I am nominally human. But when I look at humanity, and how deplorable and despicable a large part of it is, I donāt really feel part of that species - nor do I particularly want to belong.
Mind if I share a video that instead of existential dread it brought me existentialā¦comfort?
When I first watched it it made me feel, oddly connect and compassionate,
On some level I feel like this is my preferred story to tel myself
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Cute. A bit too religious wishy-washy nonsense for me but cute.
Hereās the video that summarizes mankind for me:
I couldnāt even watch the whole thing, skimmed it
Iāve come to terms with the fact I would go to jail if it meant protecting/defending my dog, right or wrong it is what it is
Someone abandoning their dog? I feel like I could give a CIA sadist spook, a run for his money if I was properly motivatedā¦ animal cruelty is just such a motivation
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Thatās what differentiates us from all the other animals: weāre born innocent, and then in very short order, we become mean, nasty, amoral pieces of work. Itās written in the human genome I think.
The human thing is a complex machine.
Inside our physical body there is traits of our progenitors mainly, but the same way we can find a connection to generations and events from this earthās far past.
I believe the same way, human conscience is somewhat connected to primarily what our physical composition is as a matter of self-awareness.
āI amā or āI likeā to refer to our physical needs. Such as āI like to sleep a lotā, we are describing a chemical unbalance and a physical need for the events that trigger when sleep. But the moment you donāt need to satisfy any basic bio-chemical needs, your mind starts to realize itself into another dimension.
A disconnection from the physical and āmundaneā. Seeing reality for what it is in its core. An insignificant little blue orb floating in endless space with a lot of water and some pieces of land where some animals and āhumansā survive with self imposed imaginary divisions and they spend their lives chasing the accumulation of trade tokens for a ābetter lifeā or āhappinessā before their physical bodies expire.
The mindās root connections. What makes us we donāt belong here. To this place, to this era, to this world, to this reality. The uncertainty of what is true? what is worth? what is? and what should be?. And why all those sheep next to you keep chasing the coins until their last breath.
(ok back to programming cuz this iOS app is not going to finish itself)
And crawling on the planetās face
Some insects, called the human raceā¦
Lost in time, and lost in space,
And meaning.
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Damnā¦ thatās just the one big thing I canāt stand. Grew up with big dogs, they were my brothers (got no human brothers or sisters, soā¦^^) - when I see something like that, it just hurts.
Totally agree on that one. Anyone who tries to harm my (future) dog will have to face me - no matter how funny this may look, even a 1,65m-girl can do some harm when angry enough.
The egg-story above is an interesting view, and it might be a good idea to remind people to be nice to others (simply out of self-interest, in a way), but yeah, for me personally, itās too religious to relate. But if it gives you comfort, everythingās fine, I guess 
Thatās one of the big problems Iāve got with many religions or world views - they focus a lot on the spirit, the mind, whatever, and the body is often something to āovercomeā, just a shell for the spirit, something unimportant and hindering. For me, my body is the source of joy, the only way to connect to the world around, my home - itās something I want to take good care of, I want to celebrate! Not something that distracts my mind from thinking
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proper fan boy.
Many years ago when I was still a kid, our sourly neighbor decided he had enough of our cat crossing his garden to go about his daily patrol around his territory. So he put a small plate of cat food laced with rat poison in his garden.
The cat came back, puked his guts out for hours, and eventually snuffed it. His death was a painful to watch, protracted affair. He didnāt go quietly, let me tell you.
One day, my dad was chatting with the neighbor in question, and mentioned that someone had poisoned our cat. The guy proudly said it was him. āSo what if I want to put poisoned food on my terrace? Your cat had no business eating it. Too bad for him.ā is what he literally said.
I was within earshot. I rushed toward him and headbutted him in his - ample - gut so hard he had to go to the hospital. When he told my dad he was thinking of suing, my dad told him not to push his luck, else he might have a go at him too to make the attorney fees worthwhile.
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Yeah no kidding. Apple must be proud 
I know the way rat poison works - this is such an evil shit, it shouldnāt even be allowed. No animal, not even a rat, should have to die that way.
Thatās an absolutely adequate reaction. For this sentence he said, I might have tried to do some more harmā¦ I just donāt get it that people can get away with poisoning animals or lacing sausages with razorblades and all that stuffā¦ why is it a crime when done to a human and just a minor problem when done to an animal? A human can deserve your anger, an animal most likely notā¦
Exactly. Thatās what I said earlier: humans have the gifts of foresight, understanding and analysis, and do nothing with them to better themselves - quite the contrary. Animals are never guilty of malice: they just do what nature programmed them to do.
I saw that too. I wasnāt gonna call him out on it, although I wanted too. I really just wish we could make him understand what these implants actually are, and what they can really do.
He is gonna get that Spark and be severely disappointed, and we will have to hear about that then on here.
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Thats the duality we all live with. Family, food, love, exploring, learning, achieving goals. They are all worth it as much as any monk life.
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@Backpackingvet Iāve just come to the realization that your nickname is referring to a veterinarian not veteran. Unless Iām wrong then Iāll feel equally as slow.
(I was wrong)
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Nope. Veteran not Veterinarian.
Should have stuck with your gut 
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Damn
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Hey it is okay!
Nailed it.
I am a Veteran, who found a love of Backpacking. I love going on a walk, and just not stopping. Only thing I have to worry about in that moment, is if I have Water, Shelter, and Food. I should go again soon if I can make it work.
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my turn to look sillyā¦
@Ottomagne are you Polish 
by descent
Just asking because of your Wojtek avatar.
Feel free to not answer 
anybody not familiar with Wojtek, it is some interesting history
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