DaveTLV @Surasanji@social.cleverlibre.org
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@Surasanji Having access to an enjoyable and easy to get to exercise environment is hugely important to keeping at it. I am lucky because the netherlands has more bicycle lanes than roads. So all i have to do is walk outside my door and I have a 10 mile (16km) track through the woods.
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@freemo @absolutus There are a couple of bike lanes in some areas of Tel Aviv that are separated by a fairly decent curb. But it isn't universal enough for me to trust the people on the road.
@freemo @absolutus Yeah, I've seen how Israelis drive. I'm not going out on that road with a bike. Looks like suicide to me.
But a gym I can enjoy in the summer and winter would be a good idea.
@freemo @absolutus I will exercise vicariously until I can find a 24 hour gym I like.
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Just finished another 10 mi (15.11km) bike ride 🚲 . I slowed down because it was @absolutus 's first time but he kept pretty decent pace (just a bit slower than my normal time) What I really love though is how much my heart rate has improved! 2 months ago I wouldnt have been able to get to the end of the block but now I'm going the distance. Couldn't be happier with my results!
@cm Glad to hear all is well and you got back safely. At autobahn speeds a violent tire explosion could be really quite frightening!
@cm Woah. Hope it all goes well, then. That tire almost looks like a shredded racing slick.
@SquidPresident@cryptids.online I want to hug this kitty.
@zhielyana DM me if you want to talk. Happy to give you an ear if you need it.
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@Surasanji Even though I regard myself as an atheist, I keep doing the prayer stance when I was taken to pagodas or monasteries because doing it or not doesn’t mean anything to me and I would rather just do a 10 seconds stance instead of explaining 15 minutes or so why I’m not a buddhist anymore. I used to join r/atheism back when I was fairly new to reddit and unsubbed after how toxic it’s. I tried to ignore what people worship or believe as much as possible, part of the reasons I became an atheist is because I don’t want to think about next life, past life or karma and treat religion as something that doesn’t exist for me from the start. But it’s pretty hard to ignore when somebody starts shoving in my face how they don’t like how I’m practicing as a buddhist(which I’m not). I went to a trip with my aunt and her family a while ago and when we came back, she told my mom how I don’t know how to address monks(we stayed in a monastery). My mom proceeded to lecture two hours telling me “Do you even know how to address monks?” and how she’s going to be blamed for not teaching her daughter to be religious enough(always the blaming part included). Just a few days ago an acquaintance of my dead aunt came and asked my mom for donations for the new monastery while telling her it’s true that my aunt donated money but not as enough as her so she died earlier than her(my aunt died of cancer). She also proceeded telling my mom we’re upper middle class not because of our doing but because of past life karma, and she’s lower middle class because she donated not enough in her past life. Hello, my grandparents’ business got seized during anti-Chinese persecution and became poor due to that but my parents work hard to reach this life situation. I’m fine with religious people as long as they don’t start invading my space and shoving their religious stuff. When they do that however, I want to bite back. Idk maybe me not telling people I’m an atheist is not a good idea. I should make a post on facebook where my relatives and friends are present and tell them to leave me alone.
Solomon Grundy
Born on a Monday
Christened on Tuesday
Married on Wednesday
Took ill on Thursday
Grew worse on Friday
Died on Saturday
Buried on Sunday
That was the end
Of Solomon Grundy
We also enjoy the activities of breathing and walking on our leg.
Religious stuff. Long, CWed for Length
@phyu I think my mother would rather I be religious, too. However, the best way to move forward in atheism is, I have found, not to bother with the beliefs of others. My Mother loves me. She is proud of the man I have become, even if I do not keep kosher or keep the sabbath.
Just do what you know is right in your heart. Treat people with respect, even if they hold a religious belief you disagree with.
One of the beautiful things in life is that you do not need to agree with everyone around you and that everyone exists in their own personal version of reality.
I grew up fairly religious, and fell away from it later in life. The way my brain is wired doesn't allow for an invisible force in the nature of the divine.
But, for many of my friends, it does. It works. It makes sense for them- and that's fine. There is a lot of beneficial philosophy in religious teachings.
Particularly, for me, when you strip away the idea of a creator god or commandments from an invisible force in the aether.
In the end, if you're a good person who lives a good life and does right by the people around you they won't really care if you're religious or not.
And the people who do? Ignore them.
@SquidPresident@cryptids.online Oh. You paint a very sad picture of the Squidocracy.
@SquidPresident@cryptids.online What about foozball? You guys understand that, right? I mean, I'd think you'd be champion foozball players.
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His memoires were published in a book. Super small number of prints though. Includes picture of my grandad when he was young. https://mastodon.social/media/A9u2B9rhposGaeMETCg https://mastodon.social/media/l_kN4GhFUGS0j62_WkM https://mastodon.social/media/YwbyH6O_BzClZ2cpuSM
@phyu I don't know how many visual novels are on Switch's eshop. That isn't a genre I play, personally.
I've only got the two games and I really can't recommend them enough. However, if there are those kinds of games on the switch e-store, it's a perfect tablet size for what I'd imagine you'd want.
I do know they've got some great indie titles like Stardew Valley. Another game that is just fantastic. I have it for windows, though.
@phyu I do most of my gaming on my PC, still, but I was in the store and decided to get myself something nice for the Jewish New Year. The Switch was there. Zelda: Breath of the Wild was there. And well, here we are.
I've got two games for the system right now- the new Mario and the aforementioned Zelda game. I really can't say how lovely both games are- visually pleasing and a lot of fun to play. As far as the Switch goes Nintendo is 3 for 3 with me. The Switch system itself is fantastic and the two games I've got are equally fantastic.
I would absolutely recommend the system.
Goood morning #QOTO and #Mastodon!
How you doin' today?
Beautiful day here in Tel Aviv. The sun is shining but it isn't too hot. The kind of weather that lends itself to a nap in the shade.
It's also Rosh Hashana! So, Happy New Year and shana tovah to each and all! I hope you have a happy, healthy, sweet new year!
@phyu I love my Switch. I play it on the bus on the way to work, and at home. I don't have a television, so having the screen right there is super useful for me, personally.
And I can always get it on the TV later, should I get a TV!
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