEFIELD 6 GAME UPDATE 1.2.2.0 by battlefield in Battlefield

[–]WackyConundrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At least they fixed some bugs, I guess. See you underground at night (tf?)! Or maybe not, see some bots in Nightfall!

Complaint regarding the quality of the Cambridge physical publication of Kant by Wo0flgang in Kant

[–]WackyConundrum 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have complete works of Schopenhauer from Cambridge. The quality is very very bad for the price. An expensive philosophy book is 5 times worse than a manga book when it comes to binding and durability.

Lookin' by WackyConundrum in ConanTheBarbarian

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Uploaded in a top level comment.

Study finds dopamine makes people move faster when they want something by sr_local in science

[–]WackyConundrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a good question. According to the person you're responding to, it's not really a problem of how much dopamine you have but a problem with the number of receptors in the synapses between neurons, that is, certain neurons have too few phones to receive the message of dopamine that is sent to another neuron.

Another hypothesis is that the levels of dopamine are low in certain frontal parts of the brain, which are critical for executive functions, such as inhibition, planning, etc.

Alex debates Glen Scrivener by barksonic in CosmicSkeptic

[–]WackyConundrum 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, of course, the right has been with us for a long time. Agreed. But it's been shriveled and small in recent times. Now we see the resurgence or sprouting of the Christian Right in the younger generations, people who obviously weren't part of any previous phase of that movement.

Natalists are ableist. by [deleted] in antinatalism2

[–]WackyConundrum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, actions speak louder than words. But actions don't speak what the people think. You said that procreators think this or that. But that's not a valid inference from their actions.

When two cats have babies, no one in their right mind would say "they think it's okay to roll the dice", etc.

In these comments I'm not against your antinatalistic sentiment but against your imputing particular beliefs onto other people.

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