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Meh:
Some things are worth repeating two. About that book though fair warning it's very very dark. Sorta real life fight club weirdness.
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: Garbanzo on September 05, 2019, 11:13:36 PM ---Some things are worth repeating two. About that book though fair warning it's very very dark. Sorta real life fight club weirdness.
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In an odd way I like dark books, I like the honesty of that sort of writing. Human beings can do incredible, amazing things, but can also be unspeakably cruel and demonic and utterly stupid as well. We're an odd species. I will keep an eye out for it x
Hopalong:
Tupp, I know what you mean about most convos being about what people DO.
I yearn for more convos about what people THINK.
Fortunately, I've found some groups where that happens. One is "Sunday Explorations" which is a secular but ethical/spiritual kind of conversation group. About 20 members, and diverse. Well, most are educated so scratch that. But there's plenty o' wattage and diverse life experience, anyway.
That plus UU groups have fed that need of mine. And M is all ideas all day long. His only prosaic subject is recipes (yawn...).
Hugs
Hops
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: Hopalong on September 06, 2019, 01:44:04 PM ---Tupp, I know what you mean about most convos being about what people DO.
I yearn for more convos about what people THINK.
Fortunately, I've found some groups where that happens. One is "Sunday Explorations" which is a secular but ethical/spiritual kind of conversation group. About 20 members, and diverse. Well, most are educated so scratch that. But there's plenty o' wattage and diverse life experience, anyway.
That plus UU groups have fed that need of mine. And M is all ideas all day long. His only prosaic subject is recipes (yawn...).
Hugs
Hops
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Those groups sound nice, Hops. There is a group round here who meet up once a month to talk about death :) I find it kind of interesting so might go along at some point. But yes, thoughts and feelings do a lot more for me than what people do. Even with what people do, I find it interesting if they're describing their holiday and how they felt about the place they visited and what the history was like and they got talking to some old hippy guy who went there for a holiday in 1964 and never went home - I like those kind of stories. But if it's all about what they had for dinner each night and who got most drunk by the pool my brain just goes back to snooze mode :) xx
Hopalong:
I've heard of the "Death Cafe" movement.
People gather to "have cake and talk about death."
It sounds shocking but it relieves a lot of emotional pressure,
because our cultures have made it so difficult for people to
talk honestly about their mortality, what it means, how they'd
like to prepare, etc.
I've read that there can be a lot of laughter and friendship
in these groups, formed by such honest talk. I like the idea
and almost went to one of those events here...the timing
just didn't work out.
hugs
Hops
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