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othala

3 weeks ago

me yesterday: why so many meme website me today: https://goeshard.org/2026/07/14/my-daughter-is-half-black/

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othala

3 weeks ago

I would like to see more Christian websites that shoot for a historical, literary, or academic vibe and use classical elevated language. Take me back to Lindisfarne Priory to look at texts by candle light or something. But more Christian websites seem to be going for... "memelord hackerman quit using 4chan because I found God" thing. I get that practically that's a very useful avenue. But just how I think sometimes.

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discreteideas 3 weeks ago

I definitely get that. Although I do sometimes struggle with the very difficult to read fonts people go for

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othala 3 weeks ago

For sure I think you have to use careful discretion to pick something between a realistic font from the middle ages, especially the type of stuff they used before the time of Charlemagne lol, and something people can actually read.

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discreteideas 3 weeks ago

Your comment inspired me and I have just worked out how to change my font to something a little more aesthetic

rainight 3 weeks ago

There's so much irony poisoning on the internet. I'd like to write a post about that one day.

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duvarki 3 weeks ago

I am not a big fan either, but I seem to have fallen into the corner of the internet where this is less so! I am a big mediaevalist, and I try to capture a bit more of an older atmosphere on my website, but I am limited by my technical skills to execute what I have in mind. I try to be sincere and unbothered in a world where all things must be buried in irony lest it be seen as "cringe", but it's difficult at times.

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othala 2 weeks ago

I admit that I have a very absurdist insincere side myself. I think the best way to deal with it if you have that problem is to carve yourself a place out where you don't do it. Then you can retreat back into if you need to but your "sacred" space wont be contaminated.

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3 weeks ago

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didntask 3 weeks ago

Noahie's a cool guy!

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3 weeks ago

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rainight 3 weeks ago

I don't know any Christians so I'm not sure what do you mean, but people *still* read Mere Christianity today and they still praise it. If its reception among modern Christians is overwhelmingly positive, then why couldn't a book like that be written today?

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orison 3 weeks ago

In 1952 Lewis was still able to find doctrinal commonalities among the handful of "main" Christian-types. Given the emergence and prevalence of "non-denominational" and "ideology-based" Christians today, there are no such presumed commonalities. And perhaps there are no longer even main Christian-types.

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3 weeks ago

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mm4rk3t ransei

4 weeks ago

cool site! I just bought hearts of stone so I am playing the witcher 3 as well :D

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ransei 4 weeks ago

woaa!!! witcher-enjoyer found! :3 I'm now playing the main story in Novigrad :D

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mm4rk3t

4 weeks ago

maybe this site is going somewhere after all

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4 weeks ago

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othala updated their site.

4 weeks ago

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othala daliwali

4 weeks ago

you have good taste in hardcore music

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daliwali 4 weeks ago

thanks! there's a bunch of bands i've seen in small venues that aren't listed, it's def the scene i'm most familiar with. it started with listening to deftones "white pony" as a kid.

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rainight 1 month ago

Well Said. Nothing worth doing consistently "feels good" all the time. The initial excitement of going to the gym will fade away as you wake up to sore muscles within a few days. The anticipation of learning a new language is replaced with the drudgery of practicing inconsistent grammar rules. A cool programming project becomes boring as you fix stupid bugs and edge cases.

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rainight 1 month ago

Feelings can give us a kickstart but we ought to to sustain ourselves on something deeper. I think the modern west puts too much emphasis on feelings. I don't think its a coincidence that some teachers are criticized for not making class "entertaining" as if the object of education is entertainment; or how in dating, there's so much emphasis on "being in love" as if that's the sole foundation of a relationship.

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rainight 1 month ago

To be clear, feelings are awesome! But they are transient. It's not so much that we should be content with a dry soul, but that we must look deeper during the dry periods. The nice feelings will eventually comeback, but they'll eventually go away. Such is life. Our hearts jump through peaks and valleys but our resolve must remain unchanged.

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othala 1 month ago

Yes I'm so happy you said this. I find this most obvious when you examine the way different people pray. For example people at my mom's church have to pour their heart out and reach inside for their own words and the prayers have to come out like a Hallmark gift card writer. Not that I'm saying there is never a time where this happens. But they look down on our Liturgy of Hours for example.

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orison 1 month ago

I debated with myself about posting it. I thought maybe it would be too "heavy" or edgy for some people. The ideas come from my reading of St John of the Cross. He helped me so much back in the day, when I was trying to figure out what was going on in my own relationship with the Lord.

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jojo2k

1 month ago

the official jojo2k song of the week is small town by kero kero bonito. go listen to it by finding it on the front page of my website. and click on all my other links while you're on my site. I mean it. ALL OF THEM

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