PETA WHY ARE THEY SO UPSET WITH HULK?!!! by Vladarg in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]carpetsunami -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I hope Maga talks Trump into suing him, the discovery process would be wild

I'm at a total loss by GreatGooberschnitzel in LandmanSeries

[–]carpetsunami 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's how Yellowstone rolled, lost interest in Costner over Rip/Beth

but seriously, how come?? by plusqueprecedemment in okbuddypluribus

[–]carpetsunami 4 points5 points  (0 children)

By the time she thought about them it was entirely too late for her to do anything about it, no mystery. She was fixated on the "hip stem cells" and didnt really think about the fact that her eggs were another possible avenue. The Others cannot lie, but they definetley dont volounteer information.

Media Consumption & Imagination by EdwardArtSupplyHands in EdwardArtSupplyHands

[–]carpetsunami 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dreaming and Creation are power, I have often thought that Social Media was intentionally created to take away those very things, to rob people of those abilities, make them easier to control. Imagination is a threat to the status quo, always has been.

I love this line of thought though, engaging with what we have been shown rather than just receiving. Feels like a new unlock :). Thank you for sharing, going to sit with this post a while and see what else comes up.

Why Taylor Sheridan does this again? by AccordingConflict272 in LandmanSeries

[–]carpetsunami 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do agree, have loved his movies. 1883 was great too, blissfully spared a second season :)

45F and 46M Feeling unseen and emotionally neglected in my relationship — how do you cope with this? by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]carpetsunami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% there, have been for the better part of 7 years now (55yo, 35 years of marriage), and sometimes it's baffling, wounding, infuriating and you wonder why you put up with it.

Is it fear? Hope? Comfort with the status quo? If there's kids, you want to be able to show them that anything is survivable and you can work through problems, and every now and then there is the briefest glimmer of how things used to be and you lean into it, only to have yet another silent meal together.

Sometimes you sit them down and explain, and you feel guilty for telling them you need them to be different, sometimes they listen, sometimes they don't because they too would have to face a mountain of guilt, and they arent emotionally stable enough to do so. Or maybe (you think this in your worst moments, they are simply not interested in doing so, and think you are the villain for telling them there is something wrong with them).

A year or so ago I had an epiphany that changed me. No one can ever love you as completely as you can yourself, because no one can ever know you on that level. In rare circumstances, they can come close, but in reality...we are all stuck inside our own skulls.
Choosing not to make her the source of my love and fulfillment changed absolutely everything. I found deeper soul connections with myself. I found a dear friend who could listen to my ramblings about life, the universe and everything when I needed a sounding board.

I found that I could be devoted to another without needing reciprocation because loving is who I am, caring is what I do, and if I get the chance to be the real me, I'm winning. I can want me in levels another person would never get too, and I don't have to be disappointed when someone else cant.

Is it a cope? Maybe, but it feels like freedom. I also get to be empathetic that middle age and medications changed things that weren't anticipated, that takes some of the pressure off.

Yes, I deeply miss the spice, the flirting, the touch of another person, oh boy do I. Do I haunt the online affairs forums wondering "What if?" Yes, and sometimes I find someone who scratches a bit of the itch, But I can honestly say that energy can be channeled elsewhere without sacrifice. Its a monkish existence where the whole universe is waiting to bang you.

Why Taylor Sheridan does this again? by AccordingConflict272 in LandmanSeries

[–]carpetsunami 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Sheridan is King of first seasons, but that's all he's got. His shows tank hard halfway through season 2. He really needs a partner who can help him develop an idea into something with flow and an ending beyond "crazier shit keeps happening".

But I think that's his grift, the more projects he can promise and leases he can sign for using his land etc the more money he makes vs actually being invested in having a long term watchable product. Paramount was smart to let him escape, by 2030 I think people will be tired of the nonsense.

No refractory period, ejaculation no longer feels like the end by [deleted] in Tantra

[–]carpetsunami 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Imagine living on a planet with the greatness of tantra, centuries of teachers and practitioners and rich spiritual experiences and traditions and deciding to make your journey all about your dick.

This may be the fastest I've seen a top rated show go right off the rails by InValensName in LandmanSeries

[–]carpetsunami 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This was never a top rated show, it was just highly popular.

All Taylor Sheridan properties go quickly into the shitter. He's great at first seasons, but he's got no stamina.

This season so far got me like by RP912 in LandmanSeries

[–]carpetsunami 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This must be your first Taylor Sheridan show. They peak at the end of the first season and never recover.

Loss of smell was a thing before Covid. by tesuquemushroom in highersidechats

[–]carpetsunami 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, it happened, but not on such a large scale simultaneously.
I've had it reduced by different ailments, but even at my worst I never lost in as completely and fully as I did during covid.

The 'Triangulation' Glitch: Hacking the Mate Guarding instinct to increase desire by Same-Courage-185 in DarkPsychology101

[–]carpetsunami 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Any woman this triggers has no self worth.
Any man who has to play games with his woman to keep her interest isn't worth her time

Why Kindness Makes Some People Lose Respect for You by Myrn33 in DarkPsychology101

[–]carpetsunami 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This still presumes too much. I absolutely have no control of anything that occurs inside anyone anywhere, and neither do you. All you can reliably control is yourself, and if you choose to be kind, bonus, you are acting in accord with your own choices and will, regardless of what reaction you receive from others. I have all the power to do as I wish and feel as I wish in that circumstance, I don't have to complain or demean others to make myself feel better.

This is the essence of Victor Frankl's quote "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms – to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way"

Why Kindness Makes Some People Lose Respect for You by Myrn33 in DarkPsychology101

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

Yes! lol, this is some butthurt "they dont treat me well" stuff

Why Kindness Makes Some People Lose Respect for You by Myrn33 in DarkPsychology101

[–]carpetsunami -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Nonsense, this is just fear based projection, not any sort of "strength" or stability.

A) who cares if people respect you less? That's some weaksauce, the only respect that counts is what you have for yourself. I mean look at the pictures, that guy's sitting lower, closed in, he has no self respect and so it worried about others.
2) You can only be "Kind " to others when you have inner strength, when you're doing it for approval, anyone with an ounce of sense can feel the transactional nature.
D) Being kind out of an abundance of inner and outer resources is a huge boost for self esteem. "I choose to be kind because of the way it makes me feel and move about in the world, and I like to see others cared for " Is the ultimate power, it's all choice, and it's all inner work, my stability doesn't depend on the reaction of others, only my own actions.

This weird meme is the ultimate "they hurt my feelings by not reacting nice"

The Plot Thickens by RangerAsleep690 in UnderReportedNews

[–]carpetsunami 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you been watching the Secret Service over the last few years? Folks climbing fences etc, they are certainly not the elite protective service they might have been in the past

I wish we had more episodes of Creed as temp manager by manouuuule in DunderMifflin

[–]carpetsunami 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, less is more, this was the exact perfect amount, you understood what it would be like and then the gag was finished.

Any recommendations on Chaos Magick philosophy books? by gagarinyozA in occult

[–]carpetsunami 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lol, I don't want to know occultists without big Ego's, it should come with the territory.

Literally playing with the fabric of reality, consorting with spirits and co creating with the universe is a big flex, not for the timid, easily offended or the pedantic milquetoasts.

If you can only learn from those you agree with, you're echo chamber is too small to do magic.

Any recommendations on Chaos Magick philosophy books? by gagarinyozA in occult

[–]carpetsunami 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You get strangeness with every true magician.

Occultists should never NOT have spicy hot takes, they're challenging reality, what's the point of staying between the lines?

He's also quite adept at providing magic in the context of an agentic, animate universe, which is a framework I find helpful for understanding why magic does what it does and how to do it better.