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Originally Posted by Wormius
That’s great for adult, life-experience-under-his-belt pylon. How would adolescent-brained pylon have dealt with a world of Andrew Tate and Joe Rogan worshippers?
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I grew up very fast and was 100% on my own at 17. I was an adult before I was an adult and putting food in my mouth and paying my rent was my only priority. Full on survival mode. I was working 15-18 hours a day from 17-20. So I did not have your typical young mans life. And we didn't have the same outside influences. So I honestly couldn't compare as that was the early 90's. It is however a good question. That being said, I've never been easily influenced by anyone. I'm a pretty free thinker and it takes A LOT to persuade me.
However, I do listen to Joe Rogan a lot. Not as much for Joe Rogan, but moreso for some of his guests. I love the conversations where he's the dumb guy in the room, just looking for answers. I think the guy can be a total buffoon, but I also like some of the questions the guy is willing to ask, that some people would be too scared to.
Same goes for Fox News. I love wandering over there to see the polar opposite take to... pretty much everyone else. LOL.
I think anyone is selling themselves short if they are completely willing to tune out 100% of the people they disagree with, and follow the people they do, relegating themselves to Tik Tok sound bites of the bad guys. Both sides do it. And both sides should listen a little more to other takes. I personally don't like to form opinions with just one side of the argument presented.
Again, I think Jordan Peterson is another good example. Some of his takes really suck and lack empathy. However I do also agree with his assertion we are raising a lost generation of young men, and that masculinity shouldn't be automatically labelled as toxic.
Sometimes you have to sift through a lot of coal, to find a diamond. And it goes both ways.