SteelCash

I wish you the best. 

Thinking about dumping some money into it. Any thoughts?

Thinking about dumping some money into it. Any thoughts?

@jesron1269

 I¡¯ll check that out. Thank you.

@lennon65

 I can¡¯t believe I had never even heard of it before. I liked it. I was thinking ¡° there¡¯s no way someone would do that¡±. I mean when he dropped 15K on each of those games after getting that money from his mother. But I¡¯m sure people actually do stupid shit like that. Crazy.

I worked in the chemical dependency field for over 5 years and I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s just my perception but it seems to me that there are a lot of trans and gays working in that field. 

Everyone I worked with was great, except for this one particular person. She was a new hire. And my supervisor. She was a C U next Tuesday. She was probably the President of the C U Next Tuesday Company.

I used to think I was a degenerate. Then I watched this movie the other night. If nothing else, it made me feel better about myself.

Betting on Tomlin in postseason 

Stoicism is key. I don¡¯t claim to be an expert in it but I try to keep myself level at all times. Someone cuts me off¡­ so what? It accomplishes nothing to get upset and in fact just stresses me out. It¡¯s not in my best interest to care one bit.

Besides, she probably didn¡¯t even mean to cut me off. And even if she did, why should I care? Why should I get upset? It still accomplishes nothing whatsoever. 

My life changed in so many ways once I realized that free will is a myth. If she meant to cut me off, maybe she just doesn¡¯t care because she just found out that her husband has been having an affair. Maybe she¡¯s just a rude person in general. Why is that? Did her step father abuse her? Was her mother an addict that neglected her every day?

Whatever the case, it doesn¡¯t matter to me. The only thing I want to do is carry on with my life and get to where I want to go. Your mind is a powerful thing and if you allow it, it can be your own prison.

@Midnight1

I have a self propelled mower but my buddies tell me that it qualifies as a push mower. 

So it¡¯s a push mower that you don¡¯t push? Why don¡¯t we call these things go mowers? Or no push mowers?

I think about free will and religion all the time. I¡¯m convinced it¡¯s all BS. I think about consciousness, reality, why people do what they do (we can¡¯t possibly explain some of it). 

I think about the hard problem of consciousness (see David Chalmers). I think about how we are nothing more than bags of chemicals, yet we experience happiness, joy, love, etc. How?

I think about the insanity of this world, and how much animals¡ªhumans included¡ªsuffer all the time. It makes me sad.

But to keep myself sane, I focus more on the positive. The funny. The good. I constantly remind myself that everything is temporary, and that it¡¯s never as good or as bad as it may seem.

I think about how in the blink of an eye, none of us will be here, and nobody will remember us. Life is beautiful, and so short. With the absence of free will (and it is an actual myth), life is just a roller coaster ride. Strap in and enjoy because whatever is gonna happen will indeed happen, and there¡¯s nothing we can do.

I think about the hate that so many people spread, and how insanely stupid they are. But then I always have to remind myself that they can¡¯t help it. It¡¯s what they believe. It¡¯s what their parents believe. And their grandparents. Their beliefs have been passed down and their brains are imprinted. They truly believe that their hate is a good thing. That it¡¯s all necessary to protect their rights, and their families. They¡¯re stuck in a delusional reality and they can¡¯t get out.

I could go on for hours like any of you could but I¡¯ll spare you the agony.

Peace and love to you all.

Grab the Bills giving 9. They¡¯ll cover that in the first quarter. Then they¡¯ll go on to win by 28 at the very least.

I¡¯m convinced. There¡¯s no dumber team in the NFL. Although sometimes I watch the Steelers and I am absolutely amazed by some of the things they do. It¡¯s mind blowing.

They¡¯re just gonna get humiliated in the first round again. I would rather they didn¡¯t make the playoffs.

Mr. Bator was a legend. 

This is a good watch. I loved it. On Netflix.

@JEG53

 The Bible is garbage. Not trying to offend anyone¡­ just my opinion.

@JimmyGape

 Happy New Year bud.

I gotta push back, but that¡¯s to be expected of me. I¡¯m a huge Cannabis advocate. 

As for Cannabis being ¡°the root of the mental illness itself¡±, the data to support it is limited. Some speculate that it could accelerate the process in cases where schizophrenia is already ¡°going to happen¡±, but it¡¯s all speculation. There¡¯s no scientific evidence of it.

As for young people that abuse it becoming more ¡°susceptible¡± to the things you mentioned, again, there¡¯s zero evidence of that. It¡¯s actually misinformation. 

There is however real scientific research that supports the notion that Cannabis can promote brain cell growth, and essentially make a person more compassionate and empathetic. There¡¯s also research that unequivocally proves that it destroys cancer cells.

Not to mention that thousands of minors die as a direct result of alcohol abuse every year, and that 0 die from Cannabis abuse. 

I once tried to find statistics on people dying in car crashes after ONLY ingesting Cannabis. After several hours, I gave up. I¡¯m sure it happens, but I know that it¡¯s very rare.

I¡¯m done. Just couldn¡¯t help myself from countering your comments. 

Peace dude!

@StumpTownStu

 Everything you¡¯re seeing and living in IS A DIRECT RESULT of our horrible approach to drug policy. Why is that so difficult for you to understand?

You are biased because you live in one of the worse areas and therefore your vision is clouded. Your perception of reality is skewed. The single most important problem is addiction, and our solution is to arrest people. It doesn¡¯t work.

The problem won¡¯t be fixed until more research on addiction treatment is completed, and more money is spent on it.

Sure there are detox centers like the one I worked at in Akron, but they are few and far between, and the funding is limited. 

You walk around and see all the bodies and think, ¡°Look at what drugs do and these idiots want decriminalization¡±.

The illegal status of the drugs makes everything worse. People use the drugs regardless of what the laws are, and hence, prohibition doesn¡¯t lower use rates. 

Yet people are brainwashed by the media and they thus they believe that prohibition is necessary. They are incapable of critical thinking and doing actual research.

Our species is just inept at addressing homelessness and addiction. That¡¯s the problem. And nothing will improve until we get better at it.