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YouTube is the number one video-sharing platform in the world with more than 95% of the internet population using it. It provides videos ranging from silly pranks, heartwarming stories, news about the latest global issues, people's personal interests, information about cutting edge science, genuine debates between people who disagree but want to understand each other, lies to serve a political agenda, the ramblings of mentally ill people and everything in between.
YouTube has an algorithm that focuses on overall audience satisfaction, over providing people with a neutral, objective or balanced perspective on the world. It suggests videos based on how users with similar viewing patterns to your own reacted. It personalizes its recommendations based on channels to which you’ve already subscribed. This poses a risk of limiting people's access to information, that they didn't know they would have wanted to know.

I created this topic to exchange informative and educational videos with other people, who might have been algorithmically limited to other content than I am myself. I do suggest to limit this topic to informative and educational content, because there are already enough other topics for fun and questionable stuff.
Although politics and climate change can be categorized as informative and educational, there are already enough other topics debating politics and climate change. Science in general isn't political, neither is (or should) philosophy. Religion is associated with politics, but honest debates on this topic are not political, in my opinion. If you think these subjects are all terribly boring, I don't agree, but then this topic is not for you. That's OK.



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By CAT52! at 08,Nov,25 23:00 other posts of CAT52! 
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This man is a monster
By Ananas2xLekker at 12,Nov,25 09:36 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Even though this might be educational, it's too political for me to comment on here.
By CAT52! at 12,Nov,25 23:01 other posts of CAT52! 
No comment necessary. It's a statement. That's all
By phart at 13,Nov,25 00:04 other posts of phart 
and ol joe and obummer were "angles" right?





By phart at 06,Nov,25 17:18 other posts of phart 
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By Ananas2xLekker at 12,Nov,25 09:51 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
It's a dirty job, but I love them for caring.
By phart at 12,Nov,25 13:26 other posts of phart 
just some things need to be done. What surprises me is the elephant doesn't fight back or anything it just lays there.
By Ananas2xLekker at 12,Nov,25 14:30 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
They might have given it a sedative.





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By Ananas2xLekker at 12,Nov,25 09:45 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
The effect of AI in the US is now measurable.
This video shows a gap between rising profits and declining employment:
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True, if you are able to learn how to use AI, it CAN be an opportunity.
Are the people who are losing their jobs able to learn how to use AI?
An economy needs working people, to pay for products, that the economy produces.
If the least intelligent half of the people don't have jobs anymore,
how are the more intelligent half of the people going to care for them?



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By leopoldij at 24,Oct,25 23:40 other posts of leopoldij 
Ananas2xLekker, I'm going to written the scope of this thread, if I may, and include items beyond YouTube.

Educational new article:
Has the Anthropocene Been Canceled?
by Ian Angus

Ian Angus illuminates the politics behind the decision by the International Union of Geological Sciences not to recognize the Anthropocene as a formal geological epoch. In recounting the debate, Angus explores how the organization undermined the conclusions of top scientists to oppose the establishment of the Anthropocene, and its implications for the public debate about the planetary crisis.

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typo: written should be WIDEN
By Ananas2xLekker at 25,Oct,25 21:14 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Since this is more political than scientific, I think we shouldn't discuss it here.
For billions of years, we had ice ages and warm ages. The holocene and pleistocene were just the last ones. We should be heading towards an ice age, but the earth is warming. That is now called the Anthropocene. Denying it is political, not scientific.
By leopoldij at 26,Oct,25 00:03 other posts of leopoldij 
My bad then. I found it interesting.
By Ananas2xLekker at 26,Oct,25 11:20 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
It's very interesting, but I just deleted phart's comment for it being too political.
I have to be unbiased.
By phart at 26,Oct,25 12:16 other posts of phart 
An·thro·po·cene
/ˈanTHrəpəˌsēn/
adjective
adjective: Anthropocene

relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.
"we've become a major force of nature in this new Anthropocene epoch"

noun
noun: Anthropocene

the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.
"some geologists argue that the Anthropocene began with the Industrial Revolution"
By Ananas2xLekker at 27,Oct,25 10:21 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
It's related to your own argument against climate change, which you have repeated several times: the average temperature of earth has been higher and lower many times, for billions of years.

Yes, we know. There were interchanging ice ages and warm periods, that scientists have several levels of evidence for. I will not go into all the evidence now, I will just mostly talk about the periods.

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The first hot period of earth was 2 billion years long. That's when the earth was formed and after a collision with another planet, leaving it extremely hot, and creating the moon from the rubble in orbit colliding. The average temperature is estimated to be 160–210 °F (70–100 °C). It had intense volcanism, frequent asteroid impacts, and a dense greenhouse atmosphere (mainly CO₂, methane, and water vapor).

[The earliest signs of life are chemical signatures, microbial fossils, and geological structures, aging between 3.5 and 4.2 billion years ago. The earliest widely accepted, or "strong" evidence for life comes from microbial fossils found in rocks in Western Australia that are approximately 3.48 billion years old. This evidence consists of fossilized structures called 'stromatolites', which are layered rock formations created by communities of microorganisms.]

[Before the Great Oxidation Event, the sun was significantly less luminous. The planet was kept warm by an atmosphere rich in methane, a greenhouse gas many times more powerful than CO2.]

During the Great Oxidation Event (about 2.4 to 2.1 billion years ago), the emergence of photosynthetic cyanobacteria introduced free oxygen into the atmosphere. This triggered a chain of events that drastically reduced atmospheric methane concentrations. This resulted in the first ice age, during the Paleoproterozoic Era, called the Huronian glaciation "Snowball Earth".

During "Snowball Earth", there were less bacteria able to use photosynthesis, but there were already bacteria that could use oxygen. There was even some more complex life, like sponges. The periods of low oxygen, then the influx of oxygen from photosynthesis devastating anaerobic life, then ice covering the oceans and making photosynthesis hard, and the ice cap closing off the oceans lowering oxygen again, all forced life to constantly evolve.

After 300 million years, in local pockets of oxygen-rich water, newly adapted aerobic microbes, early eukaryotic cells and methanogenic microbes (converting hydrogen and carbon dioxide into methane and water), together with volcanic activity, the ice melted. It exposed darker surfaces (ocean and rock) that absorbed more solar heat, further accelerating the warming. This created a runaway greenhouse effect that rapidly ended the deep freeze.

The geological record immediately following the glaciation is marked by distinctive cap carbonates, layers of rock that indicate a sudden and drastic shift from extreme cold to a period of intense greenhouse warming. This "hothouse" phase was short-lived on a geologic timescale, as the increased weathering from the newly exposed land eventually helped draw down CO2 levels, allowing the climate to stabilize once again.

The end of the post-Huronian hothouse marked the beginning of a long period of planetary stability known as the "boring billion," which lasted until about 720 million years ago.
Life was then still mostly confined to the oceans and still consisted mostly of microscopic organisms. Life existed only on the edges of land near water, as bacteria and algae formed extensive mats in shallow marine environments. There was some forms of complex life, such as seaweed.

Then the Earth completely froze over again, the second "Snowball Earth" event, called the Sturtian glaciation. It was likely caused by a combination of factors. Continental breakup (the supercontinent Rodinia began breaking apart around 750 million years ago). This triggered large-scale erosion of newly exposed continental rocks. Weathering processes consume atmospheric carbon dioxide. A period of unusually low volcanic activity, further reducing the amount of CO2 being released into the atmosphere, contributing to the cooling effect.
Life continued to exist in deep ocean hydrothermal vents and possibly in meltwater pools or thin areas of sea ice.

The Sturtian glaciation, which occurred from approximately 717 to 660 million years ago, ended due to an extreme buildup of volcanic carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Weathering of rock was suppressed, because of the ice.
The CO2 concentration reached extremely high levels, perhaps as much as 350 times present-day levels. This trapped an immense amount of heat, eventually overwhelming the ice's high albedo (reflectivity) and causing the planet to thaw.

Afterwards the CO2 plunged Earth into a period of intense heat. The post-Sturtian hothouse, was caused by a "supergreenhouse" climate. Earth's average global temperatures were extremely high, with some estimates suggesting average global temperatures soared to around 122°F (50°C). This period was eventually brought to an end by accelerated silicate weathering, which removed large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere. The climate did not settle into a long, stable warm period but eventually slipped into the next major "Snowball Earth" event.
Marinoan Glaciation (around 650–635 million years ago).

Then Ediacaran Period (635–541 million years ago): A warmer, more stable period followed the Marinoan glaciation, allowing for the diversification of the first complex, multicellular organisms.

Paleozoic Icehouse (around 450–420 million years ago): A brief but intense glacial period during the Ordovician and Silurian periods, likely caused by a combination of continental drift and plant evolution pulling CO2 from the atmosphere. This the first time that life on land acted on the climate, instead of only the land (silicate weathering) itself.

Devonian Period, a "greenhouse" period (420-360 million years ago). The continents were first colonized by small plants and arthropods, but by the end of the period, the first forests had appeared, and the first vertebrates began to emerge from the water. The iconic Archaeopteris, a progymnosperm, grew into large trees with conifer-like trunks and fern-like leaves. It formed the first forests, with some trees reaching heights of 30 meters (98 feet). Other significant groups that appeared included lycophytes (clubmosses), horsetails, and ferns. By the end of the period, the first seed-bearing plants had also evolved, enabling them to reproduce more easily away from water. The increasing plant life, with its new root systems and decaying organic matter, created the first true soils, fundamentally changing the landscape. Animal fossils from this period include mites, spiders, scorpions, and myriapods (relatives of centipedes and millipedes). The oldest known insect fossils also date to the Early Devonian.
CO2 levels dropped steeply throughout the Devonian, partly due to the expansion of land plants, which sequestered carbon.

Late Paleozoic Icehouse (around 360–260 million years ago): This long icehouse included the Carboniferous and Permian periods and was characterized by lower atmospheric CO2. Unlike the "Snowball Earth" events of the Cryogenian period, the Late Paleozoic Icehouse was not a period of complete global glaciation. Regions closer to the equator, such as what is now North America and Europe, remained moist and tropical. These areas were dominated by vast rainforests, which later became the coal beds for which the Carboniferous period is named.

Mesozoic Hothouse (around 251–66 million years ago): A warm, ice-free period, primarily caused by high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which trapped heat and drove global temperatures approximately 11 to 16°F (6 to 9°C) warmer than it is today. It was the era of the dinosaurs.

Approximately 66 million years ago, a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid struck Earth in the Yucatбn Peninsula, creating the 200-kilometer-wide Chicxulub crater. The impact contributed to the mass extinction with global wildfires, massive earthquakes and tsunamis and extreme acid rain. The immediate effects were devastating, but the longer-term environmental consequences proved fatal for most life on Earth. The impact ejected immense amounts of dust, debris, and ash into the atmosphere, creating a thick, planet-encircling shroud. This blocked sunlight from reaching Earth's surface for months or even years. The blockage of solar energy caused global temperatures to plummet. Some studies indicate that average global temperatures dropped by as much as 47°F (26°C). It's important to distinguish this event from the long ice ages driven by changes in Earth's orbit and atmospheric gases. The impact winter was a brief but catastrophically intense event that happened over years, not millions of years.

After the devastation, life entered a new era of opportunity and recovery, leading to the rapid diversification of surviving groups. The disappearance of the dinosaurs left many ecological niches vacant, which paved the way for mammals and other organisms to flourish.

Cenozoic Icehouse (around 34 million years ago to present): Earth's current climatic state, characterized by polar ice sheets and glacial cycles. It was initiated by tectonic shifts that caused the formation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the uplift of mountain ranges, increasing weathering and pulling CO2 from the atmosphere.

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I now described the whole of Earths history in which the climate fluctuated over billions of years, hundreds of millions of years and tens of millions of years, due to geological effects on greenhouse gasses, combined with very long term effects of primitive life that did not evolve into a stable ecosystem. The climate of Earth was dominated by those early geological effects, that have mostly come to rest now.
Today's biosphere plays a powerful role in regulating the climate through the carbon cycle. Plants and soil act as important carbon sinks, taking in CO2, while other biological processes release it.
In summary, the transition from geological to biological dominance of climate was a long, complex, and chaotic process. Early life repeatedly caused catastrophic climate changes, showing a lack of stabilizing feedback. It was the evolution of more complex, integrated ecosystems over billions of years that led to the kind of biological balance we see today, though this balance is now being rapidly disrupted by human activity.

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Modern Ice Ages (last 2.6 million years to present): A series of glacial and warmer interglacial periods driven by Milankovitch cycles (Earth's orbital variations). We are currently in a warmer interglacial period. Those periods are not measured in billions of years, hundreds of millions of years and tens of millions of years.
These cycles of glacial advance and retreat have occurred approximately every 100,000 years.

Last Glacial Period (c. 115,000 to 11,700 years ago): The most recent major cold period saw massive ice sheets cover much of North America, Europe, and Asia.

Current interglacial: Holocene Epoch (11,700 years ago to present).
This is the warm, stable interglacial period we live in today, following the retreat of the last great ice sheets.

The whole evolution of humans into a civilization has been going on in this stable interglacial period. All of the history, with extreme cold and extreme heat has been occurring at a pace of about 1000 times slower than the 'Modern Ice Ages', which
by itself are 10 times slower than the complete history of human civilization.

By Ananas2xLekker at 27,Oct,25 11:14 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
And now finally, we come to the Anthropogenic influence, the effect of human activities on the environment and the climate. About 10,000 years ago the effect of humanity was negligible, because there were between 1 and 10 million people. They did some agriculture and deforestation. The Earth's CO2 concentration was mostly very stable, around 275 ppm to 280 ppm.

Still, our effect on the Earth increased, due to our CO2 emissions. The population around 1600 AD was approximately 545 to 579 million people. Then around around 1610 AD, there was a sharp, short-lived dip in global CO2 levels, called the "Orbis spike" caused by the Great Dying, the massive depopulation of Indigenous peoples
in the Americas due to European colonization, disease, and conflict. The resulting reforestation of former agricultural lands absorbed significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Scientists can measure this very accurately, with Antarctic ice core sampling,
because it's such recent history on a geological timescale. The CO2 concentration dropped from 285 ppm to below 275 ppm. This effect is pinpointed as the start of
the Anthropocene epoch, because it allows science to clearly measure the effect
of human activity.

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Scientists can also clearly measure the effect of the Industrial Revolution, starting around 1800 AD. The Ice core analysis clearly shows the massive CO₂ increase from fossil fuels. The global average CO2 concentration in 1800 AD was approximately 280 ppm. By 1850 the CO2 concentration was 290 ppm and by 1900 it was 295.7 ppm. By 1950, the CO2 concentration start to accelerate. It was 310 ppm on 1950, but the next 50 years it rose to 369 ppm. We are now in 2025 and the CO2 concentration today is 426.24 ppm.

The last time the CO2 concentration was over 425 ppm was roughly 3 million years ago during the Mid-Pliocene Warm Period. Humans created that in 75 years.

Humans are a biological organism. If we emit CO2, which is changing the climate,
that is just as valid of an 'epoch' as when primitive microorganisms emitted O2, causing the Great Oxidation Event (about 2.4 to 2.1 billion years ago).

There is nothing political to any of this, this is just science.
If there are now pressures to cancel the Anthropocene as a recognized epoch,
that in my opinion is political, which is why I cannot discuss it here,
because I would be violating my own terms of this topic.


By leopoldij at 26,Oct,25 16:58 other posts of leopoldij 
I'm laughing out loud that phart reacted by saying "it's too complicated" and that i should link "normal" things.

I honestly don't know what he means by normal and honestly don't find articles like this complicated. All you need is English reading skills and ability to concentrate for a few minutes.
By Ananas2xLekker at 27,Oct,25 11:59 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I can agree that this topic is pretty damn complicated.
But TOO complicated? For what? It's not 'rocket science'.
This is what ChatGPT says about its complexity.

Elementary School (Grades K–5)
Level: Basic conceptual understanding
Focus: Observations and simple cause-effect ideas
Explanation Level: Students can understand that the Earth’s temperature can change over time.
They learn simple ideas like “the Sun warms the Earth,” “plants and animals depend on certain temperatures,” and “pollution can make the air dirty and affect the planet.”
Teachers might introduce the greenhouse effect as a “blanket” that keeps Earth warm.

Middle School (Grades 6–8 )
Level: Intermediate understanding — introduction to systems
Focus: Earth systems and feedback loops
Explanation Level: Students can begin to understand greenhouse gases (like CO₂ and methane) and how they trap heat.
They’re introduced to the carbon cycle (how carbon moves between air, water, plants, animals, and rocks).
Geological history can be introduced as “Earth has had warmer and colder periods in the past” — e.g., ice ages, volcanic activity, and asteroid impacts.
Can handle simple charts showing CO₂ and temperature correlations over time.

High School (Grades 9–12)
Level: Advanced — systems-level understanding
Focus: Quantitative and process-based reasoning
Explanation Level: Students can study the greenhouse effect in detail (infrared absorption, radiation balance, albedo).
They learn geologic time scales and how events like volcanic eruptions, continental drift, and mass extinctions affected global climate.
Biological feedbacks (e.g., photosynthesis lowering CO₂, ocean acidification) can be explored.
Students may look at data analysis: ice core records, CO₂ trends, isotopic evidence of past temperatures.

College Level (Undergraduate Earth Science, Environmental Science, or Geology)
Level: Full systems complexity
Focus: Interdisciplinary, modeling, and quantitative analysis
Explanation Level: Students learn about climate modeling, paleoclimate reconstruction, plate tectonics and CO₂ cycles, Milankovitch cycles, and biogeochemical feedbacks.
They can integrate geological, chemical, and biological processes to understand Earth’s long-term temperature regulation.
Understand how greenhouse gases, biological productivity, and tectonic activity jointly determine Earth’s average temperature.

What we are discussing is at maximum High School level.
By leopoldij at 28,Oct,25 01:40 other posts of leopoldij 
Thanks for checking and for confirming what I said. I didn't expect phart to react this way. In any case, when I post something I don't really consider the possibility that phart may find it complex..
By phart at 28,Oct,25 12:34 other posts of phart 
Well, part of the reason it may seem complicated to me is alot of this stuff i am not interested in, therefore i don't take time to study it. literature and environment stuff, is of little practical use in daily life.
How often does a person use Shakespeare in daily life for example? Or i could fart in a jar and eat tofu and drink spring water and the air i breath will still be polluted from Canadian forest fires. nothing i can really do for it so why worry about it or study about it?





By phart at 26,Oct,25 12:17 other posts of phart 
leo, honest question here, have you ever found anything NORMAL to be interesting?

You know,something useful,like how to build a better bridge or something?

Everything you link to is complicated literature or words that folks have to google to just know what they mean.
By leopoldij at 26,Oct,25 16:54 other posts of leopoldij 
I don't find anything i link too complicated. I don't now what complicated means. If it's Chaucer-era English, sure, it can be complicated. But everything i post is pretty straightforward English that can be read by anyone with school knowledge. Keep in mind that English is not my native tongue, so what you consider complicated may not be the same as what I do.

Moreover, I posted a good Bridge, as you call it. I repeat it:

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Ian Angus illuminates the politics behind the decision by the International Union of Geological Sciences not to recognize the Anthropocene as a formal geological epoch. In recounting the debate, Angus explores how the organization undermined the conclusions of top scientists to oppose the establishment of the Anthropocene, and its implications for the public debate about the planetary crisis.

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This says it all. It's about a geological period, the current one, and how some people don't recognise it. When you read this blurb you immediately recognise what the article is about. When you read the article you get more information. Pretty straightforward.

Also, you have the option not to read.

By Ananas2xLekker at 27,Oct,25 13:10 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
There are many 'normal' things that I find interesting, like what programs as
'How It's Made', 'MythBusters', 'Dirty Jobs', car shows, creativity competition shows, many home renovation shows, cooking and baking shows, some traveling shows, some gameshows, a little bit of sports occasionally (Formula 1, snooker, darts) and some business shows (mostly on BNR radio during commuting). And on Youtube, several gaming channels.

I just like a lot of things that might be less 'normal' for most people, like discussions
on religion, politics, economics and philosophy (specializing on logical reasoning)
and developments in science in many fields, but not all.

I just want to know how the universe and the world works.
It's also goal of self improvement, and to improve the world around me.
By phart at 27,Oct,25 14:16 other posts of phart 
I can agree with some of what you post, but poor ol leo, sometimes i wonder if he is the 1 guy in the neighborhood that is dressed for the renaissance festival 365 days a year and speaks to people like he is reciting Shakespeare while sipping on a 8 dollar cup of coffee from starbucks.
it's like he has no curiosity adventure seeking in his gut. Has poor ol leo ever changed a light bulb or does he call his landlord at 2 am?
By Ananas2xLekker at 27,Oct,25 15:08 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
If I look at his personal page, I see a lot of curiosity adventure seeking.
By phart at 27,Oct,25 16:43 other posts of phart 
well,in regards to 1 subject.

I haven't had any adventures in a long time. and like i mentioned before, i don't know if i can trust anyone to ever go that far again after my past experiences. i know i am missing out and i am sure leo would fill me in on what, but some of our discussions here are NOT sex related and that was where i was going with my statement.
By Ananas2xLekker at 05,Nov,25 16:34 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I think leopoldij is curious about more things, because he demonstrates knowledge on many subjects. That doesn't just happen.

I hear the loss of trust in humanity in everything you say. You will not learn to trust people again, while staying away from everyone, as much as you can.
There are lots of good people everywhere. It's worth the risk to try to meet them.
Just understand that people don't like you, if you show them that you don't like them. Approach people in a friendly, open manor and most of them respond friendly and openly.

I became active in politics, as much for self improvement as for improving the world around me. I have always been an introvert, but my job taught me to deal with it. The challenges of political activities have taught me more. I will never become an extrovert, but I can put myself in a more extrovert state of mind.

Maybe you could find some Rotary Club, Lions Club, Community garden, hunting/fishing club, local hiking or survival group. There is a movement growing of Men’s sheds, spaces where men do woodworking or repair projects together. There are also clubs where people tinker with old computers. Most of those places are not ideal to meet women, but it starts with meeting people. You need to be around people to start trusting them again. Social circles are better places to find reliable women, because the 'bitches' get kicked out of social circles. If you try to find a woman on the internet, it could be one of those 'bitches', who is looking for another man to scam or abuse.
By phart at 05,Nov,25 19:08 other posts of phart 
That's why I don't curse you and call you bad names Ananas, you are logical in alot of ways.
I do have a small circle i travel in you could say but most have always been older than myself up until recently.
So many people i have interacted with and considered good friends are now dead sadly.
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Nov,25 16:38 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Thanks. I try to be logical, as much as possible, except for some presuppositions (fundamental, foundational beliefs). Those presuppositions are not supernatural, but I cannot prove them to be objective truths or facts. Everyone has them.
The most basic one is accepting that reality is true. We all could be brains in
a vat or code on some computer. It's impossible to disprove those things, but
I presuppose that they are not, or it's impossible to have any opinions or goals
in the world we find ourselves in, at all.

Sad to hear that your circle is shrinking. Do you think any of my proposals are viable?
By phart at 06,Nov,25 16:46 other posts of phart 
some yes, But until my health improves ,hopefully after about this time tomorrow, i will remain less interactive with others.
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Nov,25 16:55 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Tomorrow? Best of luck to you.
I hope you can report a vast improvement of your quality of life, very soon.














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By Ananas2xLekker at 05,Nov,25 15:38 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Do I need to care about his story? This happens all the time now.
But, that's too political to talk about here.
By phart at 05,Nov,25 19:11 other posts of phart 
it's not the "story" persay I want you to at least glance at as much as the point he is making about the fact money is being drained from people under the guise of a cause that is not applied towards the cause but being crammed in pockets
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Nov,25 15:07 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Your whole legal system is riddled with questionable laws related to money being drained from people under the guise of a cause. Read about your bond system
and asset forfeiture. You support those systems.

Why do you accept ideas from him, that you reject from anyone else?
By phart at 06,Nov,25 15:32 other posts of phart 
No i do not accept asset forfeiture in most cases unless a serious crime has been commited.
MY point is these laws need to be changed.But liberals would never think of doing that because it would cut off their gravy train of easy money.
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Nov,25 15:50 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
The problem with asset forfeiture is that it happens in most cases BEFORE the crime has been proven in court. Cops take advantage of it, by taking stuff from suspects, that they don't even have to return after the suspects has been found NOT GUILTY.

This article from 2017, that claims that Attorney General Jeff Sessions returned to a practice of aggressively pursuing asset forfeiture cases.
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Many instances involve no conviction. For example: “In turn, 77 percent of those [federal cash] seizures were accomplished through a process that does not require either an arrest or a conviction.”
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December 12, 2024, U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration (FAIR) Act to reform civil forfeiture laws and protect Americans’ rights from government abuse. If it had passed, it would have overhauled the federal civil forfeiture regime. The FAIR Act would raise the burden of proof for forfeitures, end the “equitable sharing” program, redirect forfeiture proceeds, provide more due-process protections, etc.
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Don't point to liberals without evidence. We are not doing politics here. This topic is about facts, evidence and logical argumentation. If you are just making political claims without any factual support, I will just delete it.

Jeff Sessions is a Republican, who used this "gravy train of easy money".

I support a very simple principle; People are not punished for a crime, until a judge finds them guilty. If there is a risk that a suspect will flee or commit other crimes,
they should await trial in jail. I see no reason to make their freedom until that time dependent on how much money they have.
If there is a suspicion of criminal proceeds, there is a good case for seizure of the assets, but those should be secured until a judge decides if these are indeed criminal proceeds or not. If there is no good case for the assets being criminal proceeds,
they should be returned in full. Stealing is wrong, so the government should not steal.
By phart at 06,Nov,25 16:33 other posts of phart 
I can't totally disagree with your statements, we could easily find middle ground on that subject forfeiture.

What bugs me is if I have more than 2 months earnings in my pocket during a traffic stop it can be "arrested" and taken under the guise of me being a drug dealer. and it cost alot to get the money back ,which deters most people from trying. I prefer to pay cash for stuff,as i did my last truck purchase and etc.
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Nov,25 16:50 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
That's you being treated like a criminal, before a court finds you guilty.
We have been talking about 'Due Process' before.

The principle that a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law is a fundamental concept in the U.S. criminal justice system. While not explicitly stated word-for-word, it stems from the Due Process Clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

The Fifth Amendment requires due process from the federal government, while the Fourteenth Amendment extends this requirement to state and local governments. The Supreme Court has interpreted "due process" to mean the government must prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, establishing the presumption of innocence. The burden of proof is on the prosecution, and the defendant does not have to prove their innocence.

The relevant portion of the Fifth Amendment states that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.
Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment, applicable to state and local governments, states in its relevant part that no State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.









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This video, aimed at beginners in Hegelian philosophy, does a marvelous job of elucidating some of his principal ideas. Hegel’s most recondite and formidable conceit resides in the dialectical auto-unfolding of Geist, wherein each ostensibly antithetical moment is not an aberration but a sine qua non in the teleological actualization of Reason. The manifold phenomena of reality are subsumed within a self-mediated totality, whose intelligibility is apprehended solely through the reflective peregrinations of thought, whereby thesis and antithesis are inexorably sublated into synthesis, culminating in the apotheosis of the Absolute.


By phart at 04,Nov,25 21:02 other posts of phart 
Well, here is how your mail order girl friend is made!
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Doesn't appear to be very serviceable because the voice box is embedded in the tits before they are molded!
By leopoldij at 05,Nov,25 06:57 other posts of leopoldij 
I didn't know that this is the way melania trump was made!

By Ananas2xLekker at 05,Nov,25 15:33 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Very interesting. Do they need a back office worker for innovation?
They could do so much more with the electronics. I guess they are not cheap,
so you would expect at least the functionality of a $100 Xiaomi tablet.
I would have so many ideas to improve their products.

Still, I wouldn't mind owning one, but they are a bit difficult to hide, if you already have
a girlfriend.
By phart at 05,Nov,25 19:29 other posts of phart 
Yes,I agree there is SO much more could be done with these and I think Real Dolls in California does alot more as they have AI interaction and the dolls can interact using the internet as a source of info to carry on conversations and such. I could never afford 1 but if could i would rather wait until they were more robot than doll. "come to me darling". or "babe,can you bring me a glass of milk?". "can you change into your Daisy dukes and let's go for a drive?"
that type thing. More fun, instead of just a woman shaped thing to hump




By CAT52! at 05,Nov,25 18:39 other posts of CAT52! 
He doesn’t give a crap about us.
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By Ananas2xLekker at 31,Oct,25 07:49 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
It saddens me that you consider this educational,
but it saddens me more that I must agree.
By Lookatmine2 at 31,Oct,25 09:06 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Don’t be sad. Be happy. You learned something new.
By Ananas2xLekker at 31,Oct,25 09:10 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
True, I don't know anything about firearm maintenance.
I hope to never need it either, but the future isn't bright.
By Lookatmine2 at 31,Oct,25 09:31 other posts of Lookatmine2 
“It’s better to be a warrior in a garden, than it is to be a gardener in a war.” - Sun Tzu
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Like I said, the future isn't bright, but envisioning a dark future
creates a self-fulfilling prophecy.







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Do you watch other videos on YouTube, than everything gun related?
I see you live in the US, but in The Netherlands, people who become fascinated
by gun videos would be a source of concern to their families.



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I just learned the reason wood is pinching my blade, the rising plate is missing! i rebuilt both of my table saws from salvage units and didn't realize it was missing. off to ebay i go to find 1.
By Ananas2xLekker at 29,Oct,25 11:40 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
That's a very useful instructional video for table saws. Thanks!

Personally, I don't have a table saw. I let the Hardware store cut the wood for me, or I go to my brother, who has a professional table saw, for fabricating frames, doors and furniture.
But anyone who touches one, should watch your video first, at least.

The most important safety instruction for table saws, is to never lose your focus
on what you are doing. If you are too sleepy, sick or stressed out, better not use it, because that's when accidents happen.
By phart at 29,Oct,25 12:34 other posts of phart 
yep,when i got the first 1 finished rebuilt, i had a board fly back at me, missed me by 1/2 inch, woulda punched me right in the side of my chest,
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Was it lack of experience or lack of focus?





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Very cool, but the educational value is a bit farfetched.
"Don't get shot!" is knowledge that most people have.



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this is a application i am glad to see 3d printing used for.


By Ananas2xLekker at 18,Aug,25 14:04 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
"Carrots are NOT food"

The Insane Influencer Logic That Tricked Millions of People
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Another class in learning how to recognize when people are lying to you.
By leopoldij at 15,Sep,25 01:01 other posts of leopoldij 
Carrots are great food. I love eating them in all kinds of ways, including raw. Also with beetroots. Or boiled with a bit of olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
By Ananas2xLekker at 17,Oct,25 18:44 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I agree, but this influencer is telling people that they are not.
It was a treasure trove of logical reasoning errors.

I only like carrots raw in farmer salade. It's what we call bread salade with thin strips
of white cabbage, carrot and celery.


By phart at 18,Oct,25 00:36 other posts of phart 
Now that i had a chance to watch a little of this, this should help you understand how folks steer YOU.
By Ananas2xLekker at 19,Oct,25 12:58 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Exactly! Why am I always telling you about fallacies?
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I'm not allowing that political discussion here. This topic is about science and education, not about politics.


By CAT52! at 19,Oct,25 14:42 other posts of CAT52! 
I love them boiled in a chicken broth with potatoes, cabbage, corn on the cob, and meat.
Estofado de carne is a dish of meat and vegetables cooked in a closed pot over low heat until tender, allowing flavors to meld. The meat is seasoned and browned, then covered with soup and water and simmered with vegetables for at least 25 minutes. Some say the neck and pecho (breast) cuts are ideal for estofado because they become tender and juicy during slow cooking. To make the meat even more tender, you can add a bit of aguardiente to the estofado
By Ananas2xLekker at 24,Oct,25 10:28 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
The idea that carrots are not food is of course not claiming that many victims,
but the next one is more effective in manipulating people, with more damaging results:

"Cancer is the body's healing mechanism"
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For phart: the carrot nonsense debunking was level 1.
This is level 2, in helping you 'understand how folks steer YOU'.
By phart at 24,Oct,25 11:05 other posts of phart 
no you deleted what I said because it offended you and went off base a bit from your statement.
By Ananas2xLekker at 24,Oct,25 11:32 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Your comment was nothing special. Make it somewhere else and let's talk about it.


By CAT52! at 24,Oct,25 15:20 other posts of CAT52! 
This hits too close to home. Six weeks ago, my youngest son, 44 yrs old, 2 kids, was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer that spread to his liver, upper arm, lungs, hip, and 5th vertebrae. He started Kemo yesterday with full knowledge that his life expectancy is in months, not years. I know that I’ll get trashy msgs about being here instead of grieving for my baby. I’m here to get my mind of off the fact that my beautiful baby boy will never make it to see my grandchildren be teens and that I will probably, almost certainly, have to burry a son.
It makes me so angry when I find people like this jerk using their influence to make his money/ fame on the shoulders of those clutching to any hope at all.
By phart at 24,Oct,25 18:13 other posts of phart 
cat we disagree on alot but saying any thing negative about your son going thru cancer is nothing i would do, I know others make jokes of your dad and such, that goes beyond disagreements.it is just sick.
Chemo, if i was at that point,after seeing it's affects on quality of life, i am not so sure i could go thru with it, i would ask for quality time,not longer time.
By CAT52! at 24,Oct,25 20:04 other posts of CAT52! 
Thank you, my friend.


By Ananas2xLekker at 24,Oct,25 23:01 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
What a horrible situation. I'm so sorry that your son, you and your family are going through this. I wish you a miracle. We are due for one, let it be your son.

No one at the distance from your life as we are, even if we might think we got to know you pretty well, has the right to tell you how you should deal with this situation. I can't imagine what you are feeling, but I'm here to listen or offer some input/ideas from a logical problem solving perspective or some medical/scientific knowledge.

There are a lot of snake-oil salesmen and disinformation peddlers in the world, and they are causing great damage to humanity. My parents were one of the many people who were victimized by big banks, who used their credibility to push share lease constructions. These were fraudulent products that could never benefit the customer, but created big profits for the banks. My parents lived in financial hardship and stress for a decade, but they finally won their class action lawsuit and were compensated.
I was too young when they got scammed into it, but I helped them with the legal research. I even found a contract violation that the lawyer overlooked. It's was a factor in their favorable judgment. This has been part of my political development and taking an interest in recognizing deception. I'm always harping about fallacies, because I see the damage of deception to society. If I knew about your sorrow, I would have picked another example.
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You are not to blame for life. It is what it is. Thank you for your words.







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By Ananas2xLekker at 10,Sep,25 08:11 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
What's the educational/informational purpose of this video?
She looks hot in that 'uniform'. Still, the name of the restaurant is a bit misleading.
It doesn't really deliver on what it's advertising.
By phart at 10,Sep,25 12:00 other posts of phart 
Geez, do i have to explain everything to you? A hot woman, ask to wear a tshirt and shorts as a work uniform is comfortable dressed that way and is comfortable being seen by others as a attractive woman. unlike alot of them now that wear baggy clothes because they want to hide themselves from each other. I just thought that was a good video showing a woman that didn't mind being a woman.Without tattoos all over herself to. that is a pleasant surprise.
By Ananas2xLekker at 10,Sep,25 14:10 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Tight clothes are not comfortable. They would obviously be more comfortable with baggy clothes. However, that's not the point of this outfit. This is intended to attract men who like looking at sexy women, dressed in sexy clothes, which is good for business and I'm sure helps tipping. I have no problem with that, because it's just this one company doing it. It's a way for attractive women to monetize their looks, if they are indeed comfortable doing that or the rewards outweigh their discomfort with it. That might be older than the invention of fire. Modern technology provides even more of an ability to cash-in on good looks, on the 'medias of social' or Onlyfans. It of course depends on the comfort they have with various levels of advertising their assets on how much money they can make with it. It varies from a tiny increase in revenue from boosting other skills with a sexy outfit, to blowing up the revenue, without many other skills needed, with selling pure porn. It basically comes down to the dilemma of how much gratification a woman is willing to provide to men, in exchange for the rewards associated with that level,
which is also related to their attractiveness.

It seems to be your opinion that all women should be willing to monetize their looks,
at least to some extend, if they have the assets to do so. Am I correct?
Do you think that there is something wrong with them, if they don't like that?
Do you think that women are defective somehow, if they don't like attention to their
sexual attractiveness, from customers or co-workers? That would be strange for me, considering you come from a country full of extremist Christians, with very puritanical beliefs, who are generally more allied with your side of politics than mine.

Or is it your opinion that all employers should be able to monetize the looks of their employees, by picking a dress-code that enhances their sexual attractiveness?
Personally, I'm not a fan of prudishness, but I think that a society should respect personal beliefs, as long as people don't force them onto others. In the case of women, that is related to their own choice in how much they want to advertise their sexual attractiveness. They should not be forced to do anything else than what they choose for themselves. If women want any attention to their sexual attractiveness in the workplace, they should have the freedom to chose from multiple employers, to dress the way they want, within reason. Employers should of course be free to have standards for employees being representational, within a broad societal standard.

“True freedom is a balance between all our individual desires and the common good.”
By phart at 10,Sep,25 15:29 other posts of phart 
I do prefer the uniforms in a work environment for sure. you leave dress up to the employees and they will come to work dressed unsafely in some cases because of machines or in such a way that runs off customers because it was so wierd or distasteful.
A woman cashing in on her looks to me should be a option if they so choose and I am glad not all are snobs.
And frankly, instead of women hollaring they can't get a job, perhaps they need to look in a mirror and realize, hey, i look good, people want to see me, i can make money, instead of whining and pissing and moaning and wanting governemtn help.
By Ananas2xLekker at 10,Sep,25 16:17 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I worked in a cleanroom for 10 years, only keeping on my underpants and dressing in working clothes for everything else. I'm not against uniforms, if and when they serve
a purpose. If they don't, the demands should be minimized to employees being representational, within a broad societal standard. Many employees are not dealing with customers. As long as employees maintain collegiality, there is no reason for employers to take even more of our personal freedoms away.

Are only women "hollaring they can't get a job"? Do only women need to look in the mirror? Are only good looking people allowed to make money? Why would women more than men be whining and pissing and moaning and wanting government help?
They are already better educated than men in the US. They want to be useful.
They want to be valued for their skills and actions. Their body is not for everyone.
The funny thing is that if a woman actually does achieve something, you accuse them of having used sex to get what she has. They need to walk a tight rope, to please you.
I'm expecting some MAGA chick to suck and fuck herself to the top and you happily voting her in for president.




By leopoldij at 15,Sep,25 00:59 other posts of leopoldij 
What's the point of this video that phart linked? It has nothing to do with this thread.
By Ananas2xLekker at 17,Oct,25 18:47 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I don't know, but that doesn't impede me to argue about it.

By phart at 18,Oct,25 00:31 other posts of phart 
it was a youtube video, and it is educational. how else would a leopoled learn about hooters girls?
By Ananas2xLekker at 22,Oct,25 07:54 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Explain the educational part then. Is it advancing knowledge on biology, economy, sociology?
By phart at 22,Oct,25 11:21 other posts of phart 
economy, the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services


The video is illustrating women can improve their personal wealth with little to no $ investment, by wearing scant clothing accenting their natural assets. In turn allowing them to afford and consume goods and services.


Biology, the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.

Her scant clothing will encourage males to alter their behaviors to gain access to her anatomy for further study, which could affect reproduction and distribution of humans.

Sociology, the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.

Her scant clothing could lead to human interaction and eventual reproduction, in turn changing the structures and functioning of human society.
By Ananas2xLekker at 22,Oct,25 17:28 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Women have known for ever that they can use sexual attraction to their advantage.
But why would they let there employer use their sexual attraction for their employer's advantage? Is it mutually beneficial enough for them to agree to that? Is it beneficial to women in general, for them to want employers to benefit from benefiting from their sexual attraction?

Men are at a disadvantage here. There are way less jobs for men to use their sexual attraction to their advantage. I would expect you to not like that.

Personally, I see it as a freedom of expression. However, that freedom of expression should be actually free. If there are only a few places like Hooters, with specific branding, that provides enough freedom for women to chose, but I am against allowing this dress code for all restaurants, or for women's sports. It should not be exploited and it should not limit women in doing what they want to do, if they don't want to market their sexual attraction, or have it exploited, simultaneously.

I'm not against prostitution or porn either, as long as women are free to chose
and they are not exploited.

I'm not sure if Hooters, prostitution or porn are contributing to 'reproduction and distribution of humans', because it could also just encourage solitary relief, but I'm indifferent to that effect, because I think that there are already more than enough humans on this planet. It's possible that the population of humanity has exceeded
the long-term carrying capacity of its environment. It's resulting in the collapse of the environment's life-support systems, followed by a population crash. To microbio-
logists this is known as the death-phase.

I'll give you a chance to argue against anything I said here, but let's not make it too political. I think it's still just bordering on sociology.
By phart at 23,Oct,25 00:01 other posts of phart 
Well i had to make you think a bit, I think I smell roasted peanuts from all that thinking.
By Ananas2xLekker at 23,Oct,25 12:45 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Look at what you added to the discussion, before you say that.
You made an educational point out of a good looking woman saying she doesn't mind working for an employer that asks her to wear revealing clothes. OK, lots of other good looking women don't mind shaking their booties on Onlyfans or even getting their holes torn apart and their faces covered in seminal fluid on Onlyfans.
I hear it can be very financially rewarding. Is it therefore required?

Other women prefer to be respected for their minds and don't like wearing revealing clothes. It was a stretch to make something educational out of these sociological issues.
By phart at 23,Oct,25 13:07 other posts of phart 
Ok, well if we can get those women to come to work without the effects of being in heat,"on their period", and not so moody and such, sure.
you can't change that aspect of women, they can be the meanest ,evilest beings on earth during that time. their mind is in orbit
By Ananas2xLekker at 23,Oct,25 14:42 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
A woman on her period or 'in heat' is still not as dangerous to society as a man thinking with his dick. Those bastards have crumbled empires for pussy.

I think your personal experience with women are clouding your judgment.
In my experience, women are not much different than men, to deal with.
Also in leadership. One of the worst supervisors I ever had was a woman,
but the best I ever had too. I had good male supervisors and I had bad male supervisors. In the end, I learned just as much from my female supervisors
as from my male supervisors. I work just as well with female coworkers as males.
I have had more arguments with stupid men, than with stupid women.

If you look at damage to humanity and causing suffering, men have women beat by miles. Their selfishness, narcissism, aggression and cruelty makes men more evil than women in my opinion. Because women have evolved to care for children, they are more selfless, empathic and gentle than men.












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i like seeing this, helping getting young people involved and learning.
And saving things discarded by others


By leopoldij at 15,Sep,25 01:05 other posts of leopoldij 
A series of videos on Literary Criticism

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By phart at 15,Sep,25 02:30 other posts of phart 
phew, that's doesn't seem to be very exciting or interesting.
By leopoldij at 16,Sep,25 01:43 other posts of leopoldij 
I didn't expect you to be interested. In any case, I didn't post it for you. And I'd never discuss a literature with any far right wing person because they don't believe in education or development of the intellect in any way. The only thing they're interested is promotion of ignorance and thuggish behavior.

Again, it's not for you.

By leopoldij at 16,Sep,25 02:10 other posts of leopoldij 
If I were to suggest an educational video for you I'd probably show you a manual on how to join the KKK or a video on how to attack an immigrant or a song that celebrates your far right wing reactionary beliefs.

Actually, the latter may be suitable for you. Here's the link:

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It's the HitlerLeute (Hitler's people) song. Written and sang for Hitler's birthday. Take it and change its lyrics to make it suitable for your supreme leader's birthday.

You're welcome.
By phart at 16,Sep,25 12:17 other posts of phart 
Well, if you are capable, how about explaining how understanding what that lady is talking about is beneficial?
It doesn't help grow food,it doesn't build anything, it doesn't shelter anything,it doesn't save any money,it just makes you sound like you might know something.

So uh, here is a video you need to watch, your poetry won't help you!
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By Ananas2xLekker at 12,Sep,25 14:10 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
A good explanation of Survivorship Bias and why ignoring it is a risk.
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By Ananas2xLekker at 04,Sep,25 07:01 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
This YouTube doctor sounded very grifty to me at first, but when I listened longer, it was clear to me that everything she explained is in line with the latest scientific insights.

"The #1 Best Natural Foods to Clean Out Arteries"
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If you have hypertension, clogged arteries, hearth disease or diabetes, watching this video can provide new insights to improve your health with your food habits. It gave me some ideas for changes.
By leopoldij at 04,Sep,25 23:46 other posts of leopoldij 
Thank you.
I've watched her before.
By Ananas2xLekker at 05,Sep,25 12:12 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Did you think she presented herself a bit like one of those snake-oil salesmen too?
By leopoldij at 05,Sep,25 13:56 other posts of leopoldij 
Yes, but i tend to think she's not trying to misinform. I'm not an expert in health subjects, so I could be wrong, but I'm inclined to day she's honest. Unless otherwise proven....
By Ananas2xLekker at 05,Sep,25 16:10 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I'm also definitely not an expert, but I am interested in it.
Because I'm working in pharma, my family asks me about meds.
Some GP's are just following a standard treatment with statins,
instead of taking the time to investigate benefits vs risks.
My father was prescribed statins, because he had a mini-stroke a few years back,
but his cholesterol, blood pressure and blood glucose levels were all totally fine.
He wanted to stop them, because of the side effects, but the GP wasn't budging.
That's when I started to investigate. He got off the statins, be he kept using a
blood thinner.






By phart at 02,Sep,25 15:28 other posts of phart 
If I could afford 1, I would buy 1 in a heart beat.
But this video in a very direct way, demonstrates the downside to it all, notice how the healthy fellow becomes a couch potato of about 400 pounds and no longer plays with his robot, uses virtual reality ,leaving her programing unfulfilled.
I would assume having a robot take care of everything would be like a drug making you happy for about 2 weeks then needing more of it until you were addicted and couldn't get enough. But being partially disabled and socially inept, I can't help but think it would help in a case like mine to have a non judgmental companion to help me thru the remainder of my days..
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By Ananas2xLekker at 02,Sep,25 16:20 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Are you talking about the sex robot or the VR glasses?
One can be good exercise and the other not so much.

Before I found my girlfriend, I was very much socially inept.
She had her problems too, but we grew together, by complementing each other.
My employer helped me a lot too. I took on several courses.
Social skills can be trained, like every other skill.
In real life, I'm much easier to deal with, than I'm being here.
I'm here to pick an argument. I only do that in real life, when I'm challenged to it.

I think you have a lot of patience. That's important in a relationship.
Accept that any woman has her fault, and she will accept yours.
Just make your existence known to enough women, so one will notice you.
There might be one character issue that you could work on; try to see the good in people, instead of assuming the worst motives for any move they make and any word they speak.
Most people are actually not that bad.
By phart at 03,Sep,25 02:13 other posts of phart 
the robot, i have been curious about the vr glasses but never pursued learning about them.
i am not that concerned about sex with the robot, unless it can clean it's self up.but i think the cooking and cleaning and entertainment aspect of it would be nice. i could concentrate on things more important to me than cleaning.
By Ananas2xLekker at 03,Sep,25 07:30 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
The VR glasses are not worth their money yet. The best ones are good enough for some fun games, but they are really expensive and it requires an expensive system to run them too.

The robots will be expensive for ever. Those are just billionaire toys. It would be cheaper to hire a cleaner, a cook and entertainment, for the foreseeable future, even when the robots will replace humans for jobs.

Make your cooking and cleaning as efficient as possible, and it will at maximum cost an hour a day. I had planned this all out, but then I found my girlfriend. She cooks very inefficiently. If I didn't work 10-15 hrs/week more than her, I would prefer to do the cooking myself. We split the cleaning about 50/50%. She started the washing machine, so I can put it in the dryer when it's finished.





By Ananas2xLekker at 01,Sep,25 14:12 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Alex O'Connor is giving examples of every logical fallacy,
by picking a silly debate on hotdogs with ChatGPT.
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I think this is both very funny (bone dry humor though) and educational.


By Ananas2xLekker at 25,Aug,25 20:43 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
This is What “Always” Happens Before a Market Crash
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Nice to hear my country as the first example.


By Ananas2xLekker at 19,Aug,25 10:47 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Educational discussions can be funny too.

Ricky Gervais in a discussion about religion and evolution.
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If you're annoyed that he doesn't get push-back here,
you're free to provide it.


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By Ananas2xLekker at 14,Aug,25 17:29 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I can't see the video, but I think I found it on YouTube.
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Which town are we actually talking about? I didn't hear him say.
I would like to check why it was called that.
By phart at 14,Aug,25 17:36 other posts of phart 
somebody else had went there before and called it that.
By Ananas2xLekker at 15,Aug,25 07:21 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
So, it's based on the experience of one person. That's not reliable.
That's what I always call 'anecdotal evidence'.

[Anecdotal evidence is information based on personal experiences or observations, often presented as stories or examples, rather than through systematic research or data analysis. It's valuable for understanding individual experiences but generally considered unreliable for drawing broad conclusions or making decisions.]

The one person could be completely right or almost completely wrong. Why almost? Because anecdotes still provide SOME evidence. In a court case, testimony is considered strong evidence. It can send someone to prison, for years to life.
However, in science it's considered to be the weakest evidence. If you tell a scientist: "But, I really saw it!", you get the answer: "I believe that you believe that you saw it,
but bring me actual evidence. I can't base anything on your observation. Do you have
a hypothesis proposal to test your claim?".
By phart at 16,Aug,25 01:02 other posts of phart 
i aint took the time to find the info on the first video this guy spoke of. to me racist and racism are words that get used alot lately for media spectacle.
there will always be those that perpetuate the hatred,on both sides, those that act in such a way that reinforces the ideas that prompt racism, and those that will push it where there may not even be any. all for media spectacle,attention
By Ananas2xLekker at 16,Aug,25 09:42 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Racist and racism are also words that are used to point out a real problem.
Sometimes it takes "media spectacle" to solve problems.
Your president is creating "media spectacle" every day to distract from his problems.

"where there may not even be any" keep dreaming.







By Ananas2xLekker at 11,Aug,25 14:50 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Uncovering the Deceptive Logic That Exposes Jordan Peterson
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One hint: it's based on 'Equivocation' of religious 'truth' with scientific 'truth'.
This is the best logical argumentation analysis that I have ever seen.
By leopoldij at 11,Aug,25 19:55 other posts of leopoldij 
I think Peterson is a megalomaniac bullshitter. What do you think?
By Ananas2xLekker at 11,Aug,25 20:04 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
He's a grifter for right-wing and Christian dollars.
I know he doesn't believe anything he says, because his lies are too complex.
He really is a master at what he does. He's even better than Tucker Carlson.
I respect the skill, but condemn the character of these people.
This only happens this much on the right. They LOVE being lied to.
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By leopoldij at 11,Aug,25 20:19 other posts of leopoldij 
Thank you. I appreciate your informative response.
By Ananas2xLekker at 11,Aug,25 20:41 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Thank you too, for taking an interest.
By leopoldij at 11,Aug,25 20:48 other posts of leopoldij 
I really REALLY appreciate your input because JP confused me. I listened to him a few times and I saw a man who is angry. He seldom smiles. He's upset. He's telling people off, in some sense. I've no idea why he comes across this way.
By Ananas2xLekker at 12,Aug,25 08:47 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Don't forget the crying. I have been aware of him for many years.
The first time heard him speak was on the radio. He was less confusing then.
I have watched many of his talks and debates on YouTube, but often with push-back.
I have an interest in philosophy and logical reasoning, of which recognizing fallacies is a very useful tool, which I also often use in my job. I'm part of a team that supports biotechnological pharmaceutical production, by analyzing problems and generating solutions. Logical thinking is very important for understanding a problem and how to solve it effectively and efficiently, without creating new problems.

When Jordan Peterson started off his career, he certainly had some useful things to say. Some lefties and liberals were outraged by his individual responsibility doctrine, but it is very much in line with the existing capitalist system. I'm as socialist as they come, but I understood at a young age that I had to improve myself, to thrive.
I was never outraged at JP, for that. I just understand that socialism is all about supporting people to maximize their potential, while the American capitalist ideal is forcing people to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, with the threat of starvation.

Jordan Peterson is also famous for his ridiculous elaborate vocabulary use. That's not intended to explain something, that's intended to appear intelligent, to people who don't understand a single word he's saying. Every time highly intelligent people debated him, his 'arguments' were completely destroyed. I have had many 'fights' with his supporters, who just worshiped the word salad and his ideology.
I convinced a few of them with the following idea: "You are listening to him with the intent of making sense of what he's saying. You cannot follow 25% of it, but you end up at the conclusion that he wants you to believe. Now do the opposite; listen to him with the intent of finding logical errors in his argumentation. Understand that when he makes ONE logical error, his conclusion is unreliable."
Since he is a mass-production-falacy-factory, even the layman can find some faults
in what he's saying.

I also asked people why JP is incapable of explaining his ideas in transparent language. The real geniuses of history were able to teach the common man.
The biggest conmen in history used confusing language, to make themselves
appear superior and to confuse people into believing their lies.

He has been a mess for a while now. He went through bad times, suffering addiction. That was ironic, because he was famous for the idea of individual responsibility and finding meaning in a chaotic world. He was already rich, when he made a mess of his life, while he told people who start with nothing to get their act together.
Then he came out of that, not by including his life lessons, but by turning into a grifter for right-wing ideology. He's also a spokesman for religion, while he obviously doesn't believe in the deity as religions present them, he just believes that it is useful when other people do. It makes people nicely obedient and gullible.
By leopoldij at 13,Aug,25 17:08 other posts of leopoldij 
Wow. I thank you very much (no pun intended) for this detailed analysis of the JP persona.
Now i understand why, when I listen to him, there's much that seems to be reasonable, but I never understood why he talks so much, so angrily, why he can't say anything simple but has to embed it in what looks like a chaotic collection of sentences and why, often, there's no simple message.
He's not easily dismissed as reactionary (trump, vance, etc), he's not contradicting everything that comes from the left either. He has left me confused, to put it simply.

Your analysis above helps me put his approach in a firmer perspective. So, again, thanks for taking the time to write all that.









By leopoldij at 11,Aug,25 19:56 other posts of leopoldij 
Great American music

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By Ananas2xLekker at 11,Aug,25 20:14 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Very well done. I like the message too, but I think it's too optimistic.
You can't shame people who have no shame.
You can't win democratically from people who don't give a flying fuck about democracy.



By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Aug,25 14:00 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
This debate analysis clearly shows and explains a dishonest debating strategy;
THE MOTTE & BAILEY FALLACY / the motte and bailey shuffle.
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It's Jordan Peterson’s #1 trick, which was nicely exposed on Jubilee Surrounded.



By Ananas2xLekker at 04,Aug,25 14:10 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Another analysis of Charlie Kirk's fallacies during debates.

Feminist SPANKS Charlie Kirk With This 1 Ancient Trick
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Who knows what trick is referred to in the title? Is it a fallacy?


By Ananas2xLekker at 23,Jul,25 12:25 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet
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By Ananas2xLekker at 22,Jul,25 09:26 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Exactly How Charlie Kirk got SCHOOLED by a Cambridge Student
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Not just an opinion, but an analysis of fallacies.
Even if you like Charlie Kirk, you can still learn from his mistakes, and do better.

Or do you like his fallacies, and think they are debating tactics?
If so, do you think the goal of a debate is to win, or to discover truth?


By Ananas2xLekker at 16,Jul,25 14:18 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
This is a pretty good PC building tutorial.
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He did however get completely distracted with his diy projects.
But, I get it, he's a former Apple guy, so cares a lot about how it looks.


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A "Foxhole Radio", except for the big amp.



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number 9 is 1 that most people fall for. i don't, i run shit till it breaks,then fix it.
By Ananas2xLekker at 01,Jul,25 09:18 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
There are actually good tips in there.

However, I don't agree with the idea with Warren Buffet as example, of billionaires who don't spend money on new cars, expensive clothes, multiple houses, etc. Why would a billionaire not spend? Is it just about owning more and more money and assets? Why?
You can't take your money into the grave with you. Is he being a 'good capitalist' that way? He's just making money with money, which is useless when you reach a certain point, where you and all your heirs can never spend it all. That's just an addiction of money
and a lack of imagination. The idiot retired at age 95! He wasted his whole life working.
I don't envy people like that, I feel sorry for them.

1. Nope, never bought a new car yet. I hate new car smell. The dealer sprayed it in my car, during the last service/MOT-inspection. It's weeks ago and it is still bothering me.

2. We were lured, with the promise of nice prizes, into the den of time share sellers,
on the Greek island Rhodes. After a tour of one of their hotels, the salesman told me the program, something like 5 weeks of vacation, for Ђ4000,-, excluding the flights.
I thought for 5 seconds and just said "No, that deal sucks!". Then HE was even accusing ME of wasting HIS time. I told him "not my problem", asked him for my prize and left.
The prize was some useless vacation discount voucher. No way, will I ever be even tempted to get into something like that.

3. I buy brand clothes sometimes, but only brands that deliver value for money. I wear a lot of PME Legend. I buy clothes that look and feel good and I spend more on 100% cotton, because micro-plastics are so damaging to the environment. Of course a coat is often made of plastics, because cotton would soak up the rain like a sponge. I use my coats for years. The price varies a lot. One summer coat costed about $50, but I paid $300, on sale, for a good winter coat. It's not an investment, I'm paying for comfort. I'm not paying (a lot) for status.

4. I do spend some money monthly on the state's lottery. I know it's incredibly unlikely that I ever win a big prize, but the video called it a "tax on hope". That hope is worth the money for me. For many people, it's the ONLY hope they have to ever escape their pitiful existence. I am lucky, I don't have a pitiful existence, I have wealth that is unattainable for many young people these days, and I'm pretty good at investing. Still, that "tax on hope"
is worth it for me. First of all, it's the state's lottery. Part of my money goes to prizes, part goes to charities and part goes to the government, which makes it a tax literally. I don't mind paying taxes, when the government uses it well, which they mostly do. The state is the sole shareholder, so I'm not further enriching some private owner.
Second, it encourages big dreams and motivates me to accumulate some wealth.
Still, I'm not postponing living, like Warren Buffet. I'm living for now too. I'm prioritizing a job that I like, instead of a job that makes more money. I'm working for 40 hrs/week and never even have to think of work outside of those hours. I work to live, I don't live to work.
DON'T try apps like Acorns or Robinhood, they are designed to make you gamble away your money, while their owners become wealthy from your sub-optimal decisions.
Use traditional trading platforms and don't think you can be a day-trader.

5. I never buy anything, except my house, on a loan. I did have student loans once, but those have long been paid off. I have a credit card, but any purchase on it is immediately deducted from my bank account.

6. I studied for 10 years, but in The Netherlands education is much more affordable. Without that education, I would not have been able to climb up to my current job.
Like I said under 5, my student loans have long been paid off. A country that makes education that expensive is hurting it's own competition strength. Education is not just an investment in your own future, it's also an investment for the country. Every dollar spent on education by the state, provides it with a $10 return in economic benefit over time.

7. I don't own a boat. The idea is to spend money on things that make you happy and more comfortable, not things to show your wealth, just to make you look important. I grew up in The Netherlands, where showing your wealth is considered to be vulgar. Our culture is defined by the proverb "Doe maar gewoon, dan doe je al gek genoeg.", which means "Just act normal, then you're already acting crazy enough.".

8. I pay around $40/month for life insurance, for both of us. When one of us dies, the other gets just enough money to be able to stay in our house. Insurance in general is much more expensive in the US than in Europe. The example calculations are bullshit. Insurance is not an investment, it's risk remediation. It's to protect your significant other, when you fall away, so they don't suffer financial disaster, besides the loss of you.

9. My current phone is the first one in many years that I bought new. The previous 4 were all cast-offs from my girlfriend. She is a heavy phone user and I only used phones for WhatsApp. Every time her battery-life declined too much, I just did a fresh install, with minimum apps, increasing the battery-life to days. But, I've been using the phone more,
so I bough myself a new one, with a good camera. And I have a subscription for 12 GB data. I don't even use a separate camera on my vacations anymore. I do have a PC and gaming hobby. I spend about $400 per year on it. For a main hobby, I think that's fine.
I fix things only as long as I think they are still worth fixing. However, when I buy things, one of my major criteria for the product is build quality and reliability. I buy quality appliances that last long. I don't buy French or Italian cars, because something always breaks on them. I own my third Japanese car, because usually they last at least 15 years, before their maintenance costs turn not cost-effective. Car parts are very expensive.
At some point in a car's lifespan, the parts become more expensive than their practical value and the functional value of the car. I must admit it's a luxury consideration, because not everyone has the money to replace a car, when that time comes. I can, but always make sure that I can, for when the need arises.

10. We aren't married, but it was only for a small part a financial decision. There was always some family struggle in my girlfriend's family. That would have meant that not everyone would or could be there. It would also have put a damper on the festivities.
That wasn't worth it to me. We did have a big party, when we were together for 25 years. Otherwise, we have a cohabitation contract and wills together. I also think that the whole promising to be faithful to each other and to stay together is bullshit. About 36% to 40% of marriages don't last. Why would people even promise something that they don't know if they truly want to keep? I'm not doing that and I'm not expecting that. We are not each other's property. We are lucky to have each other, but when that changes, some old promise won't change anything. My love and loyalty is my gift, not my obligation.
I don't expect anything different in return.

What was very telling, is that during this video, I got several adverts for ways to become financially independent, if I would follow their seminar or get into their investment program. All people who are trying to do exactly what the video warns about. I'm sure that many people even are attracted to those things, at such a time. Then they can help those people become financially independent, while they probably loose a lot of money themselves. Why do people get lured into crypto? Because rich people advertise for it, while they have a investment system trading hundreds of thousands of dollars, pump-and-dumping crypto's, and taking all the money from the small fish. It's a scam.



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By Ananas2xLekker at 12,May,25 10:38 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Besides the sad fact that he is not in school, but working, he's doing a good job.
Another $0.05 well earned.
By phart at 12,May,25 11:02 other posts of phart 
earning instead of begging,is that not a step up for him>?
By Ananas2xLekker at 12,May,25 14:16 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Of course, he is doing the best he can, for himself.
WE, are not doing the best for him.

After a century of domination from 'The West' that Indian boy is still poor as hell. We prioritized our wealth over relieving his horrible poverty. We let billionaires exploit them, for a fantasy that capitalism is best to eliminate poverty. Now China shows that to be wrong. They don't trust billionaires to invest into people's progress, they have a government that invests. Their growth has been much higher for many decades now and they pulled a billion people out of poverty like that. That's why they made their own alliance: BRICS. That's an alliance of 60% of the people in the world. Those people all saw 'The West' fail them and now they see China pass us to be the new superpower.

The EU might learn from it and do better, The US showed that you didn't learn anything, and thinks that even worse dehumanizing capitalism is going to prevent their empire crumbling. The West held on to their power a long time, but there is an alternative power now, and they promise to take better care of boys like that. It might be a lie, but don't blame people for trying something else, when we have not delivered.
By phart at 12,May,25 14:32 other posts of phart 
we might be buying his products, which is job security.
granted, but having worked and tried to go to college at the same time,i know first hand it is difficult to focus on both work and education. so does he work so he can eat and support his family, or does he sit in class all day with a empty stomach?
we did not bring him into the world.his parents did. they were aware of their situation,and knew they could not provide for him. so why did they bring him into the world? They did not do their best for him.
By Ananas2xLekker at 13,May,25 15:49 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Are you aware that you put 100% of responsibility on individuals an 0%
responsibility on civilization? Do you think we even have a civilization or
are we just a collection of individuals, with NO responsibility to one-another?
By phart at 13,May,25 18:48 other posts of phart 
we are a collection of individuals that can work together as a team to accomplish goals. but when something is wrong, the 1's that actually made the mistakes are the only 1's that should be held accoutable.
unlike the system we have now, where as a person has a issue with something a company employee or a government employee does, he has to sue the government or the company as a whole instead of as a individual.

Once we get our own lives,our own homes and etc in order, then we are strong enough to help the next door neighbor. and so it goes down the line.

I feel like we are weak as a nation and as a world because instead of helping the next door neighbor,and they help theirs and it be a large circle that comes back around. we fly over, drive past , float past our neighors to help someone way away. which allows our home countries to suffer.
help the person next to you, they can then help their neighbor. the idea would work, just give it a chance
By Ananas2xLekker at 14,May,25 10:23 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Here's where your wrong: we should only start to cooperate AFTER we we get our own lives, our own homes and etc in order, because then we NEVER will. Cooperation IS the process that we use to achieve goals, like getting our own lives, our own homes and etc in order. Have you built your own house, sourced all the materials to build it yourself? I am sure you didn't. That's because people built civilization. The more people that were added to civilization, the better it functioned.

You became weaker as a country, when you reduced cooperation.
You had your prime in the 50s to 80s; you HAD your own lives, your own homes
and etc in order. BUT, then your culture flipped to selfishness.
You let big companies outsource most of your jobs to other countries,
because you allowed selfish people to make more money that way.

You are told that other countries caused your decline, but it was selfishness.
It's not just internalized into your culture as a virtue, but also institutionalized,
it's in your government, media and economy.
What's the death of cooperation? -> selfishness









By Ananas2xLekker at 15,Apr,25 16:46 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Another video of the Christian evolution scientist, reacting to a creationist.
This time, he's reacting to him disputing that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
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By Ananas2xLekker at 14,Apr,25 19:21 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
"Evolutionary Biologist Reacts to Creationists Arguments".
He's reacting to the claim that the eye is irreducibly complex.
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By the way, he's a Christian, he's just not a young earth creationist Christian.


By whatsupcocks at 13,Apr,25 07:12 other posts of whatsupcocks 
Some things I have found on YouTube. If you want to take a ride on the time continuum watch this. only registered users can see external links
By Ananas2xLekker at 14,Apr,25 09:19 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
That's a cool use of math. Fractals are very interesting.
I listened to all of the music, but I stopped watching soon,
because that's an overload of the brain. I guess, if they put
some hidden messages in, your brain will eat it like candy.

Damn good piece of trance music though. I put it in my favorites.



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This is a good video to protest the cultural stigma attached to solitary life. It's not sad, it's a choice. When I was in my early twenties, I was preparing to live solitary, it just worked out differently. When I met my girlfriend, I really considered if I wanted a relationship. It ended up with the decision to just try it. I have always been clear with my girlfriend that I was not much interested in having children, or at maximum one. It ended up to be none. That's because I don't want to live my life completely in service of others. In our relationship, we both need time for ourselves, we both have our own hobbies and separate social groups. We have evenings together and evenings we do our own thing. I think that's healthy.

However, I am happy that I chose to be together with someone. My girlfriend completes me. I think I was a bit too solitary and introvert to become happy on my own. I had only one friend, which would probably not have lasted, when he made a family. Now we have a couple friendship. All the other friendships we developed were created by my girlfriend. One of her friends has become like a brother to me. My girlfriend also instigated all the contacts with neighbors. That was our social life for years. However, my job has made me less introvert; it required me to learn negotiation, networking, presenting, training and coaching. When I started in my current function, I found it difficult to be heard, but now I mostly meet respect and trust. I became more confident when talking to complete strangers, since I decided to become politically active. It's basically the principle that practice makes perfect. It also changed who is instigating the social contacts in our relationship. I'm bringing in party leaders and members for political meetings and people who are associated with neighborhood projects. I meet party members from all over the country, when I go to meetings, seminars and conferences. I don't think I would be where I am now, if I hadn't accepted this relationship.



By Ananas2xLekker at 20,Jan,25 12:53 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Only educational for lumberjacks or other people who use a chainsaw to cut down trees occasionally, but the dryness of his recital made this highly entertaining for me.

Why does the Finnish woodcutter always saw so high?
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By Ananas2xLekker at 12,Jan,25 10:33 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
How Noiseless Props Are Made For Movies And TV Shows
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One of the many reasons for why the end credits of movies are so long.


By Ananas2xLekker at 10,Jan,25 07:21 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
How Woman Turns Sandy Desert Into Fertile Farmland
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Meet Esmeralda who is in charge of the regenerative farm at a huge restoration project, where 17,000 hectares of land have been transformed in the Sonoran desert at the regenerative ranch called Rancho Cacachillas.


By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Jan,25 16:16 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Good news for daily wankers:

"Strange Changes in the Prostate of Men Who Masturbate Daily"
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Oh, damn, the link gets broken. You can find it by searching YouTube for:
"Strange Changes in the Prostate of Men Who Masturbate Daily | Barbara O Neil"
on the channel "Program Your Life"


By phart at 14,Dec,24 13:51 other posts of phart 
amazing work,
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By phart at 09,Dec,24 16:40 other posts of phart 
I had no idea Tesla was born during a thunder storm! Wow.
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By Ananas2xLekker at 11,Dec,24 18:07 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I didn't hear that in this video, but if you are talking about Nikola Tesla,
I think there is a big chance it's just a myth.

That giga press is a nice innovation. Tesla only gets a small part of the credit though, because the Italians were already developing it. That's an example of electric cars
driving innovation, because it's a company being forced to think of something new,
for when the market for engine blocks will disappear. At least Tesla has a lot of money
to create that new market. However, I expect a bit more from the wealthiest man in the world. Driving the innovation towards affordable electric cars is worthwhile, but it's at best 3% of the solution for the world's climate emergency. How about investing in solutions for the other 97%+ of the problem.
By phart at 11,Dec,24 22:47 other posts of phart 
how do you eat a elephant? 1 bite at the time.
making us all eat vegi's and moving the farts from the cows to the humans is not going to fix anything, it will just kick the can to the other side of the road and a little further down. Remember what happens when we eat beans? So some of the problem is just going to have to play it's self out.
Why not sit in your easy chair and watch Star trek and then make a actual transporter beam so we don't need cars or trucks or airplanes or roller skates or hell ,even shoes for that matter? you want to fix that 97% don't you? And while you are at it, design a replicator so we don't need fields and tractors and processing plants and etc.
i bet you will find it difficult and expensive. and what about this 20 trillion dollar tunnel i read something about today that will put us moving from the US to UK in a hour?
By Ananas2xLekker at 13,Dec,24 15:28 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
"making us all eat vegi's and moving the farts from the cows to the humans is not going to fix anything" that's why that is just a stupid straw-man. No one is in favor of taking away meat. People are encouraged to eat less meat, but not forced.

"Remember what happens when we eat beans?" The gas that produces is only a tiny percentage of the cowfarts emitted during the cultivation of our piece of beef.

Sure we can wait for science to make something fantastic, but the science to save humanity already exists NOW. Waiting for a miracle cure is just an excuse to do nothing.

Replicators would use so much power that it would have the opposite effect. Reorganizing atoms or molecules takes incredible power.
It's the same nonsense as growing beef in a petri dish, it takes more resources than just breeding livestock. Fake solutions to distract from the actual problem.

We don't need a 20 trillion dollar tunnel to travel from the US to UK in a hour.
They estimate that it costs $62 trillion to completely transfer the whole world to renewable energy. Don't spend a third of it on stupid sci-fi fantasies.





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The government has mandated cars to be so difficult, hard to repair, ugly.
People are so lazy so it is logical hobby's like hot-rodding and car building are dwindling.
terriable.
By Ananas2xLekker at 11,Dec,24 18:37 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Government regulation doesn't mandate the car industry to make cars difficult or hard to repair or ugly, they only mandate them to produce cars that are cleaner and more fuel economical. It's the car manufacturers themselves that make their cars hard to repair, because there is a lot of money associated with that. It's of course logical that cars become more high tech, which makes them difficult and hard to repair, but that's also just the times we live in.
I think the time of cars being designed ugly was a trend that ended now.
Cars are being made to look nicer again. It's taste of course, but I'm seeing some very beautiful new cars lately. While Japanese and French cars were hideous and boring the past decade, they are making better looking cars now. Most people don't want to drive something ugly.

I still see many popular car TV programs. I don't think a shortage of that is a reason for the lack in skilled mechanics. It's just the choice young people need to make for their education. Does the education to become a mechanic result in a good income?
There is the same cause for why there are not enough pharmacy assistants in my country; it requires an advance education, but the pay is only slightly above minimum wage. Young people are not going to invest in an education that doesn't provide them
a good living standard. That's not being lazy, that's being rational.



By Ananas2xLekker at 29,Nov,24 16:17 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Grade 4 Student Gets Suspended After Correcting School's Test Error.
Just Watch What Happens Next!
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By Ananas2xLekker at 26,Nov,24 15:52 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Ukrainian Farmer Finds BIZZARE Way to Get Rid Of Russian Mines
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By Ananas2xLekker at 18,Nov,24 08:10 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
"Something weird happens at 770°C"
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How the "Ising model" shows up everywhere in the physics of the universe and nature.


By Ananas2xLekker at 23,Oct,24 15:54 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Trevor Noah talking about his depression, his ADHD, Apartheid, psychotherapy,
why he left The Daily Show, his books, male relationships and a many other topics.
He makes the statement: "We have raised a generation of aimless men!".
He has an interesting perspective on that topic. I consider him a wise man.
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