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“Did you ever say Yes to a single joy? O my friends, then you said Yes to all woe as well. All things are chained and entwined together, all things are in love; if ever you wanted one moment twice, if ever you said: ‘You please me, happiness! Abide, moment!’ then you wanted everything to return!” - Friedrich Nietzsche
 

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I want to see y'all on Geoguesser after completing the geography challenge 

It's actually pretty fun and a relaxing hobby


reminder: My life's mission is to help men Completely Heal ALL their Ego Wounds, so they develop a Mature, Healthy, Strong and Integrated Self-Esteem & Ego.

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45 minutes ago, mmKay said:

I want to see y'all on Geoguesser after completing the geography challenge 

It's actually pretty fun and a relaxing hobby

I'd be terrible at it jejeje. I love watching the documentaries but I'm not intrested in going much deeper than that in my case.

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This fits so well here. Mods feel free to remove this and ask me to do a new thread if you feel this may derail it.

Test your skills after all those documentaries 

 

https://www.geoguessr.com/

 

Free alternative 

 

https://openguessr.com/

 

 

Super fun to play with online friends

 

What's your benchmark?

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Greetings! Long time lurker of this thread, I've pulled a lot of docs from here and figured it'd be a good time to make a contribution.

 

I've always been interested in cultural documentaries and have accumulated a few over the years. Some may be historical, some may be eclectic, all I hope will give you a view of how different life can be in these different places.

 

1. The Death of Yugoslavia:

https://youtu.be/bVUg-VoPAeA?si=rcVm3NB_gz9BCsSh

One of the top documentaries I've ever watched. A nearly 5 hour long geo-political case study of the collapse of Yugoslavia (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia, etc). Really lays out all the major events and interviews most of each country's leaders/political officials. How they all they all rationalize ethnically cleansing each other. Really shows how power political play out between stronger/weaker countries, propaganda is used, and collective ego.

 

2. When Algeria was French:

https://youtu.be/Zer50bkr6hY?si=mqcahC1UUDrKHI-8

What if the Palestinians kicked the Israelis out and took back their land? In Algeria this kind of happened. The French invaded the land of Algeria and essentially turned its Arab population into second class citizens. This docu shows the build up/conflict leading to Arab Algerian independence. Highlights the stark contrast in living conditions between the two sides, how cultures can be too different to co-exist, and the naive attitude of the settlers.

 

3. Tokyo Noise:

https://youtu.be/ga6ZwfsS1cA?si=ee4PQ235Mcy7dhu-

Chaotic, grading, experimental. An artistic interview style documentary with a variety of characters. All about what it's like to live in Tokyo/be Japanese, peering into their minds and unraveling the mystery just a little bit. Manually turn on subtitles and definitely don't watch if you have epilepsy.

 

4. If you have not watched old Vice documentaries, you are missing out. They are all completely unhinged, entertaining, and give you a view of how radically different people live their lives.

I'll link some of my favorites, the one on Liberia is particularly absurd. Prepare yourself for descriptions of extremely violent acts/sexual assault. 

 

 

 

 

5 The Yogis of Tibet:

https://youtu.be/GrWhX1BixBk?si=jDpwPWIxPs8yv6rk

A docu packed with history and interviews looking into the monastic Buddhist society and traditions of Tibet. 

 

6. The Act of Killing:

https://youtu.be/4kJZb2Q1NmE?si=nJw_C10MtYCqe1VB

A journey into the stage red mind. In Indonesia,1965, there was a government coup followed by period of communist paranoia where mass killings were carried out. This documentary takes gangsters/military junta members years later, interviewing them and having them recreate their crimes for film. Which they have no reservations about doing.. for them murder, rape, and corruption were normal, every day events and not a big deal. Graphic warning again.

 

7. Argentina's Economic Collapse

https://youtu.be/0CzS6eHqtnQ?si=CQy2JmUwjwqkdj3O

A modern history of how Argentina arrived in the 21st century before Millei. Absolutely getting fucked by a rotating cast of corrupt, greedy, incompetent politicians. This documentary really puts on display that toxic cycle of governmental deterioration.

 

8. Modern Pirates Are Still a Threat on The Coast of Africa

https://youtu.be/cfh9suqsIPs?si=k9xee_7xiuKBfPmI

You're born into a third world shit hole. Government is corrupt, no good jobs, nothing for you family. But you can make bank being a pirate, what will you do? Yes, this is about Somalia lol. 

 

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1 hour ago, Puer Aeternus said:

Greetings! Long time lurker of this thread, I've pulled a lot of docs from here and figured it'd be a good time to make a contribution.

 

I've always been interested in cultural documentaries and have accumulated a few over the years. Some may be historical, some may be eclectic, all I hope will give you a view of how different life can be in these different places.

 

1. The Death of Yugoslavia:

https://youtu.be/bVUg-VoPAeA?si=rcVm3NB_gz9BCsSh

One of the top documentaries I've ever watched. A nearly 5 hour long geo-political case study of the collapse of Yugoslavia (Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia, etc). Really lays out all the major events and interviews most of each country's leaders/political officials. How they all they all rationalize ethnically cleansing each other. Really shows how power political play out between stronger/weaker countries, propaganda is used, and collective ego.

 

2. When Algeria was French:

https://youtu.be/Zer50bkr6hY?si=mqcahC1UUDrKHI-8

What if the Palestinians kicked the Israelis out and took back their land? In Algeria this kind of happened. The French invaded the land of Algeria and essentially turned its Arab population into second class citizens. This docu shows the build up/conflict leading to Arab Algerian independence. Highlights the stark contrast in living conditions between the two sides, how cultures can be too different to co-exist, and the naive attitude of the settlers.

 

3. Tokyo Noise:

https://youtu.be/ga6ZwfsS1cA?si=ee4PQ235Mcy7dhu-

Chaotic, grading, experimental. An artistic interview style documentary with a variety of characters. All about what it's like to live in Tokyo/be Japanese, peering into their minds and unraveling the mystery just a little bit. Manually turn on subtitles and definitely don't watch if you have epilepsy.

 

4. If you have not watched old Vice documentaries, you are missing out. They are all completely unhinged, entertaining, and give you a view of how radically different people live their lives.

I'll link some of my favorites, the one on Liberia is particularly absurd. Prepare yourself for descriptions of extremely violent acts/sexual assault. 

 

 

 

 

5 The Yogis of Tibet:

https://youtu.be/GrWhX1BixBk?si=jDpwPWIxPs8yv6rk

A docu packed with history and interviews looking into the monastic Buddhist society and traditions of Tibet. 

 

6. The Act of Killing:

https://youtu.be/4kJZb2Q1NmE?si=nJw_C10MtYCqe1VB

A journey into the stage red mind. In Indonesia,1965, there was a government coup followed by period of communist paranoia where mass killings were carried out. This documentary takes gangsters/military junta members years later, interviewing them and having them recreate their crimes for film. Which they have no reservations about doing.. for them murder, rape, and corruption were normal, every day events and not a big deal. Graphic warning again.

 

7. Argentina's Economic Collapse

https://youtu.be/0CzS6eHqtnQ?si=CQy2JmUwjwqkdj3O

A modern history of how Argentina arrived in the 21st century before Millei. Absolutely getting fucked by a rotating cast of corrupt, greedy, incompetent politicians. This documentary really puts on display that toxic cycle of governmental deterioration.

 

8. Modern Pirates Are Still a Threat on The Coast of Africa

https://youtu.be/cfh9suqsIPs?si=k9xee_7xiuKBfPmI

You're born into a third world shit hole. Government is corrupt, no good jobs, nothing for you family. But you can make bank being a pirate, what will you do? Yes, this is about Somalia lol. 

 

Brilliant, thanks for sharing. Have added many of these to my watch later list. 👍

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The Island between Russia and Alaska and a imaginary line dividing it.

look how people there look like the Indigenous from North America. People were navigating the oceans long ago the Portuguese and English. 

 

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It's mind-blowing to think there are still parts of Earth that are undiscovered and have not been explored. And we have only explored five percent of our world ocean. That means that 95 percent of our ocean is unknown. I have always wondered if there are still landrace strains yet to be found, and new psychedelics like fungi, and potentially thousands of undiscovered tree species, such as in the Amazon. Though satellites have made it possible to assess the entirety of the Amazon from space, there are areas that, as far as we know, remain unexplored by outsiders on foot. There are still areas that are remote, roadless, and otherwise difficult if not impossible to access.

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Thanks everyone for sharing so many amazing and interesting docs! :)

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