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hometoursandotherstuff · 3 months

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Welcome to The Flour Tower. It's a 5 story, single family, converted 1910 former grain mill in Bridgeport, Washington. 4bds, 8ba, $945K.

First things, first. It has an elevator, b/c it's so high.

The "Grand Salon," as they call the first floor, houses the shop, garage, green house, half bath, family room & additional kitchen.

There's also a wine room.

The family room is nice. Looks like there's a walk-in freezer there on the left.

The downstairs kitchen and deck on the waterfront.

Very large sun room also on the water.

If you'd rather take the stairs.

This must be the primary suite. It's huge.

The en-suite.

Closet in with the water heater.

Large laundry room.

The main kitchen is big, too.

Down a few stairs is a dining area.

And, on the other side of the kitchen is the formal dining room.

Plus, a formal living room. This house is so large, you can decorate it a lot better.

Spacious pantry.

Perfect views of the Columbia River.

This secondary bedroom is large and it even has a little hair salon.

Ascending to the next level, they've got a TV area on the landing.

There's a separate apt. over the garage.

So, this could be rental income.

A long staircase goes down to a dock on the river.

The river bank property measures .67 acre.

#converted grain mill #mill conversion #unusual property #unique property #houses #house tours #home tour

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iridescentmirrorsgenshin · 2 months

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An analysis of Alhaitham's egoism in relation to Kaveh

(Update: The essay this is taken from is now uploaded! It can be accessed here and here as as a pdf <3)

Max Stirner's anarchist egoism is speculated to be the basis of Alhaitham's personal egoism, therefore I will be drawing upon Stirner's 'The Unique and Its Property' for this analysis.

Property and power are key principles within this philosophy. The egoist recognises himself as an individual, separate from the general collective of “humanity”, in which concepts such as freedom and property are governed to and over the people, for then the individual is not considered as such, rather they are a part of “humanity”, rather than a whole individual (Stirner, 170). This thinking is demonstrated within Alhaitham’s Story Quest, where he dismantles Siraj’s Hivemind by targeting individuals that compromised the Hive and reminding them of their own beliefs and preferences – the individual in themselves is a whole, and is not a “part” of a system (Stirner, 170).

In this, the egoist governs himself by what he owns and what he wants to own: “ownness is my whole essence and existence, it is myself. I am free from what I am rid of, owner of what I have in my power, what I control. I am at all times and under every circumstance my own”(Stirner, 106). This relates to the concept of freedom, which, for an egoist exists according to having the power to be free of something, for example, being freed of hunger, thirst, or societal expectations (Stirner, 105). This is reflected within Alhaitham’s description: “He lives free – free from the searching eyes of ordinary people,” but also extends to the power to own.

As power is considered something which the egoist owns, property then becomes something which the egoist exerts power over, and in this, can property be made use of by the egoist – all the while, the property remains an independent vessel (Stirner, 162). This is seen within Alhaitham’s view on his vision, in that it is “no more than a useful tool”, as it can be used to serve his own needs, and that since it in his possession, he has obtained it with his own power, it makes no difference to check on it as he continues to retain that power.

In this sense then, Alhaitham has constructed his life around this form of egoism, in that anything he wants, he has, such as his job as the Scribe, his house, the interests he pursues, the people he enjoys. In order to maintain this way of life, he will deal with, or be rid of, anything he deems as "harmful".

With this, the egoist seeks satisfaction in themselves through the satisfaction of another. Ownership, in relation to another person, can become love, which like all things the egoist has power over, is ultimately theirs – as in their love for a person (Stirner, 187), which is given willingly by the egoist, for loving a person is done for the satisfaction that love brings: “But I love them with the awareness of egoism; I love them because love makes me happy, I love because love is natural to me, it pleases me,” (186).

In loving another comes sacrifice, which the egoist can give into without compromising himself, as he himself sets the “purchase price of [his love]” (187) according to the happiness attributed to the loved one, as in return, the egoist shall also receive happiness (186). To enjoy someone, in an egoist fashion, is to be able to sacrifice all possessions and ownerships without foregoing the sense of an individual, of “ownness”, as the egoist would then lose his objectivity:

“I can deny myself countless things to heighten his pleasure, and I can risk for him what would be dearest to me without him, my life, my welfare, my freedom. Indeed, it forms my pleasure and happiness to feast on his pleasure and happiness. But me, myself I do not sacrifice to him, but rather remain an egoist and—enjoy him. If I sacrifice to him everything I would keep without my love for him, that is very easy… But if I sacrifice others to one passion, I still do not… sacrifice my particular worth, my ownness. Where this nasty incident occurs, love looks no better than any other passion that I blindly obey.” – The Unique and Its Property, 185

It is relevant to note that just as the egoist receives happiness from a loved one’s pleasure, so does an egoist suffer from a loved one’s despair. Just as the egoist would sacrifice something of their own to provide happiness for a loved one in order to exact their own happiness, so too would an egoist sacrifice something, or act, to eradicate the root problem of a loved one’s misery, as this, in turn, would then resolve their own misery:

“If I see the beloved suffering, I suffer with him, and I find no rest until I’ve tried everything to comfort and cheer him…. It doesn’t follow from this that the same thing causes suffering… his tooth gives him pain, but his pain gives me pain. But because I cannot bear the sorrowful crease on the beloved forehead, therefore, then for my sake, I kiss it away. If I didn’t love this person, he could go right on creasing his forehead, that wouldn’t trouble me; I’m only driving away my troubles. – The Unique and Its Property, 186

The phrasing of “driving away… troubles” is particular to note here, due to similar usages of language used within Alhaitham’s Character Stories, in relation to him acting in accordance with his self-governed rules and serving his own self-interest by: “[acting] on his own will and deals with anything that appears harmful in his eyes”.

Kaveh, however, interprets Alhaitham’s egoism as a detached, pragmatic view of humanity, in which the individual isolates themselves not only as a means of prioritisation, but by elevating oneself over others by refusal to intermingle and to cooperate for the benefit of others. Not only is this a harmful opposition to Kaveh’s view of individuals sharing their knowledge and talent in order to pursue a better society, but due to Kaveh’s experience of Alhaitham’s personal egoism, it is harmful to Kaveh personally. Kaveh refuses to prioritise himself over others because he has seen a negative consequence of egoism, in which he has been “cut to the quick” and it has ended one of the few stable relationships in his life.

By Kaveh seeing Alhaitham’s comment about his altruism as malicious, Alhaitham has elevated himself over Kaveh, since Alhaitham does not have the same struggles as him, and has trivialised Kaveh’s trauma. To Kaveh, Alhaitham’s prioritisation of the self actively harms others as it desensitises the self to the emotions of others. Therefore, Kaveh opposes the egoism which Alhaitham advocates for, since he interprets it through his own lived experience. Hence, by Alhaitham asserting egoism over Kaveh as a means of Kaveh prioritising himself, it only reinforces Kaveh to strive to consider the feelings of others, as well as to not prioritise his own way of thinking if it undermines someone else’s.

In actuality, Alhaitham’s frustrations with Kaveh lie in his belief that Kaveh’s talents are incongruous with his values, and that if Kaveh were to prioritise himself, he would save himself suffering and enable himself to discover his “true self”, unrestricted by others placing labels onto him.

This is a personal frustration which Alhaitham would not compromise himself to assert onto a person he was indifferent to, due to his belief of not getting involved with other’s fates. However, he has been observed to ‘subvert’ his own rules to accommodate Kaveh. Through egoism, it can be seen that rather than ‘subverting’ these rules, Alhaitham adheres to them as an egoist, since he sees Kaveh as his mirror, they offer each other a contrasting perspective he believes they need to have a complete, objective vision of the world.

This is necessary for Alhaitham to consider within his own life, and therefore has extended his house to Kaveh, in order to expand his scope of thinking, and to consider perspectives he otherwise would not entertain. Kaveh’s ideals, his beliefs, and his philosophies explicitly interest Alhaitham, in contradiction with Kaveh believing that Alhaitham is disdainful of his perspectives.

In this way, Alhaitham enjoys Kaveh. He willingly pays for some of Kaveh’s tabs; pays for crates of wine for the two of them; and goes out of his way to pursue interactions with Kaveh. Just as Alhaitham is to Kaveh, Kaveh is an old friend, as unchanged in his beliefs as he was in the past and thus is a constant: “the most unshakable part of one's past is a friend that will never change”’.

Alhaitham strives to act in accordance to his own egoism and therefore assesses what “appears harmful” to him, in relation to these rules, so as to be rid of them. This can be extended to Kaveh, as Kaveh falls under what ‘belongs’ to Alhaitham, in the sense that ownership equates to Alhaitham’s enjoyment.

Alhaitham wants to have Kaveh in his life due to the alternate perspective which Kaveh offers him, thus expanding his horizons and granting him knowledge he otherwise would not obtain. As well as this, Kaveh is seen to be considered part of Alhaitham’s way of life that he wants to protect. In line with Stirner’s egoism, it follows that as Alhaitham enjoys Kaveh, as in, ‘owns’ the contentment Kaveh elicits, he therefore is affected by Kaveh’s self-inflicted grievances. Therefore, Alhaitham sees Kaveh’s altruism at the expense of his own wellbeing as something “harmful” to be dealt with, as this not only causes Kaveh inward misery, but also detriments Kaveh finding his “true self” (Alhaitham Character Story 3), which the egoist pursues above all else.

#i realised i hadn't actually discussed their philosophies in a post so here's an snippet from The Essay #kaveh's altruism is brushed over here but i didn't want this post getting too expansive oops #since their differences are the basis of the essay it's hard to filter that down into one post?#basically i'm aware that this reads as incomplete but i promise there is more where this came from!!!#also im reading that line: the two cannot reach a consensus even to this day #and im going insane because isn't that the resolution of their conflict? to find middle ground?#gee i wonder if that line is thematically crucial to their characters #also kaveh reads page 185 of the unique and its property and fights off a blush before denying everything #can they talk. please. im sick of them #the essay is coming along btw!!! thank you for all your thoughts and encouragement!!#haikaveh #alhaitham #kaveh #kavetham #haikaveh meta #genshin meta

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noneedtofearorhope · 1 year

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“Marge everything is enslaved by fixed ideas. Have you ever sat down and read this thing? Technically the way we close a car door is a spook.”

#max stirner #the ego and its own #the unique and its property #anarchism #anarchy #freeblr #egoism

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dragonseeds · 27 days

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i didn't realize you were such a big fan of rhaegar, he's definitely a controversial figure in the fandom

i would classify myself as a rhaegar enjoyer or understander but sure, yes. that’s my guy, my black hole at the center of the narrative, my story within the story, my darling miserable failure, tristan and lancelot/guinevere and paris/hector and three different romantic heroes crammed into one singular person whose entire life was a chosen one deconstruction saw trap that he could never escape and ending up pulling not only everyone he loved but also the entire continent into with him. grrm simply went off in the character creation with this.

#also because i think it’s funny.#i dont care at all about relating to characters in fiction—that’s not what it’s about for me #however. against my will the two characters in all of the asoiaf-related properties that i most identify with are rhaegar and alicent #because i also had a crazy abusive father who was obsessive with me and extremely controlling #(in alicent’s case it’s father-husbands since she got a two for one special twice)#and who i watched wither away into a husk for years and years while i thought about killing him but never could #so the psychic damage i take from this fandom due to my unique life experiences is off the charts wild #bc they’re as you said both controversial in fandom and with almost zero (0) overlap between people who aren’t annoying abt either one #my blocklist at this point is probably longer than the current draft of twow #like i did not mean for this to happen but here we are #rhaegar targaryen #asoiaf

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the3rddenialist · 9 months

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Purple Adventurine (Property Police Fusion) by @goldenwitherphoenix13

Pale Pyrite (My PP fusion)

Really like Golden Wither Phoenix PP fusion design (they made their before me) and only noticed how similar my ended up being to theirs!!! Didn't mean to but I find it really cool!!!!

#gemcyt #property police #I though wings as arms was a unique concept #found out that the first PP fusion design had already beaten me to that punch #i really thought they were blue arms haha #ig PP fans think alike??#i find this so cool though

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ohsweetsweetie · 9 months

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i love you bounce light i love you ambient occlusion i love you diffuse reflection i love you translucency i love you highlights i love you backlighting i love you subsurface scattering i lo

#sweet text post #light interacting with various materials with unique properties my beloved

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disquiet-doll · 4 months

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genuinely think statements on what kind of gender identity is "more radical" have done a lot of harm

in large part because they mostly serve to pretend people who are very much oppressed (e.g. trans women) somehow aren't because they're "boring"

but also because the phrase itself implies any identity comes with radical politics and

well

if that were true the world would be a very different place

being oppressed just makes you understand you're oppressed, and sometimes not even that

it does not in fact instantly give you knowledge of well developed political theory

at best it makes someone more likely to be a liberal progressive rather than a conservative, because "wants to kill me somewhat less or at least less vocally" is easily understood even within a liberal framework

(<- thinking about this in relation to another thing because i was despairing over black radical politics in the US giving way for "we need more black billionaires" dressed up in radical terminology once again earlier today)

#also because i got annoyed at someone on twitter claiming lenin was anti-semitic for (correctly) believing jewish nationalism was bad #for the exact same reason he believed every other kind of nationalism was bad #(i.e. leading to a belief that the working and property owning class share interests if they're the same ethnicity #which ultimately only serves the interests of the bourgeoisie at the expense of the proletariat)#since acting like that's uniquely bad when aimed at jewish nationalist movements only makes sense #if you assume jews are naturally inclined toward radical politics by virtue of their oppression #but i digress #discourse #i guess

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hometoursandotherstuff · 7 months

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How sweet is this little 1889 train station converted to a home in Barnstead, New Hampshire? 1bd, 1ba, $499.900.

It even has an old caboose on the property. I would have to restore that. The lot size is 4.64acres.

Wow, original wide plank floors and look at that stove. This has some potential.

The little train going around the chimney, the original ticket window, door with mail slot, so much history.

That must be a picture of the caboose. A little sprucing up and this would be so cute.

The lights look original. Love the red sink.

So this would be the main room, a kitchen/living room combo.

The bedroom is small, but having built-in dressers helps.

The bathroom's cute. Has a nice shower.

The platform is now a great deck and it looks like there's a basement that may have possibilities.

Pretty property is on the Suncook River.

This really needs some TLC. It could be a guest house or a rental if it was fixed up.

There are a lot of cool old railroad artifacts around, too.

I'd buy this place in a New York minute.

#historic train station conversion #train station house #houses #house tours #home tour #bungalow #unique property

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chewwytwee · 2 months

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OpenAI and Tumblr aren’t like, besties. Tumblr has always had issues with bots and spam so I don’t think they were exactly stumbling out the door to make a contract with the company that’s been the spearhead of modern day spam.

Tumblr and openAI negotiated the contract, so think for a second about what each company gets out of the deal. You can easily argue that OpenAI wouldn’t want an opt-out option, so you could also argue tumblr was the party behind the option existing. This is all speculation, but it’s just as valid to say ‘The opt-out option was a non-negotiable for tumblr, but OpenAI pressured them into making it opt-out instead of opt-in’ as it is to say ‘Tumblr only included the opt-out option to appease the user base’. People are only making the latter point (and I’d argue are primed to accept it) because all the fear-mongering has made everyone’s knee jerk reaction to AI fear and rage. Oooooo neural nets and weighted graphs Ooooooooooo they’re gonna kill art for real this time for real oooooo all the other panics about automation were wrong but THIS one is real I promise oooooooooooo we need to ‘Kill AI’ just like we had to ‘kill automation’ because technology has gotten too advanced. we need to make computers worse and then everything will get better ooooooooooo

#.txt #sorry I’m kind of just a little mad #there’s ethical questions raised by AI about the place technology has in our lives #but no one is really addressing those issues they’re sidestepping all of them to crucify….. math #AI is one of a billion tools in the machine of capitalism that is meant to grind up and spit out humans for their labor #but yeah AI is the breaking point and definitely worth leaving the site and deleting all your content over #no one can really explain what’s so uniquely evil about ai #they just gesture at the idea of intellectual property theft #and then the rest of their arguments are trying to prove that what AI does is actually intellectual property theft #so at this point we loveeeeee intellectual property law and DMCA should be 10000X more restrictive #yknow…. to protect freelance artists

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dykethang · 21 days

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literally any screening test indicates that it thinks i am Severely Depressed, not even just. moderately. but i don't even feel Depressed. just like. utterly numb. extremely detached from any positive emotion or good feeling like it belongs to someone other than me. there's just a wall or a bubble between me and the rest of the world and that's not really depression to me. just like. me being particularly messed up really

#cat meows #antidepressants... not working. lithium is more for mania bar the suicide reduction properties #i just lay in bed all day with the lights off and the curtains closed and if i feel anything at all it's Bad Feelings #and if i'm not laying in bed i'm napping all day.#i feel like i'm in a daze all the time. like. walking around trapped in a bubble i can't interact with the world through #surely that's not depression and that i'm actually just uniquely fucked up.

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