Too many folks ITT with bad oral hygiene. Brush your teeth twice a day and floss at least once a day. I grew up in a very poor area and seeing sick folks who also had rotten and missing teeth made me realize how much dental health is connected with someone’s overall health.

Ex…Term…Ah…Nate!!!

And that is what is meant by time dilation, and why Matthew Mcconaughey was younger than his grandkids. His balls took longer to bounce…

Is this some AI hallucination bullshit?

This, plus filtered water and freshly ground illy intenso. The coffee is somewhat costly. But I’m spending less than 10% on coffee now than when i was making weekly/daily trips to the barista.

The ability to change your point of view upon receiving external information challenging that point of view is definitely a key component of intelligence. Both Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking have essentially said the same thing.

I don’t know if you are correct or not… But you said it well.

Could you explain your experience?

It’s a passive part of my active thought process. Sometimes it results from something I’m doing in the moment while stoned (i.e. listening to a conversation), other times it is just me pondering something that happened to me previously. My brain identifies new potential reasons and motivations for what I’m witnessing or thinking about. Most of the time i can dismiss an observation because logically it doesn’t matter or make sense… Presumably that’s what my subconscious is doing behind the scenes when I’m sober, filtering out the illogical. But every once in a while i consider something my subconscious would have ignored that seems logical. It’s particularly helpful in understanding the motivations or assumptions of others. I think i am better at reading people and understanding their point of view because of it.

For me it opens up possibilities that my sober brain doesn’t consider because my sober brain filters and edits things based on assumptions. So i sometimes miss details when sober because my subconscious brain dismissed those details as unimportant. Most of the time, that filtering process is a positive part of decision-making. I should be ignoring certain variables because knowledge and experience identified those details as a waste of time. However, on weed, i consider things i wouldn’t have considered because that filtering process is lessened. So most of my stoned thoughts are worthless, but every once in a while i realize something that i was missing because my brain was ignoring that important detail when sober. It’s great when I haven’t been able to figure out that day’s Wordle…or i realize why someone was pissed at me.

A super smart spider bro that just wants to eat your pests…

Looks like a watered down version of Thor: Ragnarok. I’ll pass.

Unsolicited advice from someone who used to be like you: Consider a person’s intent when considering your tone. You can’t just make a call regarding your outward level of courtesy merely based on subject matter. They may not know better. In a vacuum, is it “fair” to hate someone based on unintentional ignorance? Consider their intent first.

Edit: to be clear I’m referring to the unintentional ignorance of the artist, not meldrik. Fuck that guy.

Chuck Shumer is offended by your comment. But he’s willing to upvote it so long as you promise to be cool with Israel.

A majority of human interaction is some form of manipulation. I think the question should be what degree the manipulation serves the manipulator versus the mark. For example, my wife compliments me for not looking like a total piece of shit. This both helps diminish tendencies in me she dislikes (helping her) and encourages me to not be a piece of shit, which given that my wife generally looks out for my best interests, helps me as well. From the opposite perspective, gaslighting is a form of manipulation that only benefits the manipulator… Hence why it’s frowned upon.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

For all the flaws of its participants, Lemmy is particularly sensitized against propaganda spewed by idiots. Take that how you like.

Not wormy enough! You need more spice!

Alls I knows is i liked episode 8 more than any other Star wars film other than rogue one… And if it wasn’t for Andor, i would have wrote Star Wars off as dead to me after episode 9.

Mediation. The practice focuses, in part, on training you to avoid persistent thoughts and staying present.