Need a plate of generic, insipid platitudes with a giant helping of bad science and misogyny?

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    1 year ago

    He has some good advice (and some batshit crazy certainly), but not anything stoics weren’t saying 2300 years ago. And he sprinkles on top of that a weird religious-adjacent theories that are perhaps due to his psychedelic use. People seem to confuse that rambling with wisdom, like they usually do with cult leaders.

    Still, I think it’s quite probable that he was a fine psychologist and was completely capable of helping individuals in whatever their struggles were. It’s his moving to a youtube stardom that caused all the problems.

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      1 year ago

      As the maoral-less L. Ron Hubbard would say…
      “You don’t make money selling a book, if you want to be rich, start a religion”

      Peterson is just running a dumb cult of generic (kinda bad for most people) advice that hinges on the shared identity of sad lonely boys.

      Peter Pan in the books is sad as shit, advice to never grow up and never try to be better just makes people more lonely and miserable.

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        Peterson is just running a dumb cult of generic (kinda bad for most people) advice that hinges on the shared identity of sad lonely boys.

        Peter Pan in the books is sad as shit, advice to never grow up and never try to be better just makes people more lonely and miserable.

        Isn’t Peterson’s advice exactly the opposite of Peter Pan’s, though?

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      1 year ago

      Meh, all of the good advice he gives you can get from some other internet guru that isn’t such a grifter.

      “clean your room” and “wash yourself” really aren’t that profound.

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        1 year ago

        I dare say that we have plenty of men (and some women) who need advice as lowly as that. If Peterson reaches them, it could be a net positive. Too bad there’s a lot crap in his advice as well.