I don’t know if anyone here is interested in uncomfortable facts, but I’ll try my luck: UNIFIL has been neglecting their job for the past 18 years, and especially in the past year. Hezbollah has been firing rockets on Israel daily, directly from UNIFIL territory, and UNIFIL has done nothing to hinder them. The IDF revealed yesterday, with video proof, the existence of a tunnel entrance into a Hezbollah bunker, 100 meters away from a UNIFIL base, and 60 meters from a UNIFIL guard tower. It’s becoming apparent that UNIFIL isn’t truly neutral, and if they are that neglectful or incompetent, staying there puts them at risk, while Israel fights back.

So I guess you’re still using it?

It’s too early to know what was the cause of the intelligence failure. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it was because Iran introduced new technology and protocols, that went unnoticed below the usual chatter.

Israel Defense Forces say women and children have been taken hostage.

Odd phrasing. Hamas confirmed it, and there are videos and photos proving it to be the case.

There is something a bit contradictory in saying that there is a level above us that we are not aware of, but by taking drugs we can become aware of it. If it’s a separate layer than ours, how can we move towards it while remaining ourselves? And why can’t we go lower, and become aware of the consciousness of our organs or cells?

The way I see it, our consciousness is like a hot air balloon, always floating upwards, but our brain (specifically the ego) tethers it to the here and now, so that we can survive in the physical world. What psychedelic drugs do is loosen the rope, weaken the ego, and let us float higher. If you get high enough, you experience “ego death”, which in this metaphor just means that you can’t see the ground anymore.

(in contrast, some drugs, like cocaine, make the ego even stronger)

It’s all pretty much from the same ridiculous kung-fu movie, as far as I could tell. There’s even some similarity in the plot.

I think it holds up, especially if you watch the original movie it was based on.

Kung Pao is one of the dumbest and most underrated comedies. It’s not exactly sci-fi, but it does have aliens and intelligent cows.

I watched it over ten times, and I don’t regret a second.

So you’re saying the walls of an old microwave might do the trick

Oh, so that’s what duck-typing means!

Redthat at local/top-day was all just anime girls.

It’s funny that I have to explain it, but just share any information that makes you look like a very average person, without anything that might make you stand out.

Obviously, you have to give them some information, to adhere to “don’t stand out”.

Don’t give the government any more information than you have to.

Don’t stand out.

Be smart about the laws you break.

If you do all that and your fear of government is greater than the fear of a car accident, then you’re not being rational.