save the frogs

this thread made me think of this film. haven't seen it yet. it's by a Thai director. https://mubi.com/films/uncle-boonmee-who-can-recall-his-past-lives Dying from kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee spends his final days in the countryside, where he has visions of his past lives and is visited by different spirits and loved ones.

parents are partly responsible. rich parents spoiling their kids, giving them a fast car at age 20. kids end up doing stupid <deleted>.

so now there's a thread about fortune-tellers. i don't feel like debating with folks there. some are hucksters, but not all. ability to glimpse future events shows there are unseen forces manipulating things and fate is at play.

I'm not a user. Looked it up. It's Tommy Chong. He claims it's "medicine for the brain". And selling his products at Kroger's and making a lot of money.

planning is over-rated. one of those guys from cheech and chong spends his old age giving lectures about the amazing benefits of marijuana.

i thought about it a bit more and came to the following conclusion. negative circumstances / bad luck / setbacks / misfortune are not necessarily bad karma. they could also be 'soul growth' ie tough lessons to make you grow wiser, stronger ... the entire jesus myth involves him taking a beating ... then he comes out the other side wiser, more enlightened. and a personal anecdote. i should have died in a car accident. it's literally a miracle i survived. you never know. maybe you too have been thwarted from a very negative outcome without your knowing. like the people who cancelled going on the Titanic just before departure.

yeah well, i was trying to make a point. but all this debating is exhausting! i'm outta here. eat whatever you want. i don't care what anybody eats.

I had a quick look at one of those 13 links. They start off by saying red meat causes cancer and then mix in processed meat into the conversation. Which are completely different foods. Also ... most Americans do get cancer, but maybe because they drink 6 beers and eat potato chips with their steaks. The article doesn't mention that. It's crappy science.

no he doesn't know. and yes he is totally naive.

me too. first entire part of my life was clearing out negative karma. hang in there. stop doing stupid things!

i believe it works both ways and carries across multiple lifetimes. people doing negative things don't normally see the consequences. that's why they just keep doing it.

native indians believe they "return to the stars" when they die?

i don't believe things happen randomly. not major things anyway. but it's not always possible to connect the dots. also, if karma carries over into multiple lifetimes if you believe in reincarnation, then it becomes even harder to connect the dots. but if you look back at your life, you should be able to connect some dots. think back to some things you shouldn't have done and the negative consequences that followed.

alcohol again rears its ugly head. haha.

true self was a poor choice of words. but all that "repressed" stuff comes out. if you've got a lot of repressed anger, it will come out when drunk.

SUB-conscious mind. Repressed in normal waking life.

>> Jarae had a history of getting out of control when he was drunk i love alcohol. it brings out people's true nature!

yes, you could.

i didn't read the rest. i'm calling bs on your long-winded diatribe from this comment alone. and probably this whole thread is some weird trolling revenge fantasy on an isaan ex or sth sth. weird.

sorry but regarding that colin story, who keeps 6.5 million sitting in one account and not invested in anything? also, banks withhold money for 5 days when large transactions are made. a bit hard to believe that story that she could just siphon all that money out.

robo-cop

they might also move towards a "sharing economy". you need a VR headset? just rent it for the weekend instead of buying. delivered by drone. so maybe we won't need as much money.

It's hard to predict what things will be like. Main point is that several things are converging together ... 15 minute-cities AND AI .... MASSIVE changes coming by 2030 it seems.

they're advertising that they want people to live close to their work with these 15 minute cities. on the official web sites.

there's a catholic priest in africa trying to convert a local tribe to catholicism. the tribe uses bible pages to smoke weed.