throwaway-7743
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He's not unlike Jordan Peterson. Both likely have Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Low empathy. Emotionally dysregulated at times. Delusions of grandeur. Paranoid. Both think "they" are out to get them, to silence them. Peterson thinks he's a prophet of sorts and has a politically conservative, Christian-ish agenda. Tate's more of a hedonistic grifter who plays the "top g" character. Both are very theatrical. Very performative. Clownish at times. Not unlike Trump.
And yet, at times, they've delivered far more truthful statements than the vast majority of adults in my life personally.
Would I want to hang out with Tate or have my sister date him? Hell no. But I view him like gore websites. Not particularly healthy to view, but offers a closer depiction of reality than MSNBC, CNN, or Fox News. And even gore videos can have agendas (America bad! Ukraine bad! Russia bad! China bad!). But the bias is out in the open. And you can take what's truthful (human nature) and discard the agendas (political or religious or financial or whatever).
I find him difficult to summarize succinctly, but his wikipedia page does a fair job. He's a notable figure in the manosphere. A portion of (conservative?) Millennial and Gen Z males look up to him.
Calls a spade a spade. Speaks about the competitive, hierarchical nature of today's global, capitalistic society as well as the hypergamous nature of women. Doesn't sugarcoat reality like mainstream media. Mainstream media dislikes him for not towing the party line and, worst of all, being popular. Mainstream media tries to discredit him.
He tells the worker drones the truth. Can't have that.
EDIT: More specifically, he's discussed how marriage, divorce, child support, and alimony are rigged against men. How men are disposable cannon fodder, and how the state (and women) don't have men's best interests at heart. How, outside of specific degrees and/or career paths, college is a scam. Things the state doesn't want to be common knowledge among the populace.
EDIT 2: The college bit might've been his brother Tristan. Though Andrew may have spoken about it at some point, I don't know. Also he's not against marriage or divorce or child support or alimony in theory, but he thinks the current laws in the west favor women too strongly. And he's not anti-women, he's just realistic about their nature and biological imperative, which isn't the same as men's.
throwaway-7743
3mo ago
Anonymous call to the police. And I mean anonymous. No phones linked to you directly or indirectly. Not your voice. Not on camera. No details giving away it's you.
Or an anonymous threat. Leave a note that gets his attention somehow. Maybe track down where the kid works. Offline sleuthing. "Fix the muffler in a week or else." And then start slashing tires if he doesn't. No prints on the note. Don't get your face or vehicle caught on camera.
No easy answer. Some people only respect force.
throwaway-7743
10mo ago
If you're monogamous, look for a hetero-/bi-/pan- romantic asexual woman.
https://www.asexualcupid.com/ might work.
throwaway-7743
5mo ago
So he's angry that a certain number of protestors held up signs stating, "Free Palestine from the river to the sea," and now he wants to take his ball and go home?
Okay.
throwaway-7743
7mo ago
Just look at the United Methodist Church.
throwaway-7743
8mo ago
Overspecificity of complaints and issuance of blame. Oversimplification of complex, societal issues. Strikes me as ignorant, impotent whining in song form.
throwaway-7743
9mo ago
Input before output. Listening before speaking. Reading before writing. Quality immersion is important. I would get an audiobook and a physical book of a non-fiction book you're interested in narrated by a speaker you wish to emulate. If you're male, pick a male, etc. Folks tend to sound like their parents, so pick a quality parent. And then just hammer it. Rinse and repeat. Do Anki. Maybe check out Refold.
throwaway-7743
10mo ago
This too shall pass. Eat healthy, hydrate, prioritize sleep, walk or exercise, meditate, etc. Treat yourself well. You'll get through it.
throwaway-7743
8mo ago
I'm curious about trends in crop yields, food loss, and food waste.
throwaway-7743
11mo ago
I currently am not because my new license-plate doesn't fit my old license-plate frame for some odd reason, and I'm too cheap and/or lazy to purchase a replacement.
But I echo @MollieTheMare's sentiments.
When ads get that distracting, I'd rather not consume either product (NBA or Ruffles). Strangely, I'm okay with product placement when entertainment leans into it like Wayne's World or Idiocracy, or like the KFC dating sim.
throwaway-7743
7mo ago
Hence "millennium-old solution." I was just pointing out the United Methodist Church recently has had their own schism (Global Methodist Church) over similar issues the Catholic church currently has. Same-sex relationships is a common faultline in religion or even politics today.
Springs to mind because I'm confirmed in both churches (due to my parents).
throwaway-7743
3mo ago
I thought The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon were an hour too long.
Some films are too long due to laziness or self-indulgence, and others are too long because the story doesn't fit the medium.
throwaway-7743
7mo ago
I added it to my wishlist on Steam when I saw a friend had added it to his. Looked very Chrono Trigger-esque, which I liked. I'll get around to playing it at some point.
throwaway-7743
9mo ago
Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Depends on how many players. If only two, there's probably more.
throwaway-7743
9mo ago
Hard to say. Depends on the situation and the people involved. Some people want the truth no matter how painful. Others would rather live a lie and/or shoot the messenger.
Have a specific situation?
throwaway-7743
9mo ago
Listening before speaking. Reading before writing. Best way to learn a language is by listening, but there needs to be some context to what you're hearing, similar to how we learned language as infants. Audiobook + physical book + translation dictionary is your best bet. Lots of illiterate people can speak a language. Lots of jazz musicians couldn't read sheet music.
throwaway-7743
10mo ago
Darn. I think I used to think it was "toeing the line," as in not crossing a red line or a line in the sand, and then erroneously changed it to "towing the line," like carrying the water for [blank]. Thanks for the correction.
throwaway-7743
10mo ago
If you're referring to his critics, they dislike him "using multiple women" because they either genuinely believe the women are being used, or they cynically think he's exposing women's nature, warts and all, and they want him to stop for some self-serving reason, real or imagined.
If you're referring to his followers, they think that women "want to be used" (or led) and that his success with women proves his thesis about how women are. They respect him for walking the walk.
throwaway-7743
3mo ago
I'm annoyed if my viewing experience is interrupted unless there's a built-in intermission. Thus, the longer the movie length, the more critical I am of it. Anything beyond two and a half hours better be movie of the year.
throwaway-7743
4mo ago
It would make sense to me. Visual hallucinations are probably more traumatizing as a hyperphantasic than as an aphantasic.
I lean more aphantasic, which is why the method of loci (memory palace) never worked well for me.
throwaway-7743
4mo ago
Difficult to say.
Gift baskets (Harry and David). Gift cards (Barnes and Nobles if he's an avid reader, etc.). Alcohol, candy, coffee, or cigars if you know what he likes. Subscriptions if you know what he likes. Tickets to an event if you know what he likes.
Don't know the precedent established in the family.
throwaway-7743
8mo ago
I'm curious if listening to an audiobook while silently reading/following along with the physical book would lead to subvocalizing incorrect pronunciation.
Countries will try what they can to reverse declining birthrates, but it won't save them ultimately. There are macro reasons for declining birthrates, larger than countries or culture. You can't have infinite growth on a finite planet. You'll eventually run out of resources and/or your toxic byproducts will kill you. And people are already feeling both. Everything is becoming more expensive. That trend won't stop. People want to maintain their standard of living. So they'll have fewer children. Because children are expensive. And they might actually care about the quality of life of their children. And of what use are children if there is no environment to sustain them?
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