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Apytele

@ Apytele @sh.itjust.works

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    Why does Lemmy.ML admire authoritarian regimes ?

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  • Eh that's relevant to the discussion since OPs argument is that they're worse.

    My arguing point is that at least the US has a free enough press to keep track of most of their bullshit.

  • Previously awkward teens, how did you eventually figure it out?

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  • The therapy was integral; it helped me contextualize the experience properly. Not everyone can afford it and that's important to mention.

  • Previously awkward teens, how did you eventually figure it out?

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  • I did a horrible and dangerous job for 2 years while undergoing the most intensive psychotherapy that exists. It improved my social skills, developed a skillset that's rare and highly valued in my chosen field, and completely recalibrated my sense of hardship.

  • Which computer-related belief do you hold without any foundation?

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  • Must doctors and nurses too.

  • What is justice? What are you willing to sacrifice for broad accountability? Are you free? Is oppression ever warranted? Are you willing to become inconvenienced for the truth? How far will you go?

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  • I would give my life's savings if you were able to give me 101% certainty that you would turn all Jeff bezos properties that he owns or any company of his owns literally countrywide into homeless shelters and make him live in a 2 bed 2 bath in the suburbs because that would also mean if I lost my job I would have somewhere to go and that's already more certainty of safety than my life currently has.

  • Work on any good projects lately?

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  • I finally revamped the tree of life diagram for the index of my notebook on esoteric spiritual traditions. Every element is clickable / tappable and goes to a different place in the obsidian notebook:

  • Why are churches in Europe almost always built on top of Pagan ritual sites?

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  • I came to a lot of peace with my childhood when I came to the realization that Christianity was at it's best when it was syncretist. The Christians who I was able to get along with as a kid were always the ones my parents said weren't real Christians because they "denied the divinity of Jesus" by not being trinitarian. They always spoke very poorly of the western mystery traditions and it was easy to see their viewpoint because they're both graduate degree engineers so of course it was only logical. Realistically the people they were talking shit about were the ones who actually understood the point and weren't in it to feel superior to other people. Now I have tarot cards too and it's lit.

  • Why are churches in Europe almost always built on top of Pagan ritual sites?

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  • My (shorter) answer: the same reason the Romans called both Isis and Aphrodite Venus (and they tried to roll Jesus into Dionysus / Bacchus interestingly enough).

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    Why did ~20 year old me save this to my hard disk ~10 years ago? If there's a joke idgi anymore.

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  • You're probably the closest yet.

  • What's the most moving experience you've ever had?

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  • See? Interesting in the sense that just music could do that.

  • What's the most moving experience you've ever had?

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  • OK not implying anything I'm just fascinated to know either way if psychoactive substances were involved because this could really go either way and be interesting to note.

  • What's your special interest?

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  • I have 4, one for each decade of life

    1. Stargate SG1
    2. Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology, and Sociology of Sex
    3. Violence prevention, deescalation, and management in inpatient psychiatry (which became my career)
    4. Western Esoteric spiritual practices including Tarot, Astrology, Tasseography, Palmistry, and the myriad religious beliefs that they syncretistically evolved from
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  • a) most of the time you actually don't want to know. You take precautions with everybody, half the time knowing just makes it harder to pass dinner trays.

    b) they also just. hire brand new adults with highschool diplomas. give them a two week crash course in psychiatry. then just. "Here's the criminally insane men!"

  • What's the best piece of advice you were ever given?

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  • It's also not hard to do casually without having to grovel. My nursing subspecialty is violence management and I frequently respond to things with,"thank you for reminding me, I'm going to go do that now!" and,"I hadn't realized that was your preference, thank you for letting me know!" or,"that's a good thing to point out I'm glad you're being an active participant in your care!" You don't even have to say you're wrong half the time you can also just regularly tell people they're right.

  • Doctor who, fantasy or science fiction?

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  • you said what I was going to but much better

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  • Yeah I worked with criminally insane men for two years before moving on to normal acute psychiatry. For the most part they're just sad and petty. There was only one that ever truly gave me the heebie jeebies and one after in regular acute. In both cases though I did not know what they had done until later; in the moment there was just this instant visceral NOPE feeling.

  • it's worth it

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  • No it would be one of the several socially inappropriate nicknames patients have given me and which I will not be repeating here due to the extent that they correlate with my many physical deformities and are thus personally identifiable.

  • it's worth it

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  • Ever since nursing school when I wake up in that post-REM haze my brain goes "reposition: right-side-lying to supine" then two hours later "reposition: supine to left side lying" then two hours after that down into prone. I'm like a lil half-conscious rotisserie chicken...

    My daytime sleep schedule has hubs and I in a temporal bedroom divorce and he very much prefers things that way. Sometimes on the rare occasion that I have to sleep at night he storms off to the couch in a huff.

  • Do you shower facing the shower or away from it?

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  • I rotisserie chicken when I'm actually washing myself (and take down there hose to wash my genitals) but if I'm taking a hot shower to self soothe / emotionally regulate I face away.