From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2024-09-21, D  wrote:   
      
   >>> Long time no see! What have you been up to? Productive   
   >>> things such as living life I hope? =)   
   >>   
   >> Quite, even occasionally - not to mention thankfully -   
   >> rising reproductive grade!   
   >   
   > Reproductive? Another child on the way then? ;)   
      
   Well, were it a few biological decades ago....   
      
   >> Soon off to work sound at an outdoor autumn-ish event,   
   >> including performing with wife and friends later in   
   >> the day.   
   >   
   > It is a nice job to have, that consists of bringing people   
   > joy! =)   
      
   Super fun. I dreaded it up until it finally starting,   
   though, which is typical for me. So many things that   
   can go wrong: life mainstays like "Murphy" and "Entropy"   
   licking their chops, even as I was about to leverage mine.   
      
   >> My wife's oldest brother is visiting from Taiwan. He's   
   >> an above average fellow, and yet I'm not too big a fan   
   >> of humanity to begin with, so I'm looking forward to   
   >   
   > You are a wise man! Even though my wifes family is   
   > nice, there can be such a thing as "too much of a good   
   > thing". Especially her mother loves to question my   
   > decisions, and loves to tell me what to do, especially   
   > when it comes to new age health care which I loathe.   
      
   Ouch. Rough one. Your patience is admirable, as I know   
   how quickly my hands ache to form a circle that just so   
   happens to be about neck size.   
      
   >> his departure, especially since someone in their family   
   >> taught them all to talk endlessly, which drives me out of   
   >> my fucking mind. They seem to think they're interesting,   
   >   
   > But... if it does drive you out of your mind, it might   
   > also, drive you into the beyond for a nice guided tour,   
   > before you return to the mess that we call planet earth? ;)   
      
   It's like you know me, or something! :-)   
      
   He was great on the few songs we let him lead the vocals   
   of. Better voice than mine, and I'm halfway decent in   
   that department.   
      
   > I completely understand you! My wifes sister is a good   
   > talker. And she won't accept any other views, so my wife   
   > is very happy that I do not speak the language and thus   
   > won't be able to disrupt the discussion with politically   
   > incorrect provocations, as easily. ;)   
      
   Familiar. While I've enjoyed talking to him, I have to hold   
   on tight as he goes on too long, ever mindful his politics   
   are the opposite of mine, and thus might a meltdown ensue   
   should I forget - *or* become sufficiently frustrated to   
   "accidentally" mention The Evil One.... :-)   
      
   >> but most of what I hear is "My God, I'm impressed with   
   >> mySELF, aren't I?"   
   >>   
   >>    
   >>   
   >>    
   >   
   > So at least, there is a self then? ;)   
      
   There seems to be a notion of a self. As for "is", well,   
   that too "is" a matter of faith. ;-)   
      
   >> You do know that you could be a simulated self in the mind   
   >> of an almighty AI. Bet you didn't think of that!   
      
   All the time, and even regularly reminded of it for often   
   watching the YouTube channel of American cartoonist Scott   
   Adams, who is fond of talking of The Simulation.   
      
      
   > You?   
      
   > Same old, same old. Slowly entering the busy season   
   > at work. Country side is closed down for the season. 1   
   > mosquito bit me 3 times, and I was not able to take my   
   > revenge, because he ran away before I woke up and there   
   > was no point in running after him in a dark room. ;)   
      
   *He*? That doesn't sound very woke to me. :-)   
      
   > Besides that, the magnum opus continues. Currently reading   
   > Wittgensteins "On Certainty" in the hope of convincing my   
   > fellow alt.philosophy brothers that there actually is an   
   > external world. ;)   
      
   I remember *that* I read some Wittgenstein, but remember   
   zero gist. How about you delve into your take on some of   
   the more salient points?   
      
   > When not reading that, I'm reading Robin Hood and realizing   
   > that the guy was the original libertarian, fighting the   
   > state and not the rich. ;)   
      
   Ah, the state! As fictional - or is it mythical? - a   
   "thing" as the selves allegedly comprising "it"! :-)   
      
   > And when not reading that, taking Nietzsches advice and   
   > reading through the short oxford history of europe. I've   
   > reached the central middle ages.   
      
   Huh. Interesting to read there's still a Europe. I keep   
   hearing it's become a mere remote extension of Muslim   
   countries....   
      
   > So there you go!   
      
   As a John Lennon in modern times might have sang: "whatever   
   gets you through the post, it's the most.. it's the most". :-)   
      
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   Oh, for the love of signature silliness....   
      
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