Natasha Tori Maru

@Leo Gura you never have to justify or qualify a values based discernment in my opinion. Ever. It's really cool that you do, though! It's just people. They do not have the requisite openness to approach anything in good faith, and they cannot help but push their judgement and bias onto everything around them. I don't know how you deal with it. But I don't have to tell you ! Bias is your domain ☺️ The bluntness is all good for me at least, I prefer it. Probably conditioning from working construction.

@Leo Gura I think due to your status as a teacher, followers get mixed up when it comes to values driven judgements. The above statement, if received from the context of 'teacher' (or leader), appears as a values driven statement dressed up as a universal judgement. Just my observation - either it is users unable to discern when you make a personal values post vs universal truth, or an inability to separate art from artist. IE the work, from the Leo. But this is why we have a forum and access to you - so we can harass you for further understanding! The trouble arises, and where users err, is coming at your posts with loaded judgements or without open questioning in good faith.

You cannot debunk something you don't even understand. Half this discussion is users not understanding what they are arguing against.

I suppose I use a lot of healthy fat. I require a surfectant. 2 years is nothing!

Fuck Incans got nothing on Aztecs - motherfuckers made cups out of their enemies skulls in a doco I watched. Part of their culture was to slaughter hundreds of people in the name of their respective God. The God ( like Tialoc for rain, Quetzalcōātl wisdom / wind etc ) had to have a certain amount of death / blood for shit like the rain to come. Sun to rise. They were an empire also though, but these customs arose from tribal traditions originally. Sounds like peace love and happiness to me 🤣

Reverse Uno - well played

ROFL just revert to infancy and be done with every form of conformity there is - void and evacuate without conforming to cultural use of a toilet

I am not in the 20% There isn't much going on upstairs for me. Just a bag of cats meowing.

@integral Could also be 'death by a thousand cuts' in that, tiny reductions in pollutants across the board produces a tangible result. As opposed to say, one single thing causing issues. Health is homeostasis, and the body has a beautiful ability to adjust and regulate.compensate to less than optimal conditions. But it reaches a tipping point where these balancing systems break or are overwhelmed - manifesting in disease. I think Leo's comments may have just been steering more towards a balanced approach. Perfectionistic tendencies tend to push us into black and white thinking that reduces nuance. That perfectionism can also backfire into anxiety and excessive thought around a single topic. Predisposition & preoccupation with a topic that detracts form overall quality of life. I am not sure, this was just how I read Leo's comments toward you 🤙🏻

At least you have the good grace to use a urinal. I often use the site shed toilet blocks because there isn't a designated women's toilet (I cheap out and hire a block + cubicle combo). I see piss in places that I never considered possible....

BRO. WAHT It just clicked my Hashimotos went into remission and thyroid levels went back to normal-ish 2 months after I moved houses to a more modern, but much better ventilated area. An area surrounded by trees, nature and a riverland. Huh. I even went off my meds... and I don't recall changing anything else. Maybe it was some sort of autoimmune thing from the building I was living in. A possibility I had not considered. I was in that place for 6 years and had issues the whole time with thyroid levels. I wonder if 2 months lag-time was enough for it to effect me systemically? Food for thought. I mean, it's all linked and relevant really. I just noticed why there was confusion

I have read that book - really good. Highly recommended! You have a really good balanced view on this topic, and I always appreciate the content you share regarding it. I see tons of men shamed for being low sex drive or asexual. I see women shamed for expressing open sexuality or high sex drive. This topic is a difficult one because the domains of power do not pivot around a single axis - quite the contrary. It is not as simple as physical strength vs weakness. Childbirth vs not. Logic vs feeling. Most of the troubles isolating the problems are domain and category issues. You can see it in this thread - it is getting messy and all over the place because of the multi-axis reality of the problem which is where analysis breaks. If a real conversation is to proceed, a basic format needs to be: - Domain/Category - Cost/risk structure of domain? - What norms evolved or were posed around it? - Where are the constraints, and how? With sexual violence specifically, the stakes skew heavily because of physical factors (vulnerability) and reproductive consequences. This is why (in principal) societies treat it as a severe violation. And even then there are blind spots. Male victims underreported. Female perpetrators underrecognised. Because the same rigid gender expectations distort perception. People treat dog violence with similar sorts of bias: a Rottweiler will be classed as dangerous and require the utmost diligence in training and temperament management, because it can rip your face off. A Chihuahua? Or small dog? They are typically the WORST trained and get away with a lot, biting/aggression is more common because it is ALLOWED. People laugh at a little toy dog jumping on you - a Great Dane jumping on an old person could seriously destroy their lives. Obviously this analogy doesn't stretch far and is a bit reductive. It just serves to highlight bias and is a capacity for harm example. With humans - perceived potential for harm is under stricter scrutiny. @lostingenosmaze deadass

The solution is to stop replying. Regardless of being tagged. I simply don't engage if I do not want to. Tag prompt or no. The only thing we are responsible for is our action.

Even Peter Ralston has made a lot of meaning for himself. Nihilism is not IT.

@Carl-Richard I really like how you apply yourself and.. oh my FUCKING God - I thought I was the only one to notice the Iago parrot voice from Greg: This is the real Iago voice: