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by mantas 3y ago
Interesting thought. I was raised in a rather hygienic house. I started mountain biking a lot. Part of which is regularly eating a banana covered with all sorts of filth from a backpocket. IMO I got much more social and less awkward in my l
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by mantas 3y ago
My stab was more at people who ain’t anthropologists and just take whatever they can fit into their fantasies. I’m not so sure about not valuing women work though. Home goods and arts (fairytales, singing etc) etc were valued for a loooong
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by mantas 3y ago
Regarding „matriarchal character“, what Marija Gumbutienė wrote and how postmodernist society nowadays is (mis)interpreting her writing is very different. It wasn't „matriarchal“ as in ruled-by-women. Instead, those societies were glor
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by mantas 3y ago
Is it? Does having fancy stuff bring you happiness or actually using it? That’s what I did in my 20ies. I’d freelance during winter with some cross country skiing tours in local woods thrown in. Then wrap up my projects in spring, spend the
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by mantas 3y ago
There’s a massive gap between covering the basics and being in rat race optimizing for material stuff. Who cares if you drive a fancy car or a 10 y/o toyota? Both gets you from A to B in a relatively safe manner. If someone does care,
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by mantas 3y ago
Looking at statistics, average citizen in West world is at least overweight and on a brink of being depressed. I didn’t bump into either statistics based on occupation, but anecdata points to office workers being on frontlines of both. Offi
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by mantas 3y ago
Game of life and rat race is two different things. And yes, you may call it impoverished. But is it really worth to optimise for material stuff? Settling down with less may pay off a ton in other departments.
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by mantas 3y ago
If your mom drives you around and makes sure you put in some extra time on top… I’m not sure it takes much effort. Especially when stopping those activities is not a choice. Zen monk and prisoner schedules may seem similar, but skills to fo
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by mantas 3y ago
Discipline is one of those things that are truly important. But I don’t think parents-overscheduled activities help that much with it. Otherwise discipline goes out the window when nobody is on your shoulder anymore. Learning to live self s
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by mantas 3y ago
I myself went to music lessons for a bit and did take some extra classes to catch up. But it was an hour or two a week here and there. I still had 4 out of 5 afternoons to myself any given year. And no stuff on weekends. It’s incomparable t
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by mantas 3y ago
I wouldn’t say rat race is problem-free life. All sorts of mental and physical health issues plague the modern rat race society. The only realistic way to win is not to play.
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by mantas 3y ago
I’d argue those kids don’t learn much concentration and so on. Being forced by your parents to follow schedule they made is quite a mundane skill. Works great to become a mindless office worker though. Look down, carry out tasks you’re told
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by mantas 3y ago
Disadvantaged in what sense? It’s likely those kids won’t even go for the same grind as „managed“ kids.
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by mantas 3y ago
Unfortunately it’s getting worse here. In my youth few kids had scheduled activities. 20 years later, many kids are on a rather tight schedule.
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by mantas 3y ago
Sort of. Eventually the lady lost. Some people cried that she lost because she is woman. Sexism and all that jazz. But we had woman president for previous 2 periods. Once elected in 1st round with 50%+ vote right off the bat. And we had fir
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by mantas 3y ago
See also many cases in West when politicians are voted in based on gender. E.g. here in Lithuania we had a presidential candidate who is a women. I heard too many people advocating for her based on her gender. I heard some people going as f
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by mantas 3y ago
Oh, we did get (and still do get) lots of „consultants“ from West advising us to privatise all the things. Some paid by West governments, some paid by private funds (= big businesses). As for zones of influence... It is very real. That&#x27
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by mantas 3y ago
Turns out quality content targeting hurts views and engagement.
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by mantas 3y ago
I remember there was a series of articles several years ago that German intelligence officers generated a lot activity in far-right websites. To the point that frequently it was mostly undercover „extremists“ discussing between themselves.
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by mantas 3y ago
Why pay attention to this if you can simply blame another state actor? And German federal government have a history for covert shitposting.
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by mantas 3y ago
Maybe German state itself is the actor.
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by mantas 3y ago
What about people who come from families who immigrated into US very recently? On both ends of affirmative action. Why would sub-Saharan african immigrant get a preferential treatment while eastern european one wouldn’t?
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by mantas 3y ago
Why not both startup founders and criminals? There're plenty examples...
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by mantas 3y ago
„Missing out“ does have a cultural weight of being net positive. Nobody says he just missed out on crashing into a tree on a windy road.
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by mantas 3y ago
„Most of population did“ is not exactly a good meter wether something is good or bad. „Most of population did“ quite a few things that didn't turn out that well.
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by mantas 3y ago
Don't you dare read what contradicts the prophet! This line seems to be very common millennia after millennia. Human nature never changes :D
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by mantas 3y ago
Suggesting to read challenging stuff is „gaslighting“? It's not. Just in case - reading does not mean agreeing with what you read. I've no issues reading „harmful“ material. In fact, I specifically try to read stuff that is writte
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by mantas 3y ago
That’s a very bigoted way to define „philosopher“. Philosopher’s job is not to tell things that you want to hear. Philosopher’s job is to challenge you. Don’t get entrenched in your bubble, mate.
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by mantas 3y ago
Iphone battery is already pretty close to replaceable by this law. You need a common tool to get in (trident screwdriver is available in most DIY shops), then glue tabs can be pried by hand. Doable for layman? Well, some people are afraid o
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by mantas 3y ago
Soviet Russia did abolish many borders, police forces and militaries... To enforce their own :) So far I've met two types of far-left. Flat-out authoritarians. Or „non-authoritarians“ who stay silent on implementation of their ideas. P

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