Chaos and the Anti-Thread

[Emil El Zapato]

I like the red look best ...

[Gio]

Sleepy Joe Biden ...

Living in America

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5BL4RNFr58

[Emil El Zapato]

I can't help myself Gio,

[Gio]

I can't help myself Gio,

Believe me i do understand how you might feel (presenty), but neither of these two candidates (dudes) will end up soothing what aches most of US ... But hopes springs eternal, doesn't it.

[Emil El Zapato]

Honestly, I see Biden as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding and a positive force to the good. My daughter was texting me last night and talking about AOC ... that may be the future ... there are many 20-somethings that see the world as my daughter does.

[Dreamtimer]

It's been apparent for decades that Republicans are not representing the changing demographic of America. For a while they tried. Then they seemed to give up.

They've descended to the low level of a ruling minority who needs to undermine the system in order to keep control.

It's sad. But even more pathetic are the millions who go along with it. Turning half of America into an enemy doesn't help any of America. The nation won't become stronger with this type of minority rule. It will continue to devolve.

Biden has never been left-wing, never a darling of the left. When conservatives believe the lies and rhetoric of a bloviating sore loser, it's not a good bellwether.

[Emil El Zapato]

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JASUsVY5YJ8


It seems this guy has gone 'crazy cat gent'. This is a flip show.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNZO4ho_M9o

[Emil El Zapato]

It seems the great advisor on the Earth is invoking this:

Early atheistic Nyaya scholars, and later theistic Nyaya scholars, both made substantial contributions to the systematic study of Ātman.[62] They posited that even though "self/soul" is intimately related to the knower, it can still be the subject of knowledge. John Plott[62] states that the Nyaya scholars developed a theory of negation that far exceeds Hegel's theory of negation, while their epistemological theories refined to "know the knower" at least equals Aristotle's sophistication. Nyaya methodology influenced all major schools of Hinduism.

The Nyaya scholars defined Ātman as an imperceptible substance that is the substrate of human consciousness, manifesting itself with or without qualities such as desires, feelings, perception, knowledge, understanding, errors, insights, sufferings, bliss, and others.[63][64] Nyaya school not only developed its theory of Atman, it contributed to Hindu philosophy in a number of ways. To the Hindu theory of Ātman, the contributions of Nyaya scholars were twofold. One, they went beyond holding it as "self evident" and offered rational proofs, consistent with their epistemology, in their debates with Buddhists, that "Atman exists".[65] Second, they developed theories on what "Atman is and is not".[66] As proofs for the proposition "self/soul exists", for example, Nyaya scholars argued that personal recollections and memories of the form "I did this so many years ago" implicitly presume that there is a self that is substantial, continuing, unchanged, and existent.[65][66]

Nyayasutra, a 2nd-century CE foundational text of Nyaya school of Hinduism, states that the soul is a proper object of human knowledge. It also states that soul is a real substance that can be inferred from certain signs, objectively perceivable attributes. For example, in book 1, chapter 1, verses 9 and 10, Nyayasutra states[63]

Ātman, body, senses, objects of senses, intellect, mind, activity, error, pretyabhava (after life), fruit, suffering and bliss are the objects of right knowledge.
Desire, aversion, effort, happiness, suffering and cognition are the Linga (लिङ्ग, mark, sign) of the Ātman.

— Nyaya Sutra, I.1.9-10[63]

[Octopus Garden]

Honestly, I see Biden as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding and a positive force to the good. My daughter was texting me last night and talking about AOC ... that may be the future ... there are many 20-somethings that see the world as my daughter does.

I love AOC. The right call her a commie, so she must be doing something right, (or left!)

[Emil El Zapato]

yeah, I see her and the other two as relatively naive but on a mission. At least it is a mission FOR humanity ... that's all i really care about ...

[Dreamtimer]

Desire, aversion, effort, happiness, suffering and cognition are the Linga (लिङ्ग, mark, sign) of the Ātman

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This phrase really strikes me.


Naivete is not a bad thing, as long as learning is available and perhaps some guidance for protection. Cynicism closes the mind.

Open minds can see solutions jaded minds cannot.

[Emil El Zapato]

yes, no doubt that is true... And for that type, naive perhaps but a wise and caring soul will always evolve. So saith Rudolph Steiner ...

[Emil El Zapato]

ok folks, here we go on another chapter of chaos: Warning: Not for children, Disclaimer: I have not gone off the deep end.

Curiously, I commented yesterday about 'pictures' regarding ladies in various stages of undress ... well,

Between 2001 and 2005, I worked with a young guy just out of college, he's about 25 years younger than I am. Very good guy, very sociable. In the course of usual friendship I gave him a book to read that I had just finished by Dean Koontz (I don't remember which title it was). In the book there was some scenarios of what I consider really freakish sexual behavior and jokingly I mentioned that to my friend. He responded, "What's weird about that?" and i a bit flustered said, "I'm almost afraid to ask you what your home sex life is like", he had a very pretty Hispanic (Nicaraguan) girlfriend at the time.

Times changed, our group of friends went their separate ways and only reganged for two marriages, one for the above friend around 2004, and another group member in 2011. At the 2011 marriage when we sat down for a meal, my friend's wife declined to sit by him and chose to sit on my left while he sat on my right...well, ok, his wife and I, always had a 'let's talk about your husband' type of relationship so no big deal. As the night wore on and we got progressively sloshed, my friend said he wanted me to have sex with his wife and I blew it off as drunk talk and figured he was gonna be plenty embarrassed when he sobered up. hmmm, ok.

About a month ago, we reconnected via email and started reminiscing about the good old days ... one thing led to another and last evening he asked me if I thought his wife was good looking. Of course, I said yes which is true and he asked me if I wanted to see some pictures of her. With a little trepidation I said sure. He said, ok but he had to switch to his 'burner' account. He started sending me pictures of her in 'various stages of undress' from underwear to bucket naked porn poses. I'm like wow, and said yeah, she looking good. He then 'popped the question' AGAIN and asked me if I wanted to have sex with his wife and that he would enjoy 'watching'. Now, in truth this is a bridge too far for me, but though this may seem 'weird', I didn't want to offend him by saying no and I surely didn't want to go into my life story regarding all things, so I just replied, "sure, but geez, man". He was getting a great kick out of all this and I just sorta went with it.

I jested that he was quite the photographer and his parting comment was that he thought he should get some video. I just responded by sending an emoji of an artist' palette. He thought that was funny. I've heard tales from other people about local community 'wife swapping' clubs but thought it was a very weird thing to be into but to each their own.

In the end I was granted some time, as he proffered that during covid it wouldn't be a good idea but maybe after ... whew! All I can say is, "What tha' f*ck!"

If I still had my subscription to Penthouse, I might send this in as a story of the month.

[Dreamtimer]

I would have said no to the pictures, but then I'm me.

It sounds like a kind of foreplay. If you like the pics, you might like the real thing.

I'm so utterly traditional I would have just said, "No, thank you."

I discovered near the end of my college years that many of my classmates were into BDSM. I use the acronym because I don't even like to write it out. It's about rules and control and some very weird sexual associations which I don't even understand because for me, beating and pain and abuse don't have anything to do with being intimate in a sexual way.

Anyway, enough of that.

[Emil El Zapato]

yeah, the lady that cuts my hair said her former husband had some experience with that ... apparently took her to a show ... it was totally bizarre what she described. crazy!