-------------------------------------------- Re: Melancholy season, @tfurrows 2019.09.30 14:02:07 CEST -------------------------------------------- tfurrows recently posted about this melancholy season we appear to be going through right now [0]. Since I posted about it, I heard from three more people about feeling the same. Something terrible also happened to a friend of mine - I can't discuss more about it, but it really shook me up and I'm still in a bit of shock and denial. I'm not sure about the cause. I grew up in a very religious family and as a consequence I developed an antipathy towards religion and spiritual subjects - so if you asked me five years ago I would reject any claim about this having a religious aspect. Now, I am not so sure. While I am still very skeptical of all supernatural claims, I'm not so sure about other philosophical aspects of religion and spiritual belief. I also think "post-truth" is somehow responsible for this. I haven't formulated a clear thought about this, but I can't help but ask how it influences people and their moods. [0] gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/0/%7etfurrows/phlog/2019-09-27_reMe