Tag: dailyprompt
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My Vote
Do you vote in political elections? I don’t by and large believe that my political votes make much of a difference. I have almost entirely given up voting strategically when I vote at all. And where I am in the world a symbolic vote while personally meaningful doesn’t change much. I counterbalance this with a…
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Eternal Progression
I have a sense that every day I can improve and that the struggle to improve is worth it. This very often makes me a contrarian. The struggle is real and swimming upstream (as you will) seems more valuable in improvement because it is more difficult. To some degree this is true because fighting the…
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Priesthood Quote
Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often? “41 No power or influence can or ought to be maintained by virtue of the priesthood, only by persuasion, by long-suffering, by gentleness and meekness, and by love unfeigned; 42 By kindness, and pure knowledge, which shall greatly enlarge the soul…
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Inauguration Day
What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite? Once every four years the nation takes the whole day off. I look forward to that one in particular because there is virtually no commercialism about it historically. There is that one former president who was selling red hats on inauguration day, but that is…
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Camping as a Kid
Have you ever been camping? My father loved to camp. In the seventies it was different. We’d go up a dirt road to what seemed like the middle of nowhere, clear the brush off a flat patch of forest, and pitch a tent. As the years went on he chose more accessable areas, and we…
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Productivity is Relative
When do you feel most productive? As a general rule I feel most productive in the afternoon. Once I’ve had a chance to wake up and focus on my daily task list I tend to believe more than any other time during the day that I am accomplishing things. But productivity is relative. I need…
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Using Emojis
What are your favorite emojis? I spend more time thinking about which emoji is the right one to send than my receivers are ever likely to take time to interpret them. I use a lot of different emojis depending on the context. Lately I’ve been using a white heart 🤍 to symbolize a deep love…
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Playing with AI
What topics do you like to discuss? I have lots of philosophical discussions with my wife. They range from religion and spirituality to capitalism and a mythical “third way.” I have lots of topics in my head and I like to randomly start conversations. This annoys her, so lately I’ve been typing to Meta AI.…
Latter Day Sinner 