Carl-Richard

We usually define words in conversation not to assign a previously non-existent meaning, but to add nuance to that preexisting meaning. This preexisting meaning is often very vague and only gives you a general sense of the concept. There is no "original" definition though. You're either talking about a general feeling in most people's minds, or some vague dictionary definition (for which there are countless versions).

Then why is having own definitions laughable?

@Kksd74628 So when we define a word in a discussion, that word no longer has any use?

We went from a descriptive discussion ("socialization takes time away from intellectual activities etc.") to a normative discussion ("what about just living life man?!") for some reason.

I'm so lost lol.

"Fascist" and "racist" are just as poisoned as "nazi" (unless there is a way to quantify that), so there is a double-standard there when he calls him those things and not nazi. He apparently doesn't care about your idea of integrity when it comes to those words. He has fixated himself on one word which he has deemed as important for strategic gains, and that double-standard is the integrity I'm saying he is sacrificing. You label him after you find out his actual views, just like with "fascist", "racist" etc. Labeling him does not inherently hinder that process. It makes it easier in one way (the utility of categories) and harder in another (defensiveness). If you don't have a word for something, or if you're actively omitting using a word that fits that position, you're making it harder to get a grip on him. That is why words and categories exist, to make it easier to grip something. If that makes him defensive, ok, then they can talk about that. If Fuentes is truly reasonable, then he won't automatically shut down if you lay out exactly why his views fit with your definition of nazi. What makes him shut down is the mindless labeling twitter leftists do. Destiny should do exactly what you're advocating here AND be able to label things reasonably.

They do have meaning though, and you can influence that meaning in conversation by giving your own definition. You're not held captive by an absolute frame of meaning. Destiny has his own definition of nazi, and he can use that word, just like uses words like fascist, racist, and anti-Semite. However, the definition is also very restrictive, because he will probably never ever call somebody a nazi using that definition (again, perfect fortress). He can define the word in conversation, just like he defines any other word. He can then use the word in conversation, just like he uses any other word. If that makes Fuentes' audience defensive, it also makes Destiny's audience less confused. What that exactly looks like in terms of numbers, we can't know, but at least he is not sacrificing the integrity of clear communication and language. Fuentes' main strategy is his meta-ironic identity. Destiny makes little reliable effort to poke holes in that.

I think it's a bad trade-off in its current state: maximizing bridging a gap between communities vs. not doing anything to dampen Fuentes main strategy for spreading his views. The gap goes both ways, and he has no idea whether it's going in his favor or not. He should make a compromise to balance out the trade-off. If he doesn't call him a nazi (and I'll explain why I think he should), but he has no problems calling him fascist, racist, anti-semite etc., then that creates confusion. The last thing somebody needs who is on the bridge is confusion about which side is what. When Vegan Gains went over Destiny's three criterias for his definition of nazi, we get to know that the only reason he doesn't call Nick Fuentes a nazi is because he thinks there is only a chance that he has genocidal intentions towards Jews, and that he would have to hear Fuentes say it directly in a conversation and unironically. That is so ridiculous. There is no universe where anybody will straight out admit "yeah, I actually want to kill Jews", so he will probably never get to call somebody a nazi. If Fuentes is the closest thing that somebody will ever get to an actual nazi, then he should be called that. I still think he should continue engaging with him (I'm not fully in the Mr. Girl camp that he should not go on panels with him or not have normal conversations with him), but this autistic "probably"-dancing around the word nazi is a problem. If you're a serious thinker, you should value clear communication above almost anything else. Meta-irony, playing with words and frames is a great source of humor in some settings, but in other settings, it has to be treated seriously, particularly when dealing with Fuentes.

Holy shit Destiny is so weasely. Skip to when he talks to Vegan Gains: Vegan Gains is being extremely precise and clear in his speech, and Destiny is being the complete opposite: he is literally stumped when he is asked to define what he means when he says "probably" for the 40th time of kneejerking the same obfuscating response. Also notice how he hides behind "I don't care about pointing out dogwhistles, I only care what somebody says directly" and " I don't care about single tweets people have said, only a holistic account of something they've done or said in a specific context". He has constructed a perfect fortress for weaseling himself away from reconciling the inconsistency between having enabled Fuentes' antics and his worldview. EDIT: Vegan Gains did well in the beginning, but it went downhill pretty fast after he did the "it's the only logical conclusion" thing and when he called Fuentes and Hitler stupid.

A bare amount is beneficial for things like mental health or even physical health, but we're talking about a quantitative trade-off: the less time you spend socializing, the more time you can spend thinking, meditating or improving yourself.

There is nothing to leave.

Nope. Norwegian high school lasts for three years (15-16 to 18-19). She was in third year when I was in second year, and there was one music class for third year and one for second year, and we didn't really have classes together (except for a few projects), and she was rarely in class at that point as her fame had started picking up (she was 18-19 in the video above). The only time I "interacted" with her was one time when me and my friends from second year were walking in to music class and she was sitting on a table talking to a friend, and we locked eyes before she left. Alan Walker also went to the same school, and my friend partied with him one time.

If you look at how the words are generally used, you never see somebody calling an earthworm "an intellectual", or saying it has a sharp intellect, or is engaged in intellectual activities. On the other hand, "intelligence" is often used to describe things like animal intelligence ("the worm is able to locate food without seeing; it's intelligent") or even non-animal intelligence ("mushrooms and trees are able to communicate through mycelia and root systems; they're intelligent"). "Intellect" is used to refer to human capacities like conceptual thinking, abstract reasoning, sapience, while "intelligence" can be used to refer to everything from simple life forms to intellectual geniuses. The problem with modern society is that people tend to treat intellect as the only form of intelligence that actually matters.

I think a superiority complex can often occur as a way to compensate for something that you're lacking which is often quite obvious. For example, I didn't do well in high school (for a myriad of reasons), and I would develop a superiority complex around that which said: "actually, I'm really smart, if you just get to know me... my friends call me smart all the time... just wait, I'll show you".

My breakfast: 3 organic eggs, scrambled on medium heat, slightly runny. 3 super-thin slices of toasted 60-90% whole wheat bread. 1/2 of a hand-sized fruit (e.g. orange, kiwi, apple, peach, etc.) Spread the scrambled eggs equally on each slice of bread, eat them warm, and eat the fruit as a dessert. And if you say "cholesterol" or "acrylamide", phOk you.

Frank Zappa is a goldmine of these kinds of quotes:

What about instead of remember, you can't shake the feeling?

Lol just scroll through my latest posts on the death penalty.

He can still have an opinion. If you want my personal experiences, I study psychology, and I noticed the time I went for a short practice visit where minorities meet each other to practice speaking Norwegian, after speaking with a person who wasn't dumb by any means but just new to the language (he had a PhD in math didactics), and afterwards while speaking to my classmate, it felt like my mind was severely slowed down from having simplified my language for 2 hours straight. I think social interactions in general work the same way. Regardless of what you're talking about, you have to simplify your thinking so that people can understand you, and it might make you less smart if that is how you spend most of your time.

Lol. We disagree with Leo all the time.

Adversity is a broad concept, is all I'm saying.

@Roy I get it, you hire people and pay them by letting them stay in the bunker. I was thinking "hire" implies money payment.

Where you gonna buy shit?

How do you hire someone for the apocalypse?