arjie18 minutes ago
In a sense, Sunday mass is just an all-hands where you're told the CEO's vision and you get to think about aligned you are with the vision.
comrade1234an hour ago
I feel much more at peace now that my sex drive has decreased. Before this feeling it was my primary goal and I was very successful but now I couldn't care less about sex.
So I often wonder about yogis and saints - are they better humans than me? But i dont think so when I read about people like mlk jr and jfk and how they were terrible people when it came to women, even worse than me.
tasty_freeze29 minutes ago
I'm a 62 year old straight man. I've described the change this way.
I've always been able to see a handsome man, say Pierce Brosnan back in the day, and say "he is quite handsome" without have a whit of sexual stirrings. When I was young seeing a beautiful woman would trigger desires, but now it is like looking at handsome men. I can recognize they are attractive but it is purely intellectual with no emotional or hormonal attachment.
sjdh76an hour ago
There is flourishing and detachment - https://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-181/lecture-8
And there is flourishing and attachment - https://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-181/lecture-7
zabriel_gossan hour ago
Perhaps Freud was right about the libido!
Masayoshi Takanaka is a virtuosic City Pop guitarist who saw a recent renewed popularity while riding the resurgence of the genre's popularity. When asked in an interview if there would be a new album, he stated no, saying that humans lose their creative drive as their sexual energy declines, and this is why he could not produce a new album.
chasd00an hour ago
I have to admit, it is nice when that edge comes off a little bit. Such a perpetual monkey on your back.
analog83749 minutes ago
I relate. There was this one saint, Augustine I think, who, entering puberty, realized that the mind-control orbs dangling between his legs were gonna interfere with his life-goals, so he cut em off.
Maybe that's the smart thing to do. I mean, does "fight and fuck" really enter into your saner agenda? Do you want it to?
ButlerianJihad2 minutes ago
That was definitely not St. Augustine, who was well-known for a lifestyle of patronizing harlots before his conversion of heart.
Apparently, this action is attributed to Origen of Alexandria, who was never "canonized" and is not regarded as a saint in any Christian tradition. It has consistently been viewed as a bad idea and a sin to be castrating or mutilating anyone's genitals, even your own.
beebmam31 minutes ago
There’s no serious evidence that humans or any animal has free will.
datas2 hours ago
Makes sense, believers are on a journey of sanctification. The first battle is won when your soul is saved. The second battle is a lifelong struggle between the flesh and the spirit.
They are in constant opposition.
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socalgal2an hour ago
> It’s pretty clear that the typical American is always on the lookout for ways to improve their lives on a whole bunch of different dimensions.
This is not clear to me at all.
ge96an hour ago
I'm in my 30s and I'm still a dumbass, six fig job still living check to check
Roland303an hour ago
that feeling will pass, brains keep on developing right through mid-40's. But I implore you to find a great accountant asap, you get what you pay for.
comrade1234an hour ago
Move out of CA.
jjsullivan5196an hour ago
fr dawg get outta dodge
biglyburritoan hour ago
August 29, 1997