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
7d ago
Ok no worries! Thanks for the heads up.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
8d ago
I'm re-reading Worm and gah it's so incredible. I see why it became a rationalist favorite. I need more books like this in my veins, stat.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
8d ago
I love Babylon 5. Incredible show.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
8d ago
I'd recommend trying to write how you speak to others. Perhaps record yourself and use an AI to have the transcript written out. You preserve a lot more of your unique style that way and you can work your writing style to model that.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
9d ago
Hey glad to hear man! At least one person has listened then, hah.
Yeah it's always sad to read series with a lot of potential that don't fulfill it, but hey that's more common than not. I still enjoyed reading it.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
13d ago
Yeah smoking makes my hangovers far worse as well.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
13d ago
Sure!
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
13d ago
Just to jump in on you guys, I didn't make a resolution but I've been very happy with my own Substacking / writing this year. I'm coming up on three years of actively posting and I've got 71 published pieces, with a bunch more written. I feel good about it!
I like that y'all are doing this too it's inspiring.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
13d ago
People say Amadan breaks the rules, but I haven't seen it? He seems to be pretty measured to me. Do you have examples?
I'm always sad to lose colorful posters here though. Sucks how few of the prolific folks seem to be able to regulate the heat in their posting.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
13d ago
It is! I think I have controlled for most of the other variables.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
13d ago
Does anyone else have wildly varied hangovers? If I drink while sitting and gaming or going online, I get nasty hangovers. But then if I drink while out with friends, I usually feel fine.
This is even if I drink way more while out with friends! Doesn’t make sense to me but…. It’s clearly a pattern. Anyone relate?
The cold fire trilogy by CS Lewis is a fun one.
For light fun fantasy I like Earthsea and Narnia.
Edit: sorry I meant cs Friedman not Lewis!
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
16d ago
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
16d ago
This is a very impoverished way of seeing the world. You could use the same reductionist logic to say that love is nothing but chemicals firing in the brain, or that morality is nothing but dressing on cold, utilitarian game theoretical outcomes to push cooperation.
It's one way of looking at life, that has perhaps some truth to it, but is ultimately deeply flawed.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
16d ago
Yeahhhh that was my biggest complaint. I mean at least they had real killing and stakes and a truly epic scale. But the YA therapy dialogue was the lowest point of the series.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
16d ago
Glass Bead Game is way overrated imo, I couldn't even finish it. I hope it's better for you idk, it gets a lot of love, but I was incredibly bored by it. Cool concept though.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
16d ago
Muslims hate dogs? Just another reason not to like them.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
16d ago
How come? What's the block for you? With dogs specifically.
Though I am curious about your wife's other ideas now, lol.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
16d ago
I agree we deserve dogs, and your intelligence test is great. Our dog is great at opening doors and it's a pain, but we love him.
I'm the same with cats, they're ok but nowhere near as lovable as dogs. Kind of like, less variance though since they tend to be less annoying.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
16d ago
Your kids don't want puppies???
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
16d ago
I finished Mage Errant, it was pretty good but dropped down to a 3.5/5 by the end. I actually made a Youtube review if anyone is interested: https://youtube.com/watch?v=8XjM93SfXTE
Started reading Spellslinger on the advice of the author of Mage Errant, and it's fun so far. My biggest gripe with it though is that it has that retarded trope where the protagonist gets in intense magical battles and always just happens to knock people unconscious instead of actually killing them. So incredibly stupid, though I get why authors are tempted to use it.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
16d ago
What kinds of pets do you all have? And why are dogs the best?
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
18d ago
Hah yes I have seen Buffy multiple times, excellent show.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
18d ago
Yeah I agree with all of this, except obviously I don't think hell is eternal and generally think God is more of a chill guy than most Christians. Which, I hope, helps make my actions a bit more reasonable.
So wait do you want me to delete this? Or I’m assuming it’s hidden?
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