"Pure" in the sense of "maximum". "A life lived to the max" would be a long but accurate translation. I remember when this first became a meme here and people kept making up all these silly New Wave interpretations of the adjective as saintly and puritanical. So fucking annoying. In the correct cultural context I would even say it's rather the opposite, an appellation to a very physical and sensual joy.
Derek Ross's avatar Derek Ross
Pura vida a popular Costa Rican slang meaning "pure life", but it's more than a saying or greeting, it's a way of life. @jack introduced us to it about two years ago. Ever since then and since the first Nostr conference in Costa Rica, I've been trying to embrace this way of life - this mindset.
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