He also said that he thinks collective human intelligence is oppressing the animal realm in order to transform the human realm into a heavenly realm and in the process we're creating a vast hungry ghost realm.

This is so so important. So important

>I challenged him on [the claim that enlightenment completely eliminates suffering] by bringing up [...] kidney stones or cluster headaches. The pain is just too fast and intense for even an enlightened mind to prevent some level of suffering. This seems really important

God I wish people would uNDERSTAND THINGS. 'I need to be more grounded' Ok bro cool, how come? 'Oh, usually I'm not.' Ok, so you're usually floating. How come? 'Oh, idk it's just who I am' NO, NO! WHO BENEFITS FROM YOU BEING DEFAULT FLOATING? WHO BENEFITS?

take children seriously, but not literally

Do you identify with your assigned gender at birth? | Have you done drugs other than caffeine/alcohol/tobacco over the past month?

When I socialise a lot, over days, my face skin gets way better? To the point unrelated people spontaneously comment on how good my skin looks? Esoteric health influencers please explain

this is what Heidegger meant about the ordinary person living almost unconsciously, unable and unwilling to act outside the structures of normality even in trivial ways, bound to "what one does" like a straightjacket of inauthentic conformity

>lobbying Arab countries to ban cousin marriage now that's an EA cause area i haven't heard of before!

“Gender roles” aka gains from trade & specialization lmao

This must've been how it felt for Gladiators to get the thumbs up in the Colosseum

Shape rotators rotate shapes but wordchads use words to rotate people

losing frames...