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I’m beginning to feel like a rat god, rat god

That's a pretty strong claim for swinging a rope. Cure my spine of what?

Nonsense. There are hundreds of republican politicians, thousands if you count the local level. They are not all psychopaths or equivalent to Trump / Gaetz. This is an absurd claim. And if they are as sociopathic as you say they are, then you should also realize they will throw each under the bus when it's convenient. They will even set each other up. So your image of MAGA unity is mostly a fantasy. Look at how much they already fight with each other.

But why are you now singling out Trump and Gaetz? You are picking the worst of the worst. Your original critique was of the entire party.

@Rasheed That's a ton of saturated fat. I'd say most people will not get away with that long-term without some heart issues.

It's still an exaggeration. Yes, I'm sure some politicians fit the criteria. But true psychopathy / sociopathy is still rare. Most people are not that, and those that are often end up incarcerated.

Don't exaggerate and inflame things. Most republicans are just everyday, blue-collar people.

If you're capable of just sitting and being happy, then why are you so miserable?

Much of this will be solved as lab grown food evolves out of its infancy.

Never liked mangos much, more of a kiwi guy.

I know what you meant.

Or perhaps you want my experience to validate your perspective.

I relate but have struggled to make sense of this. There was a phase where I thought my spiritual growth might naturally activate some of these paranormal skills. I spent a good amount of time trying, but struck out completely. Zero success with remote viewing, telekinesis, telepathy, distance healing, OBEs, seeing auras or anything else. At a certain point I just quit trying and figured I don't have that skillset for whatever reason. Perhaps it's for the best.

It's not about granular detail. It's about bias and keeping things in perspective. Agreeing with Leo's core insight is not enough. You have to connect the dots in the right way, which you are not. How absurd. Whatever overreaches there are of wokeness are not the cause of the Democrats losing. People cannot even handle regular wokeness. This is what happens as a result of your shoddy analysis. These are the kind of conclusions you come to. You are fighting with a caricature of wokeness. Wokeness is about far more than deconstruction. And framing it as purely a luxury belief is also deeply incorrect.

It wasn't funny for me. For me, humor is often about keen insight. Someone saying the "unsaid". There's an intelligence and emotional catharsis around it, it's not just mindless ridicule. I don't know Charlie at all, so maybe some of his other content is better. But this one didn't do it for me. If someone is attempting to do an intellectual critique, then all ridicule should be kept to a bare minimum, ideally zero.

This is still a grossly biased interpretation. Islam has close to 2 billion followers, obviously they don't see it that way. You can make any major religion look evil or like an angel if you narrow your perspective enough.

@Quest yeah it's tough. I've been in a similar situation before. I made the choice to end things, and honestly I'm still not sure that was the best decision. It did give me freedom but at the cost of a great relationship. I think if you really want kids, I would go for it. You don't need fancy retreats and seminars for personal development. And raising kids can definitely be its own kind of personal growth. But you're going to have to decide what's most important to you, since something is going to get sacrificed here. You're definitely not going to get it all.

This is old news ya'll. Huberman is definitely more of a shady character than I first realized. He comes off very polished.

This is an extremely biased perspective. You could easily argue that every major religion has those three elements.

Tai Lopez is obvious cringe. But also, that takedown by penguinz0 was poorly done. He critiqued him a 100 different ways without saying almost anything of real substance. It was mostly just ridicule.

Only mild?

Perhaps not integral, but certainly higher than where we are now. Leaders and the people they lead are one system. You cannot just bring in exceptionally conscious leaders and expect that to work. You're going to be frustrated a lot if you have progressive expectations of the world. I'd recommend letting it go. Greed, ego, falsehood, survival and unconsciousness are going to rule humanity for the foreseeable future.

They are all impossible with where humanity is at. This is what I mean by Game B fantasies. You say Game B is not a utopian project and is about incremental change, but you just listed a bunch of ideas that cannot be implemented. Work towards them if you want. I do think bold visioning is important. But I predict you will not live to see the day where they are realized. As long as you understand that, I think we are on the same page.

Actually it does help. Chasing Game B fantasies has a cost in terms of time, resources, mental energy and ego backlash / cultural blowback. You could waste your entire life on this stuff. Acknowledging that Game B can't work keeps you grounded in reality and on actual solutions.

I enjoyed chess as a kid. I had some natural talent and played in tournaments. But I never did any sort of formal study, which makes me wonder how good I would have been if I had. You guys are inspiring me, maybe I'll pick it back up.