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I think it is a pun on God ^_^

>Conservatives were the original environment protectors in the US. Probably politics that drove them away from it. In the current political climate dogmatism is spread pretty evenly.

I like this observation. We should drive them back again though. I think they are not that hard to move if you bring the message in the correct way.

Just like how changing things is not universally good. Let's not get into that discussion ^_^ I am a mixed bag on that anyway, sometimes change is good and sometimes preserving things is better.

Ah, propaganda 101: "If you want to influence your enemy, make sure he/she sympathizes with you". I also read an interesting article about this, that conservatives do care about the environment if you give it the correct emotional cue.

E.g. instead of saying they have to save the environment for the future generation (which perhaps generates a guilty feeling), we want to preserve nature to keep it as it is (which they view as a positive thing, preservation of that which is good), they suddenly gave a lot more money to the cause.

Same here in the Netherlands, conservatives here fight for gay rights. Simply because it is part of our tradition. They also fight with all their might for Black Pete, look it up, because there is the constant blame game being played and they feel that the tradition is attacked. And how much I love the tradition, the current Black Pete has some stereotypes baked in. And am I a nationalist and conservative, a rare breed in my country ^_^

I am curious what happens if there is a positive sound. E.g. tell them to go back to an older tradition, Black Pete as ferocious demon helper of Saint Nikolaas. Would they still oppose change? My guess would be that there is less of an issue then and people will experiment with new image.

Perhaps something to try out locally.

But there are many tea pots orbiting the sun, the path they follow is a bit weird though ^_^

It actually is, well in university it is. Not sure about college.

Developing with users. That is one strategy I am trying out now. But these are internal users.

There is no best way to be honest. Sometimes you just have to say, I am not here today. Or I am not here for two hours. But there can always be outside calls or meetings in between. Sometimes it is worth while to recognize the power users and learn them how to do things themselves. This will pay back eventually.

Also make sure you move enough and have time to reflect. And don't be shy to move things of your back upon others. A lot of people are willing to help.

You can follow some methodology, but in the end they are too inflexible or just not right for your situation. So oh well, just reflect day to day and you will learn the patterns.

E.g. Monday is for me meeting day. People come back from the weekend and have new ideas, so I need to talk with them and integrate it.

Wednesday is usually the day to reflect on how things go and to spew out designs and documentation.

Thursday is helping out users day, I sit with them and help them with their problems. This is very insightful. I make tickets for them and write down their problems. Sometimes we code together.

Friday is relax day, I can build a new feature and present it, people don't like to work on fridays, so I can do some hobbying.

Saturday is for deep serious work, nobody works then, so nobody is bothering you. I have Tuesday free.

But this pattern changes often. Sometimes it is just busy. You just have to ride the storm.

You wonder why the army likes gamers.

Some critical notes, I see some people find my story exciting, but don't take this as a manual. I want to temper things a bit.

I am very, very chaotic. I thrive where inequalities are and think they are necessary, it is a necessary evil, we need them as human race to progress in my view. The people I look up to are for example John Mcaffee, Elon Musk even Trump. And I have mixed sympathies with the BLM movement and the alt-right. I like conflict, I will search actively for it and if I get bored I will create it.

I don't want a static one world government. I want diversity of cultures, different views on things, ideas that smash together. I don't want America to become Europe. I want to enjoy the wonderfully weird Japanese as they are, although I never really will get them or can become them. I like to work with others that are truly different from me, not some mirror of western values. I want people to have a place which they can call their own, which is very different from other places. I want the west to protect itself, but not impose it values on others. That is how I view life and that is what I want.

It is good that I found peace of mind for myself and my environment now. I will stop the therapy session now. This is what I want to write to my fictional friend. I feel sad and happy now. It is weird. :) And I burned another account and I went a bit in overdrive. That happens when I get in touched with the emotional side of things. I find emotions hard. Sorry for the blog post.

I have thought a bit about this. I think the difference is this:

Ketamine leaves you in a space where you are alone, in your own universe. And classical psychedelics lead you to a space where you with others. I haven't done DMT, but I did other psychedelics in high dosages. In the end they are similar in a way.

Another way to see it: I feel dissociatives are more suitable for people who make their own values and psychedelics are more suitable for people who follow external values. I think both positions are valid and needed btw, one is just more dangerous than the other. It is easier to stray.

Classical psychedelics feel strange to me, not unwelcome, but I am in alien territory. But dissociatives feel more like home coming.

EDIT: Or perhaps they pull you to those sides. If I need to associate a term pair to the two, then chaos and order are coming to mind. Chaos is dissociatives, and order is psychedelics. But I might be wrong here, who knows. It is very subjective.

And I think you can do the same trick in Belgium, not sure though. I wanted to be vague to hide my location a bit, but oh well.

Well, the end is anti-climatic. I haven't become a big shot entrepreneur or anything like some of you guys. That being said, I am happy anyway and the story isn't over.