MysterionMuffles

There are so many better children's stories out there that aren't fairy tales. So many great authors with original content continue to lose out because of the overused fairy tales. Give them a shot. There's a ton of kid's books based on real life issues like Why Johnny Has Two Daddies or Mary is in a Wheelchair Because. Sorry I don't know if those are real titles, I just remember in writing class that the content for children's books these days actually tackle real life issues that are hard to talk about, and nost just cute talking animals and other fun stuff you would expect from a typical children's book. Nothing wrong with those, but there are some real life nearly philosophically children's books out there. You don't have to waste their minds on fairy tales unless of course you are prepared for some very great discussions with your kids about them. In that case it isn't a waste of their minds. But I would stick with current stuff and let those stories of old lose traction. They are a distraction to the market of up and coming authors who want to tell something new and different.

why x's on your posts?

Aw yeah sometimes really impactful lyrics make me appreciate a song a whole lot more.

Wild assertion here too...it's like they want you away from them, but not for too long 'cause they need someone to pick on occasionally. I might be completely wrong, I just feel a huge sense of rejection emanating from your situation, that they would pay for you to live elsewhere and not help you find a job.

Really sorry you have to face such humiliation. I would suggest learning how to assert yourself more. In a moment in which that happens, just voice your honest feeling about it. One of a few things will happen: 1. They will disregard your honesty and it'll expose them for the careless people they are. 2. They will apologize for making those kinds of jokes meaning that they know, to some extent, as to why they make certain jokes. 3. The optimal option though is that they would become curious as to why you felt that way and take the time to understand your issues around money. If you get made fun of like that, what would you say if you could just name a feeling it gives you? And which one of these scenarios do you think is most likely to happen when enacted with your family?

No it's not comparable to calling spanking correction. I know there was also a really hot blonde female teacher who took advantage of a 14 year old boy. I said generalization because it usually is the men who prey on young girls, so I just went with the statistical norm. I remember a South Park episode where they made fun of it making like a pride thing for young boys to get sexually exploited by older females, but I don't think that makes it completely acceptable. Even Dr. Phil shamed the hell out of an older woman who got pregnant by a younger boy.

I just think its better to make daily resolutions.

Dude this is awesome, thanks a lot FriendlyHacker, you have now also hacked my BS detector. Thanks to philosophy and the works of John Bradshaw, I can see people's wounded inner children a mile away and how it manifests itself. Now thanks to this video, I'm able to see more than the wounded inner child, but also the mask that was made to cover it--much more clearly now.

Awesome Stephen, thanks for the share!

Yeah exactly, without imagination, new stuff cannot be created. I think you also have to discern the difference between imagination and fantasy. Fantasy is in the realm of complete nonsense and illogical fallacies (which can be fun of course) and can be taken with a grain of salt. While imagination is the creative aspect of fantasy, but not entirely dependant on fantasy. Fantasy requires imagination because without an imagination, fun things cannot be made up like adventures to the grocery store and pretending that some of the tiles are hot lava. A kid knows what they see, but their mind likes to believe otherwise all for the sake of play. Imagination however does not always result in fantasy. It can also result in innovation. Maybe the car was a fantasy at first with the first blue prints ever drawn, but it was something that can be created. Fantasy is only belief without impericism, but if it can abide by the laws of physics and biology, it can transcend the stage of fantasy and become something tangible in the real world. It's a fantasy that humans on their own will one day fly on their own (unless we evolve somehow to develop wings), but the best imagination can offer us is the passage of air travel in the form of a plane.

Jaclyn Glenn *drool*

Closure in philosophy is rare, so glad to have helped!

Me. I always found conspiracies interesting, but I never really bought into them. Anyways, my journey to FDR went like this: I believe it was either 2009 or 2010 Rememberance Day and my brother shared a video on Facebook called Freedom, War and Soldiers that he shared from one of his friends. I watched it and even though it was 20 minutes of just some bald dude vlogging, I invested all of my attention into it. At that point I wasn't easily entertained, but I think it was one of the first few times that I didn't watch something just to be entertained, rather informed. I connected deeply with what he was saying about how we cannot build a world on blood, and also felt sadness where at some point in the video Stef started to cry a little about. He was talking about how soldiers are propagandized to believe that murder for money and prestige was immoral to the point where they're rolling hand grenades into children's rooms. I was always confused as to why my classmates could watch war footage with watery hopeful eyes being told that these people died for our freedom. What the hell does that even mean? Those Rememberance Day assemblies that left me feeling alone were finally put into perspective thanks to this video. It wasn't me who was insane all this time, it was my peers. I would always get back to class with them and ask "what's the point of getting other people to kill other people for you? If you're a world leader, why can't you just meet with other world leaders to talk things out?" And I'd always just get ignored or something statist propaganda response. At that point I tried to get into all the other political and economical stuff Stef talked about with other experts in their fields. I dunno, as much as I loved that one video, I couldn't get into any of the other ones for a while except for Putting of Procrastination. That one changed my life forever when I watched it. He made a good and logical case, that I think is valid, as to what causes procrastination. Basically it's a re-enactment of being bossed around and you internalize that master-slave relationship your parents teach you (if they were that way) and you just treat yourself the same way. That you have to inflict obligations on yourself to do anything but that takes away from having the natural desire to do anything. I started listening to a few call in shows or listener conversations off iTunes and particularly liked the ones about love and whatnot. I always thought philosophy could deal more with personal stuff rather than the abstract. Then it got really heavy for me as some of these calls involved diving into the caller's childhoods. It caused me to start thinking about my own and even MORE so when I downloaded the five original Philosophical Parenting podcasts. But then it got too heavy for me as I completely forgot about the cases made for Anarchy as I started delving into the personal topics. I started thinking about my childhood and remembering all the horrible things my parents did, mainly my mom. Long story short, she has stumped me emotionally and financially, so after all the angst and realizations as to why I was the way I was, my mom actually helped me find a job at her office, and for a while I thought that was enough to make up for her shortcomings. I spent about a year heavily investing time with destructive people and letting them step all over my preferences and boundaries, all the while still trying to argue about the government and stuff to people. It wasn't until last year around this time that I started listening to FDR again and having more respect for all the broad amount of topics covered here. And uhh here I am now, a very active member on the boards and chatroom, as well as an avid listener to most of the stuff released now. This past year has put everything else in my life into perspective as I am now well equipped with a well trained eye (and ear) to recognize reflections of the coercive paradigm in which the government operates at. It was easy to see THEIR corruption as I have always been an Anarchist all my life, but now I have that paradigm recognition when it comes to people and family dynamics, and that, I think, is much more important and much more easy to deal with than the Fed. As a side note, I was also a very weak agnostic. I spent a few years still believing in God in my own way, all the while thinking religion just misinterpreted him. Then I saw Stef's video on Philosophically Disproving the Existence of God (think I might have the wrong title, not sure) and basically I just went full Atheist after hearing his arguments. I wasn't that keen on believing in God anymore anyway, and my self help and new spirituality stuff was starting to lose its edge. I still retain some of the daily applicable stuff I learned from them, but philosophy has helped it all come full circle.

LOL emo-Stef.

Guess it is definitively subjective when people use the word "normal," even though I would argue "normal" people should be the ones who are mentally sound. SOME DAY! Some day...

Oh man this was the last good FFX before they started biting Star Wars. I do remember Tidus' daddy issues. But wow I never saw that aspect about Yuna being obligated to family and royalty. I was behind her in her actions without really knowing why. Now I do. Thanks. Also Blitz Ball was the best mini game in an FF ever!

The one thing he didn't do is remind the American military "thou shall not kill" is being neglected.

Maybe when he was around that age he was? Did he mention specifically as a middle aged dude he hasn't found a 16 year old girl attractive? I can't remember. Because if that's the case then that makes sense. As time goes by, a man would lose attraction to girls around certain age ranges. Like when I was 10, I was attracted to 10 year old girls, but when I turned 14 I couldn't find 10 year olds attractive anymore. I was more attracted to like 14-30 year old women. And now that I'm 26, I'm more attracted to zebras and giraffes If you're of healthy mind, your maturity will be synonomous with what you'd be attracted to.

Oh my God that is heartbreaking as still frames...you can see the remorse in the child's eyes to become something that they are not.

http://distractify.com/people/reasons-why-pope-francis-is-the-person-of-the-year/ Your thoughts? I feel sceptical towards this. Has he really spoken up against child abuse? And when he consoled that rape victim...did he offer true solace or God's protection?

ARGH kids on leashes. I see that, and I don't CARE if Dora is plastered all over it. "Hold the little bastard's hand you dumb, unenlightened moron!" Is all I want to say to those parents. Anyways yeah these are very good shots. I particularly like I'm Not Heard and In Trouble. Oh man the boy's tense shoulders and his grimace, I wonder if he already expects how this will pan out. As for the girl, how frustrating that could be that her mother (assuming that is her mother) with all that nasty cellulite would rather choose shopping over giving her daughter attention. I would start selling these photos to article writers that defend children's rights. There is some very good anti-spanking articles out there, as well as ones that cover other subtle forms such as abuse, and they are lacking in photo accompanyment (is that even a word and did I spell it right?). That's one way to use them effectively, try to find article sites like www.psychologytoday.com who post the latest scientific findings on the effects of child abuse and see if you can work a deal with them letting you use your photos for articles that closely link to your photos messages.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this set of lyrics I've been working on. I have a preset intention on what I want to convey with these lyrics, but I would also like to see how you guys interpret it. Monkeys in the Mirror Your inability to look at yourself Is a condemnation to a wretched hell Full of remorse and reaction Attempting to absolve ownership for your actions Monkey see and monkey do They're just mirrors to you When you hand raise the beast All they learn is defeat Physical correction is incorrect within itself When your demands are often defied Don't you dare, no don't you dare act so surprised When they take their violence out on other kids Don't you wonder, wonder why they had to blow their lids? Monkey see and monkey do They're just mirrors to you When you hand raise the beast All they learn is defeat You'll only get what you give 'Cause they learn what they live So when you hand raise the beast All they learn is defeat Every time that I hear the excuse That I just did the best that I could It makes me sick, yeah it makes me sick, sick to my stomach How no one seems to, no one seems to, no one seems to get it I haven't done this in my song writing life, but I would be open to some feedback and criticism on my lyrics for once. If I can improve on my delivery or if syntax needs adjustment. You name it, I'll take it into consideration if the changes fit the singing pattern.

I used to think that any age gap relationship is okay as long as the younger party has gone through puberty and that the older person isn't merely exploiting their naivity for sex. Also, if the younger person isn't just exploiting the older person for resources. Right? It's like the whole Lolita dynamic, where you think the older man (to take the generalization) is the predator, but it turns out that the young woman in question has the capacity to control him too. She knows it's dangerous for him to be in this relationship, so if he ever acts out of line, she can always get him arrested so he is forced to be as gentle manly as possible. However, after hearing Stef's intro to December 16's call-in show about Paul Walker, I gained a greater understanding about the subject in a way I never looked at before. How a 16 year old cannot rationally reason out why they'd be in a relationship with a man double her age in any logical or consistent fashion. Especially if she's physically attractive, he's highly attractive and rich, there's just no way, no matter how intellectually intelligent she is, emotionally, there is no way to really guage the true value of her self in the relationship. That mention made me lean towards more of a self worth aspect of it. If she's so mature that a 30 year old man is who she attracts, that should mean he must be immensly immature, in which case, why be in that relationship if he's gonna end up keeping her immature to suit his needs, or simply get worse over time to be managed by her superior maturity? Yet, if he's mature, and somehow she's really mature as well, why can't he be with a woman his own age anyway since emotionally a 16 year old isn't there yet? We can argue that there are some women out there who are of legal age that don't have the emotional maturity they should have after puberty is complete, but I would say that's just a defficiency independant from the debate of age gap relationships. By default, a 16 year old girl won't have that emotional maturity, but beyond that age of consent and development, it's a whole different problem on their part. Also thanks to that intro speech, I guess I can understand what unmet needs could be residing in both parties. To me, age gap relationships are starting to look like this: the woman doesn't have a positive male role model so they need to fill the void for a daddy and mixing it with a romantic need, while the man doesn't have a positive female role model, one who has infantalized him and kept him immature, and must project that insecurity onto a woman that he in turn can manipulate.

So is normally really just a subjective cultural thing? Whatever is more popularly accepted, that's what constitutes as normal? For instance being honest and virtuous are better practices in life, but are not neccessarily considered normal in today's society?

Oh yeah that's right, I forgot that movie did touch upon that. I feel like watching it as an adult, as I fondly remember the anti-tyranny aspect of it. I don't remember if I liked it as a kid though. Meh.