Recursive Reasoning

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[fractallogic]

I think even my stove gave up due to the heat (weird error message that I know I’ve fixed before … last summer during a heatwave), and yet, I have successfully made some pretty good tomato egg drop noodle soup

[fractallogic]

Call me crazy but I think I’m gonna make some soup for dinner

I just need to go to the grocery store for some tomatoes. If only I had decided I wanted something about Chinese tomato-egg dishes when I was at the store this morning to get Indulgent Breakfast(tm) before going to the library’s book sale (nothing there because it was day 3/3, but I did check out some books and reminisce about how much time I’ve spent at the central branch of the Denver public library in my life (and also go hey look there’s where I got my very first library card when I was 4 or 5))

It is just so goddamned fuckening hot. I don’t want to take the car over there because it’s like a ten-min walk. I don’t want to walk because it’s fucking 95 degrees out. But I am so deeply desirous of this tomato egg drop soup (with the marinated tofu I made the other day, plus maybe noodles?? Idk) that… maybe I’ll watch one more episode of this show and it’ll drop a couple degrees

[txtokenman]

[russianblush]

no ai usage over here. you’re gonna get my shitty authentic writing whether you like it or not

[genderkoolaid]

reminder that i, as an anarchist and an agnostic, am firmly against anti-theism (the stance that religion is inherently bad and should be abolished). spirituality and religion are normal parts of humanity. they are things that we make and will continue to make. some people do really just have an innate sense/desire for Something Beyond Them and that's not just going to go away Because Marxism. if anything you are throwing away a powerful organizing force that can and has been used for leftist goals, yes, even christianity. there is no part of human society that cannot be used to harm people, there is no social system that cannot be used to exploit people, there is no social construct that cannot be used to justify that harm and exploitation.

the ways in which we think of religion as a concept have been fundamentally shaped by systems of exploitative power. that does not mean this is the only possible way to think of or engage in religion/spirituality. religion has been a major push factor for many to socialism and anarchism. im so sick and tired of y'all. it's not my revolution if i must sever a core part of how i understand myself and the world or else be named an enemy.

[faithfulunsure]

#and there is no way to abolish religion that doesnt involve genocide. people dont want to hear this but its true #<-#prev #there’s no way to abolish religion without cultural genocide too #there’s no way to do it without it getting insanely racist real fast #there’s a conception that My Experience of X Is Universal #and all Christianity in the whole world takes the form of white American evangelism #I’m not saying other forms of Christianity are all better or faultless #but I am saying they’re different and they’re practiced by different people #and you can’t be making blanket statements about Christianity when you’re talking about the specific Christian experience you had #‘but obviously I mean -‘ I don’t care SAY that then #everyone here is able to recognise that the words you use are an important part of shaping your thought process #until it’s about something you cant be arsed about via @teacupsandcyanide

[sergeifyodorov]

I don't read as much fic as I used to but one "tell" for non Canadians writing us, besides the etransfer, is the units you use to describe us measuring something. I hate to tell you this but The Chart is real and it's completely subconscious. Please abide

[demotu-writes]

ETA the chart (or at least a version of it):

ETA2: we do use inches/miles in poetic ways ("he was lost in thought/miles away" or "his lips were a bare inch away").

Also, the length of a dick is in inches for SURE.

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[slaygentford]

guys having a cold this week has led me to reading a bunch about religion idk. but im curious about this population of tumblrinas

I consider myself

follower of an organized religion

"recovered" follower of an organized religion, now atheist or agnostic

spiritual -- there is one single organizing universal force

spiritual -- polytheistic, wicca...

spiritual -- "there's vibes out there but idk what"

culturally religious (whatever this means to you)

atheist

agnostic

more than one of these

other

Voting ended onJul 19

obv this is rough and informal but these are the categories that have come to mind after my silly little deep dives...

[an-atlas-or-other]

Soccer players are the horses of sports. They run around in fields for hours on end. They stub their toe and they die. They fall and they die. They run into each other and

[fractallogic]

Reblog to let prev know their presence is wanted

[banhmigoddess]

My one boring tip to anyone in their 20s is to resist the temptation to rot in your room every time you get a free moment. Dismiss any neuroses you have about going outside and "being perceived". Be a dictator about it, plan your hangouts like they are binding commitments. No excuses! Go to the bar with your friends. Be kinda hungover at work. Socializing is like exercise; even if you don't feel like you want to, you should still do it because it's good for you.

[succumbing-song]

[dragon-in-a-fez]

[hateusandseeifwemind]

[pinene]

Can anyone explain wtf is going on here especially a Korean speaker

[tadeadshihamurder]

someone on reddit explained 😭

[no-one-offical]

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[desmolbean404]

That is one of the most astronomical fuck up translations I have ever seen.

[blackshvck]

the idea that every summer will be as hot if not hotter than this for the rest of my life is unbearable i need to (remembers suicide jokes are bad for my mental health) murder an oil executive

[rosecrystal]

This amount of individualism is exactly whats gonna kill us all btw

[ashintheairlikesnow]

"Going a couple hours without eating a single kind of food? No thanks, I would rather kill a child" is such a wildly horrifying take to see MULTIPLE people proudly stating.

[milf--adjacent]

I wonder how many people reblogging this scornfully stopped masking circa 2022 because "the high risk will protect themselves" from covid.

[evilwizard]

Dude. DUDE. HUMPTY DUMPTY JUST FELL. YOU NEED TO SEE THIS ALL THE KINGS MEN ARE THERE TRYING TO GET HIM BACK TOGETHER. THIS IS SO FUCKED DUDE. IM SO SCARED. HE'S DEAD

🖐️ stand aside. only the court necromancer can save him now. we must pray his body isn’t too broken…

[evilwizard]

WTF are the horses doing

[horse-is-a-horse-of-course]

i don't fucking know i tried my best but i think we made it worse with our big hooves

[evilwizard]

WHY WERE YOU INVOLVED AT ALL ??

[horse-is-a-horse-of-course]

i don't knowwww *kicks in frustration and hits humpty dumpty again* fuckkkkkkk

[evilwizard]

STOP