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21 Feb 2022, 8:12 pm

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I don't think explanations will do you much good.

why not?



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21 Feb 2022, 8:26 pm

You do not have any evidence to support that your deceased father was speaking to either of you. This is exactly what I was just talking about: "I don't understand and cannot explain what occurred, so that somehow proves that I heard the voice of a deceased person speaking from beyond the grave."

This is known as an argument from ignorance fallacy.

Please forgive me. I do not mean to make light of your loss or grief. But states of emotional vulnerability make people more susceptible to suggestion. It is possible that you both dreamt of hallucinated what you heard. How did you both happen to independently have the same hallucination at roughly the same time? Easy; because you both were experiencing the loss of your father.
My point isn't to claim I know with certainty that is what occurred, but rather to demonstrate that alternative explanations exist. There could be any number of other possible explanation, and perhaps some that I could never think of. Even if I could not think of any possible answers, that does not prove the accuracy of your assertion.

So to answer your question; I don't need to explain anything. The burden of proof falls upon you to prove the truth of your assertion.







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21 Feb 2022, 8:35 pm

auntblabby wrote:
r00tb33r wrote:
I don't think explanations will do you much good.

why not?

You said it's comforting. Debunking it would potentially take that away.



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21 Feb 2022, 8:48 pm

r00tb33r wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
r00tb33r wrote:
I don't think explanations will do you much good.

why not?

You said it's comforting. Debunking it would potentially take that away.

thank you for your concern :) but i'm resistant to people killing my buzz. that is a survival skill for me.



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05 Mar 2022, 6:27 pm

If it was at all possible for any woman to love me, something would have happened by now.

I'm seriously considering ending my life on my 40th birthday.



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06 Mar 2022, 3:54 am

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If it was at all possible for any woman to love me, something would have happened by now.

I'm seriously considering ending my life on my 40th birthday.


Or you could try any number of things you haven’t yet. Plenty of options to work through before simply giving up and checking out.


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06 Mar 2022, 5:35 am

r00tb33r wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
r00tb33r wrote:
I don't think explanations will do you much good.

why not?

You said it's comforting. Debunking it would potentially take that away.


You can take a wombat to logic but you can't make it think.

Taken from the less harsh:

You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink. :mrgreen:

Also:
Q: How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?
A: One, but the light bulb has got to want to change. :wink:

I don't think you need to worry about being an iconoclast, in overwhelming most situations.
The human mind is protective and very resilient in most situations. 8)



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06 Mar 2022, 5:39 am

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If it was at all possible for any woman to love me, something would have happened by now.

I'm seriously considering ending my life on my 40th birthday.


I was suicidal for a decade when I was younger, but for different reasons.
I am sorry you are in that place.



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06 Mar 2022, 5:40 am

auntblabby wrote:
r00tb33r wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
r00tb33r wrote:
I don't think explanations will do you much good.

why not?

You said it's comforting. Debunking it would potentially take that away.

thank you for your concern :) but i'm resistant to people killing my buzz. that is a survival skill for me.


It is a survival skill for almost everyone, thanks to the evolutionary process. ;)



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06 Mar 2022, 5:44 am

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^^^it's ok mate, i am thoroughly used to people giving me a wide berth.


How did you communicate with the big guy before you had a brain? :scratch: :wink:

i don't quite get what you mean by "before i had a brain" - these were dreams as an adult upon turning age 27, after i did a "george bailey prayer" and asked god to show me the way. i was shown a few of my previous lifetimes which indicated why my present lifetime was the way it was.


I was talking about choosing not to be conceived.
Our communication system broke down somewhere. ;)



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06 Mar 2022, 5:47 am

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Have you ever heard of the James Randy challenge? Despite the countless claims of supernatural experiences, no one has ever been able to produce any kind of supernatural event under laboratory conditions. And every time someone was able to examine any alleged supernatural event using scientific equipment and methods, it was always discovered to have a perfectly rational explanation. The human brain has an uncanny track record for self deception and erroneous interpretation of events. 99% of the time any alleged supernatural experience is explained by someone jumping to assumptions when they witness something they don't understand. People swear that they saw a UFO or a ghost or some other such nonsense, and their reasoning is always I don't know or understand what I saw therefore it must be X.


Are you open to the idea of "Electronic Harassment" (I.E. Synthetic telepathy?).



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06 Mar 2022, 6:25 am

I'm open to anything I can be shown evidence for.



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06 Mar 2022, 6:42 am

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I'm open to anything I can be shown evidence for.


How logical are you?
The reasoning behind the concept can be quite convincing for those who value intellectual considerations rather than gut feelings.

Here are some premises for you to consider:
*Humanity is not divine and simply another type of animal.
*It is human nature to want power over others. (Nietzche's "Will to Power").
*If it could be done, would it be done? (Electronic influencing others). Yes.
*The establishment can't be trusted and involves itself in disinformation.



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06 Mar 2022, 3:11 pm

dorkseid wrote:
I'm open to anything I can be shown evidence for.


Surely there’s plenty of evidence, empirical and anecdotal, that physically fit people are more attractive to the opposite sex/potential partners.

You’ve said repeatedly that you’re morbidly obese. I’ve yet to read a post about you deciding to make an effort to change that via diet & exercise.

Like the earning a Master’s degree; put in the work, get the results.


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06 Mar 2022, 3:25 pm

The evidence clearly supports all of the following:

Physically fit men are more attractive to women than overweight men.

Financially successful men are more attractive to women than financially struggling men.

Neurotypical men are more attractive to women than autistic men.

And even if I am able to overcome all these obstacles, I'm already too old for that to matter in regards to relationships anyway.
Getting in a better physical shape is not as easy as you think. Struggling with depression and eating disorders is not a simple matter. And I suffer from diastasis text I and an abdominal hernia which basically means that my abdominal muscles are separated and stomach and intestines are pushing through the gap causing my abdomen to bulge outward and my belly button is visibly being pushed outward from the inside. This cannot be fixed without a surgery which insurance will not cover and I cannot afford.

As for financial success, empirical evidence against shows that employment and financial outcomes for individuals with ASD being among the worst of any disability or minority demographic. I wrote a grad school paper on this matter.



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06 Mar 2022, 3:43 pm

Cool story.

A lot can change - everything can change - if *you* change.

I’ve been overweight before, tipping into obese on the BMI scale. I dropped 50lbs in 4 months or so of following a structured diet & exercise program. 235 to 185, much stronger and swifter on my feet. I’m currently a little but softer than I want to be so getting back to healthier habits of diet and exercise to get strong and quicker again - I want to be in the kind of shape required for functional strength when I need it, to compete with people younger than me, to keep up with people much younger than me that need to get out to hike and bike and do things that aren’t video games etc.

Mindset improves with physical health, too. All kinds of feel good brain chemicals get created and released for you to enjoy/utilize.

Improved physical and mental health improve your chances of gainful employment, too. And over a long enough time horizon, finances improve, too. A decade ago I was $110k in debt, too sick with massive ASD (and other) symptoms to work, and bankrupt. Now, sometime before the end of the calendar year I’ll be approximately the same dollar figure in the black - roughly; depends on a couple factors like if I have to shell out some cash to relocate nearby etc, but all in all my entire financial life is improved, my income is higher by leaps and bounds, my relationship with money is dramatically different etc.

I’m not bragging, merely stating the facts of my reality and that it’s entirely possible to change yourself and improve everything if you want it bad enough and decide to do it. But only you can decide to do it and then get to work, be patient and persistent, disciplined and focused. Change yourself and you change your entire life and have the ability to resolve all of the issues you currently complain about.


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