theredknight

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[–] theredknight@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Most of this sub sounds like how old people explain tech problems badly. It's clear they can't be bothered to search and find out what is going on.

Linux will let you break it. It isn't meant for people who can't be bothered with learning or consequences but insist on being superuser.

[–] theredknight@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The logo for Odin has a Nordic rune in it which is popular to white supremacists because the Nazis also co-opted them as symbols. They are not by nature about supremacy, they are an old alphabet.

[–] theredknight@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Yeah I had a hard time with it because the Indian characters were not even two dimensional. I remember thinking was it to reinforce the self absorption of the main characters? Any potential character growth after the key scene in the middle of the movie was squandered

[–] theredknight@lemmy.world 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

There's a set of questions an author named Byron Katie wrote about for managing limiting beliefs. First you have to isolate the belief that's causing you pain. Then you ask the following:

1 - Is this belief true?

2 - Can I absolutely know this belief is true?

If you are still saying yes to these you're not ready for 3 and 4.

3 - How do you feel when you believe this? Be sure to go into this really well. I find the more you put into this step the better the results at the last question. So where in your body does the feeling live? What temperature is it? How intense is it out of 10? Is it sharp or dull? Is it dry or wet? Does it change is it constant? Maybe even what color is it? You want to really witness and give credence to this feeling here.

And finally

4 - Who would you be or what would you be doing if you didn't have this belief?

I can guess what answers you'd give here but you know so I don't want to muddy that for you.

Edit: formatting

[–] theredknight@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Seriously. If this broke him it gets so much worse.. but honestly op, this is how you learn what to do and what not to.

[–] theredknight@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Lol you haven't met consultants

[–] theredknight@lemmy.world 31 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I once installed Ubuntu for an 80 year old Finnish woman who escaped the Nazis as a child running across a frozen lake. This was a decade ago. She took to it like a duck to water and said it was great because it made sense, she could easily install anything and it didn't crash. Give your dad the chance at least.

[–] theredknight@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Ovid was a Roman not a Greek.

[–] theredknight@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The story doesn't define him as asexual. It does say he scorned and mocked people who then cursed him:

‘So may he himself love, and so may he fail to command what he loves!’

https://ovid.lib.virginia.edu/trans/Metamorph3.htm#476975711

Also according to this article at Cornell, Ovid was the sole poet of the story and there aren't any earlier versions, so it is likely both of our interpretations are askew.

https://www.cornellcollege.edu/classical_studies/CLA216-2-A/narcissus-echo/

[–] theredknight@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (4 children)

While what you say might have grains of truth in it, it's likely that the story was originally a warning about eating a poisonous plant that resembles an onion more than an attack on asexuals. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus_(plant)

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