I spend all my time bitching about politics and media and political narratives on Facebook these days. Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" has gotten a lot of play in my brain lately, as billionaires buy up Twitter and TikTok... and so on. I like this one, can be interpreted a number of ways, I suppose, though I'm guessing it has a meaning to you.
Posted 3 Months Ago
1 of 1 people found this review constructive.
3 Months Ago
Chomsky wasn't and isn't wrong... but, put him down. You will drive yourself insane right now. Pic.. read moreChomsky wasn't and isn't wrong... but, put him down. You will drive yourself insane right now. Pick up Thomas Merton's The Way of Chuang Tzu. It'll change your life. F**k this place. We are just here for the ride anyway. As a passenger here, that's a great book to pass the time with. This place is a f*****g nightmare.
3 Months Ago
We live in the worst f*****g timeline but I've been going hard down the Chomsky media rabbit hole. H.. read moreWe live in the worst f*****g timeline but I've been going hard down the Chomsky media rabbit hole. Holy s**t that dude was on point like woah. What he got wrong-ish.... is it supposed to be so easy to see? Are people really that... simple/stupid/wtf....? Or does the internet just provide a perfect microcosm for that worldview. I am a professional insane person, good sir, I am in fact a diagnosed schizophrenic (true story)... and feel I'm in good company with the Thiels and Yarvins of the world.
3 Months Ago
Yes. The mental health crisis is real. It's not just the internet. There is a social isolation pr.. read moreYes. The mental health crisis is real. It's not just the internet. There is a social isolation problem. Most people are isolated, social media makes it seem like everyone is having a fan f*****g tastic time. That is not the case. But people believe it... in particular, personality disordered people fully believe it. The amount of people with a cluster B personality disorder isn't 2 -5%... it's more like 33 to 45%. They just go undiagnosed because they have money. Almost half the American population is borderline or narcississtic... that is why we have the politics we have today.
3 Months Ago
I think... i could be wrong... I'm wrong all the time and no one should listen to me for any legiti.. read moreI think... i could be wrong... I'm wrong all the time and no one should listen to me for any legitimate reason
3 Months Ago
I'm not gonna argue it. It boggles the mind. All that quiet desperation of a thousand private wars w.. read moreI'm not gonna argue it. It boggles the mind. All that quiet desperation of a thousand private wars weaponized so completely... by people lining up to be weaponized. I've lost a looooooot of faith in people in the last year. It is isolation. Social isolation. Cultural isolations. People just simmering in darkness. The void is real and is running amok. Judge Holden...
3 Months Ago
Now that you know, what are you going to do about it? All this bullshit, it is thick, but it is not.. read moreNow that you know, what are you going to do about it? All this bullshit, it is thick, but it is not suffocating. Stand your ground, be true to what you think you are. Take it as it comes... as long as you can.
3 Months Ago
(stand it)
3 Months Ago
I truly don't know. The first rules of mental health and substance abuse recoveries... is to take it.. read moreI truly don't know. The first rules of mental health and substance abuse recoveries... is to take it one day at a time. One battle at a time. You know, I have a funny view of life. It's something that happens to you so often, like a multiple choice test. You are obligated to be here, for reasons unknown... inevitably choices will present themselves to you. No stopping it. It's just a simple multiple choice test. You do the quiet best you can and hope to hell the scales balance out. I think they will, it's just a matter of when, and after how much damage...
I think you've done ustice to this conversation.
"you don't need to emerge from nothing"
3 Months Ago
(justice). . . . .
3 Months Ago
Just be well, man. It's crazy out there, and I fear it's gonna get crazier. Just remember, you can o.. read moreJust be well, man. It's crazy out there, and I fear it's gonna get crazier. Just remember, you can only do so much with one day. If we truly get choices in life, or if we're fated... who knows. Just try to do the little good you can, if that should be your disposition. I really think it all matters in the end, but... how to put it... the universe can only realistically expect so much from us one day at a time. Just do the little good part, and who knows?
I am fond of telling writers I like a little ambiguity in a poem as that allows for differing interpretations depending upon the reader’s own experiences. But I can’t make this one work for me. Sorry.
I spend all my time bitching about politics and media and political narratives on Facebook these days. Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" has gotten a lot of play in my brain lately, as billionaires buy up Twitter and TikTok... and so on. I like this one, can be interpreted a number of ways, I suppose, though I'm guessing it has a meaning to you.
Posted 3 Months Ago
1 of 1 people found this review constructive.
3 Months Ago
Chomsky wasn't and isn't wrong... but, put him down. You will drive yourself insane right now. Pic.. read moreChomsky wasn't and isn't wrong... but, put him down. You will drive yourself insane right now. Pick up Thomas Merton's The Way of Chuang Tzu. It'll change your life. F**k this place. We are just here for the ride anyway. As a passenger here, that's a great book to pass the time with. This place is a f*****g nightmare.
3 Months Ago
We live in the worst f*****g timeline but I've been going hard down the Chomsky media rabbit hole. H.. read moreWe live in the worst f*****g timeline but I've been going hard down the Chomsky media rabbit hole. Holy s**t that dude was on point like woah. What he got wrong-ish.... is it supposed to be so easy to see? Are people really that... simple/stupid/wtf....? Or does the internet just provide a perfect microcosm for that worldview. I am a professional insane person, good sir, I am in fact a diagnosed schizophrenic (true story)... and feel I'm in good company with the Thiels and Yarvins of the world.
3 Months Ago
Yes. The mental health crisis is real. It's not just the internet. There is a social isolation pr.. read moreYes. The mental health crisis is real. It's not just the internet. There is a social isolation problem. Most people are isolated, social media makes it seem like everyone is having a fan f*****g tastic time. That is not the case. But people believe it... in particular, personality disordered people fully believe it. The amount of people with a cluster B personality disorder isn't 2 -5%... it's more like 33 to 45%. They just go undiagnosed because they have money. Almost half the American population is borderline or narcississtic... that is why we have the politics we have today.
3 Months Ago
I think... i could be wrong... I'm wrong all the time and no one should listen to me for any legiti.. read moreI think... i could be wrong... I'm wrong all the time and no one should listen to me for any legitimate reason
3 Months Ago
I'm not gonna argue it. It boggles the mind. All that quiet desperation of a thousand private wars w.. read moreI'm not gonna argue it. It boggles the mind. All that quiet desperation of a thousand private wars weaponized so completely... by people lining up to be weaponized. I've lost a looooooot of faith in people in the last year. It is isolation. Social isolation. Cultural isolations. People just simmering in darkness. The void is real and is running amok. Judge Holden...
3 Months Ago
Now that you know, what are you going to do about it? All this bullshit, it is thick, but it is not.. read moreNow that you know, what are you going to do about it? All this bullshit, it is thick, but it is not suffocating. Stand your ground, be true to what you think you are. Take it as it comes... as long as you can.
3 Months Ago
(stand it)
3 Months Ago
I truly don't know. The first rules of mental health and substance abuse recoveries... is to take it.. read moreI truly don't know. The first rules of mental health and substance abuse recoveries... is to take it one day at a time. One battle at a time. You know, I have a funny view of life. It's something that happens to you so often, like a multiple choice test. You are obligated to be here, for reasons unknown... inevitably choices will present themselves to you. No stopping it. It's just a simple multiple choice test. You do the quiet best you can and hope to hell the scales balance out. I think they will, it's just a matter of when, and after how much damage...
I think you've done ustice to this conversation.
"you don't need to emerge from nothing"
3 Months Ago
(justice). . . . .
3 Months Ago
Just be well, man. It's crazy out there, and I fear it's gonna get crazier. Just remember, you can o.. read moreJust be well, man. It's crazy out there, and I fear it's gonna get crazier. Just remember, you can only do so much with one day. If we truly get choices in life, or if we're fated... who knows. Just try to do the little good you can, if that should be your disposition. I really think it all matters in the end, but... how to put it... the universe can only realistically expect so much from us one day at a time. Just do the little good part, and who knows?
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