abjads and abuguidas are the worst. I'd rather have to memorize 2000 kanji instead of try to read fucking arabic or bengali. これが問題ないよ。 (this is no problem) ال ارابيا ال موت ال انا (arabic is the death of me)
A lot of people say "Japanese people don't have religion, they don't believe in god"
It's like, as a former shintoist, I feel the need to point out, that there's a misconception there... Kami are not "Gods" in the western sense. About 22 of them meet the definition out of 80,000 ish total. (they're actually kind of similar to Devas, to the point that there's a legend where a Kami kills Agni and that's why humans struggle to build fires easily). There's also the fact that "religion" has a negative connotation and refers to only foreign and new religions. Not to Buddhism, Shinto, Onmyoudo, or Shugendo. A very astounding number of Japanese pray at shrines, so saying they don't believe in anything is a hell of a stretch. But for ordinary practice of Japanese religions, there isn't really a mandate that you must do x y z, and I think that confuses unfamilliar people. They're superstitous and following a shamanic philosophical way of life, they're not exactly all atheists though. And of course there are exceptions.
Like, I realize I'm saying this to a hindu, but I kinda wish reincarnation was real so I could get a re-do and hopefully not be as fucked up next time. But when I was a buddhist, reincarnation made me unafraid of death, which for someone who is suffering a lot, is a very bad thing. Other than enlightenment basically being impossible if you try to get it for a specific reason, I don't find fault with Buddhism. (reached kenshou in Soto Zen Buddhism, Maezumi linneage which has Rinzai elements, mainly use of Koans).
eh... it's hard to explain, but it's a type of symbiotic thing between the Afinni aliens and lesser species. Basically, they are plants. And they need smaller creatures to polinate their flowers, like how bees do. And they sort of bond with and care for those smaller creatures. And those are florets. And, because of leafy luxury gay space communism, it's a post scarcity society with high technology, and they need you to live a long time, so they have evolved to be very doting on their florets and to be very good caregivers. So, it's kinda like being a pet, but after a few hundred years, they ask you to pollinate their flower. If you're not dead set on being rich and powerful, it's actually a really sweet deal.
Right, so, I think for most terrans, the very idea of being a floret is insulting.
But, If I were a terran and the afinni plopped down into my town, I would probably compare notes and then just be like, "yeah, I'm down".
I have agoraphobia, epilepsy, autism, adhd, CPTSD, and gender dysphoria. Among other problems, and would qualify for a DPD diagnosis if I didn't have physical disabilities. And I'm integrated now, but did have 48 headmates at one point. I am presently, the healthiest I have ever been within my memory of my life. I'm not depressed, I have integrated my personalities into one, and I have dealt with the delusions I cultivated as a defense mechanism. And I'm also the most independant I have ever been, living alone in my own apartment.
But, my last ordinary employment was in 2007. I almost never leave my house, which is a bit of a mess, and I have a lot of seizures and soul-crushing anxiety about interacting with people, and no medicines have proven effective for me. And doctors won't take my seizures seriously because I speak monotone without expressions so they think I'm lying. I self diagnosed it vaguely as "epilepsy" so that I could self-regulate because I can't get doctors to take me seriously. They won't even test it, they just ask me to pee in a cup to see if I'm on drugs. (my way of speaking is literally caused by Gerschwind's Syndrome, a complex of symptoms associated with epilepsy, it's the only thing that causes this specific way of speaking, for god's sake just test me dipshits)
If I became a floret, I would get everything medical and psychological dealt with within a week or two. My quality and quantity of life would be vastly improved so I could make up for the F*d up parts of my life. And there would be someone in my life who won't abandon me just because I'm weird. That happens a lot. It's why I don't get close to people IRL. They spend a few months thinking that if they do xyz, it will fix me, and when that inevitably fails, they get fed up and leave. So, except for one guy from my old mosque, and one Tgirl from my Go Club, I have no IRL friends.
I'd volun-fucking-teer to be a floret so damn fast. I'm just barely taking care of myself.
I mean, Samaritans are very extra non-diasporic. They literally carry the largely unchanged version of Judaism from before the Babylonian Conquest. And they have the oldest Torah Scroll, from 600 BCE.
Also, Israelis don't really treat Samaritans well. They're considered to be "arabs" by the army. Some of the prisoners exchanged last year were Samaritans from Nablus being traded for Israelis.
Oh yeah, because my winter muslim clothes were almost all black (no money for embroidery or expensive colors like blue) I got mistaken for this Iraqi Bedouin tribe who are very pale and wear all black and have red hair and blue or green eyes, and it got me curious, and I found out they were a mix of Roman and Nordic descent and acted as mercenaries for the caliphate armies back in the day, to the point that their tribal clothes were the inspiration for elite military unit uniforms in the middle east.
I'm weird. Autistic and Mentally Unstable on main. w00t. lookin fer frens. normies need not apply.likes: food, swords, premodern architecture, anarchism, asking "but whhhhy tho?"Dislikes: bullies, slimy stuff, cults, people who don't check the metadata of their beliefsopinion on the problem of hell: it's the stick part of the carrot and stick motivation required by normies for consistent positive action, but is often wielded as a cudgel by the elites and their useful idiot flying monkays to supress their enemies. Problem of evil: Evil is the result of arrogance and selfishness, and you can't experience goodness or peaceful feelings with those attributes as core traits.