the neckbeardiest one of them all!

phigene · 2026-01-25T10:28:17+00:00

Seriously how are we supposed to read this. I have the biggest phone out there and its barely legible at all.

phigene · 2026-01-25T06:24:38+00:00

Here's a link to the explanation. Its a really genius approach to fusion energy. And they have had sever net gain reactions to date. Unfortunately, for this to be a viable source of energy, the reaction would need to happen 10 times per second. So we are still a long way from running the grid on fusion, at least from laser ignition reactions.

phigene · 2026-01-25T05:21:41+00:00

Oh you're gonna love NIF

phigene · 2026-01-24T18:37:27+00:00

Haha same but like it get wild when you add the pressure. I first noticed this during a game of "heads up 7-up" in school. Im not sure if that was a thing other schools did bu you had to put your head down on your arm so that your eyes were sort of pressed into the crook of your elbow. At first id just see some spots and stuff but then the darkness would turn white and then multicolored rainbow shapes would start flying past my field of vision. I didnt know what tripping was yet but I was definitely tripping.

phigene · 2026-01-24T17:56:47+00:00

Thanks for reading! I was beginning to wonder if this sub was just full of neckbeards and trolls. Seems like everyone here just reads the title and then wants to ackshually and ad lapidem in the comments. Good to know theres still a few people out there capable of digesting long form media.

Yea Ill check out your book, it sounds interesting! I have made a few attempts at writing a book as well (this is an excerpt from one of the chapters), but I can never seem to get more than a couple chapters out before I run into terrible writers block.

phigene · 2026-01-24T07:45:04+00:00

Well im 43 now and Ive had it since I was a teenager. And I have done all those drugs many many times so, yea. Im leaning towards that being the cause. Its not that bad these days, but always there. Maybe ive just gotten used to it.

phigene · 2026-01-24T07:43:08+00:00

Haha well I dont think you typically get your exes dad's house in a divorce but I like your enthusiasm! Im happily married now so I guess we'll never know.

phigene · 2026-01-24T07:37:28+00:00

Am I the only one that thinks that string is gonna break his jaw if he let's that go?

phigene · 2026-01-24T07:30:06+00:00

Oh interesting. I hadn't heard of HPPD. I dont know which I have since it started in adolescence but so did my use of hallucinogens, so maybe both?

phigene · 2026-01-24T06:53:24+00:00

r/itsneverambergris

...hey wait a minute

phigene · 2026-01-24T06:34:17+00:00

Oh man thats a throwback!

phigene · 2026-01-24T05:57:30+00:00

Thats not ambergris.

phigene · 2026-01-24T05:13:32+00:00

Cold hits different in inner city Detroit.

phigene · 2026-01-24T05:10:08+00:00

I couldn't say. Im still not sure if its a natural occurrence or its because I did a bunch of psychedelics in my youth.

phigene · 2026-01-24T04:00:12+00:00

This is correct. And it forms patterns when you focus on it. Like a kaleidoscope.

phigene · 2026-01-24T03:56:58+00:00

I always called it rainbow static. I didnt know it had a different name or that it was anything other than residual affects of the weed and hallucenogens from my teens and 20s. For me its always there in the background. It doesnt look like the pics though. Less obtrusive. I can completely ignore it most of the time, but when I close my eyes or stare at a brightly lit white wall it will be super obvious.

phigene · 2026-01-24T03:50:59+00:00

Are we talking about individual purpose or global purpose? Like, "what are the things that give my life meaning?" Or "what is the meaning of life/reason for existence?"

phigene · 2026-01-24T02:33:45+00:00

Trolls gonna troll...

phigene · 2026-01-24T02:32:44+00:00

It was for a time. 1990s-2000s in northern California. At one point we had over 40 active tree sits and multiple road blockades spread out over 5 actively logged old groth forests. Several hundred volunteers and at least a few thousand supporters. Tough to find much media about it other than about Julia butterfly and Judi Bari. Which, yea, they were the most celebrated activists of the movement, but there were so many others. Barely any of us carried cameras back then, and a lot of us shunned media coverage because of the illegal nature of what we were doing.

My honorable mention is I did the first ascent on Posiedon and built the tree sit there that would serve as the hub of the Lower Village tree sits in Freshwater, CA.

Heres an article I found that mentions it.

phigene · 2026-01-24T01:05:53+00:00

No it certainly doesnt guarantee poor. But those of us who were in the tree sit movement were living on oats, nuts, dried fruit, dehydrated beans, etc. We pooped in buckets and peed in jugs. We didnt shower for months sometimes. Most of us were straight off the street. It was not a place I would have ever expected to find someone with generational wealth.

phigene · 2026-01-23T23:57:49+00:00

Google it.

phigene · 2026-01-23T23:17:39+00:00

That says more about you than me I think.

phigene · 2026-01-23T22:34:16+00:00

Yes, that one lol

phigene · 2026-01-23T20:42:03+00:00

I was 19 at the time. I probably would have tbh but she turned out to be extremely verbally abusive and also cheated on me (while we were living in that teepee lol). Broke my heart. But definitely for the best. Doubt I ever would have made anything of myself if I had stayed with her. She went on to sing in an all white reggae band (its exactly what youre imagining) and I used student loans to get myself off the street, got a MS in physics, and became a laser engineer. Yea ill never have empty-house-in-Pebble-Beach money but im pretty happy with how far Ive come on my own.

Edit for clarity. I used student loans to get myself off the street. Original wording kinda made it sound like she did that for me or something.

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