What do we want?

What do you actually want? No, not what 'society' tells you you want. So, I'm not talking about money, a good job, a well deserved vacation, a flashy car or even a loving life partner.

If you really think about it, what is it that deep down you actually want?

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Recently I got to talk to someone who at one point said: "I could sit in my study and think deep thoughts. Or I could be with my 'normal' partner, watch some Netflix together and occassionally have sex. What would you choose?"

There are a few things to take into consideration concerning this Big Thought:

without thinkers and creatives society will come to a grinding halt;

even thinkers and creatives need to relax every once in a while.

Basically: spending your time only on Big Thoughts isn't very helpful to society

but nor is only spending your time working for a boss and watching Netflix.

If you are one of those people in doubt of what they want: to think Deep Thoughts or be numbed down by Netflix...perhaps consider this:

Generally speaking the most content people have found connection. With family, people with shared interests, friends...It explains our deep sense of beloning and people actually dressing the same like others in the group they long to belong to. It's why social media influencers have such power over people. What politicians and other marketeers are well aware off.

Turns out: what deep down most people really want is to be seen, to be heard, to be wanted. A need to be needed.

Having read all of the above (thank you for that, by the way. It's why I write), I have a final question for you and give you a minute to think about it...

What is it that you really want?

Reply in the comment section.

"People used to have values!"

"People don't have values anymore. We need to go back to the old days!"

People who say that, don't have a lot of knowledge about the old days.

"Yeah, but look at Erroll Flynn for example: a fine and true gentleman!"

Nah, not really. Erroll Flynn was often late on set, came in drunk and had sex with minors, was openly bisexual (which isn't bad of course. Except for those hypocritical defenders of 'true Christian values!'), threw wild parties at his Hollywood mansion and actively fought the political establishment. 

But there was no social media at the time so a lot of people saw him as the handsome gentlemen he usually portrayed on the silver screen.

In this picture he is seen with his last girfriend in whose arms he died on his yacht at just 50:

She was 15 when they started dating.

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So, did people have higher moral standards 'back in the day'? Of course not. People are people, have always been and always will be.

"In the old days, people didn't cheat, never lied and knew the meaning of respect." Not really. And that doesn't only go for Hollywood stars. Those 'people with high morals in the old days' at times even resorted to murder.

Why do you think some believe people were 'better' in the old days?

In Putin's pocket

In this picture: Geert Wilders, leader of Dutch far right 'Party for Freedom' and proud friend of Russia in talks with Volodomyr Zelenskyy, leader of a country under attack from a dictator. One whose 'three day plan' to conquer a sovereign nation is underway for three years now. 

Best caption wins eternal fame for a day!

For those who adore 'strong man' Putin and his Russia, read this piece (https://buff.ly/4fytijj) on life in Russia and you may want to reconsider how great that country really is. 

What I find interesting: how come modern day Republicans would fight with those under Reagan on communism: a few decades ago, conservatives hated communism, now they adore Russia, the communist nation per excellence.  

Russia has an interesting relationship with the USA. And especially with the new president, Donald Trump: Vladimir Putin found out Donald Trump is an untrustworthy business partner (no one told him, apparently) and did not congratulate the new president of the US personally. Perhaps Putin is crying for his mommy because the USA (Democrats as well as Republicans) openly supports Israel? While - as this piece was written - a Russian warship is at the coast of Iran, threatening to attack Israel. 

Wappies who supported both Russia and Israel three years ago, now Putin and Netanyahu threaten to attack eachother, which side do you support?

Both Netanyahu and Putin support Donald Trump. Because he will make sure the billions of dollars in weapons trade will make both Netanyahu as well as Putin personally richer than they already are. 

Do you think it's okay if a country's leader profits from the wars that country is waging at the cost of the lives of millions of civilians?

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Who are the chosen people?

Writer Naomi Wolf wrote something very interesting on who the chosen people actually are, who chose them and to do what.

Was Jesus the Chosen One? The Buddha? Muhammad? Neo perhaps?

Are the Jews the Chosen People? Z!onists seem to think so. But are they actually Jews? If so... what of their (not so secret) bond with the actual nazis? Who also considered themselves to be 'the chosen people'.

Why do z!ionists disobey the ancient Jewish laws and even deny Judaism is a religion?

Who or what do you think is meant by 'The Chosen'?

Do 'the chosen' have their own land? And what if other people live there?

It really shouldn't matter where and when someone's ancestors were born. Giving someone more or less human rights based on their ancestry or their chosen religion, skin colour, etc. should be something from the past by now.

Why can't it be simple? 

Anyone who considers themselves to be Jewish, Palestinian or Ukrainian is one. Same goes for 'man', 'woman' or whatever. If someone has a problem with how you like to be called, it's théir problem.

Is someone more or 'real' 'English' if not only the person self was born in England but also that person's grandparents? As opposed to someone who just received an English passport?

Maybe people could finally realise we are all descendants from the same group of ancestors, dating back some 100,000 years in what now is known as the continent of Africa. Either way, it's very interesting to read about all the different viewpoints. And mostly it's a little more than that.  

Basically speculation based on thin evidence and hear say. Not to mention the hundreds or even thousands of years old stories that some consider 'fact', while often whole bits are lost in translation and over time. Guess it's why it's called 'believing' and not 'knowing'. 

Several peoples have called themselves 'the chosen' but none of those can provide evidence to base that claim on. 

Maybe people should give it a rest and put as much effort in living peacefully together as putting effort in denying the claims of others.

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Me-time

All the time you have is 'me-time'. i.e. You decide how to spend that time. And choices have consequences. In some countries and era's that would mean you would die from hunger if you decide not to work but enjoy 'me-time'.

Being selfish is not the right way to go about life.

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Hence I work for my money. I don't mean to buy a house, waiting for the market and to sell it for a profit. I also don't mean seeing the shares I bought from my daddy's money rise in value. To me using a lot of money as start capital to trade in real estate and stocks is not 'work' but 'being privileged'.

One of my jobs is actor. That means you have to audition, unless - based on past merits - the producer specifically asks for you.

Going on an audition is like going on a first date: you're excited to go but would rather not. And there are other candidates for the part.

What do or did you do for work? Or do you live of 'old money'?

Being bored. How to do it.

Honestly, I don't remember if I have ever been bored. But I heard some good things about it. So how is it done?

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Do you simply slump on the couch and forget about the two days of dishes? How do you forget your child asked you to help them with their homework? Can you really forget your handicapped neighbour could use a bit of help? Even with something simple like changing their bedsheets or cutting their toe nails? Is it possible to forget the promise to yourself that you would clear out the shed this weekend? 

Do you really have the time to spend a few hours feeling sorry for yourself because you're bored but don't have the time to write a piece on how much you despise racism?

Of course you are never bored, just like me. You don't belong to the 63% who is regularly bored, right? 

But if you do: what's your main reason for being bored?

Basic knowledge

They don't know the difference between a transvestite and a non-binary person. But shout 'their opinion' on the subject concerned.

They don't know the difference between reflection and refraction and get angry when you ask them not to shout 'their opinion' on the subject concerned.

Rotation and gravity are just 'difficult words' to them. Hence you find a lot of Flat Earthers among them:

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All the stupid remarks from wappies come from a lack of knowledgde. What makes them stupid is not the lack of knowledge but comes from their willingness to be and stay ignorant.

When sane people like you and I don't know something, we express our willingness to learn. We don't pretend we know all about it while only repeating the soundbites from our favourite populiststs. Or do you?

50 Completely true things

Thanks to several friends, I came across this brilliant piece by Mo Husseini on Medium. It's an extensive list of facts surrounding the Isr4el/P4lestine conflict. 

39 Really ís brilliant. About a dog - or maybe several dogs - that sh*t on the carpet. Of course you can pray for the sh*t to magically disappear or spend the rest of your life screaming and shouting about who is to blame for which part of the pile of sh*t. Or you just clean it up together and move on. 

Fact no. 37 may be my favourite. Because I like facts that shut up agressive idiots:

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Interestingly enough the same people who side with f4scists like Bibi are also - just like the n4zis were - fiercely 'anti-woke'. Watching Star Wars they cheer for The Empire and watching The Hunger Games f4scists cheer for The Capitol. In their closed minds the rebels in both franchises are too 'woke'. 

In other words: if the 'hero' is not a white alpha male, wappies cry out 'woke!' Yet they claim to follow Jesus, a long haired and dark skinned hippie in a dress who preached empathy. 

Ask the White, Christian Nationlists ('Nat. C.'s for short. Thanks to Bety Bowers

) who want the church - against the explicit wishes of The Founding Fathers - to lead the state and hang a copy of the Ten Commandments in every classroom in the USA: 'Homosexuality' is not even in the top ten of sins. But lying is. 

What would Jesus have to say about people (and their supporters) who lie and use those lies to get people who are not like them murdered, like this US citizen who was fatally shot in the head by a sniper (an act the US government lets investigate by the very same people who ordered her murder. Reminds me of FIFA investigating corruption within FIFA)?

I'm referring to this headline and article:

Documents attributed to H4mas by J3wish Chronicle, Bild forged: Ynet https://buff.ly/3MGVHYe

So, the z!o's forge documents and use what's in those documents as a good reason to slaughter thousands of people. Got it. Not very 'christian' is you ask me. 

Jesus is the total opposite of self proclaimed savior Elon 'Only alpha males should vote' Musk, who apparently likes Star Trek, one of the most 'woke' franchises ever. As the actor portraying The Doctor subtly told Musk:

 Are you anti-woke or do you side with people who know the meaning of empathy?

Why would any sane person want to live in a society that excludes large groups of people?

A day in [my] the life of someone with ADHD

When I saw this video, at first I thought: 'Hey, this is about me!'

My second thought I jolted down as a reaction to it:

Yep. My mind tells me I did something but in reality I only planned on doing it. And now I want to read books and watch YouTube videos on the concept of reality. And write a book and a play about my findings. Which reminds me I need to find my passport because I'm going to Belgium soon. To the French speaking part so will now open Duolingo to learn some French. Oh, I am sorry... what was the question again? Was there a question? Can a sentence be a question if it is not ended by a question mark and I just saw a neighbour walk past my window.

The ADHD-mind is constantly racing. Meaning people with ADHD are often tired and overwhelmed. We don't have a (working) filter so every little piece of information is equally important and texting a vague acquintance about a new Netflix show you just started watching has the same priority as calling your best friend to say of course you'll come to their child's funeral. It's hell. 

Luckily I've trained how to cope but ADHD'ers do have a higher suicide rate than neurotypical people. 

Another ADHD-trait is 'oversharing': as soon as you said it, you know you said too much. And are convinced people - even your closest friends - will hate you for it for the rest of their lives. And even when you are not, you often feel left out. Here's a good (and short. Don't worry) video about it.

Several people stuck the label 'ADHD' to me and my brain. But maybe I don't have ADHD but simply show most of the symptoms. Anyways: whatever label people stick on you, only you decide what label keeps sticking.

Until recently I believed there was something wrong with me and other neurodivergent people but the lady in this clip changed my mind: perhaps being neurodivergent should be the norm and - with their strong sense of justice, their creativity and passion, neurodivergent people should take over the world from 'normies' and turn this world into a better place. What if the world needs neurodivergent people?

What are your experiences with (people with) ADHD and other a-neurotypical 'abnormalities'?

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Rules or no rules?

Rules are put in place to protect people from stupidity. Their own as well as others'. It's why civilized countries have rules on food, for example. Not because it's 'left' or 'socialist' but because it's wise. People who suffer - or die - from food poisoning don't tend to be very productive citizens. 

So it's really a mystery as to why conservatives state they oppose rules and shout 'Freedom!' Why would anyone in their right mind demand the right to get sick or die?

Conservatives also seem to be fond of American suburbs 'because they give us freedom!' Without realizing they have been duped to fall for a Ponzi scheme. As explained in this video:

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The video explains why it's much safer and healthier to build suburbs like they do in Europe. With more attention for bikes and pedestrians than for cars. Research shows that people in bike-, bus- and walk centric cities are not only healthier and more productive but also faster at work or school than in cities where people spend hours a day in their cars in traffic jams.

But - just like their favourite demagogue - conservatives shout "They want to take away our cars and freedom!' Those stupid people demand the freedom to die in car accidents, from obesity and poverty. Because a car is not just more dangerous than other means of transport but also a lot more expensive. Except in places where public transport is in the hands of a conservative government and their multimillioniare sponsors, also known as 'the free market'. 

On the other hand: 'No more rules!' conservatives constantly want rules to restrict the freedom of others. If it was up to conservatives, there'd only be freedom of religion for christians, only freedom to make decisions over the own body for men, only the freedom to read for people who deny the existence of slavery and no more freedom to learn about human reproduction before your first child. Probably around age 15, just like Lady Mary.

Basically: that 'freedom!' conservatives want? What they actually mean is that only they should be entitled to priveleges and no other groups of people. 

And why are conservatives always so worked up? Don't they have actual problems to worry about? And the things they are terrified about aren't even real issues. Drag queens sexually abusing children? Not a thing.

Men becoming transwomen just so they can enter a woman's locker room? Made up.

Immigrants are all criminals? A fable only extremely stupid people believe in:

But still conservatives demand more rules on drag, transgenderism and immigration. Weird. And stupid.

If you don't like rules, why constantly make your children live by your rules and demand your government to come up with rules for other groups than your own?

Can you blame children for their sympathies?

The Hitler Jugend was indoctrinated to believe all Jews were bad people. Just like the children of white supremacists are lead to believe people of colour are all criminals, children of evangelicals are taught all Muslims are bad and zionist kids are fed with the thought that all Arabs are less than rats and fundamentalist Muslims teach their younglings all other religions are evil.  

A common factor with most religions is that they shy away from science. Because their 'religious' leaders don't want them to be educated. Uneducated people are easier to manipulate. It's as simple as that:

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Nothing wrong with telling children they are special. Where it goes wrong in the upbringing is when parents and other leaders tell them that other people are worthless. Literally 'worth less'. 

A bit over 2,000 years ago a young boy was raised believing He was special, 'the chosen one', a literal 'gift from the heavens'. As a young adult He started a cult that would become a religion, based on books written about Him and His teachings. Don't get me wrong; I'm positive He was a nice lad with some very good ideas like: 'If someone is unkind, treat them with kindness', 'If you have something in abundance, share it with people who are less fortunate' and 'We are all equal in the eyes of my Father'. 

But because people are stupid and randomly picked quotes from His works as the center of their beliefs, millions got oppressed and even killed. No wonder that sane people are turning away from the over 200 forms of 'Christianity'.

Even is His days, thousands of people who heard He (or one of His disciples) was coming to preach in their village went: 'Jesus Christ, not Him again!' 

It's how that young man named Yeshua from Nazareth got the name with which He would acquire fame. 

For the people who stood back in line when 'sense of cynicism' was handed out: that was a joke of sorts.

Do you think young children should be indoctrinated with our beliefs or should they be allowed to make their own mistakes?

How plastic ruins your life

If you don't care about the planet or the environment and go 'So what, let future generations worry about us ruining the planet with all this plastic'n stuff. Not my problem.', think about this: plastic waste ruins your surfing and snorkeling experience. 

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It would help greatly if we all stopped buying products and services from the 20 companies that are resonsible for more than half of all single use plastics. 

Unless we deliberately want to be unhealthy and have children born with neurological and developmental defects, we should consider finding alternatives for single use plastics.

Do you think you and I should solve the problem of single use plastics or don't you care about your (grand)children?

Education is important

Education is really, really important. So asking questions is really, really good. As long as the 'students' are willing to learn and listen. 

If people don't want to listen and learn, they become easy targets for demagogues and feel no shame in voting against their own interests.

Because the more we know about the world and eachother, the less afraid we need to be and the happier we can be ourselves ánd make others.

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Almost by definition it's students that start revolts. Because their (grand)parents stopped fighting 'the system' and got used to injustice. 

But those in power want to stay in power and although they publicly say everyone has the right to protest in a democracy, the reality is that you can only protest for a right cause. Not for a left one.

Should everyone have the right to protest or just people who agree with you?

"Remember, remember the fifth of November".

"Remember, remember the fifth of November".

Coming November most citizens of the USA can decide who will officially run their country for the next four years. The polls look very exciting. 

Who will win? Is it the well-educated pro-z¡onist woman who replaced the old geezer who gets paid by foreign agents and shows signs of dementia? 

Or is it the old geezer who gets paid by foreign agents and shows signs of dementia and has 91 felonies to his name?

These are very confusing times for magats. Although, to be honest, every time is confusing to a magat. 

Should magats be pro-P4lestine because Harris is pro-Isr4el and therefore dumb right leaders like Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson are siding with the P4lestinian plight? Or should magats still be pro-Isr4el because Trump says that Harris is not pro-Isr4el enough? 

Or should magats be pro-P4lestine because their Great Leader ('Führer' in German) Trump condemned Isr4el (and praised Hezbollah) for murdering P4lestinians? 

Both major camps in the USA agree that the z¡onists are loosing the PR-war. In a direct quote from Trump:

“And the other thing is I hate, they put out tapes all the time. Every night, they’re releasing tapes of a building falling down. They shouldn’t be releasing tapes like that. They’re doing, that’s why they’re losing the PR war. They, Isr4el is absolutely losing the PR war,” Trump said.

If you were a magat, would you vote Trump because he is pro-Isr⁴el? Or would you vote Trump because he is anti-Isr4el? 

Or would you simply vote Trump because you can't think for yourself?

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Poor birds!

Poor birds! Just in Northern America some 680,000 birds a year die from collision with a wind turbine! So we should get rid of wind turbines! Which you should not mean unless you're a hypocrite. Cars kill 200 million birds a year in Northern America.

'Yeah, but wind turbines kill 680,000 birds a year so renewable energy is bad!' If you're one of those stupid people who believe the propaganda from 'the elite' and claim renewable energy is bad, you wil not like this fact: Coal, gas, and oil power plants kill 34 times more birds than wind turbines do. 

A few years ago Norwegian scientists figured out a way to half the number of fatal bird collisions with wind turbines. 

Next to this simple solution there are also much more complicated (and expensive) solutions to help save birds lives. Like the SKARV bird collision avoidance system. 

What do you think the fossil fuels industry is doing to prevent their money making machines from killing millions of animals a year?

Publicly they worry about the problem and if they have 'christian' in their social media profile they may even offer some thoughts and prayers to 'those poor birds'. 

And that's it. 

Some half a million birds die each year in oil pits in the USA alone. But 'saving birds is not economically viable', say the politicians who are bought by the oil industry. 

However, the greatest bird killer is...the cat. With a whopping 2,4 billion killed birds a year in Northern America alone, Felis Catus is hands down the winner of the competition 'greatest bird killer'. Not surprisingly 'wild' cats kill some three times as much birds as house cats do. 

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Maybe we should stop genetically engineering and domesticating wild animals. Or for example - as was the case in parts of Italy until the 1970s - simply put 'Cat' back on the menu in restaurants. 'Yeah, but they look so cute!' Unlike chickens, pigs or cows.

Do you think we should do anything possible to prevent animals from being tortured and killed? Or don't you want to miss your steak and chicken nuggets?

Children, s3x and genitals

Conservatives - foremost those with the word 'christian' in their social media profile - are obsessed with children, genitals and - disturbingly - the combination of those two. Yet they call others 'perverts'. 

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One of the latest additions to the fear of 'real men!' is that drinking from a straw can turn a man gay. That's not how it works, sweethearts. Hasn't your local Holy Father told you when you went down on your knees to *ahem* confess?

Apparently licking ice cream is also 'gay'. At least in the minds of those perverts that call themselves alpha males.

Luckily - and for a mere $18,000 you can unlearn anything in your behaviour that may seem gay - like slurping - by letting yourself be dragged through the mud. Literally. In gay conversion camp...sorry...at Alpha Male Bootcamp.

Now I'm left wondering: has anyone told Andrew Tate he is extremely gay? For example when licking ice cream? Or by spending a lot of time and money on his looks? Or with putting something long and hard in his mouth and go "Ah, nice. I love this!"

Lost in translation

Lost in translation...Ceasar basically (may have) said 'Hasta la vista, baby!' and not 'Et tu, Brute?' 

Of course there are more examples of how words got lost in translation. Even 'important' words like those in holy books like the Bible. 

The original word describing Jesus' mother did not mean 'virgin' but 'young woman'. Which makes a bit more sense now, eh?

Also interesting: Muslims have Lady Mary in higher regard than Christians. 

At least according to their respective holy books.

Lady Mary is mentioned in the Quran more often than in the Bible.  According to théir holy scripture, Jesus and His mother are not really respected by J3ws.

Do you always believe what you are told something means or do you check several sources before you make up your mind?

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