asklemmy

This magazine is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

ProfessorGumby, in What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?
@ProfessorGumby@midwest.social avatar

The Murderbot Diaries

intensely_human, in I read that weed makes you not dream, then when you go off weed you have crazy dreams. So heavy, heavy weed users that quit, how long did you have crazy dreams for?

You have vivid dreams for a few days. It’s just a matter of your hormones equalizing, so it doesn’t take a really long time.

Similar timeframe to getting over nicotine withdrawal which is a few days to a week, which is basically the time it takes your brain to alter its calibration.

Outtatime, in What are the most annoying stereotypical things about teens? (both perspectives)
@Outtatime@sh.itjust.works avatar

From a stereotypical perspective, some may find teens annoying due to perceived mood swings, rebellious behavior, or being glued to screens. On the positive side, teens are often seen as energetic, creative, and adaptable. It’s essential to recognize individual differences rather than relying solely on stereotypes.

dhhyfddehhfyy4673, in What are your thoughts on the concept of having faith in a Higher Power but choosing to distance oneself from established religious doctrines?
PanaX, in What news source or sources are you go tos

Associated Press

Reuters

BBC

The Onion

RagnarokOnline, in What are your thoughts on the concept of having faith in a Higher Power but choosing to distance oneself from established religious doctrines?

Many people follow that path.

tron, in What are your experiences with polyamory, first or second hand?

deleted_by_author

  • Loading...
  • healer_56,

    OP specifically asks for a success story and you post this ? why ?

    tron,

    deleted_by_author

  • Loading...
  • LegionEris,

    I upvoted you. I asked for experiences. I was hoping for success stories, but I came into this understanding that most people don’t have them. If literally nobody on Lemmy but me had a good polyamory story, that would be valid and wouldn’t discourage me.

    JohnDClay, in What are your thoughts on the concept of having faith in a Higher Power but choosing to distance oneself from established religious doctrines?

    Sounds kinda like deists. Most of the founding fathers were, plus a lot of enlightenment thinkers. So you’re in good company.

    SatanicNotMessianic, in What are your thoughts on the concept of having faith in a Higher Power but choosing to distance oneself from established religious doctrines?

    I’m a strong atheist, which means I have a positive belief that no gods exist, just for the record. The way I would put it is that I have never heard of nor have been able to come up with a god concept that I believe is an actual being.

    I prefer to use the term “god concept” rather than god to make it clear that we’re talking about a specific idea of a god rather than an actual being. So Odin is a god concept, as is Minerva. Multiple god concepts exist in the bible, including the original regional father-deity El, El’s wife Ashera, their children including Yahweh, and so on. When the Israelites started to move from polytheism to henotheism (many gods exist but you should only worship one), and then to “monotheism” (in scare quotes because there are enough different god concepts as well as divine beings who would be counted as gods in any other pantheon).

    In any case, I don’t think having a god concept which you believe refers to an actual being in itself is an indication of anything, good or bad. In my opinion, there’s a feedback loop between the disposition of people and their religions. The problems come in when the religions around the god concepts become extreme. The Amish have a fairly strong god concept, and while I’m not Amish (thank god), I don’t think they do harm unless you think of their actions within their community. 90% of UUs are great people. Sponoza’s Watchmaker would suggest we have to study ourselves to discover what constitutes good. And so on.

    So I’d say that your belief is absolutely fine, but you also might be interested in the neurophysiological, social, and anthropological bases of humans so often having god concepts.

    31415926535, in What are your thoughts on the concept of having faith in a Higher Power but choosing to distance oneself from established religious doctrines?

    Yes. Had religion shoved down my throat as a kid. Learned early on being a religious believer meant nothing, people are shitty no matter what.

    Had to decide who I wanted to be, what rules to live by. Realized I don’t enjoy hurting people, try to learn from mistakes, random acts of kindness, to always try for the evolved, educated non violent option. That’s enough for me. If there’s a god who has a problem with that, oh well.

    msbeta1421, in What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?

    Red Rising would be a phenomenal TV show.

    Mistborn and Stormlight Archive from Sanderson would also be incredible.

    controlshiftn, in What are your experiences with polyamory, first or second hand?

    God, this thread is a breath of fresh air. Every time the topic came up on reddit, you had the same core of bitter whiny losers reciting the same archetype of the rejected and resentful guy stuck at home while his GF was out ‘cheating’ on him, and insisting that this was the reality in every single case.

    LegionEris,

    Omg yes. This is the primary discussion of polyamory, and it drives me crazy. None of that common description looks like my life.

    lemann,

    I’m mono myself, but it’s nice to read various experiences here of poly relationships.

    I personally think i’m too selfish to survive in a poly environment though, and also I’m not really that interesting of a person in general - preferring time alone mostly.

    Poly requires a ton of trust and communication, so for me it would fall down quickly with the wrong kind of partner(s)… especially as it takes me a while to trust others

    LegionEris,

    I actually consider myself a selfish person. But I experience huge amounts of compersion. It makes me so happy when good things happen to the people I care about. It’s selfish of me to want more than one partner and to revel in my wife’s other relationship. But I’ll be damned if senseless or traditional moralizing is going to stop me from being or making people happy.

    buzziebee, (edited ) in What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?

    The polity series would be really cool. It’s a great universe with lots of options for storytelling (which the diversity of the books demonstrates). Starting with prador moon and then following the war with the prador for a while would be amazing to see.

    If I had another choice I’d pick the Children of Time series.

    rhacer, (edited ) in What news source or sources are you go tos

    I have no traditional news sources. I subscribe to Quillette, Taibbi, Greenwald, The Free Press, and Sullivan. I regularly read Caitlin Johnstone and Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

    Zellith, in What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?

    Gateway by Fredrik pohl would be great to see reimagined.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • asklemmy@lemmy.world
  • localhost
  • All magazines
  • Loading…
    Loading the web debug toolbar…
    Attempt #