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@dolus @thatbrickster @kro @dokidoki @bichosan Yeah, I was joking that he was referring to me because I do that.
Hopefully DT will be back in a few weeks if he isn't already. Sometimes breaks are good.
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@thatbrickster @kro @dolus @dokidoki @bichosan Hey, are you talking about me? Well... except for the fact that my interests last even lesser time than this. :')
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One of my favourite things about enjoying stories is that there are now so many mediums to switch between for them. I've been doing this for years.
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Hihi arwalk!
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I think it started to snow last night, but typically for here... it didn't settle in. Probably for the best.
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Anyway, goodnight fedi. I couldn't get very far into the video I was watching but it is late enough as it is. Take care... sweet dreams.
Don't forget your food for thought!
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Sometimes we become the very things we hate the most, and maybe we hate those things the most because it's how we behave and we can't face that reality.
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When everyone around you behaves in the same way, it is easy to fall into the same habits and follow their example as you were taught growing up. You don't even realise you are doing it until it is too late.
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@debbie You'll find most people in the past wouldn't meet the standards we have today, we've grown wiser as a species. But yes, it is another power grab. The men of the church are just as susceptible as the men in politics when it comes down to it. We all seek to meet our own needs, or the causes we champion while turning a blind eye to what we don't believe or know about. You can't know everything, you can't champion every cause... you have to decide which ones mean the most to you and whether you can effect the change needed with your limited resources. And many people are just trying to survive... they haven't learned how to do more. They don't have the good examples to model themselves after.
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It's interesting to think about how in the past, king Henry VIII noticed the wealth, resources and land the catholic church had accumulated over the centuries and took it for himself when he became head of the English church. Destroying monasteries and redistributing the wealth... he used it to enrich himself and keep loyal allies to his cause. It was quite the grab.
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@debbie Thanks!
It's also interesting that people say those who have the income/resources should support those who don't. The state is the biggest player in terms of income/resources... it has the monopoly. Because it makes the rules, because it can create money from nothing and take the resources it wants. I can't really blame people for taking what they can from it when it takes from them. It was also only a matter of time before the state took on this role... and took over from the church which used to be above it.
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The welfare state has largely made the church, charity and the unions obsolete. Because they help the poor.
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Peoples needs aren't being met? Lets tell them it is a right so that we can legislate and regulate it, and look like we're doing something good so they'll elect us again.
Our legislation hasn't worked? Lets regulate it further, and look like we're on their side and doing something about it so we'll get elected again!
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How can you have an evaluation of policies in politics when that is brushed under the rug? It's a popularity contest... and whatever concerns people the most is what gets discussed and more likely butchered than anything. Like anything when you involve the state.
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Sometimes I wonder how much of a good or bad influence I am on the people that find me attractive. I'll freely admit that I've had a tragic past that has left me broken in many ways, even to the point of having the belief that I am too broken. I don't know a life without the beliefs and feelings that led to this. I've been depressed for so long. It is a point where I sometimes feel concern for those that find this aspect about me attractive. Especially if they resonate with it.
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Now I've had time to process it... I just think, "Screw that belief. He loves you, you love him. Sometimes that is enough to chance it. To be worth it. You don't know what the future brings... you will probably be a good and bad influence on each other at times, and you can learn and grow together through it if you choose to. Perhaps you can turn the bad into good lessons to grow old and wise with. Then you can tell those stories, and pass your knowledge on if you want to. You may even come to know yourself better. There are things you learn about yourself when you fall in love, when you are left vulnerable around another human that feels the same way. When you learn how to live with each other and go through life together. Things you wouldn't learn without it."At least, I hope that is what I'll tell myself from now on.
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I don't know how many people need to hear that. But I do. To articulate such a thought and idea so that it better sinks in even though it goes against an old pattern of thought. It surprised me just how passionate I felt about it when I heard a fictional character voice those limiting beliefs about herself.
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There is an idea out there that because we are broken and fucked up, because we are attracted to the wrong people. To arseholes. That we don't deserve to be with the nice people, the ones that will help to heal us and provide an example of a good and healthy relationship. The opposite of what we believe we deserve. That we will just break them instead.
But I think it is worth rejecting this notion. I know how hard it is to do. How easy it is to be seduced into believing that I am too broken to be fixed, and that I will just drag everyone that gets involved down with me. How easy it is to let the fear prevent me from taking the risk... risk is scary. My brain will shut it down to protect me. Tell me stories to justify it. Play on my worst fears.
Even knowing this, there are times where it is worth taking a chance... risking it even though you fear the outcome. Even though you think the worst of yourself, and old patterns of thinking are familiar and an odd comfort. Like here, when you find that person to take a chance on... take it. Even if you have to do it while your mind is kicking and screaming. Be courageous.
You are worth it. You don't have to remain like a broken record, playing the same lines over and over. You can learn new lines, and allow others to be that example you need in your life. You can build a healthy life for yourself just as you can have a healthy relationship with someone willing to love you in return. The choice is yours to make. So make it.
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"What is it like to date a man?"
What a loaded question! It's surreal.
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@ocean @lain Because she likes to condescend or something?
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