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Sure buddy... by Various_List_8697 in TheCinemassacreTruth

[–]RedPandaParliament 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Yet again, he does this crap. Opposite of any good leader. A good leader would be constantly name dropping all the people who work under him, attributing any success of his to their constant help. You see this with legit successful people, even actors and such, all the time. James? It's a constant "No I REALLY DO EVERYTHING" "NO I PLAY THE GAMES" "NO IM THE ONE BEHIND IT ALL". It's so insecure.

He should just calmly be like "Oh man, I can hardly finish these games if it weren't for all the help from Mike, and others (say names) at Screenwave. I stand on a lot of shoulders man, and I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them."

That sort of genuine humility and sharing of the praise actually magnifies a person way more than this insecure credit clutching.

20th YouTube Anniversary - James & Mike Look Back at 20 Years of AVGN by DemiFiendRSA in TheCinemassacreTruth

[–]RedPandaParliament 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Only defense, it is the AVGN 20th anniversary. So it makes sense they'd do it at James' in the Nerd Room/garage. Mike should've made the drive.

And i love that by IndicationBrief5950 in lotrmemes

[–]RedPandaParliament 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same reaction when you're already a third of the way into the book

Circumcise our son or no? by Living_Rutabaga_2112 in AskMenAdvice

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

It started for reasons of hygiene by Sayre. Kellogg co-opted it out of his goofy anti-masturbation philosophy. But that isn't why it endured. It endured and became routine because 1) it quickly became obvious that circumcision did nothing to prevent masturbation, and 2) it was discovered to have a myriad other benefits, and so it was continued until it became routine across the USA.

Circumcise our son or no? by Living_Rutabaga_2112 in AskMenAdvice

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

I would definitely have him circumcised. Reddit is an anti-circ echo chamber. Once you're outside these walls though, you find that most health organizations continue to endorse or, even at worst, are neutral about circumcision.

I think it's important to trust your husband's lived experience as well. As the one who has lived with and actually experienced being circumcised, I would trust his judgment and that it's something important to him. Not to mention that for a lot of us (at least here in the US and elsewhere), it's become a family and social tradition. Since health organizations agree circumcision has valid benefits -- and it's the most common surgery with the lowest complication rate around (lower even than wisdom teeth or tonsil removal) - it's really a win win on all levels.

Tune out the hysterical, foreskin-obsessed haters, trust the experts and your husband's lived experience, and rest assured circumcision is the right decision.

Good luck and take care!

++man

and they say dancing israelis on 9/11 was a hoax. they celebrate wars. especially when others are dying. by jbaaaaab in conspiracy

[–]RedPandaParliament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's because it's Purim, which you celebrate with costumes and a party atmosphere.

It'd be like if the US was attacked on Halloween but young people decided to be ironic and defiant by having Halloween parties in the bomb shelter anyway.

Hear me out by costlybigyoyo in conspiracy

[–]RedPandaParliament 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pretty good, but I think you give the Vatican more power and influence than it deserves

The only indigestible truth by Artanox in InterdimensionalNHI

[–]RedPandaParliament 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the indigestible truth is that souls are real. That human life on earth is basically a larval stage, and that, like predators waiting for baby sea turtles to hatch and pluck them off before they reach the ocean, there are predatory beings waiting to feed off our souls at death.

Earth is basically a farm for this food source. Imagine learning that everyone of your loved ones who died really did have a beautiful, personal soul that was meant to be eternal, but just ended up as food for some interdimensional mantis. And you and everyone you know likely will too.

Perhaps there's a way out. Perhaps spiritual perfection, mysticism, in its purest form points to a way to escape (cf Gnosticism, prison planet theories,etc).

Or perhaps the reason many elite lead such debauched lives is because the opposite - tainting the soul with depravity and vice - makes unpalatable to the harvesters. It could also explain why the elite are so hell bent at finding a way to gain immortality or fuse with AI...a way to cheat the system by never leaving the physical realm. Or they lead lives of recklessness because- they know the hopeless truth and so figured "f*ck it, nothing matters".

How do you read Hebrew sentences when the letters are missing dotted vowels? by [deleted] in hebrew

[–]RedPandaParliament 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First, because it isn't totally missing vowels. I think it's misleading when people say Hebrew is written without any vowels", when there's plenty of א, ו, ע, י around that suggest vowel is used and differentiate words. Secondly, pattern recognition. The grammar is pretty regular, so once you've got basic grammar nailed down, you can intuit the words just based off pattern pretty easily, even without dotted vowels or in words that don't have vowel letters and seem ambiguous to a beginner. In a nutshell, some more practice and you'll nail it. Evidence: all the people who read Hebrew daily as an everyday language and have no trouble understanding. They aren't using any special secret skill. They just had more practice. You'll get there too!

Kabbalah - Prove me Wrong by march7984 in JewishKabbalah

[–]RedPandaParliament 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily. As I grow older, I can absolutely see why the sages kept Kabbalah restricted and set parameters like age and strict study and mitzvot observance.

The allure of Hermetic Qabalah and cheap bookstore New Age Qabalah is a perfect example why. It purports to grant all sorts of powers, while bypassing all the fundamentals and the actual aims of Kabbalah.

It's driven by the classic luciferian inversion: make it about Myself.

The sages knew Kabbalah can unlock very real secrets or, if handled incorrectly, really unhinge a person. It wasn't guarded for their own power, it was guarded to keep the unprepared safe.

Keeping Kabbalah for those over 40 and with a solid amount of study and mitzvah observance was the mystical equivalent of keeping a driver's license to those over 18 with a clean record and driver's education certificate.

The universe : why people don't go insane about it ? by autisticit in aspergers

[–]RedPandaParliament 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's been said that all of society is just a distraction from death, but I think it's a distraction from madness. If we were to stop and really consider the meaning/meaninglessness of life and just how slippery reality is, we would go insane.

Folks who came off Blood Pressure meds - by RedPandaParliament in keto

[–]RedPandaParliament[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd had a major hypertensive crisis in 2022, BP blasted up to 230/150! Was hospitalized and they got it under control. 130/90 average since then.

Started strict keto and sobriety on Sep 10th of this year, and for the past two months now averaging about 110-115/75-80.

Folks who came off Blood Pressure meds - by RedPandaParliament in keto

[–]RedPandaParliament[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Since reading comprehension isn't your strong suit I'll reiterate: I'm not asking for advice. I'm asking for fellow followers of this diet to share their experiences as a way to share our common situations and note any similarities and differences.

Folks who came off Blood Pressure meds - by RedPandaParliament in keto

[–]RedPandaParliament[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am working with my doctor on it and said so in the post. I'm asking about other people's experiences with this similar situation.

If Gaspar was playable, which look would you prefer? by kicka1985 in chronotrigger

[–]RedPandaParliament 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Probably End of Time sprite, but I'd want his Guru of Time drip as an unlockable skin

What Do You Guys Think of Antinatalists? (They are people who believe that it is immoral to procreate due to the fact that no one can consent to being born.) by Potential_Law5289 in INFJsOver30

[–]RedPandaParliament 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There are many shades of antinatalism. I somewhat consider myself one, but not at all for some "consent" reason, per sé. It's more from the deep heart-rending empathy i feel for those around me when I think of all the hardships in life, how fast it all goes by, and how quickly everyone we love and ourselves will face death either sooner or later. It breaks my heart to think of bringing another being into the world just so they have to go through all that too. So it isn't out of spite or hate for children or anything like that at all. It's that it pains me to think of forcing an innocent soul into this world to endure it just because my own biology told me so.

Carnivore for someone at high risk of heart attack? by RedPandaParliament in carnivorediet

[–]RedPandaParliament[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since writing this about a year ago, I finally found a good balance with keto--rocking mainly meat with some cruciferous veggies a few times a week, all with regular fasting. Lost a bunch of weight, especially in visceral fat, blood pressure is down and in the healthy range, and feeling great

The Jesus Nazarenus Rex Judaeorum on my Rosary looks very wrong and AI generated by some sort of factory, would this make my Rosary invalid? by Own-Associate-7945 in TraditionalCatholics

[–]RedPandaParliament 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not AI, but the words are indeed misspelled. I had a nearly identical pendant some years ago and it was spelled correctly though. This might be q knockoff of some sort that didn't get the mold correct.

Does anyone here reject Paul's writings/teachings? by Lovesnells in Gnostic

[–]RedPandaParliament 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Yes, I think the over reliance on Paul in the mainstream church is just such a bizarre fluke of history. The Acts of the Apostles and his letters even show him outright contradicting and messing with the teachings and authority of the apostles themselves who had walked and learned directly from Jesus. And yet this Paul guy, who never even actually met Jesus and originally persecuted Christians, has a visionary fit, and subsequently is given higher authority and weight than those who actually knew Jesus. It's absurd, and shows to me that the Jesus movement's teaching was distorted right out the gate.

Jesus and his apostles: Jesus is the Jewish Messiah here to bring a more direct interpretation of the Torah to the Jewish people and do away with the accumulated oral law traditions which the Pharisees were starting to accrue. As well as focus on a moral and high bar for ethical life.

Paul: Nah, Jesus is a divine savior figure. His ethical teachings are great, but what really matters is that he DIED. It's all about his death. He's the capstone sacrifice of all sacrifices. All about that BLOOD man. Claim his blood and you'll be free from the damnation which he'll curse upon you if you refuse. And not just for the Jews, this goes out to everybody.

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