|
Arivia posted:isn't this actually the belief of some religions with reincarnation ideas? like buddhism or whatever, you have to experience all of the world's ills as part of finding release from suffering? thats not choosing your reincarnation, but yes, there are beliefs that say you keep coming around until you experience what you need to to be able to move one, and that would imply that yes, sometimes you come back and get a nice hosed up life. maybe next time around your life will be better
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 09:22
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 30, 2024 15:30 |
|
|
RFC2324 posted:thats not choosing your reincarnation, but yes, there are beliefs that say you keep coming around until you experience what you need to to be able to move one, and that would imply that yes, sometimes you come back and get a nice hosed up life. i better get a real nice one next, just a relaxing fun time. i'll be some old lady's housecat
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 09:31
|
|
|
I think I'd like to be an armadillo.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 10:01
|
|
|
I'm really hoping for spoiled bunny
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 10:04
|
|
|
From the same account (which is great, by the way): https://twitter.com/theserfstv/status/1436850837465174016 Alex Jones's career is so dead he's got to crash musty comic book guy streams for relevance now. And for the record, if you look down in the lower left corner, that's the "gently caress off @elmo, you dumb bitch" dweeb with his massive fivehead peeking out from behind Lance's chat.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 10:04
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1468588712296697861
|
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 10:22
|
|
|
There was a football guy in the UK a few years back who was (or at least said he was) Buddhist and he got in a lot of poo poo for saying that disabled people were disabled because of something bad they'd done in a previous life. Ron somebody? Can't remember.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 12:27
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/AtomAtkinson/status/1468799076242182144?s=20
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 12:44
|
|
|
sugar mouse posted:I met a guy irl recently who also had this theory that everyone chooses their own reincarnation. I asked about abused children and he said, yes, them too... It really creeped me out. I told him to gently caress off but he still goes to my local pub and I just avoid him like hell. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusions_(Bach_novel)
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 12:47
|
|
|
Vib Rib posted:What the gently caress does "woke conservative mob" mean I believe she is saying that "woke means cancels people"
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 12:47
|
|
|
Everyone actively hates us and how contemptible we are, but we found one another and we're even more miserable now so there
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 13:28
|
|
|
Brawnfire posted:Everyone actively hates us and how contemptible we are, but we found one another and we're even more miserable now so there 
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 13:33
|
|
|
I can understand reinventing the wheel, but reinventing Second Life is just infinitely more pathetic.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 13:44
|
|
|
Wouldn't you know it https://twitter.com/AtomAtkinson/status/1468828414186508289
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 13:49
|
|
|
at least second life had free flying dick generators what the gently caress does the metaverse have
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 13:49
|
|
|
From the comments it appears their interest in things being pure and colorless extends beyond gold and diamonds.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 13:52
|
|
|
Unkempt posted:There was a football guy in the UK a few years back who was (or at least said he was) Buddhist and he got in a lot of poo poo for saying that disabled people were disabled because of something bad they'd done in a previous life. Ron somebody? Can't remember. Was this somebody raised buddhist or a white dude that read some books by the Dalai Lama? Cuz while buddhism does generally teach that your past-life conduct influences your current birth (eg Hitler would come back as a roach), it does not teach making GBS threads on people like "your dad's an alcoholic? You deserve it!" You're supposed to be as upstanding as possible until you attain the status of boddhisatva and break out of the cycle, at which point your job is to help other souls get out. making GBS threads on people is not upstanding. At least that's my understanding, IANAB.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 14:20
|
|
|
Edgar Allen Ho posted:Was this somebody raised buddhist or a white dude that read some books by the Dalai Lama? Cuz while buddhism does generally teach that your past-life conduct influences your current birth (eg Hitler would come back as a roach), it does not teach making GBS threads on people like "your dad's an alcoholic? You deserve it!" You're supposed to be as upstanding as possible until you attain the status of boddhisatva and break out of the cycle, at which point your job is to help other souls get out. making GBS threads on people is not upstanding. At least that's my understanding, IANAB. Well it was driving me crazy so I had to google it and he wasn't a buddhist at all - it was Glenn Hoddle, who claimed to be a 'born again Christian' but also shat this out: https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/jan/30/newsstory.sport7 posted:'I have got an inner belief and an inner faith with God. I do believe spiritually we have to progress because we've been here before. The physical body is just an overcoat for your spirit. At death you take the overcoat off and your spirit will go on to another life in a spirit dimension. What a twat.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 14:35
|
|
|
That take alone should make his god make his legs fall off.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 14:42
|
|
|
Edgar Allen Ho posted:Was this somebody raised buddhist or a white dude that read some books by the Dalai Lama? Cuz while buddhism does generally teach that your past-life conduct influences your current birth (eg Hitler would come back as a roach), it does not teach making GBS threads on people like "your dad's an alcoholic? You deserve it!" You're supposed to be as upstanding as possible until you attain the status of boddhisatva and break out of the cycle, at which point your job is to help other souls get out. making GBS threads on people is not upstanding. At least that's my understanding, IANAB. I've seen it way more with devout Hindus as a means to prop up the caste system, but it is also pretty common in Therevada. It also pops up in a lot of traditional Japanese buddhisms too. For example, being born disabled is actively shameful because it is something you effectively brought on to yourself. Born with a clubbed foot or a missing hand? You did something lovely to deserve that. It is just another form of social control. Since it is a proselytizing religion, a lot of westerners have an overly romantic view of Buddhism. Though her lovely take seems more new agey to me. Lots of cross pollination with vedic religions there but new age tells on itself because it is fundamentally narcissistic with a healthy dose of solipsism. Vitruvian Manic has a new favorite as of 17:12 on Dec 9, 2021 |
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 14:44
|
|
|
"narcissist" and "sociopath" are absolute alarm bells in my mind. Whenever I see someone using them, I know that they're the one I should be wary of.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 15:27
|
|
|
The use of “Miss” with her former married name is certainly a choice.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 15:53
|
|
|
Lots of women who get divorced keep their previous married name, especially if they have a child who shares that name. Miss vs Ms is entirely personal preference. Fair play, says I.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 15:55
|
|
|
Bodnoirbabe posted:She's really very good, but I've always really loved this performace of The Dolls Song. She hits these incredibly difficult high notes perfectly. Where it seems like they'd be so high it would hurt, but it transports you. I believe she goes higher than the woman in the quoted video. Skip to 6m35s and watch through to the end for the insanely high notes. I've always liked this one. Like, there is audible awe at that high note. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHp4LLnlKIg
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 15:56
|
|
|
Vitruvian Manic posted:I've seen it way.more with devour Hindus 
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 16:05
|
|
|
All this reincarnation talk just feels like someone had a really hard time reconciling a loving god with the world's suffering, and found an explanation that not only fixes it, but also dissolves all personal responsibility to be a good person and justifies not caring at all about making the world a better place, or working to reduce systemic suffering.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 16:10
|
|
|
How can you tell that the disabled person was a lovely human in a past life & not a phenomenally benevolent cockroach
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 16:42
|
|
|
Borrovan posted:How can you tell that the disabled person was a lovely human in a past life & not a phenomenally benevolent cockroach See? You can't so that's why you can't go around making GBS threads on people for their past lives, you have no idea where they're coming from.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 16:46
|
|
|
What the gently caress did whoever got reincarnated as Elon Musk do in their life? Is being Elon Musk a reward or a punishment?
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 16:50
|
|
|
The punishment is on us. https://twitter.com/AP/status/1468965933150400521?s=20 The comments on this one are full of weird nerds trying to deflect the seriousness of Tesla letting you browse forums and play video games while you drive.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 16:56
|
|
|
Man I don't even hate the idea of online weddings, but there's something so pathetic about doing it on a shittier version of second life, an awful game where you can actually do poo poo and maybe not look like your wife's twin
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 16:56
|
|
|
ReidRansom posted:I've always liked this one. Like, there is audible awe at that high note. Watching the guy sitting behind her on the right and he's is just astonished and delighted - it's lovely to see  (at 3:45-4:00 and from about 6 mins onward) I know some of it is acting but there's a quality of genuine amazement there too
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 16:57
|
|
|
Wait I worked it out if they they were a benevolent cockroach that means that in the life before that one they were probably like a racist hamster or something Circle of life
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 16:58
|
|
|
Your ethics determines your next life's species Your species determines your next life's ethics
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 17:00
|
|
|
Vib Rib posted:All this reincarnation talk just feels like someone had a really hard time reconciling a loving god with the world's suffering, and found an explanation that not only fixes it, but also dissolves all personal responsibility to be a good person and justifies not caring at all about making the world a better place, or working to reduce systemic suffering. I had an Indian guy complaining to me about reincarnation just being a way to reinforce the caste system in India so yeah that seems right. He then went on to talk at length about why Mike Tyson was the best boxer of all time. I just wanted to finish my work and go his dog was cute but the whole house smelled like dog piss and I, too, smelled of dog piss when I left. I hope I come back as a dog I wanna piss everywhere.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 17:02
|
|
|
I bet the crowd guffawing at the beginning of the Doll performance when she's being wound up, about to walk off the stage etc have some fantastic views about modern comedy that would be perfect fodder for this thread.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 17:06
|
|
|
Luckily reincarnation is a really simple concept agreed upon by all practitioners of all faiths that include it
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 17:10
|
|
|
Groggy typing after a flight and lovely autocorrect his a hell of a drug. Though I could go the Spielberg route and get real racist with it. Kalimaaaaaaaa!
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 17:12
|
|
|
Vib Rib posted:All this reincarnation talk just feels like someone had a really hard time reconciling a loving god with the world's suffering, and found an explanation that not only fixes it, but also dissolves all personal responsibility to be a good person and justifies not caring at all about making the world a better place, or working to reduce systemic suffering. that's like the opposite of what buddism teaches like the world is inherently 'bad' yes but just sitting back and doing nothing waiting to get reincarnated just means you'll get stuck in a karmic cycle of misfortune
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 17:17
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 30, 2024 15:30 |
|
|
Douche Wolf 89 posted:Luckily reincarnation is a really simple concept agreed upon by all practitioners of all faiths that include it Even within larger faith traditions, there are certainly not dozens of faith traditions with widely varying doctrines I’m saying it’s just bouncing between benevolent cockroach and racist hamster forever unless you buy some DLC to get out of that loop
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2021 17:20
|
|