This is a reply to that post you had earlier this morning about Americans
(lol).
Personally, I don't think it's "racist". Judgemental at worst. TBH I think
you're right. Americans are so weird about stuff like that. They will
listen to Dr. Oz on TV, who isn't even a credible source, yet, they won't
listen to real people, heck, a good portion of them don't trust doctors,
they think the "internet is lying", and other really bizarre shit. If you
asked the to do research, they wouldn't know how to. They're unable to
comprehend that there is a bigger world outside of America, outside of what
they see on TV, and people live differently, and they're happier,
healthier, and ultimately better off socially and economically in other
places. But, instead, they have this weird sense of pride. They think
everyone is jealous of their freedom - this is a real thing. LOL. Sometimes
it seems like, it's just some people, but I'm noticing it's most people.
Not a lot of people want to actually do anything about their circumstances,
they just want others to know they're suffering and to blame it, to yell
about it, instead of sitting down and really critically thinking about what
steps I could take to change my outcomes.
My best friend is like this, in a lot of ways. She wasn't always this way,
and I really do think it has a lot to do with her diet and lifestyle. AND,
she knows this. That's the thing! She used to be really fit. She used to
eat really well. But, I think she gained like, 50+ lbs or something, fell
into a kind of slump, and her diet is MOSTLY fast food.
She has really weak willpower. I think a lot of people do. When something
isn't working for her, she can't let go.
I mean, it's not only diet, like you said, it's a lot of things, but it
sure contributes. I mean, c'mon, I'm homeless, technically, and I still
manage to make the best effort to avoid fast food, to avoid junk, to eat as
well as I possibly can within my means (as you do too)... because I know
that if I don't, my health will suffer, and when you don't feel well, you
don't get much done. Like, I really want to find ways to introduce
fermented foods since you mentioned it, because I have poor digestion, but
it's just not happening right now.
I've been thinking a lot about things like online communities, SJWs, memes,
and the popularity of nihilism - and all these other weird phenomenons
arising specifically in American youth culture. In a way, I notice the
intelligence attached it, and yeah, I do think young people are self-aware,
they're culturally and socially aware, have potential, but are rarely doing
much about it. More importantly though, just how useless all of this is.
You know? Like, American youth is very pessimistic, yet, they believe
highly of themselves - they think they're always right, they believe
they're in the know, very stubborn, for sure, and I do believe it is a
direct correlation to the attitude of their parents, culture, social and
economic realities, and the media, etc.
Like, this person you're describing behaves, IMO, very commonly to my
same-age peers, and the even my parents and their generation. And, it
really does feel like it's everyone. More and more, as I gain these outside
perspectives, like, from you, for example, I want to desperately pull away
from it. I don't want to be that, or be part of that, and I see it
everywhere. I feel like it holds me back from becoming better. In
comparison to small scale welfare culture, how people are here in the
shelter, I feel a real resistance, tbh.
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Date: 2017-06-15 05:39 pm (UTC)This is a reply to that post you had earlier this morning about Americans (lol).
Personally, I don't think it's "racist". Judgemental at worst. TBH I think you're right. Americans are so weird about stuff like that. They will listen to Dr. Oz on TV, who isn't even a credible source, yet, they won't listen to real people, heck, a good portion of them don't trust doctors, they think the "internet is lying", and other really bizarre shit. If you asked the to do research, they wouldn't know how to. They're unable to comprehend that there is a bigger world outside of America, outside of what they see on TV, and people live differently, and they're happier, healthier, and ultimately better off socially and economically in other places. But, instead, they have this weird sense of pride. They think everyone is jealous of their freedom - this is a real thing. LOL. Sometimes it seems like, it's just some people, but I'm noticing it's most people.
Not a lot of people want to actually do anything about their circumstances, they just want others to know they're suffering and to blame it, to yell about it, instead of sitting down and really critically thinking about what steps I could take to change my outcomes.
My best friend is like this, in a lot of ways. She wasn't always this way, and I really do think it has a lot to do with her diet and lifestyle. AND, she knows this. That's the thing! She used to be really fit. She used to eat really well. But, I think she gained like, 50+ lbs or something, fell into a kind of slump, and her diet is MOSTLY fast food.
She has really weak willpower. I think a lot of people do. When something isn't working for her, she can't let go.
I mean, it's not only diet, like you said, it's a lot of things, but it sure contributes. I mean, c'mon, I'm homeless, technically, and I still manage to make the best effort to avoid fast food, to avoid junk, to eat as well as I possibly can within my means (as you do too)... because I know that if I don't, my health will suffer, and when you don't feel well, you don't get much done. Like, I really want to find ways to introduce fermented foods since you mentioned it, because I have poor digestion, but it's just not happening right now.
I've been thinking a lot about things like online communities, SJWs, memes, and the popularity of nihilism - and all these other weird phenomenons arising specifically in American youth culture. In a way, I notice the intelligence attached it, and yeah, I do think young people are self-aware, they're culturally and socially aware, have potential, but are rarely doing much about it. More importantly though, just how useless all of this is. You know? Like, American youth is very pessimistic, yet, they believe highly of themselves - they think they're always right, they believe they're in the know, very stubborn, for sure, and I do believe it is a direct correlation to the attitude of their parents, culture, social and economic realities, and the media, etc.
Like, this person you're describing behaves, IMO, very commonly to my same-age peers, and the even my parents and their generation. And, it really does feel like it's everyone. More and more, as I gain these outside perspectives, like, from you, for example, I want to desperately pull away from it. I don't want to be that, or be part of that, and I see it everywhere. I feel like it holds me back from becoming better. In comparison to small scale welfare culture, how people are here in the shelter, I feel a real resistance, tbh.