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Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • negativenull@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In 305 CE, Diocletian became the first Roman emperor to abdicate. He also declined multiple requests to come out of retirement, telling his colleagues that he preferred staying at home and growing cabbages to being emperor.

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    • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Didn’t he get the Romans out of some serious jams too, which is why they wanted him back? While effective, I think he has really mixed reviews, and the Praetorians wanted his head on a stick. I might be way off though

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  • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wanna be like Ghandi…

    “My Word Are Backed With Nuclear Weapons”

    🤗

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  • zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If only there was a way to be a non-religious monk.

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    • nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i’m pretty sure a nonreligious monasteary is just a commune

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    • Prime_Minister_Keyes@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I read an interview once with Leonard Cohen, who, as you might remember, became a Buddhist monk. He stated that in the monastery, you’re free to do pretty much anything - in your free time. Listen to rock music, take drugs, no-one cares.
      It’s just that you don’t have any free time because every day is 100% structured.

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    • novibe@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not non-religious, but Buddhists don’t believe in god 🤷‍♂️ it’s something

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      • frezik@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s way more complicated than that. Can depend on the sect, or even the individual. There’s a lot of Buddhist stereotypes that persist from how westerners first reported back about Buddhists to other westerners.

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      • sunbather@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        they dont believe in capital g God but buddhism has plenty of gods for sure

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  • A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Real talk, if my life ever goes real sideways I’d love to be a monk. Just maybe without all the prayer.

    … do I just secretly want to be institutionalized?

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    • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Structure, security, fraternity, simplicity. There’s definitely some appeal there, but maybe there are easier ways to find those things.

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      • NeatoBuilds@mander.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The trick is to get all your bois together and buy a decent plot of land and build homes or a large enough house you can divide up

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      you want a commune with state sponsorship

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    • nicknonya@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      according to the handful of people i’ve heard who got institutionalized, you do not want to be institutionalized

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  • 69420@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    MC Pea Plants

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    • MutilationWave@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tussin

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  • blindbunny@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Make a farm, house people, eat farmed food. Don’t spend money. Work on music and ride motorcycles when I’m not farming.

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  • 4oreman@lemy.lol ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    is this a pope meme?

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    • Babbiorsetto@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No. This is a Mendel meme.

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