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Wow. I found myself also back at high school while I read that. The forgetting of names, and still some dreams back there and then as if nothing has changed.

That was a good post. I also have fond memories of Counterstrike 1.6 in 3rd world cyber cafes.

I remember seeing that moon too. It was really big and bright, haven't seen one that big for a while. It's strange how this big space rock can be a shared experience all over the world.

"sure i can be better, but that's all i can ever be. A little better"

remembering the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic_treadmill you can only hope that, with enough mental discipline, one can escape it. only shows how buddhism and taoism leads correctly here, or https://christdesert.org/rule-of-st-benedict/chapter-4-the-tools-for-good-works/ and other ascetic codes. people will always find something to be miserable, the most insignificant things it seems, me included

most of human history reveals a wedge – those who shepherd and those who flock; when we first domesticated sheep, we bred only those that follow, are stupid, docile; any lamb that was aggressive was killed. "We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of." politics is just another mechanism for control, an illusion – common sense requires reality :o)

Beautifully said. 100% agree. Once a predator, turned into a sheep. They have blunted our edge and took away our senses.