sosie posted:does anybody wanna be freinds with me
*waves fingers in front of face*
we are friends
*tiny dancer by elton john plays*
for example, i often used to have panic attacks while talking to people because there are constant errors, slips, challenges and misunderstandings. and my brain would sort of slow down and try to work through each one. and once i realized that basically there was no way to avoid that chaotic stream of half-failures in communication i was able to communicate much more easily. and also the idea that people were engaged in a sort of critical dance to challenge me and assess me became much less frightening and then it became less troubling to play along.
beyond that i used to spend a lot of time thinking about meaning in life and such. and the only "solution" i had encountered was the existentialist idea that tends towards thinking that a stable self confronts an absurd world but that constructed meaning can be drawn from it. but the reality seems almost the opposite to me now. that is, the world makes complete sense, it has laws that it follows, but the self is basically an onion, you peel it away and there isn't anything left but the component parts. so the world isn't really absurd, it's more that we are, or rather all the things we desire sort of are insane. but like.... not really even that? like, they can be explained too... from a god's eye view you can know that you fell in love with someone because of some bizarre combination of psychological elements involved, but like, that doesn't really matter, who cares, just live your life!
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getfiscal posted:you know what's sort of funny (to me). reading about psychoanalysis has probably done a lot of the work in making me handle my anxiety and such better. like not much of the physical symptoms have changed but how i handle it has become significantly better in part because of lacanese junk. and i know it's probably half-understood junk but who cares.
for example, i often used to have panic attacks while talking to people because there are constant errors, slips, challenges and misunderstandings. and my brain would sort of slow down and try to work through each one. and once i realized that basically there was no way to avoid that chaotic stream of half-failures in communication i was able to communicate much more easily. and also the idea that people were engaged in a sort of critical dance to challenge me and assess me became much less frightening and then it became less troubling to play along.
beyond that i used to spend a lot of time thinking about meaning in life and such. and the only "solution" i had encountered was the existentialist idea that tends towards thinking that a stable self confronts an absurd world but that constructed meaning can be drawn from it. but the reality seems almost the opposite to me now. that is, the world makes complete sense, it has laws that it follows, but the self is basically an onion, you peel it away and there isn't anything left but the component parts. so the world isn't really absurd, it's more that we are, or rather all the things we desire sort of are insane. but like.... not really even that? like, they can be explained too... from a god's eye view you can know that you fell in love with someone because of some bizarre combination of psychological elements involved, but like, that doesn't really matter, who cares, just live your life!
same except relating to my intense self-directed study of Juche Idea
stegosaurus posted:same except relating to my intense self-directed study of Juche Idea
if i had money i'd donate to our pro-juche party just to keep that ball rolling
getfiscal posted:for example, i often used to have panic attacks while talking to people because there are constant errors, slips, challenges and misunderstandings. and my brain would sort of slow down and try to work through each one. and once i realized that basically there was no way to avoid that chaotic stream of half-failures in communication i was able to communicate much more easily. and also the idea that people were engaged in a sort of critical dance to challenge me and assess me became much less frightening and then it became less troubling to play along.
Could you outline this a little bit more? I'm not sure if it's similar to what I have or not. I know what you mean by failures in communications, like when you hear a few people having a disagreement or misunderstanding and you kinda know what the root of it is but just can't be bothered participating.
People challenging me is fine, but people boring me makes me social withdrawn.
Not trying to sound arrogant, i'm sure i bore them too
this guy changed ideologies as often as getfiscal
ilmdge posted:HAVANA (AP) - Eloy Gutierrez-Menoyo, who went from rebel commander fighting alongside Fidel Castro to a foe launching commando raids against the island before settling inside Cuba as a moderate, pro-dialogue dissident, died early Friday.
poor guy never got help for his depression 
ilmdge posted:HAVANA (AP) - Eloy Gutierrez-Menoyo, who went from rebel commander fighting alongside Fidel Castro to a foe launching commando raids against the island before settling inside Cuba as a moderate, pro-dialogue dissident, died early Friday.
this guy changed ideologies as often as getfiscal
the life of a warrior.
swampman posted:how about you getfiscal? anarcho dengism? what brought that on, you hear some noble hick prole exclaim "got deng anarchists"?
i'm just joking around friend.
True story
Guy: *listening to Bullet for my valentine really loud*
Girl: Turn that down!
Guy: But it's Bullet for my valentine!!
Girl: It sounds terrible. Put on some One Direction.
Police Officer: So she fell on the knife 26 times?
Guy: Yep, what a tragedy.
jenske65 2 days ago 58
Why do people think Justin Bieber is good?
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ilmdge posted:
lol
"There are rumours your area has become sanctuary to criminals Aerdil."
Ah, Aerdil. The woman stood tall for her age, straight, rigid and proud in the face of the threat. Rumours circled that she had been quite a catch in her youth, fuelled by adrenaline and a hunger for lust. Now the creases in her skin only served to add weight to her presence, what she had lost in youth she had gained in wisdom and outright demanded in respect. Thick grey tendrils had been tamed into a plait that hung low past her waist and as the crisp clear voice of Aerdil rang out into the trees, Tai could not help but grin. Now THAT was a woman who could hold her own. Sneaking a glance to her right she noticed the same pride written over Saylens lips.
getfiscal posted:but the reality seems almost the opposite to me now. that is, the world makes complete sense, it has laws that it follows, but the self is basically an onion, you peel it away and there isn't anything left but the component parts. so the world isn't really absurd, it's more that we are, or rather all the things we desire sort of are insane.
since there is no unified human subject or human nature then there are arguably perspectives based on class, and the possible purpose of theory is to make arguments which are to the benefit of the oppressed classes, especially ones that might be strategically located in the system in order to end oppressions such as the proletariat. and in policy that might mean that class-based justice and limitations on the franchise and such are justified, since you aren't offending some rational unity of humanity which is rooted in rights or something.
mouffe disagrees with a lot of that for various reasons though.