How topical.

This thread good for my pores?

You always sound so disingenuous.

It's fascinating to think about what kind of pathetic and miserable existence it must take to genuinely develop a mindset like the one you display.

Natural peanut butter has to be stored in the fridge. Same with almond butter.

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He said that the threat of terrorism is part of our daily lives in the near future, which is completely and undeniably true for all of us.

lmao what

How is this so hard to understand? The number of terrorist attacks and deaths in the West has increased rapidly over the last few years. The US, UK, France, Belgium, Germany and so on have all been the victim of high profile attacks. For the first time in ages, we are facing an actually organized terrorist enemy that does not hole itself up in a cave but actually has something resembling an army that managed to take over large amounts of land and city. An enemy that is media conscious, appeals to many, sucessfully recruits across the globe and takes advantage of war torn countries and the current immigration crisis. There's regular stabbings, shootings, bombings and vehicles driving into people and it's gotten to the point that the question is "when/where" rather than "if" they will happen again sometime soon. National threat levels across the West are elevated and military rather than police presence is a growing thing in airports and public spaces. The war on terror is no longer a buzzword describing troops in Afghanistan, but extensive security measures at home too. Counter-terrorism hasn't been this "popular" since 9/11 and everything from immigration bans to extended mass surveillance is being explored as an answer to the issue. Intelligence services everywhere are being reformed and counter-terrorist / security units are expanding everywhere.

We live in a time where terrorist attacks and deaths in the West have recently skyrocketed. Where the government is pushing for growing mass surveillance and access to our private lives just to combat terrorism. Where elevated threat levels have become normal and military presence in public places is the new standard. To suggest this threat is not part of our lives now is absurd and I commend Macron for mentioning it despite of the terrible right wing blogs that are all too eager to frame this as "OMG he says terrorism is just something normal we will now have to live with wow he's saying we should give up!?"

Maybe Belgium and France take this sort of defeatist approach to terrorism, but the rest of us don't. UK and US intelligence services have prevented innumerable plots and I can assure you terrorism isn't "a daily part of our lives" for us, nor will it ever be, and I find it disrespectful that you would even suggest that.

I'm sorry, I just don't accept that this is just something that's going to be a thing we have to put up with, because it isn't, and it shouldn't be. Our intelligence services have proven that time and time again, although I guess from your country's perspective you aren't really accustomed to competent counter terrorism.

I'm not suggesting for a minute that terrorism will be hounded out completely. There will always be fanatics that manage to slip through the cracks and threaten the possibility of an attack. But it should be a slim possibility, not something that the public just have to buck up and accept as a """daily part of our lives""" lmao.

Then you're just a moron, because it is. Counter terrorism units have stopped plots like this everywhere. Some people just aren't as blind to these threats as you are, and it's not at all "defeatist" to realize this.

I'm not sure why you would label that perspective as moronic. The basis for it is quite obvious and is not irrational.

It seems like you two have different ideas on what "daily lives" actually means. I don't think Mordo denies that the threat of terrorism exists for him, but I don't think he considers it to be a part of his 'daily life' either. I think Mordo understands "daily life" as that which is encountered or has to be dealt with on a daily basis, as in work, school, family etc.

I live in a town with a good amount of gang violence. The threat of me being attacked or harmed by gang members is certainly higher than the threat of being harmed in a terrorist attack. However, gang violence is not a part of my daily life. It isn't something I'm ever involved with, a witness to, or a victim of. The same is true of terrorism.

Terrorism is not something that is encountered on a daily basis. It is something that is known to the vast majority of people in the west from a sort of disconnected and vicarious perspective.

To someone that understands their daily life to be that which they encounter and deal with on a daily basis, saying that terrorism is a part of their daily life absolutely seems to imply that it is something they encounter on a daily basis, or at the least, very often. And that is not true for the vast majority of people in the west.

A tall stool without a foot rest is just a poor design.

The smell is abhorrent.

I don't know, blue berry muffins smell pretty damn good to me.

Man everyone took this thread the wrong way. I never said I look down on people who smoke, or think of them as lesser people. I know people of all wealth brackets who smoke, it's not something only poor people do. That's not even what I said.

all I literally said is that I don't see it as a "clean" thing to do. I don't see it as something better then drinking and shit. Like even if the product, like the one in the vlog, is "high end" it's still not to me. It's weed.

Everyone got mad butt hurt and took it like I was saying only shitty poor people smoke. I never once even remotely came close to that. Class doesn't equal wealth. It's just how I view it.

You smoke? Cool. I don't think your shitty because of it.

Id say a majority of people here smoke so of course everyone got upset when I said anything negative about it

Nothing pretentious about an opinion

You seem surprised by the responses you received. Which is odd because it should be rather obvious how you come off to others when you say that a you view a certain habit (one that a good amount of members here have) as low class and dirty. Offense may be taken, not given, but regardless it's a rather insulting viewpoint and it absolutely seems condescending whether or not you intend it to be.

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You perceive it as dirty and foul because you're a judgmental uptight prick of course

I can't think of a better thing to be.

Sounds like a rather terrible existence.

It's pretty fucking great, actually.

From my experience, highly judgemental people tend to be more miserable.

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someone with a boss healthbar

I think the boss health bar is that player's health pool. Idk if there's a slight buff.

You sure don't feel like a boss when doing Spear of the Church. Still super squishy and to top it off you're usually fighting three guys. I suppose it's alright practice for dealing with gankers.

Well generally, when the highs are really high, the lows are really low.

And it isn't easy to maintain 'highs' like that, so you often just get stuck in the lows, suffering even more.

Of course, you can live your life however you want to, just be mindful of consequence.

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No meditation would not give you a fantasy experience.

Yeah, exactly. Why would you ever think that would help me, then? A fantasy experience is what I need, it's the only way for me to be who I am. This isn't about changing my mindset, it's about changing myself completely.

I explained exactly why in my post above. You seek a fantasy experience because you desire something that you can't really have, but ultimately the separation of ego would change you. That desire would begin to weaken and thus would your suffering begin to diminish.

The desire is who I am - it's not going away.

One day you might see that you are not just your ego. The self is something much more fundamental.

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Meditation would help a mentality like yours so much if you managed to stick with it, but I wouldn't expect you to have the will to do it.

It wouldn't work for my purposes.

tbh I use this to treat my gender dysphoria

I can dissociate from myself and become whoever I want on high doses of dxm, like if I'm watching a movie or a show I can literally "become" the character

meditation isnt that extreme

No meditation would not give you a fantasy experience. However it would undoubtedly help a mentality like yours. Ultimately practiced meditation leads to the separation of ego and even ego death in those who have mastered it. The separation of ego lessens the power your emotions and desires have over you and allows for a more peaceful state to exist within you.

I don't believe that you necessarily want that, you seem to be very 'desire driven' and act on the things that you crave, but regardless it would help resolve the turmoil in your heart. Perhaps one day you may be willing to try it, though I won't hold my breath.

Props. Must've taken a while.

I've been trying to play some mod packs but I need more ram (which I should have Friday) Was building this subterranean city suspended over the void. I need to go back and try to finish it.

Meanwhile medical cannabis lowers the rates of opioid use/abuse/overdose in states that have it over 20% and the federal government continues treat it as more dangerous and having less medicinal value than methamphetamine and cocaine. On top of that, the natural herb kratom, which is objectively safer than synthetic opiods like methadone or suboxone and does not induce respiratory depression, also helps addicts to kick their opiod use, and the DEA wants to make it a schedule 1 substance like cannabis.

Jokes on you, my entire deck is full of these.