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•gold soul• 👼🏻J.D.S.| J.B.D.| J.M.H.| O.W. | A.Y. | M.L. 👼🏻 I mean it

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@feyiszn Lost

[maricoñaso™ @finessesh0t]

me when a 25 year old talks to me

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@chewberts Vernon from MA!

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@ampinotti @thechosenberg Firstly I’d just like to say YUCK!

[Aesthetics 𝕏 @aestheticsguyy]

Tap, hold and load in 4K

[Nick Hinton @NickHintonn]

Dealing with the Demon of Despair

Even if we are not modernists or nihilists, we are still subject to the torrents and whirlpools caused by the philosophical currents guiding our society. In other words, because of the way our world has been shaped, modernism and nihilism still affect us even if we don’t believe in them. Even if we believe life is sacred and meaningful, we are still subject to feelings of emptiness and despair. But the spirit behind these ideologies isn’t something new. The attitude they create is identical to the symptoms of a demonic attack from an ancient evil.

During the 3rd and 4th centuries, many monks living in the desert encountered an entity they referred to as the Noonday Devil, or Acedia. This spirit assaulted ascetics who wanted to get away from their spiritually lukewarm societies to pursue purity and enlightenment. However, as soon as they entered the desert, many of them were tempted to leave it after Acedia began whispering to them that all their efforts were pointless. When they were deceived into entertaining these thoughts, they became unbalanced at best, or at worst, suicidal.

They either fell into total despondency or tried to do too much, making them restless and unable to finish anything they started, whether it was a book or a prayer. They became agonizingly bored. They started to disdain their new home and their new brotherhood. They started to think they could do no good where they were and became numb to all advice, as well as praises and insults. Nothing anyone said mattered to them, unless it was an idle conversation or funny joke that helped them ignore their depressed state. Acedia would confuse monks into questioning everything, even God’s goodness.

The afflicted ascetics would start acting anxious and paranoid. They’d lose faith in God’s providence and distrust His care for them. They’d begin to wonder if other monasteries were better, if other abbots were wiser, or if they could actually do good to others by becoming a wandering teacher. Yet, all of these ideas were demonic distractions from the real work within, which was why they went into the desert to begin with. Even though we do not live in the desert, our modernistic and nihilistic society is very much a spiritual wasteland where Acedia can easily incubate, like a disease in a hedonistic swamp.

In fact, it seems many of us suffer from the same symptoms as those monks when we sit isolated on social media posting funny memes, doomscrolling through apocalyptic news headlines, and looking for places where the grass is greener. In a sense, we’ve all become wandering teachers as we share our political opinions and idle talk about enlightening concepts. We hope to go viral. We hope for a phone call or a text message we can validate ourselves with. We are paralyzed by waiting for a magical notification that will change everything.

Even if we do not fall into these categories, these feelings come in many different forms in our culture, which is defined by instant gratification. We take drugs to mask our melancholy. We buy expensive clothes and toys to fill the void. Yet, all of this is a distraction from actually living, which is the only good we can actually do. Living like a real person is hard to accomplish though, especially when we are afflicted by so many subtle addictions, specifically cell phones. So, what can we do?

According to the Holy Desert Fathers, the ascetics who achieved the goal of conquering themselves and attaining a transcendent peace of mind, Acedia is one of the hardest demons to overcome. It might even be the strongest demon in existence. In fact, Acedia has no direct cure, unlike the other demonic vices, which can be combatted with their opposite and corresponding virtues. And now that Acedia has managed to reach its tentacles into the minds of the masses, and not just a few enlightened experts, our situation seems hopeless.

[Shrimp & Grits @ShrimpGritsCats]

Look at this majestic cat. Imaging how sort his fur is; you could be the one petting this adorable fellow if you’re in the Bay Area. Please reach out to @feederofcats if you can adopt or foster!

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@davidsatlerr @PopCrave Don’t be shy. Post a picture of yourself.

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I firmly stand by my statement

[Friends of Bear Cat Rescue @feederofcats]

Literally not even one singular application for this goof. I don't get it

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When Nero first started opening U.S. locations we were trained to be efficient, interact with customers (that’s why the bar is so wide) and be checking the ROP and grind throughout the day so the quality was consistent. I am so embarrassed by their lack of training & behavior now

[Only In Boston @OnlyInBOS]

How Boston area coffee shops are addressing inflation...

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@hopeformee @OnlyInBOS Fun fact it is a company policy that if your coffee isn’t good, they are required to remake it for free. Your espresso should brew for 19-21 seconds so if you don’t see them time your shot, ask them to fix the ROP first

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@MBoston1629 @OnlyInBOS As an ex Nero employee I am so embarrassed of them now. Way back when the locations were first opening in the U.S. we were trained to interact with customers, to be speedy and we had so much training where we were timed to make sure this never happened

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@MassPatriotic @OnlyInBOS Not sure if this is still true or not but I worked at Nero way back when it first opened locations in the U.S. and the Nero Wi-Fi would have a 2hr limit so that people couldn’t just sit all day without ordering anything

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

time for the IMMIGRANTS ARE STEALING OUR JOBS crowd to either clock in or shut the fuck up forever

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@J4cks_heart @Memeulous Loved my LGs! I had the one with the touch screen too

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@freedomite @elonmusk Hi sir, let me just say YUCK.

[ham ersson @gaylenhurts]

quite possibly the gag of the century

[Honey @benegotherit]

Went to make morning coffee and some friends were still doing lines in my kitchen. They were trying to name every job you could have in the year 1700. It was delightful, like having ghosts