Smacked Voodoo

5y

Lmao f***in losers

insertcoolnamehere

5y

Man came in here and generalized all men and you co-signed it. You think you got it all figured out when you don’t know s*** bro

i'm not derailing this thread into a back-and-forth with how you really just mad because niggas exposed you for not reading replies/sources bruh. you 20, go outside and touch some grass lil one.

fashion killa

5y

reallllly sloppy a***ysis in that video

there's a lot i could go into but i find the best way to explain this kind of stuff is with the little things.

one of the characteristics of mystery babylon is that is a nation, not a system. ok what is this founded on?

one quote from one english translation of the bible that chose to use the word nation. do you not see how it is extremely likely that the word which was translated into nation could also be translated into state or system or society or any other number of words? in other words, there is no real significance to the word nation being used instead pf the word system.

regardless, something so arbitrary is assigned significant value. the english translation of the bible is bring taken absurdly literally here, to a point that the original meaning of the text becomes distorted. it is made to "say" something it actually never says

and this happens throughout the video. there is no shortage of forced interpretations here. the existence of a mystery babylon is again founded on taking specific word choice EXTREMELY literally, to a point of absurdity.

half this theory is based on comically literal readings of a translated bible, and half is based on elaborate assumptions required to reconcile these literal readings

while viewing america through the lens of mystery babylon can provide unique insight, and does hold some value, it is for the most part an understanding built on very shaky foundations, and should remain as an exercise in perspective. it certainly should not become part of a rigid worldview.

point being, there is a lot of truth to what you say, but there is also a lot of non-truth. you have to learn to separate the wheat from the chaff, my friend.

Smacked Voodoo

5y

I wanted to argue against this but whenever I scroll thru life and music sxn and see the threads and discussion that goes on, I have asked myself if these dudes actually have anyone close to them, male or female, in their lives to keep them from asking and saying the stupid ass s*** that they do.

Maybe that survey is possibly onto something? A good amount of the responses I'm seeing itt definitely has me thinking it is...

Scratchin Mamba

5y

Not very empathetic to have such an attitude about such an attitude about the deterioration of people's social lives

Smacked Voodoo

5y

I would be more empathetic but the d***heads on here don't make it easy to show empathy for them

blonded

5y

if i speak i am in big trouble

Scratchin Mamba

5y

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You're not helping anybody with some of the reactions itt.

Discourse around issues that affect men disproportionately always lacks consideration of structural causes and conditioning etc. People are quick to talk about toxic masculinity when it's about pointing out individual failures of individual men, but are hesitant to talk about toxic masculinity in the form of the harmful standards that men are expected to live up to. How does that make anything better?

That's how you get divorce court radicalizing middle aged men into becoming braindead reactionary ultra-mysogynists.

People wanna talk about losers, but loneliness is probably the biggest factor that leads men to becoming losers. You're not helping any women by saying "lol f***ing loser" and ignoring structural factors that lead to loserdom. Might make you feel good inside though

Moral indignation at their mysoginy is not only understandable but even a good thing I would say. But it takes more than that to actually improve things.

Smacked Voodoo

5y

......we not talking about women here b. We just talking about friends and how these dudes don't have close friends.

Smacked Voodoo

5y

I wanted to argue against this but whenever I scroll thru life and music sxn and see the threads and discussion that goes on, I have asked myself if these dudes actually have anyone close to them, male or female, in their lives to keep them from asking and saying the stupid ass s*** that they do.

Maybe that survey is possibly onto something? A good amount of the responses I'm seeing itt definitely has me thinking it is...

Scratchin Mamba

5y

Especially if we look at the possible causes of this decline in friendships according to the article:

The COVID-19 pandemic is the most obvious culprit in the national friendship decline, but broader structural forces may be playing a more important role. First, Americans are marrying later than ever and are more geographically mobile than in the past—two trends that are strongly associated with increasing rates of self-reported social isolation and feelings of loneliness.1 Second, American parents are spending twice as much time with their children compared to previous generations, crowding out other types of relationships, including friendships.2 Finally, Americans are working longer hours and traveling more for work, which may come at the cost of maintaining and developing friendships.3 In fact, perhaps reflecting its central place in the hierarchy of American social life, Americans are now more likely to make friends at work than any other way—including at school, in their neighborhood, at their place of worship, or even through existing friends.

That's just capitalism taking its toll on people. Beyond me how you can be so dismissive of this just because it affects men more.

Scratchin Mamba

5y

Especially if we look at the possible causes of this decline in friendships according to the article:

The COVID-19 pandemic is the most obvious culprit in the national friendship decline, but broader structural forces may be playing a more important role. First, Americans are marrying later than ever and are more geographically mobile than in the past—two trends that are strongly associated with increasing rates of self-reported social isolation and feelings of loneliness.1 Second, American parents are spending twice as much time with their children compared to previous generations, crowding out other types of relationships, including friendships.2 Finally, Americans are working longer hours and traveling more for work, which may come at the cost of maintaining and developing friendships.3 In fact, perhaps reflecting its central place in the hierarchy of American social life, Americans are now more likely to make friends at work than any other way—including at school, in their neighborhood, at their place of worship, or even through existing friends.

That's just capitalism taking its toll on people. Beyond me how you can be so dismissive of this just because it affects men more.

fmvp yzy vert

5y

I was called a troll when I stated the impact of covid measures itttt…

Undecided

5y

This is what happens when dudes have no outside life outside of superhero movies and video games.

ARCADE GOON

5y

Maybe you shouldn't psychoanalyze people based on anonymous s***posts

Smacked Voodoo

5y

Psychoanalyze deez nuts pimp

Smacked Voodoo

5y

I would be more empathetic but the d***heads on here don't make it easy to show empathy for them