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You can tell he has a type when it comes to women. Good for him.

@Shodburrito Well, I think what is happening is essentially that after WW2, higher education started becoming more accessible and having a degree still held a lot of value for employment as higher education used to be a more gated community. Eventually degrees lost their value as more people got them so people started prioritizing employability over knowledge for its own sake. Fundamentally, most people treat education as a means to an end rather than knowledge for its own sake. Back then, a liberal arts degree was good enough to get a cushy white collar job but now that is the just the bare minimum so you didn't have to be as practical with your choice of degree. My interpretation is that the decline of the liberal arts is simply the bubble bursting. It was artificially high and most people in fact aren't interested in knowledge for its own sake. Historically, a liberal education was something that the elites of society cut their teeth on. They didn't have to worry about where their next meal came from so they could wonder why the stars are like that and why apples fall down from trees. Or if gender is a social construct or if the earth is actually round. Notice how most if not all great philosophers have been wealthy elites or where at least very comfortable (Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, etc.). My second conclusion is that we don't need that many people interested in knowledge for its own sake so its fine that the liberal arts are shrinking in my opinion. We need people to be nurses, plumbers and cops for society to function. A taste of liberal education during their compulsory schooling is really good enough for them I think.

Well, don't leave me hanging. How's society changing exactly? Don't you think the biggest factor is simply degrees not holding the value they used to?

@SwiftQuill What do you think of the current state of liberal arts degrees?

I'm all for celebrities doing out of left field shit for the shock and entertainment, like starting stupid beefs with Drake or running for president, but the problem right now is that its just not very funny.

This kind of edgy attention seeking behavior has tarnished his legacy. If it weren't for him acting crazy I'm sure he'd be remember as among the greats within hip-hop but now you can't think of Kanye without thinking of Yedolf Yitler.

I wrote a huge billion dollar check to myself on a piece of paper. I'll soon manifest my billionaire lifestyle. Law of attraction baby 😎. Have fun being poor.

Do you want to bond over your traumas? I don't think that's healthy foundation for a friendship. Friends can be supportive in your "healing" but their not therapists. That would make the relationship one-sided and its not what friends are for. A "healer type" is getting something out of talking about your traumas, like the opposite of a parasite. They are like the little birds that pick crocodiles teeth. They are not necessarily your friend if they have no interest in spending time with you otherwise.

Most people aren't interested in connecting over your deeply personal insecurities on a first base level. Socializing is a pretty casual matter for the most part and there needs to be level of trust and reciprocity before you can connect over deeper topics. If you haven't made connections where you can share more personal things I'm willing to bet you just haven't invested that much time in your friendships. I have friends with whom I can share pretty much anything with after spending 100s of hours with them.

Pedo hysteria has always seemed a bit off to me in the sense that we accept as a society that sexuality is innate and inconfigurable. Pedophilia seems to follow the same pattern but because of the obvious problematic nature of sleeping with kids the only viable solution I can see for pedophilia is treatment and medically repressing the sex drive if necessary. Witch hunting pedos is juvenile and stupid on the other hand most people seem too moralistic and caught up in group think to consider treating the issue seriously. There's a degree of catharsis in feeling like your morally justified in punching down I guess, which is probably why pedos are targeted in prison. You might be a aloholic roid rager with three baby mammas but at least your not a pedo. As long as they aren't molesting kids I don't really care if someone's a pedo. Jerk off to loli as much as you like. Its really shit luck if you think about it.

Forming friendships is part demographics, part taking interest in others. You need to be where people are and you need to lead conversations with interest in others (asking questions, commenting, making jokes, etc.). Don't try to force a connection by talking. Feel for chemistry. You can feel it if your hitting it off and becomes effortless to relate, which is when its perfect to invite people to deepen the connection (and they are more likely to accept). Its simple way of making friends is become active in an interest that has a social aspect where you meet other people, like a sport or a hobby. As you become a regular you'll end up spending a good amount of time with the other regulars who share your interest and proclivities most likely. If you join a wargaming club, you'll be exposed to a lot of barrel shaped men that enjoy pop-culture references, military history and power metal.

Interesting read. Be careful of trying to make social workers and AI into your friends. They are merely transactional/a tool. Don't go making love to a toaster.

To get that amount of wealth you have to assume so much responsibility that its hard to relate to for average people I believe. I can see experienced wellbeing dipping slightly after a certain amount due to the amount of work and stress you generally need to undertake to reach and maintain those levels of wealth.

How did you run out of money in the first place? Gambling? Drink? Lack of employment? It sounds like your an addict to be honest. Stealling your sister's shit to make a quick buck sounds like just an excuse to gamble. Your lucky she still tolerates you but that won't last if you don't shape up. Make it up to her by getting out of this mess sharp.

Is that because your expectations are high or low?

So many Germans seem to be scared of instantly turning into Nazis the moment the put a uniform on. Like their an addict around alcohol. They need to chill. Germany today is nothing like Germany then.

Try doing nothing. Maybe it will reignite your passion for your goals as you starve yourself of superfluous content assuming your not just burnt out.

Unless you've been ordered to by like the courts or something you can just refuse to attend these sessions. There's no reason why you have to and I find it peculiar that you don't seem to have been consulted about it prior. That said, it could make the family closer but it doesn't seem like your interested in that. Figure out a way to put distance between yourself and your family. Just setting a plan to move out in motion if you live with them will make you feel better even if it takes a long time. Your doctor might be correct in saying that you tend to ruminate considering the wall of text that didn't provide much brevity, no offense. In my own experience, distance and acting on my interests and growing as a person has qualled all rumination I've felt in a relatively short amount times (3-4 months) though I think your on a different scale compared to me.

A part of self-esteem is not suppressing how you feel. You clearly feel insulted but your doubting even just that as if your supposed to feel a particular way. An insult is meant to be hurtful by definition. If you don't have the ability to do anything about this bully consider changing your circumstances so you no longer have him in your life (change school for example).

If you want to make easy friends get into motorsports. Then you can always bond over how broke you are with your car mates.

Friendship is a mixture of aligned demographics and hanging out. If you haven't had many friends up to now you most likely just haven't prioritized them assuming your a normal person. Perhaps you have some neurosis surrounding socialization that has made you avoidant. A way to make friends is to simply have an interest that has a social component, like for example martial arts, yoga, wargaming, kayaking, etc. You'll become familiar with the regulars there as you yourself become a regular which gives you opportunities to hang out in primarily small ways and invite people if you got chemistry. Try to curb your neediness if you have any. It will cause you to languish over socialization and sour your relationships. Just treat socialization as completely normal and just be yourself. Just be chill.

I have no idea what your on about.

Who was it again who said that women are like the half-way point between a child and a man? Of course they are drawn to strong leadership if they behave so dependently.

I'm under no illusion what nation building entails. I'm more concerned about the weakening military deterrence that Trump has caused. This could lead to war that would have otherwise been prevented. He's unnecessarily weakening our alliances and Stage Blue/Red countries will jump on that opportunity.