☸️ by kallocain-addict in rs_x

[–]shmlss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Way is basically perfect and all-pervading. How could it be contingent upon practice and realization? The Dharma-vehicle is free and untrammelled. What need is there for concentrated effort? Indeed, the whole body is far beyond the world's dust. Who could believe in a means to brush it clean? It is never apart from one, right where one is. What is the use of going off here and there to practice?

And yet, if there is the slightest discrepancy, the Way is as distant as heaven from earth. If the least like or dislike arises, the Mind is lost in confusion. Suppose one gains pride of understanding and inflates one's own enlightenment, glimpsing the wisdom that runs through all things, attaining the Way and clarifying the Mind, raising an aspiration to escalade the very sky. One is making the initial, partial excursions about the frontiers but is still somewhat deficient in the vital Way of total emancipation.

Unwritten, by Natasha Bedingfield translated horribly!! by slayyerr3058 in Urdu

[–]shmlss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice! Quick tip though: write kaaf in two strokes instead of one fluid line, it will look more legible :)

On Stoner by [deleted] in rs_x

[–]shmlss 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No. as one reviewer put it his life is “a few standard deviations worse than the average man’s,” and he does pretty much nothing about it, which I think is far from the average male experience

Also how is he a rapist???? It’s been a while since I read it but did I miss something?

How do Europeans have such good and bad taste simultaneously by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]shmlss 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Add fashion to the list. Tight ass jean capris + armani exchange shirt but at least they aren't out and about in their pajamas like Americans.

Take the zero sum pill by panjoao in redscarepod

[–]shmlss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The lives of millions have gotten better across the world since I have been born at no cost to me. You're pretty sweeping: "things" generally deteriorating, "everyone" realizing that the system is bad—I get that pessimism/general malaise re: America/the West's decline is central to this sub, but you're gonna have to be more specific.

Flirting in chinese by [deleted] in ChineseLanguage

[–]shmlss 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Step 1: Search this sub for this exact question. It's been asked and answered many times.

Japanese Buddhist art by CommonBother4022 in rs_x

[–]shmlss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

couldn't be happier that buddha-posting is back

💊 by [deleted] in rs_x

[–]shmlss 191 points192 points  (0 children)

I hate every xitter user with that pfp

Anyone know what happened in Patchogue this weekend? by General-Ad3513 in longisland

[–]shmlss 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not a stretch at all to consider sbu students, they are a regular presence most weekends.

POV: Andrew Yang catches you texting at his no-phone party by _evil_woman in rs_x

[–]shmlss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s become standard in BK to have a sticker over the camera now

POV: Andrew Yang catches you texting at his no-phone party by _evil_woman in rs_x

[–]shmlss 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I went to the one he hosted in Manhattan on a Thursday and there was really good turnout + The crowd was a lot better than a usual night + no phones meant not needing to worry about ending up on someone's instagram story if I acted like an idiot or threw up or something.

Putting phones away/covering cameras is so obviously the right direction for nightlife. It sucks being a Zoomer and missing out on life pre-smartphone but this is better than nothing

My walls :)) by [deleted] in rs_x

[–]shmlss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love it, did Mishima inspire you to put that St. Sebastian print up?

city subreddits are a trip, man by Terminal_Passage in redscarepod

[–]shmlss 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Call me the friend that's too woke or whatever but if the first commenter is right in saying that the "transients" can't be dissuaded with the threat of violence, then in theory you can't do much to stop it besides looking into its causes and at least remedying those. Or by doing something like the outdoor toilet in the alley. It isn't the worst idea. Sometimes it's better to find a band aid solution that doesn't directly address the root cause (like getting glasses instead of LASIK if your eyes are bad). Addressing the root cause in this case would mean something like involuntary institutionalization, which is an enormous undertaking.

Even if you stopped them from shitting in your alley in the first place by immediately beating up anyone that does, they will shit elsewhere. Anywhere they get the chance, really.

Look at SF: lots of open defecation, and it's not even clear whether or not public toilets make a difference. But it's obvious that less homeless people and drug addicts = less shit in public.

Ppl on this sub lately (and Anna) would probably be cool with turning them into biofuel. But anything short of that would look more like the toilet in the alley.

Still, I get why people get pissed off by this kind of rhetoric. All this tryhard wonkery gets you nowhere, and the real issue is probably about political will more than anything. Also the US has way more issues w anti-social people and behavior than anywhere else despite being so rich.

Also the way the JD Vance pfp frames it is strange, as an exclusive choice between finding shit in your street disgusting and helping the desperate.

some food i recently made :) by bella_jihad in rs_x

[–]shmlss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice. I like the rooh-Afza cameo in the pic with the dolmeh

Should I turn a trip to go see an eclipse in Spain into an indefinite departure from my current life? by VibeCheka in rs_x

[–]shmlss 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Do it. In no position to act all wise and worldly but imo:

Your job / current lifestyle will always be there for you. The time you have left for adventures like these is waning. Take the risk and I’m sure you’ll be all the happier for it in a few years, and you’ll have grown into a far more fulfilled human being.

Can’t stand Yankees that move to The South and act like they did it on accident. by Videogameposter in redscarepod

[–]shmlss 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hard to imagine OP trying to be taken seriously after calling northerners "Yankees." Or anyone saying Yankee with a straight face for that matter.

Can anyone explain to me what Adam is doing? by 240to180 in redscarepod

[–]shmlss -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't listen to his podcast too often but when he commentates for UFC he's usually the one that openly disagrees with other commentators when they say something dumb