Negative Reinforcement: A Self-Help Podcast

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Considering that we have a lot of talk about social trends and many believers of human rights and fighters of society's wrongs I figured this would be neat to show you guys.

Negative Reinforcement is a self-help podcast that promotes critical thinking as a way to deal with some of life's issues, which include racism, individuality and many other things.

The show started as a podcast in 2006 and was brought back as a video show on YouTube.

Yes, I know the guy talking. He is actually my best friend and I actually encouraged him to never drop the show .

But don't be intimidated by the title or the strength of his voice. Not only is he a sweet, funny guy in real life, many of the things he says are true and are not as harsh as in other other shows.

This is his YouTube page:
http://www.youtube.com/user/NegReinforcement

This is the intro episode. You will know if you will enjoy the show or not if you watch this:
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This is my favorite episode of the bunch, especially since I hate it how commercials target insecurities in the worst manner possible:
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Whether you agree with him or not, he will appreciate any input or comment you have on the show.

[pap64]

Bump!

Sorry for bumping this thread, but Mr. Lowther posted his newest episode . It's about demystifying the concept of rape. My apologies if this is too strong for the forums. If it is, let me know and I'll erase it.

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What's interesting is that this morning I attended this AMAZING conference about the emotional manipulation that currently exists in the media. Both it and this podcast agree that there is definitely a manipulation of the idea of one's self worth by trying to sell them products that make them more accceptable, often employing sex to sell.

What they differ in is what the final perception will be. Mr. Lowther believes that all these bombardment of sexy advertisement might create a delusion in men that the "perfect girl" will never exist in their life, and that they are inferior to women like that, convincing them that they need to find a girl and prove their worth by force, and thus leading to rape.

The emotional manipulation man, however, believes that this will lead society to react normally to what is considered grotesque acts of sex and violence, and in the desperate need to try and sell more and more the ads and entertainment will be very shocking, and lead people to think that these acts are normal and perfectly acceptable, creating far more negative behavior in society.

Both are enlightening trains of thoughts and I recommend them (again, sorry if this is too inappropriate for the forums).

[Super Aurora]

didn't watch video yet but what kind of katana he has? Does he have an odachi like mine's too?

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didn't watch video yet but what kind of katana he has? Does he have an odachi like mine's too?

I have no idea. He used to have a lot of cool weapons, like a medieval axe (which he called Gimli's Axe because at the time he had a bear and was as hairy as Gimli), some katanas and one sword that served as a cane, too. I don't know what he did with them.

Anyways, going back on topic, this episode I easily relate to:
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Before anyone gets confused, he isn't saying that you shouldn't be social, but that you shouldn't be trying too hard to impress others to the point where you are someone's puppet. He's basically calling out peer pressure forcing people to change to be more appealing towards others. And I agree with him.

At one point in my life I was so severely judged that I felt as if I needed to change for the sake of others. So I tried to be the "ideal" man. Come to find out, not only was I unhappy because I felt I had to hide who I truly was in fear of upsetting someone, the same people that judged me simply didn't care about what I did. So afterwards, I decided to not be so conscious about what people think of me and just have fun being who I am. I know my limits, I know my strengths and weaknesses. Best of all, I have gained more friends this way than when I was intentionally impress people, and come to understand myself a bit better.

Again, that doesn't mean that I don't socialize. I like meeting new people and learning things about them. I will always be friendly to them and be as jolly and jovial as possible, but I will do it because that's who I am, not because someone wants me to be that way.