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 …red wine tho, is v nice to sip on sometimes. 
 i stopped drinking alcohol many, many years ago.  any time i’ve subsequently bought wine or beer, it’s clear that alcohol is pointless.

i stopped consuming coffee daily a year or so ago, even though i absolutely ~LOVE~ the aroma and the depth of taste it adds to chocolate milk. 

& gonna quit weed again.  weed is good for treating v specific problems like insomnia, lack of appetite, pain, etc.  it’s also somewhat nice to relax & chill.

✨🤗 
 I know what you mean.  My chocolate latte’s were such treats in the day!

With alcohol, I just stopped drinking at some point and never missed it.  I can see how it’s relaxing to unwind, but it’s a little different for Asians who don’t metabolize alcohol well. 

In general too though, I’m pretty sure alcohol messed with my sleep quality, and it’s extra, non-nutritious calories to consume, and damages/tires out the body.

Coffee took lots more effort to quit (still drink it occasionally).  But, now I like how my overall energy is actually greater, and I don’t feel worn down later in the day after drinking it.  I also don’t miss that jittery/nervous feeling I’d get sometimes.  And of course, if I drank coffee too late in the day, it too would mess with sleep quality.

I think it’s a big difference, especially when one cuts out many of these things, it adds up.  A few years ago, it would’ve been inconceivable to me to quit espresso drinks.  lol.

Are you thinking about quitting anything?  Try it!  :)

✨🤗 
 31 days no alcohol. 
 how does it feel? 
 moi, zero days no weed since late december.  but in about 60 days, it will be 31 days no weed. 
 thanks for the inspo, jack.  
ugh 😂🤣.  …🫡🙏🤗🫶 
 sad for our country how they are so twisted.  it’s all just a game to them, including harming others, including planning & executing mass murder campaigns.

the bad faith & lying is fun for them; they know it helps to win with their crowds who have no clue… 
 🌊 anyone else automatically get a coupon applied to their Tidal bill today?  ty, Tidal. 😃😂🎵💃🎶 
 My lawyers have just confirmed that Craig Wright has had his final appeal denied by the Supreme C... 
 so nice for you, peter ✨✨✨
💪🥳🖖 
 people often don’t fully comprehend what they themselves say, like any LLM that spits out sentences that contradict. 
 jack, God told me that He’s been telling you to zap me a billion sats but that you keep disobeying Him…? 
 it’s raining rn. 
 we are deep in false=true world 
 our brain cells when opening social media apps:

https://youtu.be/Q3sF0lV4nww?si=SJc2HVZsfPWQ33lQ 
 😁🥳🤩 so totally mesmerizing! 
 That slob Peter McCormick said his conviction in #Bitcoin increased a lot this week bc of the ETF... 
 👋 lol. 
 new official nostr logo just dropped

nostr:note132de3gfngr4c7sf4hd4ss850hd3kndz546hzy8aurv3qmy5x... 
 our brain cells when opening social media apps:

https://youtu.be/Q3sF0lV4nww?si=SJc2HVZsfPWQ33lQ 
 love it. 
cracks me up so much. 
🙏 
 grateful for your infectious smile, Xiaolin
🙏😃😇🥰🤓😎🤩🥳

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone!
✨🙏💪 
 let’s go ✨💪❕🫶🖖🧧✨🥳 
 where is that?  so cool. 
 seems to be an awesome place to be ✍️ writing 😎 
 It’s New Year’s Eve. 
 Literally doing free work for these companies. nostr:note1khfrg0qwewu84qxk5u59dvu3y4rw5czgl4tmst0... 
 the ironies here are painful, jack. 
 This will likely be the last year of damus. Will try my best to make this thing sustainable, but ... 
 Thank you, Will.  Love this app❣️🙏🤗✌️💪 
 Nostrfren-time is the only “adult” time I can fit in between my diaper-changing, play, and ea... 
 ✨🙏✨🤗✨ 
 Some K-drama ingredients:

• magic/fantasy
• mafia drama
• kittens & puppies 
• slow motion shots 
 kitten & puppy essences* 
 🫂 
 🌲⛄️🌲 
 a billion sats is like wut, ten bucks?  i dunno.  have no idea except that 1 bitcoin = 1 bitcoin 
 ✨♥️ Merry Christmas 🌲☃️ 
 haven’t you trolled enough this weekend with your death post, jack⁉️  yeah, we’re all gonna die and time is running out! 
…and now live crickets⁉️  you give us bugs for christmas?!  how about a simple billion-sats-zap for christmas instead, jack⁉️ 🙄 
 in all seriousness…

in classic jack fashion, his post of the gravestones was oh so touching and thought provoking, and i very much appreciate it. 
 dunno tho what the live mailing of crickets is all about.
for the holidays⁉️
wtf, i duuno.  
must be some sort of barefoot junglemen tradition. 
 The brevity of it all

Our time with the future will be left behind 
 i like many parts of his character.  he often does and says things that i absolutely would rather not see, but i do not hate him for unfair or unexplainable reasons as many seem to do.  

and a point to try to make again to all who are prone to being a hater/displaying hate as some sort of badge is that there are so many more people out there who are *actually* hate-worthy who *purposefully*,  *actually* do very bad, harmful, evil things to hundreds, thousands, millions of people. 
 sorry, but i don’t think i’m misinterpreting your sentiments.  since you’re making statements about the guy that are not accurate, it seems like you really dislike him as if he’s a devil.  it’s not accurate to say he censors the masses.  it’s not at all accurate to say that half the plebs here are smarter than the guy.  do you think any single person you’ve come across in your entire real or online life could have built tesla or spacex?  absolutely not.  you have to know a lot about a lot to do what he did with these companies.

it adds to my sadness to think how the guy received so much hate starting from way back, long before all this 𝕏 chaos and pain, etc. the negativity fundamentally changed him & the future will not be as good and bright as it could’ve, would’ve been… 
 do you really wonder how long…?  

…since everyone seems to say it will be pretty soon, almost already here.

& as long as the story (prompting) is high quality, there wouldn’t be a problem with the moving imagery to be good, right? 
 @jack , you reposting this makes me wonder…

if it’s gonna happen, i wonder how long it will take many here on nostr to move from active hatred towards 𝕏 and elon over to active hatred towards meta and zuck.

even tho you’re heavily invested in 𝕏 and believe in elon’s leadership, and even tho many here totally respect and look up to you, one of the main themes w many here on nostr is hating on 𝕏 and its corresponding billionaire.

additional note: automation of decisions is definitely flawed and causes harm to the truth (at least).  but i don’t think that people making these decisions would be much better at this point in time.  honesty does not seem to be a main characteristic to be valued. 
 you got the oligarch part right, but lots of people respect his actually good work with tesla and spacex while separating his personality as a billionaire celebrity from said work.

he most probably doesn’t censor as much as any other media company.

and, all over the world, including in the states, ppl already call him the devil as you pretty much are doing here. 
 i like many parts of his character.  he often does and says things that i absolutely would rather not see, but i do not hate him for unfair or unexplainable reasons as many seem to do.  

and a point to try to make again to all who are prone to being a hater/displaying hate as some sort of badge is that there are so many more people out there who are *actually* hate-worthy who *purposefully*,  *actually* do very bad, harmful, evil things to hundreds, thousands, millions of people. 
 How can I ensure that my relationships become an enduring source of happiness for all involved? 
 yeah, & sociopathic.  lol. 
 @jack , you reposting this makes me wonder…

if it’s gonna happen, i wonder how long it will take many here on nostr to move from active hatred towards 𝕏 and elon over to active hatred towards meta and zuck.

even tho you’re heavily invested in 𝕏 and believe in elon’s leadership, and even tho many here totally respect and look up to you, one of the main themes w many here on nostr is hating on 𝕏 and its corresponding billionaire.

additional note: automation of decisions is definitely flawed and causes harm to the truth (at least).  but i don’t think that people making these decisions would be much better at this point in time.  honesty does not seem to be a main characteristic to be valued. 
 cryptic 
 wut ⁉️

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                         jack ⁉️ 
 Fun 😃 to see Bitcoin in Korean pop culture...makes an appearance in this romcomdramedy for teens.
My Demon (마이 데몬) on Netflix. https://image.nostr.build/d4ef8fc77fd817ad9c3b8b6a7784960496cb0db3dead579654f3fd73f64a8a34.jpg  
 World-famous K-pop band, NewJeans did a song for My Demon, which helped the show find a massive, global audience very quickly.
https://tidal.com/track/330961425 
 wut ⁉️  i don’t care.  sometimes one makes mistakes with one’s words when one is high with narcotics.  drugs induce brain fog and smartlessness❕

what’s  ~ your ~  excuse❔
huh ⁉️ 
 we’re already deep into the zombification 
 Fuck it! I’m drinking tequila until I pass out tonight. 🍹 
 nooooooo❣️ 
 😅

1. 😃
2. ☺️ 
3. 😴 
 would it be accurate to say that the philosophical cornerstone of meta is zuck making facebook while at college to try to meet chicks? 😂

zuck is also now working on a new non-profit ai venture with his wife.  they put out a statement:

“AI is catalyzing scientific discovery into health and disease. 

To accelerate progress, we’re building one of the world’s largest computing systems dedicated to non-profit life science research that we’ll leverage to create predictive models of whole cells.”

——

BUT❕i’m having a hard time reconciling the philosophical cornerstones of these two hugely UNsimilar things.

WhAt aM i mIsSinG⁉️ 
 a lot of the meme-y stuff with zuck is funny.

but i think what he and his wife are doing together is utterly cool and so super awesome.

https://x.com/chanzuckerberg/status/1704139257554587795?s=46&t=S7TTBpVvQLfGmHqiswwXUg 
 * i was also playing off this popular post from yesterday. 

https://damus.io/note1lqeezx98w6hpuhm5yeykku4mjd0ssghupsh986f3r9p2h9j3dcws0cg74v 
 I drink, but don’t get drunk..
I smoke but don’t get stoned..
Morphine is mildly relaxing..
W... 
 sounds rough.  i had a bunch of morphine last week.  totally expected it to be much stronger than what i felt, but it was indeed totally relaxing.  

hope you feel better soon enough…time does wonders, especially with lots of good rest, great nutrition & minimal stress❕💪 
 All we(ladies) want for Christmas is a ‘Men of Nostr’ calendar 😜🔥🎁
In all honesty we... 
 all the jacks should do a poster together for one of the months. 😂 
 all the jacks of nostr should join mallers for a big spread & the month should be called jacktober 🎃