The older I got, the more I understood one thing: you have to have a very good amount of Not-Giving-A-Fuck. It’s essentially a superpower, as then you stop thinking about “failings”. You just do things you want to do. While everybody else is nervous and uncertain, you are completely uncertain and completely unshakable. Cause truth is, we don’t know anything about future. Each of us may die at any moment. So, you know, come watch TV? Relax and enjoy the ride.

Es ist (relativ) billig, einfach zu finden, konsumieren und niemand wird dir etwas dagegen sagen. Mann kann jetzt auch Kannabis legal kaufen, aber es ist trotzdem viel problematischer als Alkohol zu kaufen. Da gibt’s naturlich auch andere Alternativen, aber die sind nicht so weit akzeptiert, weil da in Kultur eine Tabu gibt. Alkohol-industrie ist auch da mit Milliarden in Einkommen, also weil es da ist, wird es auch da bleiben. Ein Schritt zu Alkoholverbot ist fuer jede Politiker ein Karriere-Suizid. Und am Ende des Tages, niemand wirklich sorgt fuer Publikumsgesundheit. Solange meistene Leute noch arbeiten koennen, ist alles in Ordnung.

I don’t think that you can look at the issue from only one side, although some of his views are indeed very questionable, he does also talk about the importance of the community, he educates about culture archetypes, hell, both of his books of the series “rules for life” are also quite good and without him we’d probably not have a meme “just clean your room” (which actually really helps). I also think that freedom of speech is the only way to have a conversation on any topic - ban it and people would still align themselves, though now in secret and that could mean tighter radicalised communities with less publicity, leading to unforeseeable consequences. It’s better to see what people are talking about, both to openly condemn, discuss, disagree, but also to be more educated about other peoples views and public “mood”, so to speak. That, of course, doesn’t cancel the fact that after some years I’ve started to disagree with him more, as he went further into radicalising religious views and hmm… Other things. I still think though, that for some (and me including), he was a positive influence back when it was really needed. He promotes taking responsibility not only for yourself, but also for others, promoting caring about people near you and doing selfless activities. So, you know. His persona currently is in the zone as grey as his hair.