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Kinda irrelevant piece of info, though, because obviously nobody claimed otherwise. The claim is that westerners could not remove racism and are somehow still propagating it out to parts of the world where it was removed. Kinda like when you don't take the covid vaccine and then go out to spread the virus to other healthy people and then say that you did not invent the virus. Well, who the fuck cares?! Just stop the contagion where it's at and let others stay healthy.

@Epikur Arabs are NOT the same as Muslims. Arabs can be racist, but Muslims can't. Anti-racism comes with Islam as a one package deal, and if you ask any serious Muslim they will tell you right off the bat that every Muslim is equally a servant to Allah, regardless of color or ethnicity. If you happen to see a Muslim "on paper" saying that a certain race is superior, then it's very likely coming from western trends and ideologies such as nationalism, because many of the modern "Muslims" tend to copy whatever westerners do/think. Most of the Arabic TV production culture is not Islamic in any way, and yet it's thought of as Islam because of this confusion between Arabs and Muslims. The blackface thing for example is a western concept and it's not even as common as you'd imagine in Arabic media because it's not popular. Now enough with the nonsense and try-hard examples. None of the examples you provided say anything about racism in Islam. If anything, they demonstrate a mild degree of bias against people of color in some Arabs, which is not necessarily systemic by the way. However, even if I give you that, it's still not actual full degree racism, and the reason is because Islam is still predominant in the Arab world and has not yet disappeared. Show me clear-cut racism cases like the George Floyd case in the Arab world, or show me any slight bias against people of color under the Taliban government or the like, and then we can talk.

Al-Jazeera is like the most agenda biased news channel of all time. They lied to my face about things I experienced and saw with my own eyes in the past. And they're lying here as well. They always twist the truth to fit their agendas. Their news has no credibility whatsoever to me, and I don't have respect for their documentaries. I'll have you informed that we have a number of exchange students from Sudan in the university I'm in right now, and they're treated with nothing but respect. I never even thought about them that way until now. Lol. That dude got arrested. What more do you want?

@Epikur There is no racism in the Muslim world, and I challenge you and anyone who claims otherwise to prove it. The burden of proof is on those who claim the case. The Wikipedia article you linked doesn't talk about actual racism. It talks about wars that happened to have poc as the main victims of. The antisemitism is true, but that's not racism, just religious dogmatism and political agenda clash. Kurds are a political group that are fighting against already established political groups, nothing racist about that. They're just a minority that is trying to gain an independent land from stronger groups with opposing agendas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin: Kurdish Sultan during Abbasid Caliphate. Look, I'm not saying Islam is perfect, it has countless flaws and is clearly far from mediocre to say the least. But let's just call things as they are and leave the nonsense and false claims. And that is that racism does not exist in the Muslim world, despite of the countless other problems such as women rights, etc.

That's not racism, it's politics/war and what it necessitates. Go to any peaceful Muslim country and you will see that racism does not exist. Nonsense. Where's the proof? My experience says otherwise. She's probably just trying to earn viewer/follower points by appealing to current trends.

Just to balance the harsh criticism here, Islam has achieved one thing that even modern democracies couldn't. Islam ended racism once and for all, and it never came back. Racism does not exist today within the Muslim world. It existed in Arabia before Islam, but it ceased to be after. Such issues just don't make sense to a Muslim.

Mathematics How could I have been so blind?!

If you make me president, maybe.

I don't understand.

I don't understand.

Love the new changes. The background, the hair and beard. The energy, body language, facial expressions. Everything. And I'm excited for more videos.

Great practice, but poor ideology.

Plan/Outline for 2022: First half: Getting hired before June (prioritized as): Abroad in: Any western country. Any Arabian Gulf country. Monkeys-stan, I don't care. Remotely in any country that pays in a different currency. Worst case scenario, working locally, but remotely to another city is more preferred. Completing the required medical school attendance. Finishing all the materials I have left, 4 to be accurate. So to get hired abroad, I would have to get really good at Front End Development, because of high competency. I don't think that'd be very hard, but it's not gonna be easy, either. I am working on getting a number of official certificates from University of Michigan on Coursera, which should help my resume and standing. But from what I have gathered so far, excellence and experience are far more important than any piece of paper. These certificates can help me get hired anywhere, so I will make sure to get at least one of them. I want to move abroad more than anything, because it's become unbearable in here. The restrictions and the corruption and the endless limitations and problems are too much. I could live with them forever, but they would not let me thrive. I want to thrive. I want to reach my highest potential and see what that's like. A stable environment is the only thing I'm asking for, and I will make sure to do my best to get there. Second half: It will depend on how the first half turns out, but in general: Joining a gym. Creating a super healthy routine. Upgrading the food quality. Socializing with as many people as possible. Starting up projects other than Web Development. Making and keeping the money flowing from multiple sources, so that I would never have to worry about poverty ever again. Fixing my health issues, eyesight, bad posture, teeth problems, etc. Buying a phone, of course. (Impossible as long as I'm working locally). Buying new clothes. It's been like 4 or more years since I bought anything, I really don't remember the last time I bought anything for myself. In case I succeed in landing a job abroad, whether remotely or not, I will forfeit medical school and make web development my main source of income. In case not, I will have to study hard for about 3 months for the National Board Exam, from June through August, and probably some more beyond that. To be honest, in the bigger picture, I don't really care how it all turns out. I am comfortable with any outcome, even if it's worse than the worst case scenario than I'm expecting. Life has become way too unstable to predict, so I know how to manage my expectations. I will work as hard as I can and leave the rest to the motherfucker(s) up above.

What is your relationship with your mind?

An anti-father and an anti-mother. That's them, the monsters who raised me. But it doesn't matter, because the past is gone. I am the son of today.

I am making great progress learning data structures and algorithms, but I feel cheated. I didn't know what this journey entails. Or to be more accurate, I thought it would be an easy picnic for a couple months and that would be it. I thought all I needed to learn was a few courses, and then apply the courses and that would be it. But that's not how it turns out to be. Technology is advancing very fast. But guides do not seem to be advancing as fast. They do not seem to be taking into account the modern additions and nuances, and they also ignore the fundamentals as if I already know them because they assume that I'm coming to them as a graduate from some IT college. So 5 years earlier, it might have been the case that learning web development was achievable in less than 6 months for an IT graduate. But in 2022, I don't think that's realistic. I mean I'm not a total foreigner to programming, but it took me nearly a year just to get comfortable. There is just so much to learn, and in many ways that's not a good thing. It means that I will have to work more and earn less than the seniors. And it means that the increasing complexity will make it harder to keep up with the latest updates, let alone learning from scratch. Today in 2022, it's easier than it will be in 2030. I imagine at that time, companies will require at least 3 years of prior experience in said speciality. In 2040, they will probably require 4 years, etc. Or maybe new jobs will get created, like sub-specialized positions. Just some thoughts before bed. Good night.

Karma is a bitch only if you are Different topic, today I saw Kim Kardashian in a video for the first time. She's clearly an attention whore, and a persevering one at that

It's mostly just FOMO.

It's on my list for this weekend.

Breakthrough means literally what it says. You break through things/boundaries you thought were unbreakable before.

This happens with adults all the time. It depends on what illiterate means. Do I think learning is essential? Absolutely. And do I think brute forcing information is sometimes good? Absolutely. But do I think schools teach correctly? Absolutely not. It's our society's fault that made 13 year-olds underdeveloped. Even many adults are underdeveloped due to our schooling systems. But feel free to disagree. Well, then I guess we should lock our kids in a box forever to prevent them from getting exposed to the world, because it's a dangerous place.

I can understand that, but do you think this is symmetrical? I mean, would most male children not want physical sex at 12 years old? I don't think so. If it was allowed, I would bet my testicles that most male children would do it. They don't have to mate with girls of their age, older girls would do.

It's not. Forcing yourself to sit still for sessions of at least 30-45 minutes each, 6 sessions everyday, that's almost like serving jail time. You can't talk or express yourself during that time, you're literally silenced, forced to read and write, to lock your mind in the box provided, etc. And then you go home with homework, which can potentially hurt your eyes and create posture-related problems on the long run if you're not careful. Most of this might seem very passive in comparison to other forms of abuse, but I still consider it toxic and hindering of growth. Otherwise, how do you explain the high depression and suicide rates in the modern world even though it's technically a lot better than ever materialistically? It's because we're actually abused. Not without asking the child. If the child doesn't like school, then it's abuse. Some children actually love studying, and that's great. Make schools for those. Let them do what they love. It is because we've made it so. Maybe if schools didn't exist, children would grow up faster. Think about it. The time we spent studying could have been well spent on building our personality and awareness of the world instead. Just imagine this possibility. After all, the legal age is a modern concept, and our ancestors lived just fine without it. Good, but not good enough. The circumstances weren't tough back then, but school definitely was for me. I don't remember enjoying even in the slightest studying any one particular thing in my entire journey. All of my motivation to study and succeed was based in fear, not 1% of it in love.

@Etherial Cat Funny thing about schools is that I always hated them. When America invaded Iraq, I was in the 4th grade, so I hoped that they would invade us too just to shut down the schools and give me some freedom. They didn't invade, but we got war eventually after a number of years, and the schools remained.

Can we say the same thing about education and the schools system, though? Learning is forced onto our minds even when it's against our will from a very young age, and we're told that it's for our good. We keep challenging our minds for over 12 years without a say in the matter. Why is this not considered abuse, both physical and mental? Isn't that a double standard? This can be said about many adults, too. So is the age a real factor? Especially the legal age, since it's completely made-up. As well, life experience comes from non other than life experience. A child becomes an adult after gaining life experience, right? Well, let children become adults quicker if they want to. Why would the established rules know what is good for me more than my body? When my body desires food, I don't force myself to starve because there might be poison in the food. Same thing here. But if that is actually the issue, then why not teach sexual awareness in schools next to all the useless stuff we learn? I think there are other reasons, and they're not clear or convincing to me. This is a bit better than the rest of the world.