Played Aaaarrr! A Pirate!!! Which is mostly my kids attacking me and throwing pillows at me and me tossing them on to the bed. #31days.

When feelings trump reality the result is insanity

The greed & envy are the real drivers, the "love & acceptance" is just a veil.

Few things are more #AtlasShrugged like than declaring this tiny, old, monkey looking, psychopath the "sexiest man alive." As if reality can be dictated by the rewards & celebration, handed out by self proclaimed authorities, rather than recognizing that rewards & celebration for things which do not conform to reality are meaningless & only devalue any authority they might have had.

There are all sorts of quotes & recommendations to stay young, to be curious, to not fear the unknown, to not be afraid of asking questions like a child, to not fear the disapproval of others, etc. This is because truly learning something new always involves feeling stupid, & any profound truth is almost always attacked before it is accepted. So those who resist uncertainty or discomfort will simply stop learning.

There are some people (usually academics) who will work tirelessly to avoid having to acknowledge anything that makes them feel stupid, because they went to lots of school in order to avoid ever having to feel that way again. Often they have had certain concepts planted into their mind with ridicule & manipulation & abuse rather than any sort of deep or thorough explanation. What little explanation is ever provided is generally meant to obfuscate rather than clarify. So these people generally confuse perceived authority or social status, & institutional "consensus," with understanding & truth. As a result, they primarily attempt to attack & belittle & even coerce some sort of submission out of anyone who disagrees, rather than to actually explain anything themselves.

Govt & university authorities have basically become the clergy in a religion called "the science," which actually involves almost no science at all.

#school #authority #science #religion

For many people, propaganda is stronger than even the most obvious reality.

Even using GrapheneOS & a VPN, the battery consumption when travelling, despite lots of time spent in airplane mode & even leaving the phone off for hours at a time, appears to be far worse. The phone gets hot when I turn it on or connect to the cell network as though there is some sort of reporting happening in the background.

Big fat guy in a punisher shirt wearing a mask... Pretty serious levels of cringe.

nprofile1qqswe03hyye2jv3msylwkj8cml8d4m9qpc5g0tccrvrrcm86z0kcaggpzdmhxue69uhhwmm59e6hg7r09ehkuef0ager6a I have a lot of money in this Liquid wallet, it shows on the main wallet page, but when I try to actually send anything now this is all I see.

Greed: the desire for unearned rewards, with no regard for the costs or the people bearing said costs.

#Bitcoin: a tool for transferring wealth from the greedy to the patient.

"Bitcoin is the most potent device ever invented for transferring wealth from the impatient to the patient. Be patient." — Ross Stevens