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@Annoynymous Maybe or maybe not. We'll see if she endorses him. First and foremost, Bernie is a nice guy who wants to keep the fight clean. So, there's that. But more strategically, Bernie wants to pick up Warren's voters.

Racism isn't just about people being mean or bigoted to people. So, that's not true. It may or may not be that people of minority races say the same amount of mean things about other races... but I'm really not sure. My experience reflects that more white people do... but I'm from a really conservative place with lots of working class and poor white people. So, rednecks are the only demographic that I'm intimately familiar with. So, I could only give you very incomplete anecdotal evidence either way. But racism isn't just about saying mean things to people or hating on people for their race. It's about how the system is set up. So, racism is a very complex systemic issue, that everyone participates in... mostly unconsciously. So, mean words toward people for their race is just a drop in the gallon bucket symptom of the overall system. And the system is stacked in the favor of white people, and to the detriment of people of color. That's because we are still under the influence of the ripple effects stemming from Colonialism. I wrote about this a bit in the post titled "White Privilege" if you want to understand more.

It's possible, especially now that Warren dropped out. But the momentum is against him. I'm afraid it may not happen. But I'll keep on fighting the good fight.

Well, it boils down to them being properly educated and understanding what the greater good is and that they also benefit from the greater good. I've seen so many misinformed people posting bs memes that Bernie is going to tax them 52% on the $30,000 they make every year. So, they believe that a Sanders presidency would be disastrous for them. But the reality is that Bernie's presidency would benefit them. And they would see that the greater good that Bernie serves also includes them... and almost everyone in the middle class and everyone in the working class and under the poverty line. And the establishment leaders see to it that the people are ill-informed and misdirected to where they vote against their own best interest AND the greater good... which are one and the same. And that's why the establishment heads take the lion's share of the fault. Average people go for it. Sure. But it largely comes from purposeful confusion and under-education in civic matters handed down from the powers that be. So, I do see a big practical distinction between the establishment as an institution and the people that they manipulate into supporting them and the status quo against their own best interests.

I'll be doing an Ayahuasca Ceremony Soon, and I'm really looking forward to it. I've done Ayahuasca before but never in ceremony... and it's been a long time. Has anyone gone to a ceremony before? If so, I'd love to hear your experiences with it.

Yes and no. There is a lot of ignorance. That's a given. Lots of people at Orange and Blue. But I went canvassing for Bernie (only at houses with registered Democrats), and most people who were anti-Bernie were simply reiterating misleading and false talking points that the mainstream media has proliferated. One guy was genuinely concerned about Bernie because he was afraid he was going to "take away healthcare from people". And that he and his wife worked hard to get the healthcare they have... just to have Bernie kick them off. But when we told him that that isn't part of the Medicare for All plan and that Bernie just wanted to expand the Medicare program to everyone and include dental and vision, he was genuinely interested. He spoke to me and the other canvasser for 15 minutes about it. And honestly, who wouldn't be interest in single-payer healthcare if you know what it entails? Regardless of stage, if someone knows what's up, they will vote in their own best interest.... as long as they are getting true information. Honestly, even if someone's in Purple or Red, they are going to take the cheaper healthcare option if it's offered to them and they know what they're being offered. In fact, according to polling, most Americans (the majority of Democratic voters and a sizable minority of Republican voters) support single-payer healthcare, raising the minimum wage, taking aggressive action toward combatting climate change, legalizing marijuana, and getting corporate money out of politics. So, all of Bernie's proposals are popular with the MAJORITY of Americans. And many are just designed to put us on par with the rest of the developed world... which also has a significant amount of unconsciousness as it's not just an American problem. And yet they've gotten many similar policies passed. The problem is that Bernie's positions have been smeared and misrepresented. And many, who I spoke to, that said "Bernie is my favorite" also said that they didn't want to vote for him because they thought Bloomberg or Biden would be better able to beat Trump because of the money thing or because "we need a moderate to win". So, I don't necessarily see this as the will of the people and a reflection of where they really are. But I do see it as reflective of their level of consciousness because the media they consume is funded by corporations and wealthy donors that are very anti-Sanders. They will obviously have an anti-progressive slant, and most people (especially older voters) will fall for the misdirection. So, that's the part that's unconscious about them... under-education and susceptibility to misdirection. But their opinion is quite a bit more progressive than the establishment norms.

I personally don't. I don't see others in my niche as competitors. I see them as collaborators and networkers.

My favorite is Gem Goddess. Hers are always accurate to me in uncanny ways.

Yes. The non-white communities in America and elsewhere are still feeling the effects of Colonialism. The black community deals with generational poverty that's a hold-over of not being able to accrue wealth like white people, due to a ripple effect stemming from Colonialism and slavery, to segregation, to redlining, gentrification, institutionalized racist policies and unconscious biases that proliferate through society. It has also been studied that, when there's a job application that has a black-sounding name it's less likely to get a call-back then a job application that has a white-sounding name... even if it's the same exact application. Also, schools in America are funded by property taxes. So, the poorest schools with the fewest resources are located in minority communities. And the wealthiest schools with the most resources are located in upper class mostly-white neighborhoods. The Latino community is also hit from many of these same racist forces. Native Americans are barely around anymore because of the stealing of their land and mass genocide of their people. Native Americans are actually a really small group... despite the fact that they are Native to America. And they're still living on reservations... of which many are poor ghettos. And the infant mortality rate for people of color is higher than for white people. For White people, we get to walk around mostly not thinking about race. Situations that pertain to our race rarely even come up to the point where it feels really awkward to us if it does. We are thought of as "race neutral"... which is the biggest privilege of all. It means that we'll have representation in the media and the actions of one white person won't be used to define the whole group. We are also less likely to be poor per capita compared to those in marginalized communities. And we are unlikely to be profiled based upon race, even if we're just as likely to commit the same crimes... like smoking marijuana. But White defaultism is the biggest White Privilege.

It depends. To me, a guy who is muscular in an average way is more physically attractive body-wise than a guy who is not muscular at all. Basically, a guy who looks physically strong but not bulked up is the most attractive, judging only on the look of the body alone. But guys who are extremely muscular are less attractive to me body-wise than guys who are non-muscular (skinny or hefty). I don't care for the big and bulky body-builder look at all. So, the answer is yes... but it reaches a point of diminishing returns once you get past a certain point. And I think this is pretty typical for women, in general. Guys like themselves to be more muscular than women do.

He's bought off by a bunch of billionaires. He began supporting more progressive policies. But as he gained more name recognition, he attracted more and more corporate donors. And then, he walked back on all his progressive policies and replaced them with things that sound similar.... like "Medicare for All... Who Want it". He can't be trusted because he's in the pockets of so many special interests.

Bernie Sanders is definitely that candidate. He plans to stop the regime change wars and is against American imperialism. He also wants to end exploitative trade deals that are bad for workers in non-U.S. countries that are paid starvation wages, because the mega-wealthy in America want to outsource American jobs to countries where people are making pennies on the dollar of the value that they provide for the corporations. He is the best candidate in terms of foreign policy, by far.

Actually, Bernie leads in all age demographics except voters over 65.

In the declaration of independence it says "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". So, given that the founding fathers thought we had a right to live, that naturally implies that healthcare would be a right. Mind you, a "right" is always a collective decision. So, we technically have no inherent rights. It's up to the powers that be to determine what is a right and what isn't. And if there is a concern about people, it makes sense to make healthcare a right. Otherwise, poor and working people are more likely to die than rich people... which is a huge barrier to having a society that works for all people. The only reason why the powers that be don't consider healthcare as a right is because it would disrupt their special interests and ability to siphon a bit of that money from the private insurance industry and Big Pharma in general.

He's only a centrist by the standards of the establishment Democrats... not Democratic voters. If you go platform by platform, most Democratic voters and Independent Voters (as well as a sizable proportion of Republican voters) favor Bernie's platforms more than anyone else's. So, Biden is only a centrist/moderate for those who are in the establishment. But average people can be deceived about him, because most people don't know much about politics.

Well said. All of these Incel and MGTOW guys are basing the nature of the "sexual marketplace" off of some Tinder statistics. But Tinder is awful for meeting someone as a woman, because you can't intuitively suss out whether or not a guy is a match. You just look at a picture, read some words, and roll the dice.

That sounds much more realistic than the way you said it in the first post. Careful not to misrepresent your data using hyperbolic language.

No one is trying to force you to be attracted to someone you aren't. No one really cares if you're interested in slim women or big women. And that you think the discussion about body positivity is about that, shows that you haven't done your research. You're just listening to anti-feminist talking points that are straw-manning and misrepresenting the stances. Body positivity is about women (and men) loving and accepting their own bodies, regardless of who does or doesn't find them attractive.

Knew what you were talking about from the title alone.

"Its a truly eye opening experiece, within hours you will get hundreds of matches and women will actively contact you. You can say the most braindead/evil/boring stuff and they wont loose interest. Just opening with "Sex?" will get a positive answer. A guy like this can arrange sex with 10+ different girls by putting in 1 hour of half assed effort." Here are my questions to you: So, within a few hours you got hundreds of matches? Of those 'matches', how many women actively contacted you? You opened with "Sex?" and got a positive or multiple positive answers? (This one's the biggest stretch to me) You arranged sex with 10+ different girls in 1-hour, barely trying? Are you telling me all of these things are true of your experience? Because it still sounds to me like a load of bullcrap.

Have you actually tried this? Because those results don't seem very likely.

Aesthetically yes. Functionally no.

Well, that's a shame. It seems I'm about 5 years too old for you. That sucks because I was really hoping... No. Never mind. Too painful. I don't make the cut.

De Nada!

I would say that a conversation about it is the best idea. Perhaps, not right before the act, but at some neutral time when you're both just communicating about your sex life. But the orientation (for him vs for you), you can also find ways to communicate that are organic and sexual. You can basically weave it into the experience as subtle dirty talk to communicate about it. For example, if it's for him you can make all the dirty talk very focused toward his orgasm. And you can focus on quickness by saying you want him to ravish you, do what feels good for him, have a quickie, and other much dirtier phrases to stir him into a primal state where he doesn't have much control over himself and just wants to cum. Or if it's for you, you can focus on slowness and sensuality. Like you can tell him that you want to make love all night or that you want him to make love to you very slowly. Or you can tell him something very full-body-focused, like you want his hands all over you or that you want him to kiss you all over. You can also communicate that you want to have one night like that every time you're really in a sexual/sensual mood. That way, he knows to watch for the signs every week, two weeks, month, etc. Also, on another note, I would do all of this on a very random schedule. That creates variety and excitement. Once you begin scheduling it, it becomes a chore.