Message from @Dick Dastardly™
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honestly that is why I prefer being alone...I have to dumb myself down to be around others
Have you encountered anyone that's on your level?
online
Likewise. It's glorious.
technology is our saviour!!!!!!<:Triggered:446756080618438676>
It really is.
I use stoic meditations because a good part of my inner dialogue is a loop of things that suck about my life
also at the halfway point of my life so boom fuck socety and they enslavement of men through ignorance
Focusing on that can fuck up your ability to operate in the world
When you finally don't have to dumb down your engagement and you can mentally flex and test yourself against a comparable intellect, it's like waking up from a shit dream and finally stretching muscles you had but couldn't use.
Oh yeah.. you gotta get ahold of that dick
bullshit life is a shit ton of compartmentalizing
I programed a defensive subroutine where I remind myself of all the shit I've overcome and how some things aren't under my control
It helps a lot
Stoicism at work.
I'm trying to get in the habit of doing the three meditations
That’s good
That loop is what caused me to lose so much sleep over the years. The worst
smart man keep as much control over self as you can to steer you to what you need
I used to be high on cannabis 24/7 before I started practicing stoic thought
Congrats on reclaiming your mind.
Funny you guys are talking about people on your level. I met a guy in real life last weekend at a friends house who I felt was on my level. It was nice. Strange in a way.
It's always exciting to meet a comrade so to speak
I’d like to stay in touch with the guy but didn’t want to get his number and try and be his friend. I’ll probably see him around
men don't make friends well
His wife seemed cool, for a wife. I really can’t be friends with men with wives. It always gets weird
They become attracted to me and it doesn’t end well.
We just hold each other to standards if we're doing it right.
I think he meant it’s hard for men to make friends
Off-topic but, anyone here read Wheel of Time books?
My neighbors lent me the first two books and I loved them
Went and got the audiobooks as a result
Sounds familiar but l, no. Fantasy?
Yeah, high fantasy
The author is Robert Jordan
He took inspiration from lots of Indo-European religions and myths and made his own thing
I've heard of his stuff.
I’ll check it out. It’s embarrassing to say but I just started reading again after years of not reading. Felt so good. I read a lot as a kid
I read with audiobooks most of the time, while I'm working
No shame in that