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echo chambers are dangerous, (but also like why is that your opinion !)
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May 15, 2025
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i think that being friends with people you may disagree with on some major things is ultimately a good thing.
if you only are friends with people you agree with you will be stuck in a silo and only be more drawn towards the views you already have. even if you disagree, seeing and understanding another persons perspective can bring a lot of insight to things you might not have thought about before.
beyond that if you understand their perspective and still disagree, diplomacy can help change their mind. you will almost never be able to change someone’s mind about something by refusing to engage or arguing with them. i wouldn’t say being diplomatic is the same as submission, because you can’t influence someone without being diplomatic. you can try to understand their perspective and then bring up pieces of your own experience that contradict it. if you trust someone and they describe experiencing something that contradicts your beliefs, there are definitely some questions that are raised in your mind.
obviously there are limits but i generally always have a very open mind even if i disagree with someone a lot. daryl davis did a great talk on this describing how he convinced multiple KKK leaders to leave.
May 27, 2025
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I’m learning that it’s important to both know what you like and what you don’t like as well as the reasons why.
Jan 23, 2024
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example // in sufjan stevens’ it’s your own body and mind off of a beginners mind,(the formatting choices here are completely arbitrary) he angelically sings:
she’s gotta have it
she’s gotta dream
(she’s got a dream)
and she'll make it a habit
of doing her own thing
as so graciously told to me by genius, (this link does not redirect to anything I simply like to imagine it looks fitting) this song is based off of spike lee’s she’s gotta have it, and is an ode to self actualization, autonomy, and love.
HOWEVER, when I heard this song it became:
she’s god of heaven
she’s gotta dream
(she’s got a dream)
and she’ll make it of heaven
as so woefully malformed by my brain,
the song became a tale of a woman who is ”god of heaven.” I derived that sufjan had put a woman on the pedestal of all pedestals claiming her a god of heaven aka: God,(for those who practice)—(sidenote: what are you practicing)—(double sidenote: this is a joke) or even surpassing God. I figured that i was listening to a song about infatuation and rose-tinted perspective, much similar to his song impossible soul off of the age of adz (i could write pages upon pages about this 25 minute long masterpiece and the cover of the album talking to me while on mushrooms but alas…seek ye treasure (pirate reference)) in which he sings “woman tell me what you want“ and “you are the lover of my impossible soul.” so sue me for thinking lover boy stevens was back at it.
i do think there is a beauty in misunderstanding lyrics that can show you what is at the forefront of your brain without you even realizing. when listening to the song i was thinking of my girlfriend, (god of heaven. obviously.) and my brain jumped to connect that dot. i find that this happens very often and it usually suggests something more interesting and provocative than a simple yanny and/or laurel mishap (green needle for my enthusiasts). if you have any similar experiences do feel free to share!
May 15, 2025
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fish oil, creatine, skin gummy (?)
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May 14, 2025
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educating yourself on them to make sure you don’t use them kinda like “with great power comes great responsibility” spider-man type business. also useful for your own emotional well-being when people make you feel like shit but in your head you can just be like ”well that was an ad hominem fucker so you don’t even make sense.“ (but theres also a fallacy fallacy that states just because someone uses a fallacy does not necessarily make their conclusion incorrect !)
it’s very easy to get annoying however, as i’m sure reading this was, only slightly rec
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May 15, 2025