Data, Debian, Dating & Deliberate Practice (Journal)

[Macallik86]

Thanks for dropping a line. Always great to hear another perspectives.

Man, appreciate you disclosing that,l and being mad vulnerable w us. Respect.


While like you, i also scroll mindlessly. Au contaire to you… i dont like e-fighting people (for lack of a gooder term).

That said, conflict, confrontation, debating, arguing, challenging opinions, etc. seems like daunting shiit that, while im sure keeps your noggin sharp… is a strain on your mental health/overall psychological being.


I literally come here to like, “hang w the fellas and shoot the shiit.” Been here for over 20 years and u wont catch a vigga battling w anybody over anything.


My question; how do u have energy for all that? Especially w downright strangers. Thats amazing.

I'd say what motivates me boils down to two things:

1. Concern that there's misinformation poisoning the well for other (black) people. I think that the more propaganda black people are fed on not voting. hating other minorities, copying whatever is trending on the Explorer page, etc, the easier it is to exploit us as a people.
2. That first one sounded noble AF lol but the other times, it's an unconscious effort to get others to see the world the way I see it. As a bit of a politics/news junkie, I do think of myself as informed, but any armchair psychologist can see that I likely get validation from others embracing my view of the world. It's a blind spot that I've been working on online as well as off.

Again, this is not to be condescending to throw shade sheist on you, just trying to understand your psychology but given what you do for line of career, its par of the course (for me, im so fukkin chill, to a fault and have always take the pathway to minimal resistance… its why im so generally felictous, easy going and look like a kid while in his early 40’s).


Thats what makes us all unique. I just prefer to walk away from potential drama cuz it stresses me out. At least we understand the type of netizens we are and accept our traits as inherent and define us (but always improving - that we have much in common).


Alas, like u, im also on a sabbatical (currently in asia now for 3 months, going back to the states in May and taking road trips until i return to work in late July).

Congrats on Asia man, I have a homie that just came back from Japan and loved it out there. I want to go one of these days. Tangentially related but if $$ wasn't an issue, I'd probably focus some of my energy on learning Mandarin (after Spanish since it seems more useful in America).

Your journaling is appreciated and i identify with a many of your reflective and introspective ideas and philosophies.

I hope to grow too during this leave of absence, connect w family and friends, learn new things (whether abilities or about of my self/struggles - and taking a healthy hiatus from women to do so becuz they are a a fukkin distraction). 5 days into my sabat and ive been video documenting everything im doing thus far and that is my rendition of journaling).

Wish you the best of luck and appears that you’ve grown much during this “tenure of solitude”.

Keep us posted on the gig and keep fighting the good fight (even if its w peeps online ;)

Appreciate it and keep me/us posted on how your journey goes

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Was gonna upload some photos but this ur thread. Haha.

De biers!
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Share the goods man. I always enjoy seeing how like-minded people are experiencing life in general beyond IG flexing.