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Most will just know him as the radical spiritual guy with the pedo logo and move on.

I feel like that people who cling to past glory, real or not, tend to be older alcoholic men.

It's funny, because for some countries the golden age mythos is kind of true, like with Mongolia. "We used to rule the world" but is now a backwater country of 3.5 million people.

This makes me think Leo has a legit shot at getting on the pod if he wanted to.

The problem is it is often very hard to prove for or against sexual crime by nature. The legal system just isn't well equipped to deal with rape. I think people tend be a bit puritanical in order to compensate. You have to be careful about making broad sweeping generalizations in the opposite direction because it delegitimizes victims in a he-said-she-said situation.

Good. You shouldn't have blind faith in anyone. Learnt that the hard way when I got conned into subscribing for a lousy course by Brett Jones ("old Leo" for those who remember). It was a rude awakening which was a big reason for me becoming more information savvy and critical.

I don't think you should use AI as a news source. It is better to paste and link articles.

You could always be more mixed I guess. If Neo-nazis don't understand genealogy then it makes sense that they perceive there to be such a thing racial purity. There is such a thing as ethnic homogeneity, which is more about identity than genetics. Arguably, racial purity is a backwards rationalization so it doesn't really matter if it's accurate or true in essence.

The irony of racial purity is that cross-breeding different ethnicities is actually slightly beneficial in terms of health and beauty.

Dreamcore A Psychological horror game based on Liminal Spaces. Released in 2025 and developed by Montraluz.

Voima A indie sandbox game currently in pre-alpha as of writing this. Developed by Valtsu, a 24 year old Finnish artist.

I felt that Gurren Lagann has a strong spiritual component especially towards the end. It's kind of hard to put into words and I don't want to start spoiling, but it relates to like a supreme fearlessness and self-sacrifice on a spiritual level.

Mushishi is fantastic. It relates more to nature as a mystical force and how humans cope with tragedy and loss.

The UK doesn't have freedom of speech but freedom of expression technically, which is just a more broad definition. The UDHR recognizes that freedom of speech has limitations and need to be restricted. This law aims to curbs online harassment and abuse by regulating social media providers to better safeguard users, which is a good thing on paper in the absence of any kind of regulation. I do agree however that the stipulations around what is considered harmful is too vague currently. In practice it could result in social media platforms over censoring stuff to cover their asses but that is already kind of the case, with people self-censor to avoid getting flagged by saying stuff like "unaliving" instead of died/suicide. The UK still scores higher on freedom of expression than the US according to the Global Expression report (33th VS 88th). https://www.globalexpressionreport.org/

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If money wasn't a concern, what would you do?

What are you wearing on your head?

Women just aren't as interested in having sex for the sake of it to the same degree as men are. It is a logistical bottleneck. Being gay is much more straightforward as you just skip all the song and dance. And gay guys tend to be very crass as a result from what I've seen as you don't need nearly as much restraint. If guys where 100% honest they'd be a menace, prove me wrong.

Big money doesn't need to be exorcised, just tamed. They provide a lot of value to society. Rent-seeking behavior just need to be kept in check.

Leo tortures himself and in return we get a bunch of juicy content for free. The art of the deal!

Another point on doing nothing that I've discovered is that it is highly mood dependent. Sometimes I feel sleepy. Other times I'm full swing with my thoughts. Other times I'm borderline mediating with very little thoughts. Meditation in comparison is much more consistent in my experience, with how you focus on your breath and disengage from your thoughts and hold a sitting pose.

I've lately been experiment with "doing nothing" which is exactly what is sounds like. I start my mornings these days with 30 minutes of doing nothing, where I just sit and do nothing. I don't focus on anything in particular or restrict myself from anything except doing a particular activity. I can think as much or as little as I want and I don't have to sit still as opposed to meditation. So far, I've found doing nothing to be much better at processing emotions primarily as well as letting me contemplate things of interest compared to meditation. I find the emotional processing particularly valuable and something easily gone amiss these days. When doing nothing I feel like I'm dealing with karma that I've carried for years, bit by bit. Meditation on the other hand is much more directly relaxing and leaves me with tingly sensations. From the hundreds of hours of meditation I've done I don't remember ever feeling like I processed anything like I do with doing nothing deliberately however, probably since you consciously disengage from thoughts when meditating. Meditation feels much more like a chore while doing nothing feels more relaxed despite the former being inherently more relaxing but also more strenuous to actually do. Meditation can also feel a bit pointless in my experience. Just my two cents.

You need to balance regulating the home market while not disincentivizing big companies from investing in and building homes too much. Big companies can house thousands affordably if regulated right with none of responsibilities that owning a home comes with for renters.

Might just be one of his four dogs that mauled him (or his wife).

Good to hear. I'm happy that it was helpful ❤️.