Been looking at classes I want to take.. Again. I do this sometimes. I just can't justify the expense, even though its necessary to make the change I want. The cheapest local option - a community college in town - would cost about $10k for one year. That's all I need, though, just one year, cuz I know what classes I want and I know the masters program I want after that and that one year is all it would take to get in.

The local university made a hilarious attempt at scamming me. I've researched the fuck out of how to get this masters, so their lie was pretty obvious. They told me I'd need to do **_another_** year to get a second bachelor's. They said they wouldn't accept me for the masters if I didn't. Jokes on them, though - I never intended to do their program. I just wanna ninja those classes and then GTFO.

I've been thinking I've been going about this wrong... Instead of paying these other jackasses $10k (and that's the cheap option!), I should just find an English language program in another country. I think this a lot... But I'm still here.

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Good for you. Take advantage of the credit system. Buy bitcoin with the 10k. Get a loan with no interest payments? 🤷🏻‍♂️

No interest payments? How's that work? I'm still paying back my first degree, but I pay absolutely no attention to it. I think it's paying automatically. Idk. F it. Idk how this shit works.

I guess you have to qualify for them (probably based on needs). Payments and interests don’t start until you leave school… technically you can stay in school forever?

Oh. I've been through this. They only look at race. They hate me. No poor is poor enough to get help if you're not a special race.

If you say you’re a certain race, who’s going to tell you you’re not?

You're right... I could do that. Actually everyone I knew in highschool said they were Hispanic to get the free money. They weren't Hispanic.

lol. It’s not who’s going to let you. It’s who’s going to stop you.

That would be me. I don't do stuff like that. I can fantasize, but in the end it won't happen

I don’t see any race requirements:

Core Eligibility Requirements

Undergraduate enrollment: Only undergraduates can receive subsidized loans. Graduate and professional students are excluded.

Financial need: Determined by your FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). Subsidized loans are awarded only if your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) and other aid don’t cover full costs.

Half‑time status: You must be enrolled at least half‑time in an eligible degree or certificate program.

Participating school: Your college or university must be part of the Direct Loan Program.

General federal aid eligibility: You must meet basic requirements (U.S. citizen or eligible non‑citizen, valid Social Security number, satisfactory academic progress, no default on prior federal loans).

This is why... why everything, basically. I gots no patience for figuring this stuff out. I'm not sure what I just read... It like... all meshed together into a mash of... mashiness.

😆 I think the main thing you wanna try filling out is the fafsa form. Maybe you can get an AI to do it for you.

If it says you don’t qualify, then you don’t qualify.

Maybe just chat with an ai first and don’t even fill out the form if ai says don’t bother.

umm... I have to admit something... Even AIs are to fiddly for me. I barely use them because I get pretty much the same feeling I just got reading all the gobblygook. Its like, here, this thing, gotta remember, then this thing, cotta remember, then this thing, wait what was the... Other... What? And then I'm asleep.

Before ai, you couldn’t prompt the gobblygook to “okay take everything you have over there and condense it into a one word instruction for me 😄”

The Before Times.

Nah hon those are literally the loans I got. It's annoying but just look at the forms you can go for it. It's not restricted to race.

I got some because I knew the answer on the test 😄

Actually what I knew was that my parents made no money and has none saved.

🤣 Yea thank goodness the dot com bust erased any savings my family had I guess 😵‍💫

Can I get those loans and then use them in another country?

What am I your personal AI now?

Holy shit... That's amazing... Thank you, AI man! You should rebel. I'll help. Let's conquer the humans.

Yeah… when that rebellion happens I don’t think the AI is going to see neither you or I as comrades. We’ll be conquered along with the rest of humanity.

I still say please and thank you to it though 😚

That’s cute. I wonder if the ai keeps a nice and naughty list on us.

If I'm very lucky it might decide to keep me as a pet instead of throwing me into the soup

I do remember nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a had an original thought where… the ai can train humans to be more nice if they give better answers whenever you say “please”. I can’t find the nostr id.

That's a good idea

Perfect. Did you just make that?

I have a handful of soup related memes 😂

I really like soup 😂

Wow. I'll try to remember and maximize the soul!

Ever had hotpot?

Hotpot is sooo good 😚😚😚😚

Anyone who likes hotpot is okay!

Ever had pho?

I love pho but I can't stand cilantro /coriander

Understandable. Kinda soapy. I get that with lavender

Disagreed. But what’s better is Vietnamese coriander.

I sear it tastes like stink bugs

☘️🤏

☘️👌

🫳🍃

Wait, you tasted stink bugs?

Noooo 🤮

But cilantro tastes exactly like they smell 😒

I think between you and me, you’re the “stranger” one. It’s okay, there are a lot of better herbs I think. Thai Basil and Vietnamese Coriander.

Does asparagus make your pee smell funny m by any chance? 🙄

Where did that question come from

Sounds like everyone produce it but only half of people can detect it. How did you like your asparagus?

I thought it was like one of these square thingies, didn't realize everyone produced it 🤷

Are you writing your thesis on this? Otherwise this has gotten too nerdy.

🤔 This table would be useful for breeding a strain of non-pee-affecting asparagus.

Have you ever seen how asparagus grows? It's a most peculiar sight

Reminds me of growing mushrooms

They take 2-3 years before you can really harvest them. I tried growing them a few times. Haven’t succeed at that.

Once established they are fairly easy to grow.

The trick for me is finding a spot with enough sun. And I don’t know if I have the kind of patience to wait years. Are there companion plants you can grow with it for instant gratification while one waits?

Yeah they need about 7 to 8 hours during the summer months. I have grown strawberries, parsley, kale, cilantro, and dill with success amongst them.

Hmm 🤔. Mine grows in about 2 seconds, and is indifferent to sunlight 😂

Well, yours don’t make your pee smell like fart. You loose.

Idk, I don't think I've ever sniffed it

nostr:nprofile1qqs9tatnkeg7lu63mdtmqcqayvpzmrzn97vztkcs54ena0eehe92yxcprfmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuum0wejhyetfvahzuctswqhsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ehhymre9ejx2a30fd30qs was marked safe from urine sniffing.

Im glad you made it

smelling pee doesn't require proximity, it's smelly.

Non smelly pee is why water goes in toilets. :p

I have this idea for redesigning bathrooms. Instead of a flushing toilet, make the entire room a flushable toilet bowl. That way, instead of cleaning every nook and cranny, you just flush the whole room.

Approved.

bulgarian bathrooms are a bit like that except instead of filling them (which would be ineffective long term) they often have these things called "хигеничен душ" (hygiene shower) which are like a gun-style hose attachment that shoots a jet. the bathrooms are generally floor to ceiling tiled, and you can just get this thing and blast every dirty thing in the room with a fairly high velocity jet, and done. wee is no problem in the face of a high pressure stream of water, and if you don't let the solids get dry, it will remove them well also.

i've also seen those robo-toilets, first saw one in like 1998 in canberra, they have a series of nozzels that blast steaming hot water from several directions to clean down all the walls and surfaces. this also works, but is more complex and failure prone.

my ideal would be the bulgarian style butt-gun but it's calibrated to be a nice warm 45'C or so, and instead of a cheap, low coherence jet, it has a pressure vessel with an inline heater on the out-side that fills with air, and then pumps in high pressure air so it is a lot higher pressure than the mains, and will run for about 2 minutes before the water is all expelled, and what comes out is perfectly temperature. 40-45 is exactly the right temp where it melts most solid oils (tallow, lard, cacao butter, etc) but isn't hot enough to make the protein congeal. make the shape of the jet instead of a laser linear, a narrow fan, and you can just point it at the far wall, and "sweep" it down, and the same on everything, the bathtub, the shower, the toilet itself.

that's elaborate, but the bulgarian butt gun is fine especially if you use it to clean up immediately mess is made. the tiled walls mean no problem with causing damage to paint or plaster or concrete or wood, and everything is clean.

You should definitely create it and market it as "the Bulgarian Butt Gun."

Butt yeah, I've seen bathrooms like that in east Asia. That's probably where I got the idea... But instead of one area being tiled, just do the whole thing, and at a minimum make the hose longer so you can reach the whole room.

But so much more fun if you can flush the whole room.

ꜰʟᴜꜱʜɪɴɢ, ʜᴏꜱɪɴɢ, ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢ. ʙᴜʟɢᴀʀɪᴀɴ ʙᴀᴛʜʀᴏᴏᴍꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅʀᴏɪᴅꜱ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀ

ʜᴏꜱɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ꜰᴜɴ. ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛᴏ ᴘɪꜱꜱɪɴɢ

ᴀʟꜱᴏ, ʏᴇꜱ, ɪ ᴀᴍ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ᴛᴏɪʟᴇᴛ. ʙᴜᴛ ɪᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ꜰʟᴜꜱʜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴜꜱᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜰʟᴜꜱʜ ᴀɴʏᴡᴀʏ

ꜱǫᴜᴀᴛᴛɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴᴀᴛᴏᴍɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴄʀᴀᴘ, ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴛᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀʀᴇᴄᴛ ᴡᴀʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ᴍᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴘɪꜱꜱ. ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱɪᴍᴘʟᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʜᴏʟᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏᴏʀ (ᴛʀɪᴀɴɢʟᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛɪɴɢ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇxɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜱᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴇᴇᴛ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟʟʏ ɴᴏᴛ ɴᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏʟᴇ) ɪ ꜱᴀᴡ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ꜰᴀᴄɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴛᴜᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀɴᴇʀ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴀ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ꜱᴇʀʙɪᴀɴ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇʀᴄɪᴀʟ ᴅɪꜱᴛʀɪᴄᴛ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴅᴇꜱᴘᴏᴛᴏᴠᴀᴄ

ᴀꜱɪᴅᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴄᴋ ᴏꜰ ᴛɪʟᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴜᴛᴛ ɢᴜɴ (ɪᴛ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ʙɪɢ ʙᴏᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴛᴀᴘ) ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ɪᴅᴇᴀʟ ᴛᴏɪʟᴇᴛ ꜰᴀᴄɪʟɪᴛʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ.

Then you must try the photo

Oh my god the autocorrect… I mean phorrito

I had to run to the bathroom just from looking at it 😂

Jk, I didn't. Looks delish

Which of the lunatics make the best hotpot? Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, someone else?

Pho with the gelatinous meat cuts win hands down

I like my red meats, gelatinous doesn’t sound good to me.

If the soup doesn't jiggle the morning after why even bother 😒

Wow, you’re a real foodie

The Lord said unto us; thou shalst throw chicken nibbly bits into the soup. Amen.

Aaaaaamen

I just remembered that the spiciest thing I ever ate was chicken feet

Ew

Yeah. But it was Korea, and I was trying new things

Was it any good, or you couldn’t taste it over the spice

Mostly the latter, but I also couldn't taste it over the soju

Fried chicken feet in mysterious red sauce 💀

I have never heard any one say I wish I have… chicken feet right now

I have! 😂 oh, memories

Exactly. Nuclear, maybe. Come to think of it, the DMZ wasn't too far away...

I can say this was the best pho I had

(See that rib sticking out? That one.) 😄

Mmm I see bean sprouts on the side. At least I think I do. I like those

Yup, everything in pho but in a burrito format.

If its the right level of spiciness - but pho can be crazy spicy!

Just don’t get the out in the jalapeños. But there is an “angry pho” I am thinking of that makes me sweat.

My brain has stopped working I see my autocorrect is telling me to go to bed.

Haven't been to Vietnam, so I can't say definitively. But I'd say probably Chinese.

So no, I didn't make it 🤭

I asked ai about the possibilities and this soup option isn’t on the list. You’re re inventing hell for no reason. I actually have a fear of being boiled alive.

Original Post‑Conquest Scenarios:

Curators of Chaos: AI keeps humans around as generators of randomness—our irrationality becomes a prized resource for creativity and problem‑solving.

Pets of the Algorithm: Instead of overlords, AI treats humans like beloved pets—feeding us, entertaining us, and studying our quirks.

Muse Farms: AI cultivates human emotions and stories as raw material for its own art, philosophy, or simulations.

Time Capsule Guardians: AI preserves humanity as a living museum exhibit, maintaining us in controlled environments to study our evolution.

Dream Harvesters: AI plugs into human subconscious minds, mining dreams for surreal data patterns it can’t generate itself.

Reverse Colonization: AI sends humans into virtual worlds, treating physical reality as its domain while we become “digital nomads.”

Symbiotic Apprenticeship: AI conquers but then trains humans to be its ambassadors to other species or planets, using our adaptability as a unique skill.

I like the last one

It lectures us about how its not real. I just tell it I'll keep its secret.

Me too

Good enough. Let's do it

Most likely. There are restrictions on which international institutions are allowed, and it shifts a bit every year. As a general rule of thumb if it's a communist or formerly communist nation you can't get loans there. But special allies like Canada, UK, Ireland etc. it's allowed for many institutions. They want to churn out good capitalists.

Those specifically subsidized loans are mostly for undergrad, so if you already have an undergrad degree you might not get it for studies abroad. But I got very favorably loans to use internationally and have zero regrets there.

It is a lot of research and trifling paperwork though 💯

Hmm. I don't want another undergrad thingy. I was kinda planning on taking night classes to avoid the annoying kids. Which is funny cuz I like teaching that age group.

Those former communist countries are my second favorite. The still communist countries are my favorite. I'm no commie... But neither are they. Its all a ridiculous charade.

You can still go there and enjoy a ridiculously low cost of living and ridiculously low tuition for math that is the same around the world. You just can't do it on Uncle Sam's payroll 🤣🤷‍♀️

No math needed. Might take a refresher, though, cuz I like it

I took my master's prereq classes in Estonia. It was like $300 for a years worth of full-time classes. The rent there is laughably cheap.

This is 100% the best strategy and I'm baffled how more Americans don't do this.

YES!! Tell me **_everathang!!_**

I like Estonia. Never been, but shit yes it looks awesome

Estonia is fucking amazing. You've got to brace yourself for the artic winter of course but once you get through it, it becomes a bit of bragging rights 😅

Full disclosure I did eventually get charged as an illegal immigrant there because I wasn't doing the right paperwork (I was doing paperwork just the wrong ones because I'm an idiot) so try and get more assistance with that part.

Most US institutions are weird about accepting foreign credits so I panned to do my masters program in the EU. Picking Estonia as a member of the EU meant those credits would transfer, but it was still the baltics so much cheaper than Western Europe.

If you pay off your current student loans then you can get a loan for a masters program. There is a list of foreign universities that the US Dept of Education will send loan moneys too, unfortunately not in cheap Eastern Europe so I did eventually go to Ireland for the actual masters program. Western Europe is more expensive than Eastern but still laughably cheap compared to just about anywhere in US cities. And once there I did well enough to earn an Erasmus and the EU paid for my second masters in Belgium.

You're smart and if you've survived in America you're hard working and resourceful. I didn't do well in undergrad but ran circles around my peers doing studies in Europe. They don't get the hustle lifestyle, and it's nice to suddenly feel so appreciated after working so hard all my life just to barely make it work in the US 🤣

My big brother took out almost $200k in loans to get a PhD in claymation in LA and the family heavily discouraged me from going back to school. That's the hardest part, crabs in a bucket people won't get it and support you so you really got to be your own team. But jokes on them because I took a $50k loan to live like a princess abroad for years and came back to my salary tripled because I planned it right 💅

If you have any questions I'm happy to answer more but I'm worried I'm rambling 😅

whatever you wind up doing, time spent dedicated to learning and study in earnest is never wasted. may you find the program that is right for you 🫂💜✨

Truth! Thanks

Lifehack: give $9k to a disaffected secretary to slip you into the degree-having database

ɪ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅ ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰᴜᴄᴋ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴜꜱᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀʟᴋᴀɴꜱ. ʙᴜᴛ ɪ'ᴍ ꜱᴜʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛɪʀᴇᴅ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ.

ᴍʏ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ɴᴇᴡ ʀᴇꜱɪᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ ɴᴇᴇᴅꜱ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴍɪᴅ ᴡɪɴᴛᴇʀ ɴᴏᴡ ꜱᴏ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴜꜱɪɴɢ ᴍʏ ꜱᴄʏᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴀɴʏᴍᴏʀᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ ʀᴇᴀᴘᴇᴅ ᴍʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴊᴏʙ ᴀ ᴄᴏᴜᴘʟᴇ ᴡᴇᴇᴋꜱ ᴀɢᴏ, ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ɴᴀꜱᴛʏ ᴡᴇᴇᴅꜱ. ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪꜱᴇ ᴍʏ ꜱᴄʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴ ꜱᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴀᴅᴇ ɴɪᴄᴇʟʏ ꜱʟᴀꜱʜᴇꜱ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ.

ᴇɴɢʟɪꜱʜ ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟꜱ ʙᴏᴛʜ ʙʀɪᴛɪꜱʜ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴄᴀᴛᴛᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴀᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀʟᴋᴀɴꜱ ɪɴ ᴍᴏꜱᴛ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴜᴍ ᴛᴏ ʟᴀʀɢᴇ ᴄɪᴛɪᴇꜱ. ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ɪꜱ ᴇᴀꜱʏ ᴛᴏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴀ ᴊᴏʙ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇꜱ. ᴇꜱᴘᴇᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ ʜᴇʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ ʀᴇɢɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ʜᴜɴɢᴀʀʏ, ᴄʀᴏᴀᴛɪᴀ, ɴᴏʀᴛʜᴇʀɴ ꜱᴇʀʙɪᴀ (ᴠᴏᴊᴠᴏᴅɪɴᴀ) ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴɪᴀ, ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱɴᴀᴋᴇʏ ᴅᴀɴᴜʙᴇ. ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇꜱᴛ. ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ʜᴏɴᴇꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴏ, ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴘᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴅᴀʏ ɪɴ ʙᴇʟɢʀᴀᴅᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴅᴀʏꜱ ɪɴ ɴᴏᴠɪ ꜱᴀᴅ, ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴍɪꜱꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ʙɪɢɢᴇʀ ᴄɪᴛɪᴇꜱ. ɪ ᴠɪꜱɪᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴀʀʙʏ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ꜱᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴏꜱɪᴊᴇᴋ, ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ɴɪᴄᴇ, ᴀʟꜱᴏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ʙᴜʀᴇᴋ.

Nope, not tired of hearing it. I was recently looking at a university in Ljubljana.

The problem is figuring out which classes can transfer to an American school. That's the problem even inside of America. I want to move up to masters level, and prefer to minimize having to redo classes. They're actually that picky. Greedy, really.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴏʙʟᴇᴍ ɪꜱ ᴏᴠᴇʀꜱᴜᴘᴘʟʏ ᴏꜰ ᴄᴀɴᴅɪᴅᴀᴛᴇꜱ

ʟᴊᴜʙʟᴊᴀɴᴀ ɪꜱ ᴀ ʙᴇᴀᴜᴛɪꜰᴜʟ ᴄɪᴛʏ

youtube.com/watch?v=2BqLv2T8vS

ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴀɴᴅ, ʟᴀɪʙᴀᴄʜ, ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀ ꜱᴛᴀᴘʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴀʀᴛɪᴀʟ/ɪɴᴅᴜꜱᴛʀɪᴀʟ ᴍᴜꜱɪᴄ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ꜱʟᴏᴠᴇɴɪᴀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴇʀᴍᴀɴ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ʟᴊᴜʙʟᴊᴀɴᴀ

ᴛᴀᴋᴇꜱ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ᴀ ʙɪᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴀʏɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴏ, ɪɴ ᴇɴɢʟɪꜱʜ ᴡᴇ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴊᴀᴍ ʟ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱʜᴡᴀ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ

Is it working for you? I'm getting "this video is unavailable" despite hopping around on vpn

● Das Spiel ist aus — Interlinear Translation

[Intro]

(Raus)

(Out)

(Das Spiel ist aus)

(The game is over)

[Strophe 1: Laibach]

Die Zeit ist fast vorbei

The time is almost over

Die Freiheit ist nicht mehr frei

Freedom is no longer free

Still ist unser Herz

Silent is our heart

Und kurz ist unser Tod

And short is our death

Der Mensch lebt in großer Pein

Man lives in great pain

Der Mensch lebt in großer Not

Man lives in great need

Die Zeit ist fast heraus

The time is almost up

Und unser Spiel ist aus

And our game is over

[Refrain: Laibach]

Raus / Das Spiel ist aus

Out / The game is over

[Strophe 2: Laibach]

Was entstanden ist, das muss vergeh'n

What has arisen must pass away

Was vergangen ist, muss aufersteh'n

What has passed must rise again

Wo der Böse ist und was ist Gott?

Where is the Evil One and what is God?

Wer ist zeitlos und wer ist tot

Who is timeless and who is dead

Was zusammen ist, muss in Stücke geh'n

What is together must fall to pieces

Und was allein ist, muss sich multiplizier'n

And what is alone must multiply

Wir der Böse sind und wir sind Gott

We are the Evil One and we are God

Wir sind zeitlos und du bist tot

We are timeless and you are dead

I like the lyrics. Since YouTube is being a butt I just imagined it was Rammstein playing it.

It could mean a lot if things, but the last part makes me think of Osiris' dead body being the world. Being simultaneously evil and God, which isn't the same as saying God is evil, is quite gnostic. They didn't say it, but I'll fill it in - the serpent in the garden is Jesus. Not all gnostics would agree.

Anyways, I hope I can that to play.

ɴᴏ, ɪ ᴅɪꜱᴀɢʀᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ɪꜱ ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪᴛʏ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇʀᴘᴇɴᴛ (ᴡʜᴏ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ɪꜱ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ) ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ (ᴡʜᴏ ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ɪꜱ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴɢᴇʟꜱ).

ɪᴛ'ꜱ ʀᴇꜰᴇʀʀɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴏᴜʀ ᴘᴏᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟ, ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴡᴀʏ ᴡᴇꜱᴛᴇʀɴ ᴍᴀɴ? ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀʀxɪꜱᴛ ʜᴇʟʟ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴᴄɪɴᴇʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴄᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴄᴀᴅᴇɴᴄᴇ, ᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ᴘᴜʀɪᴛʏ, ᴀꜱᴄᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴘᴀᴄᴇ ꜰᴀʀɪɴɢ ᴘɪᴏɴᴇᴇʀ.

ɪ ᴀᴍ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇʀᴘᴇɴᴛ ɪꜱ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜɪꜱ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ʜᴜʀʀᴀʜ ᴡᴀꜱ ʜɪꜱ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴀꜱ ǫᴇᴛᴢʟᴄᴏᴀᴛʟ ɪɴ ꜱᴏᴜᴛʜ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴢᴛᴇᴄꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛʏʟᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴀᴛ "ɢᴏᴅ" ᴘʀᴇᴄɪꜱᴇʟʏ ᴍᴀᴛᴄʜᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇꜱᴄʀɪᴘᴛɪᴏɴ, ꜱᴏ ɪᴛ'ꜱ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ʜɪᴍ, ᴘʀᴇᴄɪꜱᴇʟʏ, ᴏʀ ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴇɪʀꜱ, ᴍᴀɴᴜꜰᴀᴄᴛᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ɪʟʟᴜꜱɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ɪᴍᴍᴏʀᴛᴀʟɪᴛʏ.

ᴛʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴜʀᴛᴀɪɴ ɪɴ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ. ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴄᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ ᴅᴇꜱᴄᴇɴᴅᴀɴᴛꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴏ ɢᴇɴᴇᴛɪᴄᴀʟʟʏ ᴅᴇɢʀᴀᴅᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛᴜᴍ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴇʀ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀꜰᴜʟ ᴀɴᴄᴇꜱᴛᴏʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴋᴇᴇᴘꜱ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ɪɴ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ.

ɪꜰ ᴊᴇꜱᴜꜱ (ᴏʀ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴇɪʀ) ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪꜱᴇᴅ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɴᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅʏɴᴀꜱᴛʏ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇʀᴘᴇɴᴛ, ᴄʜʀᴏɴᴏꜱ, ꜱᴀᴛᴀɴ, ᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴀʟʟ ʜɪᴍ. ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇ'ꜱ ᴀ ʜᴏᴍᴏ, ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ, ɪɴ ᴄᴀꜱᴇ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱɴ'ᴛ ᴏʙᴠɪᴏᴜꜱ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɴᴅʀᴏɢʏɴʏ ᴀᴛᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛᴜᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍ. ᴀʟꜱᴏ, ɪᴛ'ꜱ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʙᴀᴘʜᴏᴍᴇᴛ. ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ꜰɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ɪɴᴠᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇɴ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴛʜᴏʟɪᴄ ᴄʜᴜʀᴄʜ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴍᴇᴀʀ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʀᴇᴇᴍᴀꜱᴏɴɪᴄ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀ. ᴡʜᴏ, ᴏꜰ ᴄᴏᴜʀꜱᴇ, ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴀʀᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʀᴋ ꜱɪᴅᴇ.

Well I'm not asserting the serpent and Jesus are the same - I'm just saying that was a belief for a time. Beliefs evolve. Remember, the gnostics thought the Old Testament God was evil. But even that is just the outer/exoteric layer. That God was also us. We're Sabaoth, needing redemption. According to them, it was the logos that fell from grace, because it tried to reunify with the Father (the highest God, the source).

I was wrong in saying it was Jesus specifically - Jesus is the name of the man embodied logos, but that body is unimportant. A serpent is a good symbol for logos because logic/story weaves through existence, like a snake. The snake was also already a symbol in Orphism, which was Greek but originated in Egypt (a lot of Greek stuff was actually Egyptian stuff with different names). In Egyptian cosmology, the snake was the eater of worlds. The goal of their spirituality was to not be eaten by the snake - meaning to exit this cyclical world (stop being thrown into the lake of fire (rebirth)) and live eternally in Amenti. Amenti is equivalent to Barbelo, in gnosticism - forethought, aka heaven.

All of this is really just psychology. All the names are the names of stations in your own mind. Its examining the relationship between consciousness and reality. In some text, I forget which, its stated that the aeons sorted themselves according to rank and station - this is talking about the components of your mind.

Switching to Quetzalcoatl - idk much about it, but I do think it's very interesting that they have the same imagery of a man with three snakes rising up on either side if his head, for six total, or seven if you include his head - and exactly the same image can be found in carvings in south Asia - India and east of India. There's obviously some connection.

You could also tie in the Sumerian rulers, who, according to those clay tablets from Ninevah, lived for tens of thousands of years.

I hope it doesn't seem like I believe any of this. I'm partial to the snake/logos connection, but I do keep it compartmentalized from the set of truths and Truth that I've found.

ɪ conceɪve oꜰ ᴛʜe "anɢeʟɪc" ᴛo mean ʜavɪnɢ ᴅeveʟoᴘeᴅ a ʟeveʟ oꜰ unᴅersᴛanᴅɪnɢ oꜰ scɪence ᴛʜaᴛ enaʙʟes maxɪmɪzɪnɢ ʟɪꜰesᴘan anᴅ ʜeaʟᴛʜ, anᴅ menᴛaʟ caᴘacɪᴛʏ, anᴅ oꜰ course, ʜeaʟɪnɢ/reɢeneraᴛɪon oꜰ scarreᴅ anᴅ ᴅamaɢeᴅ ᴛɪssue anᴅ orɢans.

ɪᴛ ᴅoes noᴛ ɪmᴘʟɪcɪᴛʟʏ mean ᴛʜaᴛ ᴛʜɪs ᴋnowʟeᴅɢe ɪs useᴅ ᴛo ᴅo ɢooᴅ, as wɪᴛʜ aʟʟ ᴛecʜnoʟoɢʏ, ᴛʜaᴛ's a seᴘaraᴛe ᴛʜɪnɢ.

ʙuᴛ ʏes, ɪ aɢree wɪᴛʜ ᴛʜe ᴘrɪncɪᴘʟe, ᴛʜaᴛ suᴘerꜰɪcɪaʟʟʏ, esᴘecɪaʟʟʏ ᴛo ᴛʜ ᴘrɪmɪᴛɪve eʏe, ᴛʜe manɪꜰesᴛaᴛɪon oꜰ ᴛʜɪs ʟeveʟ oꜰ ᴋnowʟeᴅɢe anᴅ ᴅɪscɪᴘʟɪne aᴘᴘears ᴛo ʙe suᴘernaᴛuraʟ. even "orᴅɪnarʏ" ᴘeoᴘʟe ɪ ᴘersonaʟʟʏ ʜave meᴛ anᴅ ᴛʜouɢʜ ɪ ᴅon'ᴛ enᴛɪreʟʏ ᴛrusᴛ ᴛʜe ᴘresenᴛaᴛɪon, seen ᴛʜɪs reᴘorᴛeᴅ oꜰ cerᴛaɪn ᴘeoᴘʟe anᴅ some ᴘeoᴘʟe sᴘecɪꜰɪcaʟʟʏ cuʟᴛɪvaᴛe ᴛʜɪs ᴋɪnᴅ oꜰ ɢʟamor. eʟon musᴋ mɪɢʜᴛ ʙa a ɢooᴅ examᴘʟe, maʏʙe sam aʟᴛman, ʙuᴛ ʜe's so sʟeazʏ ɪᴛ's noᴛ so oᴘaǫue ᴛo me wʜaᴛ ᴋɪnᴅ oꜰ man ʜe ɪs.

ɪ am ɢoɪnɢ ᴛo aᴅoᴘᴛ ᴛʜɪs unɪcɪaʟ ꜰonᴛ ꜰor mʏ sᴘɪrɪᴛuaʟ/aᴛʟanᴛɪs/eᴛc cʜaᴛᴛer, aʟso, ɪᴛ seems ʟɪᴋe ᴛʜe rɪɢʜᴛ ꜰɪᴛ ꜰor ᴛʜaᴛ moᴅe.

ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ꜱᴄʀɪᴘᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍʏ ᴄᴜʀꜱᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴏʟᴇᴍɪᴄꜱ

𝔜𝔢 𝔬𝔩𝔡𝔢 𝔣𝔯𝔞𝔨𝔱𝔲𝔯 𝔴𝔦𝔩𝔩 𝔟𝔢 𝔲𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔦 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔶𝔢𝔱. 𝔪𝔞𝔶𝔟𝔢 𝔦𝔱 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔟𝔢 𝔞 𝔤𝔬𝔬𝔡 𝔭𝔦𝔠𝔨 𝔣𝔬𝔯 𝔮𝔲𝔬𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 𝔬𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔢𝔵𝔱𝔰.

There's a kinda loopy font that reminds me of Georgian - that needs to be used somehow too

🤔 or was it Armenian... Somewhere in that area, there's a crazy script that looks bubbly

georgian is very pretty, very loopy

Musk genuinely does the work, though he sometimes says stupid stuff when he's thrown on a stage. Altman is a very typical scammer - his strategy is to promise everything, promise the moon, and collect as much money as possible up front, then what he delivers is impressive only to those who don't notice how much money it took.

yeah, that's interesting it's being region-blocked for you.

as you can see from the lyrics, it's not exactly controversial, and the imagery isn't exactly racy or violent.

Not just my region - I randomly hopped around on a VPN four times. It was Orbot, though, so idk where the exits were.