logen

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"Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things." ~The Enchiridion

This is the basis of Stoic ethical philosophy.

This is also an innate feeling many of us realise as children.

Deep High School philosophy right? Well.... We may figure it out then, but for some reason, we forget it.

Are we dismissing it as false? Childhood stupidity? I have no idea, but I've known this since the 8th grade.

Some like to say "it takes two to tango" or some other silly platitude, but the reality is, it only takes one.

I could sit on a couch and be offended. I could be out at a bar and someone calmly insults me in a language I don't understand, and I may be confused, but likely not offended.

Now, if that same person said those insults to someone who understands him, that person may believe that the insulter is also the offender.

But he is wrong, for if he was the offender, I too would necessisarly have been offended.

Therefore, we only offend ourselves.

My reactions are not caused due to your actions. They may encourage me or attempt to incite me, but any offense I may have is my own doing.

[–] logen@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

True, but this was in kandahar, I expect not much as changed....Except perhaps the selection.

[–] logen@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Used to be? As late as 2011 I saw entire businesses dedicated to selling pirated movies.

[–] logen@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Oh, I don't know about that. I think Musk as a unique ability to spend money.

 

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[–] logen@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah thanks for the response!

I was actually thinking it as something like: For every 1btu produced by a standard electric heating unit, 3btu of heat would be produced by a heat pump.

Which, is basically what I understand you to claim. Every 100 watts of energy generates the equivalant of 300 watts of energy.

[–] logen@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Ah, that makes sense.

But that aside, 300% of what? 300% of electric without the heat pump? It's also my understand that heat pumps aren't that great for heating if they are basic above ground units. Have to be the extra expensive dug in ones.

[–] logen@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, people saying right is violently psycho, just pointing out that the left is just as bad.

[–] logen@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

On the low end I haven't seen wages increase, if anything they've fallen, but they may be more to do with the whole of 2020 craziness that resulted in even greater worker shortages amongst the laborers, and the system comming back to equilibrium.

Foreign policy blunders? Pretty sure that's the first thing Biden did. Jump out of Afghanistan so fast we abandoned Europe and trampled some of our own.

Then there's the whole, cripple the European economy thing. I know there's more to it than that, but with the Ukraine thing, America really pressured Europe into crippling itself.

But I digress. I'm not trying to defend trump, nor attack Biden. Just note my casual observinces of my local economy.

[–] logen@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But what if you are an Italian cop?

[–] logen@lemm.ee -3 points 2 years ago

I feel that the (crazy) leftists would support this.

[–] logen@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago

Well, the standing president isn't exactly the ideal picture of someone who isn't facist...

[–] logen@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Most people I meet seem reasonable until they get behind a keyboard... Or a wheel.

[–] logen@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago
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