Don’t threaten me with a good time.

Meanwhile, the silent majority of vegans:

Would like an easy way to remember.

• mnt = mount
• opt = optional ?
• etc = etcetera ?
• proc = process ?
• srv = server ?
• var = variable ?

“A few year away”

Lol, have you tried searching for a “how to” article in the past five years?

Oh no, you’re going to make me be that guy lol.

Ricing comes from “rice cooker”, meaning a Japanese car. The term is so far removed from any racial implications now, that some people say RICE means “Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancements”, though it’s just an excuse where one need not exist.

I regularly see people brigade for others to stop saying it, even though the word now exists on its own. People treat it like it’s comparable to something like the Washington “Redskins”, it isn’t.

“Ricing”

Uh oh, you said the forbidden word. Won’t be long until everyone in this thread is “informed”.

What you’re referring to as GNUI, is in fact GNUI/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNUI plus Linux.

Did you just say GUI?

More like ewwwie.

Me, a sick fuck, who likes a quick fuck:

/etc/moron-syntax/I\ write\ like\ a\ gay\ fish\ \(\Kanye\)\

That’s why camelcase starts with a lower letter. If you’re using a good terminal+shell setup then it’ll be irrelevant most of the time.

YOU’RE literally technically correct.

I have the privilege of knowing someone from my early childhood years who has too much money.

He showed me a picture of some multimillionaire dickhead he knows, who uses a slate of ancient polished obsidian for nothing other than his coke plate.

Fairly standard Monday grog bog by my estimation.

Speed reading is a curse sometimes. For a moment I thought he said “I can’t believe I was in love with a chink”.

Did I say curse? I meant blessing.

How old?

Because of you mentioned sleep-focused meditation, I’m think you aren’t referring to mindfulness meditation.

Maybe you’ve been practising some kind of Zen-Bhuddist meditation, I’m not sure, I’ve only ever spent time practising Mindfulness and Loving Kindness.

Also, maybe we’ve got different definitions of flow state.

What I’m referring to is the feeling of having completely immersed yourself in an activity, to the point where you aren’t verbalising thoughts.

Being anxious during a flow state is a bit of a paradox, as anxiety is a symptom of complex thinking, which is what mindfulness aims to alleviate.

Finally, an OS to rival HannahMontannaOS

This is a very common perspective for beginners.

There are a few things worth unpacking here.

1. You’ve set yourself a goal, which is antithetical to the nature of meditation.

2. The goal (which is besides the point) you’ve set is totally unrealistic. For a beginner to sit and let their mind become empty is the equivalent of an average person waking up tomorrow and deciding to run a double marathon.

3. One reason meditation is helpful is that we become more efficient at letting go of unhelpful thoughts. Your reason for not wanting to do meditation, is the reason you should do meditation. It’s a catch 22.

If you ever decide to try again, it might be helpful to set some realistic goals, temporarily.

See if you can let your mind become as empty as you can, for a whole second. If that’s easy, try two seconds (this is harder than it sounds, but definitely within the capacity of beginners).

Other goals might be to not hold on to any thought for longer than ten seconds before returning your attention to the breath for the duration of the practice.

If you practice enough, you’ll intuitively understand the goals aren’t important and are just more unhelpful thoughts.

These are all pretty common points of contention for beginners.

Barring extreme cases, like people with psychotic disorders like schizophrenia, I believe meditation is beneficial, and not harmful, for virtually everyone.

I’m certain you’ve experienced a state of flow before and found equanimity in the process.

Meditation at its core is being able to drop back into that experience at your own convenience.