MaiqTheTrue
Renrijra Krin
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MaiqTheTrue
Renrijra Krin
5hr ago
Concerning the @Catsnakes_ comments about the gamification of the two opposing sides of the protest movements, I see a lot more of a narrative forward thinking in those movements. The Left has long since taken on the roles that have long been associated with scrappy underdog rebels from Three Amigos to Star Wars and Revenge of the Nerds. They look in the mirror and cast themselves into whatever roles suit them in that narrative. And they seem to lack the self awareness to understand the substantial differences between being a movie rebel and being an actual real rebel. The differences are obviously stark, starting with real rebels needing to do actual unsexy work, needing to keep quiet about their membership in such a group, etc. But of course this misunderstanding and ignorance extends to the dangers of actually rebelling which, historically has lead to deaths. What’s funny is that as an outsider looking in, im not even sure of the actual game plan. They’re showing up and they’re blowing whistles (like exactly what is that doing? The ICE agents don’t seem to be sneaking in), blocking roads, holding signs. Early into the Trump presidency, there was the viral idea that if there were 300K protesters “resisting” (and the term was very loose, including sidewalk protests that featured bouncy houses and DJs. Yes, No Kings block parties counted as resistance.), that apparently the Trump Nazi MAGA regime would just disappear into the ether. All of this makes sense from a narrative standpoint. There’s no need to have a plan because in the movies just the mere fact that you show up and stand up to the Big Bad is enough to win.
The right has a similar narrative on their side of perhaps the Red Dawn or other invasion movies. The idea being that they’re insurgents fighting back against Big Elites who want to destroy the country from within using various front groups. And again outside of Trump I don’t think a lot of the people on the Right have much of a clue of how to actually get things to happen.
I’m personally very close to the position most of my fairly long lived grandparents and my great grandma thought about things, which is that most of this is just weird overthinking of systems that work just fine without needing to fuss over the very fine details of nutrition and exercise. Maybe you’ll add a percent or two to your longevity, but that’s it.
The best advice they gave me was simply to eat homemade and less processed foods, three reasonably sized meals a day, and make half of your plate veggies. As far as exercise, while they did move around a lot, it was mostly going out and doing active things with friends or to simply enjoy life. It wasn’t a thing that was quantified, it was a childhood spent skating and dancing and playing sports like baseball and football or swimming. I don’t think people need to reach perfect Vo2 to benefit from exercise. Just going out and doing active things for fun should be plenty and because they are more fun they’re much easier to stick with. It’s much easier to get off the couch and play in a community soccer or baseball league or go dancing.
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