REMEMBER WHEN I ASKED YOU how it felt to punish lower enlisted soldiers by making them do pushups? Continue reading “My cathartic exchange over soldier exploitation”
Getting off the hedonic treadmill–words of wisdom from Terence Mckenna
AT EVERY TURN, there seems some incentive drawing me into dissatisfaction from things I want but cannot have. Continue reading “Getting off the hedonic treadmill–words of wisdom from Terence Mckenna”
Cessation as revolutionary—the morbid reality of tobacco-use disparities
I FIND IT FASCINATING that—despite my resolve and the temporal distance between me and my last cigarette—if I think about smoking enough I can still sense a subtle craving beneath the surface of my visceral consciousness. This craving coincides with memories, especially of long-gone relationships, all of which are swift and nostalgic in their transient retrospection.
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