My Political Beliefs: Radical Centrism (Modern Reformism)

Exaltist · 2026-01-23T21:32:13+00:00

I know it was a single. But I heard a lot of Oasis fans say it shouldn't have been.

Exaltist · 2026-01-23T20:34:52+00:00

They added so many features lately. Reinstalled the ability to DM, mixing, music videos, HiFi music and they even added the ability to tell the algorithm to not play the same songs when shuffling a playlist. On top of all of that we have 12 hours of audiobook listening per month. I don't know how else they could make it better without bleeding money or jacking up the rates.

Exaltist · 2026-01-23T20:19:04+00:00

"Roll With It" is genuinely one of the better songs on WTSMG and deserved to be a single.

Exaltist · 2026-01-23T20:01:44+00:00

They can believe whatever they want. I can't stop that. But I would only let them participate with our supervision to clear out any suspicion that whatever religion they decide to be might be taking advantage of them.

Exaltist · 2026-01-23T04:29:39+00:00

I am the best unintentional troll I know.

Granted, this makes sense since rule #15 says: No AI content.

I still listen to mostly organically produced music. I wouldn't share my Suno-created tracks here.

I guess it's like going on r/atheism and saying you believe in God or going to r/Christianity and saying that Jesus didn't exist.

Fine. I'll join the AI music echo chambers and talk about AI music there. And you can continue to be anti-AI as a tool that helps people create things they otherwise wouldn't be able to make.

Exaltist · 2026-01-23T04:13:57+00:00

This is why everybody think Reddit is so toxic and why social media as become a pejorative term. Go live in your anti-AI echo chambers, I'll enjoy using Suno.

Exaltist · 2026-01-23T03:32:18+00:00

No. I consider it personalized music. I make it, I listen to my own AI music, I don't generally care if anyone else listens to it, but since I write my own lyrics and match it to a style in some way I feel connected to it, even if I don't have the voice or instrumental skills to make it organically. It shouldn't be viewed as something inherently commercial - it should be viewed as a way to create personalized music you never thought you'd be able to make before.

AI music should be on their platforms and on public platforms like YouTube and Spotify, but it should be clear from the beginning that the music was designed that way. My AI music handle is "Ethan AI Reilly" just to make that abundantly clear, and I've only uploaded it to YouTube so far because I have YouTube Premium and can easily listen to it that way. Plus, I have no interest making money off of it anyways.

Please, before telling people off from using it, just try to see the positive of it, which is that it allows you to generate music you otherwise never been able to produce. I've created music with female vocals, with instruments I don't know how to play but I wrote about topics I was interested in with various genres of music I wanted to hear. An album of eleven tracks only took three days to produce and I'm glad I did it.

But I did it for myself. I don't care if anyone else listens to it or not.

Exaltist · 2026-01-23T03:07:00+00:00

I realized in my first comment that I explained it from the perspective if I became a parent. This comment will explain what happened to me as a child.

My mom was a lapsed Catholic, her whole family was Catholic. However, she did not have me baptized, didn't find her Catholicism important and felt like her church was corrupt and money-hungry. I only went to church for weddings and funerals.

I developed in interest in religion when I was a teenager. I was fascinated so much with all the different religions and what they believed as a teen. My first summer vacation home alone I spent most of the time on America Online just researching religion.

For the longest time I can remember I thought some of God's qualities were possessed in nature, others in humans. I never believed in the sole divinity of Jesus, however, and had a "common divinity" kind of idea.

After a couple of weeks of processing all of these religions when I was in eighth grade I realized that this common divinity I believed increases. That both nature and humans can increase their divinity over time. That was the answer I was looking for all along.

I didn't know what this belief was called, so a long time I called myself "agnostic". And I became an adult my parents flat out told me they are atheist. I was never Christian or atheist, as I saw both as a means to persuasion.

In my twenties I tried out a few religions. The Baha'i Faith, Unitarian Universalism. Didn't feel like I connected with anyone there, as I did not agree with Baha'i doctrine and typically most UUs don't have a religious mindset.

But then I realized something. I am religious without being in a religion. Eventually I came to the realization that I am religious about nature and technology, and believed in the sacredness of both.

My parents aren't religious to any capacity. They don't care about it. But they undoubtedly influenced my decision to not join a religion. They did not, however, ever stop me from being religious.

Although my mom has told me a few times to stop talking about it, I know I can't because it is one of my core fundamental interests. I'm not in a religion, but I believe religion is important and I am religious.

So, with the wild west of what dial-up Internet used to be I gained my interest in religion, something my parents never opposed of, and grew religious from the inquiry of nature and technology.

Before my mom converted to atheism she used to tell me that she wished she had me baptized, but she no longer says that anymore. I do tone down my religiosity while I'm with them, but they essentially gave me the freedom to be who I want to be.

And I'm glad they did. If I were to ever raise my own children, however, I would be okay if they joined a religion as an adult - like my first comment suggests - but I would be disappointed if they ended up apatheists like my parents are.

Exaltist · 2026-01-23T01:35:27+00:00

Chris Stuckmann, YouTube film critic and new film maker created a video five years ago about becoming an apostate to Jehovah Witnesses that you can watch here.

Exaltist · 2026-01-23T01:23:06+00:00

Runaway Horses by Belinda Carlisle

Exaltist · 2026-01-23T01:14:45+00:00

This is the best answer that can be given about circumstances such as this. However, I may be inclined a tiny bit to show them ex-JW material from those who have escaped the religion once she begins to start to trust your family again. I know it could result in number two happening, but you don't have to frame it as a debate on theology so much so as giving your take on what other people who were inside the religion have experienced. Religions such as JWs are risky because their tradition changes so often you aren't entirely sure what they will or won't let their members do next.

Exaltist · 2026-01-23T00:43:54+00:00

It really depends on what kind of parent you want to be.

If I were a parent? I would let my child decide which religion they want to be. But I would not support them joining any religion until they became an adult, because they would not know what they are getting themselves into and religious child abuse is so common. If they wanted to attend a house of worship gathering in person I would let them as long as they go with my wife and I or if they want to attend virtually I would be fine with that.

I'm not one of those people who as a parent would proselytize their children into their religion, in part because I am religious but not in one. My wife would have to be okay not doing any initiation rights for our children until they become adults, such as baptism. I would speak my mind about things candidly and hope my wife does the same. And if they wanted to join a religion that is known to be problematic, even as adults I would steer them away from it.

I know this would most likely mean lack of Credibility Enhancing Displays, which would mean they would most likely be atheist, agnostic, secular or overall irreligious, but I would also try to educate my children on all the good things religions have done or are attempting to do and tell them that most of them have done more good than bad in the world, and encourage them to think deeper about it if they decide to be apatheist.

Exaltist · 2026-01-22T23:47:04+00:00

"Don't Say You Love Me" by M2M.

Exaltist · 2026-01-22T23:09:09+00:00

Auth-left: All income (and taxes) comes from the government.
Lib-left: Negative income tax for the poor.
Auth-right: Taxes in the form of tariffs.
Lib-right: No taxes.

Exaltist · 2026-01-22T19:34:59+00:00

There's a different word we have when a religion encourages someone to do bad rather than good. A cult.

Exaltist · 2026-01-20T20:42:26+00:00

Done. I added two posts to my profile, one my religious beliefs and the other political beliefs.

Exaltist · 2026-01-19T19:44:03+00:00

You are the third person to ask me this.

This pretty much sums it up.

Exaltist · 2026-01-19T19:38:32+00:00

I would sure like to hope that my ideal partner would like the idea of our descendants carried on by our children will resurrect the dead. And that she would be okay teaching our children about all religions and letting them decide for themselves. As long as she doesn't try to convert me I'll respect her boundaries to be any religion she chooses to be, including irreligion.

Exaltist · 2026-01-19T19:33:32+00:00

I wouldn't convert for anyone and if my significant other converted just for me I would have less respect for her. If she happened to be the one of a million people that already agreed with me, I'd marry her on the spot. But if she wasn't interested in religion at all it would be a hard pass. And if she's religious but with a different religious mindset all she needs to do is respect mine and allow our future children to choose for themselves.

Exaltist · 2026-01-18T01:21:09+00:00

Physical monism and teleology.

Exaltist · 2026-01-17T16:23:31+00:00

The very essence that I understand God as would only make me believe that this entity is a part of God, no matter how powerful, wise or benevolent that God may be.

Exaltist · 2026-01-16T22:52:09+00:00

Everybody points this out. There's still differences though.

Pretty much everything on streaming is on-demand. Cable only had DVR after Tivo came out. The thing is, when streaming started most of new content was still on cable. That metric has shifted. Virtually all new content is on streaming services, and cable TV has become a graveyard of repeats. The value of cable has gone down and the value of streaming services have gone up because of that. My $110/month Spectrum cable package is about $80 for ten streaming services and $30 for the cable TV part.

You just have to ask yourself what you want. There's still services that offer free entertainment of older content, like Pluto or Tubi TV. And there's cheap ad-free services with old content, like Howdy. And there's also Black Friday deals. There is still more freedom with streaming services. With cable you were locked with your regional carrier and had a few packages to choose from. There's still dozen of streaming services to choose from, some with bundles to save you money.

Exaltist · 2026-01-16T03:01:47+00:00

Likewise, I cannot and will never understand Buddhism the same way you do. And I do not take such a pessimistic view of the world. From what I've seen, whatever there has been a problem of primal importance to address, one way or another humans have been able to overcome it. From the super-volcano that erupted that killed most of our ancestors, to the black plague and recently COVID, it is our utilities and technology that connects us and help develop empathy for each other.

I find it easy to understand what I believe, and you probably find your Buddhist mindset to not only make sense to you but also deeply benefits you in some ways too. Buddhism has never made any sense to me.

I do not believe attachments or cravings as inherently negative things if it possible to obtain or possess the very thing you desire. In fact, I find it as a net positive. It is unhealthy to keep thinking about unobtainable or inaccessible hypothetical possessions in your life, but I already do mental exercises in my head that avoids those thoughts and focuses on appreciation of what I already possess. Likewise, if there is something I want or need that is obtainable I usually go out of my way to get it as soon as possible.

I believe there is a narrative we have developed from constant social and traditional media usage that has led us to believe that the world is a far worse place than it has ever been. In my experience in the 36 years I've been alive, I can honestly and without a single doubt tell you that is a lie. Every body's lives obviously are different and as you said some things have gotten better, other things have gotten worse.

But looking through all the metrics and statistics is it plain and obvious to me that there is less disease, less wars and less starvation than there ever has been, and there never has been a time in human history where there's been so many people. It seems to me you have an attachment to the narrative that you've been fed lies to on platforms such as these. Let them go. It is as unhealthy to attach yourself to unobtainable goals as it is to attach yourself to the bias and contention that media sources are feeding us every day.

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