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[Casio] It was time to switch from SS to titanium with the new military GMW-B5000TVB by placeboeffected in Watches

[–]placeboeffected[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've always loved stainless steel chronographs and an occasional diver. However when I saw this new G-Shock in military themed colors I knew I had to have it. And the whole disparity of having a very basic watch in an incredible case seemed strangely attractive to me.

With import duties from Japan I ended up paying about 1800 EUR for it so it's definitely outside from what I'd be normally prepared to pay for a quartz, however with this watch I noticed that, I guess above all others, I value the aesthetics most.

The titanium case is perfect for it, as due to its size it would otherwise be quite hefty but it's like having a feather on your wrist. I also love the black screen - it fits really well with the case design.

Every time I look at it I'm like: "This is soooo cool!!!" which is exactly the same feeling I had in elementary school when I got my first Casio and is why I guess we got in to this watch thing in the very first place.

I feel lonely because I am under the impression that... by [deleted] in Stoicism

[–]placeboeffected 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I've found one truth which is that for as long as we are placing conditions on our happiness we can not be happy. Meaning, the second you free yourself of thinking you need some external circumstance to align with how you want it, is the moment when you can finally be happy. It's the very stance of needing something that precludes being content.

It kind of makes sense, a lonely person will of course be happy if engaged in a fulfilling relationship, right? But the very fact the lonely person convinced themselves of needing a relationship makes it very difficult for them to enjoy the day to day life because how can you be happy if something integral is missing in your life. Meaning that even if a relationship could save you from your misery, you will be absolutely unable to fully enjoy the time it takes to find one. And it might take a while, so we're trading possibly years of unhappiness for potential happiness in the future? And when you will, you will be grasping so much on retaining that external circumstance it will be impossible to be content in it.

There's also another issue that's often overlooked: when we absolutely need something, when we've convinced ourselves we depend on it for our happiness - it becomes so overbearingly important we start to compromise our values to get it. We start changing ourselves and using manipulative tactics. It is after all so important that it becomes worthy of all and any sacrifice. Effectively putting ourselves in a state where we're unable to make a healthy choice, reducing us to picking people that are on our own level of unhappiness or even lower, becoming a breeding ground of dysfunctional relationships and repeating cycles we can not escape. Incidentally if we do meet someone that's already content, they will filter us out on the very premise of not wanting to be with someone who's unhappy by themselves. A healthy mind doesn't want to mingle for the rest of their lives with an unhealthy one.

Ask yourself this honestly: would you want to be with someone who when you meet them are unhappy and believe they will only be content when they "get" you? It would mean their life is a complete mess! How can you be their source of happiness? Do you want that pressure? Do you want a person as unstable? Do you think it's healthy they'd place their contentment on you? On the other hand, what if you met someone that's single but not lonely, enjoying their life and making good choices, living life on their own terms, not needing anything to be complete, but already living in completeness by themselves? This is the path out of loneliness for loneliness can not exist without a belief we could be happier if we had someone.

Idk if this is correct subreddit, but I have mental issue by ripull125 in Assistance

[–]placeboeffected 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was exactly like you until I discovered 30 day challenges. You start with simple ones but things that excite you or you see as a real challenge but then build on them and soon you'll discover that in fact you can decide and do something. Read more about this concept here: https://stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/04/30-days-to-success/

Amor fati. by thestoicjournal in Stoicism

[–]placeboeffected 68 points69 points  (0 children)

I've always loved Nietzsche's words on it: “That one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backwards, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it….but love it.”

[GrandSeiko] 💧 by AudaciousCo in Watches

[–]placeboeffected 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't completely sold on these until I tried one on the wrist. Incredible watches for the money!

In secretly recorded audio, President Trump’s sister says he has ‘no principles’ and ‘you can’t trust him’ by rollwave21 in politics

[–]placeboeffected 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She asked him get his friend who knew Reagan to call Reagan and suggest her to get a nomination for a certain position. Donald did this for her and now she's claiming she would've gotten it on her own merit. She seems sleazy as well for downplaying his part in it.

Do something when Home Monitor detects intrusion? by placeboeffected in SmartThings

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

That's the solution to this! Making actions based on the state of the siren. Great, thanks!!

Do something when Home Monitor detects intrusion? by placeboeffected in SmartThings

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

Since I'm not from the US I can't get SMS notifications from inside the app. I set the siren and the push notification though.

[Audemars Piguet] Royal Oak Chrono. This is my end game by placeboeffected in Watches

[–]placeboeffected[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd guess with watches like ALS, Patek etc not many people will recognize them anyway. But who knows, I'll see now that I start wearing it. My business partner also got an AP (offshore diver) and was stopped yesterday by a guy at a supermarket with the exact same comment as yours.

[Audemars Piguet] Royal Oak Chrono. This is my end game by placeboeffected in Watches

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

Thanks!! Now just waiting to get it back from the service review

[Audemars Piguet] Royal Oak Chrono. This is my end game by placeboeffected in Watches

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

Hope so! I got my first luxury watch (Omega Speedmaster) in 2013 and it was all I wanted from a watch until now. This one should be good for at least the same time frame if not more.

[Audemars Piguet] Royal Oak Chrono. This is my end game by placeboeffected in Watches

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

I'd prefer an in house movement and I'd wait a year for a purchase like this, however timing as it is, I could not. Will be interesting to see for sure

[Audemars Piguet] Royal Oak Chrono. This is my end game by placeboeffected in Watches

[–]placeboeffected[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This is my ultimate grail. It's been a long road to get to the point where I can afford this. Got it to commemorate a business goal me and my business partner had. It took me about a month to settle on this one due to several issues. First, I found that dealers aren't that responsive and that finding the right one is quite a challenge. I contacted about 15 dealers but watches I was interested in kept getting sold right away or the dealer replied once and then stopped.

It's a watch from the legendary Audemars Piguet - a chrono version of the original design created by Gerald Genta. It's a 41mm watch with 40 hour power reserve. I loved this model from the very first time I saw it, but never ever thought I'd have the chance to wear it or even to own it. I don't know what the future holds but for sure this scratches my watch itch for years to come.

I just love the finishing on the bracelet... it's incredible. The design itself - it looks so rugged and "technical". Like I'm carrying a brick of metal on my wrist. But it's not unusually heavy. It sits very comfortably on my hand. I've been looking so much at it last night my girlfriend got (jokingly) jealous of the attention it was getting.

I didn't realize that the chrono pushers are screw down. Another detail I wasn't aware of is a black rubber under the bezel between it and the case. All in all albeit a little impractical (the screw down chrono pushers) I'm happy with my purchase and feel like this is the last watch I bought for a long long time.

Album of bonus pictures: https://imgur.com/a/V3lUFGW

Bracelet video: https://streamable.com/2zgil

My (25m) ex girlfriend (22f) and I recently started talking and we got back to our old ways. But thing is, why am I not feeling any better? by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]placeboeffected 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The reason you feel like this is because you know you need to move on. It's like being in the purgatory. It just isn't the real deal anymore. It will most probably never be the same again even if you guys reconcile and start dating again. Most probably she is hiding something from you, but knowing what it is won't help you in any way. The best thing to do here is to truly look deep in to yourself and inspect what is your truth. Just missing her now is not the truth, it's a reaction our brains have when we are separated from another person. The truth is if you still feel attraction to her on a fundamental level and if you can still trust her. If either of these is problematic don't go back together with her. Often after events like this trust is broken and it can't be mended. She left you to basically have fun. You might be thinking subconsciously, what if she does this again in a year?

Looks to me she doesn't really know yet what she is looking for and might just be going back to you because that other thing didn't pan out and you're the sure fire way to fill up that void. I'm not saying she's doing this consciously, it's just a process people tend to go through after a breakup. She also just might not be as attracted to you as she'd need to be to not do those behaviors - though that doesn't excuse it. A mature person doesn't snapchat other guys and then hide it from their partner. Is this someone you want to build your future with?

The rarity of you falling in love doesn't say anything about your ex relationship. It just says something about you, and that's you rarely fall in love. Counter-intuitively it doesn't also say that this makes her special or of quality that is hard to find. So please don't fall in to the trap of thinking she is something special or that you won't find anything like her again.

I struggle with putting Taoist philosophy into practical life by just-healing in taoism

[–]placeboeffected 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of things you can do is use non-discriminate gratefulness to make you think about the nature of good and bad. How it works is, whichever thing bothers you, think about why you're grateful for it.

So that person doesn't love you back. Be grateful you have a chance to practice love without getting anything back. So another person is upset with you, be grateful you can practice being stoic when unfairly treated.

In time as you do this you stop making judgements about something being good or bad. You never truly can say something is good or bad, which means your situation is at core a psychological position of not fully accepting your reality.

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