YHK - yet another hacker news clone

When Do We Become the Person We Ought to Be?

15 points toomuchtodo 1 hour ago 11 comments

datas 52 minutes ago | parent

Makes sense, believers are on a journey of sanctification. The first battle is won when your soul is saved. The second battle is a lifelong struggle between the flesh and the spirit.

They are in constant opposition.

ge96 30 minutes ago | parent

I'm in my 30s and I'm still a dumbass, six fig job still living check to check

Roland303 25 minutes ago | parent

that feeling will pass, brains keep on developing right through mid-40's. But I implore you to find a great accountant asap, you get what you pay for.

comrade1234 21 minutes ago | parent

Move out of CA.

jjsullivan5196 20 minutes ago | parent

fr dawg get outta dodge

comrade1234 24 minutes ago | parent

I feel much more at peace now that my sex drive has decreased. Before this feeling it was my primary goal and I was very successful but now I couldn't care less about sex.

So I often wonder about yogis and saints - are they better humans than me? But i dont think so when I read about people like mlk jr and jfk and how they were terrible people when it came to women, even worse than me.

chasd00 21 minutes ago | parent

I have to admit, it is nice when that edge comes off a little bit. Such a perpetual monkey on your back.

sjdh76 5 minutes ago | parent

There is flourishing and detachment - https://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-181/lecture-8

And there is flourishing and attachment - https://oyc.yale.edu/philosophy/phil-181/lecture-7

zabriel_goss 3 minutes ago | parent

Perhaps Freud was right about the libido!

Masayoshi Takanaka is a virtuosic City Pop guitarist who saw a recent renewed popularity while riding the resurgence of the genre's popularity. When asked in an interview if there would be a new album, he stated no, saying that humans lose their creative drive as their sexual energy declines, and this is why he could not produce a new album.

biglyburrito 20 minutes ago | parent

August 29, 1997

socalgal2 19 minutes ago | parent

> It’s pretty clear that the typical American is always on the lookout for ways to improve their lives on a whole bunch of different dimensions.

This is not clear to me at all.