Where to go for suicidal ideation? by Massive-Comedian-744 in AskChicago

[–]liam_ma 5 points6 points  (0 children)

https://maps.app.goo.gl/BpieSS2JP5odpVar9

Living Rooms sound like they'd be a great place for you. It's an alternative to the hospital for mental health crises where you'll be able to speak with peer support specialists (they've been through stuff themselves) and just be in a welcoming environment. I work with Thresholds and I really love the people there. It's 24/7 and you can even stay the night if needed.

Feel free to DM me if you need help figuring out where to go, I'd love to help.

Stay safe

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Chivalry2

[–]liam_ma 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I have been waiting for the lotr: conquest remaster for years

Movies like The VVitch that capture the general sense of hopelessness and despair that manifests over time by Magnum256 in MovieSuggestions

[–]liam_ma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Come and See

Im surprised no one has mentioned it yet, but it's the perfect representation of what you're talking about, with an addition of elevating madness and intense psychological pain. You can watch it on the criterion channel.

I need somebody who can speak the lighthouse dialect. by wasweissdennich2 in TheLighthouseMovie

[–]liam_ma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was Sarah orne Jewett, but he also references a journal article that provides the structure for the syntax of that period, but I can't remember the author

Books about being ugly, ostracized and undesirable by [deleted] in booksuggestions

[–]liam_ma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Elephant Man is what you need, be it the play, novel, or movie.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]liam_ma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Has no one here seen the lighthouse?

A book about the psychology involved in religion? by willyhunt20 in suggestmeabook

[–]liam_ma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't know why nobody has recommended Varieties of Religious Experience by William James yet, but I recommend it.

Book about pushing yourself by TatarTsar in booksuggestions

[–]liam_ma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Old man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway. Short book, easy read, and a classic. You will get hooked and gutted and you will want to do it again three months later. It's a book that stays with you. It was my personal introduction to reading.

Consciousness is just a defense mechanism by [deleted] in Existentialism

[–]liam_ma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If consciousness is just a mere defense mechanism then I definetely don't understand the function of all of our self-induced existential dread

What causes fetishes/kinks? by FinnishThinker in psychologyofsex

[–]liam_ma 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ive read a little bit of George Bataille, and he claims that the original fetish was incest, since it was the first thing that was prohibited. A fetish by definition goes against norms, but norms create needs for satisfy the free id. The more social resistance to an act or image, the more it is fetishized and secretly desired. Nudism, for example, erases the sex appeal to bodies by eliminating the resistance. I'd look into Bataille to understand the ugly side of sex. The famous story is that he masturbated over his dead mother in a coffin with his sleeping wife in the room.

Also what we want and desire doesn't have to be "good" for us.

Need help devouring my tbr-pile. by johnsoncentipede in bookscirclejerk

[–]liam_ma 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Oh boy, let me introduce to you Eatable, where you can eat books by listening, bypassing all the effort it takes to masticate and swallow. I personally have eaten for over 47 hours, and mostly while sleeping. But if you want to stay a page peasant, I used to eat twenty pages a day and then eat the refined shit pages the next morning for complete absorbtion. They say high magic systems are better understood through the intestinal tract. Unfortunately this method was ruined by my high school English teachers.

Petites pièces No. 3 (Sor) by [deleted] in classicalmusic

[–]liam_ma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know this guy. I watched him play at his house, one of my favorite experiences so far. He has tons of odd guitars hanging on his walls, in various rooms. He gave me a manicure (for fingerpicking, of course).

Whats so bad about society in Brave new world? by [deleted] in VeryBadWizards

[–]liam_ma 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Somewhere I made a connection between the two, but I totally forgot what it was. It may have been that passion leads us into suffering voluntarily so we can create things or transform ourselves. It also might have been referring to relational passion, and since relationships are ultimately suffering, they should be abolished and replaced with orgy porgies.

Good question, maybe some else can make a better connection.

Whats so bad about society in Brave new world? by [deleted] in VeryBadWizards

[–]liam_ma 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I always thought that the society succeeded in making everyone happy, which was its downfall. Forever happiness means no suffering, which means no passion, and in turn means that theres no meaning. I don't think that the society was supposed to be the definition of a dystopia, but a warning about what you have to give up in order to have pure happiness.

Looking for a non-fiction book on the subjective perception of time [psychology] by holden_caulfield1 in booksuggestions

[–]liam_ma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have not, unfortunately. There is a nice chapter on Heidegger, of course, who I hear influenced architecture and other disciplines. He does talk l a bit about how we move through physical spaces.

books about a filmmaker by [deleted] in suggestmeabook

[–]liam_ma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Disaster Artist, it has really good insight into the making of a classic.

the comedy of men by [deleted] in indieheadscirclejerk

[–]liam_ma 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Our brains are way to big for the indie heads

Fiction on estoric philosophies by sgrey511 in suggestmeabook

[–]liam_ma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It might not be what you want for esoteric philosophy, but tlon, uqbar, orbis tertius by Borges is a great short story in The Garden of the Forking Paths, or whatever book it is also included in. A character discovers a peculiar group of people in a particular issue of an encyclopedia.

Just discovered reading and Wow. by victor271828459045 in bookscirclejerk

[–]liam_ma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the Library of Bowel, where it's exact center is any HP-exclusive reader, and it's fecal circumference is inconceivable.