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Is betterment a word?
Yup.... it's in Websters, anyway.
Is betterment a word?
Laura said:This is being done deliberately, to "normalize" pathology, the world-view of the psychopath. When you participate, you give them power and you subtract energy from true humanity. Young people do not have to be de-humanized to have their own milieu, but that is what has happened.
Youth is a time when young people practice being adults. What kinds of adults do you think this sort of "practice" will produce? The very kind that perpetuate evil and suffering.
If the people you hang out with now carry on this way and think it is funny, you definitely need to find new friends.
Pete02 said:The only thing the people hes hanging with have done for him is to teach him that marijuana is the greatest thing since sliced bread! Talk about dumbed-down! He refuses to listen to anyone anymore cause hes 16 going on 30 and knows it all. The things he finds funny I see no humor at all in and other things he has taken interest in are sometimes downright disgusting. His idea of art is something out of a horror movie and just the other day I saw him printing out a picture of a nazi with a gas mask on and he thought that was cool?! :/
I try to talk to him and sometimes it seems like hes listening but then he gets exposed to tv, internet and his friends at school and everything goes out the window. Sorry about stealing the thread here but it just made me think of him and sometimes I feel so bad for him not understanding what hes actually doing.
ReBecca.S said:Is betterment a word? I hope so. I'm going to go look that it. It probably isn't.
Sure, if you are all that matters.Puck said:...I recall lunch table conversations in high school, they were always mindless, entertaining, and especially raunchy. We thought they were hilarious. Somewhere away from parents or teachers, we could just 'let loose', say whatever we wanted, and laugh at each other and see who could 'one up' it.
This language is really hard not to hear, and I don't see what "spellbinders" have to do with it. A "laugh" response can come from different things. What did this one come from?It strikes me now how the language in the video just slide past me. I didn't really hear what was being said, I was programmed to hear it as 'something to laugh at' and so I did. Perhaps something similar happens when spellbinders speak, the cognitive response is short-circuited and the intended 'reaction' is elicited via emotional hooks and triggers. That explanation seems horribly insufficient....
Pete02 said:Boy I wish the Moderators could have five minutes with my nephew! Hes a good kid but its exactly as Laura says:
Laura said:This is being done deliberately, to "normalize" pathology, the world-view of the psychopath. When you participate, you give them power and you subtract energy from true humanity. Young people do not have to be de-humanized to have their own milieu, but that is what has happened.
Youth is a time when young people practice being adults. What kinds of adults do you think this sort of "practice" will produce? The very kind that perpetuate evil and suffering.
If the people you hang out with now carry on this way and think it is funny, you definitely need to find new friends.
The only thing the people hes hanging with have done for him is to teach him that marijuana is the greatest thing since sliced bread! Talk about dumbed-down! He refuses to listen to anyone anymore cause hes 16 going on 30 and knows it all. The things he finds funny I see no humor at all in and other things he has taken interest in are sometimes downright disgusting. His idea of art is something out of a horror movie and just the other day I saw him printing out a picture of a nazi with a gas mask on and he thought that was cool?! :/
Hey Pete
I'm sorry to hear your nephew is going through this phase in his life. I went through the exact same thing around his age and I just wanted to say that no matter what.. don't lose hope in him. I hope his parents don't either. He needs guides right now more than anything in the world. But not pushy guides- guides that are there to lend him a helping hand when he falls. And he probably will fall, if he's hanging out with kids who are prone to that kind of behavior. Sometimes we need shocks to wake us up from our current environment/people we hang out with. That's what happened to me- I received a BIG shock which caused me to open my eyes and look around. When this happens, you need love and care and not to be told "I told you SO!" So keep this in mind should your nephew ever receive this shock from his friends and surroundings.
It seems like you're taking the right approach with him so far- I just wanted you to know that I know how both of you feel and empathize with both of you.
truth seeker said:Just a thought Pete02, does he have a facebook account? Perhaps this could be a way to expose him to a different influence? Just casually mention that you have an account...