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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 week ago (14 children)

Autosexual and imaginary

However, if you want a trip down a rabbit hole, what this is talking about is essentially a tulpa.

Now, I'm not saying one way or another that tulpas have any use, or even that they're anything that represents anything that matters outside of the self. But it is a practice that people engage in, so it isn't totally fake, no matter what the opinion about it beyond that is.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Tulpas my beloved. When I was a kid I believed that all supernatural/religious deities were real based on some degree of human belief. This was definitely heavily informed by Rick Riordan though lol

[–] Charzard4261 4 points 1 week ago

I was the same! I think it was the Egyptian inspired series where one of the characters asked about what happens when people who don't believe in anything die. Even though I don't remember the exact answer, the feeling of oblivion has stuck with me ever since.

I'd still like to believe that all the gods are actually having a giant battle for supremacy though lol.

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