Your Destiny (Up Late)

Bless you boys for playing some of the Dune soundtrack at the beginning

I've only observed this on this pod and other FJ's content, I can't say I've seen it anywhere else, I think it's beneficial in general from a self-help perspective nonetheless.

Alexander Freeman

The message read from 19:50 to 24:00-ish was the biggest waste of Ali's breath, should have stopped after the arrogant remarks and clearly would benefit from Jordan Shanks (the best YouTube channel). OP is retarded in thinking that because a fully-vaccinated population has COVID cases is proof a vaccine doesn't work. I took the time to listen to the Dr Gupta interview with Joe Rogan and OP clearly missed the mark given his approach to the issue appears to be on par with JR keyboard warriors despite JR not wanting them to take his word as gospel.

Alexander Freeman

Can mislav stop talking like he read it

Kaelan Macaulay

Seems like mushrooms are definitely a part of a semi-post-covid spiritual boom at the moment, many friends and I have tried them since things started to become normal again. Mushrooms haven't rearranged my brain per se, but they've given me the opportunity to do it myself, as I'm better able to recognise my thoughts, feelings and behaviours for what they are. I'm able to confront some unwholesome personal truths with lot less impedance and judgement than before. Daily meditations with Sam Harris have also helped - his techniques are very practical. Anyway, I wonder if it's just my echo chamber, or do you guys think there's a renewed current of popular spirituality, or honest self-exploration, occurring at the moment? Could just be completely my biased perception, but if/when we have the chance to look back upon Covid, do you think we'll be able to identify the broader effects it has had on human spirituality?

Dr VVankenstein

I went on a long walk after listening to this, I think my internal question used to be: "How do I prove to myself that I'm as smart as I think I am?". Ali's thing about 'not being ignored' resonated with me; I was watching home movies a while ago with the parents, and there was one clip where I was about 5, trying to get Dad's attention, but he kept playing with my younger brother. I made several attempts to get his, or anyone's, attention, but there I remained, to the side of the camera, a figurant in everyone else's life. There were a few more clips that showed a repeating pattern, followed by one clip of me with my undies on my head and a tiny little dick dangling between my legs, being the centre of attention. Obviously the undies gag only works so many times; somewhere along the way, I must've realised that excelling at school got me attention from my parents, so I ended up valuing intelligence in myself the most. I rorted the education system, I did the bare minimum for an A in my subjects, and then in uni did the bare minimum for a 7 GPA. I liked to imagine I was intelligent, but I felt like a fraud, like my parents had no reason to be proud in me because it didn't feel like an achievement to me. I could do it with minimal effort because our education system has the bar so low (I realise this is cunty but bare with me). I studied maths, I interacted with, and read about, people far smarter than me; I'm a worm compared to them. Compliments would roll off me like water from a duck's back; all I cared about was what I thought of myself, and I felt utterly inadequate compared to what I knew I would never be. I eventually started making music as a hobby, to cope with the fact that I wasn't creative enough to be a real mathematician. I genuinely enjoyed making music and even impressed myself with some of what I've done, but immediately after I'd self-flagellate and talk myself down: "It's ok, but it's no Tchaikovsky". Lately I've been stuck wondering what I'm meant to do to transcend my current existence. I always used to think I had to be smart, but I guess "God" gave me all the tools I need, no more and no less. I don't really have a new question, I think I'll just remind myself each day that I'm not a genius and that's fine. I'm relatively smart, I need to be grateful for what I have and I should use it to help people. Thanks for the pod, sorry for the life story.

Wagon Lord

This episode should be knighted I'm listening to it again later today

snacc boi

Wow, that Vax hesitant guy literally only used Facebook talking points. Armchair "scientist" my cock. Doesn't understand biology in the slightest.

Connor de Joux

Great pod

Thanks for reading out my message about Kevin dunking on people. Since I sent that you've done exactly the video I described (months ago). Sorry I don't have any more content for you, legends.

hydroMatt

What would 2's rebel sister primary question be?

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