It's one of the most wild and mind bending philosophy/psychology books I've ever read. It almost encourages you to give up and put the book down in frustration. It feels like it's aim is to so completely break down the way we conventionally approach mental illness and the larger human experience that it speaks in borderline gibberish at times, requiring you to fundamentally alter your mindset to even begin to understand what they are talking about.
"It is at work everywhere, functioning smoothly at times, at other times in fits and starts. It breathes, it heats, it eats. It shits and fucks. What a mistake to have ever said the id. Everywhere it is machines—real ones, not figurative ones: machines driving other machines, machines being driven by other machines, with all the necessary couplings and connections. An organ-machine is plugged into an energy-source-machine: the one produces a flow that the other interrupts. The breast is a machine that produces milk, and the mouth a machine coupled to it. The mouth of the anorexic wavers between several functions: its possessor is uncertain as to whether it is an eating-machine, an anal machine, a talking-machine, or a breathing machine (asthma attacks). Hence we are all handymen: each with his little machines."
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Again, I'm using this category as an umbrella so I can list my favorite movies that I think by watching will make everyone's life better or at least distract you from whatever bullshit is going on in your own life for a moment, and put a smile on your face. Maybe you'll even relate to what the characters in the films are going through and you'll feel a little bit less alone and it will change your life forever. These are my favorite movies that I watch over and over again: An Unmarried Woman, Swingers, Annie Hall, Broken English, Girlfriends. Last Days of Disco, and Hannah and Her Sisters. And one of my favorite theaters to watch movies in in New York City is Metrograph. A sanctuary. A safe haven. The programming is extraordinary. And they have a wonderful restaurant upstairs called The Commissary. Run don't walk.
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easiest $25/month to convince myself I have
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I like having a historical record of the shows I've been to, and I'm sad that many places don't do physical tickets anymore. How do we fix this? Does anyone know a guy?
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Empathy helps you understand why someone feels the way they feel without forcing you to accept that they are correct to feel that way. You can walk a mile in someone’s shoes and then turn around and tell them their shoes are shit and recommend new ones.
Tolerance makes you blind to the injustices of the world and forces you to accept even the most disgusting of viewpoints as “equal”.
Example: You can empathize with a racist. You can understand the cultural brainwashing that led to it. But you shouldn’t be tolerant of it. Plus, being empathetic to why they feel that way makes them more comfortable doing the same in return. Hostility breeds hostility. Empathy breeds empathy. Empathy brings us all together.
Feb 5, 2024
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I’m probably the only one lol
Feb 7, 2024
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It’s the perfect amount of time to game plan for the day on the way in and unwind for the evening on the way back. Longer is just wasted time, less isn’t enough to switch headspaces
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