Tin

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Because it's not about the person, it's about the Dharma, the teachings. Those exist with or without a historical Buddha, and that's what guides the practice.

Imagine that someone is showing you the moon by pointing at it. You want to look at the moon, not the finger. The Buddha is a finger pointing at the moon.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 weeks ago (23 children)

I'm Buddhist, and it's always struck me as odd that so many religious people require their text to be literally true.

If it were to be definitively proven that the person called Jesus Christ never existed as a historical person on earth, the various Christian churches and organizations would stop at nothing to attempt to discredit this. They would be furious.

On the other hand, if it were definitively proven that Siddartha Gautama, the person who will be called the Buddha, never existed as a historical person on earth, most Buddhists would find it interesting, probably even humorous, and would go on happily practicing Buddhism.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It was Armin Van Buuren's Intense. Burned it for a road trip.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I had a friend who sent me a "Y2K fix" program back in '99. Said it would patch the error so I'd be safe. When I ran it, it swapped the letters Y and K on my keyboard.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Metroid for sure.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

SNES Jurassic Park. NES Fester's Quest

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I dream of musk reduced to working at a cell phone accessory kiosk in a forgotten mall, peddling glittering iPhone cases and rambling about how he made comedy legal again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Hating Musk is one of the few things we can all agree on.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Not surprising, what else do you expect him to eat?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Here's a weird question: do you have a gallbladder? People without a gallbladder tend to have that experience with edibles, or need a higher dose to get an effect.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

There wasn't any oil in it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

And two attempts on Gerald Ford - Squeaky Fromme and Sarah Jane Moore

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