What is this thing?

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What is thing (connector) thing? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by ben1o to c/whatisthisthing

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This is outside my apartment building, next to the car park. Is it a connector for a hose of some kind?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know what's going on with you, friend, but I've never met someone who talked about the pointlessness of existence who wasn't to some degree depressed, myself very much included. I don't know if that's egoistic or what, but I believe it's an empathetic observation. And yeah, I was hoping to promote my own emotional equilibrium and well-being by wishing you well. Altruism can have a selfish effect without defeating its purpose.

Cynical? Yeah. I'm just as capable of cynicism as the next human being. Case-in-point: I've wanted a few times to tell you to just have a shitty day if you don't want to accept simple kindness, but have chosen a very frustrating dialogue instead. Actually, I checked myself on the definition of cynicism, and the post to which I'm replying here very much fits the common definition. That said, I'll accept the description of myself as a cynic, and go further to wear it with pride: Some amount of cynicism is healthy, and indeed necessary to navigate the a society we live in without getting suckered. I don't know if I have the "healthy" amount of cynicism. I doubt it, actually.

I'll check out that anime. My usual pirate streaming sites are down right now and the one I managed to find with it didn't have english subs.

This has been kinda cathartic, thanks for that, too.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

I guess then I'm one of the lucky few humans that can withstand the melancholic side-effect of wanting to explore the nugatory nature of morality, and simplicity and hypocrisy of human endeavour. Neat, huh?

For the record, I do also have a positive take on life in case you didn't notice. But taking on the said proposition [Empathy and altruism are solely egoistic traits aimed at maintaining one’s own emotional equilibrium and well-being], is only what makes life more interesting. I am not sure whether your reaction to this was meant sarcastically or not.

I usually have my pirate (bittorrent) sites unlocked by custom DNS redirects in the hosts file on my linux machines. Don't know how tech-savvy you are, but wish you best of luck finding. It's nice