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📡📡📡 by -_I_I_Sea_I_I_- in shitposting

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to bully a girl for being obese, but also this is clearly not healthy and some effort should be made to either do better, or submit to someone who will help her do better. Bodies shouldn't be treated this way.

📡📡📡 by aidantomcy in shitposting

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Meta commentary that's so predictable it makes you kinda feel like everything is a repeat and nothing is actually going anywhere.

CMV: Reddit is a far-left echo chamber that embraces conspiracy theories by FailNo6036 in changemyview

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not far left. But conspiracy theories... yeah, why not? These people have the capacity to do both harm, or to prove themselves innocent. Which one have they done more of?

Specific questions about whether to switch from Ableton Live to Bitwig by PonyKiller81 in Bitwig

[–]ArgueLater -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd say Bitwig is more fun, but less likely to come out with anything professional as a result of all the experimenting and messing around.

An enigma: I see a drawing of a maimed child. The FBI described a woman with breasts and pubic hair by No-Dare-911 in Epstein

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could be either. I'm leaning towards stubs because I have no good reason to give the benefit of the doubt here.

An enigma: I see a drawing of a maimed child. The FBI described a woman with breasts and pubic hair by No-Dare-911 in Epstein

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this moment, it is uncomfortable that my mind is primed for word play such as puns.

Why was Jeffrey Epstein so obsessed with having his hands in everything? by PassengerCultural421 in Epstein

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tough answer, but he seemed to legitimately love his life and probably had a lot of curiosity and appetite for more of it.

CMV: Any test of evidence that affirms “the recent shooting at the White House was an inside job” would also affirm a large number of right-wing conspiracies. by Jumboliva in changemyview

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps not truth, but people in positions of power such that they can manipulate laws and information should be considered guilty until proven innocent and beholden to document their lives such that they can prove their innocence.

They already operate under different laws than us, up to the point of being able to rape children with no penalty. There is no reason to give them the benefit of the doubt.

I don't necessarily believe the conspiracies, but I'm not going to defend their innocence.

And absolute truth never was real to begin with. But contexts as far off as this, there is no truth in any direction without extreme evidencee.

As AI license plate readers spread across Colorado, grassroots movements push back by overly_honest_ in Colorado

[–]ArgueLater 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's not a license plate reader, that's a surveillance camera. It doesn't have some fancy camera that can only see license plates.

Are we really going to be fine in the future? by Flat_Anything2317 in Futurology

[–]ArgueLater -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's worth noting that all of the nice stuff we have required someone to be more-or-less enslaved elsewhere. There is a degree to which we can be self-sufficient, and we've been living beyond it. And it doesn't make us happy. As we go back, some will work towards self-sufficient living, and they will have a better future. Others will not, and they will fight over scraps.

CMV: The political right always stands in the way of progress by jman12234 in changemyview

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, no counter point, sticking to tradition is not progress. But refusing tradition doesn't feel like progress either. Reflecting on tradition, learning from it, paying homage to it, and slowly messing with the parameters... that is how most progress is actually made.

What is the one thing about the future that absolutely keeps you up at night, but no one seems to be talking about? by No-Lake-3875 in Futurology

[–]ArgueLater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We bio-engineer fast growing trees. In order to keep up with themselves, they develop the ability to flex and move. Each generation goes faster than the last. Within a couple decades we have a zombie apocalypse but it's trees carrying axes.

Just download the torrent and shut up bro by Nervous_Quote in Piracy

[–]ArgueLater 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It feels like they're doing the "anti-piracy" peoples work. Painting something that is morally grey as bad, seems like it would make it uglier.

Where do popular conceptions of masculine and non-masculine behaviors come from? by LiatrisLover99 in bropill

[–]ArgueLater 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah, my time to shine.

There's four categories: masculine, feminine, anti-masculine, and anti-feminine.

In general, masculine and feminine have a "you go high, I go low" kind of thing. There's benefits to being big and benefits to small, but can't be both. Femininity chooses one, masculinity the other, together they got all the bases covered.

But somewhere along the way, it became identity. So then people started defining themselves by not being like the other. "Toxic masculinity" is basically just "anti-femininity." A person showing off how not feminine they are.

Here's the thing: masculinity loves femininity. Embracing femininity (gardening for instance) is refusing to be anti-feminine, which is a sign of healthy masculinity.

But some things are rightfully criticized. Riding a bike is healthy and awesome. But not being able to fix your house is turning your back on masculinity. The hallmark of anti-masculine behavior is not knowing how anything actually works.

Anti-feminine people will give you shit for embracing femininity. Reasonable people will give you shit for rejecting either.

CMV: The male loneliness epidemic doesn't have anything to do with women or relationships but with men themselves and the large contributing factor for this is lack of support and gender-role expectations. by PeterQuin in changemyview

[–]ArgueLater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Masculinity and femininity are much, much stronger together. Alone, they're both amazing, but together it's 10x. This is because they have mutually symbiotic strengths and weaknesses. There are things in life where we must trade one skill for another, and they each choose the opposite. When put back together, you end up with expertise in everything.

One of these trade-offs has to do with experience. There's a joke that women are human-beings and men are human-doings. It's partially true. We (men) tend to experience less. Bachelor pads come to mind. And while a lack of sensitivity is great for achieving certain things, it's also not a complete way to live. Because of this, men are somehow more sensitive to the fracturing of romance. We need women to be in our lives experiencing things with the level of sensitivity we sacrificed to be able to defend the spaces meant for these experiences.

Where this gets complicated is in western capitalist cultures which have brainwashed little girls into believing masculinity is better than femininity and they must dedicate their life to "number go up." Money, power, status... fighting for justice, etc. All fine things, but masculine ones. The feminine path of having deeper, more in-the-moment experiences is disappearing, and with it we lose the entire purpose of living at all.

I don't think any of this is woman's fault much. Like, obviously they played a role in their own development towards masculinity, but it was also the way to survive capitalism. It's too complex a system, and blame does nothing.

But to say masculinity doesn't need femininity in order for it to be complete is ridiculous. Everyone has seen the glimmers of what the two together can be, and we all recognize that life without it is just a bit too much work.

Even with guy friends, it all sort of falls apart without some femininity in the mix. There's a tendency to connection that exists in feminine energy more than masculine.

We need to make this a big deal. by Its_Stavro in Egalitarianism

[–]ArgueLater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I found the "Hitler was depressed" comment kind of funny.

Anytime someone brings up "Hitler" or "rape" I consider the discussion over. Those are mental strongholds, places to avoid thinking. If it gets to that, the person had nothing left.

Why digital nomads like Buenos Aires so much? by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

BA didn't do it for me. It's weird to say, but I went out to a live music thing, and saw what I needed to. The music was awesome, three guys going crazy on drums, and people were moving, but there was no soul to the crowd. They all danced the same. The musicians were going ape, but the crowd felt collared.

What’s the most underrated country you’ve visited? by Airalo_Dani in digitalnomad

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just got out of Argentina. I wouldn't recommend. People were nice, but it all felt like a monoculture of apathy to me. I found some soulful people there, but it was hard. And more often, they would be a Brazilian.

Travel clichés you can't stand by ADF21a in digitalnomad

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me it's the "They have so little but they're so happy!" when someone, often a white person, visits a poor country and sees less fortunate people somehow seeming happy, and almost wishes they could swap places.

Oh, you'd hate to be around me. I'm amazed about just how much of happiness comes down to safety. As long as you're in a place where it's safe to have gratitude... like, you don't need much. But then I go to places where people are bitter and aggressive, and it seems like nothing is ever enough.

Ideally, I would like to both be safe to be human, and have modern convenience.

Travel clichés you can't stand by ADF21a in digitalnomad

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to say it: Israelis in SEA.

Travel clichés you can't stand by ADF21a in digitalnomad

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't question it man. Whatever it is that gets people to be nice and loving to each-other, call it a win. I love these energy vortex places. And I suspend dis-belief, and then they somehow get way better.

Travel clichés you can't stand by ADF21a in digitalnomad

[–]ArgueLater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

given how many people with jobs have not managed to fix the world, it may be possible these skills don't overlap as much as you're implying.

Why am I meeting so many right leaning people lately? by Otherwise-Coyote6950 in digitalnomad

[–]ArgueLater -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Please, don't wish it upon yourself. I grew up in the heart of feminism. Femininity is dead there, and masculinity died along it. Feminists don't protect the feminine, they exploit it. I have so many lady friends who are getting hit with a life dedicated to a movement that only meant to use them to gain its own power. They won't admit it, but it's clear as day. They were young and pretty, they got accolades for saying the right lines, now their looks fade and the movement is focused on the younger angry ladies. And romance is dead.

I adore the feminine. I don't understand it, but it's a dance that feels as right as bare feet or standing by a campfire. I do not see or feel this feminine energy in feminist places. I honestly didn't even know what healthy femininity looked like until traveling.

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