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>Apologies in advance for a wall post
No need to apologize for a wall of text. I like long posts, so build the wall!! :)
And I’m about to build one myself!
>Great video, well thought out.
Thanks.
>I found your accent interesting (Latin American?).
I’m French Canadian.
>You pronunciation of "cathedral" was a little difficult to understand
I realized I pronounced it midway between French and English.
>Audio was good (background music not too loud, can't stand when some youtubers do that).
Bought myself a nice microphone (Blue Yeti) just for that video, and I spent quite a lot of time in Audacity finding the right balance between my voice volume and music volume.
>Table of contents in the beginning was useful, and made the video seem like a report or essay (in audio form). Plenty of memes, no complaints there. Very good analysis, using different sources and mediums.
A mix of academic tone with memes was exactly what I was aiming for.
>In that regard I'm lucky to have a waifu that is much easier to bring to the physical world, as if she was one of the Rozen Maidens ;)
This goes into ontological considerations, but one can wonder if "the real" Lime could ever be fully brought into our world, or if one could only create an approximate imitation of her. My own personal view is that fictional characters are concepts existing in the metaphysical realm, and that one could only create approximate physical copies of them, but not get the "true original" ones. But as you described in your intro post, it is not a view that you seem to share.
>Not sure what you meant at 39:05 about "pager reddit language" when mentioning r/2D_love? Didn't quite hear that. Checked the subreddit and it doesn't mention anything similar in the rule list.
Haha oh boy, I really didn’t have a clue that you meant by "pager reddit language" :)
I said "pejorative language".
>From my perspective this fantasy is the only relationship that is possible without mellowing out the man in the process. Too often I noticed married men (or even with girlfriends) eventually stop asserting themselves and given in to their woman's demands.
Relationships are a matter of compromise, middle ground, and negotiation. It’s unfortunate if some people (men or women) get into either submission or domination, but it doesn’t mean it’s a fatality at all. Relationships can also make you grow as an individual as it gives you an opportunity to develop balance between asserting oneself and listening to one’s partner’s needs.
>Many quotes exist about the single/bachelor men making great progress in various fields, while becoming a former shell of themselves after long-term relationships.
Maybe those men are now investing in other aspects of life, such as quality time with one’s lover, and/or raising one’s kids. Work is not the only path that can lead people to a fulfilling life.
>Lime doesn't make me crazy in the same way. I can look at her or remember her in my mind, and then get on with whatever I need to do.
What if you were to create the Lime gynoid of your dreams? One that has its own personality, needs, and subjectivity? It’s interesting because, on one hand, you seem to be highly critical of love relationships with real women, but on the other, you wish you could create a real physical Lime just like the one in the anime, therefore turning your relationship with Lime into a non-waifuist one.
>In my opinion romanticism has ruined men's minds, and it became especially prevalent around 18th/19th centuries (maybe earlier, haven't read nearly enough on history).
How? And why exclusively men’s mind?
>A real relationship was never really meant to be the way it is portrayed in romantic fiction.
Relationships were never "meant" to be anything; I don’t believe in intelligent design. Now, what do you feel is problematic in the way love relationships are portrayed in romantic fiction?
>It was a compromise to ensure personal survival, as well as survival of the offspring.
I agree with the personal survival and the survival of offspring part, but why calling it a "compromise"?
>This meant that women on the whole have always been treated better, and spared in times of war or disasters.
Although it is true that women tend to be more often the recipient of altruistic behaviors compared to men, they also historically have been the ones to face the most restrictions. Similar to kids, who are often offered extra protection and help, but who have little agency over their own life. So the whole "treated better" is highly debatable.
Regarding war, I do not know if civilian women tend to be more spared by enemy troops than men, but I would not be surprised if it’s actually the case. If you have any documentation on that regard, please share it. Still, one who’s been "spared" may not necessarily be free, as civilians of conquered nations have often been reduced to servitude to different degree and different forms (you can ask the surviving "comfort women" of WWII if they were treated nicely as women by the Imperial Japanese Army).
>So they tended to develop more narcissistic (or more accurately, solipsistic) attitudes.
Can you elaborate on what you mean here? I’m not sure understand what "solipsism attitudes" mean and how it is related to narcissism.
>Thus, finding a woman with a good temperament who will not change her mind about the relationship later down the line is akin to finding a needle in a needlestack (because searching in a haystack would be too easy).
You seem to imply that changing one’s mind over a relationship is fundamentally a bad thing, and something that should fundamentally be avoided. Which is a bit ironic for you to say as you dropped your former girlfriend after only a month. I believe couples should do their best to address their problems before breaking up, but ending a relationship is sometimes the sanest thing to do. Also, I know you probably use hyperbolic language, but heathy long-lasting relationships are more common than you seem to suggest.
>So a man could have a fulfilling relationship, but I strongly doubt it would be able to last much longer than 5-15 years.
Your wording seems to suggest a view of breakups in which men are poor victims of inconsiderate women. Reality is far more complex than that. You said in your intro post that you’ve been influenced by red pill and manosphere communities. Those communities are often a gender-reversed version of radical feminism as victimhood, blaming, and resentment are at every corner. They promote a mindset that is not only naïve, but also self-defeating. I would personally advice anyone to not sink to deep into those communities.
I also want to stress that although it is true that divorces are more often initiated by women than men, it is not to extreme unbalanced proportions, and often, the decision is made by both partners.
>For those men who are content on their own and need no partnership I'm very happy for. These men will be able to thrive and survive in any environment.
I believe that the vast majority of these men will see the denial of their fundamental needs weaken over the years. And when this happen, I hope they can take this opportunity to reflect on themselves, and not fall into the trap of defensively explaining away their dissatisfaction by blaming women.
