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five simple needs

The five simple needs are defined as: Shelter, nutrition, community, fulfillment, and expression.

•shelter= a home that feels secure
•nutrition= food and water that can be absorbed and processed by the individuals body properly
•fulfillment= the feeling you are doing what you were"meant to", the freedom to pursue areas of talent and interest
•expression= the ability to communicate internal states and have that understanding reflected

Maslows hierarchy of needs is great but regarding need there is no hierarchy- a need is "all or none" there is no partial fulfillment of a need either you are sated or suffering.

Any of these needs not being fulfilled will lead to imminent deterioration of mind/body/spirit and results in behaviors of isolation and desperation.

The source of all problems in the world are from an unmet need which requires empathy and understanding to correct as opposed to assumption, hate, and rejection.
I thought I had all my needs met with food, water, and shelter but the real reason I've been feeling so depressed is I've been missing my five simple needs- Everything I do is for someone else yet I feel no community connection in my work environment. I need to align more with my passion work to feel like me again!
by sbvsblw October 4, 2022
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sophisticated simplicity

The art of doing something so simple, that people praise, adore, or even envy you.
Bottle flip
Perfect circles
Etc.

"Did you see that dude flip that bottle and land it? That's Sophisticated simplicity right there!"
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fuck simple

long distance relationship that you make amazing even with the lack of touch, you are soul mates, when you do become on one its FUCK SIMPLE!!
greg let's on amazing life away from each other and when we are together fuck simple :)

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Samuel Simpleton

Noun - Someone who will trade their dignity for kitty. A man who puts the hoes before the bros.

Also when a male is overly submissive to a female they like knowing they are likely to gain little to nothing

A simp.
She looked at me funny when I asked to split the bill. I looked at her at said “Look I ain’t no Samuel Simpleton, I got other hoes tryna take ME out to dinner.”
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Real Simple

an American monthly magazine published by Dotdash Meredith. The magazine features articles and information related to homemaking, childcare, cooking, and emotional well-being. The magazine is distinguished by its clean, uncluttered style of layout and photos. In 2013 it had approximately 7.6 million readers, 90% of whom were women
Real Simple expanded to include a TV show of the same name, with two seasons of a half-hour program airing on PBS in 2006–2007.
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Real Simple

Real Simple is an American monthly magazine published by Dotdash Meredith.2 The magazine features articles and information related to homemaking, childcare, cooking, and emotional well-being
Additionally, on Mother's Day 2012, Real Simple created a Gift Guide app available on the Apple App Store that had a selection of items for people to buy. Users also had the option to donate to the launch partner, March of Dimes
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Logical Simplification Bias

A pervasive cognitive bias and metabias, especially rampant in social media comments and replies, where complex, multi-dimensional issues—spanning technology, science, politics, history, and society—are aggressively reduced to simplistic logical formulas that sound reasonable but actually function as conversation-stoppers. The sufferer deploys phrases like "that's not logical," "it's too easy to make conspiracy theories," or "it's hard to build" as universal solvent, dissolving any claim that exceeds their narrow frame of reference without engaging its substance. This bias typically couples with Truth Bias (assuming one's own perception captures the whole truth) and Objectivity Bias (treating one's culturally-conditioned reasoning as universal reason itself).

The logical simplifier doesn't argue against specifics—they argue against complexity itself. Presented with speculation about advanced technology, they respond with generic difficulty assertions. Confronted with political possibility, they invoke governmental messiness as if chaos precluded capability. Faced with any claim outside consensus, they deploy the "conspiracy theory" label as automatic disqualifier. The bias lies in treating these logical-sounding simplifications as sufficient responses, when they actually bypass the difficult work of engaging evidence, possibility, and the vast territory between "proven fact" and "obvious nonsense."
Example: "When someone suggested the government might have energy weapons, he didn't discuss the physics or history—his Logical Simplification Bias fired instantly: 'it's hard to build, government is messy, so not logical, it's easy to make conspiracy theories.' He'd reduced decades of classified research, unknown technological progress, and genuine historical secrecy to a sound bite that made him feel rational while learning nothing."
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