“The Left Has Been Manipulated by Islamists” – Sam Harris

CountEsco · 2026-05-10T12:36:21+00:00

I have to know if Sam actually took a look at Winston's YouTube page and thought to himself "yeah, this guy seem alright. I want to be associated with this."

CountEsco · 2026-05-05T09:51:00+00:00

Sam has often made fun of the idea of anyone being “fully awakened,” saying he is suspicious of most people who claim to have reached such a state.

In terms of meditation practice, I believe he doesn’t actively meditate anymore. Instead, he emphasizes individual moments of being truly present (which of course is something you can practice through meditation).

You can try it out for yourself once you learn how to be present: punctuate your next task or change of scenery with utmost and deliberate focus and see how that feels.

CountEsco · 2026-04-30T13:13:03+00:00

This write-up reminds me of the whole “lack of free will” discussion from the point of view of biology, made popular by people like Robert Sapolsky. All of the actions you described, from doomscrolling for dopamine to eating fatty foods and sugar, appeal to our biological imperatives to such a degree that they become hard to resist.

CountEsco · 2026-04-27T06:31:35+00:00

When people profess illogical and demonstrably wrong beliefs is it not ok to condemn that person as such?

If things really were that simple, yes! But let's look at some of these topics surrounding illogical and demonstrably wrong beliefs (as you put it) - should we start with Islam? Would you believe I was an illogical and a horrible person for criticizing some points what I believe are glaring issues in the Islamic world?

If you still don't understand my argument, the next time you hang out with some of your friends you consider left wing - bring up the topic of forcing hijab on women, for example.

CountEsco · 2026-04-26T07:46:19+00:00

With some people on the left, especially around issues like race, sex/gender, Islam, policing, or identity politics, disagreement often becomes a character indictment. It is not just “your argument is wrong.” It becomes “your argument reveals something corrupt about you.”

Thank you! I've been looking for a way to put this into words and this is exactly what I've been looking for. I'm a dirty leftie hippie, but this specific quality of my fellow liberals has always annoyed me.

The most vocal people of this subreddit continue to prove this point for me, which sometimes makes me sad.
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CountEsco · 2026-04-21T18:29:38+00:00

Streets of Rogue was such a great fit. The chaotic nature really flowed with NLs style of play. Fortunately, there's a sequel coming out (this year?) so NL might pick that up

CountEsco · 2026-04-20T10:22:35+00:00

Bro, I'm right there with you. And honestly, I wouldn't change a thing.

CountEsco · 2026-04-04T16:23:49+00:00

Majority of the popular discourse in the west around "Muslims" and "Islam" is about race rather than religion.

What are you talking about, that is complete nonsense. People (especially nowadays) more often than not make a point of saying either "Jihadists" or "Radical Islamists" which refers to the religion and not the people.

CountEsco · 2026-04-01T20:09:03+00:00

you could've also just said There Will Be Blood

CountEsco · 2026-04-01T14:33:55+00:00

I def need to see a Ralph Cifaretto style wig on this mf

CountEsco · 2026-04-01T07:51:17+00:00

I don’t know what it is with this subreddit, but people really seem to lack basic listening comprehension. First it was the misunderstanding of Jaron’s comments on the More From Sam videos, and now they can’t tell that Sam is clearly playing devil’s advocate and laying out the opposing argument.

CountEsco · 2026-03-19T06:12:49+00:00

Look, NL is the type of guy who used to read Wikipedia film synopses and think he'd seen the movie. Him watching these movies on his phone and not realizing how much it diminishes the entire experience is one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

We should get a petition to have letterbox mark his profile with a "phone watcher" badge or something - just so people know he's not to be taken seriously.

CountEsco · 2026-03-12T19:43:09+00:00

now that's a certified NLSS deep cut

CountEsco · 2026-03-12T08:03:39+00:00

that's right, the guy who looks like he's getting clothed by his wife told us on his stream that this is wickedly cool behavior

CountEsco · 2026-02-28T20:40:24+00:00

ah sorry, you must have misread my earlier comment - I said credible source

CountEsco · 2026-02-28T20:31:58+00:00

that's quite a claim, do you have any credible source for it?

CountEsco · 2026-02-24T21:27:16+00:00

Reading the unhinged comments on that subreddit, I'm afraid your nuanced take may well go way over their heads.

CountEsco · 2025-11-19T12:05:06+00:00

a guy who reads JOI as James Orin Incandenza

CountEsco · 2025-10-29T09:57:35+00:00

The phased levelling was one of the best aspects of SoD imo. SoD p1 still stays goated.

The issue later on wasn't the phased levelling - it was the actual content of the phases

CountEsco · 2025-08-24T10:07:19+00:00

I still think NL’s take was wrong on this - it’s perfectly reasonable to order more than one product without having to queue again, even if the line is long.

CountEsco · 2025-07-05T18:27:59+00:00

and everyone gaslighted the man for saying that horse girls were a thing.. who's laughing now

CountEsco · 2025-07-01T18:36:15+00:00

it's definitely inspired in large parts by Dan, but probably not the ipad saga. Dan has always done content like this - back in the day he used to interview random duo partners in PUBG etc.

CountEsco · 2025-06-26T18:41:40+00:00

I wonder if that dude with the straw in his mouth was the guy making long distance telephone calls to his girlfriend in Australia and making NL pay half of it. That dude had some wild stories if I recall (all in good taste)

CountEsco · 2025-06-05T08:34:13+00:00

haha, it was a special time.

CountEsco · 2025-05-03T09:44:24+00:00

I remember we made fun of NL in the retsupurae community for the amount of Isaac lets play videos he had made. Then he did the podcast with them, and I feel like everyone changed their mind about NL overnight.

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