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The American left seems to be a particular brand of stupid. It's so very optics based. Like immigration control is problematic just because it looks racist, irrespective if it actually is in of itself. In Denmark, you have to go far, far left all the the way to the fringes of the political aisle before anyone even starts thinking that controlled immigration is problematic. there isn't this noise of if its even slightly conservative its automatically bad. Political polarization is Americas most toxic cultural export, as I see it kind of spread through the internet.

Mind virus False beliefs that create a warped sense of reality. An effective and simple way to describe bad ideas that frames them as inherently having negative consequences for the people who hold such beliefs and others potentially. Like a disease. Belief in any noxious and false ideology is a mind virus. False limiting beliefs about yourself and life are mind viruses. Wrong beliefs held doggedly are mind viruses. Thinking unimportant things are important are mind viruses. Some concrete examples of mind viruses: Zionism Nazism Racist ideology Thinking that you are unlovable Untrue blackpills Thinking women don't deserve respect because of their gender Religion and idol worship Untrue old wives tales Thinking it is impossible for you to find happiness (usually not true) Used to stress intellectual and mental integrity. I love this one. Its so simple but conveys a lot of what you think of a particular idea and it's clear what it means.

I've been working on a new word that describes the kind of group think we tend to see on the internet which I felt no previous word adequately described. The word that I came up with being "ideological cult", which I define as a rigid group-identity centered around a particular ideology that excludes non-conformist thought and borders on being fanatical. Characteristics of an ideological cult: Is always a group identity. Highly conformist. Everyone involved just adopts and parrots the core beliefs of the ideological cult unquestioningly and non-conformist thought and behavior is excluded with prejudice. They almost exclusively propagate in echochambers because their highly defensive of their beliefs. Is usually is an attempt to solve some kind of common grievance but ends up creating exaggeratory, dramatic and binary thinking. Leans heavily on a victim mentality. Can be left by simply no longer subscribing to the core ideas of the cult, unlike a regular cult which relies more on indoctrination and power dynamics. You don't have to know anyone to be part of an ideological cult. It is defined by the core ideas and group-identity. Instills a world view of natural enemies, of us VS them (incels VS women/chads, sovereign citizens VS the law, trans VS transphobes, etc.). Tend to be algorithmically biased and are therefor prone to hyperbole and a sliding scale of extreme thought. Can have idol worship at its core but doesn't have to be (Eg. MAGA). Can be isolating, like an ordinary cult, as they can promote self-sabotaging beliefs, like thinking your too ugly to date. Propagate through the internet almost exclusively as ideological cults wholly rely on communication tools to survive. Examples of ideological cults: MAGA Nofap The online Trans movement Any pill community Flat earth Incels Antifa Hardline veganism Sovereign citizens Postmodern "woke" ideology Andrew Tate fans This definition is still kinda half-baked to be honest but I feel like there is no good word to describes these ideological groups that we see everywhere now online. There should be way more examples of ideological cults than I could come up with if my definition makes sense. These ideologies often prey on peoples insecurities and ignorance and cloud their thinking with exaggerated and false beliefs. It paradigm locks people in a conformist sort of way.

It's normal and healthy to deport illegal migrants. There's nothing inherently racist about maintaining border integrity. It's a necessary function of government which you can't simplistically treat as racist. Obama has deported more people than Trump during his first term (3 million). There's no shot Kamala wouldn't have been deporting people either. She just wouldn't make a show of it. Borderless societies are a fantasy. Your not going to change fundamental human nature and the need for national integrity.

Or you could just enforce the law. This isn't that complicated. You leftists don't want to talk about it honestly and directly. You bring in this stuff that is completely irrelevant because you don't want to face the goofy ideas of your ideology.

They are here illegally. It's not that deep. Leftists will act like your crazy for wanting borders to have integrity. It's crucial for trust in institutions. Just look at what happened with Brexit. People will vote in Hitler 2.0 if they feel like their institutions are making them unsafe.

His art was cheap looking junk and he clearly just wanted to get by. Street begging is also illegal where I then lived.

Women are valued for their looks mostly. Not their ability to lead and get shit done. And you can distinguish between different types of masculinity to a certain degree because getting things done looks different depending on the situation. A lot of guys are obsessed with hyper masculinity. Besides, size stopped mattering that much millions of years of ago when we figured out how to make spears. Being good at fighting hand to hand is mostly just recreational. We're not gorillas. Jeff Bezos is way closer to being a modern king and he's just an effective business leader.

I experienced a homeless person trying to sell me his art once before. an A4 copy machine print with some kind of drawing on it. It looked really cheap and pitiful, not going to lie. Like he was obviously just desperate so I offered my lunch as charity which made him really happy. He insisted I take the drawing, which I think I still have somewhere.

Sounds like your describing social proof but your example sounds more like she just thought you where an interesting conversationalist. I get what you mean though.

What's preselection?

In terms of being built, I think just not being too fat or too thin is the key distinction. There is otherwise no real downsides to being built I think and it will otherwise only help in terms of attractiveness.

Men tend to want to be way more ripped than is actually attractive and women want to be way thinner than is actually attractive. Dudes who look good to dudes look like The Rock and women who look good for women are really tall, are borderline anorexic and have really masculine jaws.

When that wolf research came out and introduced that alpha-beta concept it must have been like the rapture for insecure men. That shit stuck even though it was completely wrong. The epistemology of a bodybuilder forum and its consequences. I'm pretty sure the concept of "soyboys" came from there.

Humor can be thought as simply drawing attention to contradictions. Socializing a lot can help because you learn how to play with social norms and become more familiar with pop culture. But you can also just practice it. Develop a style, etc. Just enjoying things you find funny. Getting good at drawing is mostly just practice and a little theory once in a while. What helped me get better was having a schedule where I worked with a deadline to finish a piece on regular basis. I have a log of dozens of drawings spanning back years where you can clearly see the gradual improvement. I have since switched to just drawing for a set amount of time daily since I got burned out on the previous method. As long as you just draw regularly you'll get better over time.

If I was in your shoes I would just get any job to stabilize the situation. If you wish to escape homelessness you can't be picky. This means manual labor most likely. Factory work, slaughter houses, ware houses, construction, etc. It will be much harder if you don't want to work for a company. Once your more stable and you begin accruing savings you can start thinking about higher education/training and begin aligning your life more with your values. It's a tough situation but you just gotta start climbing. You'll have made it within a decade if you keep at it and work hard. Society will reward you for providing real value.

Acting like a fundamentalist society isn't stifling to one's ability to self-actualize and self-express broadly speaking, which includes women's and gay rights, is just magical thinking. But these countries are so elementary in terms of what they need structurally that I don't think it is really productive to harp on their lack of development. They are hell hole tribalistic countries. It is never going to compare to living in a first world democracy for hundreds of years. Las Vegas is only extreme to fundamentalists. And even then thinking that Las Vegas is extreme is just a matter of opinion. The Taliban executing you for being gay is not a matter of opinion but a religious authoritarian system with serious consequences.

I found AI to be helpful with expanding my thinking and generating ideas. I found that it can soften your view on specific topics and is particularly useful for contemplating very niche topics that people aren't talking about, for example Danish politics. I don't use AI all that often however because I feel like it doesn't provide me all that much value ultimately though that could just be a skill issue. You can never trust it to tell the truth though. It will always just be an "idea". It would be a mistake to ever give it epistemic control. That is the key distinction of responsible AI use in my opinion. I never go in looking for an answer from it.

I had a phase where I drank too much and it lead to a lot of embarrassing and regrettable moments. Definitely keep it low key if you are going to drink and drink slowly. Don't think alcohol gives you a personality and don't glorify it. Only lame drunk girls do that.

Vlad Vexler on his YT channel reacts to a lot of current news that relate to authoritarianism (Trump and Russia mostly), which I judge to be quiet insightful and educational when it comes to understanding the perspective of authoritarians and how it relates to democratic institutions.

It is impossible to trust AI to be factual because it will always be making up shit to a certain extent. It's not what it is for in my opinion and I think it is problematic how eager people are to outsource their thinking ChatGPT. I think it's beneficial for you to read the news yourself. Besides, you don't need to be all that attentive to the news in my opinion nor should you rely on a single source at that. A myriad of different sources and perspectives is more optimal epistemologically.

I don't think anyone who paid attention is surprised by this. The Elon-Trump crash-out is as close to being prophecy as you could get.

Japanese are so ethnocentric that they used to have rules mandating black hair at their schools until recently (2022). If your natural hair color is something else you had to dye it and they would forcefully dye it at school if you didn't do it yourself.

Even contemplating our doom has been taken over by AI.