Bobby_2021

Yes, even Bill Gates and Elon Musk is also oppressed and , relatively speaking. That doesn't mean everyone else must cater to lower the price of their private jet fuel and their shitty concerns. That's just moronic, silly and even manipulative. Plenty of people have nothing real to worry about so they manufacture crap out of nothing. If you want to have a serious discussion on oppression and take actionable steps to eliminate it, instead of crying about it, we must adopt an absolute scale of oppression. Else it will lead to madness since everyone will cry oppression, thus the truly oppressed people don't have a voice to raise their concerns. Happiness is independent of everything. You can be happy no matter where you are and sad no matter how good your life is.

This is the peak if what a privilege looks like. You live in one of the poshest counties of the world, which benifited from the systemic oppression of the rest of the world, and you are "traumatized" because you couldn't find a clothing you like. Why should anyone even listen to you lecturing about what even privilege or oppression looks like? I have seen kids cry with tears of joy when they got second hand shirts to wear as school uniforms. Come to India bro. See how we live. Even if we don't eat, we are happy. You don't have any real problems.

It's natural for the members to expect a certain level of maturity from the mods. It's ok for the mods to disagree with each on politics, spirituality etc. But if you accuse each other of poor moderation, then you are making the forum look incompetent infront of the members. Better do thise discussions somewhere private.

Not more than Trump.

Umm wut? Gender is collectively and socially defined, which is why it's called a social construct. But it's ok if you want to dismiss me. I dunno man. Maybe I am just a disgusting fascist bigot. I understand.

Gender is a social construct. No one chooses their gender by "choosing it for themselves". It is socially defined.

In politics the pro active side wins, passive side loses. Trump won despite being less popular than hilary. Trump also lost the popular vote and still managed to win the election. Republicans unleashed their most polarising far right candidate, went all in and won. Democrats on the other hand are much more divided within themselves between the establishment and the progressives. The establishment Democrats are still RW. Progressives are the only real LW in America. If Dems were truly proactive then they should unless the most LW candidate to make sure that they use all the power to make society go towards the left. Instead society has moved further towards RW. This should have never happened. Because naturally society moves LW. So Dems should face less resistance compared to repubs if they were to go left in full throttle. But they(Dems) have only helped society move towards right by doing nothing and being low key right wing.

3) The Pull out method. ?

I think it's legit since the fluoride made its way to the brain from the outside. I want to know if the FLUORIDE in tap water is naturally occurring or the authorities are intentionally adding fluoride in US. I thought that ground water was pure, now I am having concerns. ?

By tap water, do you mean ground water you extract from a well?

Cheap chemicals from China are used to make vape liquid. This alone should be enough to deter you.

Noted! Good stuff ain't happening anytime soon.

Roe vs Wade is OVERTURNED https://twitter.com/AP/status/1540364971619524609t=b_pIJtYr4DGz2mxJdtCUwg&s=19

Also I don't know in what kind of country is sending $50 Billion to some unknown corrupt country is justified. Why? Do they not have any problems at home? $50 Billion.

So the loss of cognitive abilities are rather psychological than due to the chemicals themselves.

It's going to be a challenge for Biden to make it out alive till 2024, forget the next election. They fucked up the moment they stopped Bernie from running for president.

Great to know that she is slowly recovering.

I think we are having a wonderful time compared to most of human history. But with all these opportunities, my only fear is if I fall short of utilising my full potential.

How would you define body?

Some of my comments I made seema to have been corrupted and deleted. Probably due to the server outage a few days ago. Just listened to JBP. 1) Be the most useful person in times of trouble. 2) Respond with positivity when someone shares a good news with you. Else people will stop sharing their wins with you. People need so little in support. And they are scared if they will ge them. Peterson is unnecessarily scapegoated by the lefties. I don't really know how exactly to respond when people share their wins or any good news with me. I like to hear that they are expecting a baby. Or some big life event like that. To be really honest I don't really care. Because I myself have huge standards for what I consider to be a win. Any thoughts anyone?

good lord?

"My understanding of the self-ID view is that you're a woman if you identify as whatever you think a woman is," As you have said. I am saying that a women is a concept much like Santa claus. A woman is someone who identify with the concept of a woman. Just like you are batman if you dress like batman and identify as such. So what is a batman? It's a fictional concept. Likewise a woman is also a fictional concept. It isn't a circular definition is what I am saying. Because a woman isn't a definitive object to point to.

A woman is a concept/idea. You cannot point to a thing and say that's it's a woman or not. Just like santa claus. You can identify as a santa Claus simply by wearing a red dress and a beard and you expect people to treat you like a santa claus. Likewise you can also wear a skirt and people should treat you like a women, regardless of your sex(m or f). A female is an object. Like a rock or a tree or a house. Although normally you cannot identify as a female since, it's a definite object, reality is that even female is a concept, if you dig deep enough. Just like human is also a concept. The problem lies in the fact that all of them are social constructs. But there are crucial distinctions even within social constructs. I agree to the fact that they will collapse once you start questioning them, whether they are traditional gender roles or LGBT gender. But if you value that distinction between concept and objects then gender could have some legitimacy.

You have often emphasised the role of "Truth" in relationships. Basically if you have to lie to your partner (for eg about cheating), the relationship isn't grounded in Truth. (Although not the same intensity as that of cheating) Well, hiding information also amounts to lying. Even in the case of previous partners. I think both parties must have complete disclosure and proceed with the relationship only if both are comfortable.

Quite informative. UBI should make a difference. People are not born tk to work. The only concern is thag it will result in a steep power divide between those who own the capital and those who don't. I say the government had to assume some level of control over the machines and redistribute the profit generated to the masses so that they are complacent and controllable. A huge power divide is just around the corner.