Something that always bothered me about that episode.

Yeah, it seems Buddists are more focused on mindfulness and being fully in the moment, which is kind of the opposite of escapism. Also understanding duhkha, sometimes translated as unease due to “not having what one wants” or “having what one doesn’t want” and accepting it and living with it rather than striving to eliminate duhkha.

…and of course Buddhists have been known to kill other Buddhists for being the wrong kind of Buddhists, so ymmv

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_violence

Do note, though, that the parent company that owns Reddit also owns Ars Technica.

Then where does the energy to displace the air on the blue side of the portal coming from?