Ordinary people do not question the commonly accepted version of reality. They conform to the standard values of subduing enemies and cherishing friends and family. Materialism, ambition and mundane achievements are the worldly hallmarks of success. We experience the phenomenal world and our minds as solid and truly existent. Very few people doubt these assertions and question their validity. Yet, the process of disbelief is the first step on the spiritual path.
~ Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Current occupation: supplying meaningless data to an Apple subcontractor for fifty dollars an hour. David Graeber is right!
Society seems to place a very high value on the small business owner. The truth is, most small businesses are pointless and stupid, and as a class, small business owners are some of the most insufferable people I have ever dealt with.
Our mind is spinning around,
About carrying out a lot of useless projects.
It’s a waste! Give it up!
Thinking about the hundred plans you want to accomplish,
With never enough time to finish them,
Just weighs down your mind.
You are completely distracted,
By all of these projects, which never come to an end,
But keep spreading out more, like ripples in water.
Don’t be a fool. For once, just sit tight.
~ Patrul Rinpoche
not really sure why this is considered an opinion article
poopity scoop whoop
In samsara we continually try to get away from the pain by seeking pleasure, and in doing so, we just keep going around and around and around. I’m so hot I open all the windows, and then I’m so cold I put on a sweater. Then it itches, so I put cream on my arms, and then that’s sticky, so I go take a bath. Then I’m cold, so I close the window, and on and on and on.
Tired: Putting a single space between your sentences.
Wired: Putting two spaces between your sentences.
Inspired: Separating your sentences with XML <sentence></sentence>
Kinda fucked up that no one answers phone calls from their bank anymore because they know it's just some BS sales call. It's theoretically good if your bank needs to get in touch with you to verify bizarre looking transactions etc
More self, more problem. Less self, less problem. No self, no problem.
~ Chamtrul Rinpoche
I often forget how horrible the mainstream web experience is without an adblocker. I don't know how people tolerate this constant assault on the senses.
The first rule of having kidnap & ransom insurance is don't let anyone know you have kidnap & ransom insurance.
Most people are entirely uninterested in discourse. That is an extremely good and sensible attitude
There are so many companies in the world who's business model is "people will be too lazy to unsubscribe".
Any of y'all also have that one friend who's like, just a little too into The Muppets? Not like, in a weird, sexual way or anything. And don't get me wrong, The Muppets is a great franchise overall. But how many times can you watch the full DVD collection? And why The Muppets, of all things you could develop an obsessive attachment to? I guess it's better than anime anyway
i hate all code written by other people, especially the worst person of them all, Me From The Past
tired: being into things before they were cool
wired: being into things that will never be cool
inspired: being into things because you think they're cool
Weird Google Maps finding of the day. The Nazca drawings of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Québec.
Does Tim Hortons count as a bakery?
How is everyone doing today?
