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    And I remember... I... I... I cried, I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out, I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never want to forget it... I never want to forget.
    And then I realized - like I was shot... like I was shot with a diamond, a diamond bullet right through my forehead. And I thought, my God... the genius of that! The genius! The will to do that! Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, pure. And then I realized they were stronger than me, because they could stand that. These were not monsters, these were tulpas - trained individuals who had friends, families, who were filled with love. But they had the strength - the strength... to do that.
    You have to have tulpas who are moral... and at the same time who are able to utilize their primordial instincts to act without feeling... without passion... without judgment... without judgment! Because it's judgment that defeats us.

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  1. I'd like to make a movie where the apocalypse happens, everybody dies and the screen just remains static for another hour. That's art.
  2. We'll see if anyone is dumb enough to pull another Pearl Harbor. And yes, the parallels of Putin’s war against Ukraine to Hitler's invasion of Poland are unsettling. Same narrative. The great danger is that a lot of other countries will now try to expand their influence by using military force. We already see it in the Middle East but the elephant in the room is China vs. Taiwan. This is where the real fun begins.
  3. World War III started on Feb, 24th 2022, my friend! The US are just late to the party, like in WWI and WWII.
  4. I am strongly myopic and have a simple and easy to correct astigmatism. Contacts work great for me, I even wore them on expeditions while crawling through some swamps at the other end of the world for weeks. Disposable ones aren't an issue as long as I can disinfect my hands. Don't even need a mirror. Also swimming and even scuba diving works with contacts without problems which isn't possible with glasses. Contacts are great for any outdoor activity but sitting in front of a screen for hours with them is uncomfortable for me. While they correct my vision near perfectly on long distances, I see artifacts when reading texts as the lenses move independent from each other. Very tiring for the eyes. I use glasses instead. So I switch between monthly contacts which have superior oxygen permeability for everyday outdoor stuff, daily contacts where things get dirty, dusty or I can't maintain proper hygiene, and glasses for indoor stuff. I have thought about eye surgery, it would definitely be a more resilient approach compared to losing glasses/contacts in far-off regions I'm frequently in (or in WWIII) but yeah, surgeries always carry a risk, especially regarding eyes. And I'm worried I'm still left with a slight offset that requires correction with glasses or contacts afterwards. I'll most likely do it at some point, maybe in a few years. As said,, if I lose my glasses or contacts I'm nearly blind which isn't good in my profession.
  5. Based and food pilled. I've never used a rice cooker in my life though, just a pot, and I mostly eat whole grain germinated brown rice (soaked in warm water) though honestly it tastes terrible compared to white rice. Not that tupper cares, so that's what it is. Also keep in mind lots of rice, especially brown rice in the US, is contaminated with arsenic due to both your geology and former pesticide use. So Asian rice may be better if you regularly eat large quantities but it's a gamble. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_rice Recently I've switched to strictly eating 2 meals per day only, a full breakfast and dinner. With absolutely nothing in between or afterwards, even if I do hard manual labor or walk long distances. It works surprisingly well and I am not even hungry. One of the best things I ever did. Snacking is a really bad habit. If there's no unhealthy food around, you can't eat it. Regarding shopping, I recommend comparing supermarkets and their offers. Buy raw ingredients in bulk and cook your own stuff, it's not that hard and there's an endless stash of recipes online. I'm fairly wealthy but I try to buy up the expired stuff that’s 25% or even 50% off an throw it in the freezer. I only buy meat this way, saves you a ton of money. Same with vegetables, also buy what’s in season and not exotic. Things not to be a cheapskate on is good cooking oil (canola, sunflower, olive) and be careful not to overheat it, especially when cooking with gas. Overheated oil and burned food generates a multitude of nasty carcinogens. You really don’t want that. There’s a multitude of recipes with rice and beans from all over the world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_and_beans Throw in some meat, scrambled eggs, vegetables of the season, garlic and different spices and you can eat that for a long time. I did when I worked in remote South America and only got rice and beans 3 times a day every day.
  6. Yes, pretty much that. Also it may work really well for the flash of a moment but I can't maintain an image for more than a few seconds. My father has way better visualization skills despite his advanced age.
  7. A serious aquarium is tremendous work and requires lots of experience and knowledge in biology, chemistry and tech stuff. You have to maintain an entire miniature ecosystem. My father had several bathtub-size aquariums for decades, not with the African like in your video but mostly South American Cichlids like Anglefish. It was a constant battle against algae, pests, diseases and malfunctions. You could pet the fish though and they would come and nibble on your hand. The cats loved the aquariums too but I can't really recommend it against lonelyness. Also they're neither low maintainence nor cheap and god forbid if something goes wrong and you have a major leak in an ordinary apartment. They're also extremely heavy and can wreck an entire house if positioned in the wrong area. My father had most of them in the cellar, just one in the living room. He quit eventually and gave them away because he's too old now. A hedgehog's not only nocturnal but also quite antisocial and not exactly fond of being handled or petted. It's not exactly gonna greet you when you come home either. Rats are way more sociable. I think I once told you I had the Persian gerbils a long time ago, they were extremely cool but needed a huge cage, made tremendous noise at night and shredded everything they found while running free. As a cat person to me cats are still the ultimate pet but as tupper said they suffer without proper care and are a huge commitment. So in the end if you are lonely the only reasonable pet is the common human who can take care of himself while you're at work.
  8. Hmm, see it as a challenge to prove your aunt wrong and show her what you can do! It's good and necessary to let out anger once in a while but even better to transform it into something productive. Let the anger be your motivation and focus everything at your work. It's honestly the best idea I have to offer. Overboarding introspection, self-pity or worrying about the state of the worldt yields nothing and changes nothing. Self-improvement does. I know you want to help people but in order to do so you need to get strong first. By both doing your best and relying on the help of others. The methods are irrelevant, the result counts. Put your focus on how to achieve your goals and less on the opinions of people. Even if they hurt you. Always remind yourelf that there are more important things. Hey, you even have a tupper for that in case you drift off into gloomy thoughts!
  9. You can believe whatever you want, but that's medieval-tier magical thinking. We know the brain can do what it does without input from a spiritual realm and there is no evidence of any magic leaking over into our world, which would violate the first law of thermodynamics: The total energy of a system always remains constant. Energy neither magically appears nor disappears. If such happens the amount of energy must be extremely small beyond the detection limit of our sensors and therefore is highly unlikely to have any measurable impact on matter. The whole soul stuff is absurd. Who has a soul? Only humans because they were created in the image of god? All the domestic animals humanity has ever eaten? The bacteria swimming in the ocean since 4 billion years? They go to bacteria heaven when eaten? And do you really want an afterlife where insane gods jugde your worldly deeds and then sentence you to eternal torment in hell? Be careful what you wish for, and be especially wary of any supernatural beings. If they exist, they're likely all crazy. So nope, I'm with the Bear here. All life is suffering and once is enough.
  10. TB is the main source of new stuff arriving in Gensokyo. Blame Yukari.
  11. Ice did nothing wrong. Also what did ai mean by this?
  12. I got a single hand-written Christmas postcard this year
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