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@Daniel Balan Interesting reading! Horrible to read about your childhood experiences in the other thread btw. I've also had my black metal period after developing a distaste for religion. Nothing like what you experienced, but growing up as the only atheist in my circle during a time when the Norwegian school system was still very Christian, was a little lonely and frustrating experience.

*Vi døde ikke Nice to see a Norwegian being quoted here for a change! Too bad he's a Nazi and a murderer, but it'll do...

The favoring of masculinity over femininity (clearly exemplified in the low salaries in care work and overrepresentation of masculine women and female roles in entertainment).

He's Scandinavian, right? I think pretty much all places are easy compared to here.

Nice! Here are some sources: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/07/drinking-coffee-may-reduce-risk-of-suicide-by-50/ «Drinking several cups of coffee daily appears to reduce the risk of suicide in men and women by about 50 percent» https://examine.com/research-feed/study/1rEBVd/ «In cohort studies, the highest category of coffee intake (compared to the lowest) was associated with a 11% lower risk of depression. A dose-response analysis indicated a 4% lower risk of depression for each 240 mL per day increase in coffee intake. Similarly, higher coffee intake was associated with a 22% lower odds of depression in cross-sectional studies.» https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/decades-of-research-shows-coffee-makes-you-healthier-happier-but-if-you-want-to-boost-your-energy-level-memory-theres-a-7-day-catch.html «Coffee can reduce your risk of cancer up to 20 percent, your risk of type 2 diabetes by 30 percent, and your risk of Parkinson's disease by 30 percent. A study published in Circulation found that coffee can reduce the risk of stroke by 20 percent. A study of over 260,000 people conducted by the NIH found that people who drank four or more cups of coffee a day were nearly 10 percent less likely to become depressed than those who drank none.» I can't advise you to start, but I don't think you should be afraid to try.

I don't think coffee is very comparable. Those who don't drink coffee have a higher risk of depression and suicide than those who do, and if you force ChatGPT to answer yes or no on whether coffee is healthy or not, the answer is yes. Enjoy your coffee without guilt, I say!

Winter Sleep (Kis Uykusu): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2758880/ About Dry Grasses (Kuru Otlar Üstüne): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13231544/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_t_1 Amazing movies by director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. AI has really opened up a new world of cinema for me. I discovered About Dry Grasses through a conversation with ChatGPT where I was trying to get to the bottom of why I hate superhero movies so much when so many people love them. This is partly because I score very high on the Big Five trait "openness to experience" and have a very strong need for cognitive complexity. I was then given a list of movies that should suit my personality well, and thus I've had a wonderful introduction to Turkish cinema!

I'll just tell you this: You really underestimate how dirty that fuel tank already is.

It's when I see your avatar, combined with posts like this, that I realize that gathering people from across the globe and cultures to exchange ideas together is a much more beautiful thing in theory than in practice...

I actually suspect that no one makes better first impressions than psychopaths/sociopaths.

Hollywood is in such a dark place now that among relatively high-budget films, I almost think there's more room for creativity and originality in sequels and franchises. The original films from Hollywood I've seen in theaters in recent years are so generic it's unbelievable. They're so defensive and really try to appeal to absolutely everyone. If there's satire in these films, for example, it's at such an obvious level that even the dumbest 18-year-old in the world can follow along. For instance, the Trump-like antagonist in Mickey 17 had supporters with red caps...

If you had read this entire page, you would have known that Russians aren't white, so... MAGA people can't be white either btw, since it's only whites that there's nothing ever wrong with on this forum.

The point was that China isn't Marxist, despite pretending to be.

That's only in language and symbolism today. China is one of the world's most unequal countries. Don't fall for the propaganda.

The reason Kamala became Vice President in the first place is largely because she is a black woman. The fact that she became the Democratic presidential nominee, when people were more tired of woke and identity politics than pretty much anything else, says a lot about what is wrong with the Democratic Party. Want to beat fascism? Just choose to read the room a little bit.

Still more feminist than certain parts of the Muslim world today. I find that so fascinating. As a Scandinavian, I mostly think you really hit the nail on the head here btw!

It’s hard to imagine that the people you’d have to field a 80-year-old presidential candidate for in order to get them to vote Democratic and not Trump are the most evolved…

Unfortunately, more and more people will realize this and exploit it to the fullest. There's a reason why, at the moment, I'm more afraid of social media and algorithms than of nuclear war, even though it might be a little irrational.

I haven't read the whole thread, so this may already have been debunked, but anyways: What are your thoughts about the fact that the right attempted a coup after the 2020 election, while the left haven't done so, by the way?

I second this. Having photos of you doing cool stuff and being with friends is a must for online dating. I can actually also highly recommend having a shirtless photo if you have a nice body. My results skyrocketed after I stopped following perhaps the most well-known advice of all about not having one. The photo just needs to be of you in a natural setting and not something like a selfie in the mirror. For example, if you're at the beach with friends.

Yeah, that's a good point. To be fair, everyone comes off pretty badly in that book, but it takes some doing to come across as sociopathic as he does there if he's actually a decent guy...

Bingo. Boys are raised to do basically nothing to become authentically attractive men, and we ourselves also do nothing about it. It even continues after we've become adults. While girls grow up spending time together and talking with each other in ways that develop excellent social skills and deep friendships, what do boys do? Play video games. Maybe some sports... No wonder why our friendships are so flat, why we're needy as fuck and why we generally suck with women. This needs to change.

My impression of him from that book is that he's a guy you wouldn't want within a mile of you, so it shouldn't be surprising that his political stances are not the healthiest when he first becomes political.

He's Tyler Durden from The Game. No way that guy ever had the plot...

Spoiler alert!: When he stands out on the plain at the end giving a moral speech, like the ending of an old South Park episode... Jesus! Hollywood is in big big trouble.