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This is a pretty good some up of the difference between things as they appear to be and things as they really are.
(hexbear.net)
I suspect a lot of people have difficulty recognizing that what they believe about the world may not be representative of how the world actually behaves. I certainly do, frequently.
Like with politics, people think they need to go vote and march and stuff to effect change, but if you're willing to accept the idea that there are limits to your ability to perceive the world and your perceptions are misleading, you can pretty reliably go and see that isn't true.
You can also decipher deeper realities like you can basically put whatever you want on flat bread, or that you dadskf;'akse'wfaegqrwt;'lj'a fuck my brain. I'm asd I'm not sure what I was trying to say.
ancient plankton hundreds of millions of years ago died on the sea floor, got stuck between some rocks, turned into oil, and were pumped out of the earth and refined into plastic, just so they could be turned into that shitty "euphori-lock" that can be gotten around by simply flipping the container and cutting a circle in the bottom and going to town with a spoon.
