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| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/24/2020 11:57 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Seems more culturally based then an inherent trait. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76551647 Not every society has praised and/or rewarded such behaviour It's greed and vanity run amok. Self restraint is a trait of the quiet ones..while the loud, obnoxious imbeciles..get all the attention. Look at all these vids of people losing their minds in grocery stores, at just being told to 'please follow the rules..we are in the middle of a global pandemic'. There is no feeling of community. Just a series of one man islands. Social media brought the cultural rot front and center and delivered it moment to moment at light speed, anywhere one has a device to connect to it. I've been spending more time offline purposely for a few weeks now and it no longer difficult to stay offline like it was. I spent several hours yesterday crafting tiny flowers and flower boxes for my diorama. It is very difficult, takes tons of focus and I love it. Today I'm going to do the door.  Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 74021864 United States07/24/2020 02:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | On the topic of vanity... I found it highly irritating to see how upset some were when not able to get their hair professionally cut and colored. Or nails manicured, during the first issued shelter in place order. Seemed to take precedence over everything else. I saw news articles written to help comfort people suffering from anxiety due to this. And highly detailed instructions on how to give yourself a haircut during the pandemic. Right next to articles about the state by state death counts, and skyrocketing unemployment. |
| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/24/2020 02:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | On the topic of vanity... I found it highly irritating to see how upset some were when not able to get their hair professionally cut and colored. Or nails manicured, during the first issued shelter in place order. Seemed to take precedence over everything else. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74021864 I saw news articles written to help comfort people suffering from anxiety due to this. And highly detailed instructions on how to give yourself a haircut during the pandemic. Right next to articles about the state by state death counts, and skyrocketing unemployment. Exactly. Vanity is all about 'me,me,me'. Look at me. Without enormous amounts of grooming..most people are physically unattractive and downright hideous. They hide that through various means. Just another mask. Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/24/2020 02:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to youtu.be (secure)] [link to youtu.be (secure)] Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 74021864 United States07/24/2020 04:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | On the topic of vanity... I found it highly irritating to see how upset some were when not able to get their hair professionally cut and colored. Or nails manicured, during the first issued shelter in place order. Seemed to take precedence over everything else. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74021864 I saw news articles written to help comfort people suffering from anxiety due to this. And highly detailed instructions on how to give yourself a haircut during the pandemic. Right next to articles about the state by state death counts, and skyrocketing unemployment. Exactly. Vanity is all about 'me,me,me'. Look at me. Without enormous amounts of grooming..most people are physically unattractive and downright hideous. They hide that through various means. Just another mask. I’ve been cutting my own hair for years. I see no point, as an adult, to rely on another for grooming. But I’d like to think that even if I did rely on those services, that I wouldn’t suffer great anxiety when deprived of them. But rather feel sympathy for the people who provide those services, not being able to feed their families. |
| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/24/2020 04:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | On the topic of vanity... I found it highly irritating to see how upset some were when not able to get their hair professionally cut and colored. Or nails manicured, during the first issued shelter in place order. Seemed to take precedence over everything else. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74021864 I saw news articles written to help comfort people suffering from anxiety due to this. And highly detailed instructions on how to give yourself a haircut during the pandemic. Right next to articles about the state by state death counts, and skyrocketing unemployment. Exactly. Vanity is all about 'me,me,me'. Look at me. Without enormous amounts of grooming..most people are physically unattractive and downright hideous. They hide that through various means. Just another mask. I’ve been cutting my own hair for years. I see no point, as an adult, to rely on another for grooming. But I’d like to think that even if I did rely on those services, that I wouldn’t suffer great anxiety when deprived of them. But rather feel sympathy for the people who provide those services, not being able to feed their families. I just had my mom do it for the last 2 decades..and now I let my partner do it. My hair is fine and cutting a straight line across my back takes less than 30 seconds. Lack of compassion has been one of the harder aspects of this for me to stomach. I knew people were selfish, I knew people were dumb, I knew people were opportunists, but I didn't know to what caliber and that I would see it everywhere. Horrible to watch. I don't enjoy Interwebs any longer. It is all the same topic with monkeys on either side throwing feces. Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/24/2020 04:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You think that you being right or wrong matters one lick in this case? Quoting: Seer777 Are you susceptible to schadenfreude? Thought I would mention.. Quoting: Seer777 Part of the ironic justice I mentioned, seems to hover in and around, schadenfreude. From either direction it comes..it tips the balance the other way depending on the strength of the gloating. [link to youtu.be (secure)]  The unapologetic shoulda/coulda/woulda crowd, better check yourselves real quick. This thing LOVES to push back on it. [link to youtu.be (secure)] I try to be objective as much as possible but I find hypocrisy and arrogance coupled with idiocy..to be most abrasive. Quoting: Seer777 Which ever way the schadenfreude pull..I pull the other way. It's in the balance. Not the extremes. For those fed up with they who continue to downplay and tow the line that Covid-19 is a hoax.. Quoting: Seer777 Remember..ironic justice is best justice and the pendulum is starting to swing back the other way. I've been following Akashic's thread since he made it. Quoting: Seer777 Upsetting how he was treated in that thread by the hoaxtards. They are who karma was created for.. :pendulum: Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 74021864 United States07/24/2020 04:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I’ve been cutting my own hair for years. I see no point, as an adult, to rely on another for grooming. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74021864 But I’d like to think that even if I did rely on those services, that I wouldn’t suffer great anxiety when deprived of them. But rather feel sympathy for the people who provide those services, not being able to feed their families. I just had my mom do it for the last 2 decades..and now I let my partner do it. My hair is fine and cutting a straight line across my back takes less than 30 seconds. Lack of compassion has been one of the harder aspects of this for me to stomach. I knew people were selfish, I knew people were dumb, I knew people were opportunists, but I didn't know to what caliber and that I would see it everywhere. Horrible to watch. I don't enjoy Interwebs any longer. It is all the same topic with monkeys on either side throwing feces. A trim is all it really needs. I recently saw an article about a short film called Chaetophobia, created by a hair stylist named Claire Moore. It’s visually very uncomfortable. Shows hair styled and coifed on parts of the body it typically wouldn’t be. But it’s meant to make people question their attachment to hair. “People have so much emotion attached to their hair and think of it as a major part of their identity but, in reality, hair is just dead skin cells.” - Claire Moore Yes, this epidemic sure has shone an unforgiving florescent spotlight, on humanity. |
| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/24/2020 04:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | On the topic of vanity... I found it highly irritating to see how upset some were when not able to get their hair professionally cut and colored. Or nails manicured, during the first issued shelter in place order. Seemed to take precedence over everything else. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74021864 I saw news articles written to help comfort people suffering from anxiety due to this. And highly detailed instructions on how to give yourself a haircut during the pandemic. Right next to articles about the state by state death counts, and skyrocketing unemployment. Exactly. Vanity is all about 'me,me,me'. Look at me. Without enormous amounts of grooming..most people are physically unattractive and downright hideous. They hide that through various means. Just another mask. Simpsons saw this train-wreck coming in 94' [link to imgur.com (secure)] [link to youtu.be (secure)] Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/24/2020 05:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I’ve been cutting my own hair for years. I see no point, as an adult, to rely on another for grooming. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 74021864 But I’d like to think that even if I did rely on those services, that I wouldn’t suffer great anxiety when deprived of them. But rather feel sympathy for the people who provide those services, not being able to feed their families. I just had my mom do it for the last 2 decades..and now I let my partner do it. My hair is fine and cutting a straight line across my back takes less than 30 seconds. Lack of compassion has been one of the harder aspects of this for me to stomach. I knew people were selfish, I knew people were dumb, I knew people were opportunists, but I didn't know to what caliber and that I would see it everywhere. Horrible to watch. I don't enjoy Interwebs any longer. It is all the same topic with monkeys on either side throwing feces. A trim is all it really needs. I recently saw an article about a short film called Chaetophobia, created by a hair stylist named Claire Moore. It’s visually very uncomfortable. Shows hair styled and coifed on parts of the body it typically wouldn’t be. But it’s meant to make people question their attachment to hair. “People have so much emotion attached to their hair and think of it as a major part of their identity but, in reality, hair is just dead skin cells.” - Claire Moore Yes, this epidemic sure has shone an unforgiving florescent spotlight, on humanity. I cut off about 6-8 inches every year. Once it reaches my lower back I cut it along my bra strap. Then let it grow for the year. Sounds disturbing. Like a John Waters movie. I got 10 minutes into Pink Flamingo before shutting it off in horror and I'm still disturbed. Cringy is not appealing. It's gross. It was when my hair was falling out in clumps I realized I had taken my 'fasting' too far. My hair has never been the same. Unforgiving spotlight on America. Everyone else is pulling their weight. Last Edited by Seer777 on 07/24/2020 05:01 PM Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/24/2020 05:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Brand-Shilling Wife of Treasury Secretary Mocks Instagram User for Having Less Money Than She Does Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78791447 Here's Louise Linton, the wife of Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, attacking a woman who wrote “glad we could pay for your little getaway” after Linton posted a photo Monday night about wearing #hermes, #valentino, #roulandmouret, and #tomfordsunnies on an official government-chartered #daytrip to Kentucky. For those of you keeping score at home, Linton manages to both complain about how much she sacrifices in taxes while shaming the woman for not earning as much; suggest that she and her husband, who made a significant amount of money at Goldman Sachs before running a “foreclosure machine,” have given more to their country than their haters ever could; employ the strategic use of the curled bicep emoji, the blowing kisses face, and “Lololol”; and, of course, the coup de grâce—“you’re adorably out of touch.” [link to www.vanityfair.com (secure)] She looks just the type to be exactly like that. Not surprised for 1 second. From the man whose wife played Marie (let them eat cake) Antoinette in a movie and who made a fortune evicting people who had been sold trash mortgages even though they qualified for quality mortgages: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78791121 YOU can live on $17 a day. In what reality do these people live? Their billionaire reality, while the common sheep eat scraps. Correct. These people hate themselves..so cover themselves in vile excess luxuries to hide how evil they really are. All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. ~Orwell Why do Mnuchin and his wife insist on posing for photos that make them look like ultra-wealthy Bond villains? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78791118 ^ She's clearly not in it for the money. /s Steve Mnuchin, foreclosure king, now runs your US Treasury Quoting: Seer777 [link to thehill.com (secure)] [link to youtu.be (secure)] Look at his face.. Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/24/2020 06:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thread: Mad World (Page 1462) Quoting: Seer777 I do have to say..if this doesn't collapse the economy and lead to a tsunami of layoffs/foreclosures, I have considered it may be a boon for people like me who make and sell their own product. Made in America comes back to the forefront. That is..if people will still have money to spend on luxuries like jewelry and such. I guess the silver has actual weight value but what I charge is in no way comparable to what it weighs, but then still worth more than paper.  I was trying to be optimistic. I knew what was coming. I'll survive. Hope you're doing well . Thread: U.S. Home-Mortgage Delinquencies Reach Highest Level Since 2011 ^^ 2011 was incredibly traumatic for me. I almost starved myself to death because of it. I know what those people are facing.  [link to youtu.be (secure)] Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/24/2020 06:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 'Don't be an idiot like me': Truck driver, 51, posted tragic last message just a day before dying of coronavirus after catching it at a party in California Quoting: Seer777 More than a dozen people who also attended the party have since come back positive for the virus. Macias penned his last Facebook post on June 20, writing: 'Some of you know, but most don't. I f***ed up and went out a couple of weeks ago and I contracted the coronavirus. 'Monday I tested for it and it was confirmed on Thursday. Because of my stupidity I put my mom and sisters and my family in jeopardy. This has been a very painful experience. 'This is no joke. If you have to go our wear a mask and practice social distancing. Don't be a f***ing idiot like me. 'Thank you to all my friends who have brought me food, and to everyone who has been there for me. ]Hopefully with God's help I'll be able to survive this. I love you all.' [link to www.dailymail.co.uk (secure)] He died. The point being...we have this guy here..who in his hubris decided to buck common sense and social distancing during a pandemic, and then when he got diagnosed with Covid 19, he passed it to his family and then begged for God to save him, the day before he died. Now..for those left behind in the fallout, they are left with this 'last message' of his..where they may have as well..prayed for his recovery, only to see their prayers ignored as well. This can cause a crisis of faith on the part of the person whose prayers were clearly ignored and then left to wonder if prayer is useless. I saw a thread asking that very question a week or so back. Is prayer useless? Of course most believe it is very real for them, and that they have witnessed personal miracles which reinforce their faith. But what, in the case of this guy? The one that asked for God's help to save him from CV-19 and died the next day? As someone who has struggled with faith for years now, I can see how crisis of faith pop up very easily. This is one of them. People whose faith is strong, will justify it with..I guess it was just his time. God wanted him, with him..and so on personal justifications people use..when prayers are clearly ignored or don't seem to work at all. I wonder what the Pope told himself. Just look at this.. Look at it. [link to imgur.com (secure)] Faith in Country is a thing one can lose as well.. [link to youtu.be (secure)] Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/24/2020 07:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mask/No Mask has taken the place of the void left, by that absence of team sports in the USA. [link to youtu.be (secure)] Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
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| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/25/2020 12:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Most sociopaths aren't killers. Not directly at least. Quoting: Seer777 Most get their thrill from predating on others..in the most rewarding of venues. Money. Namely..yours and everyone elses'. [link to imgur.com (secure)] [link to youtu.be (secure)] Thread: Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac Is Dead [link to youtu.be (secure)] Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/25/2020 01:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 2/20/20 Thread: Mad World (Page 1467) China knows that once this goes wild weasel in United States, it is basically checkmate. Quoting: Seer777 No one else in the world could pull off what they have done. 1.386 billion people wearing a collar. Isn't one of the earlier war tactics to isolate a population, introduce a pathogen, and then let them tear each other apart inside the walls after cutting off supplies? It's just a waiting game at that point. No one on the planet has total control over their population, as China does theirs. Hopefully no other population on the planet, would tolerate such tyranny either. 'Iron fist' and all that. and yet they may succeed were the rest of the civilized world fails or struggles poorly with containment! lol 2/18/20 Survive in what sense? Currently things do look a bit less doomy than they did a couple of weeks ago, but then..who really knows what is going on? China is on internet blackout which should alarm everyone for obvious reasons. Tyranny has its iron grip firmly wrapped around the throat of every Chinese person. No way in Hell, America could pull that off that kind of lock down without huge consequences.. April 21st 1992..would look like a bake sale. I meant 29th. Every time I hear my partner's radio noises(constantly) this song starts playing in my head. Needless to say hundreds of times over the last month.. [link to youtu.be (secure)] So much fun watching your country pull itself apart at the seams. /s Peaceful in my town. Lots of educated people here. Thankfully it is easy to completely block incoming traffic into this town..if it comes to that. Always know your entrances and exits. Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/25/2020 01:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thread: China - The world's first digital dictatorship. Quoting: Seer777 Be a good slave and you are rewarded with table scraps of freedom. Be a bad slave - well you don't want to go there. Quoting: Toolio [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] [link to m.youtube.com (secure)] The guy crying at the end..yo.. Wake UP! [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] Even scarier after Xi made himself president for life. I heard earlier..that Winnie the Pooh has been banned in China due to some memes of Pooh and Xi's likeness.. Quoting: Seer777 China is moving into Minority Report territory and mixing it with Orwellian technological fascism. Quoting: Seer777 A dictator's wet dream. 16 parts of China are now using Skynet, the facial recognition tech that can scan the country's entire population in a second Currently, there are 170 million surveillance cameras in China and, by 2020, the country hopes to have 570 million – that’s nearly one camera for every two citizens. Facial recognition technology is just a small part of the artificial intelligence industry that China wants to pioneer. According to a report by CB Insights, five times as many AI patents were applied for in China than the US in 2017. [link to www.businessinsider.com.au (secure)] China will utilize Western belief in Biblical prophecy, to engage the very nightmare you all been waiting for. Quoting: Seer777 All your daughters will belong to them. They have 10s of millions of single males to throw at us. Self-fulfilling prophecy.. China knows that once this goes wild weasel in United States, it is basically checkmate. Quoting: Seer777 No one else in the world could pull off what they have done. 1.386 billion people wearing a collar. Isn't one of the earlier war tactics to isolate a population, introduce a pathogen, and then let them tear each other apart inside the walls after cutting off supplies? It's just a waiting game at that point. I learned a new phrase yesterday.. Attrition warfare Attrition warfare is a military strategy consisting of belligerent attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and material. The war will usually be won by the side with greater such resources. [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
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| Seer777 (OP) Ride the wings of the mind User ID: 79139322 United States07/25/2020 05:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Miranda sounds a lot like Cassandra.. Quoting: Seer777 Cassandra [link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] [link to www.youtube.com (secure)] [link to youtu.be (secure)] Difficulties strengthen the Mind as labor does the body... ~Seneca |
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