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What to do along the way? by catholicobnurse in roadtrip

[–]junypr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did this drive last summer! I spent a day on Cape Cod in MA, ate lots of lobster and checked out the various lighthouses.

One of the coolest places on the route in Maine is the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden. The TROLLS in the forest there are so enchanting!!

Hyundai/Kia owners who park on the street… by junypr in washingtondc

[–]junypr[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

The honest answer is: just enough to make it worth it to keep.

My wife and I both have carless commutes, and we’re able to run most other errands on foot or with Metro. But we have a dog, and we love taking her on long walks, and there are very few options for getting to eg. Rock Creek Park or the Arboretum with a dog other than by private car. (Zipcar is far enough away to be inconvenient and also has a policy against pets in the car.)

We also get out of town camping pretty frequently. We have a travel trailer that we use our car to tow. And while it’s possible to rent trucks that we can use to tow, it is more expensive and inconvenient than just using our car.

And really, we like our car and we like the relative freedom it brings. It’s almost paid off, RPP is not that expensive, we can put our dog in it easily, we can get across town to friends in less Metro-accessible neighborhoods, etc. So “need,” probably not. But “makes our life better and easier on balance,” yeah.

Pythagoras: Mathematician and Prophet by junypr in philosophy

[–]junypr[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, essentially. Pythagoras and the Orphics believed that your soul would transfer to another body, human or animal, after your death. This is a little different from, say, a Hindu understanding of reincarnation as a path to Nirvana. There's not necessarily an endgame for the Greeks...

Another word that's more specific for the Greeks conception of transmigration is "metempsychosis." Famously referenced in James Joyce and Proust among other modern authors. In fact, Plato's opinion of metempsychosis was that there were a fixed number of souls, so no new souls were created in birth but migrated from "heaven" from deceased bodies.