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  • On Disaster - On Distaster - On Optimistic Nihilism - On Providence

    What comfort lies in the moment when the worst comes to the worst? Just one: that you are never alone and you can share it with someone.

    October 29, 2018 - By Dave

    The times where we form our greatest bonds to one another, our greatest connections may not be when all is rosy, full of pomp, grandeur and gaudy –it’s in those times when things go from what we think is the worst to the actual far much worse worster. In among those times when the worst does become worse in some …

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  • On the Absurdity of... - On the Love Song - On the philosophy of... - Why you listen to it

    ‘I met someone else, you should do it yourself’ – How to get over someone & The Philosophy of: Spiritualized’s A Perfect Miracle (The beautifully tragic absurdity of true love songs)

    October 28, 2018 - By Dave

    This is part two of a Deep Dive into true love songs. Those songs that aren’t just made of the fairy floss euphoria one person can make us feel, but also the absurd sadness that the absence of them, or the absence of something within us, can make us feel. Those two polar states of truly being human are what…

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  • On Optimistic Nihilism - On Providence

    Catastrophe will befall us all. But in between those times, there are moments that do go according to our dream script.

    October 27, 2018 - By Dave

    Everyone through out history has at least one cataclysmic event happen. By the definition of being mortal we all must face the greatest catastrophe that there is – death. At least the death of our own (if one happens to be lucky enough to life a charmed life of no problems at all up until that point), but more than likely,…

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  • Friday Flips

    Friday Flips [pt.2] – Everything Changes by Soja

    October 26, 2018 - By Dave

    What are the songs that make you instantly feel relaxed and chilled as fuck? The songs that after a week of work you put on and instantly feel like you just nailed the week? The ones that take you away to the beach in your mind, that place where you feel connected to who you are, and all that’s truly…

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  • On Knowledge of Others - On Questions

    If you want to make a deep connection to another human, what are some better questions to ask them than ‘what do you do?’ or ‘How was the weather on your holiday?’?

    October 25, 2018 - By Dave

    A good question can open up someone to you much more colourfully, interestingly and honestly than a funny story or anecdote can. So instead of the boringass regular questions you may get asked over the course of your week, try these when you’re with someone you actually want to get to know, to try and understand truly what it’s like…

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  • On Life - On Money

    Whatever money you’re worried about spending, is it possible that in a month, 2 or a couple years that you won’t remember it?

    October 24, 2018 - By Dave

    Any shit that you are obliged to spend money on, you probably are doing your head over cos it’s a shit ton of what you’ve worked for, and you wonder if you really have to spend it, or if it’s worth it. The point is, that if it’s something that makes you happy and you’re pretty sure it will, it’s…

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    On Providence - Why you do it

    If you try to prove Murphy’s Law, you can’t. Because any attempt to do so will –based on Murphy’s Law– go wrong. And that’s another reason why it’s dumb as shit.

    October 23, 2018 - By Dave

    You can’t prove something that necessarily and inherently cannot be proven true. Therefore, my conclusion is: Murphy’s Law = Dumb as shit. Because of this: I just invented ‘Reverse Murphy’s Law’. Dumb, right? Yep, just like Murphy’s Law. And this: Murdering Murphy’s Law And this is why a believe in it is not only dumb as shit but affects how…

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  • Deep Dives - On the Absurdity of... - Why you listen to it

    A Deep Dive into: The (beautifully tragic) absurdity of love songs – A love song isn’t a true love song if it doesn’t contain sadness and longing – The Philosophy of: Nick Cave (& why he thinks Kylie’s Better the Devil You Know is a devastatingly remarkable love song.)

    October 22, 2018 - By Dave

    …The love song is never truly happy. It must first embrace the potential for pain. Those songs that speak of love without having within their lines an ache or a sigh are not love songs at all but rather Hate songs disguised as love songs, and are not to be trusted… The love song must resonate with the susurration of…

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  • On Decisions - On Emotion

    If you just one of billions of living humans ever to live, on a tiny speck of dust spinning on a rock in a vast cosmic arena, doesn’t it make sense to just live life driven entirely by emotion?

    October 21, 2018 - By Dave

    If no one is going to remember you eventually and you are just one of the billions that are alive right now and will go down as just one of the scores of billions that have ever left, what difference does it make whether you live your life pured basically on what your heart tells you to do? Whether that’s…

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  • On Fear - The joy of... - Why you listen to it

    The joy of: Saying ‘Fuck it’, acting like a little shit and the rush of blood to the head. (& The Philosophy of Jamie T’s Sticks n’ Stones)

    October 20, 2018 - By Dave

    Life can be a shit ton when you don’t overthink it, and just sometimes say fuck it, and whatever you’re nervous to say to someone you care about, whatever you’re scared of doing or whatever you’re worrying you’ll regret if you don’t or do it. Like a kid, or a little shit would do… Just say fuck it and do…

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