All form is interpretation.

So is interpretation just physics? Like, mass and inertia?

The entire universe is beige

(Says a man facing a beige wall)

Ah, “shitstain”. No shame here.

It sounds to me like you care very much about fitting in etc. Well more power to you.

But some of us don’t.

So you do you. And don’t pretend that you know how to do us.

Practice a little humility.

The greats are often famously slovenly, antisocial etc.

And here you are, pushing mere shame.

Your shame seems small, comparatively .

If you don’t care about it then you shouldn’t be investing your (valuable, finite) attention in it.

So all that weak stuff, be slackful about it. Squeak by on the halfassed minimum.

And the stuff that matters, do it perfectly.

That’s what every great artist/inventor/scientist/philosopher/etc has done since forever.

Yes, we all know the reason. Nonetheless.

Making you feel bad literally affects the way you feel.

Feel cold? Well the solution to that is to just feel warm.

My cynicism is so automatic that I could never say what you just said and keep a straight face.

To underline the joke : research does not imply publishing. Except among scientists it does. Did I get that right?

I researched the spelling of “research” for this reply. Does this count as publishing?

500 kinds of mangos. 2000 kinds of apples…

What’s up with all the masks? Do they want to be anonymous?

Sounds like concentration meditation.

(Aka samatha and a few others)

It’ll give you the clarity and the amazing can-do power.

And unlike drugs, it has no ceiling. You can pump up that power to crazy heights.

Apparently not

Yes. Me too.

I would describe it as the sound of a big quick blast of compressed air. Like when you disconnect a compressor fitting.

Which is pretty similar.

Short loud white noise.

A flash of white light in sound form?

Me.

It’s an explosion in my head.

Like this : imagine a sound. For example, a cat meow. Meow meow. You doing that? Are you “hearing” that meow in your “mental sound space”?

Now imagine the sound is 500x louder. And it isn’t a meow, its an explosion.

It sounds like the blast of compressed air when you disconnect a compressor fitting.

That’s what it’s like.

It happens in half-sleep.

I’ve had big blasts that make me go “woah” a couple times a month since forever. I had a really big blast that made me go “holy shit!” just a couple days ago.

Most of the people here are feral rugrats. They would downvote the sky for being blue.

Consider the bloody mary.

Tomato. Arguably a fruit. Juiced. With vodka. A grind of pepper. Some other mysterious stuff.

Then a whole breakfast stuffed into the top. Celery. Pickles. Fried chicken. Go wild.

There’s a deep beauty there. Beyond the hearty morning buzz.

Is it all craftsman?

I have heard it’s just the craftsman power tools. Which I avoid. But I got a $100 impact driver that’s still going strong after 4 years.

But the hand tools. Got a screwdriver. Seems ok.

Did they get sold to China?

Classic Margaret.