am confuse, is the joke here not understanding that your mindset and attitude quite literally *constitute* your life experience???? LSD could change the subjective experience without changing the objective circumstanceshttps://twitter.com/HOSTAGEKILLER/status/1217524200853966849 …
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Replying to @sonyasupposedly
I think the tweet is making a really good point - "changed my life" is usually used to mean actual objective improvement, not just narcoticization to numb the pain
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Replying to @MorlockP @sonyasupposedly
so, LSD is not a narcotic and doesn't numb one's metaphorical/existential pain, so I doubt he means that. the objective improvement you're looking for might be found in a different interpretation - maybe he means it changed his *understanding* of his life?
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@random_eddie > maybe he means it changed his *understanding* of his life? yes, excellent, we are all having the same conversation now1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @MorlockP @mr_archenemy and
but given that some of the things listed in the original tweet suggest that his understanding was still "I hate this"
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i think i've provided a contextually-valid alternate meaning for "changed my life" that doesn't require him to, say, quit his job, or get divorced, or whatever. it doesn't necessarily have to mean "oh, i actually like this"
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sure, but this is basically - who's the philosopher? Dennett ? - the guy who posits a Matrix like machine where you can dream that you're doing great things and having a great life my reaction to that machine / a drug which makes one content with a horrific half-existence: REEEE
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totally agree, but don't see that here. in fact, i doubt the portrait is even genuine. LSD-provided insights can be valuable, but how long does it take to repair a bad marriage, or change careers? who says he's content? or that he's narcotized? it's just the OPs snarky assertion
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sure, I'm not saying (a) guy A exists (b) guy B knows every detail of his inner life I'm just taking the hypothetical at face value and working with it a proof "if A then B" can be true even if A is not true
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guy finds religion / "jesus changed my life" / same job, same wife. do we "REEEEEEE religion is the opiate of the masses", or look deeper? part of the prob is the OP is lacking
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> religion is the opiate of the masses AKSHUALLY neither LSD nor religion is an opiate
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