You should understand that most people will be average regardless of what. If every single human is in best shape mentally and physically that will become new average, so the only thing you should focus on is if you are happy with your situation or not and if not you need to keep pushing harder.

@Svencage

2 ай бұрын

'You should understand that most people will be average regardless of what.' Yes that's why it's called average 'If every single human is in best shape mentally and physically that will become new average' at that point being 'average' wouldn't be a problem. Being average is only a problem if the average is miserable and not that fulfilled with their lives, which for a lot of average people today is the case.

I believe many people will always complain about their "averageness", regardless of what they accomplish. The pursuit of excellence is a part of the human nature that often overshadows the pursuit of happiness, which leads to us feeling even worse about our current situation, despite our attempts of improving ourselves and our lives. We should be grateful for what we have while bettering the aspects of our life we feel dissatisfied about: this is the only way to overcome the sense of inadequacy that derives from not feeling "above the average". It's all about perception and gratefulness, in my opinion.

You are so handsome

Average? I'm from North Africa, I have seen many handsome men and I have smart friends here but you're smarter than all of them. Here in my society, looks for males are not everything but they still be important.

@Svencage

2 ай бұрын

'Here in my society, looks for males are not everything but they still be important.' I don't think looks are super important. I think the most important is to be educated, healthy, masculine, free, strong, purposeful.

@sicapon4098

2 ай бұрын

@@Svencage Exactly, same thing in my country. males who look handsome by the European standards are called "freret" (it's a term to define boys who belong to the streets and their life is all about only looks and have no purpose in life). But the term handsome here is related to prestigious jobs and titles. That's why you find beautiful women are wives of an average looking (decent) or even ugly but wealthy software engineer, or a doctor, or a teacher or something big like a minister and a president. Cause our society focuses on Marriage and establishing families and status not for random relationships and banging girls.

How do we define a strongman???

i approve

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Strange world! Average is not good enough? It is!! I am average in everything I do. And I do a lot. I am 59 and never have I been best. I am good enough for most of things. And it is enough. I have got a house, wife, family, good work. I am healthy and not ugly. Enough! Sufficient! Be grateful!

@naomijoanne

2 ай бұрын

I would say being average today isn’t necessarily a compliment, as most people do not have sufficient health, aren’t educated and aren’t happy with their lives. However going off your comment, it sounds like that is not the case for you. And seems like you’re doing quite good in life. I feel like this video wasn’t meant for you, so i don’t know why you feel the need to explain ‘why’ you’re enough, unless you aren’t convinced yourself. Wish you all the best :)

@Svencage

2 ай бұрын

If that's the way you want to live than that's how you should live of course. This video is more so made for people who aren't happy with where they currently are with their lives.

Hi Sven, I have a few problems with this video. I think most important of them, is what is the reason for posting this? I say this because I really think that you should get out of this mindset of sharing your ‘wisdom’ because, it’s quite incorrect or rather not entirely the truth. I say this because when making videos like these, there needs to be some sort of definition of terms. For example, what is average? what is weak? what is strong? what does it mean to be average and not average? Furthermore, are you implying that people stay average just because they are average at a particular time in their life. Now this specifically is important because it is important to understand that everyone is on their own journey in life. This circles back to my original point of “what is the purpose of this video”. You asked, “How can people be fine with being average”. First, the question is wrong, because what someone considers average is not the same as what another person may consider average to mean. In this sense of the word, it is very subjective. This video implies that you are using it in some sort of objective way. Which is implied from your statements about masculinity, testosterone, physical health, and making money. This is where the problem starts to show. You cannot use average as an objective overarching term for all aspects of a person’s life. It simply cannot be. Also, you stated that the western world is weak, which makes absolutely no sense. I really think one benefit that you can add to your life right now is to stop conflating social media, the media, or rather the internet with the real world. Furthermore, the quote that “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times” is a common myth that people fall for as intuitively it sounds right, but in practice falls short. This is because it has 3 propositions linked into a chain of causality, of which each premise is incorrect. It’s under the guise of if this, then this. Which is wrong. For example, hard times don’t necessarily create strong men, strong men don’t necessarily create good times (Adolf Hitler was a “strong man”, but he didn’t create good times), and good times don’t necessarily create strong men. Furthermore, the quote is very vague and doesn’t explicitly define what strong and weak man are, and what hard and good times are. You shouldn’t make these big, generalized statements of “how people are” and “how they should be”. Instead, you should focus on yourself and when your giving advice instead of saying “how can you live like this” you should rather give advice based off your own experiences in life. I also encourage you to think a little harder about certain things such as why you were the way was as a child. Was it really because society told you to be this way or rather because you were a child, and you were trying to figure out your purpose in life. Also think about why you changed, is it because you “suddenly stopped listening to however society told you to be” or is it because you learnt that this is not the best way to live for my own happiness and for my own journey. I think if you think a little harder here, you may realize that more people are like this then not. They go through life, experience things, and learn from them. Now what they do with that information is up to them and should not be stated in a video as wrong. Thanks for making this video, Sven. I think you have the right idea, but your execution should be less generalized and objective and more subjective and understanding the beauty in the complex fluidity of life and its many aspects that contribute to what makes us humans; and to your point, what makes us not average. (:

@Svencage

2 ай бұрын

'what is the reason for posting this?' To tell people that they can achieve great things and don't have to be stuck where they currently are. 'I say this because I really think that you should get out of this mindset of sharing your ‘wisdom’ because, it’s quite incorrect or rather not entirely the truth.' I disagree 'what is average? what is weak? what is strong? what does it mean to be average and not average?' I don't think those terms are quite hard to understand, but I'll try to be better. 'Furthermore, are you implying that people stay average just because they are average at a particular time in their life.' Quite the opposite, the point is to tell people that they don't have to be 'average' and that they can be great if they put in the action. I believe I also made that quite clear in the video. 'Also, you stated that the western world is weak, which makes absolutely no sense.' I think it does, if you look at how much fatter and more depressed people are. I don't think it's just limited to the west though, but most of my experiences have been in the west, so I can tell you that from my own experience. 'You shouldn’t make these big, generalized statements of “how people are” and “how they should be”.' I'm not trying to tell people how they should be, If I did then yes my apologies. I think everybody should be authentic to theirselves. 'Was it really because society told you to be this way or rather because you were a child, and you were trying to figure out your purpose in life.' As children we are like the people around us, cause that's all we know, and we are the average of the people we spend time with in many ways, so yes I do think if society and the people around as were very different we would also be very different as children. 'Also think about why you changed, is it because you “suddenly stopped listening to however society told you to be” or is it because you learnt that this is not the best way to live for my own happiness and for my own journey.' I'd say it's mostly because I got access to new knowledge and became more educated. Thanks for your comment

@sp00ke

2 ай бұрын

@@Svencage Thanks for the reply Sven. I think knowledge and education is very important in life, and I agree with what you said at the end. I think the problem comes with the term average which constitutes that there is a quantitive way in which humans can be categorized overall. I am confused as to what you mean specifically by average as I know humans posses both inherent and acquired quantative and qualitative qualities. When it comes to human beings, we each interact and observe the world in our own unique ways, and I think that for this reason we shouldn't try and prop ourselves up this so called 'average' and indirectly above others, but rather see each other as human beings with compassion. As equals. In this way we can stop looking at people through objective lenses and telling them to be a certain way which is seen to be a virtue (this is also largely cultural). Now I am not saying that you are not saying this, rather I am just providing my own perspective to think about each other. I think your overall point is good. It is definitely good for people to strive to be good in what their interested in. But it's important to understand that good isn't necessarily an objective term. We should encourage each other to flourish in things they enjoy, but what one person believes flourishing to be will be different from the next. Also a big part of interacting with others, is that you will notice their flaws. I believe that because someone has a so called 'flaw' for example maybe they are overweight as you said, I don't think we should lump all these people into one category and then taint their entire person as a whole. When it comes to fixing these so called 'issues', I believe that it is something for the individual to work their way through in life and maybe with the help of trusted friends and family. In this way, I don't see the western world as weak. I just see at as well, just that, the western world. I don't believe in holding generalized beliefs about a society. Just because there may be an increasing percentage of a certain vice in a population, doesn't make that whole population 'weak' or 'bad'. Again I am not saying your saying this. As you said you made your point clear. But I think you should stick to that point and not go into vague terms such as people being average or weak or strong. And also here you used "oh, buts that's just semantics". This is a case of the logical fallacy of equivocation. Words have very specific meanings and can have different meanings in different contexts. So i believe that it is important to state the meanings for specific context. Thank you for give me your time of day and at the end of day you dont have to listen to thing I am saying, it is not correct nor wrong, just a perspective. (:

You could never be average

@Svencage

2 ай бұрын

I could be average if I wouldn't put in the action. I used to be fat and weak. Nobody has to be average if they don't want to and put in the effort it takes. Everybody can be great if they want to.