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		idlewords on Jan 29, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boom XB-1 First Supersonic Flight [video] It's not pessimism to correctly describe reality.

yard2010 on Jan 29, 2025 [–]

There is no such thing as correctly describing reality, the way you describe your reality affects your reality. Reality is mostly perspective.

idlewords on Jan 29, 2025 | [–]

When people say stuff like this I like to test the claim by kicking them in the shin.

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