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Not until Facebook, Twitter, etc are heavily regulated and they come up with some laws to keep politics out of media like not letting them fund or purchase lobbyists, or demonetizing political content creators.

Culture decides language, not law. What's that childhood phrase? "Stick and stones may break my bones but words can never break me."

Two things; 1. I don't know very much about the guy and his politics, I've only seen a few interviews. But the amount of people, (and let's be honest it's mostly Liberals) making fun of Dan Crenshaw for having one eye is sickening. For a group that is generally supposed to be tolerant of minorities (which includes disabled people) to throw around something like that as a joke is so low and puts a bad light on them. It's one thing if he had a funny nose or something that wasn't so life changing. Of course this pettiness goes in all directions, there are polarized idiots everywhere who say disgusting things so I'm not just picking on Lefties. It's also disrespectful as hell to a fellow citizen who got the injury serving in the army to protect the very people making fun of him, of course those wars are obviously bullshit and it's a Conservative delusion that we need protection by invading weak countries, but it because he got the injury with the belief he was doing something noble and that matters. It's not like it was an accident renovating his house or whatever. 2. Vaush ain't even close to Yellow, it's not even on the horizon. He is probably only a little more than halfway to Green to be honest. Just because he espouses a bunch of progressive positions it doesn't mean he's actually integrated any of them in his life. Talk is cheap, action and leading by example are what matters ultimately. - He is still hopelessly and completely mired in the confrontation/debate bullshit on YouTube. There is no end in sight for this for the near future. I don't see him radically evolving his content. It's simply too profitable and too ingrained in his identity. - You can tell the intent is there for open mindedness, but it's way overshadowed by how much a blatant ideologue he is. This is obvious any time he has his childish outbursts, gets triggered VERY quickly, and his lubricous demonization of all Conservatives as evil incarnate. - He is a hypocrite and his life choices contradicts the things he advocates for, which matters when we are talking Spiral Dynamics. If he REALLY cared about those things he wouldn't be so conveniently participating and benefitting from the Capitalist system he's in, he would organize and promote new systems, donate more of his money, start a non-profit etc. Also would adopt a meatless diet and so on. - Also he's still just a child with all the memes, name calling, and general immaturity. A part of this is marketing so I get it but yea. It is what it is. I don't need to explain why this isn't the sign of a highly developed individual. I like the guy, but he's got a lot of ground to cover. Especially if he wants to be effective in his progressivism.

You will know, if you feel it inside and don't ignore it, but it just raises the larger question; Why make it hard on yourself like you're so desperate to prove something? If you aren't vibing with someone right away and you feel you have to force things it's a good indicator to just move on. It saves yourself from needless work and saves them time being annoyed. It's not like you're on a desert island trying to restart the human race lol. There are literally tens of millions, HUNDREDS of millions of potential partners out there. It's hilarious. Never get hung up and overinvest in just one, that's stupidity.

This is hysterical. Thanks for sharing cool Iraqi dude

The whole thing just reeks of Stage Orange neuroticism - "But you can't assume 100% of cases are guilty without a few false accusations so why should I vocally support 100% of women?" It's not only about the actual cases that happen, that the job of the courts and legal system to figure out - It's about providing the social atmosphere for people who don't feel safe to be able to come forward with their traumas without being ridiculed into silence again. As men this should be so obvious to us anyways, how many of you have heard locker room talk where some guy openly admits and brags about some borderline rapey shit they got away with?

Perhaps you are putting too much pressure on yourself to "make it" which can affect your mood and enjoyment of the actual process of music. So when results don't pan out to whatever expectations you laid out you get "depressed". But is the process not supposed to be fun and euphoric like you said? Consider changed your relationship to music as not something that has to "work out" by having X followers or results, but back to that enjoyment and euphoria of giving back music to the world, regardless of the conditions. You are 26, so what? Music is not a sport where if you were an athlete your time WOULD be running out. However luckily for you music is transcendental, so there are no rules or guidelines I think you need to contemplate and rediscover that fact if you are to change your relationship to it. Do you work fulltime or go to school and make music as a hobby? With such a creative endeavor like music it should be relegated to free time where you have the space to be creative and get to enjoy it, rather than something you "need" to do because you're on a timetable.

Look I know it's tough because we as guys are hyper neurotic about being right and logical for every fucking case, but it's better for us as a society to generally believe women and victims until the justice system can do the best that is can to solve things. There is nothing fun or enjoyable for the woman to go through the process about being violated either, you think they are doing it for shits and giggles? There is massive systemic discrimination against victims who are female and/or minorities and we've only started to see real change in the past few decades. If someone is truly innocent they have nothing to worry about. Will some innocent people get falsely accused and have their lives damaged? Yes! Too bad. Some collateral damage is the cost of societal progress. You have to realize women have had the shit end of the stick for thousands of years, now things are finally starting to swing the other way. You can either have the courage to acknowledge this and help move everything forward best we can, or you can hold us all back by being a resistant twat and clinging onto logical perfection. How do you think we are going to root out the deep sexism that exists in our society that makes women feel unsafe and vulnerable? It's by giving them the space to express themselves and call it out where they see it, even if they are wrong sometimes.

I'm not going to add anything to this thread because it's obvious what it's going to turn into. But can we just take a second to appreciate the phrase "Woka-Cola". That's the funniest shit I've read in weeks

The whole NoFap thing can be great for people who need it, obviously discipline is necessary if you're so out of control it's damaging you. But people get way too neurotic about this thing. Your sexual desire and needs are a physiological aspect that must be fulfilled just like you need food and water, so either you do this in a healthy way or an unhealthy way (I recommend healthy). Neglecting it completely and trying to get "rid" of it won't work and can cause a lot of ugly things to potentially rear their head. Why do you think priests end up molesting little kids? Precisely because they are desperately trying so hard to suppress something so necessary and basic that the physiological spring they've coiled up explodes in an extremely toxic way. What you need to do is discover a healthy way to express and fulfill your sexuality, experiment and discover what works for you personally. Listen to your intuition if something feels healthy or not. Despite what you may hear masturbating can be a great tool as one doesn't always have access to sex 24/7. The question is whether or not you're going to use that tool healthily, or unhealthily.

Meh whatever, don't let this stuff bother you. I probably would have ate this video up and thought all this was a cult too if I was 18 again. Some people just aren't open minded enough or they aren't at the right point in their lives for it. When someone is ready, they are ready. Or maybe never will be! Oh well that's the brutal impersonal universe we occupy. Just be grateful it helped you in the ways it did and pay it forward. But please stoop to their level and turn it into a pissing match of Actualized.Org vs Materialism that needs to be defended like an ideology. That undermines the whole purpose of this larger self/world improvement work. Let people think what they want to think. Everything is exactly perfect just the way it is.

That sounds fun, enjoy the fuck out of it dude!

Yes you could easily and unluckily be born with a brain tumor or disease that presses on the wrong part of the brain to cause "evil" behavior.

Good video with a short history on the Suez Canal, and it's importance to the global economy and geopolitics. Highly relevant right now obviously with all the memes going around. Johnny Harris' youtube channel in general I highly recommend, he is probably the best journalist to come from Vice and because he is now solo is no longer beholden to their hilarious bias.

haha yep I feel you! idk maybe I've never been a numbers person, and the weed didn't help even though I wasn't THAT hardcore of a smoker compared to many friends I knew at the time. The problem is I'm literally daydreaming and contemplating deep stuff every day pretty much ALL the time. In my own head analyzing, and going meta, that when people start talking to me about trivial shit or numbers I need to remember, I just literally don't care. Even when I'm working and it's supposed to be "important".

I smoked too much weed as a teenager so that probably fucked my memory up, I can't even remember phone numbers people tell me sometimes literally 2 minutes after hearing it lmao.

No that's not rude, it's quite a common thing in media culture. Idk how old you are or if you payed attention to Western culture at the time, but even before he killed himself they were RIDICULOUSLY popular and on the rise to go even higher, which is also what made his suicide such a big deal.

Nirvana had some good hits and that genre of music really arrived at the perfect time in culture, but jesus christ I don't think there has ever been a band more overrated except maybe like, Green Day? Try listening to any full Nirvana album, besides the hits that everyone knows they are absolute GARBAGE. Also it feels like a lot more Stage Red to me, especially Kurt. It feels reactive to growing into Stage Blue but that's just the quick impression I get I may be wrong.

Because people (mostly the women let's be honest ) want to dream up that fantasy because it feels good. Also the social tradition and culture of marriage which has been around along time. It sounds like you're just rational @tatsumaru and like your freedom. Nothing wrong with that! Do your thing and don't apologize for it. I'm probably never getting married either. In fact I'm even seriously entertaining the idea of getting a vasectomy. I want to be able to shoot blanks and not worry about buying or having expensive condoms on me all the time Nothing I can imagine is more terrifying than having an unwanted baby that can completely upend two people's lives and always be a source of resentment and regret. It fucking blows my mind how so many people can be so stupid and reckless.

Hey man I also quit my job recently so you're not alone! You'll get something new and better if you look hard enough and want to find it. My scenario different. My crazy boomer uncle threatened me and hit my car out of a complete misconception without being cool headed enough to listen to a rational explanation, so instead of giving him 3 weeks notice like a professional he forced me to tell him to go fuck himself and his stupid mullet and I left that day. Also packed up my shit and didn't pay rent for the month because he was massively overcharging and pocketing it anyways without a receipt. Also tried to extract extra labor by gracefully giving me a chance to "pay it off" on weekends, not working for extra cash mind you... this was to take off the rent. Anyways I've got a deposit on a place for May 1st and I'm taking the next month off to travel Vancouver Island and the province before I settle into the new place If you want to find something more suited to you, consider a delivery driving or trucking job. It's way more peaceful than working in a store and you interact with 90% less people during your day. Good luck mate, it's all gonna work out!

I know I've watched a decent amount of his vids. I'm just stirring the pot a bit don't mind me.

Scalpers, Pyramid schemes..... take your pick.

My last partner started speaking Russian to me unexpectedly which needless to say made me work 2x harder. So if you know a second language that's your secret weapon

@Leo Gura I mean it should be such an obvious intuition that societies move more left and liberal overall over long periods of time, it's sort of an inevitability. Progress = expansion, not tradition or conservation. It's hilarious to see how resistant people are to how clear this is. They'll deny basic reality to "own the libs" as they say. What's even more funny is within my own country (Canada) the Conservatives have spent the last few years rebranding themselves as "Progressive Conservative" (oxymoron lol) and adding things like pro-gay marriage to their platform. They are basically becoming what the Liberal party was 30ish years ago so they can still stay competitive in the modern age. Literally wolves in sheep's clothing.