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RiKD    United States. Sep 03 2018 18:11. Posts 8445

Actually, does anyone have experience with selling comic books?

This is kind of overwhelming me right now.

For example, I have X-Men 2099 #2 and #3 (not #1). #1 I saw was $30 somewhere. Cover price is $1.25. I saw a market price of $3.00. They are not near mint. They have been sitting in a box away from light and heat for like 25 years. Some of them actually have been kept in cases.


bigredhoss   Cook Islands. Sep 03 2018 19:25. Posts 8646

Truck-Crash Life 

RiKD    United States. Sep 03 2018 20:59. Posts 8445

Except I am not a hippie.

What else is there to do? I am not skilled enough in meditation to ordain as a monk and I want no part of the worldly life. I don't want more. I want less. I want to give up more. It's not even that I want to give it up it's just old, boring, unneeded. It has no benefit. It is not useful.


bigredhoss   Cook Islands. Sep 03 2018 21:51. Posts 8646

It wasn't a serious point, I just read that sentence and immediately pictured it on that meme and started laughing. Carry on.

Truck-Crash Life 

Loco   Canada. Sep 03 2018 23:41. Posts 20963


  On September 03 2018 17:11 RiKD wrote:
Actually, does anyone have experience with selling comic books?

This is kind of overwhelming me right now.

For example, I have X-Men 2099 #2 and #3 (not #1). #1 I saw was $30 somewhere. Cover price is $1.25. I saw a market price of $3.00. They are not near mint. They have been sitting in a box away from light and heat for like 25 years. Some of them actually have been kept in cases.



Put them all on ebay as an auction. Let people take care of the valuing for you.


  On September 03 2018 19:59 RiKD wrote:
What else is there to do? I am not skilled enough in meditation to ordain as a monk and I want no part of the worldly life. I don't want more. I want less. I want to give up more. It's not even that I want to give it up it's just old, boring, unneeded. It has no benefit. It is not useful.



"I don't want more" and "I want less" is also not useful. Asking others what there is to do is also not useful; you shouldn't need others to validate your lifestyle choices. And you do want part in the worldly life or else you would have renounced it and its pleasures entirely, including LP.

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccountLast edit: 04/09/2018 00:11

Stroggoz   New Zealand. Sep 04 2018 01:41. Posts 5291


  On September 02 2018 14:25 RiKD wrote:
Just get that money right hiems. Just get that conglomeration of material things right hiems. Then maybe that "hot" bartender will look your way. Man, if I could just get to $80,000/yr+ my life would be so great. Man, if I could just get to $120,000/yr+ my life would be so great. Go listen to some rap music and get the fuck out of here.



Isn't that basically what you were about. You made a blog post about buying expensive shoes just for the status symbol. I don't think many people on LP are obsessing over money for status apart from you, but you seem to be wanting to give up the 'worldly life' at the same time, i guess you want a different environment where that materialistic drive can't manifest itself?

One of 3 non decent human beings on a site of 5 people with between 2-3 decent human beings 

Loco   Canada. Sep 04 2018 02:47. Posts 20963

A man lives in a moldy house. He doesn't want to move out of this house, but he keeps getting sick. He doesn't want to get sick either, but he's not at the point where his sickness is enough for him to make the choice to move out.

Rik is dealing with such a situation of competing interests. The way that he chooses to deal with it is by talking about it (repeatedly) and by trying to help people (the "spirit of the sponsor" that was beaten into him in AA over many years). I believe it is through this process that he validates himself into making decisions and that which helps most in maintaining those that he has made in the past and which matter a whole lot to him, e.g. not drinking; not buying stupid fashion shit. I've said in the past that this turned him into a freakshow, and of course he will get the usual comments from passerbys that make this evident, but he needs it for lack of a better alternative.

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccountLast edit: 04/09/2018 04:44

RiKD    United States. Sep 04 2018 03:13. Posts 8445


  On September 03 2018 22:41 Loco wrote:
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Put them all on ebay as an auction. Let people take care of the valuing for you.


  On September 03 2018 19:59 RiKD wrote:
What else is there to do? I am not skilled enough in meditation to ordain as a monk and I want no part of the worldly life. I don't want more. I want less. I want to give up more. It's not even that I want to give it up it's just old, boring, unneeded. It has no benefit. It is not useful.



"I don't want more" and "I want less" is also not useful. Asking others what there is to do is also not useful; you shouldn't need others to validate your lifestyle choices. And you do want part in the worldly life or else you would have renounced it and its pleasures entirely, including LP.


Ebay is a good idea. Thank you. That option might appear obvious but I've never used Ebay in my life. Either way these things have been sitting around for over 25 years and I could use the cash.


Ok. So, there are parts of worldly life I am still attached to. It takes time. It hasn't made sense for me to drop LP yet even if most signs are screaming that it should have been dropped a long time ago. I am addicted. I should be more mindful when using this site. It's not easy to renounce the worldly life and all its pleasures entirely like the snap of a finger. It doesn't work that way. I will either get bored of LP or I won't. I would imagine doing something useful like auctioning all my comic books will be more interesting but maybe not. "What else is there to do?" was rhetorical more than anything. I am also curious what some of these guys think is a useful life.

You know, I've said I've taken refuge in the 3 jewels but I haven't exactly. I question the Buddha's teachings in a lot of areas. I question the Dhamma and I don't have a Sangha. Does it hurt my practice and learning? Most certainly but that's the way it is right now.


RiKD    United States. Sep 04 2018 03:29. Posts 8445


  On September 04 2018 00:41 Stroggoz wrote:
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Isn't that basically what you were about. You made a blog post about buying expensive shoes just for the status symbol. I don't think many people on LP are obsessing over money for status apart from you, but you seem to be wanting to give up the 'worldly life' at the same time, i guess you want a different environment where that materialistic drive can't manifest itself?


Yes, post quoted was exactly what I was about. It is almost as if I was writing it to 2005 me or 2010 me. I actually think I got dumber. 2005 me wanted freedom and experiences. 2010 me wanted the material things and status.

I don't think I've really been obsessing about status on here for a while. I am for the most part content to live with my parents, learn, meditate, and not have sex with any women. I don't think I am endearing myself to the "popular" crowd with those sentiments. I am trying to make the least amount and work the least amount possible to cover bare necessities. The materialistic drive hasn't been there. I can drive down Consumer Avenue as if it were a country road albeit I could be slightly annoyed and agitated by it all. I have a dream of living in a hut in a small Himalayan village but that is kind of ridiculous for a number of reasons. I don't think there is anywhere in the USA I could really go. Well, there are some better places. I am really not in a bad spot to be honest. I dislike the fact that I am still entwined with a corporation and other worldly things (like LP among many other).


RiKD    United States. Sep 04 2018 03:39. Posts 8445


  On September 04 2018 01:47 Loco wrote:
A man lives a moldy house. He doesn't want to move out of this house, but he keeps getting sick. He doesn't want to get sick either, but he's not at the point where his sickness is enough for him to make the choice to move out.

Rik is dealing with such a situation of competing interests. The way that he chooses to deal with it is by talking about it (repeatedly) and by trying to help people (the "spirit of the sponsor" that was beaten into him in AA over many years). I believe it is through this process that he validates himself into making decisions and that which helps most in maintaining those that he has made in the past and which matter a whole lot to him, e.g. not drinking; not buying stupid fashion shit. I've said in the past that this turned him into a freakshow, and of course he will get the usual comments from passerbys that make this evident, but he needs it for lack of a better alternative.



Well, so, I am a bit of a freakshow. *shrug*


hiems   United States. Sep 04 2018 08:30. Posts 2979


  On September 04 2018 02:39 RiKD wrote:
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Well, so, I am a bit of a freakshow. *shrug*


I think I've said this before but I think this is nonsense.

I beat Loco!!! [img]https://i.imgur.com/wkwWj2d.png[/img] 

RiKD    United States. Sep 05 2018 01:17. Posts 8445


  On September 04 2018 01:47 Loco wrote:
A man lives in a moldy house. He doesn't want to move out of this house, but he keeps getting sick. He doesn't want to get sick either, but he's not at the point where his sickness is enough for him to make the choice to move out.

Rik is dealing with such a situation of competing interests. The way that he chooses to deal with it is by talking about it (repeatedly) and by trying to help people (the "spirit of the sponsor" that was beaten into him in AA over many years). I believe it is through this process that he validates himself into making decisions and that which helps most in maintaining those that he has made in the past and which matter a whole lot to him, e.g. not drinking; not buying stupid fashion shit. I've said in the past that this turned him into a freakshow, and of course he will get the usual comments from passerbys that make this evident, but he needs it for lack of a better alternative.



You are a freakshow too you just don't take selfies and advertise (wisely).

You are also selfish wanting enlightenment only for yourself.

"The spirit of the sponsor" (L'esprit de vieux crocodile) still whispers to me that is for sure but it is drifting away like many things. "The Way of the Bodhisattva" and altruism is still with me however.


RiKD    United States. Sep 05 2018 01:18. Posts 8445


  On September 04 2018 07:30 hiems wrote:
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I think I've said this before but I think this is nonsense.



I don't think you've ever said that before. Why is that nonsense?


Loco   Canada. Sep 05 2018 02:58. Posts 20963


  On September 05 2018 00:17 RiKD wrote:
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You are a freakshow too you just don't take selfies and advertise (wisely).

You are also selfish wanting enlightenment only for yourself.

"The spirit of the sponsor" (L'esprit de vieux crocodile) still whispers to me that is for sure but it is drifting away like many things. "The Way of the Bodhisattva" and altruism is still with me however.


That's contradictory... A freakshow is by definition public.

This is an old, arrogant criticism from Mahayana Buddhists that has no credence whatsoever. It doesn't even make sense at face value. You can't help others become enlightened without having had the experience yourself. It's the blind leading the blind. And the only way to believe in the Mahayana Bodhissatva ideal is to have a firm, unshakeable belief in rebirth. This is not a consistent position for a secular novice to hold.

2:50 in this video: https://youtu.be/Exb-9vO1FF8

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccountLast edit: 05/09/2018 03:08

RiKD    United States. Sep 05 2018 15:19. Posts 8445


  On September 05 2018 01:58 Loco wrote:
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That's contradictory... A freakshow is by definition public.

This is an old, arrogant criticism from Mahayana Buddhists that has no credence whatsoever. It doesn't even make sense at face value. You can't help others become enlightened without having had the experience yourself. It's the blind leading the blind. And the only way to believe in the Mahayana Bodhissatva ideal is to have a firm, unshakeable belief in rebirth. This is not a consistent position for a secular novice to hold.

2:50 in this video: https://youtu.be/Exb-9vO1FF8



True. So, you are not a show but you are a freak.

I can believe that the ultimate goal is to reach enlightenment to enlighten others. I don't believe I can enlighten others currently. I can help others in certain situations. I no longer drive down to treatment centers and detoxes to find new AA recruits but I heard my friend was moving and I can offer to help him move. Do you believe in loving-kindness meditation or Tonglen meditation?

That was a good video. Thank you.


Loco   Canada. Sep 05 2018 22:01. Posts 20963

freak

informal

behave or cause to behave in a wild and irrational way, typically because of the effects of extreme emotion, mental illness, or drugs.

eh, that's very far from describing my behavior accurately. I'm a marginal type but I've always been very grounded/emotionally stable.

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccountLast edit: 06/09/2018 00:43

RiKD    United States. Sep 05 2018 23:24. Posts 8445

That's not the definition I was thinking of.

someone with something strikingly unusual about their appearance or behavior

Your appearance is not unusual. Your behavior is unordinary. Perhaps I have misspoken as your "freakness" may just be unusual and not unusually unusual. I have never known of anyone like you in my life so that is quite rare or unusual. Unusually unusual may be appropriate. So, freak may apply.

The definition you pulled up looks more common as a verb. To freak out. To freak.

Even as a noun I don't think I've posted anything on here or really done anything due to extreme emotion in a while. I haven't had any manic episodes while living in my current city. I haven't done drugs for 4 years.


Loco   Canada. Sep 06 2018 00:09. Posts 20963

I prefer the word deviant myself. Non-conformist works as well. When I think of a freak, I think of someone who stands out. I don't stand out, I'm very self-effacing/reclusive. It's only when someone gets to know how I see things that they realize I'm quite unusual. Hopefully in a good way.

These blogs are kind of outpourings. They're extreme in themselves. Even though you may try to show restraint, there are strong emotions associated with the compulsion to say the things you say, especially with the frequency that you have been saying them. Of course what makes it qualify as a freakshow is the social environment surrounding it (a gambling website). If this was a recovery from addiction website, you wouldn't be standing out at all (or not much).

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccountLast edit: 06/09/2018 03:26

RiKD    United States. Sep 06 2018 01:09. Posts 8445

Yes, of course, those are better words. I was just trying to throw an igualmente back at you when you called me a freak.

I would say you are unusual in a good way. I just pictured you having some tea with some hypocritical Christian, Southern frat boy from the local college. LOL.


Loco   Canada. Sep 06 2018 03:46. Posts 20963

I didn't call you a freak. I'm using "freakshow" as a metaphor. And it's as much about you as it is about the people who follow/criticize/mock you. It's a dynamic that reminds me of a freakshow; someone who stands out and appears bizarre or troubled, and a crowd that simply cannot help themselves but look closely and judge. The best example of that is actually hiems, who once criticized you for having a blog here that is simply too tempting to ignore, putting forth an analogy like "you're like a heckler in a public park" (which I think is a fairly bad analogy). He was essentially saying that you are an attraction that perturbs him and if you could only just disappear then the environment would be much more tranquil. Obviously the difference is that people paid money for freakshows and took considerably more pleasure in their aversions to the freaks. Here it seems like you mostly just annoy the passerbys. Like they aren't getting their money's worth. But you can be sure there are people who visit your blog and find pleasure in being seemingly better off than you are (schadenfreude) and that's probably their main motivation to visit it (next to escaping boredom).

fuck I should just sell some of my Pokemon cards, if no one stakes that is what I will have to do - lostaccountLast edit: 06/09/2018 04:03

 
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