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broke: what people actually want is love woke: what people actually want is meaning bespoke: what people actually want is to know which muscles to actuate at any given time, and that's what meaning is for

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@QiaochuYuan

Aug 2, 2020

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it follows, quite straightforwardly, that working out is a spiritual practice

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tweeting this was slightly psychoactive hmm

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@QiaochuYuan

Aug 2, 2020

shoutout to a post from scott's pre-SSC LJ

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@ben_r_hoffman

Aug 2, 2020

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This seems backwards in some important way.

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But what do people actuate their muscles for?

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they're inseparable though

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I thought you were being metaphysical with the muscles thing. Oops 😄

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doing my kegels while meditating