Yesterday I saw a pic from a subway in NYC in the 80s, and predictably feminists bitching about alleged misogynist comments from kids who haven’t seen a nice rack before. For all the love alt girls/goth girls/biker chicks get you’d think things would be different. Shoot, I was motorboating titties in bars before I was supposed to even be in the after 9pm without adult supervision (my grandma sent me in to find my dad). Not to mention middle school. The fuck is with kids nowadays?
But that isn’t the battle to fight. Moderators shut that shit down and made feminists look even dumber than they’re prone to looking on Reddit.
OTOH, even though I’m essentially homeless I try to help my mom. I try to help with food, rent, and car insurance. I also get some stuff for her and my sister here and there to help where I can while I get back on my feet. Similar products can cost more than 2x just because they’re marketed to women.
That’s some bullshit, and it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see it. Why the fuck isn’t this the battle you’re fighting? You aren’t going to support men who speak up against sexual harassment/abuse at work, and sometimes you’ll even tell us to keep our mouths shut at our detriment so you make a huge scene instead. I’ve been on that end of things.
But what the fuck? You people really that out of touch with reality? I remember over a decade ago when I tried sharing a Harvard study on the hunger-obesity paradox that had the typical disclaimer “more research needs to be done” (because science). Just for Redditors to tell me to actually check my sources.
You people still have the same fucking problem. Go fucking touch grass and try actually struggling to get by. You don’t give a fuck about anyone actually needing help. You just want attention, which is fucking sad. You should be embarrassed, but you did your part voting for Kamala and therefore nothing can be done since she lost.
I did too. Btw.
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Any idea what this is? It's consistent! I don't think there's a treatment plant in that area. I did see it's kinda where Saddle River is but I don't recall the river smelling like that.
As someone who loves building communities, I want to talk about something many businesses often overlook: Net Promoter Score (NPS).
If you're not familiar with NPS, it's simply a way to measure how likely your customers are to recommend your business to others.
Think of it like this: Imagine your business is a movie. NPS tells you how many people would give it a thumbs up and tell their friends to go watch it.
Now, if you've been ignoring NPS, it could be hurting your business. A low or stagnant NPS means your customers aren’t excited about your brand, which can affect their loyalty, repeat purchases, and, in the end, your revenue. Even worse, it might lead to negative word-of-mouth, and you’ll miss out on the power of customer recommendations that help your business grow.
But here's the silver lining: Building a brand community can seriously boost your NPS and turn your customers into excited promoters.
Here’s how:
1. Stronger Connections: Imagine your customers as part of a team. When they feel connected to your brand and other like-minded people, they’re more likely to become loyal and passionate advocates. A community creates that sense of belonging, which leads to higher NPS.
2. Support and Advocacy: A community isn't just about chatting—it's about helping each other. When customers can interact with your brand and fellow customers to solve problems, it builds trust and satisfaction. This makes them more likely to recommend your brand to others.
3. Getting Valuable Feedback: A community gives you direct insight into what your customers need and want. It’s like having a focus group of people who are already invested in your brand. By listening to them, you can improve your products and services, which makes them more likely to stick around and promote your brand.
4. Word of Mouth: A happy community is like free marketing. When customers love being part of your brand’s community, they naturally talk about it to others, spreading the word and driving new customers your way. This leads to more referrals and a better NPS.
So, what’s your current NPS? Are you working on improving it? Share your thoughts in the comments!
P.S.: If you're looking to launch a community to boost your NPS and create loyal brand advocates, feel free to DM me. I'd love to help you get started!
My 9 year old corgi passed suddenly last night after collapsing on the floor due to a ruptured hermanciosarcoma. I feel so guilty for not being able to be there with him when it happened, I hadn’t even seen him in a few days because I’d been so sick with the stupid flu. I’m in total shock.. it just doesn’t feel real at all. He was the best dog and I feel robbed of my time with him- corgis are supposed to live long lives, why didn’t my corgi?? I miss him so much I’m so heartbroken, I don’t know how I’m going to go on. I’m glad he didn’t suffer much and it was quick but the shock and suddenness of it all makes this so much harder. We knew he was slowing down due to arthritis but we didn’t think he was going to pass so suddenly.
I’m a 29 female, I’ve always known I was adopted (private adoption) the only family I’ve ever known are my mom and dad (who raised me) and the rest of the family. My mom has always told me that my biological mother put her information on the state adoption registry in case I ever needed information such as medical history, etc. or if I wanted to reach out and potentially have a relationship. My mother has also told me since I can remember that “They put me up for adoption because they wanted me to have a chance at a good life.” I’ve always heard that.
About a week ago, my mom and I got into an argument about my childhood, mostly some issues that went on because of my dad, etc. and I told her how it really affected me growing up. We were both upset however all I said to her was “I thought my biological parents wanted me to have a chance at a good life, I just don’t understand why things had to be this way and it hurts. I’m trying to move past everything but it’s hard.”
Next thing you know, my mom says “Come on, they didn’t give a sh*t about you. They didn’t care about you.” I replied “You’ve always told me they did and they wanted me to have a good life.” Her response was “I thought that was the better thing to say, they really didn’t care. I made it up.”
Now growing up, I had always said that my biological parents must not have cared all that much but she would always tell me they did. I understand trying to protect your child’s feelings and emotions but this has been extremely hurtful. I’ve been trying to let it go but there’s just this deep feeling of betrayal and resentment now. What should I do…? I already speak to someone about all this but I don’t know how to look past this, every time I look at my mom it’s just not the same anymore.. I hate feeling this way. I love her but I don’t know what to do.
My windows 11 computer kept freezing and someone suggested that I update my bio to the latest version. I have a Prime B365M-K motherboard and version 2208. When I check on the ASUS website [https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/prime/prime-b365m-k/helpdesk\_bios?model2Name=PRIME-B365M-K](https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/motherboards/prime/prime-b365m-k/helpdesk_bios?model2Name=PRIME-B365M-K)
It says that that's the latest version. But that version is from 2021. Couldn't there be a newer version or do they give the new versions to older motherboards?
I have a real pine tree that I'd like to plant.
Are there any rules around planting trees? Is there a dedicated place for planting trees left over from Christmas?
I work at a plaza and there’s this girl at work who I see for a max of 5-10 mins everyday. We’ve had a few quick conversations (that I cut a little short because I get busy). I’ve been playing it cool and it’s been going smoothly. One day she shows up late and we have a quick hi and bye after I say “I wanted to tell you something, but it’ll have to wait till later now”, later comes and I completely choke. She waited for me staring and smiling, I say nothing but “have a goodnight” she even gave me a second chance asking if I wanted these ornaments in this bin she was carrying.. “nah I’m good” I say🤦♂️. It’s been 5 days since and every opportunity is a bust due to circumstance or my inability to say what I need to say.. is it too late for me now? Should I just drop it? P.S. they definitely talk about me the other day her coworkers were looking at me on their way in and out of the break house.
Setup for a one week City Trip, there's a kahakka 15l inside the askare for small trips.
Askare is attached via g-hooks, so i can open it easily and compressed through the straps from the bag.
Hello!
I am 24 years old and landed my first job with good pay in UAE. I want to be financially literate and secure myself for the future.
I don't have savings at the moment but with my current salary, I plan to follow the 50/30/20 rule where 30% goes into my savings/emergency fund along with the unused spendings. I don't spend much on wants kaya I believe I can follow through with that percentage.
With sufficient savings, I plan to invest on stocks in order to slowly grow my finances. I also plan to get a high yield savings account. At the same time, I've also heard about life insurance but I'm not sure if it's worth it to get one at this time.
What financial advice would you give me in this stage of my life?
Feel free to share your experiences and financial choices you've made in life.
So, I made a personal analysis on the chapter 151 of Reverend Insanity. But got told it’s pretty mediocre analysis, so I’ll share my analysis here anyways
**[**Note: I bolded the scans from the chapter 151. I hope it would make it easier to difference explanation and the scan**]**
**# Demonic Nature #**
**__No-self__:**
**Without a sense of self, without a sense of person; to be detached of all living things, detached of the sense of time.
Void is the red skull and white bones, skin and flesh!**
This is referring to the concept of 'no-self also known as ‘anattā’. it is one of the Buddha's most difficult teachings, but it's also a cornerstone of Buddhism.
Anattā is the recognition that the sense of self is an illusion.
When seeing, there is the coming together of visible form, the eye, and visual consciousness. When hearing, there is the coming together of sound, the ear, and auditory consciousness. When touching, there is the coming together of tactual sensation, the body, and tactile consciousness. When thinking, there is the thought, the mind, and mental consciousness. These processes arise simply through contact. When a sense faculty and a sensory object make contact, the corresponding sensory consciousness arises. This entire process occurs through specific conditions. There is no independent, fully autonomous agent or 'self' controlling any of this.
We spend life in pursuit of what will please this self, protect it, or even glorify it somehow. Maybe sometimes we get what we pursue, but it never lasts, and we are dissatisfied again. We lie, cheat, scam, assault, and do various other damaging things to other people ultimately because we are trying to protect or gratify the self. Permanent is the key word here, the Buddha denied a permanent essence of self, but he also denied non-existence. Realizing the true nature of the self is what's called enlightenment. I'll address Fang Yuan's answer to this later.
**This leads into Fang Yuan's next statements:**
**__Non-Dualism__**
**I am namely myself, without individuality.
Breaking the sense of self, realizing that one is common and ordinary.
Without a sense of self means 'everyone is equal, there is no difference.
Man is humanity no longer treating humans as a superior race and demeaning other living beings. 'Without a sense of person' means that 'the world is equal, there is no difference.
Living things' refers to all life, no longer recognising life as superior and thinking that non-living beings like rocks and water have cognition.
This is ‘detached of all living things’, which means ‘all in the world is equal, there is no difference.
Any object or creature has their respective lifespan, and 'detached of the sense of time' namely means 'regardless of whether it exists or not, they are all equal without difference.
No matter how beautiful the guy or girl, they eventually turn into a skeleton. Bones, skin and flesh are one, but people favoured skin and flesh while fearing bones
this is being fixated on appearance not recognising that all is equal.**
Fang Yuan here is talking about ‘non-dualism’, which suggests that in an observation, there is the subject (observer) and the object (observed), but they exist in a relationship and only in that relationship.
In this context as there is no observer, there is nothing observed. Therefore, the discrimination between subject and object (i.e. the thought ‘I am not that which I am observing’) is entirely fallacious. You only exist because there are objects of observation and you 'don't exist' in the absence of objects of experience.
Non-duality is the recognition that subject/object discriminations are essentially illusions. It is less that ‘everything is one’ and more ‘all sensory observations produce the effect of categorising a self/observer/thinker as actually existent and this is a delusion/illusion/fallacy.’
So rather than everything is ‘one’, everything is empty of the categorising essence that observation imbues onto it.
The Kaumudi states: Because of the absence of inherent existence, the nondual essence of all phenomena is emptiness
**__Divinity__**
This Buddhist term is calling for humans to break through all forms, seeing the truth.
Beauty is superficial, and people, me, the world, and time, is all superficial. If one goes past the superficial aspect, they would see Buddha.
It means, If one goes past the false sense of self, the superficial aspect of reality, when one detaches their sense of being a living being, from the sense of time, self and existence, one reaches the truth.
Advaita Vedanta teaches that the small ‘you’ in your head is not completely real, and that the ‘real you’ is the consciousness that underlies all experience.
When you realise you are not just the small self but also consciousness itself, you also realise that all beings share this one consciousness, all beings are equal because they share the same one consciousness
But this consciousness is not alive of itself, it's simply the substratum of existence, like Fang Yuan you may call it 'divinity' but it has no sense of self, it simply is consciousness without anything in which the world arises.
**__Buddha__**
**Recognising and going beyond, treating all as equal, all is equal.
Thus, Buddha sacrificed his body to feed tigers, cutting off his flesh to feed eagles. This was the benevolence in his heart, seeing all in this world as his own, loving everything, and his great love for everything.
No matter if it's me, others, animals or plants, or even the lifeless rocks and water, even those that do not exist, we have to love them.
If a mortal standing there watches the bear eat a person, some hot-blooded teenager would jump out and scream, “You beast, don't you dare eat a person!” or “Beauty, do not fear, uncle is here to save you!” etc.
This was the mortal's love and hatred, loving young girls and hating large bears. Not going beyond and still fixating on the superficial, not able to see her red human skeleton.
If Buddha stood there and watched the bear eat a person, he would sigh, chanting, ‘If I do not enter hell, who would enter?’ He would save the young girl and feed himself to the black bear.
This was Buddha's love and hatred, loving the young girl and loving the bear, treating all as equal.**
Fang Yuan explains Buddha's answer to these concepts, however as you'll see his own answer is drastically different.
**__Demonic Nature__**
**But right now, Fang Yuan was the one standing here.
Seeing the young girl's tragic and violent death, his heart was unmoved.
This was not because of his numbness to death, but he had gone beyond the superficial, having no obsessions. Without a sense of self, without a sense of person; to be detached of all living things, detached of the sense of time…
Seeing all living things as equal, the world is equal.
Thus, the girl's death is no different from a fox or a tree's death.
But to a mere mortal, the girl's death would trigger their anger, hatred, and pity. If it was the girl eating the bear, they would not feel anything. If an old lady was eaten, the pity in their hearts would be greatly reduced. If it was a villain, a murderer getting eaten, they would clap their hands in joy, praising.
In actuality, all beings are equal, and heaven and earth is just.
Nature is fair, disregarding love or hate; it is emotionless, and never gives differential treatment.
Rule of the strong, victor takes all!
The disappearance of a lifeform, towards the entire natural realm and the infinite cosmos, to the long river of history - what does it amount to?
Death means death, who can choose not to die? What talk about a girl, bear, ant, fox, tree, old lady, murderer, they are all lowly! Humble! Mongrels!**
**Only by recognising this and going beyond the superficial, arriving at the truth, does one gain divinity.
This divinity, taking a step towards the light, it becomes Buddha.
If it takes a step towards the darkness, it becomes a demon.
Demonic nature!**
The most common conclusion upon realising ‘divinity’ would be to take a step towards the light and pursue love like Buddha, since one shares their consciousness with all beings.
But Fang yuan takes the direct opposite path and steps towards darkness, becoming a ‘Demon’ and determines that just as all is equal, all is equally lacking in value.
A Buddha would give up their sense of self wholeheartedly to feel equal to all beings as they accept the self to be temporary and an illusion in the face of the truth. However Fang Yuan rejects this, not through subjective meaning but with an equally objective truth. Instead seeking to eternalise his personal self, transcending the temporary and meaninglessness, thus asserting himself as the ‘divine’ through ‘Eternal Life’.
Fang Yuan's parallel to Buddha can be seen since the very first poem in the novel, in which he states: ‘Right and wrong, success and failure, the fetters that bind one to this mortal coil are rendered empty with just one look back.’
This ties into Fang Yuan's antithesis for nihilism in the form of ‘Eternal Life’ and the ‘Zhenren’ which I might post about in the future.
Investir dans un immeuble de rapport
Bonjour,
C’est notre rêve avec mon conjoint d’investir dans un immeuble de rapport, j’ai vu la perle sur internet mais je me demande si notre situation le permet (voir photos)
Il s’agit d’un immeuble de 7 logements (T1-T2) tous loués, 560,000 euros
À savoir qu’on est allés voir notre banque en décembre et notre conseillère avait validé un projet de 115,000 euros et prend en considération les revenus des gîtes. On a une bonne relation avec elle.
Est-ce jouable ou pas du tout? Mes parents ont presque pas de crédit, j’avais pensé à une SCI mais pas sûre.
Ciao a tutti. Io e la mia ragazza ci vogliamo bene e ci amiamo da svariati anni e va tutto bene su tutti i punti di vista.
L'unico problema è che abbiamo pochi momenti di intimità e quando capita l'occasione di restali soli, succede che prima ci diciamo di voler fare l'amore, poi invece non succede mai nulla, anzi spesso e volentieri lei fa di tutto pur di perdere tempo e non andare al sodo.
Sinceramente prima non ci facevo caso, ma ora mi inizia a pesare questa cosa e non capisco quale sia il problema.
Vorrei capire se qualcuno di voi ha vissuto una situazione simile.
(È il mio primo post su reddit in assoluto, non mi distruggete grazie)
