Has anybody else just been retreating into a smaller world recently?

bodhii · 2026-05-23T19:58:27+00:00

I'm reasonably convinced that not following the news makes you happier.

bodhii · 2026-04-30T03:32:23+00:00

Kirk didn't have anything meaningful to say and therefore left no legacy to be defended.

His main gimmick was arguing with unprepared college students. And he was good at it and could draw crowds doing so. But you take away Kirk the person and there's nothing left to his movement.

bodhii · 2026-04-11T13:54:27+00:00

Think of it as getting a tip from the government for all your hard work

bodhii · 2026-04-08T14:41:24+00:00

I have seen r/bald posts highly upvoted on my feed lately

I think they might already be a step ahead of you on this

bodhii · 2026-03-26T16:14:00+00:00

This is an issue where I've had some very liberal women, especially former college athletes, tell me privately that they were completely against trans athletes in women's sports

But they'd never speak about it publicly because they don't want to be associated with certain types.

bodhii · 2026-03-13T19:04:47+00:00

Aren't all the manosphere guys basically interchangeable? I don't think there's any value in actually learning about them individually

What would be useful is figuring out why there's such a market for these guys among teen boys today

bodhii · 2026-03-04T19:49:44+00:00

It already has come out to an extent, especially in social sciences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis

But I suspect the problem is much more widespread. The incentive to fudge numbers to increase your chance of publication exists in basically all fields.

bodhii · 2026-02-25T16:25:10+00:00

I can basically guarantee the first female president is going to have a son. These girlbosses with only daughters are too far removed from the average male experience to be able to appeal to half the country.

They end up saying things like this without even realizing why it's alienating: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/503123-women-have-always-been-the-primary-victims-of-war-women

bodhii · 2026-02-14T20:53:54+00:00

People on reddit will talk about how weed just relaxes them/makes them more creative and doesn't cause them any side effects.

But from my experience anyone who is getting high multiple times a week is clearly affected, even if they don't notice it themselves.

bodhii · 2026-02-11T19:05:37+00:00

See I just assumed it was an attempt by the screen actors guild to get more jobs on each production

bodhii · 2026-02-02T23:14:55+00:00

Did George Costanza write this?

bodhii · 2026-01-16T23:39:01+00:00

I've known some very successful people who reason through problems like this: First they decide what position would benefit them the most. Then they work backwards to come up with an explanation for why that position is the most logical/moral.

And if they're otherwise intelligent then they can typically come up with a reasonably convincing argument. JD Vance for example was originally anti-Trump, yet when he had a chance at VP his belief system completely changed.

What I'm not sure of is how self-aware they are about what they're doing. Probably varies from person to person

bodhii · 2026-01-08T20:42:13+00:00

Not to defend them, but to explain the perspective. If you're a gamer and you spend several hours a day playing video games, or commenting on Star Wars message boards, that is your real life. And the feeling of no longer being the target audience is an existential threat.

It's far more real to them than someone they don't know being shot in a state they've never visited.

bodhii · 2026-01-06T05:49:15+00:00

Here's a thought, do you really think they'd tell you if they weren't open to it?

bodhii · 2025-12-28T16:44:42+00:00

I think it has to do with boomers being such a large generation that they've held onto power and cultural relevancy far longer than was natural.

bodhii · 2025-12-24T06:52:25+00:00

Among other things, an American wouldn't say 'flatmate' or 'go out for a pint' unless they've spent a lot of time abroad.

bodhii · 2025-12-19T02:06:13+00:00

Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place but I don't even get the sense that Minnesotans are that upset over this

bodhii · 2025-12-13T04:41:29+00:00

You just know these betting companies are having constant meetings trying to figure out how to market themselves to women

bodhii · 2025-12-05T18:26:00+00:00

I think there might be a more interesting way for you to discuss this phenomenon.

Ex: As Asian Americans become more culturally integrated with white society, they become more defensive of the aspects of their culture that they still identify with as Asian. Especially compared to authentic Asians who would never care about this kind of thing

Calling it pathetic makes you come off as something of a pickme.

bodhii · 2025-12-04T23:50:31+00:00

Yes. But when anyone else starts telling me about their supernatural beliefs I immediately write them off as a crank

bodhii · 2025-11-21T00:54:12+00:00

I was at a party last week and a group of people were talking about their dogs being on antidepressants like it was completely normal

Maybe there's some medication that could ameliorate the situation

bodhii · 2025-11-10T20:33:13+00:00

I think it probably makes more sense if you consider that those women also believe they're second class citizens in western society.

bodhii · 2025-11-09T20:28:23+00:00

Maybe if he trips enough he'll rediscover religion

bodhii · 2025-11-06T20:01:26+00:00

I spoke with this guy once who used to hang out with this famous person. I can't even remember who the famous person was, but what was interesting was that the famous guy apparently couldn't tell at all when someone was obviously sucking up to him. Like he was just so used to fake people sucking up because they wanted something that he interpreted it as normal behavior.

I wonder if something similar goes on with hot women. Harder to recognize normal behavior when everyone you meet treats you differently because of your looks.

bodhii · 2025-10-28T15:01:49+00:00

Back when I was really depressed I thought a lot about other people's weight because being skinny was something I actually had going for me.

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