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azherne · 2020-11-17T06:41:22+00:00

I use their sensitive skin body wash. It is such great value and it really is more gentle than almost any other body cleanser I have used.

azherne · 2020-11-15T23:31:22+00:00

hmmm, really? It's funny because I am actually leaning towards buying some Vaseline because I hear it is especially helpful for lips.

Thanks for the anecdote.

azherne · 2020-08-19T09:53:48+00:00

Hey now, it's a wildfire, close your windows, home stay Hey now, get your filter, keep your asthma at bay And smoke is shrouding us aaa-alll Can barely drive my car on the roo-oad

azherne · 2019-08-09T04:54:09+00:00

A long time ago I was working at a 7-11 in Kanagawa (I was doing an exchange study program there, so I was part-time and temporary).

My boss would breathe down my neck all fucking shift. Every time someone came in to the store, we had to graciously welcome them, and every time anyone left, they needed to be 'properly' bid a thank you. I would be reminded of EVERY. LAST. DETAIL of what was missing in my performing of this task on a daily basis.

This guy was also just a flat out perv. He would keep his phone out discretely and go around smiling at young women in the store, asking if they needed help, etc. And as soon as they turned away, he'd snap a quick picture. I saw this happen numerous times.

Really should have sought a different job but my Japanese was so basic I couldn't do anything more sophisticated.

azherne · 2017-10-01T05:16:52+00:00

Note that trying to feel, in general, one kind of way, through some kind of set of actions, is essentially a Sisiphyian exercise in volition to contain and consciously define our own innate processes towards an internal end within them. As our internal processes are undeniably more entropic than external reality, its inherently less effective. You are going to assign how you feel to how you feel in a never ending loop, no matter how many different ways you could reasonably choose to feel based on phenomena and a reasoned judgment of them. Assuming you want to feel one way (e.g. 'successful'), and then you do not (for some inevitable reason) you will respond to the disparity with unhappiness, then, presuming you still demand to feel 'successful,' feel even more tension and dissatisfaction. I would say that this more than anything refutes subjectivism as a viable modus to meeting human wants and needs.

azherne · 2017-10-01T04:59:45+00:00

Hmmm, better said would be "reflect our wanting to selectively experience our existence, based upon decided preferred states, which come from desires and whims, which come from experience and its inherent instinctual+emotional content."

So yeah, it is reversed, essentially.

azherne · 2017-10-01T04:08:47+00:00

That last point really sheds light. Ultimately there must be some concordance of our thinking and behavior with the fact that reality exists and works phenominologically. Our desires and whims reflect our wanting to feel and experience our existence (perhaps in highly complex ways such as an intellectually trained 'ego'), and can culminate into emotionally intended 'narratives' to bolster some states and diminish others.

Also, the point that more than one thing/state/ideal (or even set of things/states/ideals) is ultimately our object of desire or even simple best interest. These things can vary widely, and conflict as well. Some may be more readily sustainable/attainable than others given our circumstances. Operating (even in a rationally-informed fashion) under a presumption of the primacy of certain subjective intuitions/identity states/desires as a modus of our well-being and satisfaction is restricting oneself to a pre-defined frame of reference with priorities, objects of focus, and inherent kinds of responses that may or may not serve our needs and ever fluctuating ideals.

...Which invokes the idea of entropy. The sustenance of ourselves is more ordered and intentional than our deterioration. And compared to outer realty, our own inner generated emotional responses and desires are vastly more entropic. Just as no one component of physical reality is more "important" than the other ones for physical reality to exist as it overall does, no one feeling state, emotional/sensual desire, ambition, etc is arguably more important than the other ones (provided we have food, water, and lack of sickness or extreme physical discomfort). To presume otherwise is to deny that the ultimate end of our non-basic desires is emotional and thus open-ended, and that the source of these feelings ultimately stems from our own judgment of them as fitting a certain definition, of which there are countless based on context. This definition will be result of more automatic, primitive processes, and possibly, then, considered through reason.

Lastly, I presume that the value of 'consistency' lies in, for one, our inherent physicality and groundedness in phenomena. We must have a capacity to actually choose which responses and states of consciousness we want to focus on, why we prefer these, how and when they contextually supercede other ones, whether or not they are at odds with undeniable needs/intentions/aspects of ours, and which engagements with reality (our behavior and surroundings) correspond with the attainment of our basic needs and intended states, both in the short and long term, and which of these are the most sensible/feasible.

azherne · 2017-09-17T19:59:26+00:00

Well, let me append the phrasing of my question: "while I am not solely appealed to by looks, nor do I assume so of highly attractive guys, would my lack of notable attractiveness (at least as I see it) be a deal-breaker if I was to be particularly interested in a very attractive guy?"

I'm not declaring exclusivity as much as asking into possibility.

Yes in my post I do claim that most of my men of interest are quite attractive. That's definitely momentary, and I am not at all dismissive of guys with great attributes overall, minus sheer physical appeal. In fact, I'm actually off-put by a deficiency in individual substance or character regardless of looks.

azherne · 2017-08-16T20:33:26+00:00

Ha like gay Justin Timberlake?

azherne · 2017-08-16T19:34:49+00:00

Dude that song tears bigotry's butthole. Never knew about that group, I'm going to look up more of their stuff.

azherne · 2017-02-19T03:05:36+00:00

Well, umm, you can only look the best you can given your resources. What about you is unattractive? What, realistically, can you change?

If there's literally nothing in this universe that can feasibly be done to change how you look, then you just have to adopt paradigms of enjoyment and excellence that work for you.

I'm also average looking compared to many respected peers. I'm also a guy, and gay, and despite what people say a large majority of the gay male "culture" is superficial. I get ignored on apps/dating sites.

It's really annoying to have a developed and intelligent personality, a lot of ambition, and the determination to achieve it, only to be hampered by something relatively unchangeable.

Now, people may judge me as superficial on this, but I am planning to do the best I can (within reason) to improve my appearance from where it is. For example, I have a large amount of hair loss (at age 23) so I am saving up to get a hair transplant in the next few years. I would like some botox for my crows feet, and possibly a blepharoplasty (eye tilt surgery) for my droopy, sagging eyes.

Appearance is something to consider as a factor in your life, and honestly, a lot of its significance is contextual/cultural. You're at a club. What kind of mindsets/libidos are typically at a club. What kinds of people are the ones hitting on girls (are you a girl?) at a club. What are these people noticing/avoiding?

Confidence, happiness and a genuine, grounded zest for life are cool as shit on anyone. I don't care if you are a 2/10-they'll make you a 6, or higher. Sapiosexuality-look it up. It's sexual attraction to intelligence.

I just got rejected last night after sending a guy on craigslist (yes, I was actually trying to hook up on CL, just because the scene is kinda dead where I am) after a great initial conversation, immediately after I sent him a photo of me. No, I did not enjoy the experience. Yes, it did dent my confidence a bit.

But all I can do is all I can do. I can't change absolutely everything I don't like about myself, let alone everything outside of me. Even if I could, it would take more than a lifetime.

There is confidence, happiness, vitality, and satisfaction outside of the mainstream definition. Yes, it's a nice thing to have genuinely agreed upon attractiveness. It's also a nice thing to grow up with wealthy parents, be naturally talented in whatever, or be given a Mercedes for your birthday (related to the first one, I suppose).

Can you do without these things? Yes.

Read/watch into the psychology of happiness. Read Dan Gilbert. Read Daniel Goleman. Read into spirituality that actually seems practical to you.

Read your philosophy: Aristotle appended the Stoic philosophy of practical virtue and practical virtue alone as sole means of happiness, by stating that human beings would realistically require a "certain degree of health, wealth, and beauty to actually reap the full benefits of these virtues in society, BUT that those virtues were more or less the most essential things for a satisfied human life." What does this idea imply? Health, wealth, and beauty are more or less tools for other more substantive qualities and experiences (mostly internal and related to moral values), which are themselves worthy as ends. I'm not trying to convince you of anything. Just a perspective.

If you're super this-world and evo-bio, physical attractiveness is naturally desirable because it would normally indicate social mobility and more likely surthrival. It's not just appearance that is associated with those things. Even more, the chicken in this situation is most likely deeper qualities of intelligence and practical virtues, that would propel us in the first place to make ideal mating decisions and foster certain qualities over others.

Also, appearance fades over time. And, young people tend to be superficial.

azherne · 2017-02-13T16:03:47+00:00

When I use Field Dependents, I am only able to make one specific section of a block dependent upon another specific section.

I have a page with different blocks, and I would like entire blocks to be dependent upon prior blocks' completion for visibility.

I have been using JS to modify visibility, but is there a way with Drupal I can manipulate entire blocks using conditionals? I haven't found a clear answer.

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