URGENT! Read this: lukesmith.xyz/deletion

@evandrofilipe1526

3 жыл бұрын

That sucks

@sanjai7746

2 жыл бұрын

Not this ti luke

@Kirmo13

5 ай бұрын

404 update or remove comment pls

I can't resist the temptation to watch the unaboomer ranting in the woods, giving life advice to internet users.

@veljkopetrovic5280

3 жыл бұрын

Bald ted kaczinsky motivating me to stop touching my peepee

@twl148

3 жыл бұрын

hey denshi FUCK YOU !!!

@lukasdoms7483

3 жыл бұрын

what video?

@holymegadave

3 жыл бұрын

@@veljkopetrovic5280 my peepee bahahaha I'm crying ... take your like good sir hahaha

@forgiveness_denied

3 жыл бұрын

it's not count as sin, if you watch p0rn from 80s where they didn't eat ass 😂

PDFs are a gateway drug for zoomers to start reading real books

@hhhuthhhjj5599

3 жыл бұрын

red pilled based legends prints whole book for 1 dollar

@PsycosisIncarnated

3 жыл бұрын

@@hhhuthhhjj5599 yep. Just torrent it and print it at a shop lmao. Or read them on your big ass monitor.

@AA-gl1dr

3 жыл бұрын

@@PsycosisIncarnated e-ink raspberry pi viewer >

@RandomGuy-yf4wf

3 жыл бұрын

"real" books don't matter at all. What matters is the message the writer tried to send to the readers. Paperback, pdf, .txt... it doesn't even matter. I can carry 1000 offline books in my pocket wherever i go + all the books available in the places that have internet connection.

@theodiscusgaming3909

2 жыл бұрын

How is a pdf not a 'real' book?

"Sin will keep you longer than you want to stay, take you further than you want to go and cost you more than you ever wanted to pay. " - My Pastor.

@flemishtemplar3766

3 жыл бұрын

It's not from him originally.

@parkerbeck3580

3 жыл бұрын

-Everyone's pastor.

@flemishtemplar3766

3 жыл бұрын

@@parkerbeck3580 well, i'm more of a preacher

@vram1974

3 жыл бұрын

@@flemishtemplar3766 I assumed that. He's just the first one that repeated it to me.

@vram1974

3 жыл бұрын

@@parkerbeck3580 Amen.

The man's spittin straight KOREAN out here in the auto generated captions

@johnkelfy7256

3 жыл бұрын

Based

@anti_lol5832

3 жыл бұрын

why based?

@zyansheep

3 жыл бұрын

I'm just getting unknown unicode characters. WHY ARCH? WHY YOU NO FONT WORKY??

@skatunerdkid9706

3 жыл бұрын

@@anti_lol5832 install gentoo

@Lasklo

3 жыл бұрын

@@zyansheep install Korean font

I remember how my mom told me about my great grandpa stopping smoking, first day of his retirement he threw his last packet of cigarettes away and said "Pension is for the essentials not for ciggarettes and alcohol" and he never smoked again.

"Learn to enjoy boredom." This is seriously the most important Life Hack, period. I'm so glad I was born before the internet, so I can remember what it was like.

@gamma4053

11 ай бұрын

Same here i'm nearly 25 but i remember how less internet and smartphones felt like. I was just getting bored and started reading books in my room, stared to dusk from my 5th floor apartment.

@hawkofthereborn43

5 ай бұрын

I miss the days when "curfew" was when the street lights came on

My favorite CONTENT CREATOR has finally posted. I must give into the urge to CONSOOM CONTENT.

@knpstrr

3 жыл бұрын

Just hope he doesn't go full bloat.

@spaceghost0813

3 жыл бұрын

I know right? I was starting to get the shakes after the first few days of no new vids after that nice stretch of daily content.

@alemannicmark2986

3 жыл бұрын

True. Thanks. Gotta wake the fuck up.

@ktaleentkekma5777

3 жыл бұрын

@@knpstrr bloat is meme

@henryhogge8422

3 жыл бұрын

Cumsoom DRM Netflix steam pornhub

there was one of those studies were they put childlren in front of a cookie and tell them if they dont eat it for 10 minutes, they get 2 cookies or whatever turns out the ones that covered their eyes were the most succesful The easiest way to avoid temptations in generals is to just distance yourself from them, dont see them, dont go near them, dont think about them, make them hard to reach

@MediaMunkee

2 жыл бұрын

The problem with that is when all your productive hobbies/habits are also on the computer. Art, music composition, coding, etc. It's something I've recognized is a real problem for me for quite a while now because all the passive and active hobbies are packaged under the same roof, and it's just _so much easier_ to engage in the passive ones.

@guidosillaste4297

2 жыл бұрын

Flawed study since double the reward is not much of a reward. if they tryed 1 cookie vs 1 bag of cookie results will lean more towards waiting . Since the pleasure time 1 cookie brings or 2 cookies brings has only 1% diffrence not double while a bag a cookies only has 25% at best.

@jordixboy

2 жыл бұрын

@@MediaMunkee Same for me, im a software engineer work 8h on a full time job, afterwards my hobby is actually building software. But I dont see it as a problem, its different to being on the computer and watching porn or playing video games. But I do would love to get more contact to nature.

@judahdsouza6168

2 жыл бұрын

this study failed to replicate, actually

@14megasxlr

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, hey look. Actually advice, not some bald weirdo rantin in a forest without actually saying anything. Thanks.,

This has literally become a church

@GhostofTradition

3 жыл бұрын

you could have called it a cult but I'll go with church.

@xvzf115

3 жыл бұрын

Pastor runescape

@Caspaah151

3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@p_serdiuk

3 жыл бұрын

_We can make a religion out of this_

@WafflesOinc

3 жыл бұрын

Amen

"you can just stop" Damn why has it taken this long for me to realize something this obvious? sincerely thanks for an empowering message, Luke It appears a lot of people think I was being a snarky, sarcastic ass even though I used the word sincerely. I was not.

@viiltelijamurhaaja7225

2 жыл бұрын

Thats what i thought too. Guess addiction has disappeared

@wtfimcrying

2 жыл бұрын

@@viiltelijamurhaaja7225 yeah

@skorpius2029

2 жыл бұрын

Homeless people just need to stop being homeless. Simple.

@rephaelreyes8552

2 жыл бұрын

This feels like "why are you depressed? Just stop being sad". The advice he gives is alright but months and years of habit cannot be stopped that easily

@dirtydan9785

2 жыл бұрын

@@skorpius2029 It really *is* that simple for things like porn and social media though.

Stopped drinking completely, deleted all my social media account and stopping browsing plebbit / boards completely few months back. Best decision I have ever made. So much money and time wasted on that shit.

@desktorp

3 жыл бұрын

@@logical_bystander2951 I sometimes refer to KZread as "Microsoft Television 3.11 For Workgroups" .. the nexus of TV and social media; the next habit to kick. I also sometimes use that monicker to refer to the modern Internet, in general.

@cosmojg

3 жыл бұрын

Where do you waste your time and money nowadays?

@tzokke

3 жыл бұрын

@@cosmojg The extra cash has been going into savings, time went into programming and video games. Did a lot more of just walking around outside for exercise while listening to audiobooks when the weather was better.

@robertjones8803

3 жыл бұрын

@@tzokke Glad it's all working out for you. While you're scoping out more books, I'd like to recommend an author: Jaron Lanier. He's a VR pioneer and recently he's dropped some amazing books. He talks about the ways that our current social media systems are broken. Maybe one day we'll find ways to use tech to really bring folks together, but right now social media systems view user-addiction as a goal, because the business models are built around mining as much user interactions as possible. Take care, man.

@chrism8180

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertjones8803 like a person who is invested in VR has a place to talk about social systems. I'm sure he has no vested interest in offering VR as the solution, and selling his books to people who eat that crap up. Yes keep pushing for the technocratic society

one day we will see luke in orange clothes meditating like a budhist monk. already bald enough.

@acerld519

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure about Buddhism, but I can see him in an orange jumpsuit.

@BurgerKingHarkinian

3 жыл бұрын

@@acerld519 lmfao

@teodor-hj4lx

3 жыл бұрын

when he maxes his Prayer stat in runescape

@arrtemfly

3 жыл бұрын

@@teodor-hj4lx fucking hell i feel like luke should shadowban "runescape" lmao

@Aronymous7

3 жыл бұрын

Debased.

80% agreed, but you are missing that people have differing amounts of self-control. It's a skill that must be learned. You can't tell people who haven't learned to command themselves "yo bro just stop", cause they won't. Some permanently online normies are really far behind in maturation and need to take baby steps. The average person also lacks some sort of life-plan and literally don't know what to do without their addictions. In response to this advice they might stare at the wall for a while and think to themselves: "Well, I tried being bored and it sucks. Back to easy dopamine hits."

@nolin7657

3 ай бұрын

But you can’t teach people to develop self control, it’s something they have to figure out entirely on their own. So really the only advice you can give them is “just stop” and let them figure out exactly how they’re supposed to do that

Should have displayed more classy choices to be relevant to your audience like danbooru, distro hopping, supertuxkart and meth.

@LubosMudrak

3 жыл бұрын

why would you do supertuxkart?

@johnconnery7547

3 жыл бұрын

Bro supertux kart is nothing compared to supertux

He did the Varg thing!!!!

@LukeSmithxyz

3 жыл бұрын

I clapped when I saw it! 🖐️😮🖐️

@johnkelfy7256

3 жыл бұрын

Emojis are cringe imo

@A_Box

3 жыл бұрын

what? I didn't notice.

@holymegadave

3 жыл бұрын

The intro of the video is like Varg intros haha but without killing Euronimus and being held captive in a max security prison for a couple of years. That's a red pilled man.. he killed and now is free haha no consequences, he even write a couple of songsxD (best place to get dopamine detox and getting things done hahah). Here in South America you can go to prison if you try to defend yourself against a strange trying to get into your home.

@mamaluigisixtytwelve5179

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukeSmithxyz IT BROKE NEW GROUND

Just deleted Instagram

@ard-janvanetten1331

3 жыл бұрын

king

@knpstrr

3 жыл бұрын

I just installed it so I could delete it. Feels good man.

@firstnamelastname-hr9ds

3 жыл бұрын

based. this is the way.

@trinity_null

3 жыл бұрын

gotta delete youtube too now since you're getting satisfied by it.

@sage5578

3 жыл бұрын

same

The mindset change from “I need it” to “I want it” has been the biggest help. I still do all sorts of things that lead to my temptation issue, but they are no longer in control of my impulsive personality.

I printed luke's face on paper and put the pic on my room wall as a reminder of this.

@ekksoku

3 жыл бұрын

@@jatre5938 "pics or didn't happen"

@watchout3811

3 жыл бұрын

I hope Luke sees this and starts thinking about taking another month long break

@mr.squishy5024

3 жыл бұрын

I know this is a joke but that might honestly help. Or if not Luke, your mother, Jesus, etc.

@wolverine9632

3 жыл бұрын

You need candles too

@notaboutit3565

2 жыл бұрын

Y’know, you could get an icon of Jesus Christ for that lol

Watching this gradual descent towards committing an act of large-scale self-defense against the government is particularly gratifying.

Me: Tonight I ll sleep early Me at 4:00 Am : Watching how to resisting temptation.

@radicant7283

2 жыл бұрын

The man, the legend

@protoketer4554

Жыл бұрын

time well spent

@xibbit6322

Жыл бұрын

Same

@SonOfMeme

Ай бұрын

3:30 here

I have addiction to reading philosophy for years, I don't even like it anymore, I just can't stop reading this shit.

@RAMnnn1892

2 жыл бұрын

😂

Boomer rants at the youngins about how they don't know true boredom.

@MickeyD2012

3 жыл бұрын

For the most part, they DON'T. They don't know true poverty either. The average American is friggin' LOADED compared to any objective standard. You have cars and homes that are automatically kept at a livable temperature with very little risk of any kind of accident.

@olegcherkasky2755

3 жыл бұрын

@@MickeyD2012 this may come as a shock to you but not all of us here are Americans. I don't disagree though.

@p_serdiuk

3 жыл бұрын

@@olegcherkasky2755 Ukraine?

@olegcherkasky2755

3 жыл бұрын

​@@p_serdiuk Israel

@MickeyD2012

3 жыл бұрын

@@olegcherkasky2755 I use Americans as an example, because we're the richest it's easier to see, but most countries are like this. Developed countries, anyway.

People can't even drive without their constant soycial media rush nowadays, let alone read a book.

@holymegadave

3 жыл бұрын

Thats why tesla exists haha to let consoooomers drive while checking their social media haha well actually not driving xD

@Gigachad-mc5qz

2 жыл бұрын

i hate social media, its like meth all for capital gain

@wtfimcrying

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gigachad-mc5qz agreed

@FrenOfAllRodents

2 жыл бұрын

Notice the same thing at the gym too. Most people I've seen just walk at a leisurely pace on a treadmill for 20-40 mins while staring at their phones. Makes me wonder if these people really think they're going to get in shape.

Watching this on mpv and commenting from the terminal in an attempt to resist my youtube temptation

@neonblood4658

3 жыл бұрын

@Adrian Pancho With the youtube-viewer cli

@neonblood4658

3 жыл бұрын

@Adrian Pancho I watched the video on mpv and commented through youtube-viewer (just my original comment, the subsequent replies are through my browser as I don't think you can reply to comments through youtube-viewer)

@holymegadave

3 жыл бұрын

@@neonblood4658 I use a similar app.. a fork of youtube-viewer called straw-viewer... I like it very much.. the only problem with that fork is that you cannot comment in videos. No account is needed

I can't resist learning about Linux and installing Arch differently on yet another 16 year old laptop! Help!

@afonsosalbrecht

3 жыл бұрын

please install arch in the m1 and let me know. thanks

Luke: "Just resist temptation, bruh. It works for me."

@robinx6138

3 жыл бұрын

Why are you depressed? Just don't be sad, duh.

@JerryO1995

3 жыл бұрын

You wanna quit smoking? Just quit bruh. I've never done it to begin with so I don't even know how tobacco addiction feels, but trust me, I have a pretty successful yt channel about a completely different topic.

@skyworm8006

3 жыл бұрын

@@JerryO1995 He skips over the addiction part but he's kinda right. Slow reform or rationalisation is just coping and very ineffective. The only way to kick something to the point that it's not just denying yourself is moral commitment, though that moral commitment may take consistent strengthening. You can be 'free' of smoking or porn but without this it's just something you managed to avoid doing until relapsing again, it's not really dropping it. The best way to do this is convince yourself that it gives you nothing and isn't a loss of pleasure, because for most addictions this is true.

@ilogos8124

3 жыл бұрын

@@robinx6138 riddle me this, how can someone stop being sad other than by stopping being sad?

@joerude8

2 жыл бұрын

Suddenly it helps me

>Imagine being such a coomer that you can't enjoy the real thing. I can't, this just sounds... impossible?

@holymegadave

3 жыл бұрын

@donaciux hahahaha kinda gay hahahahaha

@A_Box

3 жыл бұрын

@donaciux LMAO never got the fixation with anal.

@juliansoto2651

3 жыл бұрын

@donaciux lmaooo you're totally right. Anals for gay ppl

@testacals

2 жыл бұрын

@Evan John Programming most people who plays racing games knows that they are fake. If a person doesn't know that porn is fake , it shows a problem with the education system. Also normal safe sex is a lot of work unlike the porn. If someone said they prefer porn due to just because it being easier, fair play to them. "If you’re just having sex for pleasure, it’s never worth it, especially not for your wallet. " that's a very subjective opinion. "People who are known as coomers are just people who have become victim to our disgusting and deplorable societal norm where everything is hyper-sexualized" You realize that people used to be much more degenerates in the past right ? raping back in the day was normal. "social media is filled with vapid sluts who get off on male attention because they have no impressive quality or skill" there equal amount of guys in social media that get off on female attention .

@bennygohome4576

2 ай бұрын

It unfortunately is. Porn shapes your perception enough that it can make actual sex not feel good at all

I absolutely love finding people on youtube and such who are also fellow Brothers and Sisters. Luke is absolutely right. Even in the Old Testament, Joseph (still a virgin at that time!) RUNS away from Potifer's wife when she tempts him. So much that ditches his clothes that she's holding onto, and runs away. Physical separation is very powerful.

I was wainting since ages for the next "les fine oud :-DDDDD" intro.

Your missing one more: People also use addictions to get temporary relief from their issues/pains/trauma. People need to get help from the thing that is tormenting them so they can live happily and can be free from addictions.

@Stszelec01

3 жыл бұрын

People can't get happy without sense of stability to have it they need to work job that they don't like that will make them not happy welcome to world built on capitalism

@anduro7448

3 жыл бұрын

how can you tell what is the thing tormenting you? what are some common things? how do you face the thing?

@tanura5830

Ай бұрын

We escape because problems can not be solved. So atleast let us be happy while we forget the truth

How are you gonna resist the temptation once you have high-speed internet at your place?

@mrgomelonsolaris

3 жыл бұрын

Reminder that Luke has no bandwidth to dl prn innawoods, even if he wanted to.

@AbhishekYadav-ye3sz

3 жыл бұрын

Oops my network manager broke.

@JohnSmith-ry7wh

Жыл бұрын

Idk get a job, get in shape, be a man....find a girl....get married. Have sex with the one you love. Believe me it's better than watching some Zulu banging away on a blonde on your laptop.

I find that I'm more likely to give in to temptations when procrastinating (the anxiety of not doing the things I need to do builds up, so I let myself go into escapist activities to ignore those negative feelings). What helps me is just forcing myself to do my work (even if it's not gonna be my best work) and taking walks outside. When I've done my work for the day (even just some of it) I feel less anxiety, more at ease, more satisfied, and more in control of myself. The best time to work is immediately upon waking. The tendency to keep falling into bad habits can have to do with how your four F responses (fight, flight, faun, and freeze) were conditioned during childhood too, which unfortunately can persist into adulthood. For example, a freeze/flight type might tend to porn and other isolating activities. A couple of great books by Pete Walker on this (CPTSD).

@seronymus

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I really feel this....as someone with an explosive dad growing up and bad anxiety and ASD ;; bad habits and never doing things are my cope and sort of like anxiety meds

@aeronautisch

3 жыл бұрын

What you said couldn't be more true to my situation. I'm currently at the stage of fighting procrastination after suffering from it since january last year. Like disciplining myself by sticking to a routine, getting out of my comfort zone by working out and running and walking distances, reading and only rewarding myself until after I've done these things. I should timebox my days honestly. It's hard, I feel like I can't do it alone. That's why I'm relying on channels like this, it's a real wake up call. I even picked up Java again, lol!

That's the first time youtube showed me Christian ad on video.

@LukeSmithxyz

3 жыл бұрын

Well the whole video was a Christian ad.

@johnkelfy7256

3 жыл бұрын

Luke Smith I cant resist that truth Mr John Smith .

@david52875

3 жыл бұрын

Install adblock

@saint_n9ne

3 жыл бұрын

plot twist. Luke's entire channel is a Christian ad.

@salman.sheikh

3 жыл бұрын

Luke Smith I’m all for Christianity man.

Yes, he did the Varg thing, "Let's find out."

@fenixman2

3 жыл бұрын

Noticed that too, absolutely based. Let's hope they don't 'shut him down' like they did to varg tho

"NOOOOOOOOO ARE YOU SAYING I DON`t HAVE ADHD??? I HAVE A CHEMICAL IMBALANCE! REEEEE" -Reddit user

@Gm-ce5kg

5 ай бұрын

fax

Interestingly, studies where people were supposed to suppress compulsive actions, like checking your smartphone, going on social media, etc...., show that people who actively take measures to prevent them from doing so are more successful with this. That's probably a no-brainer, but the interesting part is that people who took those measures that made it easier to not do any compulsive actions performed better at various kinds of tests and tasks related to concentration. Excerting willpower to suppress any kind of addiction/compulsive behavior is some kind of mental strain, meaning your brain has to work in order to do it. Since you can only actively concentrate for a given amount of time on a day, people that didn't have to muster up any kind of self-discipline in order to suppress compulsive behavior (i.e. people that locked away their phone, blocked porn sides and threw away the password to unlock them, etc. ....) had more mental capacities to work on something else.

@chrism8180

2 жыл бұрын

It helps when you have no friends and nothing going on

Hi Luke, big fan How do I stop watching your videos? I can't stop

@MpSniperM1911

3 жыл бұрын

You can't

@holymegadave

3 жыл бұрын

Get bald and start making your own videos...

@_syedmx86

3 жыл бұрын

@@holymegadave Oh lord, I shaved my head a month ago. I'm morphing. Edit: Just checked my ID card and my first name is now Luke.

@holymegadave

3 жыл бұрын

@@_syedmx86 hahah old mighty luke

Actual flipping life advice that took me years to figure out. Listen up kids, this is good stuff.

Withdrawal symptoms of porn/masturbation are a hollow feeling, dejection and brain fog, leading to the need to fap/watch porn as nothing seems to make you feel right. Temporarily ridding yourself of this by sating the addiction is mistaken as 'feeling good' or 'relieving tension'. You are not giving up pleasure by quitting, you are pushing through withdrawal. Cold turkey is the best way to do this, not thinking that you're resisting or giving up something, just deciding how it is and following through. Doesn't mean you won't fall into a behavioral pattern, such as thinking you just need to peek at some porn- the rest following from there, but this is trivial to catch and discard if you've solved the problem of resolve. If you're having a really tough time then you haven't truly made the decision to stop, and shouldn't bother deluding yourself, thinking of it as 'resisting', until you have made the decision to stop. Unironically don't bother actually trying stop without properly resolving to stop, it will just sour the idea of it because you'll relapse at the height of withdrawal or earlier and think you need to do it to feel good. Unlike most drug addictions, it isn't even that hard to kick this one because the withdrawal isn't so intense, the only reason it's a big problem is because we spend so much time on our computers and porn is so accessible and normalised that we're barraged with sexual material without even looking for it although it was already a problem with sexual material being everywhere with or without the internet.

@Tokmurok

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, the choice to quit forever is one you successfully make once.

The physically fleeing temptation point is such an important one. Important for dieting, for example. Can't mindlessly eat junk food if it's not in the house because you never bought it to begin with

>no steam >no coom >no drugs or alcohol >no social media how2? just find other, more interesting things to do >climb >take a walk >make food >read a book >watch sum birdos

@Gm-ce5kg

5 ай бұрын

dam, das fax init

YES HE DID IT HE SAID LETS FIND OUT

@Xack03

3 жыл бұрын

@@cyb3rs1n Did he actually FIND OUT? LETS FIND OUT

@sv1014

3 жыл бұрын

SESH BOYS WHERE U AT

@LZ4COMPRESSION

3 жыл бұрын

@@sv1014 SESH WOOOOOO

this is actually really based. i wasnt expecting anything helpful but boy have i been proven wrong. thanks luke. please continue these rants!

Dopamine detox is literally a major reason for how I ended up here

@turtleanton6539

8 ай бұрын

Same😊😊😊

Hi Luke, I'm not a boomer, i was born in 1997, but i completely agree with you on the boredom perspective. Sometimes i play music when over at my friends' house, it's just a thing we do, a guy that is 1 year younger than me literally cannot handle being at a place with no music playing, when i stop he instantly wants to turn on other music or asks if I'm playing anything else. Like what the hell! Kids these days for sure cannot handle Nothing, no wonder they have trouble at almost all basic things people should be able to do like working or eating.

@111coeval9

3 жыл бұрын

I can't stop listening to music. I convince myself that it doesn't matter because I can still get things done. But my productivity is 5% it would be without it.

@pedroprobst5230

3 жыл бұрын

My friends are also constantly listening to music on Spotify when I go to their house or in the car. Sometimes quite loudly, to the point we can't have a proper conversation. It sucks, because not only I dislike the music, it's too loud!

@theyeking7023

3 жыл бұрын

How can a guy one year younger be called a kid unless you include yourself in that category?

@theyeking7023

3 жыл бұрын

@@pedroprobst5230 black metal and classical only based music. maybe jazz

@PaDamTuts

3 жыл бұрын

well some people actually have a thing with music cancelling the silence anxiety, however it is still disrespectful if you are with a person

Another issue is the fact that a temptation/addiction must be actively avoided, because at some point you are so deep down the rabbithole that you just autopilot to your bad behavior unless you stay focused not to.

@hanhthien2948

Жыл бұрын

Stop using arch, use windows

Usually if people can't resist temptation it's because the conditions that led them to it are still there, they need to figure out what those conditions are and fix them so they won't resort to the harmful behaviour.

@heartsdelightful

2 жыл бұрын

Same for addiction. Don't take away the symptoms of addiction take away the reasons for it. And that's all too often so painful people decide to stick to addictions because this is less painful and they have a good excuse. All too easy. My opinion from experience.

@Jaikay1

Жыл бұрын

2:13 - 2:43 literally defines addiction without realising and his advice is 'just stop' lmao.

@davidreith2663

Жыл бұрын

​@@Jaikay1 porn is a non addiction its literally just stop doing it

The issue with smoking is less the habit and more the absolutely awful withdrawal symptoms.

@somecallmejacob

3 жыл бұрын

The exact same advice applies though. If you decide you want to stop and accept that you'll go through a few days of pretty serious withdrawal, you are 100% capable. Any time you light up a cig you're making a conscious decision to do so. You can make the conscious decision not to do that and understand what you'll be in for. People who try to quit smoking time and time again just never mentally commit to actually quitting. They always plan on smoking again I think, they just don't fully admit it to themselves. It's more seeing how long they can hold out for than actually deciding to quit.

@ilogos8124

3 жыл бұрын

It sucks, I had headaches and terrible mood for two months. Almost two years after quitting I still feel smoking sometimes, especially if there’s alcohol. But it was DEFINITELY worth it. Overall life quality has gone up.

Re first half: All these bad habits and addictions are also used as a painkiller, an escape, a distraction. You can't just remove it and not provide any replacement. This is not a thing of logic, but of emotional state, which cannot always be improved on your own, it depends on your social circle. This requires a lifestyle change and people do need help navigating this change.

@T500Kz

2 жыл бұрын

False you just gotta have big balls. I ghosted all my friends since they do all the things I’m stoping, like drinking and complaining about life and smoking weed. I now program all day and study unix and will get a good job one day since this is my reality now. Just don’t do it and get over your shitty little girl ego

Dude out here speaking straight facts. I've been binging your vids and there's a lot of gold!

I drank for 10 years of my life. Lost my twenties. Nothing could stop me. Not GF’s, AA, The state, or my friends or family. When the time came it was my decision to walk away. It’s been a couple years now. I just so easily stopped one day.

I remember watching this video two years ago. I was 20 and was doing a lot of things I knew I should not be doing. Watching porn for instance. All my life was based on the refusal of taking self-responsability. I've always found good excuses to do the bad thing. This video hit hard. Especially the part where Luke says if you're doing something you know to be bad then it means you don't actually consider it to be entierely bad. It is such a bright idea! It helped me stop following the wrong path. I've finally managed to fix most serious problems in my life and Luke's advice have been of great help in that process. I will always remember that there is nothing outside of me that can prevent me from doing the good thing. Thank you Luke.

Self-flagellation is one off "time tested" classic approaches.

Based and true….boredom is a part of every day life we need to learn how to live it and removing yourself from the situation is also always the way to go…..

8:27 Right, it's not boredom! Rather I suspect it's brainfog and fatigue from being overstimulated by the technology we're surrounding ourselves with every day, complimented by the lack of willpower or drive to complete a set of goals. We should separate ourselves from technological stimulation atleast once a week so we can contemplate in silence. I read from someone that most people have about 20-30 thoughts througout the day in total, and that if you can't sit still and entertain yourself with just your own thoughts for an hour you are probably dumbed down mentally and spiritually from said constant overstimulation (distraction, escapism).

Why the hell are subs only available in Korean?

@jorionedwards

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine only knowing one language.

@johnkelfy7256

3 жыл бұрын

Turn it on lol

@behradh

3 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh we need someone who knows Korean, Google's brilliant ai has somehow decided the language of this video is Korean, I wonder what it says

@migkillerphantom

3 жыл бұрын

Auto-generated lmao

@abcdef4328

3 жыл бұрын

@@behradh It's literally interpreting his English words into korean words that sound similar.

That's actually good advice. Usually, the advice you'd get is to "be busy" which, although true, is very vague, and means that someone would have to look for what makes them busy.

@PatrikKron

3 жыл бұрын

I think the addiction often is the “solution” to “be busy”, it’s why we you do it in the first place. So you need to replace it with something that’s better. ~“Be busy with something worthwhile”

You are so right man, dropping social media and games has made my life so much better.

Luke, thank you for this video; it's helped me greatly. I just want to add one thing that's helped me greatly in these last few weeks is repeating the Jesus Prayer when feeling tempted to look at porn. It's help is twofold, in both calling to God, as well as being something to focus my mind on.

The thumbnail is so deeply poetic.

Disposing of the smartphone was one of the greatest ways of breaking addiction to the solitary sin. That, and the Rosary

@metebas3400

3 жыл бұрын

rosary beads? They are great man.

@holymegadave

3 жыл бұрын

I remember being so addicted to the first smartphones like N95... until I lost it thanks to a thief... after that.. my life was never the same xD

@ilunc

3 жыл бұрын

What kind of phone would you recommend as a replacement?

@renaissanceman419

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilunc A brick

@ilunc

3 жыл бұрын

@@renaissanceman419 Must be nice not having a job. I guess a flip phone would do.

Thanx bro. Came here from /adv. Loved the vid, and that "Learn to be bored" is mind blowing. Like, if i look back than that is exactly what i need.

theres this hierarchy of value, where posting a video on youtbe is higher than commenting on a video on youtube and talking to another person is higher than talking to your phone

I began watching this channel a couple years ago when I was hyped with i3, looking for cool .config files. After exploring this gentleman's channel, I suscribed. Since then, he's been an inspiration, some kind of guru not only of open source software, but a lifechanging person.

I’ve come to know that there is a psychological issue with all these temptations. Porn is often caused by feeling a lack of love. Not typically “sex” per say, but emotional security. Usually caused by parental resentment (mother who isn’t there for you; father doesn’t take interest) other times is frustrations with spouse (reasons can vary). Video game addiction is typically found in people who lack ambition or is lacking in hope of future ambition(s). Those two I can understand...there are other reasons for other additions

@blakepipkin7536

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe video games are just fun

@danielcoffman1022

2 жыл бұрын

@@blakepipkin7536 when it becomes and addiction, it’s no longer a “fun” thing

@blakepipkin7536

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe so, but I mostly just disagree with your assertion about video game addiction. I think almost all addictions stem from a desire to momentarily escape reality in some way. Most addictive substances alter brain chemistry in a way that makes living more enjoyable, porn offers easy sexual stimulation, and video games give players an escape by offering some form of immersive experiance. I just don't think people who are addicted to video games lack anymore ambition then a crack head on the street. I play video games just about everyday but I work 40 hours a week and I'm currently doing well in college.

I used to think this guy was batshit insane...3 years later, everything he said came true or his advice would have mitigated the shitty mental health most people are going through.

i felt my mind physically expand while watching this video, thanks luke

Out leader for no nut November 🥺✊🏻✊🏻✊🏻

@Seiseary

3 жыл бұрын

Xd

Luke, I've been around addicts my entire life. I respect you, but this is a horrible take. "Just don't do it, you have the strength to just stop" is laughable. Rehabs exist because there are people that CAN'T do things by themselves. Sexual addictions are very real and have destroyed people's lives. Don't even get me started on when sex addiction gets mixed with meth (meth and porn activate the same parts of the brain). I know from firsthand experience with myself and with others that these solutions typically don't work. Simply giving up any devices with internet access is not feasible. We all find ourselves back in the same place unless we deal with the underlying issues behind our addictions. We can only run for so long. One of the issues is you expect people to respond rationally, but addictions prevent your brain from thinking rationally. It's important to have good people around you and to be held accountable. If you are addicted badly enough, then you can't do it by yourself and those of us who have been there damn well know it even when we don't want to admit it.

@pedrofelipefonsecaenunes2435

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@lanrebloom7030

2 жыл бұрын

You're looking at the extreme case

@Returnality

2 жыл бұрын

@@lanrebloom7030 Addiction is an extreme thing by nature

@liamsweeney4754

2 жыл бұрын

If you don't take agency for your addiction you'll never be free from them, all of what you said is true, but it doesn't change the fact that to break addiction you need to take it one step at a time, and that you have the choice to resist temptation every single time you encounter it. Obviously when you're first getting clean outside help is important, but this is about staying clean. Support is vital, but so is taking responsibility and being honest about your choices.

@Returnality

2 жыл бұрын

@@liamsweeney4754 Of course. You have to actually put effort into staying clean, nobody can do it for you. My point was that the odds of getting and staying clean are dramatically higher if you have a good support network.

I watched this video yesterday and you made such a good point that i shut down my phone and wrote a note to comment on this video the day after

Thank you, Luke. The psychology on that is a bit deeper than that, but you provided solid steps to get there.

I don't think every person alive has free will. Everyone is born with free will, of course, but making bad choices in life limits one's ability to make choices in the future. For example, one can't choose to be a competitive runner if one spent the last 20 years smoking 2 packs a day. Repeated enough, this can cause complete erosion of all free will. Such a person is a slave to his urges and he is unable to regain control.

@neilcross5844

3 жыл бұрын

whooah

@Alejandro-vp1op

3 жыл бұрын

We have a blurred free will, but we do!

I half expected Luke to recite Mathew 5:30. The passage may sound barbaric, but I remember when I heard it some time after having tried normie-tiered dopamine-fasts and removing myself from my sources of temptation and whatever, that it really rang true. For instance, living in an urban area today without a smartphone is in a lot of ways to live life a cripple compared to the rest. But such a life is far better than to let oneself fall into the temptations that it enables. Today's dumbphones are still pretty smart, but they're way better for you and much cheaper than any smartphone.

real, thank you for uploading this i needed to hear this

I don't always agree with your point of view but I'm glad you actively engage in the conversation.

Not cooming is anti-semitic.

@nickkrasovsky238

3 жыл бұрын

@@AncientSocratesI can’t speak for protcucks but the Old Testament really isn’t that significant in church doctrine

Personal accountability and personal responsibility!?!? HOW DARE YOU! (Greta Thunberg vioce)

Thanks Luke. I already know most of this, but it pays to be reminded.

This is great! I'm late to the party but your entire channel is exceptional. It's like Common Filth without all the obsessive black pilling. Kudos!

try making an OS from scratch, the headache makes everything else boring

@ergpopler413

3 жыл бұрын

@boy lasagna i'm writing the kernel and everything from scratch, i'm 14 so school has been slowing me down

@ergpopler413

3 жыл бұрын

@boy lasagna not too bad

@adonisadmirer2752

3 жыл бұрын

@@ergpopler413 Aren't you guys too young to be making a kernel?

@ergpopler413

3 жыл бұрын

@@adonisadmirer2752 no, why would there be a minimum age?

@adonisadmirer2752

3 жыл бұрын

@@ergpopler413 The correct answer is: "Yes, yes we are."

If one of your family members has a baby and you go to kiss it, and you watch them grimace and turn away from you because of your smoke breath. That should make you quit smoking instantly.

@Jimmy_The_Goat

3 жыл бұрын

why would I give a shit lol

Now this was the kick I needed. The power to resist temptation has literally been given to me... I can resist it. If I want to. Thanks.

Yeah I agree. A big part of quitting is understanding why you want to quit and what's standing in your way to help yourself get more serious about the commitment and take the first steps to changing those habits thought patterns and moral convictions

Learned my lesson. Stopped this video about halfway.

Also, it's good for your pipi and body in general. I'm less tired and with a thicker friend. The problem is that you will find women attractive and do shameful things to attract their attention.

these are not the words i wanted to hear but ones that i needed thank you truth is always hard to accept

When you said that most people can't open a book and read a page. I got up and read a book for one page. Good Job.

4:52 "it's stupid when people make that distinction" when "stupid" people make that distinction, they're actually referring to the fact that smoking introduces an exogenous substance in their bodies, nicotine, and hence there's a dipendence on that substance that comes from an external source. These newer kinds of addictive activities though, like watching porn or endlessly scrolling in social media, don't give us any exogenous substance that we can be addicted to. They just play with our internal hormones , like dopamine and serotonin, that your body naturally produces, inducing spikes and effectively "administering" you with substances of your own making. That is the difference. Last century's addiction focused on giving you external substances, today's addictions turn yourself into the laboratory, the pusher, and the administer your own addictive drug. They only cut the distribution middle man.

cautionary tale : I cöömed since 12 and now I can't enjoy fornication at all. I can confirm the last statement. Don't be like me !

@chrism8180

2 жыл бұрын

Must be something wrong with you. Watched more porn than I could remember, and always enjoy the real thing

@mouwersor

Жыл бұрын

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Much respect! People not liking this type for content, well if you couldn't pick something useful in it for yourself, a lot others will, so just chillax!

Damn bro your completely right. You have completely changed the way I think about bad habits.

Food is the greatest temptation.

@0000xFFFF

3 жыл бұрын

not after corona... can't taste shit

@difflocktwo

3 жыл бұрын

@@0000xFFFF Just don't get corona, or maybe do of you're overweight.

@JLG629

3 жыл бұрын

On nofap, started eating way more, too dopamine starved

@0000xFFFF

3 жыл бұрын

@@JLG629 TRUE... I remember when I worked out like crazy, didn't fap, didn't eat tasty food, didn't do anything that produced dopamine...... I started feeling depressed...

You know, you could just give some tips instead of bitching about people asking you for help. People aren't generally asking for answers or for you to fix them, just hints and tips. It's so easy to say "just stop" but there are reasons people do the things they do. And you come off as discounting or downplaying people's struggles when you say "oh, just stop and run from temptations". My best advice to anyone who didn't quite get anything from this video is this: Work on yourself by doing things you like to do that are productive and make you feel good about yourself. No need to tell anyone about it or to brag. Just do stuff that you like, that makes you feel good. IMOE, getting "in the zone" doing stuff, I don't feel like getting drunk or high and I'm actually productive and feeling really good.

Great advice! Thank you!

Yeah I don’t necessarily agree, I don’t believe everyone is capable of just Summoning the will to do anything at any time, quit any habit etc. I will however admit that I have become comfortable in a pretty dark place and I have become a bit attached to my suffering so agree with that.

@tvdinner2790

2 жыл бұрын

Not to toot my own horn but I did. It's an easy concept, just hard to execute. All you have to do is literally just stop and resist temptations. That's how I broke out of some stuff. It doesnt work overnight obviousl, it may take some time but just simply forcing yourself to stop will eventually... well, make you stop.

Wow, I got 3 'quit porn' ads with this video.

For the serious cases of addiction this advice is so far from helpful and correct it couldn’t get much worse. It’s evil in fact.

I deactivated my facebook after watching your social media video and I was tempted to reactivate this morning and then I saw this in my suggested videos. Perfect timing lol

This is more inspiring explanation to "dopamine detox" , excluding the noise that comes with that term . Thank you.