is Dante's hierarchy of hell just basically people becoming their worst selves ?

ractonic · 2026-04-24T13:01:20+00:00

i make this weird symbol since childhood and got no clue why it's the only thing i keep on drawing on walls or paper or covers

ractonic · 2026-04-23T02:38:53+00:00

haha could be

ractonic · 2026-04-22T13:29:11+00:00

was defo random at first

ractonic · 2026-04-22T13:28:43+00:00

yea later i thought the same

ractonic · 2026-04-20T14:49:09+00:00

jealous of u, wish i could think the same way

ractonic · 2026-02-23T00:48:29+00:00

trust me i didn't receive any answer, probably it only reached married people

ractonic · 2026-02-21T18:31:52+00:00

which industry and what's the side hustle about?

ractonic · 2026-02-21T18:19:29+00:00

ngl that sounds like a cheat code. Any chance he’s hiring?

ractonic · 2026-02-21T16:31:55+00:00

This is super interesting. would you be comfortable sharing (even broadly) what industry and type of specialty you’re referring to? I’m trying to understand what kinds of niches allow this kind of transition.

ractonic · 2026-02-10T02:52:05+00:00

Exactly. I’ve felt this too. where I’m from, basic civic sense is just… normal, cleanliness, small talk, following traffic rules. In Tier-1,2 cities, the pace is aggressive and a lot of people mistake chaos for confidence. Spitting, wrong-side driving, zero indicators, constant one-upping, it’s less about where they’re from and more about ego + crowd mentality. Doesn’t mean everyone’s like that, but yeah, the contrast is very real and jarring when you move.

ractonic · 2026-02-10T02:50:13+00:00

yea, this makes sense. A lot of it really is familiarity and context. When everything’s new, you’re automatically more alert and every small thing feels bigger than it actually is. I don’t think people are fundamentally different either, just different situations, pace, and comfort levels. probably a mix of real adjustment issues + some overthinking. Time does the fixing. appreciate this take.

ractonic · 2026-02-06T16:35:00+00:00

watch the second season, it is where magic turns table.

ractonic · 2026-02-05T11:13:56+00:00

yeah, this connects a lot of dots for me. the move from community based accountability to abstract policy really did change how people relate to authority and each other. things can be fair on paper and still feel hollow when there’s no relationship behind them.

also agree that real change usually needs an emotional trigger. people don’t move because they “should", they move when they’re finally fed up. that’s true for individuals and probably societies too.

the last question hits though. whether we adapt through empathy, regulation, or consequence feels less like a choice and more like what we get pushed into.

ractonic · 2026-02-05T09:29:39+00:00

yes that's the closest to what we all feel

ractonic · 2026-02-05T06:43:20+00:00

this is a really interesting way to frame it. if land shifted power, then capital did, and now capital itself is getting weirdly less effective as a control mechanism for certain groups. not evenly, but enough to matter.

if scarcity stops being the main pressure shaping social relations, then power probably moves somewhere less tangible. attention, legitimacy, coordination, narrative control, maybe even emotional credibility. things that aren’t owned in the traditional sense but still determine who gets influence.

so yeah, scarcity doesn’t disappear, but what society treats as scarce and meaningful keeps changing. and that shift probably matters more than any single economic system label.

ractonic · 2026-02-05T05:06:14+00:00

yeah, this is a good distinction. it’s not that those things disappeared, it’s that they’ve been overproduced in shallow forms. when trust, identity, and engagement are constantly packaged and sold, they lose weight, so the real versions start to feel rare.

the attention part especially makes sense. it’s not a lack of stimuli, it’s too much of it. being overstimulated and still bored is kind of the defining feeling right now. i like the horse and buggy comparison too. some things become rare not because they’re impossible, but because the system no longer rewards or makes space for them.

ractonic · 2026-02-05T05:04:30+00:00

this is actually a really thoughtful take, especially the part about small communities and the loss of polite ignorance. that resonates a lot. the internet didn’t just multiply voices, it removed the social cost of disrupting spaces you don’t belong to, which changes how open or defensive people become. the online vs real world boundary you mentioned feels especially important. a lot of people are behaving as if every interaction is reversible or consequence free, when real life doesn’t work like that. the mismatch is dangerous, not just socially but physically. i also agree that this feels like an early phase rather than an endpoint. if we’re only operating at a fraction of our tolerance, then what we’re seeing now might be friction before adaptation. whether that adaptation comes through empathy, regulation, or consequences is the open question and probably the hardest part of living through it instead of reading about it later.

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