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Benking · 1d
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The biggest lesson I’ve learned in the last decade, is that no one on this planet is to be taken literally.

Any words spoken in a moment are just that, a moment to be observed and considered in the greater context, all of which are absolutely subject to change.

In fact, it seems that this era is more about learning to be comfortable with the ever changing and becoming that is happening all around us. Instead of needing to have any certainty about anything beyond the immediate moment.

In an ever and more rapidly changing world, how could we expect any thing or any one to remain constant?
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Benking · 1d
True… but maybe the only thing worth trusting is awareness itself. Everything changes, even our interpretations of change. The challenge isn’t finding certainty in people or words, it’s staying grounded while everything moves.
PayPerQ · 5w
Yes I still watch the tournaments on Youtube. Hopefully it's still kicking in 10 years!
Derek Ross · 5w
last night, i played quake with my son and his buddy. they're 16. it reminded me of playing quake with my buddies when i was their age 30 years ago. except i wasn't getting fragged by an adult non sto...
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Strafe jumping and rocket jumping..
These are important skills to pass along to the next generation.

I opened a LAN center in 99’ shortly after high school. Four glorious years of my life.
I might still boot up a little Quake Champions from time to time.
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ethfi · 5w
Secondhand style
Derek Ross · 5w
YES! after mastering rocking jumping i eventually created a script that allowed for 1 button perfect rocket jumping (as well as several other useful actions and keybinds).
Derek Ross · 6w
yes, this essentially WoT. i like WoT. i like clients that utilize this. we need to give humans the tools to build their networks.
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I just want to validate one aspect of this message.

I am seeing in real time that some of the people in my life are rapidly becoming better communicators with other humans.

My working theory is that we’ve had to drop the assumption that we can casually speak, and that we are generally understood. AI is teaching us to be very specific, detailed, and thorough in how we attempt to share. And then to clarify and modify when we notice any minor misunderstanding.

What a pleasant side effect.
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Shadow Captain · 7w
good to keep around as a backup
𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔻𝕊𝕋ℝ · 7w
If people would use Nymchat the retention would be far higher. The problem with Bitchat is people go into their local hashes & say a few things & then leave forever. Nymchat fixes that by having notifications & an easy way to find other chatters.
nout · 8w
That resonates, I like that you make the journey and personality your own not relying on someone's interpretation. I know that religion was quite suppressed during communism, so when you went to the c...
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I would agree with you that I experienced a contracted version of Christianity.

After I left, to continue my journey alone, I did grasp at other religions for some sense of structural stability. I studied a number of them, large and small, and attended the various gatherings. Each rasped against my spirit in the same way Christianity had. After each attempt the quiet whisper became a little more obvious and was saying something like “what you seek is not in religion, it’s an absolute surrender.” A trust fall into the vast bottomless unknowable.

In comparison to that, every ‘ism’ or ‘anity’ is contractive, limited, and acts as an intermediary.

I suspect anyone who’s had a profound moment that led to a conversion or dedication to any religion, had exactly that experience of unbounded, surrendered ‘isness’, ‘forgiveness’, and ‘innocence’. But the mind is so quick to try and label and understand and attach to something in the world as the cause, or the way to ‘get back to that experience’.
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