the worst time i got roasted i was working in a supermarket deli. all my coworkers were women. one day a woman who was 60+ was making fun of me: "what are u always thinking about? i bet u think about weird stuff. whenever i look at you ur staring off" - then she impersonated me: https://hell.twtr.plus/media/a40f6efa21f80bef1266f9d84de33d2f1d241a646c6732a63ef27bfdec81b594.file
crazy old testament fact (if true) is michael heiser (american scholar) says there is no biblical hebrew word for “brain”. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4af155051e16a17b8d5409043db926db53bb210c6a96859075b7342146b888bf.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/932424b96ac63ac1269bd20620486ce3349d2e0454be9b0201daedfec641c1fb.file
i heard that within twenty miles of the observatory you cant even have wifi and microwaves and stuff. its one of the only places in the country you can go if you think youre especially sensitive to electricity and that kind of thing, to see what it feels like to be away from it. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3119da22c6130216e40937b1c7e09e8cc26aeee62d96b0a8c4d084873bb486e4.file
the right dot on this map looks like the ‘national radio quiet zone’ in west virginia (half in the blue ridge mountains). they have an observatory and military things there, so theres no mega radio waves or electric air signal stuff allowed. they monitor the area in special vans: http://nitter.poast.org/IndSocEnjoyer/status/1759787746946854986#m https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b9152dcff6a051a5bc86f66869a868a0910d0733fad1db89389362f15ce849c5.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/81cb41eae82cc4a9a40fbffaf08a5b13d74f1968192db4dd054922db1b4d9f29.file
my neighbor can pull up on his lawn: parks his car right on his lawn at any angle. it looks fine but if i park even slightly askew in my driveway, at an off angle, i look like a psychopath. sick. my home is to be avoided this world really demands a type of controlled chaos
someone sent me some feedback from another site: anglican bro says this is “legit one of the coolest things I own”. (despite the phrasing, i did not write this). http://nitter.poast.org/owenbroadcast/status/1676585556883415047#m https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ab3aef371748a10e873901d3d9ef3fd4d63f41eee0253bb00712a0abbcf0da6d.file
seems like every parent, school, subculture, nation, and civilization at large has to wrestle with this trade off - the risk reward. sometimes the kid is right and you get a critical genius who uplifts their world. or, you might not get that, and lose some things in the dice roll https://hell.twtr.plus/media/ae8bcff82c4f9b600f706e67455705941ef5d03770f75582605bfa5d29b669ba.file
on the other end of the spectrum, you probably get more mega geniuses, but more occupational casualties if a kid has a feeling hed be a great painter, he might be right. he might be a painter that changes your civilization forever. you “lose” him by forcing him into his dads job
after a few generations of that, the craft might die i’m sympathetic, but it feels hypocritical for me to totally fall on that angle. when i was younger i found a book about an art form and knew i should pursue it. i didnt take my dads job. im still doing the same thing now.
the “traditional” answer is the first one. the kid gets to be about 12, he’s about to hit puberty and get very interested in … certain things. if he waits until he’s 20 to start studying traditional master saddle working or something, odds are lower he’ll get master status.