kaxora

joined 1 year ago
[–] kaxora@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, comments seem to be working for me in that way too.

[–] kaxora@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you anyway for taking a look and commenting! It's interesting to hear your perspective, and I'm glad you could at least learn about it as a concept.

[–] kaxora@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I see. That makes sense. Thanks for your perspective!

[–] kaxora@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for your comment. The practice and results may vary from person to person. It's certainly not a miracle cure, but the general finding is that when our bodies are not ejaculating, they are not constantly needing to produce semen which is a very nutrient- and energy-intensive process. As a result, we have more consistent levels of energy and a more stable emotional state.

If you are interested, please check it out!

[–] kaxora@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Sounds good, thanks so much!

[–] kaxora@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That makes sense lol. Thank you for your insight! I appreciate it.

[–] kaxora@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Thank you. Well, it's not something I generally talk about in person (although I know it's likely seen as strange to most), but on Reddit there was enough of a following that there was not much ostracism, so this is a first for me. I was curious if the Lemmy reaction is more representative of the average person's thoughts on the topic.

Just thinking out loud. Thanks for your reply!

 

I recently created a community for the practice of semen retention. It is an ancient practice and has ties to Taoism. For me and others it is largely for the sake of self improvement and spiritual / material progress.

I posted on a new communities forum and the post almost immediately has garnered several downvotes. I'm genuinely confused as to why. The practice is not hurting anyone, nor is it rude or offensive.

[–] kaxora@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

If you don't like it, just downvote and move on. Why is this so upsetting to you?

[–] kaxora@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In my case, the page keeps spinning but the post is not submitted, regardless of reloading the page or waiting for a long time. There was one case where I cut down significantly on the amount of characters in the post and then it posted, but I have been unable to replicate this.

[–] kaxora@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Same. It would be good to fix this

 

I am both trying to submit a post to a community and edit a post I have already made. When clicking "create," the wheel just spins indefinitely, I have waited for over half an hour and there is no change, reloading does nothing. I am able to load communities and make some other posts though (like this one) so it's not an internet issue.

Update: The post edits could only be made by adding a paragraph or two at a time. There's either a hard or soft character limit. I had to add the rest in comments. As far as posting to the community, I couldn't get that to work at all. I messaged the moderator to ask. Maybe it's a permissions issue..

[–] kaxora@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm thinking of doing the same, just waiting on the data download request to go through. I wish I could delete it immediately though..

Same though, I feel this has given me the push I needed to quit Reddit entirely. I'd gotten control over pretty much all other social media so I honestly appreciate this in a way.

[–] kaxora@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I like it this way much more. I never felt comfortable commenting on Reddit, but something about this basic, forum style makes me feel actually comfortable contributing to the conversation. It's a new feeling but really nice! I'm thinking this will help me quit Reddit and spend less time on screens as well. I'm having a hard time figuring out instances etc and how to connect to them, I'm mostly just using this instance and its communities for now. I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually

 

I am anyway trying to reduce my screen time and time on Reddit, and the new changes they're making spurred me to check out Lemmy when I heard about it. I like the simple feel of it and hope that it will create smaller, tighter knitted communities, encourage individual posting (I never posted on Reddit but it feels more acceptable here somehow), and also help to further reduce my screen time.

I'm glad to see there's a Buddhist instance here. I think this may be the first or second post ever on this instance, so for the sake of encouraging conversation I would like to ask those who may see this post:

  1. What sect of Buddhism do you subscribe to? What do you like most about that sect?
  2. What is one way you have incorporated the teachings into your life recently, or one thing you would like to incorporate?

For me:

  1. Tibetan Buddhism (Gelug tradition)
  2. I am trying to be more mindful in everyday life because I don't meditate much at all, and I think mindfulness is the next best thing.

I hope this instance / community grows in the future!

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