Hate Speech Isn't Real. Please Stop Making Stuff Up And Go Touch Grass

Cladonia sp. / Begerlav sp.

NYC Subway Bacterial Petri Dish Art by Craig Ward

(…) It will easily be seen in what consists the difference between a man who is led by emotion or opinion alone and one who is led by reason. The former, whether he wills it or not, does those things of which he is entirely ignorant, but the latter does the will of no one but himself, and does those things only which he knows are of greatest importance in life, and which he therefore desires above all things. I call the former, therefore, a slave, and the latter free.

Spinoza, Ethics (via fatenumber1)

Purple-backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron microrhynchum), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Colombia

photograph by Cristian Valencia

OK. But the real question here is this: why, oh, why are you so cynical? 

Joining a guild focused on a particular skill makes you strong at that skill, in the same way that standing in a garage turns you into a car or attending church makes you a virtuous person.

I walk down the city streets, in an unsuspectin' human world. Inhuman in your midst. Well, this world is mine to own.

A pure philosopher has no other touchstone for truth than our natural understanding, not theology.

it’s interesting how many people have knee jerk scorn towards Ozempic and think it’s almost foregone conclusion to be a Faustian bargain that will cause massive long term health problems in exchange for “cheating to lose weight”. as if suffering and struggling to lose weight is just punishment for being a fatty (smells Protestant). the thing is, this doesn’t even bear out in reality either because glp-1 drugs have the knock-on effect of improving health outcomes across the board for almost everything. tho good litmus test for sussing out the type of guy who tells themselves just-so stories

Tired: you've already won half the battle Wired: you've already drawn half the owl

I totally understand why people don't want to live in subsidised housing, @isaacsapphire. It's for the same reason homeless people don't want to sleep in homeless shelters but under bridges. It's the same reason why suicidally depressed people don't want to be committed into a mental hospital with all the other mentally ill people.

The marginal guy from the fatter side of the tail does not want to be stuck with the guys from the far end of the distribution.