Message from @ETBrooD

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2019-07-12 06:00:25 UTC  

yeah, I do that

2019-07-12 06:00:42 UTC  

I'm very picky about what I give meaning
it helps keep you from getting worked up
i don't like getting worked up.

2019-07-12 06:00:57 UTC  

No point to it really

2019-07-12 06:01:02 UTC  

Probably

2019-07-12 06:01:05 UTC  

Said the nihilist

2019-07-12 06:01:09 UTC  

I used to get very worked up

2019-07-12 06:01:10 UTC  

it sucked

2019-07-12 06:01:11 UTC  

Getting worked up isn’t productive

2019-07-12 06:01:11 UTC  

So I stopped

2019-07-12 06:01:20 UTC  

I go the route recommended by Alan Watts's interpretation of Hindu philosophy, where animated action by living beings is conceptualized as "play". Where does that fall into?

2019-07-12 06:02:00 UTC  

gives other people massive amounts of power over you, if they can change your state of mind easily

2019-07-12 06:03:01 UTC  

@Jack Bright practiced attention/meditation might help you get better control of how you feel, eliminating the sense that you are in fact worked up and making others lose any power over you

2019-07-12 06:03:28 UTC  

Oh I just did that by breaking myself in college and then putting the bits back together in the course of about an hour.

2019-07-12 06:03:39 UTC  

Much faster.

2019-07-12 06:03:58 UTC  

Well if it works, it works

2019-07-12 06:04:04 UTC  

> pragmatist badge

2019-07-12 06:05:17 UTC  

Goodness me I am TEAM BORIS!!!

"I can't dissent!" - flipping takes responsibility. Pulls his sleeves up, gets ready to respect people's opinion. As they're not facts. If you have done a piss poor job, take precedence over that and be held accountable for your actions. Sir Darrach has done that and resigned. I just think it's a sign for old traditions to come back.
https://www.politico.eu/article/exclusive-johnson-finds-it-hard-to-disagree-with-trumps-verdict-on-may/

2019-07-12 06:07:35 UTC  

Just don’t put too much of your faith in politicians.

2019-07-12 06:07:52 UTC  

Perhaps paradoxically, despite being someone who only wishes to be left alone, I want to join the military, a place where by definition nobody leaves you alone.

2019-07-12 06:08:28 UTC  

walking contradictions are fun.

2019-07-12 06:09:38 UTC  

That's not a contradiction if you've only formulated the wish, not done the deed

2019-07-12 06:09:47 UTC  

I am actively working on the deed.

2019-07-12 06:09:48 UTC  

Not necessarily. I’m assuming you’re not a total hermit, you seek to the choice of being able to be left alone. Probably not to be left alone all of the time.

2019-07-12 06:09:59 UTC  

I'm not retarded, so I'm getting a 4 year degree before I go in.

2019-07-12 06:10:05 UTC  

officers make more.

2019-07-12 06:10:39 UTC  

I'm not a total hermit, there are a few people that I enjoy the company of

2019-07-12 06:10:48 UTC  

It’s not a bad gig.

2019-07-12 06:10:54 UTC  

but like

2019-07-12 06:11:01 UTC  

formal gatherings with a ton of strangers, I won't go there unless I have to.

2019-07-12 06:11:09 UTC  

I am a total hermit. I have my bat cave and I like it.

2019-07-12 06:11:50 UTC  

According to a recent video I watched, the average person can only have a handful true friends, the rest are just people they know

2019-07-12 06:11:52 UTC  

I have like two people I'm fanatically loyal to and about two other close friends. Everyone else is 'acquaintance' at best.

2019-07-12 06:12:24 UTC  

Tolerated, maybe liked, never anything more.

2019-07-12 06:12:37 UTC  

Still, I carefully ensure that I myself am liked, because I have no time for enemies.

2019-07-12 06:12:40 UTC  

That's nothing out of the ordinary

2019-07-12 06:12:48 UTC  

It used to be normal pre 21st century

2019-07-12 06:13:34 UTC  

I want to join the military for veteren benefits so after I get out of the military I can fuck off and be left alone again but with better stuff.

2019-07-12 06:13:56 UTC  

I hear they screw over veterans regularly

2019-07-12 06:13:57 UTC  

Also because muh nationalism

2019-07-12 06:13:59 UTC  

or just do what you want all the time

2019-07-12 06:13:59 UTC  

Not sure if true