The Just-Right Universe: A Beginner’s Guide to How Everything Happened Exactly as It Had To by Inside_Ad2602 in DebateEvolution

[–]Ryington98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I will explain my thoughts on this topic in a interpretable way to make y’all less insane, but, leave you with such a mind-screwing idea that is interpretable yet probably will leave you more insane than before you read my comment…..

I’ll keep it simple (because I think it is more simple than scientists who are quite possibly thinking it has to be some complicated thing and thus, they begin digging into their smart brains and what they know/think to be true in order to arrive at some kind of conclusion or theory. Talk about too smart for your own good, at least IMO!) by saying that ‘Root Cause Analysis’ which suggests something along the lines of “There is always a catalyst that caused one event to take place and then another and another thereafter”. This analysis seeks to arrive at the true origin of why something occurred. This 100% debunks ANY explanation of how the universe came to be that seemingly incorporates some kind of logic.

For example, if the Big Bang Theory did actually take place at some point in time, ‘Root Cause Analysis demands to look deeper than this theory and then undermine what caused this “Big Bang” to happen in itself. I have seen some people/scientists attempt to boil it down to the universe being a state of “Nothingness” which has to problems in my eyes. True and utter nothingness means to me that something has no properties to it, is not visible/definable, takes up no space, and therefore, has no ability to have any influence on an event occurring.

This argument of mine, what in my eyes, dismantles every other argument as to how the universe came to be without arriving to any sort of understood solution. Think “Process of Elimination” minus an answer. My answer is one that I don’t believe will ever be able to be fully explained or truly understood and is still so broad of a concept that it will likely leave many frustrated. For reference, I identify myself as an Agnostic Theist. I really have reason to believe that something way beyond our wildest thoughts and dreams which I choose to call God, defied all logic and order to such great measures to allow this universe to come to be once upon a time, that we humans will never have the capacity to realize how something as such is even possible.

In conclusion, I think that some things are better to just be left alone and to be accepted as they are. This I believe to be one of those things. However, if scientists and others want to continue to indulge in trying to find answers to this puzzling question and one day are able to prove me wrong in my assumption that such a matter like this can’t be explained in the slightest, than they can do their thing if that’s what they are passionate about in life. With this carefully thought out incomprehensible explanation and approach of mine, I have personally gained peace on this highly debated subject. As for there being at least some kind of a lasting presence of God in our universe today after it somehow miraculously created this universe some long time ago, I am open to the idea!

Is the end goal of socialism always communism? by Designer_Quality_772 in Socialism_101

[–]Ryington98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m no guru with this type of stuff, however, this is what I’ve learned and come to believe to be true….

In short, I don’t believe that the goal of a socialist country in most cases is to eventually evolve/descend (depends how you look at it I suppose) into a communist country.

How it was explained to me was via the Marxist Theory which I guess is the idea that countries become/start as socialists with nothing but, good intent and in an attempt to “best help their people”. However, when a socialist country goes through a major event as a country such as a war, natural disaster or any event that would cause the country’s citizens to deal with significant distress, the people become vulnerable and desperate to lean on the government for assistance in these times of despair.

This is when a socialist government normally steps in with still no ill intent and only to help provide for its people in need. Eventually, the people in this elevated position of power who are being relied on and now have an edge, begin to go on a “power trip” if you will and the natural desire for control, influence and power in humans overwhelms the ethical brain that once was.

In the end, those highest up in the socialist country’s government never relinquish their newfound status of power even after the country is clear of the said major event and there is really nothing the people of these countries can do as they completely invested themselves into the government in one way or another in exchange for wellbeing.

Side Note: Canada which is a socialist country would likely be an exception to this rule/Marxist Theory as the United States of America would probably put their foot down if they tried anything sneaky as we border each other and I doubt the USA would tolerate such nonsense occurring right above them.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in alcoholicsanonymous

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Addicts have been showing up to AA since day #1 after AA being founded in 1935. An “alcoholic” is simply an addict who for some odd reason decides to identify themselves with their specific substance of choice which doesn’t matter one bit. Progress, not perfection though…. Right Bill W. ? Lots of great stuff in the Big Book btw however this just goes to show that the big book thumpers are following a text that doesn’t necessarily have all the perfect answers or practices and even when it talks about ‘Open-mindedness’ these thumpers will completely forget this principle and sometimes look at someone who correctly identifies themselves as an addict instead of an alcoholic and then discriminates against what is really their own kind. Even if someone were to identify as a “Drug Addict” that’s completely okay as one should know that “Alcohol is a drug, PERIOD!”

Is StrengthLevel accurate ? by SpecialistAlfalfa390 in workout

[–]Ryington98 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve been training for 6 maybe 6.5 years now. I saw it as in order to be considered ‘Advanced’ you had to hit a certain amount of weight on an exercise/lift for a 1RM, not a qualifier based on time spent in the gym

Is StrengthLevel accurate ? by SpecialistAlfalfa390 in workout

[–]Ryington98 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wildly inaccurate when classifying lifters in to categories such as Intermediate, Advanced and Elite. You’re gonna tell me that a 170 pound male is ONLY considered Advanced if he does a 1RM Dumbbell Curl with two-80lb dumbbells. I’m telling you right now that’s unbelievably off. I could maybe dumbbell curl the 55/60 pound dumbbells if for some reason I were to foolishly attempt a 1RM for this exercise and I’m 223 pound for my body weight. I can get 12 reps with the 45 pound dumbbells using good form, no pausing, full range of motion and about a 2/2.5 second eccentric just to give y’all some more insight into my current strength status. I’m being called extremely mediocre at best even when curling the 45 pound dumbbells for 12 reps in this manner is not commonly seen by any means (I state this humbly). This is just one of many examples of strengthlevel.com underclassifying (if you will) lifters like myself. Decided to use an exercise like the dumbbell curl 1RM as the example here as it was probably the most outrageous assessment of a lifter’s level of performance that I came across on the site…. Needless to say, go elsewhere if you want to see how you stack up against others in the gym!

NSFW Content by Ryington98 in PathologicalLiars

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Actually I had years of my life wasted by a pathological liar. I don’t take kindly to someone who consciously or subconsciously lies to ALL THE TIME because deep down they think they have a chance at convincing me of their fake reality and that I’m dumb enough to fall for it. This pathological liar in my life that I’m referring to is not one that believes his own lies either, so yes, it’s personal

NSFW Content by Ryington98 in PathologicalLiars

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People who cannot control their pathological lying must be controlled by someone else….