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I'm still working through the idea that Jordan Peterson is an 'intellectual'. :lol: This is a man that claimed he went on a diet of beef, salt and water - just before he got addicted to benzodiazepine. He's about as intellectual as David Icke. ie He's a social media money spinner and operates on the basis that there's one born every day. (It seems he's got the last bit right).
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Count Steer wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:06 pm I'm still working through the idea that Jordan Peterson is an 'intellectual'. :lol: This is a man that claimed he went on a diet of beef, salt and water - just before he got addicted to benzodiazepine. He's about as intellectual as David Icke. ie He's a social media money spinner and operates on the basis that there's one born every day. (It seems he's got the last bit right).
He was prescribed benzodiazepine to calm his anxiety after his wife was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. He suffered from a severe reaction to it and to the withdrawal from it.

He is a brilliant man, a professor of psychiatry with a number of bestselling books to his name and possibly one of the worlds greatest thinkers.

What have you done today?
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Screwdriver wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:20 pm He is a brilliant man, a professor of psychiatry with a number of bestselling books to his name and possibly one of the worlds greatest thinkers.
That's your opinion. Others are available and equally valid.
Screwdriver wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:20 pm What have you done today?
Was that really necessary?
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Screwdriver wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:20 pm
Count Steer wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:06 pm I'm still working through the idea that Jordan Peterson is an 'intellectual'. :lol: This is a man that claimed he went on a diet of beef, salt and water - just before he got addicted to benzodiazepine. He's about as intellectual as David Icke. ie He's a social media money spinner and operates on the basis that there's one born every day. (It seems he's got the last bit right).
He was prescribed benzodiazepine to calm his anxiety after his wife was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. He suffered from a severe reaction to it and to the withdrawal from it.

He is a brilliant man, a professor of psychiatry with a number of bestselling books to his name and possibly one of the worlds greatest thinkers.

What have you done today?
Done some packing for a short holiday.

If you think he's 'one of the world's greatest thinkers' I suggest you haven't set a very high bar and should try to be more discerning. He's a complete and utter fraud. His beef, salt and water diet was before the benzodiazepine. Does that sound like an intellectual diet to you?

PS Is he a current professor of psychiatry at a valid university?
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Jordan Peterson's 12 rules for life, as digested by John Crace.


https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/ ... ested-read
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mangocrazy wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:25 pm
Screwdriver wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:20 pm He is a brilliant man, a professor of psychiatry with a number of bestselling books to his name and possibly one of the worlds greatest thinkers.
That's your opinion. Others are available and equally valid.
Screwdriver wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:20 pm What have you done today?
Was that really necessary?
There's a syndrome in medicine where a doctor becomes an expert in (for the sake of argument) horses. One day a zebra appears and the doctor immediately assumes it's a horse with a problem. Every time reality (zebra) presents itself to a conspiracy fan, it's a 'horse with a problem'. Hmmm...not sure that worked but you get the picture I'm sure. :D
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It's like fucking kindergarten in here. :(
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I'd suggest you re-read the 'World's strongest man at Donington' thread. Same kindergarten, different kinder... :D
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mangocrazy wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:19 pm I'd suggest you re-read the 'World's strongest man at Donington' thread. Same kindergarten, different kinder... :D
I'm keeping out of that. Mr Angry is at his funniest 🤣
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Is this like Facebook. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Has Aldi got a special on the wine again? Well, it is Friday night I suppose......
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Yorick wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:00 pm It's like fucking kindergarten in here. :(
Is that a new kind of kindergarten?
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Screwdriver wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:20 pm
He was prescribed benzodiazepine to calm his anxiety after his wife was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. He suffered from a severe reaction to it and to the withdrawal from it.

He is a brilliant man, a professor of psychiatry with a number of bestselling books to his name and possibly one of the worlds greatest thinkers.
Mmm……ok…..
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Count Steer wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 5:29 pm
Done some packing for a short holiday.


Nice. Where are you off to?
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JackyJoll wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 9:00 pm
Yorick wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:00 pm It's like fucking kindergarten in here. :(
Is that a new kind of kindergarten?
I was going to make a tasteless remark referencing Jimmy Saville, but thought better of it...
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Well starmer let him carry on....
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You persist in your idiocy when the simplest of searches proves you are talking out of your arse. As usual.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/60213975
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BBC link, not clicking that lefty lies. We all know the troof.
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Ant wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 10:38 pm Well starmer let him carry on....
And no-one else had a clue, and kept schtum.
Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
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Horse wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 10:50 pm
Ant wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 10:38 pm Well starmer let him carry on....
And no-one else had a clue, and kept schtum.
They were all paid off by savilles hench men. People tried to raise the alarm, but for some reason they disappeared and were never seen again.....