this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2023
0 points (50.0% liked)

DMT Dank Microwave Taco

3 readers
2 users here now

Let’s take a trip on DMT. Welcome to the Dank Microwave Taco or DMT for short. Anything and everything goes in here. Be sure to share your experience on DMT with your friends, family and social media. @WiggleHard bans nothing and exiles nobody (Dont doxx wolfballs users, no posting of porn/nudes or foot fetish material unless it involves political scandals, no ads for sex sites or dating sites; do that on your own time, no solicitation for pyramid scams, no posting job advertisements unless from official job sites, no posts supporting pedophilia, not all love is love) also: (we cannot allow violations of the patriot act concerning how we speak, no calls for violence, suggesting you are personally harming someone ect. These things are not free speech protected by law but actually against the law and could get the website shut down.) (no spam posting, especially spam posting of what could be considered symbols of hate) examples: guy posting nazi flag 5 times in one day, guy posting “whitey is the devil over and over, im going to use my best judgement on this one rule)

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/168902

I've had this idea over a few things, I think sometimes when people do sinful things, that maybe there is something healthy they could do instead

like if someone does drugs to feel good, they could instead maybe exercise and that can make people feel good hormonally and even give a "runner's high" to people (this shouldn't be abused or become an addiction in itself but I think sometimes it could be a beneficial alternative)

So perhaps in this thread we could discuss alternatives to certain things that people do, like sins people commit that could be given some alternative.

For example what do you think about tarot card alternatives? People play with the cards and try to tell people's futures. Could they play a card game instead? I guess the tarot cards were originally used just for card games? Could they play some kind of card game that isn't fortune telling? For some people, it might be best to stop certain activities entirely, so they're not tempted to do the wrong thing.

So tarot alternative ideas?

Ideas of other sins and alternatives?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Lovstuhagen@exploding-heads.com 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I always tell people that chess is a good alternative to video games since it is about keeping the mind sharp and engaging in very thoguhtful, creative play. Yes, I am aware some video games can do that, but people sink thousands of hours into these things without real world application and... without any real skill development that doesn't sharpen the brain.

Yeah, sure, beating Dark Souls 2 is an accomplishment but it lacks the sociality and intellectual rigor of more classic games of the mind like chess.

For example what do you think about tarot card alternatives? People play with the cards and try to tell people’s futures. Could they play a card game instead? I guess the tarot cards were originally used just for card games? Could they play some kind of card game that isn’t fortune telling? For some people, it might be best to stop certain activities entirely, so they’re not tempted to do the wrong thing.

It's kind of an interesting concept - if tarot cards were originally just used for card games, it would be acceptable to literally take them and do taht with them, and in a sense, if it is irritating to people who use the occult to do that... It is worth a lul.

load more comments (2 replies)