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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Satsung |
| bsickler |
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Posted: Yesterday, 12:05 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 213
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For anyone interested in looking up more, the religious practice OP linked to is neo-advaita.
I’m quite happy with my spiritual practice, so I do not have any questions. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: autism and appearing "childish" |
| bsickler |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2024, 8:06 pm
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Replies: 11
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| Eh, I think this is a stereotype enforced by NTs through infantilization. Most autistic adults are not any more “childish” than their NT counterparts, they’re just treated that way. Case in point, Disney Adults. And yet, the Disney adult won’t be treated as a child by NTs. Another example, lots of N... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: How Mass Illegal Immigration impacts citizens with autism |
| bsickler |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2024, 7:32 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 1,606
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| This is just basic arithmetic, In fact your dog understands this. If your a dog owner and you bring another dog into the home, it will normally bark and get aggressive to protect its access to food as it and other animals understand the basic concept of supply & demand. Of course humans will sa... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Abusive policing, and what can be done about it |
| bsickler |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2024, 12:37 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 384
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| Train police officers in a martial art and strictly enforce minimum fitness requirements. Change police policies from being “gun first” back to being more hands-on, and enforce strict documentation requirements when guns are used. This will heavily discourage police from immediately going for their ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If Trump wins... |
| bsickler |
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Posted: 12 Oct 2024, 10:12 am
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Replies: 33
Views: 668
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| These are all of the reasons I hate politics … The trouble with the current situation is the US is getting stomped from internal mismanagement and the one of the biggest, most obvious eye sores is the southern border with increasingly woke-dominated education… Your power level is showing :D You won... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Maybe science isn’t the answer |
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Posted: 11 Oct 2024, 9:55 pm
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Replies: 66
Views: 1,153
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| So, I read everything you wrote, and I think we have some pretty fundamental disagreements that aren’t going to get resolved here. I’m just going to end up repeating myself, as you’re not really touching on the core of my statement- most of what you’re saying is beside the point (eg, saying that “te... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If Trump wins... |
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Posted: 11 Oct 2024, 9:40 pm
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Replies: 33
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| There is a reason many young people are on the right... Judging by your posts so far, the reason is disinformation, lots and lots of disinformation. :lol: There’s a really good article from The Atlantic called ”I’m running out of ways to explain how bad this is” that talks about this. Choice quote:... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If Trump wins... |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2024, 11:59 pm
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Replies: 33
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| I’m an animist. As someone who is religiously and spiritually very different than most others, I’m really concerned about the future. I’m genuinely concerned about future religious persecution. Project 2025 isn’t going away. If Harris is elected, those on the right will still push hard for project 2... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Maybe science isn’t the answer |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2024, 11:22 pm
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Replies: 66
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| Until our supplies are so depleted that it's that or death. We will probably have a long ride to get to that point. Energy isn’t infinite, and so when supplies get depleted they’re usually just abandoned and replaced with something else. Economists call this substitution and it’s very common. Barri... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: I agreed to buy a house in the path of Milton |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2024, 3:21 pm
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Replies: 19
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| OP I know you don’t want to hear this, but please, if you haven’t occupied the house yet: Now that the hurricane has moved on, get the house re-inspected, and have the current owners fix any issues before you move in. And make sure they’re not hiding anything. It’s really common for people to try a... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: I agreed to buy a house in the path of Milton |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2024, 3:08 pm
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Replies: 19
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| Edit - I didn’t check before I posted. OP already addressed this earlier in the thread. OP I know you don’t want to hear this, but please, if you haven’t occupied the house yet: Now that the hurricane has moved on, get the house re-inspected, and have the current owners fix any issues before you mo... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Maybe science isn’t the answer |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2024, 2:57 pm
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Replies: 66
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| I think that hamstrings the word 'technology' though. I know that we're used to thinking of technology as a STEM, computing, or medical thing largely or that we're trying to wring out more efficiencies in production or make a better product (whether for public consumption or public support in the w... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Maybe science isn’t the answer |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2024, 12:03 am
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Replies: 66
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| Technologies that benefit the populace, but not the state, basically don’t exist, not because they can’t exist, but rather because the state ensures that such technologies are created by the state themselves, are brought in to the control of the state, or are deemed unauthorized and made illegal. Th... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Everyone is too doomer about Florida |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2024, 11:46 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Eh, long term you’ll figure it out. Especially if the caps on flood insurance get lifted and you start having to actually pay for actual risk rather than a heavily subsidized version. Or if your home insurance skyrockets because the state removes caps in order to keep the relatively few private insu... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: I agreed to buy a house in the path of Milton |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2024, 11:33 pm
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| 1. no, this one is unique in that it is coming straight from the west. It is unique because most go up the coasts. I guess but even in milder hurricanes you’ll still likely end up having to evacuate. I hope you budgeted a few thousand to do that every couple of years. 2. I lived in tornado alley. T... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: Baby Boomers and how we/they are perceived in today's world |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2024, 12:43 am
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Replies: 100
Views: 14,991
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| Perspective of someone who is 33, but lives in an area where the median age is 60. Boomers have vast institutional knowledge, but zero wisdom. None whatsoever. When I was younger, I found this to be incredibly frustrating. I 100% could not depend on the advice of older people, which made life so muc... |
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