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[Awaclus]

This was a reference to the "Decline of civility on isotropic?" thread on f.ds, which eventually had a decline of civility itself and had to be locked, making it one of the legendary awful threads that are often referred to in f.ds inside jokes.

And here I am, hearing about it for the first time

 

[silverspawn]

There was this (hopefully comparatively mild) drama I was involved in with my switch to Prismata, after which strictly avoided any and all sections of the forum outside the games. Probably it happened during that time

[Awaclus]

There was this (hopefully comparatively mild) drama I was involved in with my switch to Prismata, after which strictly avoided any and all sections of the forum outside the games. Probably it happened during that time

It happened in 2012.

[silverspawn]

Ah well lol. Still haven't heard of it though.

[silverspawn]

What are you saying? I should go and read the entire thread to retroactively take in the drama? If you think that's a good idea.

[silverspawn]

Well so far I'd say none of the takes are very good

[Awaclus]

It's a long thread and it only gets remarkably awful towards the end.

[silverspawn]

Ok so I'm creating a bad takes bingo inspired by the thread. I'm only missing one more field

[silverspawn]

(this would hit several of its own boxes if it were posted in the discussion itself, but I think in this context it's ok)

[silverspawn]

https://twitter.com/the_aiju/status/1572557784625082369

alternative reality discourse: sex with unenlightened people is problematic. how can you even consent if you do not intuitively understand that you don’t exist?

[silverspawn]

I remain confident that Hans Niemann cheated. But you know what? I forgive him. Universal Love, said the Cactus Person

[silverspawn]

trying to get into this whole Metta thing.

[Awaclus]

I remain confident that Hans Niemann cheated. But you know what? I forgive him. Universal Love, said the Cactus Person

https://hard-drive.net/the-chess-cheating-scandal-explained-that-horse-piece-is-called-a-knight/

[silverspawn]

excellent article. It contains my favorite word.

[silverspawn]

So it seems like animals across the board, including primitive organisms without a nervous system, all the way down to single-cell organisms, tend to move by using their various limbs in regular patterns that can be neatly described by standing waves.

But I'm sure and as soon as it became possible, evolution decided to replace the standing-wave implementation with a bit-based implementation that only happens to look exactly the same.

[silverspawn]

generation to the prompt "infinite absorption and rapture"

[Awaclus]

The trailer for Eisen Flügel got unexpectedly released today and I correctly recognized the composer before it was revealed. Spoilered the rough timeline of my guessing in case someone else wants to try. (I wasn't actively trying to recognize the composer so I had to go back and estimate the timestamps when I had these reactions afterwards, but they're based on when the things that gave it away occurred so they should probably be pretty accurate)

Took me about six seconds here to think that the music reminds me of Yuki Kajiura, until about 0:19 to think that it sounds really like her and to expect it to actually be her, and of course after 0:41 there could be no doubt. And then they revealed that it is in fact Kajiura at around 1:02.

[silverspawn]

[silverspawn]

Can I list 100 different pieces of evidence that the brain uses complex computational objects? So far I'm at 40.

[silverspawn]

Achievement unlocked: enter first jhana

At least I think I did

[silverspawn]

(first jhana isn't actually ego death but it's a funny meme)

[silverspawn]

unrelated but also funny:

[silverspawn]

So I think two days ago I entered the first jhana, though probably not for long. (Btw, the jhanas are 8 specific states you can reach via meditation.)

But yesterday, I definitely entered the first jhana. And I stayed there a while.

And it was... it's a little tough to describe how it was. But it was intense as fuck. And it arrived very suddenly. I was just there minding my own business of focusing on my hands, when suddenly WOOSH YOUR ENTIRE BODY IS NOW GOING TO BE HIT WITH INTENSE PLEASURE YOU'RE WELCOME

One the one hand, maybe the greatest experience I've ever had. On the other hand, it was... idk, like the bliss is so physical. Which is what it's supposed to feel like; the more spiritual bliss awaits in later jhanas. But after maybe 15 minutes of it, it almost felt like too much even while it was happening.

Wouldn't surprise me too much if taking heroin was like that. It's probably not since I haven't heard the jhanas compared to that, but like it's the kind of thing that I imagine hard drugs will do for you. And that kind of seems a bit wrong. Like a good buddhist isn't supposed to do the equivalent of a heroin trip... right?

And my legs still feel wobbly one day later as if I went out jogging for an hour.

It feels like it'd be too hardcore to attempt to replicate the same today..

[silverspawn]

One thing I learned for sure is that valence is a key variable for entering jhanas. Because I've had significantly more concentration in other sessions before and nothing equivalent happened. My rather terrible attempts to do Metta were very likely the decisive change. Otherwise it'd be one hell of a coincidence. And it's what other people say, too, you have to focus on pleasant things.

One of the biggest myths in meditation is that the meditation object doesn't matter. Like what seems to be going on is that your mind "wraps around" the object, so obviously the object is essential in determining what your mind is like. Which would be why metta works; I mean metta (at least how I'm doing it) is just concentration meditation with the feeling of love as the meditation object.

[silverspawn]

BUT I'M SURE IT'S JUST BITS BEING MOVED AROUND THAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY PLAUSIBLE MODEL THAT TOTALLY CORRESPONDS TO WHAT THE MIND IS LIKE