pop culture
Calibration of what is both popular and what is widely agreed to be "culture."
Culture
owning a car and driving it
Priority request: Amish communities reject owning automobiles, believing that cars can weaken communal ties.
Amish lifestyle in US
"The Amish are best known for their plain clothing, most of it self-made, and nonconformist lifestyle" -- britannica.
Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. "The book covers innovation, health, biology, medicine, life decisions, politics, foreign policy, urban planning, war, personal finance, and economic systems" -- goodreads.
The Joe Rogan Experience Podcast
Priority request: There is something about him that people like. Rogan's peaceful argumentative style and vulnerability seems to captivate a very large audience as he hosts the most popular podcasts in the world.
marijuana legalization effect
Cost-benefit analysis.
statement: there is objectively bad taste
Request: People often say that there isn't, and that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder". But that kinda sounds like relativism and an excuse to not feel bad about liking something really tasteless. Or is it being judgmental, and people are right?
solitary confinement
a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single cell with little or no contact with other people -- wikipedia.
raising a family
Priority request: Using this statement might bring more clarity to having kids or not.
childfree / voluntary childlessness
"the voluntary choice not to have children" -- wikipedia.
not voting
Request: Even if there is election integrity, which is not a given, it is highly unlikely that one vote out of millions will make a difference – and you'll end up having spent your free time for no reason. Or is this faulty reasoning?
Twitter / X
"Twitter, officially known as X since July 2023, is a social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media websites and one of the most-visited websites" -- wikipedia.
transactional thinking
Request: you expect something in return for your contribution in a short timeframe and if not, you will not provide your contribution.
eugenics
"Historically, eugenicists have altered various human gene frequencies by inhibiting the fertility of people and groups purported to be inferior or promoting that of those purported to be superior" -- wikipedia. The TvF calibration of Eugenics is 105 (awareness).
"the one" (concept)
Request: Is there such a thing as "the one" for us? We often hear that hope to find 'the one' for us romantically, but is it a realistic aim to find the one? If so please could you provide some explanation and further understanding?