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Tyson's story is even deeper than that. His coach used to basically hypnotize him and tell him he was gonna be an animal, a savage, etc.

I dont even think AOC will be only enough to run by 2024 so that counts her out.

But that's not to say that cancel culture isn't an issue?

I agree that topics like philosophy, meditation, money management should all be taught this isn't going to make a big difference in a lot of areas. I have a friend who teaches at a school in Florida that is made up of a lot of kids who live in section 8 housing. Teaching these stage green topics to these kids isn't going to significantly change the outcome of their lives in my opinion, because there are too many other factors dragging them down. Most of these kids have horrible home lives and live in awful areas. So while improving topics taught at public schools is a good idea it is going to help middle and upper-class children much more than lower-class kids. To help these kids, you need a societal shift in these communities along with a change in the schooling.

What metrics are you using to distinguish between animal meats and plant-based meats? Eventually, they will be able to produce plant-based meats that taste the same, but the nutrients aren't going to be the same. Why would I want to eat a copycat plant-based meat full of industrial seed oils when I could just eat a real piece of meat?

But factory farming doesn't produce the same quality of meat. The arguments against factory farming arent just ethical, but also nutrients based.

I think that American often gets scapegoated in threads like these. American is not the only country guilty of these things. Every major country is built on money, celebrity worship, power, comsumption, etc.

You reverse climate change by holding corporations responsible for their impacts on the climate. Just 100 companies are responsible for 71% of global emissions. Now of course consumers are buying these products from these corporations so there is a relationship there. We must also hold our governments accountable for their lack of effort to solve climate change. Instead of real solutions, we get cutesy solutions like banning plastic straws. Climate change is solved at a collective level by finding alternatives to the world's biggest pollutants. Fossil fuel emissions, plastic in oceans, etc.

In the eyes of many Americans, Biden's handling of Afghanistan is a major screw-up. Especially after the attacks today on the airport. I'm not saying that Biden did the wrong thing in pulling troops from the region. I believe that the Taliban would have taken over regardless of if we left 10 years ago or 10 years from now. But nearly all Americans don't understand the societal changes that Afghanistan needs to go through before they can adopt a Democratic system of governing, give women equal rights, etc.

This made me giggle?

i have dabbled in German in the past, although not as much recently. I did use YouTube for learning grammar, sentence structure, etc. There are some quality German learning channels on YouTube. I also used Duolingo which always made learning fun. Another thing you can do is watch a German show with English subtitles or vice versa.

How much fat should I be consuming a day and what kind? I've been tracking my calories recently and I never know which fat I should be getting and how much.

That is somewhat concerning. I just started taking Kratom to see what I thought of it, but I might have to reconsider. If the study isn’t brand new I would imagine someone else in the Kratom subreddit or on a website dedicated to it has commented on the study. I’ll look to see what I can find

This is what I was thinking of as well. People have heard the stories of the experiments our government has done on people (Tuskegee Study, CIA and LSD, etc.) and also what corporations are willing to do to make a buck. Anti-vaxxers are very untrustworthy of the powers that be.

Another low effort post on this sub forum. This is an old meme. Clearly birds are real. The guys behind Birds Aren’t Real just came up with a clever joke.

People have been saying this for years… There isn’t going to be a civil war. Americans do not want to give up their cushy lives for one second. People promoting this crap are just fear-mongering. Also this post is garbage and I’m tired of seeing low effort bait posts on this fortum.

You’re goofy for that. Gang violence ≠ skilled marksmen. I’m sorry but I would put my money on the back hills red necks…

People who want to live forever need to come to terms with death and understand the beauty in it. We need death to progress our society. I would like to live a long and prosperous life but living beyond 90+ is where I would like to go. My great-grandpa lived to be 102 so maybe I could make it to that but to live several hundred years or forever and get to choose when I want to die does not interest me.

Being skeptical of new technology that the government tells is safe does not make someone gullible. Look at all the other things that are considered safe that are pushed and used daily in our lives...

I have never heard of that until now. Seems like an interesting concept. I might have to look into getting one of them.

I’ve only listened to the beginning of the episode but now I have to figure out a way to measure my taint I’m still a bit unclear if I should move my balls when measuring.

MLK also brought upon positive change in a peaceful way. Rioting is not the only way to spread your message or achieve your societal goals.

Toledo was with a 21 year old who had just shot at a car moments for the police altercation.

Of course there is a deeper problem... Lack of education, family structure, oppodtunies, etc. in these communities. Tasers aren't an end all be all. Plus this kid had a gun in his possession. If the cop tazes him the kid could easily get a shot off. This kid was seen with someone shooting at cars right before this chase so he was clearly capable of using the gun. The officer had no other choice. It's easily to hyperanalize events like this after the fact. I would like to see you in this situation with your life on the line with a split second to decide what to do and see the decision you make.

Lil Nas is a very edgy and knew how conservatives would react to this. I don't see him actually being a devil worshiper and not that it matters either way. He's been planning the release of this song for months and knows how to use internet memes to spread his songs. We all know what the devil is, but conservatives are of the mindset that the devil is an actual entity that can infect people like a virus and not just the absence of God.