This was made when JP was at his peak. In 2020 he was induced into a coma in Russia to treat his benzo addiction. The brain damage turned him into the fucked up crybaby version we see today. I’d give him even less credit than this video gives. (Although the vid is still great)

Yeah you’re right, I didn’t mean to imply that they’re stupid. It’s stupid to us, but that’s only because we’re standing on the shoulders of giants.

I see what you’re getting at, and I personally think that’s probably how a lot of the myths/religions start, but I don’t think you can outright say that tribes only thought of them as children’s stories.

In the book I was referencing, the author noted the “cost” of a religion, in that the tribes were usually required to spend a significant amount of their time worshiping, and/or discarded resources in the name of sacrifice. One of the tribes studied spent 1 out of every 3 days worshiping. A very large commitment for people who have a very real risk of starvation if their hunts go badly. He then goes on to argue that there must be an evolutionary benefit to religion or an atheist tribe would have out-competed all of these tribes (but that’s another tangent). I bring this up because it implies that they do actually believe their “stories”, otherwise why risk starvation?

I recently read The World Until Yesterday which compares the way of life between tribal cultures and western cultures. The section about religion has a clumsy preamble that was obviously trying to cushion the blow for religious people reading the book who thought their religion was any different to tribal religions.

The author then goes on to treat them all the same.

It was quite funny to read. I was imagining how it must feel to see your religion laid out side by side with a dozen other equally stupid myths and think “Yep this is the right one. I was super lucky to be born to parents who picked the correct religion!”

Does their god need a reason to create every single fish? Sounds exhausting

Say what you will about the tenets of National Socialism, but at least it’s an ethos

I use “kitty”. It amuses me when Straight Outta Compton becomes about kitties with attitude

It’s like New Game +, but the other way round. New Game -

Flatten it though, ffs

Is that normal shitposting you’re doing?

Unless it’s your mum

An interesting one that sums it all up - crawling babies aren’t instinctively scared of cliffs or drops, they have to learn not to crawl off an edge. Which isn’t all that surprising except for the fact that when they start walking, they don’t carry this lesson forward and will happily walk off an edge. They need to learn it again.

Mint. It started as the beginner friendly distro and it’s becoming the “main” distro as of late.

RemindMe! 30 years

Hopefully you don’t kill anybody else when it finally happens

Upvoted for being genuinely the scariest. It’s not scary that you’re really good. It’s scary that you actually believe yourself.

I think that’s called a speaker

Man

It’s just saying she plugs her phone in to charge even though it’s at 80%. There’s not much to it.

Shoelaces are where they hide the tracking chips I wouldn’t be caught dead with them think about it have you ever bought shoelaces or do they just magically come with all your shoes for free yeah right nothing is free follow the money sheep