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Re: What does a seeker after truth really seek?
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
— Socrates
Jeroen
Re: The Other Elephant In The Room
From the article
Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said in parliament that “something unfortunately went tragically wrong” with the airstrike. “We are investigating the incident and will reach conclusions, because this is our policy,” he said
What a load of crap..
All the killing of innocent Palestinian men. women children and babies by the IOF are deliberate acts...
The US, Israel’s staunchest ally and weapons supplier, described the images from the aftermath as devastating.
....Then shipped more weapons to Israel...
France, a European ally of Israel, said it was outraged by the Rafah strike. “These operations must stop,” the country’s president, Emmanuel Macron, posted on X. “There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians. I call for full respect for international law and an immediate ceasefire.”
The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, posted: “Horrified by news coming out of Rafah on Israeli strikes killing dozens of displaced persons, including small children. I condemn this in the strongest terms.”
..And they continue to support Israel and supply them with more weapons...
After criticism of the Rafah strike, the IDF said it had not anticipated civilian casualties, and had bombed an area outside the latest “evacuation zone” to where Palestinians have been ordered to move, although that claim appeared to contradict a previous “safe zone” map from 22 May
Several rightwing Israeli journalists celebrated the Rafah attack in appearances on Israeli television and on Twitter, likening it to this week’s Jewish bonfire festival, Lag B’Omer. Commentator Yinon Dromi retweeted another user’s post which showed a fire in Rafah, adding her own: “Happy Holidays.”
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue
Shoshin1
Re: Letting go of games
Well, I was wrong. When casually reading this thread over the past few months I thought: "at least I don't have that problem". Ay carumba, I just realized I do. Not the first time this has happened. So, I join the letting-go-of-games circle.
The thought that I am free of the negative aspects of games was not totally deluded - I was really not playing much during this time so forgot or felt there was no danger going forward. But my "thing" is that I periodically get "hooked" for a few days or even weeks and then go overboard, negatively impacting my sleep, duties, relationships, state of mind etc. With all the dopamine-dumping from the gaming I later feel like shit. What a clear example of chasing pleasure leading to suffering. Ugh. (is it obvious that I just had a relapse?)
Some preliminary thoughts:
- I think my fascination with games happens because I can have the upside without the downside. If I win, I feel great, if I lose, who cares. And I feel like I'm doing something worthwhile/intelligent/applying myself (I nearly only play various strategy games).
- Should I apply myself to my actual life with the same passion as I do towards games I'd be a happy camper.
- Games are an avoidance of my actual life. Life is difficult, it's easy to succumb to wanting to hide from it in games.
- To quote our friend @genkaku the addictive mindset is "if one's good, two's better". This is the trap I fall into with games.
I think going forward I'll try to just not play games - and focus on my actual life - instead of analysing it too much.
marcitko