@matigo If you hollow out the volcano and live in there they might not notice.
@matigo Mmm, a new chair, a drive out of town with nice views, a soundbar, a chilled bottle of cranberry and lime juice, camera gear. Anyway, I’m not so sure it’s the things so much as the knowledge that you can have them when you want them…which is a form of autonomy.
If you can’t have nice things in one area of your life, you can compensate by having nice things in another area of your life.
A nineteen-year-old who ate one meal of chips per day, supplemented with pringles and the odd bit of processed ham or deep fried sausage has gone blind. He'd eaten no fruit or vegetables for a decade. His sight problems started when he was fifteen.
@matigo Pattern recognition? It’s all relative. We have enough pattern recognition to give us an edge but not enough to require more brain fuel.
@matigo Some people are just wired that way. Perhaps they can’t help it. They aren’t happy unless they’re unhappy.
@hazardwarning I didn’t know you could get glass ones. Can you get glass fountain pens (with the built-in reservoir)?