Shawn

Don't see how one can work with IBS. Seems like some quite slippery stuff.

I can see parallels between umbilical cords and the IRS. One needs sustenance to function properly, yes?

Haha. Just doing my job and have people hate me for doing it sounds so much fun. No but really. I want to go after the twats that want their cake and ...

I'm seriously considering working for the IRS once I complete my degree in economics... Thoughts?

You can easily purchase guanfacine or clonidine online if it becomes an issue. Or even propanolol.

I mean, I know he's rather far off on the spectrum (based on my PM's with him); but, I didn't feel as though he violated any of the TOS provided here.

One of the most beautiful things that I hold dear is Kubrick films.

What was Xander banned for?

I think he has some good points. Spending time with him would be an enlightening experience, I think.

I'd say I'm more the anxious type than depressed...

You tell me.

Either way, you look at it, Trump lost face.

I honestly think it's symbolic. Like, hey you guys act macho and tough on the other isle and stand up for ideals, but so can we.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_government_shutdown_of_2013

Like this didn't happen under Obama.

So, piglet it is.

Just like their personalities and think either one is befitting.

Considering changing my avatar to piglet or Eeyore. Any suggestions?

Sure, go ahead. I have no ideas on how to analyze the issue, hence the OP.

I would not use the term 'need' here. More like urge?

Well, yes. Not everyone is such a Stoic as you say. It's impossible not to be moved by the rest of people while living in a society.

I would say because it's a logically sound belief to have yet incredulous to actually believe in. Hence, the question as to what's the whole issue abo...

I'm trying not to become misanthropic, sorry for coming off as such.

Physiologically, and psychologically sex is considered a want, not a need. People, think it's a need nowadays, sadly.

I always wanted to be a sanitation officer, thanks! True story. I actually asked for an application to be a sanitation officer when I was 10 years old...

Do all needs and wants need to be expressed? If only the brain had a sanitation officer for emotional junk and clutter.

The anxiety is unreal. Does that mean that it's all made up in the head and has no real cause or need to be alarmed? If someone has all their basic ne...

So sad yet true. One can abhor sex even though their unconscious yearns it.

I would like to say that depression and anxiety are not antagonistic rather they complement each other. One can be depressed about being anxious all t...

Quite confusing experience, don't you think? I stopped at 13:30, after the entity sent a letter to the RMC informing that allusions to the New Testame...

Do build on this hype train just departing!

Absolutely must read some PKD sometime...

Haven't seen @Fafner in a while now. Sad.

What does it mean to say in the court of law that something is judged with prejudice or without prejudice, and on what grounds is this established?

Without prejudice.

How strange that no philosopher, with their amazing intellect and ability to perceive the world, were not able to see the coming future of man creatin...

In regards to my philosophical soothing ideas of what combat the anxiety of impermanence and change within philosophy are mathematics and (I hold neit...

@Erik, Perhaps this is the anxiety-provoking neuroticism derived from trying to model or envision or rationalize the world rather than for what is act...

Where is unenlightened when you need him?

Never read Heidegger in greeat detail. But, there's the question of importance of desires. Which one's do we decide to entertain and for what reason? ...

As long as ethics and right conduct is the main concern, I have no prejudice or discriminate between nominalist names.

But, his derivative of Buddhism is quite appealing to a Westerner, no?

Yes, but is my love for my domineering mother any less worthy than for any other type of mother? It is still love.

Then the issue seems to be what state of mind is the right one to be in and how to maintain such a state of mind. Again, the Buddhists and Stoics have...

The thing is that it can be both depending on the state of mind we're talking about.

A domineering mother also loves their offspring as must as a caring or any other type of mother. It's just expressed in a different manner.

That professes an attitude of complacency and passivity to various things other people do. One must be concerned about humanity if one is ethical?

Well, we can't be aware of all our emotions or anxious elements at once. There are means for compensating for that. Defence mechanisms are one example...

There is nothing wrong with having a dominating mother. One can live happily, although less selfishly, with one.

Then one must constantly be aware of what they are desirous over or about.