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Cake day: September 29th, 2023

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  • Your argument would hold more water if organized religions encouraged people to say things like “oh my God”. Saying those phrases or otherwise taking the Lord’s name in vain is generally frowned upon, at least in most western religions (no idea if this taboo exists for, say, Hinduism).

    You’re right in saying we don’t think about it when using it in everyday language. Similarly, most westerners aren’t thinking they’re celebrating the birth of Jesus when they are doing their Christmas shopping; obviously the holiday is inherently religious, but the only groups that generally view it as strictly a Christian holiday are devout followers of another faith that forbids them from celebrating, and obnoxious atheists.

    When you encourage people to stop saying “oh my God”, you aren’t sticking it to organized religion in any way; you’re literally policing people to do the same thing they want them to do.



  • I mean the first one is alright. It’s just a retelling of episode 4. The second (episode 8) was really bad because the plot didn’t make any sense and relied entirely on 3 people just refusing to communicate, just to have the “big reveal” get basically retconned in the first 2 minutes of episode 9. Episode 9 was the biggest letdown for me because there were a handful of scenes that made me go “ok, this is actually pretty good, they might cook with this” just to have the cool thing either a. get taken out/killed/whatever immediately or b. get overshadowed by something absolutely ridiculous.








  • Much more chill than I did when I was under the impression that I had a grand scheme laid out for me.

    There’s a metal song by Parkway Drive called “Horizons”. I’m sure the “actual” or intended meaning is different than my takeaway, but my interpretation of its message is that it’s unhealthy or detrimental to believe that life has a meaning, that you’re meant to leave this huge lasting impression (“masochistic / to think this would be remembered / sadistic / perpetuation of stagnation” “the marks I’ve left upon this world / will wash away in time”)

    The lyrics can sound pessimistic or depressing, but as with a lot of metal the tone and melody help set the mood. The song begins sad sounding, but ends with a sound of more blissful acceptance.

    Tl;dr: worrying about what your purpose is in life will only help to assure you live a less meaningful life than we are already all destined to live.