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04 Jan 2026, 6:12 pm
04 Jan 2026, 8:25 pm
How to sound proof my new room.
Because my mom is so stupid big on loud music...
... AND I DO NOT. 
IT'S FRICKING 9AM IN THE FRICKING MORNING, DAMMIT!!
CockneyRebel
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05 Jan 2026, 12:26 am
05 Jan 2026, 9:39 am
Spam bots, still in their protective cocoons.
Where did you get this photo, pcgoblin?
Are you the evil mastermind we've all been searching for?
I think I did a search for SPAM robots. There were several images available, all similar, when I did the original search. I tried to find them, but today the results are different. There was a video at one time (February 2023), but the video no longer appears to be available. Meet a fleet of artificially intelligent cans of Spam (again, the video is present anymore, but it appears the still images initially found came from the video.)
05 Jan 2026, 10:14 am
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05 Jan 2026, 11:19 am
05 Jan 2026, 1:06 pm
Fred Rogers
Although this is his wife Joanne. She has a lovely smile and eyes. She has a few senior moments, like many of us have when our brains become less elastic with age.
Our Assignment from Fred Rogers (2020) AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY
Mr. Rogers and Lorin Hollander - complete episode of clip in Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Tom Hanks on Becoming Mister Rogers
Mr Rogers ... Cool Dude
"Mr. Rogers Gets a Tonsillectomy", directed by GEORGE A. ROMERO
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018) - Mister Rogers & Jeff Erlanger Scene (8/10) | Movieclips
Mr. Rogers Says Kids Watch Too Much TV | Letterman
Fred Rogers inducted into the TV Hall of Fame
How Mr. Rogers Helped This Little Girl Battle Devastating Brain Disease | New York Post
Mr. Rogers First Appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - 09/04/1980
Candid Camera Classic: Remembering Mister Rogers
Fred might not approve the amount of television I watch, but I cannot imagine him chastising me about it either.Was Fred Rogers self-actualized?
- Efficient perceptions of reality. Self-actualizers are able to judge situations correctly and honestly. They are very sensitive to the superficial and dishonest.
- Comfortable acceptance of self, others, and nature. Self-actualizers accept their own human nature with all its flaws. The shortcomings of others and the contradictions of the human condition are accepted with humor and tolerance.
- Reliant on own experiences and judgement. Independent, not reliant on culture and environment to form opinions and views.
- Spontaneous and natural. True to oneself, rather than being how others want.
- Task centering. Most of Maslow's subjects had a mission to fulfill in life or some task or problem 'beyond' themselves (instead of outside themselves) to pursue. Humanitarians such as Albert Schweitzer are considered to have possessed this quality.
- Autonomy. Self-actualizers are free from reliance on external authorities or other people. They tend to be resourceful and independent.
- Continued freshness of appreciation. The self-actualizer seems to constantly renew appreciation of life's basic goods. A sunset or a flower will be experienced as intensely time after time as it was at first. There is an "innocence of vision", like that of a child.
- Profound interpersonal relationships. The interpersonal relationships of self-actualizers are marked by deep loving bonds.
- Comfort with solitude. Despite their satisfying relationships with others, self-actualizing people value solitude and are comfortable being alone.
- Non-hostile sense of humor. This refers to the ability to laugh at oneself.
- Peak experiences. All of Maslow's subjects reported the frequent occurrence of peak experiences (temporary moments of self-actualization). These occasions were marked by feelings of ecstasy, harmony, and deep meaning.
- Self-actualizers reported feeling at one with the universe, stronger and calmer than ever before, filled with light, beauty, goodness, and so forth.
- Socially compassionate. Possessing humanity.
- Few friends. Few close intimate friends rather than many perfunctory relationships.
- Gemeinschaftsgefühl. According to Maslow, the self-actualizers possess "Gemeinschaftsgefühl", which refers to "social interest, community feeling, or a sense of oneness with all humanity."
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06 Jan 2026, 11:01 am
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06 Jan 2026, 7:56 pm
I had to be firmer with myself.
And stop this... "Complacent" self.
That, and...
The 'ideal healthy self' -- I had to recognize this is not my default self.
I had to recognize this self is temporary.
That this "more regulated self" only lasts for few days a month.
That this self is fleeing.
That this self should not make decisions on my behalf, for it is not the self who is present.
This damnable 'better self' is basically my body fooling itself, trying to fool me. Trying to deceive me that I'm living my life -- it's not.
I had to put my foot down.
And assume to have a lifestyle of the worst version of me, never 'best'.
I already tried that for years now; and nothing.
I had to assume my worst, and stop believing in waiting for the best self to shine.
It is not reliable. It never is. Only way to move forward is either this, or a permanent solution that it wouldn't be this way.
06 Jan 2026, 9:46 pm
