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Pain is your body telling your brain: ‘If you keep this shit up, we’re about to die’. But is it possible to override it and use your mind to tell your body: ‘Yo. Shut the fuck up and chill the fuck out.’? And tell your brain ‘Don’t listen to that stupid asshole. We’ll be fine. No one’s about to die.’?Pain is your body telling your brain: ‘If you keep this shit up, we’re about to die’. But is it possible to override it and use your mind to tell your body: ‘Yo. Shut the fuck up and chill the fuck out.’? And tell your brain ‘Don’t listen to that stupid asshole. We’ll be fine. No one’s about to die.’?

December 3, 2017| Dave|

Admiral James Stockdale spent over 7 years in a Vietnamese Prisoner of War camp, where he was tortured by having his legs crushed, his back broken and his shoulders torn

Missing the point #6 & [Am I full of shit? #2]: Why am I getting a tattoo of Snufkin today?* (Especially since he’s maybe the last person who’d see the point in getting one) Actually,2 of him and 2 of what he says.Missing the point #6 & [Am I full of shit? #2]: Why am I getting a tattoo of Snufkin today? (Especially since he’s maybe the last person who’d see the point in getting one) *Actually,2 of him and 2 of what he says.

December 2, 2017| Dave|

What’s the point of tattoos? I don’t know and it might be different for every person, but today I’m getting this done on one arm: And this on the other:

A Deep Dive into: Fear [pt.5] – The Fear of Going Bald (+ The Fear of Getting Old)A Deep Dive into: Fear [pt.5] – The Fear of Going Bald (+ The Fear of Getting Old)

October 31, 2017| Dave|

As it’s Halloween, it’s the perfect time for this is a I-haven’t-decided-how-many part long form examination of the one emotion that drives most, if not all, of our major life

I’m hungover. But is telling yourself ‘I’m hungover’ or ‘I’m sick’ just a self-fulfilling prophecy?I’m hungover. But is telling yourself ‘I’m hungover’ or ‘I’m sick’ just a self-fulfilling prophecy?

October 21, 2017| Dave|

I go for the Oakland Raiders in the NFL. And last night I watched this happen: Anyway, I celebrated like it was 99BC and now my head hurts and I

If everything in nature exists only for its own improvement, then what of the fact where our eyeballs are?If everything in nature exists only for its own improvement, then what of the fact where our eyeballs are?

September 26, 2017| Dave|

NATURE hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. – from The Philosophy of Epictetus (Fragments) VI

Who or what do you ACTUALLY need?Who or what do you ACTUALLY need?

August 27, 2017| Dave|

Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in prison. And even then, after the government had decided to let him out, he still tried to get more time (so people outside could

The philosophy of: Some little girl at the local $2 shopThe philosophy of: Some little girl at the local $2 shop

August 20, 2017| Dave|

There was a dad with his two kids browsing the toy aisle of the $2 shop at the local shopping centre yesterday. And when it was time to go, he