China 🇨🇳
China was at 385 in 2008, according to Reality, Subjectivity and Modern Man. In Truth vs. Falsehood, 2005, China is listed at 300 and 305.
By request
Serenity Prayer
Prayer written by Reinhold Niebuhr and adopted by Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve-step programs -- wikipedia.
people watching
The action or practice of spending time idly observing people in a public place —by request.
Integrated Information Theory (IIT)
Priority request. A "system's consciousness (what it is like subjectively) is conjectured to be mathematically described by the system's causal structure (what it is like objectively)" -- wikipedia.
addicted to politics
Request: Being addicted to politics is a recognized behavioral pattern where individuals become obsessively engaged with political news and partisan conflicts, driven by neurochemical rewards rather than civic duty -- Brave AI.
"The meaning of life is to justify your suffering"
Request: ... the meaning of life is to find a "why" that justifies the involuntary suffering that might come along with it. I came across this idea in Viktor Frankl's 'Man's Search for Meaning.'
"The only way you can conquer me is through love, and there I am gladly conquered"
Attributed to Lord Krishna, the quote explains how supplication works.
the YouTube algorithm
"Is it integrous, or might there be some manipulation going on in YouTube's selection of videos it is presenting to you? " -- by request.
mind running involuntarily
By request.
a problem
A situation, matter, or person that is hard to deal with or understand. A personal matter that causes one difficulty or needs to be dealt with -- American Heritage Dictionary.
"With God, all things are possible"
Quoted from the Gospel of Matthew (New International Version), verse 19:26 --by request.
happiness is a choice
When in doubt, choose happiness.
"spinning your wheels"
Request: to waste one's time or energy idly or frivolously; to neither progress nor regress, but remain in a fixed, neutral position.
tattoos
Also calibrated: tattoo obsession and face tattoos.
no longer believing a person once he has donned a suit and tie
"In fact, intriguingly, kinesiologic analysis commonly tells us no longer to believe an erstwhile trustworthy person once he has donned a suit and tie!" – Power vs. Force (Revised Edition), Chapter 7.