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I doubt his gamer cred. He comes off as if he studied gamer terminology but never actually touched a controller. He has massive "howdy fellow kids" energy. "Depression is like fighting an Elden Ring boss" 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ But kudos for connecting with young people. And it triggers the "self-help is a scam" crowd, which is always a good thing. I've gotten good value out of him.
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Sure. I understand spirituality to be essentially to be content with boredom.
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Even though milf Leo is kind of pug faced, she looks pretty all done up. And you know she's an expert judging by Leos old videos, if you catch my drift. And you wouldn't need to be super rich or anything. Just listen to her yap about god once a day. Top 10 women who look best pregnant.
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Stay away from him and act like he doesn't exist as much as possible if you see him again. The fact is that there's nothing to gain from him in injuring or threatening you at this point. If he does, he'll be arrested. A good approach for dealing with negative thoughts is to simply notice them and then do nothing. You do that enough, the thought loses power. You stop sustaining it with negative energy. Try it. Bullies live of the negative reactions they get from people. Most of the time it's sufficient to remove yourself and ignore them. Practice emotional non-reactivity. Training MMA, going to the gym, etc. are good for building confidence and self-development, and you should, but you'll find the greatest safety in numbers. Social isolation is the biggest predictor of being targeted.
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Nofap is internet brainrot. It overemphasizes failure while giving next to no tangible results. In practice you end up just feeling guilty about jerking it. Stop conforming to fringe ideologies, sects and cultural moralizations. Their goal is rarely genuine self-improvement. If your watching too much porn, the deeper issue is likely too much free time and a lack of solid goals. Aimless people turn into bad people as they default to the path of no resistance.
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Learn to create results. Confidence comes from surviving failure, and failure and set-backs are indicitative of progress. You need to take lots of action towards your goals. Make sure to define clearly what your goals are and work incremently on them everyday. What differentiates jocks and chads from other men is that they are outwardly action oriented. Don't think in terms of embodying a stereotype or being always keyd on and aggressive. Pick your battles. Sometimes its better to be submissive when the cost winning a situation is not worth it. Any humilliation, failure and set-back you suffer is endurable.
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Body language is an amazing field of study. You can learn so much from just reading the subtleties of simply moment to moment gestures.
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In pass #5 your just trying to make what your value means to you concrete and clear. Previously it was just a vague notion. Now your making clear in your mind what your value actually entails in real life. What exactly does this mean to me? Just be general here. What comes to mind when you think of this value? What would it look like tangibly? What would look like in real time? Here your honing on what actions this value entails. How would I know if I embody this value? How would you look like if you embodied your value? What lifestyle are you living? What feelings and states do you experience? what specific experiences do you have? Here your honing in on what kind of person you'd be and what kind of life you'd live if you embodied your value. Your value means something specific to you. Not just in the abstract, but in terms of what kinds of action you take and states you experience. The definition is just a one sentence description of what you understand your value to mean to you in essence. Don't overthink too much. It's supposed to be somewhat intuitive. Here's one of my examples:
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Basman replied to Rafael Thundercat's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
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Antropomorphism is wrong. It's a projection of qualities that don't exist. Dogs are not children and they can't fulfill emotional needs like other another person. It silly and can lead irresponsible behavior, like overfeeding or behavior issues. Nothing I've said has been definitely untrue. Your clearly biased yourself.
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That's cronyism lol.
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Betterment is a good short-term solution to a crisis, but long-term generosity creates dependency and undermines the local economy. It's hard to compete with free so poor countries are rendered indeficient at developing their own businesses and systems for handling survival. And the free stuff is often mediocre and eats away at peoples dignity, like used clothes. Africans wearing a tired old oversized Spiderman shirt instead of something locally produced. The "gifts" poor parents give their children during Christmas are all donated. It sends a message to one's self-esteem when it's chronic. It's a good example of how good intentions tend to backfire if you don't appreciate how systems work. It's an example of why stage green is insufficient at solving the problems it cares about, and often actually makes things worse. Sometimes its more evil to rob people of the opportunity for self-improvement and dignity with your compassion than to just let them suffer and struggle.
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Burn out is such a powerful force. It can take years to get over. I know Leo has been dealing with his own burn out, so I'm sure there's insight to be had. It's such a universal and often frustrating experience, because often what we're burnt out over is important to us in someway.
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Basman replied to Rafael Thundercat's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
This redefining of matriarchy as something that's closer to egalitarianism reminds me of how certain progressives tried to redefine racism as being defined by power relations. Calling everyone who's white racist and that it's not possible to be racist if your a minority. The definition of matriarchy is political exclusion. It's obviously silly and hypocritical to advocate for that, so why use that term? -
That's every thread in existence.
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No one book will solve all your problems, but they can expand your understanding and equip you with tools to better handle your issues. Think of it more as a process than a goal you accomplish which you can contribute to with greater knowledge.
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They should have a pet rock.
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It's true that having a pet is like a child, but at best only 1/4. The anthropomorphism is stupid, like calling them fur babies or referring to oneself as fur mommy. It's a sign of the end times. A relationship with an animal is nowhere near that of one with a human in scope and effect. A lot of this dog mania is because people are too immature to handle real relationships.
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Basman replied to Rafael Thundercat's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Is the patriarchy in the room with us right now? -
Indoor dogs is modern phenomena I believe. A dog makes a lot of sense on a farm. Not only as a work animal but also for the dog itself, who love working and it's a stimulating environment. I think the happiest dogs I've ever met was a small pack of four in an Aboriginal village in Queensland Australia. They would run around, play all day and chase dingos at night.
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Basman replied to Rafael Thundercat's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
If your only having kids because your paid, do you actually want them? Not to say we shouldn't have benefits, but put in a historical context, such benefits would really be compensating for the breaking of communal bonds. It's a modern phenomenon that child rearing is so individualistic. Like having to pay out of the nose for day care is a complete skill issue and super indicative. Feminists also need to realize that women are biologically adapted for raising kids in ways that men aren't, besides being the one's who do all the birthing. Men and women aren't equal on that front, so it's not uniquely unfair that women carry a greater burden in that regard. It would be more unrealistic to expect something that exceeds biological reality. -
Basman replied to Rafael Thundercat's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
It already exists to a certain degree in Northern-European countries. Women get benefits for raising children in addition to all the free social amenities like school, but it doesn't do much to make people actually have kids (while also being really expensive). The entire sociological environment is antithetical to breeding. Just throwing money at the issue won't solve it. Trying to solve social issues with just money is thinking inside the box. It does make for a good catchphrase in a informational consumerist kind of way though. It's probably a global force that is indicative of our moment in history. -
Basman replied to Rafael Thundercat's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
It's quiet libertarian to want to get paid for something that historically has always been a communal and interpersonal function. Raising babies that is. Should we be paid for being law abiding as well? So much lost revenue and sex by following laws. I deserve to be compensated. -
Basman replied to Monster Energy's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
https://en.abna24.com/news/1808183/Sweden-Drops-Use-of-the-Term-Islamophobia -
Basman replied to Monster Energy's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
There's a fundamental difference between Muslims and westerners in how religion is treated as an institution. That difference is a big part of the xenophobia towards Muslims, and something that should have been taking into consideration when enacting all them migration policies.
