No.23737
>>23736>we poured 10 tons of concrete down this anthill and then spent weeks carefully excavating the ~320 cubic meter nest so the world could see the internal structuresasuga Brazil, this is some science I can understand
No.23760
>>23759Thy will soon fonder.
No.23763
>>23761At the current posting rate, we'll hit #20 in approximately 2 years. See you in 2028!
No.23769
I'm bored and there's no one to talk to. Why are there no good IRC channels? HERE I AM A TORTURED GENIUS but nobody is on my level *hic* so my mind decays. I have to surround myself with stupid people who are beneath my intellect and having said that I now have to prove it. WHy are people so stupid and ignorant? Nobody knows what they are talking about. No research. No thinking. Vomiting out their insane "HOT TAKES." When wise men speak people should shut up and listen. I wanna talk about BIG ISSUES. BIG BRAIN STUFF. I want to talk to actual humans who can teach me things not plastic people.
No.23778
>>23769real, sometimes I'll drop a knowledge bomb only to get rambling pseudointellectual replies that don't address any of the key points.
No.23796
>>23769No one is so wrong as the man who knows all the answers. Humble yourself, sushi.
No.23811
>>23804DO IT! Just keep within your budget.
No.23815
>>23813wtf is this real?!?!
No.23819
>>23815this is messed up bro
No.23824
>>23818where does one sit on this hypothetical ratway
No.23826
i can't believe people are afraid of rats i find them so kawaii
No.23828
>>23826i always get really excited when i see rats in the city it's like meeting a celebrity
No.23830
rats are GROSS and YUCKY and they eat your rice and poop on things and they give you hantavirus and you will DIE.
say NO to the ratway.
No.23831
why is everyone some sort of homosexual now? when I was growing up being gay was the least cool thing imaginable. kids these days are weird.
>>23826pet rats aren’t like those dirty sewer dwellers you see on the streets and they are NOT cute. feed them all to cat girls.
No.23832
Ants are very cute and very strong!
No.23833
ants are GROSS and BITE and eat your food and are just as ICKY as cockroaches and will make you sick and you will DIE.
say NO to ants.
No.23838
>>23835what about Bug's Life?
>>23831people are being psyopped into it.
No.23841
>>23838A Bug's Life is fine. I remember the pacing being a bit weird at times (the film slows down a lot during the circus part iirc) but the messaging is decent and it's a passably funny movie for children.
No.23849
>>23831When I was growing up, it was seen as lame and embarrassing but I still was gay anyways. Now it's cool to be gay and I still can't find a partner. Oh, how times don't change.
No.23865
the great thing about removing uncomfy posts is that what counts as uncomfy is entirely in the eye of the beholder, meaning you can just remove whatever you like and justify it after the fact based on how it made you feel inside. I think you should just add a rule that no discussion is allowed on sushigirl, only fun posting and image dumps.
No.23866
>>23862more of a /jp/ thing, probably why
No.23871
>>23865Erm, based? Post cgdct or fuck off.
No.23880
>>23879Stupid joke, never funny
No.23885
>>23883Wait is this AI? Sorry. You can delete the img if you want, @mods.
No.23909
>>23831because information is more available than ever before in history by such an astronomical degree that it's extremely easy to refute literally any of the reasons people give for hating gay people.
literally of the reasons it became uncool have now been debunked and nobody cares anymore, and it's more cool to be yourself while fighting against oppression.
in other words: gay people are cool now because the only people saying they arent are extremely uneducated, and uneducated people are not cool.
We also have access to more historical records than any group in history, which means we can see all the times people in power have lied about homosexuals, which makes homophobia part of "the man" which again, makes it extremely uncool, while also making homosexuality a way of sticking it to the man, which makes it cool.
If you wanna see less gay people then the answer is to stop talking about gay people. if you wanna see less gay people then you need to normalize being gay so hard that it becomes entirely inconsequential to be gay. normalize it until being gay is as insignificant as having freckles.
No.23913
>>23912Another wizard trying to seduce me with the sultry nature of delicious brown sugar knife-eared goddesses. I must resist!!!!!
No.23922
what happened to uboachan ? it's redirecting to reddit
No.23940
The Orion spacecraft successfully fired its main engine for 5 minutes and 50 seconds on Thursday, sending four astronauts on a free-return trajectory around the Moon. For NASA and the Artemis II crew members, this marked a point of no return for more than a week.
About three-quarters of the American population has not witnessed humans leaving low-Earth orbit in their lifetimes. The last time this occurred was 1972, with the final Apollo Moon mission.
The “translunar injection” burn of Orion’s main engine occurred about one day after the successful launch of the mission on NASA’s Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. This burn was the last major firing of Orion’s main engine and sets the crew on a course to fly around the Moon on Monday, slingshot back toward Earth under lunar gravity, and splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, April 10.
“Things are going really well right now,” said Lori Glaze, NASA’s senior official over exploration, during a news conference on Thursday evening. “I don’t think we could be more pleased.”
First day is filled with activity
The decision to leave Earth orbit followed a busy day onboard Orion during which the four-person crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—pushed the spacecraft’s life support and propulsion systems to ensure the vehicle was ready for a prolonged mission in deep space.
Orion’s life support functioned very well, said Howard Hu, NASA’s program manager for the Orion spacecraft. This included critical systems, such as the carbon dioxide “scrubbers” that remove the exhaled gas from the cabin’s atmosphere, as well as water systems. There was a minor kerfuffle with Orion’s toilet during the initial checkout when it was supposed to be “wetted” with water to prime the pump. Not enough water was introduced, so the pump was non-responsive. Once more water was added, it began functioning fine.
The most significant tests involved Orion’s propulsion system, during which Pilot Victor Glover flew the vehicle through a variety of maneuvers primarily using Orion’s 24 reaction control thrusters. During this “proximity ops demonstration” Glover flew to within a few dozen feet of the rocket’s upper stage, and then went through a prescribed series of tests, such as side-to-side maneuvers, up and down, pitch, roll, yaw, and more. Glover offered frequent narration during these maneuvers and, generally, said the vehicle handled better than expected.
Building confidence for Artemis III
Hu said the Orion team had confidence in the autonomous maneuvering capabilities of the vehicle, but that adding a human into the flight loop always introduces uncertainty. He praised Glover’s flying, saying, “Victor did exactly what he needed to do, and the spacecraft responded.”
All of the vehicle’s thrusters performed as intended during the multi-hour test, with no failures, Hu confirmed.
These tests are essential for NASA to have confidence in Orion’s handling for upcoming Artemis missions. NASA now plans to launch Orion on the Artemis III mission sometime next year, and during this flight it is intended to dock with one or both of the lunar landers under development by SpaceX and Blue Origin, respectively, in low-Earth orbit. This will necessitate precise maneuvering. For lunar landing missions, beginning with Artemis IV, Orion will dock with a lunar lander that brings the crew down to the surface of the Moon and then back to Orion, which returns the crew to Earth.
After its flurry of activities on the first day in flight, Orion’s schedule will settle down a little bit now as the crew speeds outbound toward the Moon. It will make a lunar flyby on Monday, where approximately 20 percent of the far side will be lit as the crew passes nearest to the lunar surface. For now, it’s enough that they are on their way.
No.23948
>>23940NASA is obviously faking this.
No.23963
>>23948NASA confirms Atermis II has splashdowned.
No.24028
Miserable again.
No.24038
I'm so unhappy.
No.24039
Melancholia unending
No.24045
Psychic keeps saying something about other people in my life. I want to just focus on what can make myself manageable on my own without anybody. Why don't psychics focus more on maybe work opportunities or something, I don't want any personal connections right now.
No.24049
>>24048Psychics never know what a person wants, they just go off of trends of what most people want. This is detrimental to keeping my attention because I find a lot of topics to be selfish and I don't want to be a selfish person so I don't want to hear about them (anything on love, acquiring unearned wealth, hurting people you dislike, that sort of stuff).
What is the best anime about people who can transform into weapons and fight each other, I want to turn my brain off
No.24055
All of the great Bossa Nova artists are dead. On second thought, Sergio Mendes is the last one, and if you don't see him live, you'll die having never seen a live performance of a single great Bossa Nova artist.
No.24056
>>24055Not a problem, Nouveau Bossa Nova is the future
No.24058
I just want to take responsibility for spreading misinformation and state that Sergio Mendes is also dead.
On the plus side though, I did find that some of the OGs of Bossa Nova are still alive today, so that's nice. Just not the big-names I encountered in my youth like Jobim and Astrud Gilberto.
No.24061
>>24060This is probably my last interaction with you >:3
No.24065
I'm shick:(
No.24066
I'm worthless and stupid.
No.24074
where are good boards to discuss the paranormal? I can't find anywhere that isn't dead dead dead
No.24077
MVCC creates far more problems than it solves. It necessitates separate counter columns/tables with complex CTOs to update them. It necessitates using Redis (a separate DB without MVCC) and the like for 'caching', because with MVCC flipping is_dirty bit would copy the entire row. MVCC necessitates manual locking in cases where readers are not allowed to read garbage and makes updates insanely expensive in cases where it's okay for readers to do so.
It almost makes me wonder if the reason why MVCC has been pushed so hard as the only/the default solution for the mainstream opensource DB engines is because the glowies want to read the overwritten/deleted (with Postgres'es MVCC, not really) records.
No.24079
>>24074Real talk, I'd like to get into ghost hunting again but I don't have an answer here. Sorry for not being able to help.
No.24113
im going to make miso soup rn
No.24131
>>24130Better leave it to a professional, don't wanna risk ruining your lucky milky holmes tshirt
No.24134
Love is stupid and fake and dumb. And fake. But video games are forever <3
No.24147
Today's meal is tomorrow's poop!
-Some guy practising One Meal a Day
No.24148
Todays poop is tomorrows meal!
-some guy who eats poop
No.24150
>>24149I thought that this enjoyment is very human and humans have constructed weird objects called "books" for fulfilling this enjoyment.
Computer rolls then took them, added images placed in time, timed music, and thus created kinetic novels. Some other rolls added branching paths, where everybody only sees a part of the society and its timeline based on arbitrary choices of the person and created visual novels. People think that both are actually games.
For your specific idea, people tend to get attached to seeing things in their control (or under their name) live and prosper, usually above all others for some reason.
No.24156
>>24150Games aren't just books with moving images. In a game you step into a simulated world and can alter it. You can't do that in a book, unless its scripture or something. Well, at least most books aren't designed that way.
>>24153That's nice but I want to be able to make it or at least get to work on it and I'm not sure how to do that or where to take it. And I just don't have the damn time ><
No.24157
>>24156Sometimes the things you want to do, the things you have to do, and the things you can do are different. Sometimes you have to accept that a dream will remain a dream.
No.24159
>>24157You don't know that
No.24165
are MAPs part of the LGBTQIA++ community?(No and they're not part of the sushi community either)
No.24168
>I can't get laid
>I'm an oppressed minority
The absolute fucking state of Western society.
No.24182
>>24179might be part of it, but I think another part is "the guy who coded this thought it was a good name and the existing users are accustomed to it now so we're going to keep using it even though it doesn't make sense."
No.24191
Why is it so hard…………. It's so hard……………. So so hard……………….
No.24239
>>24237If you really wanted that you wouldn't be posting here
No.24244
shame is the most oppressive feeling
No.24269
a hacker with a keylogger might think i'm crazy typing sushi + enter everyday. Why do i look at sushi everyday, like a narc googling poppies?
a random thought about a random thought
No.24270
>>24269i believe i made a grammatical mistake or a few. i shouldn't post unless i'm sure everything is correct. i'm sorry
No.24271
I've begun to self harm again. Its one of the few things that brings be relief.
No.24305
I didn't know electrical engineering was so complicated…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK2pZ_oVU1oYikes
No.24311
>>24271the workbook my therapist gave me says to use markers instead of a knife
No.24324
The halloween people are beginning to post about it now
No.24328
>>24327Gotta' get our Halloween fun in now before the Christmas sales start in October!
No.24330
>>24326it's almost
november the fifth, sushi roll!
No.24334
How was anybody even able to finish Tsukimonogatari because I remember I tried to watch it when it came out but Ononoki is so boring I just couldn't. I only say this because a few weeks ago I tried to rewatch it but gave up mid episode again.
No.24335
>>24334I don't remember finding Tsukimonogatari displeasing. I think I quite liked it back when I watched it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixFwo50AIrYThis scene, from 2:45 onwards to the end of the video. I used to replay this so much. I really, really liked it. I am a western child of Sub-Saharan African immigrants, and Araragi is right when he talks about how the idea of inanimate objects having spirits isn't strictly Japanese. It's in my culture as well. I've had an intermittent desire for years to study the similarity between Japanese Shintoism and the Animism found amongst the African peoples. Anyway, I really do like the music combined with visuals and speech in that clip. What Araragi is talking about isn't really what I care about, just that it matters to him, so his emotional weight in what he says matches the music.
Beyond that clip though, yeah, I remember enjoying the OVA, but again, I have to admit, I had a hard time following the plot of the anime series. I notice that me and my Mum seem to have some kind of problem with TV where it's not possible for us to follow nuances in the plot of the things we watch.
I can engage deeply with things I read as that uses my brain differently, but watching is hard, yeah. I have to be thankful to have grown in the West in that regard too, as I have family who think reading and writing is also taxing.
Back on topic, yeah, I was really surprised to see the depth of the analysis that would emerge in discussion of the Monogatari series, because I didn't see the depth others were seeing. There's quite a lot that really flew over my head, so perhaps me enjoying Tsukimonogatari isn't very persuasive of its goodness.
Additionally, while I've mostly never really been a lolicon-fan, I've always liked Ononoki. She strikes me as cute, and cool. That too, may have contributed to my desire to watch the series.
No.24349
>>24344Wouldn't recommend it, watermelons are the most annoying crop to grow in my experience. They are extremely horizontal, so instead of growing upwards along a trellis or fence, they grow short and wide, choking out other crops in your plot. They grow viney and prickly, which makes them terrible to tend and harvest, a lot like pumpkins. And on top of that, most generic breeds of watermelon barely grow any fruits. Even the breeds that are advertised to grow big ass melons like the black diamond (30kg+) barely return what is promised. Just stick with local market melons, and grow more vertical crops like peas, beans, and tomatoes.
No.24350
avatarfagging should be banned. Its annoying and dumb.
No.24352
>>24351I don't want to be part of gay propaganda no thanks. And this animated series sucked in hindsight. Very bad animation. Badly written dialogue.
No.24353
>>24352>Very bad animation. Badly written dialogue.Well it was marketed for ten year olds inbetween SpongeBob and FOP so that's not surprising.
No.24367
>>24349Thanks for the tip, sushi. I've had a good experience growing strawberries, they're really easy to take care of.
No.24382
I'm not watching Chainsmoker Cat but something about Yani cosplayers get me going mmmmnnnnnrrrrhhrrrrnmmmmmmghhhghhhhhhhrrrggghhffffnnmmmnmmmm….. hhhrrrrnnnmmmmnmggghhhrhhhhhghhnmmmmmmnmmmm………. nnnngghhhhrrrrrhhhhhhhhhhhrrrmmmm……..
No.24401
Totally hella bummed, man. I should get another hobby.
No.24402
Also I wanted to write a post title in another post I made but since both name and subject fields have the same color and little to no spacing between them it becomes weird to read the post title with the word "sushi rollymous" right next to it so I put a white space and then forgot about it and now I look like a total tripfаg…
No.24415
>>24324Part 2: just saw my first Christmas video for the year that was set to the tune of Bing Crosby's White Christmas.
No.24419
I wish there was a species of animal that are like mosquito larva where they swim around and dig in mud and eat plant matter and stuff like that but without the metamorphosis aspect. They're actually very lovely to have and fun to watch otherwise.
Surely scientists can figure out a way to make it so they can't metamorphosize, like how axolotls do.
No.24429
I have a confession to make… I vibecoded for the first time.
The code is unusable as it's formatted incorrectly (rotated matrix 90d and also the AI used the wrong encoding scheme, I guess I should've specified that one).
I apologize to all the frogs that died because I used up their water in my request. You may kaishaku me now. I will not vibecode again!!!
No.24430
>>24429I'm vibecoded but not with AI, I am just coded with a vibe.
No.24457
I was walking out of the convenience store and this dog, an American pit bull, lunged at me. Luckily it was tied to a post but if I was a foot or so closer it would have taken a bite out of me. It was mean and growling at me and kept trying to charge me. Stupid animal. It was a big ugly American pitbull probably owned by a dumb punk. You think a dog owner would teach his stupid mutt not to attack people before taking it outside. Retard.
No.24462
owning dogs should be illegal without a permit. Its a big animal with a big head and pointy teeth. Like you wouldn't let someone just own a cougar right? Except maybe tiny dogs, there should be rules against dog owning. Dog walkers should also be made to carry bleach bottles so the rest of us don't have to constantly dodge dog piss puddles.
No.24479
>>24179>I just recently learn its not called effect automation but enable automationThat's not complicated at all and is actually more accurate. Not everything you automate is an effect.
No.24522
>>24521I converted (AKA took refuge in the three gems) but it was more because my family is, somewhat.
Maybe check your local temple and listen to the sermons, learn and focus on prayers and some of the history behind the most important bodhisattvas and buddhas. Also memorize the Eightfold path.
My biggest issue is my local temple is for the Japanese so they pray and preach in Japanese but I only know English and Mandarin :/
No.24523
>>24521there's dozens if not hundreds of different Buddhist sects at this point, it's not like it's a single philosophy anymore.
for starters you should check out my tensei isekai buddhist cult, this is your chance to get in early and become a major official in the organization!
No.24524
>>24522I'm not sure I wanna "convert." I don't think I can give up on the idea of God, even if belief in one has become more complicated and difficult. There's a Chan temple a couple hours away so visiting is a bit inconvenient.
No.24525
>>24524You can still practice your other religion and be Buddhist. You don't pray to a different god or anything. Some Buddhists say Buddhism isn't a religion, it's a philosophy. Many people in Asia are Buddhist and still practice another religion (Shinto, Shenism, Hinduism, even some Christians). The refuge in the three gems is just a prayer you do to acknowledge the Buddhist community, the teachings of Buddhism, and the Buddha Gautama—I think it's similar to how Muslims convert by reciting the shahada.
There's also a lot of sects so there's more secular ones that don't have the more "religious" elements like certain deities asians mixed in. There's also more mystical schools that go into a lot of esoteric stuff but I'm largely unfamiliar with that whole area.
Really, just learn about the teachings and see if it's helpful for you in any way. It's not supposed to be stressful.
Also remember Buddha is Sanskrit for the Enlightened One in Sanskrit. It's a title, not a god, and it's believed the whole purpose of Buddhism is to awaken your inner buddha by going the Middle Path (being balanced, not doing anything in excess), not to worship the Buddha Gautama.
No.24527
>>24525That seems like a whole can of worms. Eventually you’d have to pick one. Christians don’t believe in a cycle of rebirth.
No.24533
>>24528Lewd elf. Breaking the 5 precepts in one post.
No.24534
>>24527I mean you can pick and choose what parts you want. Many religions don't actually have strict guidelines that you must adhere to it and it only, but it's prominent in the Abrahamic religions
No.24536
I'm weary of Buddhism. Its not because of anything within Buddhist sources as such but the way its become associated with an elite of white collar college grads and functions like a brand. Buddhism is given a pass and is treated as something special and exceptional. I shouldn't judge Buddhism as a whole because of this but it makes me suspicious. Buddhism seems to get unjustified special treatment but that isn't necessarily a good thing for the average Buddhist.
>>24525>Many people in Asia are Buddhist and still practice another religion (Shinto, Shenism, Hinduism, even some Christians).A person who venerates a folk god and participates in Buddhism doesn't always see those things as separate or contradictory but the idea of an eternal creator god is something Buddhists would probably reject as incompatible with the idea of dependent arising. Chinese folk gods or Shinto kami aren't seen as the single pre-eternal source or maker of the world.
No.24537
>>24536>associated with an elite of white collar college gradsI'm an east asian person whose father raised me with some aspects of it and only recently actually been invested in learning it in more depth, with the guidance of my father still who was raised with it as well. I'm not interacting with that demographic at all.
No.24540
>>24534I'm a bit leary of the idea of picking and choosing the parts one wants and still claiming to be a Buddhist. If one has confidence in the Buddha and the Dhamma, then one should accept the whole thing unless evidence points against it. I think its ok to have doubts, reservations, or lack of confidence until you see proof, but I'm not on board with the idea that you can disregard right Dhamma and still claim to follow the Dhamma as a whole.
>>24536>I'm weary of Buddhism. Its not because of anything within Buddhist sources as such but the way its become associated with an elite of white collar college grads and functions like a brand.There are definitely circles for that type of thing, especially if you get heavy into Zen Buddhism or, to a lesser degree, Tibetan Buddhism. If you're interested in Buddhism, I would try to find an actual monastery, be it online or elsewhere. For Tibetan Buddhism, I like sravasti abbey. For Theravada I like wat abhayagiri. They both post Dhamma online.
>A person who venerates a folk god and participates in Buddhism doesn't always see those things as separate or contradictory but the idea of an eternal creator god is something Buddhists would probably reject as incompatible with the idea of dependent arising. Chinese folk gods or Shinto kami aren't seen as the single pre-eternal source or maker of the world.These are my thoughts as well, and it was the same kind of thinking that was behind a lot of Buddhist anti-Christian sentiment across Asia.
>>24528I would say that the cycle of rebirth is pretty fundamental to Buddhism. Not believing in it really is a lot like being a Christian who doesn't believe in salvation. In the same way that staying in God's grace is fundamental to the Christian ethic, the avoidance of ill-birth is fundamental to the Buddhist ethic.
No.24541
>>24540>cycle of rebirthI just can't wrap my head around it. A friend of mine and I go by the philosophy of a cycle of rebirth happening multiple times within one's life. Well, that's what he thinks and I adopted it. Anyway, if it's real, "okay", if it's not, "okay", I don't really care. At the very least in real life I keep this opinion to myself.
I think there's Tibetan monasteries that practice a type of philosophical debate so to challenge old teachings and update them or to educate. I am reminded of Shantideva whose behavior in life didn't embody the traditional nature of a "buddhist" but is one of the most quoted and studied monks of all time. Besides the strict guidelines are not the Middle Path and Buddha Gautama warned against rigidity.
No.24542
>>24541>I just can't wrap my head around it.I would recommend "The Truth of Rebirth" by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. It's what got me to believe in it. Just be warned that it's a bit of a difficult read.
>A friend of mine and I go by the philosophy of a cycle of rebirth happening multiple times within one's life.I see no reason why it can't be both. We are constantly changing throughout our lives and across lives.
>I think there's Tibetan monasteries that practice a type of philosophical debate so to challenge old teachings and update them or to educate. This practice is didactic in nature, meant to bring the participants into greater understanding of the scriptures, their implications, and justifications. It is not meant to "update" the scriptures. Even the Dalai Lama has professed a skepticism in such an idea as reforming the scriptures.
>I am reminded of Shantideva whose behavior in life didn't embody the traditional nature of a "buddhist" but is one of the most quoted and studied monks of all time.From what I understand, the story is that shantideva was seen as lazy by his contemporaries, but that he tended to prove them wrong by his scriptural knowledge. The notion behind is story for those who subscribe to his ideas generally isn't that you can achieve enlightenment through laziness, but rather that a spiritually accomplished individual may act differently to what we may expect and that we should be reserved in our judgement of other's conduct.
>Besides the strict guidelines are not the Middle Path and Buddha Gautama warned against rigidity.I suspect that the existence of the monastic vinaya contravenes this idea. The middle way as it were is not a middle way between any two things but rather a middle way between one of two things: hedonism and extreme asceticism or belief in a permanent soul and belief that oneself is totally annihilated at death. There is certainly flexibility in how one personally applied the teachings, and the teachings are more flexible on doctrines that scriptures are less clear on, but rebirth doesn't really fall into this category. Pretty much the entire corpus of Buddhist scripture takes rebirth as a given. The Buddha himself states that, if you won't believe in it, you should at least act as if it is true anyways (AN 3.65).
To be clear, I don't think it's a bad thing to not believe in rebirth, but I don't see why someone who doesn't believe in rebirth would need to associate with Buddhism which bases so much of its belief system on it.
No.24543
>>24542I mean it could be real, who knows. Buddhism more of a lifestyle thing for me and getting a better understanding of the philosophies and way of life my family taught me than making escaping samsara my goal even though that's generally seen as the endpoint. Journey not destination or something.
No.24544
>>24542>>24541>I just can't wrap my head around it.Is it really important to believe in it? What I mean is that both of you are treating the cycle of rebirth as a doctrine the mind has to agree to for Buddhism to be sensible. But do traditional lay Buddhists in Asia need to affirm a philosophical abstraction for their everyday Buddhist practice to make sense? Probably not. This isn’t because they are irrational or uncritical but because the doctrine of rebirth is inseparable from their way of life. Do not make the category error of boiling Buddhism down to a belief system.
I’m not a Buddhist so take this with a grain of salt, but instead of trying to force yourself to believe in it or dismissing it, you should try to understand what kind of world it makes possible and how that’s lived. Ask yourself, “what would my experience of life look like if I lived in a world where rebirth is literally true?” Try and feel out how the idea might change your everyday experience, how you interact with objects, how you treat people, how you eat, sleep. When you look at family members think about how the idea of rebirth shows up in their ordinary behavior and how it shapes a unique attitude to life.
No.24545
>>24544I was already culturally raised where reincarnation (not the Buddhist kind but a different culture) was a thing so I already get treating the world around me as if it's real but I also just don't logically believe in it.
No.24550
>>24549I can tell whoever drew this also didn't play any Fallout games.
