If you wanna hear the truth, listen to the voiceless and silenced.

ughh, cringe.

@SidTheITGuy disregard that feeling. Instead, dip your toes in forced, unnatural calmness.

sensory deprivation tanks make you hallucinate like you're on psychedelics

@jestdotty did you try it?

@kiki no but sounds fun to me. I wouldn't blow that much money on something like that. I mean maybe if I was a millionaire and stopped caring

but this happens often. if your senses can't get feedback they will pick up their own noise signals. chaos magicians worship the void because they read those signals. it's like listening to RNG of the universe for powers or whatever

also in social environments if you don't speak others will hear echoes of themselves and speak for you

it kind of has the saviour complex and moral good attraction to it but in reality it's narcissism fuel. people who want authority will often say "we have to do X for children with leukemia" but if you go meet said children their names are just being borrowed for someone's end

@jestdotty that concept of noise perception inside the void sounds a lot like an echo chamber to me

I fear that if I get into the sensory deprivation tank, some hallucinations that awaken will stay with me forever, and I know for sure those won't be pleasant ones

@retoor if you ain’t seeing poor people, you’re aren’t one of them. Try going to poorer neighborhoods

@retoor every country has the poverty line that, if your income is lower than that, you're considered poor. For example, you may not be able to afford to live in a big city where the rent is high. Granted, the poor in Lesotho are way poorer than the poor in the Netherlands.

The fact that you're even able to say what you're saying about the poor in your country is the testament to amazing achievements of how your society functions. I bet everyone gets free healthcare, working hours are heavily regulated and enforced, you get mandatory vacations, unions, and other lefty perks. Oh how I want to live there!

@retoor psychological issues are still valid. We can't blame those people for their mental health situation. It's our job as a society to include and integrate those people to make their life at least tolerable. Think free rehabs and naloxone, free emergency care for drug-related problems without the risk of getting arrested for drug possession, free housing (Finland), etc

@retoor I agree with your stance on your country's politics. I hope you understand that “I don't know one poor person, therefore poor people don't exist” is flawed.

@jestdotty pretend hobos on bmws?

@jestdotty I'm sorry that it happened to you. While I admit that I didn't have problems with food growing up, I know _exactly_ what it feels like when your mom has unhealthy relationships with religion. About hobos though… we have them in Russia, but they aren't allowed to take the money for themselves. They pay gangsters that protect them, and they're left with pennies, but they have no other choice.