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I'm not an expert but my intuition is these statistics are probably heavily influenced by culture and economic strain rather than the institution itself. It's hard to say though, we may very well be fucked so perhaps you're right. Let's go full Austin Powers YEEAA BBABBYY YEEAAA!!!

Yea he's similar and if I recall involved with some of the old scumbag RSD guys that were all rightfully purged and banned from social media some years ago because of allegations and proof of some really terrible unethical and illegal stuff. One of the biggest ones Owen Cook full out admitted to raping a girl as a joke, which plenty of accusations levied against him. He's since rebranded. I think he brags and brings up sleeping with something like 1000+ women as a source of credibility. It's kind of sad how many struggling guys are duped into looking up to that as a badge of honor. Not only is that behavior clearly a sign of some deep trauma and insecurity, but there is also no doubt after that many encounters he's carelessly spread STD's and had incidents bordering or crossing sexual assault/rape territory. I mean even just the first minute of the video he's literally humble bragging about manipulating and getting women to cheat like some sort of sociopath lmao. It's a fucking tragedy these are some of the most popular pick up and dating coaches for men. There needs to be more conscious alternatives or a general renaissance to that community. It's flooded with devilry and selfishness.

I'm no shill for monogamy, but you do understand society wouldn't be able to function without it right? It's been a tradition across nearly every society for tens of thousands of years for a reason. Children need stability and a masculine and feminine authority figures and providers in their life in order to develop healthily. Polyamory introduces far too much chaos and disregard to the structure of the family unit, and opens so many opportunities for selfishness. Look people are free to do what they want and if they can make it work for themselves that's great, but don't be so eager to project what is really a fringe alternative approach onto a functioning norm. When people say stuff like, "it's in our nature" as a supporting point it's more often than not a bullshit ego trick being played to justify some kind of selfishness or particular agenda. There is a reason monogamy is the norm for society, because it works. People can not like it and whine about it all they want, but that doesn't change anything.

She is straight up asking for money from strangers lmao, shameless.

The Olympic level mental gymnastics people will go through to push off and avoid taking any responsibility is staggering.

He's talking about using it during the pandemic you daftoids.

Not worth mentioning don't want to cause drama.

Then > This behavior reminds me exactly of another poster I haven't seen here in a while hmmmm lol? Can't be possible though because I know they are different genders.

Look I'm not saying all young women are like that, not even close. That's clearly not the case. It shouldn't even have to be said. I was being deliberately hyperbolic with my language to get a point across to @Raptorsin7 to break him out of the spell of a certain kind of girl that our toxic western culture advertises to young men, and what other young men perpetuate to each other with their immaturity and short sightedness. There is a certain paradigm that's being peddled (that is ABSOLUTELY shallow) and is the direct source of the hopelessness and apathy that he was expressing, as well as many other countless young men. If I had to pinpoint it on something and bet money I would put it on certain technology and media but unfortunately we can't uninvent anything once it exists.

Look man I've been there, but it gets better! Don't check out of what can be such a great part of life. Apart of why relationships and dating my seem so unappealing for your group is because you're encouraged to only exposing yourself to young, immature, vapid, and entitled girls. They are at an age where they haven't been truly humbled by life. They probably haven't had to work or take much responsibility yet. They are absolutely consumed by social media and shallow bullshit, and don't know what's important in life. They are used to being pampered because of their looks and their youth. And they haven't learned yet that they aren't quite the princesses they've been duped into thinking they are and that the world (and men) doesn't owe them shit. Consider going outside your age range! Personally I only date women roughly my age (28) or higher. They are so much better. Women who are 27-35 are so much more viable for solid, great relationships. - They have better appreciation for finances and independence (transcended entitlement) - They are more self-sufficient with basic life skills and don't need someone to "mansplain" to them like they are retarded - They know who they are and have worked through a lot of the crazy and confusion emotions of their young adult life - They have a better idea of exactly what they want and won't fuck your heart around with stupid games (as often) - They are WAY better in bed and more sexually confident/assertive (no starfishing) Of course this means you'll have to up your game and to and have high emotional maturity or you won't be able to attract them, but if you're into self-actualization and personal development you probably have more emotional development than 90% of men even if you are in your early 20's. Stop giving into our garbage culture and being tantalized into stupidity by young beautiful girls. Stop dating girls and look for women.

People are mostly herd minded. Eventually so many people will get the vaccine and be fine that those resistant will eventually cave on their beliefs just so they can fit in and not seem like an outcast, they'll probably come to accept that the sooner they get vaccinated like everyone else the sooner the lockdowns and masks will go away. One thing is for sure though, the next time we have a pandemic which is highly likely in our lifetimes because of strain on the environment - if it's significantly more lethal or disruptive than Covid we are absolutely fucked. It will probably cause us to flirt on the edge of societal collapse.

Awesome it looks great! Unfortunately I will not subscribe as if I'm personally going to appreciate or learn anything in depth I need to invest in sitting down multiple hours Colour me a masochist.

You answered it exactly in your own question lol. There are just some topics in life you have to be tactful about. If someone isn't genuinely interested or explicitly excited to talk about something that is generally sensitive or personal, you let it pass and keep your thoughts and opinions to yourself. Yes society has double standards and contradictions about "taboo" things, too bad. They exist for a reason most of the time. Culture is a constantly developing and shifting framework, and the people within it will not always perfectly match that framework . So this explains why you can have parts of it that are marketing heavily sexualized contents, while socially people don't really want to discuss those things.

Looking for an understanding, explanation, and wisdom on a specific experience of mine. If you are able please provide a high quality answer, it would be appreciated. If you cannot please do not post, I do not want to get side-tracked by pure speculation. Thank you! So over the past few years (maybe a few times a year) I'll have moments where I wake up either in the middle of the night, or in the morning and I'll be in what I would describe as a semi-conscious state. Not quite wide awake and "up", but I know I'm not sleeping and my eyes are open. 98% of the time this occurs it's unremarkable. I usually glance at the clock and go back to sleep, or I'll have to get up for my day. However once in a while there will be an occurrence where I will wake up this half-sober semi-conscious state and feel what I can only describe as profound unconditional love. I feel it for myself, and for everything else. A "buzzing". All suffering ceases. Pure weightlessness. There is also a sense of having a frame of mind that I am invincible, and having a confidence I can do absolutely anything I want and all my dreams are attainable. All my usual worries and anxieties about life seem trivial and that everything is fine. There is an attitude of radical acceptance and that things will be settled. It's literally magic and the best thing I've ever felt in my entire life. Just to make you appreciate the magnitude > It makes the greatest orgasm I've ever experienced feel like just scratching a small itch..................... Then either I fall back asleep, or I start to fully wake up and this state disappears. The confidence evaporates as all my shit floods back into my usual experience - my limiting beliefs, toxic thoughts about myself or others, my depression patterns, anything I'm stressed about. I go back to "reality" as the "story" comes back, like I'm an actor showing up to the studio to play a character. Ironically these hazy half-asleep moments are the times I've felt the most clear in my life. I've had somewhat similar realizations and epiphanies while wide awake, but they absolutely pale in comparison and are typically more intellectual in nature. Just thinking about this I'm in a state close to crying, not only because of the nature of the state being so jaw-droppingly fucking beautiful, but because I feel like I'm being almost "teased" by reality that I've only experienced it in such a sporadic and inconsistent way. I know intellectually and spiritually the rough roadmap that it might take to develop that, but it just feels so futile and almost unattainable given my usual experience, suffering, and the amount of work I know I have to do. So I've got a few questions and if anyone has any guidance or wisdom to share, that would be appreciated. I feel like I'm onto something here. - Has anyone experienced what I've described before? What did it mean to you? What did you learn from it? - Is the experience I've described a sort of proto-enlightenment of some sort? Or is it just a delusional fantasy? - It is a signal of my true nature and capacity, and my normal existence is just a fabrication I need to shed? - How exactly do I cultivate the feeling I described?

I'm failing to see what you mean by this. I mean they are shitty but are they not somewhat true in like a charade sense if they are in my direct experience? Yea I've never really been a morning person but I'd been striving for years and failing to get up early. Been up at 5ish though the past 2 days after a month of ass backwards schedule. I know thanks for pointing that out. What do you mean here I'm blanking out trying to understand.

Yes they are you are right. I would say it's the healthy side of the ego though. None of it seemed like it was for pure selfishness. Felt more like authenticity. Of course my ego wants that authenticity, but that's ok it's not like my ego is in a rush to be anywhere.

Yea the mix of people I've encountered since moving here has surprised me. It's not as developed as I'd thought it would be but I think I had some naïve expectations. Where do you live on the island dude? I'm in Duncan

@BipolarGrowth From what I recall about the experiences I never felt like the invincibility or "power" was for my egos goals. I was mostly imagining visions of overcoming my own limitations and authentically expressing myself and my love. Thanks for directing me to that video I will bookmark it. It's one of the Actualized videos that I've skipped over a while ago. I might PM you tomorrow I'm going to sleep though. Yes, although I feel calling it "pleasurable" intuitively feels off and kind of perverts the purity of it. To be honest it was somewhat reminiscent to my experience being high on oxycodone (which I had to take after knee surgery many years ago), at least the carelessness/assurance aspect of it I described. Thank you for the info I will research what that is!

I appreciate you being tactful, and I also largely agree with the text in the image you posted. I just want to say be careful not to use "consciousness/first person/direct experience" as a way to bypass other parts of reality. Consider going back, contemplating, and relearning some things some more. Remember spiritual work and the like is done in addition to a well rounded and foundational scientific perspective. Don't put the cart ahead of the horse. It's important to be humble and look for all the ways you could be playing tricks on yourself. Not trying to gaslight you, I genuinely want the best for you.

I might be leaning a bit too much to the logical side but I'm with Arc. I'm open to changing my mind of course as it's hard to predict the future, but I just see no reason to get married. I can always adopt and have a kid that way anyways which is what I plan to do. There are so many pluses to it over getting married and having a biological baby. - I can give a kid a chance at a great life after they were dealt a bad hand - I won't be contributing to making another human that taxes the Earth's ecosystem - I can adopt alone regardless if I have a partner or not, and if I split up with a partner they can't steal them from me in court It's a win-win-win! Anyways don't let society or culture gaslight you into thinking not having kids is wrong. You can do whatever you want with your body, and make your own life choices. There are too many people in the world anyways, and our economic system is getting increasingly fucked. There are countless reasons I'd argue why you SHOULDN'T have children, but I'm not going to push anyone to do or not do anything because I like freedom generally.

I see "invisible" virus being brought up a lot almost as a buzzword, as if people think they are being clever and appealing to some sort of scientific objectivity. But I still don't get if people are doing it without realizing they are being ironically disingenuous................. Yea, it's obvious knowledge that most viruses and bacteria are invisible, because the human eye cannot see microscopic things. We all know though that just because you can't literally see the cold or the flu, you accept that it exists and you intuitively don't drink out of the same cup from someone who has it. Also, you call anyone who does a fool. Notice how you and most everyone else was going along in life mostly content and happy and not really doing anything about those issues, but now all of a sudden you are bringing up those things only to deflect from your own selfishness and responsibility when something serious like a pandemic that actually interferes with society and your life comes along. You see if you actually cared about those things like you say you do, you would apply the same concern and willingness to take action to the thing that is currently present and heavily affecting the world. Why is Covid any different or less important in your mind than to these "persistent issues that have been allowed to fester"? You have noticed that despite all the lockdowns, rules, and "fear" that has been instilled that the virus has still done tremendous damage, and the damage would be exponentially more catastrophic if we didn't do anything, or stopped "fearing it" and did even less than has already been done right?

Look there is nothing wrong with texting here or there, and staying friends. But absolutely DO NOT meet up in person. Don't open an opportunity to get back together again and create a scenario where either of you can get hurt or revisit pain. Even if that isn't either of your initial intention to get back together, seeing each other in the flesh with potential for physical contact and higher emotional engagement isn't smart. Don't open up the chance for a mistake like that. She needs to know there are consequences to her actions, and so do you. This isn't about being spiteful or punishing her, but for your own development and so you can both have closure move on with life. If something like this is lingering it will be impossible to move on in a healthy way. Remember it already didn't work out for a reason. Do the work and improve yourself for YOU, your internal personal development process shouldn't be corrupted by any thoughts about having a chance to get back with her. I know it's hard because your thoughts want you to move backwards into that place of comfort, but I'm telling you to face any pain you encounter and move through it. You will be better off for it.

If you had an opportunity to market your ideas and work to a larger audience by having an exploding online presence through YouTube or publicity you'd probably do it to. In fact it's probably better they do that rather than contain it to the narrow domains of university academia. It benefits everyone more when it's out in the open and not limited to those who just pay. Free information and teachings are an incredible modern luxury. You are right about this to a degree, but be careful not to obsess about the pointing finger itself over the moon being pointed to. This is a huge trap. To expect teachers and gurus to be perfect and embody everything they talk about. Humans are flawed. Don't be so eager to throw out valuable information because the presenter doesn't meet your standards. The presenter is pretty much irrelevant. Also be mindful of your potential arrogance here. You may have an idea or a "hunch", but if you're honest you really don't know how they are feeling internally. Notice how that's also a distraction from your ability to learn and integrate what might be valuable to you. It's probably just because you don't resonate with them that you feel all these things. If you don't resonate with something it's best to just focus on something you do.

I'm registered but due to being relatively young am probably at the bottom of the list in my province. I am a first responder though so I've been told by my fire captain we will be expedited. I for one want that shit pumped into my veins ASAP !

Never be afraid to ask for help.