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That’s great for you! Nurturer that love and it will grow.

I’m glad Romania seems to be following EU member rules more. Some of these Eastern European countries wanted to join the EU so badly but not abide by the rules and regulations of it. I’m looking at you Hungary.

It’s simply because life is uncertain and some people steer their canoe into the rocks while going down the river. If you avoid flexing it doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t lose your wealth but these guys were doing more than just flexing.

Wonder what he was doing. I know this guy was a no name until just this past summer and he made a bunch of cash through porn?

Why are you creating guilt? What beliefs do you have about alcohol that then you create guilt from? Yes, I do think you are being hard on yourself and probably should figure out what beliefs you have around this topic and what deeper core beliefs they are connected to.

I think all this stuff and ideas of conservative and liberal are always changing. A country like the Soviet Union has aspects of today’s liberals and even a country like Russia has state medicine which is commonly accepted by the people yet in the west people label a government system as overly liberal and “hippy” by some. What is liberal and what is conservative is constantly changing with each generation and usually it’s just the opposites. Have you ever looked into how the Republican and Democrat parties changed over the course of 150 years? I’m tempted to say the core differences between liberal and conservative are collectivist vs individualist but even then I see how some collectivists are very conservative by todays standard. Really I would build these two labels down to two big tents that are always changing over time and basically spilts in power structure, they don’t really have a core value they stand by that sets them apart since they change each generation what they are about.

These guys aren’t flashy or magical. They make room for spirituality but don’t dive deep into it, but it’s a core component of their teaching. I would say if you are creating any sort of “split” inside yourself or creating any sort of painful emotion on the daily, these guys teaching can resolve it so you are in peace.

You are creating all these emotions, I think firstly the best place to start is recognizing this. Replace “I feel” with “I believe.” I can tell you now, I believe you have value and that recognizing this your life will change in a very positive way.

I don’t know. The thing is events like this are basically impossible to accurately predict how they will play out, what to do beforehand, etc. There are just too many moving pieces. I think what the USA has been doing so far are about the best and wisest moves we can expect from any world leader or political body. Geopolitical security has largely rested on the idea of diplomacy, mutual economic growth and deterrence through weapons (nukes and arms races to more advanced stuff). I think this is one of the reasons we need to really push society to evolve past dictatorship type power structures and more towards democracies where power is distributed throughout. Seems like it takes just one isolating lockdown to drive a dictator to acting on their imperialist fantasies.

In general it’s just inefficient. I’m not saying you can’t make it work but it is what it is. Don’t use this as an excuse to not try and make your situation better where you are but also be realistic about your current surroundings. Nothing wrong with moving if you believe it will help you grow and improve with women.

I don’t believe the world can ever be prepared for stuff like this but what we can do is work on ourselves and collectively try our best, stand by our values, etc. No one knows, the future is uncertain as always. As of now China doesn’t appear to be preparing an invasion and if they were to it would take a year minim (I read this somewhere). It took Russia years to prepare the war Ukraine and it took almost a year to stage the invasion this year. I would say Russia’s shortcomings in Ukraine have definitely given China pause over invading Taiwan and they are closely assess how this will shape future conflict and how things are resolved in the future.

I've read this book twice and am looking for other books like this

I am drawn to freaky, new and kinky sexual experiences. I’m currently in a relationship and am wondering what are some good ideas and stuff you all would consider freaky that you can do with a partner and how to go about making it happen? For instance I had sex recently in a car parked in front of some police and also have done some messing around in public places but haven’t gone all the way yet like this. It was spontaneous. I wanna make kinky / wild stuff happen more. Threesome with another girl is another good one I want to try. I’ve only been in one a really long time ago (it wasn’t good) and I want to try it again now. My gf is open to it but I’m not entirely sure how to take the lead to make this one happen. I kinda have an idea of how and am confident I can make this stuff happen but I also have noticed spontaneousness is a factor in it. I know leadership is as well and making her feel safe and not judged. My sex life isn’t boring by any means, it’s amazing, just wanna foster creativity and freaky fun sexual experiences like this. Any tips on fostering a sort of kinky sexual energy in a relationship so crazy stuff happens? I realize it has to be kinda like pepper, the whole sexual part of the relationship can’t be about crazy stuff but it can sprinkled throughout. So in summary: threesome public sex swinger party / kinky party / orgies toys (do this already) outfits (starting to) Lingerie (beautiful and do it occasionally, may try to encourage more of this) any other ideas? Also this seems like an appropriate thread. Please keep the discussion tasteful. I’m looking for advice and books on fostering kinky sex in a safe, comfortable and harmonious way with a partner.

It will play a big role but also don’t think because a reasonably popular rapper has good looking chicks in his music videos that he is sleeping with girls you would wanna be with. Some of those chicks are groupies and would not be the kinda women you want in your life. Try to expand your world view in general on dating, women, and what makes you attractive.

False equivalency. Russia is the country invading a peaceful country and covering up their crimes. Ukraine is defending itself and I’m sure has their own misinformation floating around as well but only one country here is the aggressor, the rapist and the murder. They should not be handled equally because Russia is the aggressor and nothing is out of the realm of possibility with their crimes. Although rumors should be discouraged.

Russian army must be putting forward ethnic Kazakhs or something as cannon fodder cause the don’t want Slavs dying.

Mariupol City Council: Russia uses mobile crematoriums to erase evidence of its war crimes. According to the council, Russia’s special brigades collect and burn the bodies of murdered residents. Tens of thousands of civilians may have been killed in Mariupol, it added. totally fucked and totally believable too

Russian military is a bunch of hazed savages that prostitute their own conscripts. Look it up. Russian army is probably one of the dumbest armies to ever walk this earth. Nothing professional about them, zero education. They are orcs essentially and all treated like cannon fodder.

They have been talking about their military being all big and bad and their dead bodies now litter Ukraine along with their destroyed equipment. They are retreating cause they can’t do anything right. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Russian Nuclear arsenal is as badly maintained and as overly hyped as their military. USA has less nukes but far more capable technology for delivering them. I think saber rattling makes for a stupid conversation though. I don’t think who will beat who with nukes makes sense to talk about now. Russia needs to be blocked off from the west for good though after this. Absolutely no compromising with the current regime.

This isn’t true. The ruble is being propped up. Just about any exchange will still give you the post crash prices from early March in exchange for dollars because they know it isn’t actually worth what it is right now. Energy sanctions would absolutely hurt Russia worse than the west. People act like they are some self sustaining ecosystem when they basically rely kn western tech and those energy contracts to stay afloat. Germany would absolutely have a recession but not see their entire economy ruined unlike Russia. But I do agree that most of Russia supports this war and Putin.

? read a book or two on these topics for once in your life, you look woefully ignorant right now

Your dumb number crunching is ridiculous. They had no idea how many Jews were killed during wwii at first and people literally said the same shit you’re saying right now when the crimes of the Holocaust came to light. You have no ideas what atrocities the fog of war is hiding right now.

First it started out as fuck Putin and his regime, then it included the military officers, and now it’s the raping and murdering conscripts, and soon it’s going to include any Russian citizen that isn’t actively against this war because fuck them for real after this bullshit. This is textbook fascist style expansion at this point. It’s basically obvious they planned to target and massacre normal citizens and anyone that has cultural impact, a purge of dissent. Those lists of individuals they would target in Ukraine when they took it obviously were their playbook. They are targeting random citizens now.

His bread and butter has more to do with capitalism, Palestinian / Israel conflict, general criticism of the western hegemony, etc. He does make some great points in some of his books. Also he is an amazing linguist. It just gets tiring hearing “BUT THE USA” during all of this because that’s basically the cookie cutter talking point for Russia right now to excuse their war. This is Russia invading a peaceful country. I don’t see an excuse for what has occurred and it is not the USA forcing Russia to do this, it is Russia. Russian survival did not hinge on this conflict, only from an imperialist stage blue perspective that relies on a strong autocratic leadership did it.

Only idiots think this is fake. As if a bunch of uneducated and hazed conscript деревенщини wouldn’t rape and pillage cause they are so nice and just fighting the nazis…. Give me a break. Open a book for once you clowns. You can start with historical accounts of war, especially the red army and the massive amount of rape they inflicted on when taking Nazi Germany. I’m having to deal with this bullshit listening to my brainwashed Russian girlfriend.