Because people want to believe that there is something special about them that distinguishes them from other animals, or from the merely physical.

And also, many people want to believe there is something in them that will survive past death.

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Mythology is only a part of religion (and often survives after the rest of the religion has withered away). Mythology is the stories that try to explain why the world is the way it is.

A living religion will also feature doctrines (a set of teachings, typically about morality, correct beliefs, prescribed or proscribed attitudes or sayings or practices) and rituals.

I do vote, I would consider voting for Social Democrat candidates, I’m probably not to the left of them and I’m not anti-capitalist (though I am anticorporatist).

I’ve never heard of PSL.

I would never vote for someone like our current President, for any office; accelerationism I find ethically repugnant.

Please vote. Even submitting an empty ballot is better than not voting.

The Greens are not anti-capitalist, no. I vote Green for all the offices they run for in my local elections.

I find sitting sideways so I’m physically facing the station signage helps a lot.

You can edit posts here, even the titles.

no, only if it has to be re-pushed periodically

Thanks. I mean, look at this guy.

Yeah I just used it last night.

everything inside the angle brackets is not displaying for me, just FYI

It might be weird, but you’re not alone, I’m the same way.

In the Midwest, too. I had to learn to use “Miss” instead when I moved East because damn Yankees assing some kind of negative age valuation to “Ma’am” or “Madam”.

I think that’s implied by “removing distance”. The only reason to do that quickly is for manipulation.

Well, he’s dead, so I doubt I’m bothering him. Plus he worked hard and got a lot done and his profile picture is sort of paternal and approving and I guess that helps me feel better about the list.

❌ everything the way I want it
✅ comfortable
✅ no angst
🤷‍♀️ no nagging feeling
🤷‍♀️ sure how to achieve goals

To keep a to-do list in an environment where I can use emojis

I use FB messenger to text Peter Norbeck, the second governor of South Dakota, my to-do list

No chance. Have you seen what grad students and research professors are like at top universities? Especially during grant proposals? Competitive doesn’t begin to describe it. Cutthroat barely does.

It always meant “hallucinate”, that’s why it was funny.

A bunch of each, and more besides. The US was founded as a compromise between a lot of different groups.