I suppose I'm gong all in on cutting some vices in my life. Can't really cut any food because I'm in survival mode, but I've been reconsidering my wardrobe. I have a lot of t-shirts I hate wearing and frankly, I want to reduce my clothes down to something smaller but more durable, high quality, and comfortable for the heat.

AI lost me, specifically Deepseek, when failed to recognize a quotation from a rather prominent Saint about God's permitting the creation of Hell that souls may be raped into entering heaven. It said Saint Alphonsus never said that, and I wasted 5 minutes telling it that I literally read a book literally written by the very Saint in church.

so that souls may be WHAT

@rainight That's the word he used. If a soul can't love God, then the soul may yet come to God through the threat of Hell. It's kind of like an arranged marriage you don't want any part of. You don't really like the guy, but, if you don't marry him, you'll get shot. Personally, my affair with God started in that way; being an obstinent sinner, struck with the threat of Hell, and a slight taste of it on Earth.

@thelesserword i'm sorry but that sounds so insane and *really* not loving. which saint has written that? it makes God's gift of Heaven sound like a threat, when in reality it is being in His holy presence by choosing to partake in His kingdom. i really don't like the view of hell being a punishment, since it is in our own free will to choose or deny Christ. denying Him will just grant that soul's wish: being alone

and reading in the Bible, the story of Lazarus and Rich man shows that the rich man lives in eternal separation from Christ due to his actions: "And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us." (Luke 16:26)

@vihmu It would have been Saint Alphonsus Liguori, a Doctor of the Church. He was commenting for his writing's on the sacred heart on the nature of sin, how God uses sin's consequences on Earth and the consequences of it after life as a method of drawing souls to Himself. Atheists are right to comment how the love of God can sometimes be summed as "Worship me or literally die," but they aren't wrong.

If you sin, you die, and if you remain in sin, you got to Hell. It is then, God's pleasure, to wrestle a soul from the pit against their will. And, if they are still obstinate at that point, then they die forever. For this particular case, a soul in sin is like a daughter resting in the arms of an abusive man.

She chooses to be with her abuser. As a father, as her father, he has his rights to wrestle her away from her abuser, confine her even, if only for her sake. So, if fathers can discipline children against their will, then the Father has permission to do the same, and the Bridegroom that is Christ being one with the Father also has that same permission to chastise and punish for the sake of a soul

@thelesserword i see, in that context it does make more sense. thank you for the explanation!

Today's NIntendo direct was disappointing. It was all stuff we already knew about. Also everything new by Nintendo is Breath of the Wild now, including Kirby of all IPs.

I saw a realistic Mario on X and idk if it was a meme or not so I hope you're okay

That one existed for decades actually. It was a meme back then and it's a meme now.

project zomboid, elite dangerous, and vintage story now all have one thing in common: exposed grifts

If I see Hyper Realistic Mario tomorrow, I am vomit.

"That's like asking me if I'll ever get married" xD I agree that the art style could've been better, but I'm glad they kept link left-handed.