Martin Pine

[Martin Pine @astartledweasel]

I also don't know, how much of this is a fixed part of personality and how much does it change. Is it influenced by what you listened to as a kid?

My parent's car albums were The Rite of Spring, The Basement Tapes by the Band, and a mix CD of Thelonious Monk.

[Martin Pine @astartledweasel]

It was interesting to see the clip of Coltrane's My Favorite Things with mixed comments. Some saying how groundbreaking it was, others in disbelief anyone sincerely enjoys it.

I remember when I first found that video on YouTube. I listened to it 3 times, entranced.

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If I'm not careful I could find myself assuming these people are affecting a lack of enjoyment. Perhaps motivated by racism.

But it seems more likely people just don't have an ear for that kind of music, or do but haven't encounted it in a personal way yet.

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@EyeOnStalk @Metal_Crow @buttonslives Surely that can't be true. Do you know any couples who had kids in their late twenties, early thirties? Presumably some of them involved a man.

The people blaming women for living modern lives seem clearly ridiculous to me, but I think there's a risk with taking a subset of

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@scttfrnks Once someone told me it's impossible to fly a plane into a building if the building is low to the ground.

I put a box on the ground and made a paper airplane as she was telling me this...

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@moebius_strip Was it from a lack of blunts or a lack of inhaling?

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@RealSprat Cubepusher

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@WeatherBrew Awkwify

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@moebius_strip Where is this?

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@RealSprat Seems not great

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@CartoonsHateHer The people trying to dunk on Hobert are similarly gargantuan losers.

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@CartoonsHateHer Once I was watching Daði Freyr music videos with friends of friends (as one does) and one of them exclaimed with revulsion on her face "ugh why are we watching this; he's not even hot".

I've never felt as strong a value misalignment with someone as that.

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@moebius_strip "You're not here to learn to be clever, you're here to learn to be kind"

-guy who's embarrassed about making mistakes

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@BovyMaltz @moebius_strip Something I'm finding striking is, among all the takes about how one shouldn't critically cover someone believed to be a risk to themself, there are no takes about how one should... call emergency medical services.

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@moebius_strip @BovyMaltz People can be very diligent at not learning things that complicate matters, I'm observing.

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@CentristStacy Hi!

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@sentientist @CathyYoung63 Rowling is a genius to have written something so influential, yet so silly-sounding, that cultural critics discuss real-life topics of racism by debating who is and who isnt a "muggle"

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@Eli_B_Again @GambelerQuail usually what's recommended but that can be boring.

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@Eli_B_Again @GambelerQuail The issue with therapies like this (punching a punching bag, screaming into a pillow, etc) is you are more likely to rile up negative emotions than release them. Some kind of activity without the fighting symbolism is better (juggling? Dancing?)

I think mindful breathing is