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They are probably on steroids. I'm talking about being athletic. Not a the Rock-tier hulk monster. Being athletic makes you healthier and less likely to suffer from heart disease. Steroids for the purpose of getting girls is a bad idea. The side effects alone makes it a bad idea but girls aren't attracted to the uber vascular, roided up beasts anyway. When I talk about being muscular as a guy, I mean being fit and having a toned and defined body. That is something any guy can achieve.

Muscle tone is a sign of health and therefor attractive. But there is also the difference of having built up trust with the guy.

Women in general tend to be more fearful than men. There is a bunch of research and articles on it if you look it up. Fearfulness and being withdrawn is tied to a certain extent to physical strength and women are generally smaller and weaker than men. You can imagine yourself standing next a 1000kg male bull. The size difference can excastebates timidness and the need for security.

You can't really blame them though if they are seemingly not given the opportunity to accultarate and are seen as outsiders despite being born in France. Radicalism as a consequence then is due to a lack of percieved opportunity and relief from tension. This whole mess seems to be the result of neglect spanning decades. Whether or not Islam is incompatible with western values, I think it depends. Extremism and cult-like groups of any kind can be antithetical to democracy.

Life purpose is a bit of a loaded term in my opinion, but it alludes to a calling life. It can be beneficial to have a life purpose because it helps hit every base for what you want from your career and lifestyle. The best "job" you can get is one that is not only one that you find personally interesting but also makes a contribution to society that you find meaningful while being personalized to fit your values and proclivities. For example, Leo likes to contemplate, so he spends a lot of time alone and just contemplates. Then he communicates his ideas semi-regurarily. That is a heavily simplified example and probably somewhat innaccurate but none the less an example of a "life purpose" that is heavily personalized and for him fulfilling. A calling is also more flexible than a career, as there are many ways to skin a cat. If for example video went under, Leo could write a book instead (though probably not his prefered medium). Whereas if your job is disrupted, your just out of a job and got to find something new. A strong calling can simplify the process of deciding what you need to do in your career and life by making it very concise. Ultimately it is about living by your values. The idea that contribution makes your life more rich and meaningful underpins the concept.

The prolification of negative strawmanning is one of if not the worst side-effect of social media. The stark divide between left and right today is to a degree due to media outlets wanting to better cater to certain demographics. In that process, making the "opposite" side look bad legitimizes the need for the identity group being sold. It is cathartic to see people with views you disagree with be "fought". The general trend today is "if you express different views as me, you are a bad person", often said in a shaming and otracizing way. Character assassination and thought terminating cliches are rife in modern discourse which leads to greater polarization as discussion devolves into shouting matches. More extremes views are being fronted as the middle curve is being eroded by this need to market ideas based on the invalidity of opposing groups. Social media thrives of hyperbole and sensationalism for attention and illicits a tribalistic response in people, which naturally breaks down complex topics into the black & white. That can be problematic when the issues themselves are beyound what a simple meme or tweet can express. A lot of the points you see people make are simply parroted from somewhere else uncritically. there's a lack of critical thought and people simply want to "be right" instead of understand each other. This tribalistic mentallity is insufficient when we live in nations that hinge on the cooperation of a diverse array of people. There's no getting rid of the "leftist" or "right-wingers". You can only isolate yourself from them, which is basically what is happening online. Which is the futility of a polarized social media. Marketing forces and sensationalist media are in large part responsible for why political discourse is divisive and B&W.

You could get into miniature painting. It is a solitary activity that is easy to pick up whenever you have time and let go off at any stage. Unlike other hobbies like gaming, painting minis leave you with a finnished product, which is inherently more fulfilling. Miniatures also tend to hold their monetary value after you buy them, so you can always sell off your collection. It is not as hard as it may look to paint at such a scale. It just doesn't. It is time consuming though. And expensive. But not as expensive as certain other hobbies, like cycling, hunting or anything that involves motorized vehicles.

Sounds like you are just cramping up when meditating due to past injuries/weak and tense muscles. Perhaps you have overactive traps or some other muscle group, in particular on the left side. If certain muscle groups responsible for upholding a certain posture are weak then adjacent muscles tend to compensate, which can lead to pain. If I was you I would incorporate more movement in your week, like walking. Also do some strengthening exercise. If you have spinal issues you should go see a doctor. I have a structurally weak leg post-surgery which used to get a lot of tighness till I started doing strenghtening exercises, after which most hang-ups like that are gone completely.

People who cultivate a skill tend to be passionate about it. The passione and sense of reward holds you over the more tedious aspects. When I do my fitness, I look forward to the sense of fulfillment you get from putting effort into your body and the boost in confidence as my body visibly grows as well as a hearty meal afterwards. I have plenty of good reasons to work out and I don't work-out so much that it becomes too tedious. In fact, I probably work-out less per session than what would be considered a "normal" work-out typically. But I'm highly concistent since I enjoy the way I do it. I manage to work-out circa 5 times a weak, which I would never be able to do if I was forcing myself a high degree. I don't think you need to be particularily driven as a person in order to develop skills. You just need a genuine good reason and a pace that doesn't burn you out. I'd be concerned if you aren't genuinely interested in something for its own sake and trying to pursue something just because its a "good idea". I'm pursuing art and in this economy it is anything but a good idea. Your interest shouldn't be purely based on rationality but be emotionally inspiring. You are going to be bad at it in the start. That is normal.

I've grew up in Norway and I'm familiar with the culture. Norway is a country where nobody will sit next to you on the buss unless they have absolutely have to. They don't tend to socialize very openly with strangers compared to southern-European countries or the US. Keep in mind that pick-up is largely an American concept, which is a country where people more commonly openly socialize with strangers. It is not strange that the concept works less efficiently in other cultures. IMO, social circle is the way to go in Norway. If you are lucky and befriend someone who owns a boat, you can go sail around on the fjord during the summer and hang out. There's a lot of potential fun to be had that way. Learn to ski and enjoy hikes (or "tur" in Norwegian). Then you will have some interests that are extremely common in Norway, which you can relate over.

My impression as a European is that Americans are kind and outgoing people but as soon as something remotely political or controversial is brought up they get very combative and outspoken. Sometimes I have to remind myself that all the crazy political talk on social media is largely if not entirely an American thing. Its a little embarassing to be honest.

Black and white thinking is more simplistic, which is why people do it and why it spreads more easily. The human brain is the most energy demanding organ of the body. We are instinctually driven to preserve energy and conciously thinking about things is simply less energy efficient, which is why consciously thinking and contemplating things is relatively uncommon. You can deduce a lot from different situations and people if you just kind of pay attention and try to connect your observations in a meticilous fashion. It doesn't require the intellect of a geniues, just that you try. Most people rarely really "think" about stuff or ask a lot of questions. Atleast consciously in a deliberate way.

I believe men tend to reject women with high bodycounts for various reasons when looking for a long-term monogamous relationship. A high bodycount can indicate that they are less reliable and stable in a long-term relationship. It makes sex less intimate and special if you are just another body. It decreases the odds of STDs. Why virginity matters specifically to someone, it could be a cultural thing where it is seen as virtuous. It could also be a fetish. Vice-versa, experience is attractive in men because it makes you more capable of being a good leader. It also indicates that past women found you attractive. A man being a virgin past a certain age can be seen as unattractive for the aforementioned reasons. I woulnd't really call it a double-standard as much as just a difference for why it is less acceptable for women to have a high bodycount compared to men (though culture can definitely reinforce certain attitudes). Men can't get pregnant and therefor women have much more to gain by being selective. It be the other way around if men got pregnant instead.

Actually, humans are its own genus called Homo. There used to be multiple species of humans existing at once, but us Sapiens are the only surviving species. At one point there where nine species of humans existing on the planet at the same time. We humans tend to take for granted that we are the only living species of our genus. Humans are classed as Hominids though, the family that includes all the great apes, so it is correct that humans are primates. But humans are a different branch to the other brances that include Chimps and gorillas, on the bigger branch that are hominids. One thing that is interesting to point out is that humans are the only generalist species out of the surviving hominids. Every other species is habitat dependent and endangered as a result, no thanks to us. Perhaps these species of great apes survived the rise of humans while every other human species didn't because they weren't in direct competition due to being specialized to a certain kind of habitat not suitable for farming. But now that humans do more than just farm and are encroaching on their habitat finally, their specialist tendencies are making them susceptible to extinction. Humans have a long history of annihilating other species long before any advanced technology existed. Sorry, you spiked my interest in human taxonomy and ancient history and I couldn't resist.

With the rise of students using ChatGPT to cheat on their assignments, I've been thinking about the nature of cheating relative to learning as a principle. I believe that you can't cheat learning on a fundamental level (no?) because cheating is to circumvent the learning process all together. By cheating, you are finding a way of not doing the work required by your tutors while making them think you have, I.E. trick them into thinking you you've done your homework. In the real world, if you want to do something you don't know how to do, you have to learn. And there is no "cheating" that learning. You either learn or you don't. There is no one to trick. School, you can cheat because on a fundamental level you are fulfilling the expectations of someone else, an institution, -who's interests you may or may not percieve as being alligned with your own. If you are a dumbass kid, you might feel like school sucks and is boring. Why not cheat? The issue I'm getting at is that cheating seems to be the result of learning being facilitated by a beurocratic system (school) that only recognizes learning as fulfilling certain criteria. Handing in your assignments and doing standardised tests. Cheating is inherently a result of how the system itself functions. Cheating is essentially a symptom of a flaw within the system. Your being graded on the work you hand in. The fact that you are being "graded" at all. Grades aren't a property of learning but of a system that tries to facilitate it. What ChatGPT highlights is how our current way of learning is insufficient. The problem is that a lot of our emphasize is on reproducing information. The reproduction of information is increasingly becoming an obsolete with technology. In a sense, I think it is good news that ChatGPT is ruining how schools have been doing things. They are in a sense forced to teach in a way that is more true to the principle of learning, which can't be cheated. I do appreciate however that it is a challenge to somehow facilitate learning on a national scale for millions of children and adults and somehow make it concistent. I'll give that school is good at teaching you to read and write and add 2+2. I believe a better financial situation for education is a low hanging fruit for improvement. I'm not particularily knowledgable about the education system but it is something I've been thinking about for years, how it operates currently relative to true learning. It is no joke that we forget the majority of what we "learn" through out school besides the bare basics. It's more a process of socialization more than anything else in my experience. What are your thoughts on the matter?

To get out of a rut you have to do something that is different. If you are feeling depressed, I'd recommend some physical activity. It could be starting to go for runs, swim or join a martial arts club. A physical activity that involves others like a martial art has the added benefit of stimulating you socially. I joined a Wing Tsun club during a depressive/suicidal phase in my life and it was the best decision I could've made at the time. I got more out of that than any self-help gimmicks. If you don't know what to do with yourself, I'd recommend you talk with a safe person about your goals and aspiration and your current situation. Talking to someone is in my experience a requirement to really get over a slump in one's life. It doesn't take more than a couple of things to make an impact on your life but it does require taking action. Avoid setting a high bar for yourself, or you risk demotivating yourself. Instead, you want to have a low-to-moderate high bar in terms of results. A Low standard for building momentum and a moderate standard for building on that momentum. A high standard with no momentum increases the risk for failure and remember, action taken with a low standard is more action than no action. A standard less than perfection allows you stay concistent, which is way more important than trying to be sexy. This is all to say to not be too hard on yourself. Lastly, on the topic of porn-consumption, I find it to be overstated in most cases personally. I also think it is a gimmick. People who care about their masterbation habits tend to be "losers" in the conventional sense. They tend to be poor financially and have little to no dating life. Most people I'd wager, given the success they want would rather spend time doing their hobbies or being with their families than watch excessive amounts of porn. People who still compulsively watch porn to the point where it damages their relationships even when they are succesfull you could say have a genuine problem. Most "no-fapers" are just bored in my opinion. No-fap is also a gimmick and therefore a waste of your time to focus on. Avoid gimmicks. Focus on actionable steps.

I agree. It has sarcastic and passive-agressive energy. And that is besides the fact that he looking slightly to left (his right), a sign of being a liar.

TLDR: Central Amsterdam gets millions of tourists all year round, who all tend to congregate around a very small area. The local government wants to move the Red Light District and "centralize" Amsterdams prostitutes in a single mega brothel somewhere else in town. As a Dutchy who has lived in Amsterdam Centrum, over-tourism is a huge problem for the local population and the city's culture. The goverment has worked for years to combat it, for example they once renamed the beach in Haarlem to "Amsterdam Beach" to draw tourists away. Or another example, they banned ads that target young british men (lads). The problem is, like previously mentioned, most tourist emass around a very small part of town. De wallen, or the Red Light District, doesn't necessarilly gain from the tourism as the crowds tends to make potential customers self-conscious. The prostitutes are not there to be entertaining to tourist but to feed their kids and pay off their student loans. They could potentially gain a lot more from centralization. Edit: De Wallen especially suffers from being treated like a big playground by tourists. It is harder to form long-term relationships where the majority of people are by nature transient in the literal sense. Too many tourist is in of itself simply obnoxious to deal with it and it wears you down. You're constantly dealing oblivious people who struggle with basic traffick rules. Thoughts?

In my opinion, putting that sort of financial pressure between family members is asking for trouble. It seems like it already has strained your relationship with your dad. If parents offer money for your degree, it is better to go the whole way and just pay off the entire degree instead of these half-measures that lead to long-term complication. Ah well. It is best to pay of the loan. Like the previous posters have said, paying it off in a year or two is probably wise. That interest is mighty. I don't know what it is like in your country, but perhaps you are viable for interest delition or any other measures for low-income folks.

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The problem is not that prostitution is too undignified for centrum. It is the tourists who are undignifying the city the local population. They turn centrum into a big sad mall. Also, it is false to think of the proposed areas to move the prostitutes as "far away". Theses places are not outskirts and they are relatively fast and easy to get to. The prostitutes are being proposed to get moved because their presence hypes up Amsterdam to an untenable level for the area. The vast amounts of tourists that come to De Wallen aren't interested in buying sex (90% if not more). They are there to just "see it" in combination with the history and the architecture of the area. It is a tourist attraction. Centralizing the sex workers could help filter out the "chaff" who are there to just absent-mindedly look around, possibly help boost their income as well kill some of the hype of Amsterdam.

Mad. Never said I hated them tf. I was a vegan once. Speaking of projection.

I went to a vegan restaurant an everyone inside was grumpy and miserable Litteraly.

Humans are clearly omnivores. There are no primates or past human species that where obligate carnivores or herbivores. It is a strength of our species. It means that there is more for us to eat and our physiology doesn't have to overly specialize, locking us out of being a generalist species. As to what is preferable, it depends on you. Some people prefer certain diets because of how it makes them feel, but I'd be sure to take dietary trends on the internet with a grain of salt. Social media rewards extremism and outrage, making certain attitudes more visible. You have to ask yourself if a proposed diet is being propogated because it is generally true or because how the influencer manages to sway the algorithm to their favor.

The Youtuber in question was just looking for content for his drama channel. It is not hard to dismiss all of Actialized as a cult. Mostly only people within the Actualized niche genuinely care. Most who watched that video are just there for the entertainment