i'd rather be honest and say that i'm improving than just say i'm some kinda chad christian perfect person

yeah improvement is the key

be better than you were yesterday

always

and see where that gets you

I'm not perfect

if you made tiny incremental improvements to yourself over a long span of time you'd end up a man among men

that's what i'm trying to do

Be the Übermensch

no one can realistically ask more of you

man, this NPC meme shit is fucked up

I can't tell if it's making me think in words more

Not the natsoc Übermensch. The actual Nietzchean Übermensch

i think i'm making progress, working out more, eating a little better, only giving into dopamine ocassionally

there's nothing wrong with pleasure but it needs to be present in your life only as a suitable reward for worthy effort

yeah. not good to eat junky junk and masturbate all day then vidya and all that shit

i've been doing that for years

it's fucked me so much

i wish i knew man

wish i knew

when i started working i realized how much more enjoyable it made my leisure time

never satiate yourself in anything

yeah balance is key.

everything in moderation

the extreme hedonism of our society is truly crippling people

it's like jbp says

we're telling 17 year olds they're ok as they are

and shoving them out into a pretty miserable world

that is stupid as fuck

yeah if you're unhappy/unsatisfied and someone tells you you're fine exactly the way you are

what the hell does that tell you

people need direction and ambition and instead our culture tells them "you're fine, don't change, everything is good"

people have no outlet for the part of themselves that knows they could be better

yeah that's fucked

we need to start being less tolerant

less tolerant of ourselves i think

it would be good if society as a whole taught you that

is what i mean

we had this idea in america for a while but it got out of hand

we used to tell our kids they could be the president or an astronaut or a nuclear physicist

but that slowly got warped into "you can be a rockstar, a pro athlete, a youtuber, a streamer, etc"