BBC describes the riots in France as "mostly peaceful."

Reminder: Trump has reduced legal immigration more than any US president in the last 100 years.

Mostly peaceful terrorists attempt to break into police headquarters, Caserne de la Cité, in Paris.

Twitter user says: "There might be no greater sign that humans are naturally monogamous or life long pair bonders than how badly men AND women are distressed (often destroyed) by breakups/divorces."

I agree that this is certainly the most relatable sign, but humans' natural monogamy is also supported by a lot of biological & cultural/historical evidence: genetic data, decreased sexual dimorphism and relative testes size versus polygynous and/or promiscuous apes, monogamy predominating even in polygyny-permitting societies, and so on.

I would posit that since both men and women are usually more damaged by breakups, even to the point of ruination, than by the death of loved ones*, this is not something that we are evolved to cope with. People go off the rails with self-destruction (drugs, alcohol, tattoos, piercings, promiscuity), take psychiatric medication, develop permanent trust issues, etc.

* Excluding parental death during childhood, which causes severe and lasting psychological damage.

Re. Nofap etc., somebody recently asked for my thoughts (I quote below):

Semen retention is definitely beneficial; try it for two weeks and you'll notice the change in your mental state, no studies required: increased clarity, more motivation, discipline, focus, etc.

The problem is that it isn't sustainable. 99% of people can't do it indefinitely without losing their minds, especially with pornographic imagery blaring out of every media source, half-naked women walking down the street everywhere you look. There's a reason athletes and fighters only do it for a few weeks before competitions and fights.

Indefinite semen retention isn't even biologically possible; a healthy guy is just going to coom in his sleep if he goes too long without release. Plus, retaining semen leaves your balls full of degraded old retard sperm, which does eventually get broken down and reabsorbed over time, but not quickly enough to prevent a backlog of dysgenic swimmers. You're supposed to clear the tubes out every two weeks or so to retain healthy sperm, or something like that... I forget the exact timeframe.

People who are really sexually screwed up -- they suffer from erectile dysfunction or have brainwashed themselves into developing bizarre sexual fixations that would impede a real relationship or whatever -- would definitely benefit from nofap, as it helps to reset sexual preferences. After a couple of months of nofap, you could probably fap to something as innocent as a cute girl's face.

Porn consumption in general is not great for you, but some types of porn are obviously much worse than others, given that it can rewire your brain. If you can only get off to very bizarre stuff, then you've got a problem. Anything that features another man is inherently gay and cucked; you're training yourself to be attracted to dick and balls and watching other people having sex.

Another issue is that nofap can become an unhealthy obsession; people traumatize themselves because they've failed their heckin nofap streak and "relapsed." The nofap reddit is an insane asylum. People often treat it as a cure-all, as if nofap will magically fix all of their problems. What good is a 90-day nofap streak if you don't eat healthily, don't exercise, don't socialize, don't learn anything, etc.? If your life is a total mess, it can be a good starting point, but that's all it should be.

The extent to which somebody should nofap depends entirely on their circumstances. For a healthy guy without a girlfriend, limited fap of every week or two seems optimal. People with low libido could abstain for longer, but that in itself is indicative of serious health issues. People in relationships should also do nofap, for obvious reasons, unless you don't see your partner for a few weeks.

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Additional thoughts:

In the past, I have advised indefinite nofap, but I rescind this advice, given that 1 in 3 young men are getting zero sex and have poor prospects for getting any sex. (Not that sex is what young men truly desire; it's intimacy and love).

And relating to my previous post, couples with mismatched libidos should discuss the issue openly, but delicately, to ensure the sexual needs of the higher libido person are met to a reasonable degree. Maybe this will require somefap, but I don't think that's optimal.

EU president Ursula von der Leyen admits the Great Replacement is real, but blames it all on Russia and Belarus.

Russia and Belarus do ship migrants into neighboring Eastern European countries, but this pales in comparison to the number of migrants imported by the European Union.