As I read my previous comment, I have a contradictory thought. If being zen means being at peace in the present and accepting that, then one is not concerned with the future. Again, it's an interesting question.
@TfmonkeyBut it does seem that a lack of vision or long term goal setting/following correlates with struggling more in life. To paraphrase a Nietzsche (I think) quote Jordan Peterson has said many times, 'he who has a why can withstand any how'. A long projected goal may depend on some level of intelligence. An exception might be faith, but that would be an abstracted ideal like heaven or redemption or benevolent goddess; or just the prospect of reproducing.
Just my thoughts. Interesting questn
@Tfmonkey Weakness maybe is a product of IQ. Two things come to mind, 1) the marshmallow test that showed how those who can delay gratification do better in life, and 2) the "what if you didn't have breakfast today" question, that some people apparently cannot answer as it depends on a hypothetical, an abstract.
I haven't investigated either of these first hand so maybe they're not as they seem.......
@I_AmTheKnight there are lots of these videos/channels with women saying all the right things. Even though they might help “wake people up “ a little bit they always will do what benefits them over everything else. Calling out women may work for them in some cases, but when it doesn’t they’ll switch the script. I’ve never seen it not happen. That’s why I think some form of patriarchy (masculine accountability) is necessary even if it’s maybe not the ideal.
I have to say, the videos getting posted in this forum look great. Just have to find time to watch them
@Wopu just in: clean air and water causing heart attacks
@I_AmTheKnight let me guess, ‘things happened. No one wins like this’
Later, ‘why did you do the things? I did no things’
@sardonicsmile they got backstage passes
@37712 I think you mean balkanization?
@I_AmTheKnight @Tfmonkey War. War never changes….
@basedbagel yeah but is the juice worth the squeeze? lol
@aphron @Tfmonkey this will become the norm. We’ve been too asleep to prevent it from creeping up. The same for forcing people to fight. Social credit can’t just be used to shut your bank account, it can be used to lock you up or make you disappear if you don’t do as you’re told (spying, fighting a war).
Soviet soldiers literally were forced to fight at gun point. I’m sure not the first time or the last
@37712 @apopheniac nothing better than sweet well or spring water. as for coffee/tea, maybe cold brewing helps with the acidity or tannins? I know cold brew coffee tastes a lot less acidic
@I_AmTheKnight @basedbagel @FinalDresdonation @UncleIroh I agree that removing special treatment for protected groups is best but I don’t see that happening until things get a lot worse, which is happening fast.
If there’s someone to cry to, people will cry to get the mob/government to do their bidding. Maybe when $ credit is not available to most people then diversity credit will not be available either.
Until then people will double down on the ideology and its enforcement like crackheads
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@Shadowman311 everything about this looks staged. You might say fake and gay
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