another_i wrote on August 30, 2022 at 4:52 PM (edited on August 30, 2022 at 4:52 PM)

Reply to Anyone have any tips/advice/opinions on weaning a toddler off a pacifier? by asterism

I was faced with this challenge and we opted to let things run their course. Nobody wants their pacifier in school. Natural consequences FTW

another_i wrote on June 24, 2022 at 12:38 AM

Reply to comment by ziq in The only difference between anticiv and postciv by ziq

I feel this.

another_i wrote on June 23, 2022 at 10:14 PM

Reply to comment by ziq in The only difference between anticiv and postciv by ziq

Ah, yes you are right. I was thinking of primitivism, not the larger anticiv critique. Specifically I had in mind (albeit, mistakenly) this passage:

Primitivists reject technology. We just reject the inappropriate use of technology.

From: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/margaret-killjoy-take-what-you-need-and-compost-the-rest-an-introduction-to-post-civilized-theo

another_i wrote on June 23, 2022 at 9:54 PM

Reply to The only difference between anticiv and postciv by ziq

Seems to me anticiv says "tech is bad" and post civ says "tech is not good of bad, its how it is used.

another_i wrote on April 27, 2022 at 9:03 PM

Reply to comment by ziq in Why Does It Seem Like the Entire Internet Is Team Johnny Depp? by Styx

Oh shit. I offended the gods. Guess I'm outta here now. /me delete.

another_i wrote on April 27, 2022 at 7:37 PM (edited on April 27, 2022 at 7:38 PM)

Reply to comment by Styx in Why Does It Seem Like the Entire Internet Is Team Johnny Depp? by Styx

I agree with and understand your points... No doubt or argument about the discrepancy of power, or men's systematic abuse of women.

My only reaction is that we are all animals, to suggest otherwise is human supremacy. So while I understand your reaction, I humbly submit that I did not intend to offend anyone as "an animal".

another_i wrote on April 27, 2022 at 5:15 PM (edited on April 27, 2022 at 5:16 PM)

Reply to Why Does It Seem Like the Entire Internet Is Team Johnny Depp? by Styx

I have personally been subjected to narcissistic abuse by a female. And Amber Heard strikes me as having all the same characteristics as someone with NPD. Your sex and gender do not excuse you of accountability.

With that said, Depp is not without fault. He's a drug addict and shows all the behaviours of a controlling and abusive codependent (the yin to a narcissist's yang).

IMHO: No one should defend either of these rich and smug celebrity assholes.

another_i wrote on April 26, 2022 at 4:43 PM

Reply to Taoism is What Made me Finally Realize the Critique for Time. It's a Different Critique but I Really Like it. Anyone Else Realize this Connection? by lettuceLeafer

How so?

My PoV:

Time is a concept, a measurement like distance or money.

The only thing that is "real" is now. It has always been now and never not been now. Daoist philosophy (re)introduced me to reality and it doing so, I gained an understanding the history of time as a concept used as a colonizers and imperialist tool, as a tool of domination.

Is that what you mean?