I think there's a healthy hue somewhere in between those two maybe. Like my family are my biggest cheerleaders, and definitely incepted me with the idea that I am special and can do anything.
But we never talked about being rich, famous, or compared ourselves to exceptional figures. Probably some working class self leveling behaviour at play there, but it left me feeling I could do anything, but not like it was expected.
I wonder if this desire for fame or absolutely recognition is more a phenomenon in the U.S. I don't know anyone personally who actually desires it.
I think it's my favourite!
Watch a couple videos and it's easy to see what vibe it's gesturing at
October 19, for anyone looking for the date
Just skimmed but seems like a decent idea. Not that I've knowingly run into issues parsing JSON too much
Inertia.
Also while a wealthy family enterprise, they neither
- a) rule over any nation(s)
- b) receive any authority through divine appointment
It's actually a huge step down from the kind of power royalty used to enjoy.
Maybe if you're a GM looking for quick inspiration, but not if you're a for profit company whose job is to put out original content.
What're the LLMs even supposed to feed on if companies start putting out generated content? It very quickly implodes if this becomes the norm.
My favourite is when you have a friend, or known reviewer, going on about how something sucks, and you realise that it sounds right up your alley.
I specifically rented The One, because of Roger Ebert's 1 and 1/2 star review in the newspaper, trashing Jet Li's The One (just to totally date myself).
Peerless vibes.
I mean it's super dark, but it's so slick
My partner rewatches that as like a comfort movie. I always found it so dark and hopeless and disconcerting. It really felt like a vision of hell when I first saw it.
Although I've caught parts of it while she's watching so often that I've become a bit desensitized, so I can appreciate it for it's merits more. It is a great movie.
Becoming increasingly pleased that I don't recognise this face
I'm ethically opposed to much of this, but I can't fault it for lack of ambition. It's like a built-in dessert with every slice
Hey sobernauts out there on the clear dry seas lol. The pink cloud is gone, so now I'm just in the daily living part (7mos), but even still, had a bit of a realisation recently.
I got unexpectedly laid off from my job recently, which previously would have been a big trigger to hit the bar. But this time I was thankful that I didn't drink anymore (or smoke for that matter). Not even for the money (although that is one factor), but that despite all my problems at least I don't have to deal with the ravages of booze on top of everything else. I can move forward with real world solutions to my actual problem with a clear head.
It especially hit me when shortly after my layoff, a friend came over with a "care package" of junk food and a light beer, saying to my partner "c'mon not even one beer." But I realised that I wasn't even tempted (though the inertia from old habits could have easily led me to drink).
Anyway, this friend doesn't know how much I value my sobriety (we used to drink together a lot a lot), so I thanked him for the thought, but gave the beer to another friend of mine.
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That's the story. My physical addiction to alcohol isn't that great thankfully, so it's not that dramatic, but it still felt like a nice reinforcement that I'm on the right path.