👁️ autosurveillant 👁️ @pee_zombie@schelling.pt
newcomb's paradox just the marshmallow test for rats
looked up the "Elon monologue" expecting something noteworthy after all the commentary on here but it's just an awkward autist dude endearingly telling bad jokes. he's just a guy. I could have seen him at work yesterday and he'd fit in perfectly
it's exactly on brand for him tbh
there is only one skill and it is Skill itself; it has many names and takes many forms. many are distracted by the motions one takes in its pursuit and do not see the higher level logic behind them
how you do anything is how you do everything.
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RT @pee_zombie
@metakuna knowing how to transfer skills is itself a skill; one must see thru its surface-level trappings to the pure abstraction of Skill within. true masters of any practice…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1391111485393448960
mourning how I'll likely never be satisfied to work out if a coffee shop with a single monitor ever again
yes I knew I can get portable second monitors for my laptop but meh
oh also check out yoga, wu wei, the Alexander technique, etc. tons of methods for learning to be more present and natural. godspeed
best advice I can give for one in that situation is to stop being anxious. work out, learn coordination sports, mb even dance!
most importantly, learn to be PRESENT, to pay attention to the reality of your partner, not your idea of them. SENSE where they are & meet them thereo
many people, girls especially, pick up on this sort of thing intuitively, and make decisions they can't quite explain based on these subtle signals. this can be frustrating to one who consistently finds themselves left behind w/o an explanation, but you're not owed one tbh
your personality is discernable thru the way you do any of these things; if you're nervous and absent in a kiss, why would you be any different in more mundane situations? if you try to force your way thru w/o heed for your partner, you'll likely do that in other aspects as well
dancing with a partner, or doing acro, are not very different at all from kissing; it works best when you remain present and aware, don't dissociate out of anxiety, and remain receptive to your partners state and telegraphed wishes rather than moving on your own
this, naturally, lead to much better results, as I was no longer telegraphing "I am nervous and uncomfortable and am following a physical script I made up without your input"
some people never really move past this stage, which is unfortunate
luckily it's like any partner skill
later on in life, after getting some more experience & calming down a bit re: girls, I found myself actually able to be present and focus on what was happening during a kiss; how I was holding my jaw, how I was forcing my lips to do certain things, and learned to relax and let go
my first kiss skipped straight to a makeout; it was with my first, and we had already been friends for a while so were pretty comfortable with each other, but both rather dorky & clueless. this, combined with being rather horny, led us to just dive right in once we broke the seal
since we're talking about kissing: the way a person kisses is v important. it tells you everything you want to know about them; how embodied they are, how integrated, how natural or forced, how they think about intimacy & sexuality
how you do anything is how you do everything
one could say, this past year, we've all been stuck at home...
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RT @TetraspaceWest
@pee_zombie > Introduce this fine young goblin
Your name is OOBOE GREBLE. your many hobbies, reflected in your room’s decor not pictured here, include SUBSTACKS, EGREGORES, and HORNY MUTUALS
In fact, it seems one of your HORNY MUTUALS is TWEETING now.
> View Twitterlog
https://twitter.com/TetraspaceWest/status/1390821538383937538
it's time for me to embarrass myself be being the only nerd still rollerblading in TYOL 2021,again
some of yalls profile gimmicks are just homestuck typing quirks there I said it
i'd want to say, at this point, that I don't want to delve into culture war issues, but unfortunately, I don't think that's possible with this, being as central as it is
so much discourse comes down to "who is responsible for this", & the right answer is almost always "you are"
some say this dichotomy is a primary fault line in political ideology, with one's position on this subject being rather predictive of their political position; I've observed some amount of this, but its reductive
however, there are certainly collectivist pathologies on the left
