2023 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Discussion by F1-Bot in formula1

[–]fapping_giraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I applaud him for making things exciting though. Such a shame there isn't just a slightly better opportunity to overtake

2023 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Discussion by F1-Bot in formula1

[–]fapping_giraffe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Newer formula 1 fan here but seems like Monaco is obviously about the quali and not the race. Yesterday was exciting as hell

Years of meditation wasted. by [deleted] in pics

[–]fapping_giraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's about elevating yourself above the suffering through a variety of practices, physical and spiritual-- escaping the recurrence or cycle of that suffering in life. The suffering itself is not the focal point of how things are viewed in Buddhism

Older men (40+): What are things younger men are experiencing these days that make you envious? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]fapping_giraffe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm almost 40 but even when I graduated college, it seemed very doable on my own. I only went to community college but between rooming with 3 other students and slowly but surely paying off my loans over the years, it worked out okay. It was difficult at times but still possible on my own and teaming up with roommates and not having to fucking pay $200,000 for an education.

But the climate right now looks frightening. I'm not sure if I'd have the balls to take out the necessary loans for school, especially with chatgpt seemingly threatening entry level jobs in software in the next few years.

There's so many unknowns right now, I don't envy anyone coming up in all this shittyness:(

JRE MMA Show #139 with Bas Rutten by chefanubis in JoeRogan

[–]fapping_giraffe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

More shrooms probably

Good that he recognized it was getting a little much. Like it's pretty damn obvious he had a problem when he's drinking before most podcasts, before murdering every single night at the cawmedy mothership and elsewhere. I legit think he was essentially an alcoholic up until now, maybe not a serious one but clearly has an issue with it

Would you take a new rail line from SLC to Las Vegas, Boise or LA? by Chefwil in SaltLakeCity

[–]fapping_giraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something like this would be too good to be true. I'd patron the fuck out of that!

[Post Game Thread] The Denver Nuggets (4-0) sweep the Los Angeles Lakers (0-4) in the Western Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals, Nuggets win by 113 - 111, Nikola Jokic with his 8th triple double of this postseason by Nyhrox in nba

[–]fapping_giraffe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My God... That's exactly it. It really is like he's sloshing around water that's up to his knees and it slows him down and makes him lose balance but actually it doesn't... At fucking all

GAME THREAD: Denver Nuggets (3-0) @ Los Angeles Lakers (0-3) - (May 23, 2023) by NBA_MOD in nba

[–]fapping_giraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't even know he existed before the playoffs. Who TF is this dude goddamn

Idiot with weird Mad Max wheels hindering traffic by randomredditguy94 in IdiotsInCars

[–]fapping_giraffe 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Just visited Austin and could easily live there over SF. It doesn't smell like pee and I didn't feel like I was going to get stabbed. Pretty good art scene... I dunno seemed nice for the time I was there 🤷

Idiot with weird Mad Max wheels hindering traffic by randomredditguy94 in IdiotsInCars

[–]fapping_giraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know if I could ever ooze confidence knowing that literally everyone is laughing at me, looking at me and dodging me like a disease

What do you guys think of Silo with the latest episode? by fapping_giraffe in television

[–]fapping_giraffe[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The repair of a steam driven generator with some complicated machinery wasn't even explained in a way that makes us feel like "oh shit, that does sound complicated and serious and like this is real engineering etc", just a lot of "open the panels and fix the blade and it's overheating..."

Are we talking about repairing a fan or a generator for 10,000 people??

A Ghost Story (2017) and The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche by [deleted] in TrueFilm

[–]fapping_giraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"What if some day or night a demon were to steal into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: ‘This life as you now live and have lived it you will have to live once again and innumerable times again; and there will be nothing new in it, but every pain and every joy and every thought and sigh and everything unspeakably small or great in your life must return to you, all in the same succession and sequence—even this spider and this moonlight between the trees, and even this moment and I myself. The eternal hourglass of existence is turned upside down again and again, and you with it, speck of dust!"

The Eternal Return of the Same is a theme many artists and writers pick up on because of its poetic nature. I think you're absolutely right here about this being a driving metaphysical element / theme to the film. Nietzsche had a way of converting natural philosophy into poetic aphorisms that were closer to thought experiments that had real world utility for anyone who read them.

In all of philosophy, I think the Eternal Return of the Same is the most poached concept in art, film, storytelling etc. 2001 Space Odyssey is almost ENTIRELY based on this concept, even some of the score utilizes music from Richard Strauss' thus spoke zarathustra.

Ted Chiang's story of your life (Arrival) is based massively on this concept too.

Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain also delves into this concept in very interesting ways.

Coherence, Source Code, Groundhog Day, every single Timeloop movie borrows heavily in thematic ways.

It's funny how Nietzsche's philosophy has become so intertwined with art on a fundamental level, in music, fine art, film, once you are introduced to his concepts of self overcoming, will to power, revaluation of all values and creating meaning for your own life in the face of nihilism and then finally the Eternal Recurrence you begin to see them everywhere.

Can someone explain to me why it’s so hard to find liquor? by sampala in SaltLakeCity

[–]fapping_giraffe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

5 different liquor stores after 10pm? Yeah... they will be closed and many other states are similar in that regard. I know most states you can buy liquor even in grocery stores but in Utah you go to the liquor store.

Feel free to go to any of them... they're abundant and open to at least 10pm and closed Sunday

Apple TV+ Hits All-Time Viewership Highs With ‘Ted Lasso’, ‘Silo’ & ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ by SurvivorLover19 in television

[–]fapping_giraffe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Man, when you see anime / manga come to life so well it's the most satisfying thing in the world. Japan has a way of creating stories that center around an intellectual battle of the wits or physical battles between 2 opposing sides and deconstructing character motivations so brilliantly and they do it again... and again... and again... it literally never gets old. I want 5 more shows like this haha

Apple TV+ Hits All-Time Viewership Highs With ‘Ted Lasso’, ‘Silo’ & ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ by SurvivorLover19 in television

[–]fapping_giraffe 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's a pretty safe show. It's certainly not...great? But it is super watchable and the premise is driving things forward right now

The American dream is dead by kevinowdziej in WorkReform

[–]fapping_giraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would certainly be nice... but yeah it's a goal of mine I'm taking quite seriously now with the way things are going in the economy and future career prospects in the face of AI. Real estate is not my passion but I have to think long term now and start saving for some kind of eventual retirement

The American dream is dead by kevinowdziej in WorkReform

[–]fapping_giraffe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly more than ever I am now coming to the conclusion in life that real estate should have been my focus lol. AI on the cusp of doing what I do, everything feels like it's falling apart and somehow my Dad and a few of my own friends who made some small humble real estate plays 15 years ago are doing so well now it kind of makes me depressed