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Tessa, looks like your first post, so welcome to the forum! Sounds like you made some good changes there, wu-hu! As regards removing plastic, I'm sure there are expensive supplements that will promise loads, but I have heard about activated charcoal as a de-toxifying agent esp for heavy metals, for many years now. Makes sense as it seems most of the better jug-type water filters use charcoal afaik. Some other changes I have made: -Cleaning using vinegar and salt/bicarbonate of soda. Does a better job and subjectively much healthier. I used to get headache from cleaning chemicals. I'm looking to get my hands on some hydrogen peroxide also. -Brazil nuts: If your not eating them, I advise it. Just one a day does the job for Selenium, good for zinc also. -Lemon water-I use half pint glass cold water, a few teaspoons of lemon fresh or bottled and half boiling water. Good for the digestion. I generally drink only ~30 C water now if I can. There is a thorny issue I have been assiduously avoiding and that is of tea/coffee. Tea has been a constant for my whole life and coffee a little more in the last few years. I have read that tea especially has high fluoride content but there are offsets with the tannins etc. Has anyone quit tea/coffee? Any report to make on benefits? Cheers all.

What a coincidence. I have recently realised that jumping out of the 50th storey of a high-rise and flying (in abstraction) is much more preferable to the reality of falling to a power-hose-necessitating-cleanup death. Damn stairs are hard, all on my own.

Pleiades, I want to compliment you on the channel. You are certainly very well spoken and I look forward to seeing the rest of the videos over time. I have a query. I watched the Sandman video already and I think your overall approach is quite balanced ie there are good women out there and how you develop yourself and attract women matters alot. I had a negative emotional reaction to the part where you talked about Sandman though at the start of the video. When you talked about how "something" happened to him to make him this way (paraphrasing here, and please correct me if I'm incorrect). I think it was unfair to cast an aspersion on the motives of Sandman based on something you heard but would not repeat. It was poisoning the well to some extent and colouring peoples perception of him based on hearsay. Now, you may have the correct info, I have no idea, but in terms of fairness I think you should either say something straight out and allow it to be refuted or corrected or not mention it at all. Furthermore, your approach is balanced IMO to women and the possibility of good relationships. Solid arguments in favour of this proposition would IMO be a better servant to you than throwing aspersions on proponents of alternative views. To be clear, I watch Sandman and I think he has alot to offer in terms of educating men to the dangers in relationships and many of the choices men must make. He gives his rationale and evidence also but admittedly veers into sophistry and exaggerative speculation at times perhaps at times painting all women with the same brush. But I think it is the audiences decision on what to take on board and what to dismiss. Pointing out fallacies, inconsistencies and generalisations etc is fine.

Men can get by on very little. At one point for around 8 months in 2006, I was working 14 hr days and a regular saturday labouring and I had my food bill down to 40 euro/50 dollars a week. I was saving around 700 euro/950 dollars a week. I was saving for college. I have thought about the post-war period and the explosion in cheap crap people buy. Oil consumption and the rise of feminism are fairly proportional ie. easy calories equals "equality" as they pursue it. It's thermodynamics 1001 mixed in with free-time and idle-minds enabled by cheap energy. I saw a video Sandman did on christmas in Canada during a snow-storm and blackout. Looked for it. here it is:

Hang on there one cotton pickin' minute. What about the crustaceans that make up the oil for the fake fur? We incinerate them!!! Or the mouse you use with the computer? We fiddle with that little fella all the time! Or the rampant rabbit..........

Catch-22 - Egggggssss!!!!!

I think PJ has a big problem(yes, just one). He has pushed out this stuff and nailed himself to it. The more time goes on, the more ridiculous he sounds. What was a "zeitgeist", is now a dvd weathering away at the bottom of a sock drawer. I've often thought that the rise of these movements is proportional to the number of useless degrees people get and the useless made-up job roles they fulfill on the back of taxes or nonsense regs. I get stick all the time and have to deal with "stakeholders" like environmentalists and "community" leaders in resource management who have never produced or managed anything in their lives. They do not know work, only the weasel-worded code of the local authority or the "law". Rant over. I would not be surprised if he changes direction to a SJW or the likes or comes up with some new fantabulous idea that he only ever thought of but that he can only hint at that nobody can understand because he's so smart and good because.......structural violence. I should have truncated that last sentence......

How many scientific endeavours discover something new that progresses civilisation? Not many. How many of those that succeed deliver tangible benefits in standards of living and efficiency etc? Not many. How many people found and run a business that is wildly successful? Not many. How many people will find their "one true love", whatever that is? Not many. Life is unfair. Some are born with deformities and diseases etc. Some are smarter or have some advantage in particular conditions. Do we compensate for this? I haven't watched the video, I don't think I could stomach it. I think PJ wants to live off the "fat of the land" of others. I have thought of life decisions and indeed allocation of resources in the free-market as risk management. In general, humans have minimised short-term risk with the cost of qualitatively larger long-term risk. Eat today rather than starve and deal with tomorrow when it comes. The one variable that will allow us to minimise risk in totality is knowledge and technology. PJ thinks we have reached a point where if only everything was shared equally, there would be NO risk. ie we have the tech, now robot city paradise. If he said this straight out, he could be dismissed by any half-rational mind. But he doesn't, he talks in riddles and therefore he has power over the weak-minded. He is the literate priest with an illiterate congregation. I believe him to be dangerous. That is my opinion.

The great irony is that cumulative scientific advancement means creatures such as this survive to adulthood, although adulthood may be the wrong word in PJ's case.

The points made about naivete hit on something I have been thinking about this last while. I look back and I think I could examine my parents/family/culture in a critical manner because I could compare it to other families/parents/cultures but in order to maintain my sanity I had to approach the situation with naivete. Keep my head down and work towards an "out". To recognise all that was wrong and to act on it would have been dangerous. If I "pretended", then there was an avoidance of recognition in reality. Aswell as this, there was still the hope that I was wrong and that they were good people and eventually they would change. Nonetheless, what is perceived is understood and words still damage. That is where the naivete leads to numbness. It is a form of defence I think and I think it leads to perhaps some form of absurdism or nihilism. There is no up or down or black or white. And what is the point any way? There is alot in this of course, but I would like to know if anyone has a view on what role intelligence plays in this. It has occurred to me recently that most people I have known make what is a hell for me their home. This may be another form of naivete on my part. Perhaps they just don't see what I see? It is a more comfortable idea than that they see and choose not to change.

I want to echo the above. It was excellently done and obviously an intensely emotional topic and set of themes. I have thought repeatedly that WW1 should form the basis of any history education. The parsing out of psychopaths would be facilitated by the pupils reactions. It either horrifies you or it doesn't. There is no middle ground with this.

Came across this nice list from: http://www.functionalhealthcoach.com.au/xeno-oestrogens.html They're everywhere!!! ESTROGENIC CHEMICALS TO AVOID IN SKIN PRODUCTS Synthetic Toxic Sources Paraben Phenoxyethanol Phthalates (plasticizers) 4-Methylbenzylidene camphor (4-MBC) (sunscreen lotions) Butylated hydroxyanisole / BHA (food preservative) Atrazine (weedkiller) Bisphenol A (monomer for polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resin; antioxidant in plasticizers) Dieldrin (insecticide) DDT (insecticide) Endosulfan (insecticide) Erythrosine / FD&C Red No. 3 Heptachlor (insecticide) Lindane / hexachlorocyclohexane (insecticide) Methoxychlor (insecticide) Nonylphenol and derivatives (industrial surfactants; emulsifiers for emulsion polymerization; laboratory detergents; pesticides) Polychlorinated biphenyls / PCBs (in electrical oils, lubricants, adhesives, paints) Phenosulfothiazine (a red dye) DEHP (plasticizer for PVC) For more chemicals (these are NOT the complete list, sorry!) please refer to Chemical Maze or Lotion Secrets for more detail on chemical names to avoid Naturally Derived Sources Tea tree oil (melaleuca) Lavender oil Sage Rosemary AVOID - GENERAL Drinking out of plastic cups and containers. Replace with aluminium/steel/glass bottle Drink only filtered water - cheapest option is to buy a Brita filter for home and work Replace all creams/handwashes/dishwasher soaps/washing machine soaps/fragrances/hair washes/toothpastes/etc with non-chemical ones Replace suncream with chemical-free/natural option e.g. WotNot brand. Or/and use a hat and long sleeved shirt Avoid commercially-raised, non-organic meats such as beef, chicken, and pork Avoid commercial dairy products including milk, butter, cheese, and ice cream – Use only organic products that do not contain bovine growth hormone Avoid microwaving Do not heat food or water with plastic in the microwave. Do not drink hot liquids in foam styrofoam cups or receptacles. Avoid heating food in plastics or styrofoam containers Avoid hot foods served in plastics Avoid using teflon and most other non-stick pots/pans - try Ecolon for non-stick alternative: https://www.neoflam.com.au Avoid soy Avoid regular laundry detergent. Use white vinegar, baking soda, tri-sodium phosphate (TSP) or soap nuts. According to some experts, avoid even the Seventh Generation and most eco brands Avoid dryer sheets and fabric softeners. Use white vinegar is a marvelous natural fabric softener, no smell after it dries Avoid Primpro, DES, Premarin, Cimetidine (Tagamet), Marijuana, and Birth Control Pills Avoid hormone replacement therapy (HRT) Avoid progesterone creams made with paraben preservatives Take out belly button rings. Dulls stimulation point/nerve (think acupuncture) directly linking to reproductive system site – can have affect on hormone balance / fat storage Avoid ground flaxseed. If you’re looking for the Omega-3 effect, use fish oil instead Avoid sunflower oil, no safflower oil, no cottonseed oil, no canola oil. Use olive oil Avoid shampoos, lotions, soaps, cosmetics that contain paraben or phenoxyethanol – Almost all contain them, you have to look far and wide. Be diligent, you’re getting hundreds of times more exposure through your skin than through your diet Avoid shampoos that purposely include estrogen (these are shampoos that cater to the African-American market) Avoid air fresheners that contain pthalates (this includes when getting your car cleaned, check with cleaners they aren't going to spray or wipe the inside of your car with a heap of synthetic oestrogen mimickers, you'll be exposed to this over and over again every time you drive your car) Do not use anything on the skin with parabens or phenoxyethanol in them. This includes shampoo, soap, makeup, hand lotion, body lotion, and toothpaste. Oral substances are 90% filtered by the liver. Skin-absorbed substances are 100% absorbed by the body, thus, a skin dose is 10 times an oral dose. AVOID OR USE SPARINGLY Limit caffeine (increases estradiol levels by up to 70%) Avoid tea tree oil (Melaleuca) Avoid lavender oil Limit sage Limit rosemary POLIQUIN – TEN THINGS YOU CAN DO TO LIMIT CHEMICAL ESTROGEN EXPOSURE Eat organic and avoid ingesting estrogenic pesticides and growth hormones Use natural cleaning products. Chemical cleaners contain toxins and estrogen-mimicking compounds. Opt for plant-based cleaners. Don’t trust it just because it says “green” on the label. Check ingredients. Use natural personal care products such as shampoo and conditioner. These are the same as cleaning products—don’t trust it just because it says “natural” on the label. Look for DBP, DEP, DEHP, BzBP, and DMP in the ingredients; all are chemical estrogens. Avoid scented candles and air fresheners. Some may contain essential oils and are safe, but beware of the word “fragrance” because it may refer to hormone-altering chemicals. Avoid plastic containers for food and water. Use glass and get a stainless steel water bottle. Plastic contains BPA, which mimics estrogen. Never microwave or heat plastic. Under high temperatures is when BPA is most easily transferred from plastic to food. Use glass containers. Don’t take receipts unless necessary. Almost half of paper receipts contain BPA and there’s evidence that cashiers have very high BPA levels. Say “no thanks” to receipts. Use cloth bags when shopping. If you forget your cloth bags, opt for paper if you can. Take Curcumin to help prevent cancer from chemical estrogens. This antioxidant is found in the spice turmeric and research has shown it can reduce chemical estrogen-induced growth of cancer cells. It also helps prevent damage quinone production during the detox process. Take Limonene to increase the enzymes needed in the liver that detoxify estrogen. It is the antioxidant that is found in the oil of citrus fruits and tomatoes. If you get an estrogen detox supplement, it will likely contain limonene. "OK" AND OTHER GENERAL INFORMATION Use cosmetics with minerals or grapefruit seed extract as a preservative Plenty of fibre and antioxidants in diet to help aid elimination of chemical estrogens Use glass or ceramics whenever possible to store food and water. Heat up your food using a glass or ceramic bowl covered with dish. When plastic is heated, it diffuses very rapidly into food. Use a simple detergent with less chemicals; Nature Clean is a good choice for both laundry detergent and dish washing detergent. Simple Soap is a safe choice for shampoo and a body soap. Use natural pest control not pesticides. Avoid Synthetic Chemicals – Healthy Living in a Toxic World by Cynthia Fincher PhD. is a good place to start. Don’t use herbicides; use a cup of salt in a gallon of vinegar. Buy hormone free meats to eat. Buy “Organic” produce, produce grown without pesticides, herbicides or synthetic fertilizer or hormones. Use Condoms without spermicide for Birth control instead of Birth Control Pills. Use Natural Progesterone instead of HRT. In general, the hormones taken orally are first pass metabolized by the liver 80%-90%. However, when these hormones are applied to the skin, the hormones are directly absorbed by the body. Thus, any skin dose is 10 times that of an oral dose. The vast majority of skin lotions and creams use the parabens as a preservative. Avoid them at all costs. Instead apply a vegetable oil right after a shower to hydrate the skin and lock in the moisture. Cosmetics with minerals or grapefruit seed extract as a preservative A simple detergent with less chemicals; Nature Clean is a good choice for both laundry detergent and dish washing detergent Simple Soap is a safe choice for shampoo and a body soap

Jamesican, I must say, well done!!! Not an easy thing to do. I was brought up RC in RC schools in an RC country. I stopped with the whole ritual at about 13 yo wit some minor relapses but it's hard to get away from even still. I have always found that when things get tough, the temptation to turn back to religion and Jebus is there. Wouldn't it be great not to have to think!!! No, it wouldn't, it would be "hell". Once religion went, the rest follows yay verily unto the state and nationalism and all the rest. Hold fast and fill your mind up with the great thinkers and be very careful who you surround yourself with and listen to, including the media you consume. Slowly it will disappear in the rear-view mirror.

Below transcript of an article on the feminisation of crustaceans by environmental pollutants of human and natural origin. The mention of the pollutants as they relate to mammals is interesting. I am currently doing an inventory of the food and products I use to minimise such and other pollutants. Examples are: -non-fluoridated toothpaste -no shaving gel - no deodorant (except stick) - no shower-gel or shampoo just an olive-oil based soap - minimised processed foods, aspartame, MSG etc. - minimal sugar even from fruit. If anyone else has made such or similar changes, I would be much appreciative if they could add them. I'm thinking this could become a thread for constant refinement of avoiding these and other damaging chemicals. Also, if anyone has cut out tap-water (esp in fluoridated) areas and replaced with a filter system or bottled, I would again appreciate it alot if you could share your experience with me!!! From: http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=10&id=72648&l=e&country=0&special=&ndb=1&df=0 Male crustaceans can avoid being feminised Male crustaceans can ‘lock down’ their maleness to avoid being completely feminised by seawater contaminated by feminising pollutants, according to scientists. New research by scientists at the University of Portsmouth has shown that crustaceans turned partially into females retain a core of masculinity, and they may have learned how to do it after evolutionary battles with parasites. The researchers have also published the entire genetic code for the amphipod crustacean they studied, which they hope will lead to even better understanding of their biology. The research is published in Environmental Science and Technology. One of the researchers, Dr Alex Ford said: “We’ve known for some time that fish change sex if they’re subjected to even small amounts of oestrogen in the water, but until now we didn’t know what was happening to crustaceans. “What we found is that once a crustacean has decided to be male, it can lock down its maleness. It will still become feminised in many respects, but at its core, it will remain male. This has important implications for how we study the effects of potential feminising pollutants on these creatures,” Ford added. Fish and some other aquatic creatures are increasingly changing sex because the rivers and oceans are receiving a steady stream of feminising pollutants in sewage and industrial effluent. Dr Ford and his co-author Dr Stephen Short are marine biologists at the Institute of Marine Sciences at Portsmouth and have been studying the effect of different chemicals on a range of organisms for several years. Dr Short said: “We don’t know why crustaceans, but not vertebrates, have this ability to hold on to their maleness, but we know crustaceans have been engaged in long evolutionary battles with feminising parasites which turn males into females in order to transmit to the next generation via the eggs of their hosts. “It could be that this history has given crustaceans strategies to cope with feminisation and this is now proving useful in the face of human pollution,” Short remarked. Some crustaceans decide whether to be male or female soon after hatching, which is defined by Dr Ford as “a little window of plasticity”. “In fish and in humans and other mammals if a creature becomes more female, they automatically will become less male as a result. It’s like a seesaw. Crustaceans are wired differently and by becoming female, they don’t necessary lose their maleness,” he said. The research was part of a four-year project that looked at the effects of parasites and pollution on crustaceans and was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Dr Ford has previously found that a miniscule amount of drugs – equivalent to a drop in an Olympic sized swimming pool – commonly found in human waste can have a dramatic effect on aquatic life, including changing the speed at which some creatures can swim, to their ability to reproduce. He said: “Crustaceans are the most diverse creatures in our oceans and, until now, we didn’t know a lot about their molecular biology. “By publishing the entire set of genes we are giving biologists a whole suite of tools to further study many aspects of their biology including their endocrine, nervous and immune systems,” Ford pointed out.

Women can't be white knights, they're princesses and much too fragile. One of those things that's true in a Shakespearean sonnet and far,far away from reality....;-D

I really enjoyed that video. I've been writing down my thoughts and memories and feelings for the last three months or so and I have noticed a big difference in my thinking. Just scratching the surface atm but it's a start. Thanks again and subbed to your channel!!!

Andrew, I mean this with sympathy and indeed empathy aswell. I think from what you have said that you may be sacrificing a part of yourself to maintain the atmosphere for others. I am very curious as to your relationship with your mother and father. From the seriousness of the initial OP, when you replied, I didn't get the seriousness in concern for yourself. It is not your role in life to suffer abuse and indeed possible physical damage for anyone. I know this is a difficult situation and all is easier in words on a page, but I just want to appeal to you to be inconvenient here. For example, what would you do or advice would you give if another member of the house was undergoing similar abuse? Another man? A woman? What if it was your child undergoing this abuse? What would you say?

The format is promising. Do you have any funny videos that one can watch or is this it?

Really sorry to hear this man. If it was a man, it would be straight forward, but.... Firstly, what do the others say when this happens? Is it accepted or is she ostracised? What other form does she have, any other issues with other people that you can maybe corroborate with? ie a pattern of behaviour? If dealing through the proper channels doesn't work and you make it clear you can't move due to finances etc, then remedial action is necessary. If she is like "thumping" you or kicking you, what you could do is have one of the others have their phone at the ready to record at all times, or have your own, even if its just audio. When she goes to hit you, you have the right to defend yourself, so catching her by the wrist is just self-defence. From there, restraint would also IMO (but of course, check with your local law enforcement etc.) be appropriate. If it is on camera, you have the right then to perform something like a citizens arrest if you think it necessary and call the cops, again if needed. Just saw that cops are out. In this case, if you have documented evidence, a legal letter threatening action may be appropriate. Life is too short man, come down hard and fast but be smart about it. Enduring this IS doing damage to you, perhaps even in ways subconsciously that will be extremely detrimental to you in the future. Again, sorry and I hope it is resolved soon.

I have fond memories of Henry Kissinger getting very upset when he was confronted as a war-criminal here. I have sickening memories of when Barack Obama came here and got the usual sycophantic reception. Disgusting. I hope never to meet any of these creatures in person. Enough ordinary dangerous people knocking around as it is.

Don't know if this is one, I came up with it just now: "Twixt the optimist and the feminist. The feminist sees the doughnut, the optimist sees the hole!" ;-D

I know it's a hypothethical, but this seems to have a characteristic of many such hypo's I see for a free society. If the owner is filing for bankruptcy just now, where did he get the finances from, up til now? Why is the revenue failing just now if it is so popular? The hypo's nearly always pick a snapshot in time and say: "well, what now, eh?", when it is by it's very nature a continuum. What would happen if the "iconic" black cabs of London became obsolete, out-competed or unwanted? They'd be toast. Or the "iconic" steam engines? Toast, except for pleasure rides that people pay to maintain and utilise, or they'd, you guessed it, be toast. Or politicians..........wishful thinking.

I would like to know what have been the major events in your life over the past two-three years. Especially as they relate to family, big life changes, relationships, career or ed. and what your reaction to these changes has been. Not in retrospect, if this makes any sense but what were you experiencing (if anything) at the time. In your gut. Also, is there any area of uncertainty in your life at the moment or facing you that is out of the ordinary so to speak. ie a choice or choices to be made? Are you doing something or having a relationship with someone that makes you feel numb when you think about it? I am asking alot here, but in my experience so far in life, these are the questions I wish someone would have asked me when I was experiencing something I believe was very similar from what I have read so far.

Red Prince, sorry you are going through this. Such acrimony in families is so destructive. I have a suggestion that came to mind straight away, so depending on further details, it might be worth considering. It looks like there is a certain "circling of the wagons" between your sister and mother. For your sister to maintain a loyalty to your mother, especially if she is still dependent on her primarily is understandable. Having physical proximity does not seem to have resulted well. I suggest writing a letter and giving your perspective. That way the heat is taken out and some space can be given to your sister. It might clear the air and allow your sister time to reflect on things for a while with the knowledge of your true feelings and thoughts. It could be tricky though if your sister is still dependent on your mother. If letting her know certain things causes other issues with your mother, it may be confusing for your sister. If you have further details to clarify, that would be great.

This is disgusting misogyny. Can't a leftie feminist molest her little sister and write a book that describes it without getting pulled up on it? Seriously though. From the response I have seen like in the twitter, she has big problems in the reality dept. Either that or she's just a very smart leftie who is generating publicity. Not unheard of. I blame the green revolution for this and its likes. A creature such as this would have had no function or means to secure resources before the advent of chemical fertilisers.