JA WestenbergMar 2
Not one single "free thinker" who told me to "question everything" in 2020 has questioned a single thing since 2024. Turns out questioning everything meant questioning the specific things that made you feel smart at parties.
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@Daojoan actually questioning everything also requires you to question yourself, your own beliefs, and your own positions. Few will do this.
Show threadCarlos SolísMar 2
@debiani386 @Daojoan Question deep enough, and you eventually land on either nihilism or absurdism. Any other position requires willingly stopping at some point and taking a position as self-evident.
Show threadLog 🪵Mar 2

@csolisr @Daojoan @debiani386 When you know life has no meaning, and you go on about it anyway, some people see that as a threat, because it repudiates one or more of their foundational assumptions.

And the smartest thing to do at a party is make friends with the dog.

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@log @csolisr @Daojoan @debiani386

the dog knows life has meaning:

treats

Mar 2 at 4:25amWeb
Show threadLog 🪵Mar 2
@benroyce @csolisr @Daojoan @debiani386 *AND* scritches.
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@log @csolisr @Daojoan @debiani386

and going for a walk