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Let’s first start off with a few photos to prove I actually left my mom’s basement:
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I met a couple of sexy goth chicks here, I brought a spade along to make sure they would not friendzone me.
With that out of the way, I want to explain my philosophy on life.
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I think most of you are familiar with the parable of the three vinegar tasters. Confucius, Lao-tzi and the Gautama Buddha all taste the vinegar.
Confucius says that it is wine that has turned sour, it has decayed. To solve this, you must respect traditions and the elderly.
The Buddha says it is bitter. That is, life has an inherent dissatisfying character.
Finally, Lao-tze says it is sweet. That is, there is inherent goodness in it.
Now who is right? They are all right, but emphasise different aspects of life.
Nature struggles to offer you much sweetness. But it can supply bitterness and sourness in abundance.
Your goal, as a sentient being, should be to yearn for more vinegar. And to achieve this, you should learn to appreciate the bitter and sour flavors of life.
This is what it means to grow up, to mature as a soul.
I think modern people are very decadent, we heat our houses, we fly around the world, we eat meat and we engage in sexual deviance.
I see all of this as a product of continuing to excessively cling onto sweetness in a world where nature is struggling to offer it but has plenty of bitterness and sourness left to offer.
This is what I mean, when I say, choose life.
I’m not really interested in offering you tips and tricks to make life sweeter. That’s what the libertarians, the LGBTQI crowd, the transhumanists, the tech bros and the bright greens want to offer you.
I’m interested in encouraging you to learn to appreciate the bitter and sour flavors more.
Those of you who are capable of this, are the ones who sustain life, in a metaphysical sense.
This is what I believe. I like to think of this as a perspective derived from Buddhism and Taoism, but I’m not that well-read on either philosophy. You could argue it is more inspired by the first Hellraiser movie.
I urge you to love nature, our mother, wife, sister, Goddess, daughter and mistress all in one.
Even, when she is hysterical, even when she is angry, even when she sinks her nails into your flesh, when she throws plates and glasses at your face.
When you truly love her, you will share in her suffering, you will take any opportunity to relieve her burden. You will in fact, be grateful for it.
Interesting.
> you should learn to appreciate the bitter and sour flavors of life.
Yes, and over the Christmas period I indulged myself by consuming lots of bitter beer, in the form of Guinness Foreign Extra stout. I HIGHLY recommend it. Extra hops for extra flavour. It’s also a lot stronger than regular Guinness (7.5% ABV vs. 4.2% ABV). Lovely thick tan creamy head when you pour it into a pint glass (DO NOT DRINK IT STRAIGHT FROM THE BOTTLE). Drink it at room temperature, not from the fridge. Without a doubt one of the highest quality “mass produced” beers you can buy. Brutally mogs standard Guinness. You can read for yourself all the excellent reviews posted here:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/209/752/
No Guinness shortage here in Ireland, unlike in England. Poor Limeys with their Guinness ration cards in pubs lol. All the Gen Z women and normies are all drinking Guinness now due to TikTok, pubs can’t get in enough stock for New Year’s Eve. It’s back to tea and crumpets for you lot!!! Enjoy your Stella Artois and Carling chav beers lol.
nah jk
OR AM I ???!!!
Yeah I love a good stout. I miss drinking Guinness.
Stout is an abomination. Give me any dark or black beer from Middle Europe.
Discovery of the decade is that one salted beer from Sicily. A salted beer. Perfect. Lile bottled Summer.
> I urge you to love nature, our mother, wife, sister, Goddess, daughter and mistress all in one.
All the alternatives offered are so banal compared to nature, aren’t they? Stupid pretentious churches ran by old men, retarded cults, and transhumanist bullshit. All boring and gay. Nature is always cool.
I love my Lady!
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>All the alternatives offered are so banal compared to nature, aren’t they?
Yup. You figured it out.
This literally applies to food. Things like apple cider vinegar and sauerkraut, sour, as well as Chinese bitter melon and tempeh, bitter, are good for you while sugar is detrimental to your health. In our society, sugar is so readily available, a reflection of our decadence.
Yes.
Sugar offers energy, but energy is supposed to be inherently scarce. In excess it becomes destructive.
You should learn to function on less energy as you age.
I’m gonna try to facedoxx tomorrow in a grainfield here at dusk because it looks so wicked
That sounds pretty wizard.
New years event for mr Dutchman. Can’t wait.