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Dork, daydreamer, pessimist, idler, sentientist. "Nothing in the world is inherently compelling."
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Skeleton performing zazen on waves by Maruyama Okyo, 1787.

This reminds me, i've gotta listen to @etvpod.bsky.social podcasts on moral luck at some point.

How it started vs. How it finished....

Starting to feel like like arc of history just bends whichever way it feels like

5000 years of wisdom under our belt and look where we are. Honestly, good luck to the asteroid.

#PhilipLarkin #TheWinterPalace #Poetry #PhilosophicalPessimism

#Sentientism #WildAnimalSuffering #AnimalEthics #PhilosophicalPessimism

Volunteering at my local animal sanctuary. A refuge for sentient beings from the worst vicissitudes of humanity, and the cosmos.

'I Have A Special Plan For This World' by Thomas Ligotti #ThomasLigotti #PhilosophicalPessimism

An interesting intersection between between the writer #ThomasLigotti & #AnimalRights

"The scene shifts moment by moment. People, places, and things appear and disappear. You appeared as others expected but not as you chose. You will dissappear as if you never had been, having taken your turn in this world." --Thomas Ligotti

Taking Pessimism Seriously, by Ian James Kidd #PhilosophicalPessimism daily-philosophy.com/kidd-taking-...

#Poetry #Pessimism #PhilosophicalPessimism

Pretty much the same reasons why I wouldn't want children, myself. #Antinatalism #Childfree #PhilosophicalPessimism

A 'humanely' killed animal is still killed - and that's wrong. #Sentientism #AnimalRights #Vegan #Veganism aeon.co/ideas/a-huma...