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This is my conversational account. For my work follow @ribbonfarm, @breaking_smart, @artofgig. Tweets are 90% vacuous views, apathetically held. Mediocritopian.

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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2018
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    Building on idea of sad spaces: dark sabbaticals. Periods you modify regular routine to indulge/explore dark/sad thoughts to process trauma in environment. Opposite of depression: only to be undertaken when you have the emotional reserves. Otherwise you get traumatized/depressedhttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1011847269048451072 …

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    Idea: sad spaces like safe spaces or meditation spaces. Places you can go be sad in. We have happy spaces like Disneyland, playgrounds, or shopping malls for adults. Why not sad spaces? Wabi-sabi ruins maybe?
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      2. Visakan Veerasamy‏ @visakanv 1 Jul 2018
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        Exactly what I’m doing right nowhttps://twitter.com/visakanv/status/1013258325218037762?s=21 …

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        Sobering realisation: I have been unemployed for 2 days and I’ve already experienced an expansion in emotional range. It’s like my subconscious has been repressing itself for years, hoping it would help me function more efficiently pic.twitter.com/rvMK9sPwwd
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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2018
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        You realize you only get away with all this getting in touchy-feely stuff because you’re 10 feet tall? Us short guys have to grunt and swear and punch walls

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      2. Akshay‏ @hyperindexed 1 Jul 2018
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        Also seems like you'd simply get fatigued. Occupying that sort of mental space is especially taxing, unless you're predisposed..

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Jul 2018
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        Yes. Breaks needed. Emotional aerobic exercise. Escapist stories are good for it.

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      1. Nick's Curve is Bent AF‏ @ndwpdx 1 Jul 2018
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        Just now you figured this out? I've been scheduling these for decades...

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      1. MOURNING CROW PUNISHER Derek‏ @PereGrimmer 1 Jul 2018
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        Best done with a buddy and safe word. Though no mind place or thought is really dark, but that we invest it with darkness - I made a resolution as a youth to censor no thought, but chase every one that horrified me, and it has produced a temperate and mild disposition.

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      1. Ari Nielsen‏ @anielsen108 1 Jul 2018
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        I always find Cheetos essential for my practice of this.

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        The rather extreme extent of this is the Dzogchen Dark retreat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_retreat … Like others have said, only to be done with preparation and a backup.

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