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maddmush
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? *DELETED* [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23628655 - 09/09/16 10:43 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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-------------------- What doth life? Are we just fleshy blips in some meaningless stew of cosmic oblivion? ...Or is it vice re-versa? -Xavier Renegade Angel
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Jokeshopbeard
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? [Re: maddmush]
#23628658 - 09/09/16 10:44 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Are you male or female out of curiosity?
-------------------- Let it be seen that you are nothing. And in knowing that you are nothing... there is nothing to lose, there is nothing to gain. What can happen to you? Something can happen to the body, but it will either heal or it won't. What's the big deal? Let life knock you to bits. Let life take you apart. Let life destroy you. It will only destroy what you are not. --Jac O'keeffe
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maddmush
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23628666 - 09/09/16 10:48 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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...male. feels like something girls typically would do
-------------------- What doth life? Are we just fleshy blips in some meaningless stew of cosmic oblivion? ...Or is it vice re-versa? -Xavier Renegade Angel
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Jokeshopbeard
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? [Re: pachoo]
#23628686 - 09/09/16 10:56 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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pachoo said: My paintbrushes and pens. It's one of my most favorite feelings of dry painting my face. I have never splurged big money on anything for myself except brushes and pens. I use coupons tho but one of my favorite ones was a $35 brush and I got it half off.
And I might have a small amount of worship for things I collect... like my sticker collection. And probably books..
You know it was my wife that sowed the seeds of starting to thing this way about possessions. Buy the cheaper version, not the top of the range (I have an eye for quality, and it often hits me in the pocket) Coupons, store cards, etc. Every penny counts kinda shit. I used to be so careless generous with my money, and I'm still generous when friends need help (if they'll accept a gift gracefully - an art it took me years to learn - and one I still see others resisting like I did for 90% of my life), but saving a few quid there and a few quid there, and accepting a gift generously, knowing it'll all balance out, really makes a difference.
And to think, her dad was a multi-millionaire, and she never wanted for anything when she was growing up. I think having all the material she ever wanted but still being abused by every member of her household showed her very early on that it's not about that.
Why do terrible things happen to good people? She turned all her pain inwards, and just learned to fool the world that it wasn't there, when it was eating her up. For someone who went through the worst childhood I've evr heard of, she still shined line a star because unlike 90% of the people I know that had shit childhoods, she turned it inwards, rather than against the world thet harmed her, like her bitter, people repulsing sisters did...
Sorry for the rant, typring his out right now is helpig me to refkect and heal.
-------------------- Let it be seen that you are nothing. And in knowing that you are nothing... there is nothing to lose, there is nothing to gain. What can happen to you? Something can happen to the body, but it will either heal or it won't. What's the big deal? Let life knock you to bits. Let life take you apart. Let life destroy you. It will only destroy what you are not. --Jac O'keeffe
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Achillita
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23628716 - 09/09/16 11:09 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have definitely grown to love my guitars. I don't know if worshipping is the right word though.
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Achillita
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? [Re: trees]
#23628730 - 09/09/16 11:15 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Trees are pretty fucking crazy. I really like nice wooden things. The natural grain is beautiful. My house has large wooden panels in some parts from like 50 years ago that are just beautiful.
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? [Re: Achillita]
#23628740 - 09/09/16 11:18 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah trees are insane, like every single one of em
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pachoo
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23628774 - 09/09/16 11:33 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I don't know why good people go thru such hell sometimes. Or just bystanders or anyone for that matter. I'd like to think there is some soul or karmic reason and that we might have chosen these things ourselves for some kind of understanding and experience. That we somehow chose this life because we knew we could handle it. But many people cannot. Or maybe they are just done with the experience and that's all they needed. I don't know.
What is inside always leaks out. And I've found that the inside people are probably more destructive than the outside ones. Because after so long you just snap like a rubber band. And it's not until you deal with it does it ever get resolved. Not until it comes out. I find most people really don't want to hurt people even if they project it out. Some do, yes, but not most. There is a rage in all trauma and it doesn't really matter the way it comes out to me, it's there. But the inside people still hurt those around them. I use to hurt myself all the time when I had post pardum. I used to think that because I wasn't hurting anyone else no one would feel it. But they do. It's an energy. It can lay dormant for a number of years while they pretend everything is ok, put on a happy face and smile at the world. Try to love people and make them happy. But you can feel it deep in there. It's always there until you face it and put it in its place.
Fuck now I am going on with your reflections and mine!!!
Anywho, I've always been poor or lower middle class. I'm frugal and hate spending money unless needed. I don't buy things that wouldn't last long usually. I did when I was younger and didn't know better. But cost and sustainability. Buy something that can be used for a long time with the less money you can. I also don't have anything fancy that would crush me to lose honestly. I like the little things that I have. But even if my brushes or collections got ruined or my pens ran out of ink I could just replace them with the same ones.
I did have a big of a sales problem with useless stuff though.... but that was years ago and I've been getting rid of stuff continuously and got rid of a ton more things that I thought I would use but never did before my move. Plus alot of people liked to shower things on me in case I needed them or could utilize them.
Trees - I like your lab stuff!! How do you mostly utilize those things?
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ModestMouse
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23628830 - 09/09/16 11:59 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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no, I'm a substance abuser not a yuppy For better and for worse
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Greg
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? [Re: ModestMouse]
#23628881 - 09/09/16 12:16 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I've got hundreds of plants, some are extremely rare. Such a money pit.
When one dies it's extremely depressing to me, I have grown way too attached. Many are seed grown, although some were purchased mature.
I finally stopped buying new ones so I can focus on new hobbies and keep the current ones healthy.
Now the same damn thing is happening with mycology lmao, oh well. At least mycology is somewhat cheaper to get started with.
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Shroomism
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23629021 - 09/09/16 01:16 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Jokeshopbeard said: Ah car groups. I loved my EK9 group, all met through the EK9 forum. I made a bunch of friends at various meets, and it eventuated in about a dozen of us going to the Nurburgring (where that pic is from). Probably one of the top three 'long weekeds' of my life. Amazing how well you can bond with people if you are passionate about a common interest - even people you would not normally get on with..
How often do you meet your group? Do you go to big meets/RR days/track days etc together?
I've been trying to find time for a track day on the bike a couple of years now, but I don't have a group to spur me on - the only riders I know are 44 & 52, and very hard to hook up with. Get about 1-2 rides for pleasure alone a year.
If you're doing more than that, then you're doing alright man.. I think you got a little nipper (kid) though right?
I hear you about that bike. I would LOVE to have one (mainly for that lane splitting in traffic) and that crazy power and the "freedom" I also hear about from riders. I never really got into them though... and I feel its a little late at this part of my life. Plus I live in Socal and people are retarded around bikes.
My group is awesome. It's a VW/Audi group mostly but all cars are welcome at meets.... though its usually all VWs/Audis. We have a facebook page we use to talk shop/plan meets etc... about 1000 people strong. Not that many people show up at meets though.. usually around 10-20 people at our normal meets. They have meets and cruises ALL the time. There's a big all-day monthly cruise where we meet up, like 50+ cars strong... drive through LA, carve through all the mountain canyon roads and end up at Malibu. There's regular meets we have two to three times a week. And then there is smaller local cruises people set up randomly. Then there is track days.... and local car show events where we usually come as a group.
I only manage to make it to a meet once every two months or so as I'm so damn busy these days. And yeah got a little ripper now. He's 2 and already obsessed with cars
It really makes a huge difference being part of an enthusiast group. I thought I knew a lot about cars before I joined but I've learned 10x more since. Plus made tons of new friends from it and made some solid connections. Living in Socal helps too... the car scene is alive and well here.
We like to bitch about how EU VWs ALWAYS get the good stuff and US spec ALWAYS get the shaft on features. Drives me insane. Example: On the EU spec Golf R: Panoramic sunroof, electric automatic folding side mirrors, LED tails, opening center console, better headlights, choice of wagon, list goes on. US spec Golf R: NO sunroof period, normal side mirrors, shitty halogen tails, LOCKED and unopenable center console (it's a 4 minute mod to get it to open... but still WTF)... silver housing headlights while EU gets black housing, no choice of wagon. No spare tire. Smaller infotainment screen.
Virtually everyone upgrades to the EU spec LED tail lights because they look so much better (those are the ones in the pic I posted).. and they are pricey as fuck (like 900). Should come like that from the factory. It's just so many little things that we get the shaft on, it's fucking annoying. I would love to live in EU just to get the better featured VAG cars since that's ALL I drive. Plus you guys get new cars from them that we get teased over here... and 95% of the time they never come to US. For example we haven't a scirroco for YEARS. I'm jealous.
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? [Re: Shroomism]
#23629033 - 09/09/16 01:21 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I worship my body which is strange since it's mortal. But if we look at the body as a vehicle, then it's materialistic and in turn I treasure it.
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Re: Do you ever find yourself worshipping material objects? [Re: Jokeshopbeard]
#23629443 - 09/09/16 03:32 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Jokeshopbeard said: Do you do that for a living then slip, or are you a self-taught hobby expert, like myself?
I'm attempting to turn it into my own business, yes. I started back in school, I needed a second elective and it was the least objectionable one. I didn't really have any interest in it but found out I really enjoyed it and had an innate skill for it. It became the only class I liked. Wanted to continue after school but I didn't have the money for all the tools and just kinda forgot about it over the years. Then a year ago or so I decided I wanted a tortilla press (because I cook as well) and all the ones in my price range were either prone to breaking or were so thin they would bend around the dough and were useless. I noticed they used to be made out of wood and decided I could do just build one for cheaper, which reignited my love for woodworking.
So here I am. Up until very recently I've just been doing mostly prep and trying to get my shop set up. I've done a couple of things in between that were done for the money. I took a commission for a bookcase from my wife's coworker which was the first official thing I sold. I restored a china cabinet that was my grandmother's and just sold it a week or two ago actually. Right now I'm working on a bench made from logs I cut up myself. That's in between stuff like building the top for my table saw and finished building my drill press yesterday (but found out I'm going to have to spring for some oak dowels and in a larger diameter so it's now "unfinished" again). I built my wife a jewelry box for her birthday in there somewhere and will soon be starting on a project for a friend's birthday. I'm not really to the point yet where I'm just focusing on stuff to sell, but I'm getting closer.
Some of the stuff mentioned:


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way. I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today. Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear. I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear. You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline
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