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Title: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: zorkan on February 13, 2024, 04:36:39 PM
Try this one.

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Namaste.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: billy rubin on February 13, 2024, 07:34:20 PM
i knew a woman once who was epileptic. she was in training to be able to mentally raise and lower her heart rate to alleviate symptoms of the seizures.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Asmodean on February 14, 2024, 09:22:16 AM
I don't require ancient Indian healing. My regular hobbies of playing video games and tabletop, reading and otherwise couch-potating... Potatoing? Tatering. :smilenod:

Anyhoo, those there are just fine by me.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: zorkan on February 14, 2024, 11:48:24 AM
Listen to classical music.
Mozart is best for relaxation.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Asmodean on February 14, 2024, 12:10:45 PM
Yep. Playing music, too. Learning a melody is a good way of making some hours disappear.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: zorkan on February 14, 2024, 12:32:55 PM
J.S. Bach is also good.
St Mathew Passion, St John Passion, Easter Oratorio.
Of his cantatas, many are probable lost, but many remain.
Good music was written for churches and no matter if you are an unbeliever.
 
 
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Asmodean on February 14, 2024, 10:13:30 PM
As Tim Minchin put it, "some of those hymns have nice chords, but the lyrics are dodgy."

That said, Dies Irae sounds great, lyrics and all. :smilenod: (I do prefer the musically-modern-ish, yet somehow not-dissimilar O Fortuna myself, but not for the reason of less overtly-religious lyrics - or relative musical modernity for that matter.)

Faith has led to some great art - be it architecture, poetry, painting or music. But then, so have narcotics, I suppose...
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 14, 2024, 10:33:13 PM
Messed up on Jesus instead of narcotics.  :thoughtful:
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Asmodean on February 14, 2024, 10:35:05 PM
Pretty much, yeah.

Me, I'd prefer some good old-fashioned shrooms, I think, as while I detest being thusly impaired, my dislike for religious impairment is far greater.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 15, 2024, 12:10:43 AM
For max chilling, I'm always down for some transcendental masturbation.  :D
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Asmodean on February 15, 2024, 10:05:29 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 15, 2024, 12:10:43 AMFor max chilling, I'm always down for some transcendental masturbation.  :D
:this:

I mean, who isn't? :smilenod:
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Tank on February 15, 2024, 03:20:14 PM
A good book. That is often Terry Pratchett but I've read the Discworld series 4 or 5 times now. Always on the lookout for good quality Space Opera Sci Fi.
 
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Tom62 on February 15, 2024, 05:53:32 PM
Watching a movie or TV series; reading a good book; getting a massage;  going to a sauna; having a swim; enjoying a good meal; listening to music; having a walk; drinking a good wine, beer or whisky.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: zorkan on February 16, 2024, 11:36:10 AM
Quote from: Dark Lightning on February 15, 2024, 12:10:43 AMFor max chilling, I'm always down for some transcendental masturbation.  :D

Always down?
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: zorkan on February 16, 2024, 11:43:48 AM
Best sport for relaxation is golf.
Before I joined here I posted on a golf forum where any mention of religion and politics was out of bounds.
Eventually I was thrown off.

So here's my golf tip for the day.
As a game of precise engineering, imagine you are delivering the ball straight and long with religion marked all over it.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Asmodean on February 16, 2024, 12:02:05 PM
Quote from: zorkan on February 16, 2024, 11:36:10 AMAlways down?
Preferably, sometimes up, if you know what I mean. :grin:
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: zorkan on February 16, 2024, 01:25:38 PM
I prefer mine up.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Asmodean on February 16, 2024, 02:01:14 PM
...Even just in a generally forward-like direction might be acceptable. Pretty-much anything except crookedly-droopy-like. That would lead to a very disappointing wank, I think. :sadnod:
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: The Magic Pudding.. on February 23, 2024, 11:53:28 AM
Quote from: zorkan on February 16, 2024, 11:43:48 AMBest sport for relaxation is golf.
Before I joined here I posted on a golf forum where any mention of religion and politics was out of bounds.

A stroke and distance penalty, that's harsh.
Golf used to be meditative when I was a boy, lots of walking, do people still walk the course?

Beer and episode of QI, Sandy or that guy, what was his name?
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Anne D. on February 24, 2024, 03:17:13 AM
Walk around the neighborhood, drink beer, cuddle with my cat, doom scroll, lay in bed reading Ian Rankin. Still working my way through the Rebus books bc I keep falling asleep and then having to reread what I read the previous night.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: zorkan on February 24, 2024, 11:22:55 AM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding.. on February 23, 2024, 11:53:28 AMA stroke and distance penalty, that's harsh.
Could be 2 stroke penalty these days. That's even harsher.

QuoteGolf used to be meditative when I was a boy, lots of walking, do people still walk the course?
Of course.

QuoteBeer and episode of QI, Sandy or that guy, what was his name?
Do you mean Stephen Fry? A well known atheist.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: zorkan on February 24, 2024, 11:26:58 AM
Quote from: Anne D. on February 24, 2024, 03:17:13 AMWalk around the neighborhood, drink beer, cuddle with my cat, doom scroll, lay in bed reading Ian Rankin. Still working my way through the Rebus books bc I keep falling asleep and then having to reread what I read the previous night.
Have you tried John Parkin's F**k It self-help books?
Must have helped to sell more hammocks.



Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Tank on February 26, 2024, 10:06:33 AM
Since my minor stroke (and it turns out is was a very minor stroke) and getting my glucose sensor I'm taking to walking a lot more. I'm very lucky to live in a very countryfied suburban area. I can walk to the local country house, get a pot tea at the cafe and then walk back. I've doubled my steps per day in the last month compared to the previous five months. On a sadder note Katie our Pugland dog is on her way out. We're into palliative care now. The vet has said that she won't see another Christmas.  :'(
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: zorkan on February 26, 2024, 02:47:10 PM
Walking is the only thing I know which is good for both mental and physical health.
The only price to pay is a decent pair of boots.

Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Asmodean on February 26, 2024, 09:29:46 PM
I prefer driving. Not quite as beneficial to the bodily whatnots, but for me at least, there is no better way to unwind.

Might listen to music while at it, or podcasts or audiobooks, or just tyre roar and the sounds of the road. Might contemplate the big questions while eating carriageway miles on driver's assists, or have some fun zipping around tight bends and back roads. Is... Nice. :smilenod:
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 26, 2024, 10:23:13 PM
I had favorite roads that I rode my motorcycle on, and drove my car, too. Really twisty mountain roads. I commuted long distance (last place of work was 47 miles one way, on a very busy freeway) for 15 years. That pretty much took the pleasure out of driving. I'm starting to feel the call of the open road, though. It'll only be by automobile, now. People are just too stupid dangerous for me to consider a motorcycle again, even as much as I enjoyed leaning over and cornering.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: billy rubin on February 27, 2024, 12:05:58 AM
you only live once
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 27, 2024, 12:10:44 AM
I view it as "dead or worse". I'd rather be dead than, say, a quadriplegic.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: billy rubin on February 27, 2024, 12:39:36 AM
then you make sure you ride faster
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Dark Lightning on February 27, 2024, 02:59:58 AM
Pff. That's no guarantee of complete immolation. When the on/off switch flips, I want it latched off, not leaving the lights flickering.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Asmodean on February 27, 2024, 07:58:14 AM
...Exploded in a massive ball of fire. That works too.

I agree. When it comes to motorcycles, we also have the added problem of some roads having very deep and sharp pot holes. I got a double puncture and rim damage on my car twice in my driving "career." Had I hit one of them on a two-wheeled vehicle... There might not have been a second time, and that it might not have been for reasons other than immediate and utter death is an unpleasant thought.

Hospitalised for life by idiots, angry idiots or infrastructurally-broke municipalities... Yeah, I can think of better things to put on muh tomb stone.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: billy rubin on February 27, 2024, 12:25:54 PM
theres no guarantees in life.

you can trip in the bathtub and break your neck.

you can hope to play the odds and live a safe life, free from excessive risk. dont take that trip, dont climb that tree, dont kiss that girl. something might go wrong.

and in the end, youre going to die anyway, quadraplegic or not.

i would rather be ashes than dust.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Asmodean on February 27, 2024, 02:50:27 PM
I'd rather be dead than certain kinds of alive, is my whole point. :smilenod:
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: billy rubin on February 27, 2024, 03:28:25 PM
then you should consider a motorcycle for transportation, because you have just summarizd my previous post.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: Tank on February 27, 2024, 04:41:40 PM
I dream of riding a motorcycle sometimes.
Title: Re: What do you do to chill-out?
Post by: billy rubin on February 27, 2024, 05:16:01 PM
dreaming is what its all about.

i have lost 16 pounds since new years in order to fit onto my motorcycle in july.

(https://i.imgur.com/KWdO4aal.jpg)

i have got my leathers on unaided  for the first time since last summer. ten more to go.

if youre not dreaming, whats the point of being alive?