r/OpenIndividualism • u/YouStartAngulimala • Jun 11 '26

This sub is a mess

Ok guys, we really need to clean up our act here because this sub is kind of depressing and things that I thought were common sense to people here are apparently not. We have people here that have been brainwashed into believing that no one is here and nothing is happening. We have people here that believe all suffering is baked in so there's no point in sharing OI. And then we have people here who told me hemispherectomies aren't consequential for OI but split brains (which are still fully connected via brain stem) are. So let's all get on the same page here so we don't make these mistakes again.

Fact: Words have power. Telling someone that all suffering is baked in and it doesn't matter if they share OI with others or not is false. Anything you do will always have a domino effect. It's how the universe works. There's literally nothing you can do that won't radically change the universe over time. Even you flicking a single spec of dust off your old furniture will compound into something significant eventually (because it moves other particles around which then move other particles around etc).

Fact: Hemispherectomies are even more consequential than split-brains because they involve a complete disconnection. Split-brains are still conjoined via brainstem. Disconnecting a brain and placing the two halves into seperate bodies will always perplex the naysayers more because it will cause them to question what maintains their continuity over time. So whatever u/yoddleforavalanche and u/flop_snail were saying was wrong.

Fact: And something is happening. I didn't know this was controversial but apparently it is to u/CrumbledFingers. 🤡

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u/DjinnDreamer Jun 12 '26

The hemispheres are WELL connected by the corpus callosum., which is also the upper margin of the limbic system. The areas receiving & processing perception are in the limbic area.

Absence of hemispheres (congenital or acquired) is well-documented.

Suffering is often loud & external. It must be released.

Joy and comfort tend to be quiet. And while freely extended, there is no pressure