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I'm a Christian, so no issue there at all. I've been pondering which book to start next. Thanks for the suggestion
Does everything get boring after a while? Older people who's experienced this only.
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there is nothing new under the sun...
everything that can be done has been done
and will be done again. <— the pattern
I have chunks of Ecclesiastes memorized
It is in contexts like these that I find your proposed idea to be a bit peculiar... not that it is wrong, yes.. I agree that there is a programming of people to buy things. However! Since you’ve read Ecclesiastes and know it well enough to summarize it, how would you say the issue of today vs the issue of the writer’s time compares?
Doesn’t it seem like the subject is the nature of our humanity? And thus the peculiarity...back then, what programming existed to make the writer come to the conclusions we still come to now?
I’d love to chat in more depth with you about this, but I do not wish to transgress NoFap’s religion rules. So far we are simply talking about humanity and the nature thereof...but much further than this and I’ll need to answer you in PM
if you’d like, send me a convo and I’ll share what I can with you in those regards.
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New things can have their appeal but we are creatures of habits. Most people don't get fed up of sex or playing a sport or going for a walk because they've done it a few times. Sometimes we need a break from things to appreciate them. Sometimes I get fed up of listening to Spotify so I take a break from it, but I come back with a new appreciation of music avaliable on it. Nothing new under the sun is sort of true but the writer of Ecclesiastes had never used Spotify.
t-jam
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I was thinking about why I no longer watch tv this morning when I woke up. I almost made a post in here about it. Then just now @Porn Free Wanderer liked my post in here.
It is a sign, hahaha. Or just coincidence.
One more reason I feel I no longer watch tv shows (I still watch videos on YouTube and Vimeo but they are short) is that I feel as though my time is more limited now and tv shows are time killers. Absolute time killers.
I am running out of time guys. I always loved great tv shows. Like the really amazing ones. Recent ones I binged on were Fargo and wow, not sure why only that one sticks out in recent memory.
Tried to get into the new Twin Peaks but only made it an episode or two. Did not make it past the first episode of American Gods which was the last show I attempted to watch around Thanksgiving.
Now my interest for finding another show to watch is zero.
It is a sign, hahaha. Or just coincidence.
One more reason I feel I no longer watch tv shows (I still watch videos on YouTube and Vimeo but they are short) is that I feel as though my time is more limited now and tv shows are time killers. Absolute time killers.
I am running out of time guys. I always loved great tv shows. Like the really amazing ones. Recent ones I binged on were Fargo and wow, not sure why only that one sticks out in recent memory.
Tried to get into the new Twin Peaks but only made it an episode or two. Did not make it past the first episode of American Gods which was the last show I attempted to watch around Thanksgiving.
Now my interest for finding another show to watch is zero.
Porn Free Wanderer
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There's a great book on this that I recommend reading. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, by Mark Manson.
Someone earlier in the thread said it best when they pointed out that a lot of the shit we chase (and it is shit for the most part) is motivated by indoctrination. You know, we're told something is cool, so we go after it, thinking like the herd. Somewhere down the track, when the herd has moved onto something else, we realise that what we chased all that time really was a pile of junk.
I was between jobs in early 2013 and went traveling for three months in Europe. I cycled from Lisbon to Frankfurt (with a lot of detours to different places thrown in), and my only possessions for those three months were whatever I could carry on my bike. Before I left I cancelled the lease on my apartment, tossed about two-thirds of my stuff, put the remainder into storage and set off. As I was tossing things away, I thought to myself "How am I going to survive without all this stuff." When I came back a few months later and accessed the one-third of possessions I had left in storage, I asked myself "Why did I keep all this shit?".
The lesson I took from that is that all that really matters in life is the here and now. The experiences we have along the way, and the things we actually do. The possessions we acquire along the way can satisfy our ego temporarily, but ultimately our ego is insatiable, which is why we always want to chase more. This was an important survival mechanism when our ancestors were hunter gatherers living in caves, but that's no longer the case today. Today we have abundance where scarcity once existed. Instead of having to hunt and chase our food, we can now have it delivered, and we have abundant choice. However, there's no effort in it.
I believe what we really need to do is to silence the ego and focus on what really matters in our lives. We need to stop listening to other people who make money off appealing to our egos. In short, we need to learn to stop giving a f*ck.
Someone earlier in the thread said it best when they pointed out that a lot of the shit we chase (and it is shit for the most part) is motivated by indoctrination. You know, we're told something is cool, so we go after it, thinking like the herd. Somewhere down the track, when the herd has moved onto something else, we realise that what we chased all that time really was a pile of junk.
I was between jobs in early 2013 and went traveling for three months in Europe. I cycled from Lisbon to Frankfurt (with a lot of detours to different places thrown in), and my only possessions for those three months were whatever I could carry on my bike. Before I left I cancelled the lease on my apartment, tossed about two-thirds of my stuff, put the remainder into storage and set off. As I was tossing things away, I thought to myself "How am I going to survive without all this stuff." When I came back a few months later and accessed the one-third of possessions I had left in storage, I asked myself "Why did I keep all this shit?".
The lesson I took from that is that all that really matters in life is the here and now. The experiences we have along the way, and the things we actually do. The possessions we acquire along the way can satisfy our ego temporarily, but ultimately our ego is insatiable, which is why we always want to chase more. This was an important survival mechanism when our ancestors were hunter gatherers living in caves, but that's no longer the case today. Today we have abundance where scarcity once existed. Instead of having to hunt and chase our food, we can now have it delivered, and we have abundant choice. However, there's no effort in it.
I believe what we really need to do is to silence the ego and focus on what really matters in our lives. We need to stop listening to other people who make money off appealing to our egos. In short, we need to learn to stop giving a f*ck.
Porn Free Wanderer
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I just liked another post of yours too.
TV shows are okay if you're just filing in time while you're eating dinner, but that's pretty much all they're good for. My grandmother used to say she'd never watch something on TV if there was something else she could be doing outside or with other people. I think those are good words to live by.
t-jam
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I guess tv shows are fine in moderation.I just liked another post of yours too.
TV shows are okay if you're just filing in time while you're eating dinner, but that's pretty much all they're good for. My grandmother used to say she'd never watch something on TV if there was something else she could be doing outside or with other people. I think those are good words to live by.
I think what it all comes down to for me here with certain things getting boring is just an adjustment of my preferences and how certain things add or take away value from my life. I also think I am trying to spend less time in front of screens for recreation but not quite at the goal yet.
Oh ya Better Call Saul was so amazing. Watch it now if you have not.
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I've read that that's bad for you. When you eat you're suppose to concentrate on your food and you aren't doing that if you're watching TV. Having said that it's probably bad to eat with other people because they might interfere with your concentration as well.
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That's really good example! A meme is often just an inside joke, and when it becomes too well known, a new one takes its place. I think the longer that a meme remains esoteric, the longer it stays entertaining to people. This suggests that it's not the novelty that people seek, but the sense of belonging to an inner circle. Identity is by nature narrow and exclusive.
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I don’t get it. Is that offensive because he’s a girl?
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Well, from the writer's point of it seemed as he was trying to portray his experience with achieving the "good life" to people who've never been to that side of the fence. The reason why I brought up materialism and advertisements is because I was referring to people of today. It's tough to compare people of those times and people of today because the standard of living for a modern day middle class person is probably the same as someone with the status of a king. The "Ferrari" of their day was a silk garments and fresh grapes and that's pretty. It's a tough question... Sorry I took so long.there is nothing new under the sun...
everything that can be done has been done
and will be done again. <— the pattern
I have chunks of Ecclesiastes memorized
It is in contexts like these that I find your proposed idea to be a bit peculiar... not that it is wrong, yes.. I agree that there is a programming of people to buy things. However! Since you’ve read Ecclesiastes and know it well enough to summarize it, how would you say the issue of today vs the issue of the writer’s time compares?
Doesn’t it seem like the subject is the nature of our humanity? And thus the peculiarity...back then, what programming existed to make the writer come to the conclusions we still come to now?
Runtilmylegsdropoff
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The human condition is that we will all atrophy in a number of ways, some worse than others, and then our Spirits go to be with God or Hell.
Rebooter45674
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Hey, you can alway try drugs.
Disclaimer: Rebooter45674 does not support and promote drug use except only for those who are in 90s and bored with everything and the game called life.