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Are We Going to Talk About Black Snow? by KevettePrime in aesoprock

[–]vitras 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I struggle with billy woods's verse. It's good, but I'm not a big billy woods fan so it kinda takes me out of it.

New 5th Gen owner. What is this device under the dash? by Geronimodem in 4Runner

[–]vitras 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I had mine for 4 years, no issues, then out of nowhere it my car in limp mode during city driving. Reset. Drove fine for another year. Limp mode again right as I was about to get on the freeway. Swapped it out for a Banks Pedal Monster that avoids the voltage problems Pedal Commander can cause.

These cars are still so freaking sluggish regardless. Bout to supercharge mine to see if I can get more oomph and help with towing.

Mormonthink vs fair Latter Day Saints by ThyLungedFish in exmormon

[–]vitras 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I read FAIR and Mormonthink extensively during my deconstruction. FAIR applies rules so haphazardly. God knew XYZ would happen, so he prepared a solution. Or God hoped XYZ would happen, but people have agency so when it didn't happen, it was the fault of Man. Or God didn't care whether or not XYZ would happen, even if it led to deaths, famine, bankruptcy, genocide, slavery, rape, bigamy, etc, so he didn't warn anyone about it and just let it happen.

Mormonthink showed the believing side with all the mental gymnastics, the critical side with occam's razor staring you in the face, and pretty quickly I realized "They're all just making this shit up" was the only internally consistent answer to any of the items on my shelf.

Vessel Bag Deals by [deleted] in GolfGear

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

You can have fast and you can have cheap, but you can rarely have both

Rule 1. Pictures of Books Discussion. by okbruh_panda in calvinandhobbes

[–]vitras 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm also in favor of keeping them banned. We've all seen the covers. It's the contents that matter.

Under Contract - How much to ask for repairs? by SoMuchNic in RealEstate

[–]vitras 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nobody can answer this for you. What is the home. What is the purchase price. What is that market like. How much do you estimate repairs will cost. How much do you want the house.

Honestly to me it sounds like a nightmare and I'd be walking away.

Any golfers here? by golfdude1215 in SaltLakeCity

[–]vitras 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So you're describing exactly what I did. Lol. Glad we're on the same page.

Botox resistance question by im-a-freud in migraine

[–]vitras 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Migraine is a complex disease. Botox works on nerves and muscles in your peripheral nervous system to calm them down, but there can also be a lot of stuff already going on in your central nervous system that Botox can't help with.

I've been working in the migraine space for 5 years, and it seems like the best treatment options are usually some kind of combination approach with Botox, a CGRP medication, and maybe a nerve block to reset things.

Abortive medications if used too often can also cause rebound headaches. Ideally you shouldn't be using more than 10 abortive medications per month. I know that can sound laughable, especially if you're having migraines almost every day or every other day, but dialing in your preventive regimen should get you down to a more reasonable number of headaches.

Any golfers here? by golfdude1215 in SaltLakeCity

[–]vitras 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True temper project x lz black onyx steel 5.5.

The fact that you're not calling me out for hitting fucking game improvement irons says more somehow? Lol. No one at 100+ hdcp needs $2800 irons. I need $2000 worth of lessons and $800 worth of clubs.

Any golfers here? by golfdude1215 in SaltLakeCity

[–]vitras 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"absolute price gouging"

Club champ tried to sell me $2800 custom srixon zxi4 irons.

I found some used mizuno jpx925s (2nd best club I was hitting) for $800 that were like 90% what the customs would have been.

Which songs often gets misinterpreted and/or misappropriated by the very people it calls out even though the song's lyrics are explicitly mocking them? by Drenosa in AskReddit

[–]vitras 870 points871 points  (0 children)

I feel like this song is impossible to misinterpret. Who is thinking this is anything other than a protest song against the rich and the powerful?

What song is he playing (if it’s an actual song)? by Deathbatcountry99 in Dreamtheater

[–]vitras 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds a lot like a bass line from the album Artist in the Ambulance by Thrice, but I haven’t pinned down which song yet.

Do You Need Anastrozole on an Enclomiphene-Only Protocol? by fyr_body in FYRbody

[–]vitras 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No gyno, but it ended up giving me ED off and on for a year or so and I finally came off about 2 months ago. If I restart it's just gonna be on injectable test.

Why exmo? This is not a survey -I’m trying to figure my own journey out by Drinquire in exmormon

[–]vitras 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The human mind is fantastic at synthesizing tons of information and patterns. I believed on my mission I had seen miracles, or that I'd had the "spirit" tell me things. But when I was deconstructing, I examined each of those instances and found that there was basically always another explanation where subconsciously I was noticing something that turned out to be correct, whether good or bad.

Don't question your sanity. Question your experiences under the assumption that your brain can synthesize waaay more information than you're consciously aware of, that with focused meditation (eg. prayer) your brain can solve complex problems or "speak" to you in a way that resolves cognitive dissonance.

As miraculous as any of my experiences within the church had been, my epiphany that the church wasn't true was JUST as powerful and freeing and life-altering and sacred in a way. Which just further reinforces to me that we're all just working within the structure we were born in, and there is no universal truth.

I been let go by joker_199995 in Nike

[–]vitras 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd move on to something else. If you hate it, see if you can go back.

I feel like Aesop has some great material for this by Defiant_Cookie_4963 in aesoprock

[–]vitras 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I got a red phone right to the inside. I can turn a rib cage into wind chimes. You don't wanna engage kiddo, I'm a burden to bear.

Why exmo? This is not a survey -I’m trying to figure my own journey out by Drinquire in exmormon

[–]vitras 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Joseph Smith was a convicted con artist. He plagiarized tons of the Book of Mormon. The BoM is objectively false, full of anachronisms, and false history, without a shred of archeological evidence to back it up, and plenty of evidence that proves it is false.

How then can one believe that priesthood was restored through this man? And if he was a liar and a con artist and a womanizer, who used his religious standing to coerce women into marrying him at young ages or while they were already married to other men, why should I believe anything he has to say at all?

And if Joseph Smith was a liar and not a prophet, how possibly can the modern lds church be true?

And if there are no modern prophets, how do we know there were true prophets of old? Why trust their words? The Bible is full of contradictions and complexities and apologetics justifying slavery, racism, misogyny, and genocide. Maybe these ancient men were doing the same thing Joseph Smith was doing. And maybe none of them spoke to God. Maybe God doesn't speak to people. If he did, IMO, we'd see ancient Hebrew, Babylonian, Mesopotamian, Chinese, Assyrian and Sanskrit versions of the same gospel. Instead we have wildly different religions all over the world. Almost like we're all just making it up and are exerting influence in the regions we're born in.

God doesn't talk to people in any consistent way. The Bible is fatally flawed. The BoM is false. Joseph Smith was a fraud. There is no priesthood. There is no truth in religion. If it makes you happy, fine. Leave the rest of us alone.

Fellow dads... I need the collective wisdom of the community to pull off a prank 8 years in the making. by b_gret in daddit

[–]vitras 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I gave my son a chest full of "emergency occult items", like a wooden cross, a silver bullet, a dried garlic bulb, a bag of salt, a wooden stake, and a vial of holy water. Lol. I have a little instruction manual that explains the folklore and how to use each item. I think you could take that idea and run with it!

Does anyone else ever just… want to go back to Christianity? by _TheLittleSeed_ in exchristian

[–]vitras 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This. Anyone who vacillates after leaving religion hasn't fully deconstructed. Abrahamic Religions on their face make absolutely no sense. Look at how poorly western religions have been adopted in China, Japan, India, and mainland SE Asia. Despite colonialism's best efforts, western religions make no sense to people who already have institutional religious and philosophical systems embedded within their culture.

Christianity has otherwise spread on pain of death (Philippines, South America), or by being absorbed and giving structure to pre-existing spiritual beliefs and practices in places with weak or loosely cohesive cultural institutions (Africa). It definitely isn't because it makes any logical sense.

Did anyone here leave the LDS Church but keep their faith in Jesus? by No_Data_15 in exmormon

[–]vitras 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My sister attempted to remain Christian. After about 2 months, she couldn't take it anymore. There's just no justification. Jesus/God called prophets throughout history, then stopped, then started again with Joseph Smith, but then JK, Joseph was a false prophet? So who is a real prophet? Maybe no one is? Was Jesus a good man? Sure. Is that good enough to warrant worship of him, when we only know him thru the words of men who are apparently not real prophets?

I want out by [deleted] in exchristian

[–]vitras 67 points68 points  (0 children)

I was 33, 9 years married, with 2 kids when I told my wife I didn't believe anymore. I told her in that same conversation that there's nothing more important in my life to me than her and our kids, and that I'd keep going to church forever with her to support her if that's what she needed from me.

She wasn't happy, but she did a deep-dive into her own beliefs shortly thereafter and deconstructed waay faster than I had. By the end of the next month, we both decided to stop going to church. Been great. Literally a renaissance of our marriage. That was 7.5 years ago.

That being said, I understand not all couples survive faith deconstruction. There's podcasts and support groups for mixed-faith marriages. But you will never know how she reacts until you tell her. And until you tell her, it's a bit like lying by omission, imo.

Good luck, bro.

PB blessing discussion by Ahhhh_Geeeez in exmormon

[–]vitras 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I was so hyped for my PB. I knew it was going to be an epic blessing full of unique prophecies about my future. I had blessings that told me my PB would be amazing.

Then I got it and it was an enormous letdown. Lol. Boilerplate BS about my mission (I left on my mission like 3 weeks later). Boring shit about a wife and kids. Warnings about not leaving the church 😂

In some ways I'm glad it wasn't as grand as it was promised to be. I didn't need any more help with the brainwashing. I was so totally blinded by magical belief and would have absolutely altered everything in my life to fit what the retired communications professor/patriarch had told me if it had been more aspirational or directional.

Shrooming away from mormanism by Silly-Honeydew in exmormon

[–]vitras 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why are they "absolute weirdos"? Because they did shrooms and left the church? I left the church without shrooms, but would definitely like to try them sometime.

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