Leo Gura

@Breakingthewall I've heard the history of the region. You don't need to repeat it. None of that justifies violation of international law and treaties which Russia itself committed to for respecting Ukrainian borders. Just because there's some local fighting going on does not mean you get to disregard and expunge an entire nation.

1) You have no idea where Putin will stop if you give him no pushback. Guys like him are not known for their humble aims. 2) It's more than regional conflict. Putin's goal was to overthrow the legitimate government of Ukraine and occupy the whole country. He just failed at it. 3) The notion that Russians are harassed by Ukrainians is gaslighting. Putin was funding that harassment to justify his greed for land. 4) Putin says that he does not consider Ukraine a nation. I am not saying the answer to this war is clear-cut. But this framing that the evil US establishment empire is feeding this war for corrupt reasons is wrong. That's not what is happening.

No. There is no mystery why people have difference experiences.

Bro, who among us has not jerked off to fractal gradients.

That's actually not good. You'll cum too fast.

Stop assuming that I do this every day. Why are you strawmanning me? I merely said it to you as a counter-example to your limited logic.

Your argument is: So you mean we have to fight Hitler??? Yes. That's how life works. My grandfather was fighting Nazis at 16 years old. Who ever wants to be in war? If Ukraine doesn't want to fight, they can surrender any day. As long as they want to continue fighting, it makes a lot of sense for the US to support them.

There is far more to be said about God than that.

I have been busy and have not yet had time to investigate this issue. I will investigate when I get some more time. If something was done incorrectly it will be reversed.

Not a good answer.

@Nilsi There is a more interesting existential question here, which is: Why do people's tastes vary so widely at all? What actually creates those tastes? That's a question I don't have a good answer to.

I agree that I could be more open to things, in particular new experiences. As far as Western philosophy goes, I avoid it because I don't want it to corrupt my own independent realizations of reality. There is also a tradeoff and cost to letting human ideas affect your thinking.

Yeah, but you're ignoring the risk/reward ratio. There's a good reason why Warren Buffet is sitting on $150 BILLLION in cash. He clearly knows that the risk/reward ratio sucks.

Dude, it's not war escalation. Stop framing it way. That's a very biased and unintelligent frame. It's support for a country that has been invaded in violation of international treaties and laws. What do you want? The US to just allow dictators to invade whoever they want without pushback? Stop listening these brain-dead anti-mainstream YTubers. They are warping your mind with their narrow thinking.

I'll know it when I see it. Someone just posted a video about a girl talking about solipsism and truth. That girl clearly knows what she's talking about. Real recognizes Real.

I understand your point, but in my experience it just isn't worth it. I have particular tastes which are difficult to please. Most people are not as picky as me. I am so picky that it's hard to find anything good. I am that way not just about music, I am that way about women, and many other things. I have extremely high standards. That's why my work is what it is. Finding things that satisfy me is very hard. So I pay a higher exploration cost than most people.

Look, eventually everyone has to draw a line somewhere. Are you open to eating a cockroach omelet? Why are you so closedminded? Maybe you'll like it. Eventually you reach a point in life where you understand yourself well enough that you know what you like and don't like. If you wish to pursue a life of endless openmindedness and experimentation, go for it! But don't expect others to follow you. Sure, there is a tradeoff, cost/benefit to exploration of new territory. That will always be the case. The cost is you will have to suffer through a lot of shitty music. If you want to pay that cost, go for it. I don't understand how the framework you want is different from my position. The highest framework would be to see the absolute beauty in everything. But I'm not sure that's what you're asking for. There is an epic set of books about how to develop an objective aesthetics beyond post-modernism. It's called The Nature Of Order. https://amzn.to/3Fbvvo8 (aff link) That's what I think you're asking for.

Why? How silly.

I am extremely picky with music. I will not listen to anything unless I love it. And that's a high bar to clear. I am open to listening to any song for 10-20 seconds in the middle. If I don't love it, I move on. Life is too short for listening to mediocre music.

My taste is not limited by genre. But there are some genres I generally dislike, not strictly due to them being bad, but just not my style. For example I will never like heavy metal or dubstep, no matter how well made it is. I also just don't care for classical music. Obviously classical has a lot of taste and art in it. But just too dry and boring for me. It's like watching nuns fuck. I rarely like rock. The harder the rock, the worse it gets for me. Softer rock is better. I am very sensitive to harsh grating sounds. I hate dubstep.

Bro, Rumsfled is dead.

Make America Healthy by gutting all regulations and gov programs for the poor, weak, and old. Big brain 4D chess.

I agree that gold will not crash 50%. More like 10-20%. But in a saving account you are guaranteed 4%. I would rather get a guaranteed 4% than lose 15%. The problem is that all investments have so much downside and little upside right now. It's a very bad ratio.

The whole point of democracy is that foolish people can hand it away to a dictator. "A republic. If you can keep it." -- Ben Franklin Democracy is easily abused by bad faith actors who have no shame, in the same way that a good woman can be abused by an Andrew Tate. Even if Trump waa democratically elected he is still anti-democracy. There is no contradiction. Just like you can hire a school teacher who is a child rapist.

He is seriously biased and not objective. There is a ton ofindie news about Ukraine that is good and not anti-Ukraine. You are in a self-created echochamber.