ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
Blogger, Christian convert, general strange one. https://shapesinthefog.substack.com/
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ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
8d ago
Doing rough lately boys. Pray for me if you're the praying kind. Living alone after the breakup has not been easy for me.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
17d ago
Relationship problems for a loooong time that she basically refused to work on.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
19d ago
It's going good!!!!! Kind of. Idk I ended a long relationship / engagement and has been a bit of a mess but still. good.
ThomasdelVasto
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1mo ago
Thanks for checking in!!! Things are going well, not doing porn and going to gym. Got some crazy life stuff going on but I'm excited.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
1mo ago
Doing well! Started dancing again, have been having a ton of fun with that. Continuing to gym, going to PT tomorrow to try and fix some issues in my form.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
1mo ago
This is a great article on that exact question: https://www.palladiummag.com/2023/08/16/the-only-reason-to-explore-space/
The project of interstellar civilization may seem incomprehensibly vast, beyond the ability of anyone to influence. But it is not inevitable. Like any great work, it will only occur through planned and deliberate human action. Given the scale of distances involved, we will need to carry out the work not only with unprecedented ingenuity and mobilization of people and resources but also with generational continuity of mission and succession. This will need to be done without the expectation of economic profit or military advantage. There are many precedents for such projects in history, but they have only been carried out successfully by two kinds of institutions, usually working together: governments and religions.
In all recorded history, states have basically only acted on three motivations: national security, economic growth, and political legitimacy. The first two are unreliable or incoherent for interstellar civilization. The third, however, fits like a charm. Legitimacy is as vital to states as economic or military security. As a result, states have spent immeasurable quantities of resources, for decades and even centuries, on projects that, at first glance, seem to have had no material purpose or value. Think of the bronze ding of ancient China, the ziggurats of Sumer, or the cathedrals of medieval Europe. These projects were not, in fact, useless but fulfilled the need for legitimacy according to the beliefs, values, and tastes of the peoples who built them. In that sense, they were priceless.
The expansion of human civilization to other stars will not be pioneered by lone adventurers or merry bands of hardy explorers, like we imagine the voyages of Erik the Red or Christopher Columbus. This works for interplanetary space, but not interstellar space, whose travel time will require multiple generations of people to survive a journey, including on the first try. Interstellar travel will need to accommodate not just adventurous young men with nothing to lose, but also women, children, and the elderly. In other words, a whole society. The existence of a society always implies the existence of a government.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
1mo ago
Fucking love that game man is so beautiful. The music is a masterpiece.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
1mo ago
Going great. feeling motivated to work out more. Porn is down hallelujah!
ThomasdelVasto
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1mo ago
What are you buying during the Steam summer sale? I picked up Persona 4, Noita, Witcher 3, Halo 3 collection, and the Prey Mooncrash DLC.
It's ending in a couple days so I'm considering picking up another couple games on sale like God of War, Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon, or Into the Breach.
Tell me what you're buying, or try to convince me to buy one of the games on my list!
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
1mo ago
The born lucky thing is from Rawl's Veil of Ignorance. It is an incredibly retarded argument, imo.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
1mo ago
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY GO AMERICA!!!!!
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
1mo ago
Yeah idk why they don’t just become Orthodox. Maybe they will now.
ThomasdelVasto
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2mo ago
Doing well. Moving today and it's hot as blazes. All things considered I'm in a good spot happy with where things are at. Aiming to cut porn a bit more aggressively moving forward.
ThomasdelVasto
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2mo ago
Rereading A Wizard of Earthsea and the rest of the novels. There's a reason LeGuin is legendary. She's an incredible storyteller and writer.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
2mo ago
By far the most important thing is to find a good therapist. I’d recommend finding an older man that you like and could see yourself respecting.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
2mo ago
Going well. Have not skipped gym despite going through a tough time personally, and just passed a year of 2x weekly gym visits. Woo!
ThomasdelVasto
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2mo ago
Started playing deadlock. It’s pretty fun for a moba but worried I’m gonna get addicted again.
Otherwise playing through baldurs gate 3 still.
ThomasdelVasto
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2mo ago
True but the big difference imo is that the event itself doesn’t hire bands or events. Pretty much all the events are organized and run by the attendees.
ThomasdelVasto
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2mo ago
It is very expensive, cheapest tickets are like $450 which is as much as bonaroo or more. The main reason I didn’t go back this year, paying almost $500 to sleep in a tent isn’t feasible for me at the moment.
ThomasdelVasto
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2mo ago
I’ve been as well perhaps I should’ve mentioned that. Are you on Twitter?
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
2mo ago
I admittedly don't have kids and don't have a TON of experience around them.
That being said, this just seems like extremely risky behavior for little to no gain. As @cjet79 said, there are massive legal risks for doing this sort of thing, not to mention the actual risk of exposure to kids, etc. Basically it's spending a ton of weirdness points in a way I don't think need to be spent.
Personally I'd rather just see them bar kids from the event, which is what most events I've been to like this do.
ThomasdelVasto
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2mo ago
Doing alright. Big life stuff going on but still going to gym. Started smoking again.
My laptop is fucked and I'm extremely annoyed.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
2mo ago
What's the gist?
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
2mo ago
Oh, there are definitely drugs. Lots of drugs.
Started the Young Wizards series. Mostly through the first book.... it's ok. Don't love it.
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