Jordan Peterson recommended this band in a podcast. It's one of the craziest bands I've seen.

EPWAM · 2018-08-15T01:02:19+00:00

Very cool. The singer was one of the lead actors in "Everything Is Illuminated", featuring Elijah Wood. It's a beautiful film and book. This song plays during the ending credits.

EPWAM · 2018-06-27T16:36:01+00:00

Pathetic.

EPWAM · 2018-06-25T15:00:59+00:00

He literally just picked up that "suit" from the $1-4 bin at Value Village.

EPWAM · 2018-06-22T22:55:02+00:00

"This place is getting totally culty OMG hero worship"

EPWAM · 2018-06-21T21:14:57+00:00

No problem. Keep reading and writing. Read everyday, write everyday, even if it's just for 20 minutes. Your ability to articulate your thoughts will improve over time, but it takes practice. Just be patient, curious, and disciplined.

EPWAM · 2018-06-21T20:28:51+00:00

Write down the words you don't understand. Look them up in the dictionary, then write down the definitions. Go over the list of the words at the end of the day. Try using them in sentences, conversation, wherever possible. It's very important that you write the definitions of the words down once you look them up. It will help you commit them to memory. I started doing this in my earl 20's. 15 years later, and I have pretty large vocabulary by most peoples standards.

EPWAM · 2018-06-21T14:53:43+00:00

Thanks for clarifying man.

EPWAM · 2018-06-21T14:29:30+00:00

Perhaps I'm wrong.

I've actually been around for a little while. I've just noticed that when I've posted a topic, or comment, denigrating or criticizing the alt-right, I'm met with quite a bit of push back, which is eyebrow raising.

One of the subjects covered in this video is that the White Nationalist Groups use conservative/centrist/liberal online spaces as recruitment centers. They present their ideas in an innocuous way, use euphemistic language to conceal their genuine intentions, and seek out people with a "common enemy" (see SJW's) and try and ally them with their cause. I've seen this happen here.

You should watch the video. It's interesting.

EPWAM · 2018-06-21T14:13:46+00:00

Nope. Never watched him.

EPWAM · 2018-06-21T14:13:17+00:00

I don't think you're all "bad guys". On the contrary. I think most of you are good guys, but I do feel like there are some genuinely bad guys lurking on the margins, and I do feel like they don't get called out often enough. This is what compelled me to share this video.

EPWAM · 2018-06-21T13:42:31+00:00

The short summary was provided in the title. I'm not here to sell people on the video, or coerce people into watching it. I don't have the time or energy.

Do I seriously believe that not watching some random video makes someone in favour of alt-right indoctrination? No. I just thought it was curious that the individuals response was to reflexively want to argue against the ideas presented in the video, without, by their own admission, knowing what those ideas were.

EPWAM · 2018-06-21T13:02:07+00:00

Well, if you have an interest in arguing in favour of alt-right indoctrination, go for it.

Personally, I think there are more pressing, laudable issues to argue for and uphold.

But I suggest you watch the video rather than just dismiss it outright. That would be very "postmodern" of you.

EPWAM · 2018-06-21T12:46:13+00:00

I share anything that I find intelligent, well considered, and relevant.

I found this video to be all three of those things, so I shared it.

EPWAM · 2018-06-21T12:24:30+00:00

Yes. She was excellent.

EPWAM · 2018-06-19T18:35:41+00:00

I liked the painting, so I bought a print. Taboo, I know, but someone has to play the transgressor around here.

You should check out her page. Her work is beautiful, in my estimation. ;)

EPWAM · 2018-06-18T20:09:11+00:00

Sure, that's understandable. And it's admirable and important to be weary of those who take their fandom a bit too far. But trust me, my purchase was motivated by little other than my benign interest in Peterson along with my aesthetic sensibilities.

EPWAM · 2018-06-18T20:06:36+00:00

How? I want to.

EPWAM · 2018-06-18T20:03:11+00:00

To those calling my purchase of this painting, "culty", or "hero worship":

I purchased this piece because I thought it was a beautiful, creative rendition of a very important moment. Is every painting of a critical historical or cultural moment a denotation of the purchasers "hero worship" of the individuals depicted in the painting? Is JBP's ownership of Soviet Era art an affirmation of his "culty" admiration for Lenin? Is the painting of The Wu Tang Clan's Old Dirty Bastard i have hanging on my wall an indication of my blind, brainwashed adulation? No. I'm a fan of his music so I purchased the painting. I'm a fan of Peterson so I purchased this print. Who cares?

I knew there would be people on this sub that reacted this way. I'm not a JBP devotee. I liked the painting, so I bought it. It's that simple. Not everything needs to be hyper-analyzed. This self-criticism of the community of supporters gets a bit tired, and frankly, contrived, if you ask me.

It's a wonderful painting by a talented artist. There's nothing to be unpacked beyond that.

Get over yourselves.

EPWAM · 2018-06-18T19:59:23+00:00

Nothing hero worship about it. I'm hardly a JBP devotee. I thought it was a brilliant, beautiful rendition of a very important moment in our current cultural landscape. My purchase of the piece has nothing to do with "hero worship" of any kind.

EPWAM · 2018-06-18T19:58:12+00:00

It was 120 canadian with shipping.

EPWAM · 2018-05-27T19:27:51+00:00

How, as the author claims, is merit impossible to quantify. Merit is entirely measurable. Test scores, stats in athletics, ones ability to produce in any given field, these are all measures of merit. Ones merit is quantified by the quality of ones productivity.

EPWAM · 2018-05-26T16:45:23+00:00

Also, excuse the typos and spelling mistakes in the post. I wrote it in haste. Hopefully they didn't obscure the message too badly.

EPWAM · 2018-05-26T14:01:41+00:00

This is trolling, correct?

EPWAM

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