I am also an obese bitcoiner, struggling daily with a sugar addiction. Will I ever not be obese? Time will tell. Will I ever not be addictes to sugar? I doubt it.

I will say that oils were not that hard to give up. I assume that I still consume some when dining out, but not enough to matter. I've definitely experienced benefits directly related to not having oils in my diet, including a much higher resistance to sunburn.

I was reflecting today on how many ways people poison themselves, gladly, in the name of health. I don't care if someone wants to eat a plant. Sure, they are ingesting whatever plant toxins it has, but hopefully in a very low amount compared to what may cause harm. I think processed "foods" are possibly the worst offenders, along with "supplements". Saw a jar or powder claiming "Fiber - with real sugar!". To me, that reads "cardboard, with real cocaine!". And to be fair, cocaine might be preferable, and do less damage! People consume this shit because the govt and pharma tells them so, and poison themselves as a result.

So go ahead, eat some berries. Maybe some lettuce or a cucumber or whatever. I choose not to, but you do you. If you're not a sugar addict, maybe have some honey once in a while. But don't eat shit out of boxes, plastic bottles, etc. Your food should be recognizable as its ingredients. Just my thoughts as an obese bitcoiner.

Anything that Coinbase is doing for you with respect to Bitcoin is done better elsewhere, by companies not profitting off of a crypto casino model. Coinbase incentivizes you to play silly games, and we all know what that will win you.

the truth. Done. Next?

As someone who grew up in an area with flash floods that claimed lives every year, not to mention plenty of cars, I agree. Don't drive in floodwater if you can avoid it. Doesn't matter if you mud bog on the weekends. When you can't avoid it, I'd still prefer to be in something with lots of clearance and minimal electrical requirements. And if it stalls, the starter is at the bottom of the motor, and is electric. So don't stall.

And your next plan is to buy an electric vehicle with low ground clearance? Interesting choice. May I humbly suggest an even mildly lifted pickup or large SUV that is over 25 years old, maybe 35 years old? It would solve most of this evening's issues, when used strategically. Mine is a '93 Suburban. Also an '87 GMC pickup. Either would likely be swept away by floodwaters before flooding out their motors.

I have embodied a life of understanding reality only through the lens of my own perceptions, and have also read Hoffman. I don't agree with the assertion that viewing the full breadth of reality is a path to extinction, as I don't believe it is possible to do so as humans.

I like Hoffman's computer screen analogy, and that would be even less possible than a human "seeing" the flow of electricity through the circuits on a motherboard in a meaningful way, i.e. forming text and images displayed on a screen, but with no screen.

I believe I have consumed the right amount of psychedelics to be exposed to glimpses of altered realities, enough to understand there is much more out there than what we experience and perceive, but I feel no need to revisit that altered state.

I also maintain we have the concept of time all wrong. Cause and effect (in that order) are dubious and limited at best, and what we are beginning to understand through quantum mechanics will be transformative in our evolution as a species. The more I learn about the Hindu concepts of time, the more I sm finding them agreeable.

This is the kind of thing that is said to engineer people to go take a look at how much steam has been picked up, which means the hype level (and site traffic) increases, making it appear that steam has, in fact, been picked up.

Sorry Jack, probably not your intention, but I'm not going to be part of that steam.

I would say I do not accept your reality as my own, but you have done well at explaining what you understand to be true.

Not accepting it doesn't make it any less true or real, I just choose to interact with a reality where the future is yet to be determined, and my path will determine my future. You may see your path differently, and that is fine.

I wish you enjoyment along the way. We can always benefit from some more enjoyment!

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#nostr is for enemies? J/k. We'll see how that works out with no delete or block* - and we can all log in under any npub to view public notes.

* you can only block what you see, not what other ppl see

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