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WillHurtDontCare said:
Whenever politicians or the mainstream media put people into categories, the whole point is to keep people fighting with each other so that we ignore the ongoing crimes of the ruling class.

f*ck that noise - don't let those assholes put you into categories.
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Want to have a laugh?

Turn on Italian subtitles in the settings and have YT auto-translate them. The translation is accurate except for the "don't" at 0:33, it should be a "do".

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WillHurtDontCare said:
buckle up everybody - it's going to get bumpy

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MTF said:
Random question: what do you do when a homeless, young, healthy guy begs you for money or food in the supermarket parking lot? Do you ever give them something, say no, lie that you'll buy them food only to hope you'll sneak out without them seeing you (lol), ask the supermarket employees to call the police?

I always think that if they're healthy and young, they can easily find some kind of work. So by giving them stuff I essentially sponsor their laziness and make their lives even worse (because if they keep getting stuff, they'll never stop begging). I can understand helping out an elderly or sick person though even then, often it's unfortunately a part of a gang scheme, not just a single person struggling.
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When someone asks me for money, I offer him money . Money for work. Come to my house and work for me and get money.
I never had one coming to my house btw.
 
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Madame Peccato said:
I don't trust sunscreen either. I haven't used it in a while. I don't mind going outside and enjoying the sun. I haven't gotten sunburnt in a while. Granted, I've done it gradually. Started with 10 or so minutes and then worked my way up, since I used to be pale as milk. And not very healthy. Now I can stay in the sun for as long as I want :cool:

Sometimes I wonder if all the products we use to wash ourselves are necessary. Especially hair shampoo. All of the nasty chemicals in it can't be good for our hair.

I know I wash my hair less frequently than most of my friends. And I'm the only one who isn't balding, lol. I'm 29 for reference. Of course it could be genetic, but it's an hypothesis that's been on my mind recently.
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Why dont you trust sunscreen? the fact that your skin doesn't burn doesn't mean that damage isn't done...
Sun is the #1 aging factor of the skin.
 
Pretty cool post and image from Ed Mylett:

You see in life, exactly what you’re looking for.

You will find what you were deeply convinced of.

Will you SEE the opportunities and the blessings that surround you?

Or will you see all of the obstacles and roadblocks?

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NCNY said:
Why dont you trust sunscreen? the fact that your skin doesn't burn doesn't mean that damage isn't done...
Sun is the #1 aging factor of the skin.
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Not trusting was the wrong choice of words. I just don't feel like I need for it. My skin (and body) is doing much better now that I ditched it compared to the past when I used to use sunscreen.

Naturally, other things have changed in my life, so it's hard to tell if it was sunscreen's fault. Maybe? Probably only a small fraction of it?

Since I'm doing fine without, I don't see the need for it. I don't like applying chemical things on my body. Is an aging skin a big problem?
 
GPM said:
Google is a threat to humanity. The amount of power that they wield and how they shape what we see and what they choose to show us is absolutely frightening.
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You're a bit late to realize this ... I stopped using them 6 years ago.

They only show you results or "research" that falls within the approve narrative.

So any investigation about anything won't give you a wide-lens view with diverse perspectives, they'll give you the narrow view within the approved box.

And the ultimate irony is, wasn't their tag line "Don't be evil"? -- I can't think of a more evil company.

While I'm not a big Chomsky fan, he does hit on some of what's going on today.

This is G00gle in a nutshell.

"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate." ~ Noam Chomsky

"Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It's something you have to find out for yourself." ~ Noam Chomsky

"The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know." ~ Noam Chomsky

"The key element of social control is the strategy of distraction that is to divert public attention from important issues and changes decided by political and economic elites, through the technique of flood or flooding continuous distractions and insignificant information." ~ Noam Chomsky
 
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NCNY said:
Why dont you trust sunscreen? the fact that your skin doesn't burn doesn't mean that damage isn't done...
Sun is the #1 aging factor of the skin.
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Bullshit. Eat well, drink enough water, sleep well, exercise, then gradually increase how much sunlight you get daily and you'll be able to spend as much time in the sun as you'd like.

Sunscreen is another instance of symptom treating snake oil and like most other modern "cures", it is about making money, not helping people.

My Western European blood would dictate that I should be pale, but I have olive skin and I don't burn in the sun - I just get tanner.
 
LA Fitness said, “we can only cancel your membership Monday through Friday”. What kind of bullshit is that?

Value Skew potential: Allow online signup and cancellation without having to give a good reason to quit.
 
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Has anyone tried the 1/5/10 strategy recently? Did it work? Just curious.
 
random_9492 said:
Has anyone tried the 1/5/10 strategy recently? Did it work? Just curious.
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The fact that you're asking about a strategy with a 10 year time horizon in a book that was released 6 weeks ago tells me that you don't really understand how the strategy works.
 
MJ DeMarco said:
The fact that you're asking about a strategy with a 10 year time horizon in a book that was released 6 weeks ago tells me that you don't really understand how the strategy works.
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Isn't that strategy mentioned on your YouTube channel some years ago?
 
MTF said:
Random question: what do you do when a homeless, young, healthy guy begs you for money or food in the supermarket parking lot? Do you ever give them something, say no, lie that you'll buy them food only to hope you'll sneak out without them seeing you (lol), ask the supermarket employees to call the police?

I always think that if they're healthy and young, they can easily find some kind of work. So by giving them stuff I essentially sponsor their laziness and make their lives even worse (because if they keep getting stuff, they'll never stop begging). I can understand helping out an elderly or sick person though even then, often it's unfortunately a part of a gang scheme, not just a single person struggling.
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I usually give them some money. Years ago I had the same view as you @MTF but then after running a few Single Room Occupancy (SRO) buildings, I learned that it was not that simple. No one wants to stay homeless, especially young. There is usually an underlying issue (drugs, mental issues, disability, horrible bad luck etc.). 1 in 10 will use that money to get food. Maybe 1 in 100, I don’t know. But for me that’s enough. Am I supporting the other 9 or 99 in their “bad” ways? Sure, but I care about the 1 more.

This is a very complex issue because there are little cliques or “gangs” what run traffic light begging as a team, they aren’t homeless and this is a form of business for them. I can spot those guys and don’t give them a penny.

The homeless I see on our streets in Vancouver tend to congregate near DT Eastside and many seek shelter in a local park or said SROs that are government supported.

In either case, I try to err on the side of helping. Sometimes you see them next to coffee shops or fast food restaurants etc. In those instances, my friends and I often just buy a bunch of food and give food.
 
BlackMagician said:
Isn't that strategy mentioned on your YouTube channel some years ago?
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Yes.

I haven't looked deeply into this concept linked below, but it sounds similar. Not sure if there is any reverse engineering going on in that system.

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HOT! - Jordan Peterson's Future Authoring program helped me achieve (literally) everything I wanted.

I've been meaning to post this for like... 3 months now, but havent. I wrote this post like 4 times, but I kept saving it in various text editors and it got lost a bunch of times. So Jordan Peterson has this course called Self-Authoring. NPR: The Writing Assignment That Changes Lives It's...
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I meant does it help us to stay on track of our goals, I know it’s too soon for the strategy to actually show the results
MJ DeMarco said:
The fact that you're asking about a strategy with a 10 year time horizon in a book that was released 6 weeks ago tells me that you don't really understand how the strategy works
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Rishi Sunak plans to replace our cash with official digital currency

In what Treasury INSIDERS say would be the biggest upheaval in the monetary system for centuries, the Bank of England would establish a direct digital equivalent to physical money.
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Raoul Duke said:
Herd immoonity.


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I read a blog on milk pasteurization a while back that said that a lot of farms used pasteurization as a bandaid solution to cover up how filthy their farms were.

I'd prefer my cattle with fewer pharmaceuticals, with better feed, and cleaner living conditions.

Which lines up with how I feel about the medical industry - they don't give a F*ck about the biggest issues. F*ck you PPHD.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1419376357004349444
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