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Pointless existence (slrpnk.net)
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[–] negativenull 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In 305 CE, Diocletian became the first Roman emperor to abdicate. He also declined multiple requests to come out of retirement, telling his colleagues that he preferred staying at home and growing cabbages to being emperor.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Didn't he get the Romans out of some serious jams too, which is why they wanted him back? While effective, I think he has really mixed reviews, and the Praetorians wanted his head on a stick. I might be way off though

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 days ago

I wanna be like Ghandi...

"My Word Are Backed With Nuclear Weapons"

🤗

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago (4 children)

If only there was a way to be a non-religious monk.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago

i'm pretty sure a nonreligious monasteary is just a commune

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Study and talking to other people about a fringe hobby is the closest you can get to becoming a modern monk.

I wonder if in the future there would be monasteries dedicated to retrocomputers or fungi enthusiasts.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Years ago, I read an interview with Leonard Cohen who, as you might remember, became a Buddhist monk. He stated that in the monastery, you're free to do pretty much anything - in your free time. Listen to rock music, take drugs, no-one cares.
It's just that you don't have any free time because every day is 100% structured.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not non-religious, but Buddhists don’t believe in god 🤷‍♂️ it’s something

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's way more complicated than that. Can depend on the sect, or even the individual. There's a lot of Buddhist stereotypes that persist from how westerners first reported back about Buddhists to other westerners.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I know, but still, the oldest schools of Buddhism don’t have anything that would equate to what we in the west consider a god, or gods.

I know that in east asia, south-east Asia etc., there are schools of Buddhism that do have gods.

But Buddhism being in many ways a rejection of brahamical religion in north india/nepal, also rejected the idea of gods when it first started to develop. I think that’s pretty uncontroversial no?

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds 15 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Real talk, if my life ever goes real sideways I'd love to be a monk. Just maybe without all the prayer.

... do I just secretly want to be institutionalized?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Structure, security, fraternity, simplicity. There's definitely some appeal there, but maybe there are easier ways to find those things.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

The trick is to get all your bois together and buy a decent plot of land and build homes or a large enough house you can divide up

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

you want a commune with state sponsorship

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

according to the handful of people i've heard who got institutionalized, you do not want to be institutionalized

[–] 69420 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

MC Pea Plants

[–] MutilationWave 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Grow Grow Tussin

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

Make a farm, house people, eat farmed food. Don't spend money. Work on music and ride motorcycles when I'm not farming.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

is this a pope meme?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago

No. This is a Mendel meme.