You should have stayed in the water.

Or what about dealing with depression? “You just need to stop thinking about those things. Be happy!” 👍

Look, my ChatGPT therapist already knows I don’t like that shit.

Yeah, I just eew’d through a few paragraphs and clicked the back button. I’m good.

I’ve upgraded to the skybox for the full experience. Comes with other fun amenities, like back pain, loud kids, and existential depression.

So, you’ve been taking baths?

I would be interested to see the total percentage of time I have spent in virtual worlds vs waking life.

It isn’t a meme; it was a block of text.

I like to throw this one around on occasion.

Edit: I’m looking through the community now in the past few hours…

The Little Rascals! Damn, I haven’t seen them since I was a kid, like… 40 years ago? 💀

No, but she’s got a collection of takeout containers to store the leftovers of everyone in a 5 mile radius.

Dont worry: she’s almost dead (my mother-in-law so I’m allowed to say that). She also saves old greeting card fronts and cuts them up in a haphazard way to repurpose them as gift tags. Don’t forget all the fucking flat boxes no one uses anymore but by God, they will be saved!

My kids freak out every time we play Sports and I don’t use that damn strap. Finnnnne.

I already came across that notion and decided it would just be better if everyone else died.

“Happy holidays”.

The Harry Potter universe is dead to me, and so is the witch who wrote it. Throw it in the pile with all the free games I’ve never played.

Zazen driving while employing wuwei is how I drive. To be honest, if you can master wuwei, it might start looking like UI. It will become less about the destination and more about the driving itself. When you’re centered in this way, you’re not stressed, emotional, or erratic in response. Then driving isn’t a battle; it’s a dance.

Ask a Buddhist if suffering is a choice. They’ll tell you “only if you desire it”.

checks Powerball ticket

…fucking bullshit.

That’s why I ground myself in Buddhism and Taoism. It’s just about the only thing keeping me here.

Not anymore!