HoopyFrood

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[–] HoopyFrood@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

One cannot control their thoughts.

I want to know what you mean by this.

I don't know that i fully disagree with you, I don't get to will myself to instantly think any thought, but i have a plethora of tools at my disposal to manage my thought processes. when i find myself thinking thoughts that violate my values i introduce counter thoughts to balance it all out, or sometimes i just cut it off with a "we're done here for now" kinda vibe. I can control what kind of thoughts pop into my head in response to external stimuli by altering my values. Meditation and prayer also provide a means to alter or dissipate the flow of thoughts. Many of my values are at odds with each other, so i must partake in a seemingly constant exercise of identifying and resolving the dissonances in my values either internally (changing my values) or externally (attempting to alter the world around me to match my values).

[–] HoopyFrood@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As a software engineer who values humanity has done a good bit of work with "the cloud", i think your dad has the right set of feelings towards the cloud. That fucking cloud can go get bent

[–] HoopyFrood@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I’m not sure that tariffs being a constant back and forth in congress is a bad thing