Basman

Morality is a social construct in part but its also informed by our base survival needs that all humans share. We have an innate sense of fairness. If you are suffering its not possible to appreciate an absolute perspective so fairness and survival is absolutely vital. On the cosmic scale, your basically a rat.

Fairness matters for social cohesion. The natural condition is a zero-sum game. Back in the day, men would be fair and loving towards their family one day and rape and pillage their neighbors the next. But nobody really wants to live in a world like that because no one is immune to being victimized. There are much more incentives to being fair today because the game of social cohesion is much more all encompassing.

Social media is geared towards clicks. Bipartisanship, outrage and tribalism are good for clicks, hence a large amount of slop. I find these Youtube channels great for news in my opinion: https://www.youtube.com/@warographics643 https://www.youtube.com/@SirSwag01 You shouldn't really consume too much news content in my opinion so its good to only intermittently get new content from a news-source you like, like with Sir Swag's channel.

@Leo Gura Going a bit off topic here but in relation to strictness, do you think corporal punishment of children has a place? Like, if they break a major rule? Like for example stealing money from their parents or assaulting other kids.

Gender is arguably a matter of perspective but that doesn't mean that there aren't real and serious consequences to gender. If you look like a man than you have to contend with how others perceive you regardless of how you feel about it. Most organizations seem to have figured this out relative to bathrooms where everyone wins. A flaw of transgenderism is that in practice people aren't always going to be on the same page. Transgenderism is inherently very subjective but the real world can't just be subjective because people have survival needs.

If you look like a man you don't belong in the woman's rest room. Its not that complicated. Butch lesbians look like women. If its less obvious then I can imagine it would create some discomfort if they think your a man.

I go to a liberal university currently who has gender neutral bathrooms. In practice, it just means that everyone gets their own closed off little bathroom with their own hand wash and a mirror. You completely avoid the conflict that transwomen in girls bathroom can cause. You do miss out on urinals though. A transwoman in a girl's bathroom who doesn't convincingly pass is going to cause issues. In such cases, its better they use the disabled toilet or something adjacent.

America and Trump in particular seems to have this obsession with the death penalty. Its outdated and actually costs more than just putting people in prison due to greater litigation processes. And you statistically will end up killing people who are categorically innocent of their charges. Is America the least developed first world country in the world? Its so barbaric in so many ways. How do you even get a situation where healthcare leads to murder in the first place. Then the death penalty for the shooter while school shooters are not treated nearly as harsh. Its blatantly oligarchical.

@Leo Gura Do you think that Tony Robbins himself is a scam or just self-help gurus that associate with him? I've read one of his books and I understand why its so popular. Its great basic level success oriented self-help so I can't see how Tony Robins himself as a scam.

https://denmarkification.com/ California is full of hipsters and homeless people. We should get a deep discount.

There's some kind of disease ravaging the American chicken population I believe. Other countries avoided this issue because they regulate their industry better.

Are you cool with having half your paycheck swiped by the government and generally higher cost of living? Americans complain a lot about the price of eggs, or so I've heard, but here in Denmark we pay about the same for eggs and its just normal. Northern-Europe at least is one of the best places on earth but there are some drawbacks that your going to feel if you start living here, especially if you are used to a tax rate around 25%-ish and warmer people. Things are a lot more institutionalized here and there is less of an entrepreneurial spirit compared to the US.

But not every movie is based on a book. And the story is always changed to fit the medium when books are adapted. And not everyone experiences a movie the same. Some people think the Godfather is boring. Literature doesn't capture the emotion and personal additions one makes when verbally telling a story either. A story isn't defined by being on a piece of paper. Otherwise it wouldn't be possible to adapt novels. It just a very practical medium for storytelling because its simple to record and can fit so much brevity and detail. The only difference is that reading isn't a passive experience. There are plenty of books that don't engage the reader beyond the direct narrative just like there are movies that have deeper stories that engage the viewer to connect with movies themes beyond the simple narrative.

You should just focus on what your most passionate about. This seems like a simple and obvious dilemma. I don't see how literature is the be all, end all of storytelling. Books are just one medium. Verbal storytelling has been the number one way for how people share stories before we where literate or had access mass media. Doesn't make it better than other storytelling mediums inherently. Its just a matter of what medium fits in peoples lives and currently movies are actually more popular than books. LOTR and Harry Potter wouldn't be nearly as popular without the movies.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp9x9j89evxo https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-main-stock-index-falls-after-milei-crypto-scandal-2025-02-17/ $4 billion has been lost according to the Observatorio del Derecho a la Ciudad, a local NGO. Coffeezilla interview with developers of LIBRA:

With the apparent decline of NATO and Trump holding talks with Putin without Ukraine, there is serious discussion for creating a joint European army to cover for security in America's absence.

American chauvinism isn't a magic solution that'll fix all your societal problems. America has itself a lot of issues like bad healthcare. It sounds like you just need to vote for better leaders.

People are attached to their culture and country. There is not going to be a peaceful annexation of another country without all parties being on the same page. I believe Trump's ultimate aim is to become dictator and part of that wowing the hearts and minds of Americans by acting like a king as much as he can as a president. Expressing that he wants to annex Canada, Greenland is first and foremost bluster and not serious policy in my opinion. All the benefits that @Ishanga and others who are pro annexation tout could be achieved through agreements and deals without the fallout that comes with the annexation of a Canada which wishes to stay Canada. The bluster alone from an American president is causing needless division and is degrading Americas reputation as a free and democratic society.

That poor corpse. 😔 How could he...

I think its much simpler than that. By putting down sluts men gain a sense of control over their desires and freedom to exploit and/or pin blame. Women will also slutshame if it gives them an advantage in terms of social competition in my experience. Giving up one's misogyny as a man can actually make your life objectively harder as you relinquish access to certain kinds of sex (for overall less sex effectively). People would be way more misogynistic if it was more socially acceptable because it has certain survival advantages.

You seem to have experienced something similar but different in how it exactly plays out apparently. Interesting. Perhaps there are different ways of getting visions of the future. I wonder if everyone have these experiences or if its rare. Though it seems that for those who do have these experiences its a very unconscious experience. Oh yeah, completely useless. Like I'll get deja vu from staring out of a window. Or maybe I just live a boring life. I think its more the short glimpse into your future emotional state that is of more significance.

I wonder if anyone can relate. Ever since I've been small i have experienced having "visions" of sorts of a situation of some kind for a very short moment usually while I'm half asleep I believe. Within this vision I can distinguish sight and feeling. I can also react to the feeling and the vision itself. I will then forget about this vision competely until I actually experience it in a waking moment, getting an intense sense of deja vu, months and years later. I will experience a specific sight picture and remember seeing this exact sight picture once before as well as remembering feeling my current emotional state once before as well. I might even remember that I mentally commented on the situation I'm having deja vu about or how I felt. These experiences can be windows into how I change as I suddenly remember my previous attitudes flush my mind. Its a very short moment though and I will always forget the exact situation soon after. I just remember the overall experience. I used to have these experiences more often as a child but as I've grown older they've become gradually more and more rare. Now I might have one such experience a year if at all. Its a real mystery but I feel like I can't be the only one who've ever had these experiences. It makes it seem like there is more to reality than meets the eye. Its real freaky.

I bet they thought you where a crazy person which is probably why they where so shocked. Who beats up a dog after approaching it, right? Good thing your into self-help. I willing to bet your life would be much worse in general if it wasn't for self-help.

Probably don't go near their dog from now on.

What am I supposed to argue with? People are lying, skewing and omitting facts. I'm yet to see a strong case for why Russia's invasion is just that doesn't employ half-truths and lies.