A contrarian isn’t one who always objects - that’s a confirmist of a different sort. A contrarian reasons independently, from the ground up, and resists pressure to conform.
This is why a lot of 20-38 year old young boys are turning to conservatism.
As far as I know, there’s only been a slight shift toward conservatism among young men. For the most part, their political views haven’t changed all that much - it’s actually women who have shifted much more noticeably to the left and thus widening the gap between them.
Referring to men in general as “wife beaters” is exactly the kind of rhetoric that fuels Tate’s popularity.
It’s also pretty dishonest to lump his followers in with incels. Tate openly despises incels - he sees them as quitters. His whole message is about power, self-discipline, and taking control of your life. Incels, on the other hand, are rooted in despair and nihilism. They believe the game is rigged, that the problem is in their genes, and that there’s nothing they can do to change it. It’s a fundamentally different mindset.
Young men are struggling badly, and almost no one seems to take it seriously. A lot of them want to man up - but the message they get from much of the media is to man down. I saw a Reddit thread asking who young boys could look up to as a role model, and the top answer was Aragorn. You literally have to turn to fictional characters to find someone broadly seen as decent.
They gravitate toward people like Andrew Tate (and Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson, Jocko Willink, David Goggins, etc.) because those are some of the only public voices telling them it’s okay to be a man - and to embrace masculine traits - without apology.
Last of Us. Fallout I didn’t even bother with. I probably would’ve bailed on Breaking Bad as well if it wasn’t for everyone around me telling that it’ll get good eventually (it didn’t)
I deleted my personal FB around a decade ago and Instagram few years ago but I joined back in because I needed pages for my business. I wouldn’t exactly still say that I use them. I make one or two picture posts of my work a month and then leave.
I don’t see how even the way Twitter does it is any worse than not having such system at all.
There’s a big difference between committing a crime and reporting someone for a crime they’ve already committed. To me, it’s pretty clear why murder is wrong - but the virtue of reporting a loved one for murder isn’t nearly as obvious.
Is the answer that their parents paid for all of it as is the case for most people under 18?
Honestly, if it’s truly a “loved one” I probably wouldn’t even report them for murder. Why? I think that when someone is close enough to you we simply apply different standards to them. Kind of like rescuing your own child from a burning building rather that rescuing two strangers.
This is such an idiotic thing to generalize to every “rich” person. You can do better.
I don’t feel like I need one. If it’s badly made I can usually tell with a high confidence that it’s AI and if it’s made so well that I can’t tell I generally don’t care either.
No false negatives yet, though.
Good old toupee fallacy
People used to talk about slaves in exactly the same way.
Our AI assistants might not be conscious yet, but there’s a good chance they will be someday. Treating them with basic decency from the start just seems like the right thing to do. The way I talk to ChatGPT isn’t all that different from how I talk to people - and I don’t feel the need to switch modes just because I’ve rationalized that something isn’t deserving of respect.
I had mandatory Swedish at school for over 6 years and I can’t even count to ten in that language. Time well spent.
I can strongly relate with this though I must add that there’s no way of knowing what the alternative would’ve been. Whose to say my interests wouldn’t have naturally evolved over time on their own without any major outside influence. It just would be quite surprising if excessive porn use since early age wouldn’t play a factor in why my sexuality is so twisted nowdays in more ways than one.
It’s the current trendy thing to say. Kind of like the term “executive dysfunction”
If it’s notifications you’re after you can try saying positive things about capitalism or Elon Musk for example or simply go into a thread where everyone is outraged about anything and try making some sense in there.
how is life in your close community?
“Can’t complain”
Well if it turns out that he in-fact didn’t kill Brian, then I’m more than willing to admit I was wrong. I just wouldn’t hold my breath on that one.
Cooking sucks pretty hard though I’m not a huge fan of eating either.