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Obviously it's very complicated, tense and it's a tough place to keep secure etc. It's also an interesting country to visit.

They also do a lot of "bad" stuff though and things which go against "peace". Watch some documentaries.

In the end nothing is called anything. We just gave different emotions names or made sounds with our mouths to describe them somehow. If you had that positive constant feedback as a child then you might not need if you're a grown up. If you come from some kind of "broken home" etc. you might actually need some of that social feedback and there might be value to it. Even famous people etc. a lot of them became successful because they seek some kind of validation. And if you just focus on spirituality being aware etc. might also not be the best idea all the time if you have some deficits. Or do you know some kind of good techniques to get over needing positive social feedback? In the end there is no feeling called coolness. But there is also no word for the short confidence/dopamine boost which i described i think. Other people might define feeling cool differently. I get your point about the assessment of the situation and the feeling not totally coming from the inside. The problem here is also "shame" on the opposite side of the spectrum imo. Because the same way i might feel cool if girls turn their head or people laugh at jokes, i might feel shame if i assess another situation differently. So it's not really a winning game anyways. If i value peoples opinions (which i do at the moment) then i value the positive and the negative ones. Thanks for writing such an elaborate post.

It's very hard to even define. Coolness is probably also defined different in different cultures, countries, times etc. The feeling that i define as "cool" is probably a combination of different feelings and has something to do with dopamine etc. For example let's say you walk down the street and some girls look at you or let's say they even turn their head and look and make it obvious they look at you think you're interesting etc. whatever. Now the feeling that you get from that with the dopamine etc. i might define it as feeling cool while you might define it as "desired" or something. Or when you say something funny and everybody laughs, i might define the feeling as cool while you might define it as something else. I'd probably define it as some kind of confidence boost for a while which then makes you feel "freer" more in a flow state etc. But maybe if i'd really think about it i'd come up with something else.

good question and some interesting answers i'll look into it too

watched it after i posted that, pretty funny david pakman plays the straight man pretty damn well but my thoughts on jesse are: he's just a rambling, old-ish dude, has a young team around him who set everything for him up, studio etc. (mostly white kids) put a battery in his back and they make a looot of money selling stupid t-shirts and mugs to republicans, trumpists and people who are fed up with the left, sjw etc. while using dumb catchphrases like "amazin" and "beta" seems like their business strategy is working out great

Work at a nursing home or something like that as a volunteer etc. You'll probably see many old people go. I used to work in an office of a retirement/nursing home for a while (not as a volunteer) and i'm thinking about doing even a lot more work in that "health" sector Death is usually kind of blocked out of sight in our society

he's a troll if you feed him, that's on you

for example you know how some people walk "cooler" than others then that walk makes them feel even "cooler" i mean "cool" might be a weird specific kind of of a feeling etc. maybe it's also a culmination of other feelings

Depends. i've been bullied as a kid by a bigger kid for months once. nobody helped me no teacher no parent no siblings. so one day i beat that bully up when i was about 10 or 11 y o. And that did feel good, also that bully left me alone after that. But as a grown up you should find other ways than "revenge"

yikes bitcoin/crypto broke my heart in 2017 when that bull run happened

I'm not necessarily meaning worse. I just "fear" many people won't hold him accountable for the "bad" stuff because of the Trauma of Trump "Oh well at least he ain't Trump" The fear might be unsubstantiated though because many on the left have been pretty tough and critical on him.

What system are you looking into and how much is it going to cost?

That's maybe true. But imo it could have been even a lot worse, he could have started some big war(s) etc. Biden was for the Iraq war i think and he threw tons of people in jail for small amount of drugs. Just because one of them is "bad" doesn't make the other one "good" He seems like a nice grandpa though Video about Biden "Appeasing the right" Video on how Biden "fueled mass incarceration" I mean i guess at the time the second video came out, it was Biden vs Bernie so Democracy now was taking sides, but it's all fair points imo I'm not saying he will be a bad/horrible president btw, we'll see how it goes, there are many good things about him too.

I generally don't agree with that analysis What are your thoughts on Biden in the past?

If you see that they try to cancel somebody who doesn't deserve it, try to speak up If someone deserves it, that's fine I don't think the climate of fear of being cancelled for saying the wrong thing is productive to discuss and come up with solutions to complicated issues that society faces and if they go at science that's just mostly silly and problematic. (even though leo goes at science too ) I've read somewhere that cancel culture is another issue which is magnified by algorithms just like conspiracy theories, division etc.

It seems like the masses have a very simplistic world view and that makes it very dangerous. This is wrong this is right. I'm right/left. This is evil, this is good. Now simplicity in itself is not a bad thing, living a simple life etc. But it seems like this type of thinking is perfect for conflict, can be easily used/misused by populists, media, the army, religions, extremists etc. How can we get away from that and how do you deal with people who're stuck in such a type of thinking? Do you try to talk to them on their level of simplicity or do you try to explain to them the nuances of subjects etc.

if you're not lactose intolerant and don't have any other problems digesting milk or milk sensitivities and you buy good organic dairy products, then i think it's a good source. maybe not daily though

do you want to put it in their drinks?

the woman clearly asks him about "plant medicine" and they title the video with weed and alcohol? wtf silly

Oh yes everyday almost I generally put some raw cacao powder, hot water, honey and coconut milk in it.

What's your definition of propaganda? IMO probably almost all (or all) news outlets, reporters etc. are doing propaganda to some degree because distributed information is always a bit biased. Even someone like Bernie Sanders (whom i like) if he talks great about Nordic European systems, countries etc. he probably wouldn't tell you about their problems a lot. He keeps certain info in and leaves certain info out to fit a certain a narrative Now with some it's much more obvious (and also dangerous) than with others. So maybe we can agree that when a certain line is crossed we can really call it propaganda. I think if you're watching news (and i'm not suggesting you necessarily need to or should) then it's good to also watch news from opposing viewpoints sometimes even if it's "propaganda"

Yea i stated it very generally because it's basically about everything. Even a statement like "the sky is blue" isn't really true. But it can get very dangerous with things like politics, religion etc.

Freedom of expression, right to criticise religion, leaders etc. make fun of them, talk about everything? Or the feelings of certain individuals who feel discriminated against? For example right now there's a huge issue in France after those released comics and a teacher got beheaded. Then the french president said "we'll always allow these comics, it's freedom of expression/speech and important for our society" Now some muslim countries started boycotting France and it just looks like more and more conflict. Also interesting though that Erdogan etc. for example don't criticise and boycott China for their "re-education camps" etc. How can this all be resolved?

stop fracking pardon snowden and assange