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    43 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    Consider that it might actually be easier to awaken as an extrovert because introverts tend to be very lost in their minds.

    You have interpreted enlightenment as sort of extreme introversion when actually you could think of it as more like extreme extroversion. The inner world is snuffed out.

    Technically, inner and outer worlds become One, so it's a moot point.

    Lol, so introverts suck at getting laid and getting enlightened! Can't catch a break here :P

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    3 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

    Actually, I think you got it backwards. Most people don't have a problem jerking off. If you do, you're the exception.

    There is nothing special about me in this regard. It is normal for a human to be able to jerk off without pain or problem, just as it is for apes.

    The no-fap movement is ultimately a small vocal minority. Just because they are so vocal does not make them the majority.

    I think you’re right when it comes to jerking off. It’s fine and most people are okay with it. The insane nofap never ejaculate stuff is stupid. 

    But if you’re to watch porn for a decent period of time and not feel shit after, you’re lucky. Myself and a lot of other people feel like trash and have depleted dopamine after a porn session 

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    I’d recommend starting with some of those Vox YouTube explainer videos. It took me years to really piece a decent timeline of events from the late 1800s to today. You can’t really have a strong opinion on the issue if you don’t know the history.

    key events to learn would be

    -the beginning of Zionism in the 1800s

    -Balfour declaration

    -1947 partition plan, subsequent 1948 war, and the nakba

    -1967 war (key)

    -peace deal with Egypt 

    -Oslo Accords and Camp David

    -2005 withdrawal from Gaza

    -2014 Gaza/Israel war 

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    34 minutes ago, Yarco said:

     

    2. Like someone else has said, how do you tax unrealized gains? Bezos and Musk might be able to pay a wealth tax out of their bank account. But for most people who are multi-millionaires on paper, it's all tied up in their business. They'd have to start selling off physical assets, or ownership in their company, just to cover the tax. Which in turn downsizes the company, hurts workers, etc.

    If you don’t sell, which is a taxable event, you can’t spend the money anyway. I think capital gains tax should be higher given that’s how billionaires earn their money rather than salary. 

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    37 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    And your investments could actually lose you money. You are assuming you would make good investments, which is a bad assumption.

    Investing in index funds is a pretty safe investment. Studies show that if you can withdraw 4% from you investments as year and your investment base will not deteriorate over any 30 year period in history. There hasn’t been a ten year period where the market hasn’t gone up 

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    5 minutes ago, StarfoxEpiphany said:

    Why would an embassy move affect the two-state solution,  who told you that?  It sounds like some contrarianism.

    And also, from what I understand it is insane for Israel to give up the West bank, Golan Heights or Gaza strip as these are strategic defense barriers.  Keep in mind that Muslims have attempted 4 blitzkriegs on Israel.

     

    The UN official position is to have Tel Aviv as the capitals for both, until an agreement is made. The US recognising Israeli however not Palestinian capital status, gives too much leverage to Israel with 0 concessions

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    1 hour ago, StarfoxEpiphany said:

    At the least the US embassy is in Jerusalem instead of tucked away in Tel Aviv where the lens is filtered.  I can't believe how retarded the left got when Trump moved the embassy in there.

     

     

    What are you talking about? That helped to destroy the possibility of a two state solution, and gave Israel a free pass with demanding no concessions with regards to settlements etc 

    Also, watch out for the incoming Israeli PM. He’s even further right than Benjamin Netenyahu, his party doesn’t even pretend to be in favour of a two state solution or an end to settlements 

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    15 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    9 separate times is a huge problem because that will take up your whole day.

    Not if you got a good sex drive.

    The only hard part was the physical exhaustion.

    I can't do 20 times any more. That was only possible in my teens. It fell from 10-20 down to 5 or so, and then down to 2, and now I'm usually satisfied with 1, but I can do 2 if I want or if I'm really turned on. As you get older the refractory period increases from what I can tell. In my teens my refractory period was basically zero.

    I thought every guy was like this. I learn new things hearing about your guys' no-fap struggles and problems. Honestly, it's just never been a problem for me at all. I don't even think about it because to me it's like taking a shit. I take my shit and go about my day. I don't spend any time obsessing over or manipulating my shits. To me that's just a waste of mental energy.

    Sounds like you’re the abnormality. Even during my teen years when I’d wank 5 times a day or so, I’d still need at least an hour recharge time 

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    14 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

    That's the mindfuck. Death never happens. Death is a fantasy.

    You are eternally conscious right now, you always have been, and you always will be.

    Cessation of consciousness is imaginary. LOOK! You're imagining it right now!

    You sneaky bastard! ;)

    There is no such thing as unconsciousness. All unconsciousness is imagined by consciousness. That's the ultimate trick. You can't be unconscious, you can only imagine you were unconscious in the past -- which is the Dream.

    You know what he means though. At the absolute level there’s no death. But what does consciousness do at the end of this incarnation?