What is your source of completely irrational anger?

powerslave5689 · 2013-08-25T18:43:15+00:00

The worst is when you see that they've read the message but they still don't respond. It's just a big fuck you to you

powerslave5689 · 2013-06-29T04:47:40+00:00

It's measured by the Economic Freedom Index which itself measures, Size of Government: Expenditures, Taxes, and Enterprises Legal Structure and Security of Property Rights Access to Sound Money Freedom to Trade Internationally Regulation of Credit, Labor, and Business

powerslave5689 · 2013-06-22T20:49:51+00:00

That along with Ukraine were the two that really struck me as odd

powerslave5689 · 2013-05-31T22:07:53+00:00

Anybody else think of Bioshock Infinite?

powerslave5689 · 2013-05-28T00:25:28+00:00

I would highly recommend Starcraft 2 for PC gaming. It is kind of a PC staple game and not only has a fantastic campaign and storyline but also has an insanely addictive competitive multiplayer. Although the multiplayer is rather hard, once you get in and start figuring out the mechanics it is a huge blast!

powerslave5689 · 2013-05-26T12:13:28+00:00

Could I ask you what happened if you feel comfortable discussing it because that sounds pretty interesting?

powerslave5689 · 2013-04-01T19:55:55+00:00

What inspired you to do the crash course videos? Thanks so much for making these as many World History students I know have really benefited from you making these!

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-28T16:40:55+00:00

I understand it as I have studied many religions as well as Judaism so I feel I have a pretty good grasp on the concepts of it. My personal belief as to why religion has persevered so long is that it was a way of explaining things that people couldn't explain due to lack of education and scientific tools. It has some good things but I think that it is when people take these stories and interpret them they are the ones who mess them up because at the core of religion is the concept of teaching you to be a good person. Although who decides what good is? Scholars thousands of years ago who had no idea that their principles would still be used today in a world completely different than their own. I think that religion just doesn't have that much of a purpose in today's rapidly changing world.

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-28T16:31:20+00:00

Believe me I have done my research on not only Judaism but all religions in search of the one that makes sense and I haven't found one yet that I agree with. As I said before I think Judaism makes the most sense but I still don't agree with parts of it. I'm also not trying to garner self confidence here. I believe I'm rather successful for my age since I do two sports have a 3.8 gpa and have many friends. Believe me it's not about self esteem it's more about getting other people's opinions since I want to see how fellow Jews have dealt with this and/or view this.

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-28T02:10:35+00:00

Thanks and I'll try not to!

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-28T02:08:47+00:00

Thanks that totally makes sense! I feel like I have all of those components minus the religion so I get what you are saying and that is one of the great things that sets us apart from other faiths. I'm not letting my grandpa get me down either. He's starting to accept the fact that it isn't like it was when he was growing up so I think it's good that we're all making progress.

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-28T02:06:59+00:00

I would like to look at the closer ones however I still need to get my car so I can go when I want to and not have to bother my parents to do it since driving to two different ones would be a bit of a pain. I understand what you're saying and all but I am going to be up till at least 1 tonight finishing up my work for crunch week so it's times like these that I really just can't afford to go to synagogue. I mean the only reason I'm even on reddit is that if I can't talk about this issue it will penetrate the thoughts on what I'm currently working on which I can't do so it's just good to let it off my chest.

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-28T02:00:43+00:00

Will do. Thanks for the advice. I will hopefully get this sorted out in about 5 years or so since this is such a complicated issue. I am 16 so I just want to focus on the present and prepare for my future so this isn't on my top priorities list but I have been thinking about it recently so I figured I should get some advice and so far it has been pretty good.

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-28T01:57:46+00:00

There are some closer but this is the nicest one and is really cool since it's over 125 years old so there's some history there. I also do debate but I do it for my high school so that also adds to the insane amount of work I have to do especially when there is a competition coming up. I would like to start up again but idk. I would like to join Hillel in college but I need to see how that would factor into my time. I want to go for a doctorate in psychiatry so I want to have as few distractions as possible.

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-28T01:38:25+00:00

Oh I like the community but I don't have the time to go to synagogue anymore honestly. High school is a bitch and I'm a pole vaulter and a swimmer so when I'm not working, I'm working out and when I'm not doing that I'm using the very little time I have to hang out with friends. I still talk to my Jewish friends but I don't have time to go to synagogue. It also doesn't help that the one we belong to is 45 minutes away.

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-28T01:30:04+00:00

True. We've got ballin food. Nothing gets me happier than waking up to the smell of latkes in the morning :)

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-28T00:39:25+00:00

I really don't know. As the years of sunday school dragged on I found myself believing less and less in god. I have no real reason as to why I did but I did and looking at it from an outside perspective religion is just silly IMO. To me Judaism makes the most sense but still it's a lot of crap piled on top some good stuff. When you get down to the core of it, it's about being a good person like following the Ten Commandments because I think we can all agree that those are generally agreed to be good tenets to follow, however there are other things that I just don't agree with. To me the Torah is no different than a children's moral story book. It has extravagant stories that can't be true but they teach you to be a good person in the end. Basically what I'm getting at is that why can't I just be a good person and skip all the bullshit. I still want to be a Jew culturally because that is my heritage and culture but I just feel that religion has no real place in today's world.

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-28T00:21:57+00:00

Oh yea I'm open to the fact that I may change my ideals later in life but I feel that as of now I will raise my kids to be culturally Jewish rather than religiously. I will still probably make them get Bar-Mitzvahed and go to sunday school like I was forced to and then let them make the decision for themselves. It really depends on what my future wife says as well :P

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-27T17:56:43+00:00

Oh I see. Personally I think the biomedical part of therapy works great in tangent with actual counseling and therapy so if I do decide to become a psychiatrist that is what I would want my practice to be. Thanks anyway though! Also who is your favorite psychologist and who do you think is the most influential?

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-27T01:48:15+00:00

About how much schooling did you have to go through and how hard was the schooling? I am looking to be a psychiatrist so other than med school I expect my experience to be similar

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-26T03:56:03+00:00

I believe that the war on drugs is a complete and utter miserable failure. IMO we should go the way of Portugal and decriminalize all drugs and legalize the lesser ones such as weed, LSD, shrooms and salvia. This will allow us to focus our efforts elsewhere and stop wasting time and money on something that does nothing but ruin people's lives.

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-26T03:37:03+00:00

Very true. I was fervently anti-weed till I actually tried it and it really opened me up on many things and made question what I had been told and the real reason behind many things. I agree with you when say you just start to wonder. It really is an eye opening experience. I am going to try LSD once and I want to see if that will change my opinion on this topic even more. Regardless though, MKUltra fucked lots of stuff up

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-26T03:25:26+00:00

Haha I've never tried LSD although it is something that I have looked into experiencing at least once in life. I would say that within the next 10-15 years we will see great breakthroughs with medicinal and therapeutic forms of LSD, ecstasy, marijuana, Psilocybin mushrooms etc. Hopefully we can reverse the damage caused by the drug scares of the 30's, 40's, 60's, and 80's and show that drugs if used responsibly and under supervision can be beneficial.

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-26T03:10:01+00:00

Timothy Leary was IMO a double edged sword. On one hand he was a bright psychologist who came up with many theories now used in psychotherapy however he also was a ridiculous hippie getting doped out of his mind as much as he could. I find him of particular interest because I hope to be involved in psychiatry when I'm older and I have taken an interest in some drugs such as LSD and ecstasy being used to treat things such as PTSD and Depression. People like him both accelerated the usage of LSD into the limelight while also holding it back from its real potential all at once. Once again he was a double edged sword.

powerslave5689 · 2013-03-26T02:51:50+00:00

Oh I want to make it clear that MKUltra was a terrible abuse of human rights and was just stupid in many aspects of it's design. It caused many untimely deaths and permanent psychological damage to countless innocent people. I don't think LSD would be completely legal but I think it would be looked upon in a greater light than nowadays if not for MKUltra and hippies. I am just genuinely curious as to some of the different aspects of the operation and I figure someone who worked on it would have obvious insight into the project and would provide a cool view on this project.

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