"The world would be a better place without religion..."

Maybe. Probably not. We just can't will it into non-existence regardless. My hypothetical concern is, say we do get rid of all religion (by what? Burn all the books? Put them all in an Island? Killing them all once and for all? I'd LOVE to know your methods... but hey, off topic), then what? Human by nature will believe and follow in something/someone... Chinese followed their religion-banning dear leader MZD to their deaths by the millions. Germans got played into Nazis by a charismatic madman that resulted in WWII... my point is, we can't let any harmful idealism fall into the hands of charismatic leaders that cause real harm and be silent. Star Wars (and its mortal religious rival Trekkies) is a registered, legit religion to some but mostly for fun and harmless. Trumpism is arguably a religion itself in America now, and alt-right ideals are spreading all over the world from its aftermath that's 100% harmful IMO.

Religion as a practice can do immense good & evil in equal measure. We should all do our part in not letting people in power weaponize religion.

"Its the biggest sham in human history. " IMO, it's people in (religious/political) power that twists religion into a sham. And continues to. I blame these people, not the religion. Don't let these douchebags have their way!

A lot of people (majority even) fails to put the words of these religious books into historical context. Civilizations and cultures
evolve. Societal practices and knowledge of the physical world too. Look into the intent and context, then it'll do good. Twist religion into self-serving gavel of judgement (to others, NEVER to oneself!) then nothing good will come of it.

"Just goes to show how stupid the sheeple are."

Thing is, people get into (and out of ) religion for all kinds of reasons. Calling them all sheeple and stupid isn't doing anyone good service, merely shows your narrow view of religion (and stereotyping people of faith) more than anything, no? It's as wrong as a priest calling atheists must be lacking of a moral compass.

I'm with you in your disdain for mindlessness.

Are there sheeple? OF COURSE. Are blind followers stupid? Yes to a degree. But IMO these sheeple are stupid not because they're into a faith, but follow the words and commands blindly of their faith leaders without thinking of the intentions and lacking a firm grasp of reality and consequences.

We need to eliminate sheeple mentality, religious absolutism and self-righteousness that disrespect others, that thinks one is better than others because of following a religion.

I'm fine calling out the ridiculous among them, I do so in my church. Just don't call and treat everyone a sheeple. Besides, sheeple is not exclusive to religion, there are Apple sheeple, celebrity sheeple, political sheeple. Do we treat all of these people as sheeple with disdain?

But man... it's extremely disheartening to see the state of religion in the USA. I can see why some people are so against it there. I seriously can't feel defensive about it if I'm a US citizen, because watching videos like these do make sensible people wanting to punch that guy. But how can people NOT see through the idiocy and out right ban/disown that shit? That's the most concerning to me of American Christianity.

He did mention fish/white meat, however he was making the point that meats aren't what is making them healthy - the Mediterraneans are healthy despite these animal foods. They are healthy because of the large intake of whole plant foods, as is the case in Japan.

And we know this, because within Japan itself there's a clear relationship between health, and amount of animal products consumed. The traditional Okinawan diet (the place which has the most centenarians int he world) is just 6% calories from animal products, the rest being from sweet potato and rice and veg. Where as mainland Japan where they eat more animal products they don't do as well as their Okinawan neighbors.

This relationship of animal food intake & rates of chronic diseases works on a local level or a global level. Less is always better, all the way to none (Loma Linda 7th day Adventists many of which are vegan by religion tend do the best out of all of the blue zones, when it comes to chronic disease).



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Omega 3 is present in so many plant foods - such as flaxseed/linseed, hemp, chia, and even sea algae (which is where the fish get their omega 3 from)

The benefit of getting omega 3 from plant sources means almost no saturated fat, no cholesterol, no mercury, no IGF-1 raising protein structures (and no antibiotics if you are eating farmed fish). Also they say the ocean will be fishless by 2048..... (which also coincides with the Post Atomic Horror era for the Trekkies out there lol)

Fish also don't have any fiber, (the one macro nutrient everyone pretends doesn't exist, and most people are deficient in). Stay regular and prevent diverticulitis/diverticulitis, and avoid hemorrhoids, and even varicose veins.

Flax also contains lignans which prevents/treats prostate cancer https://www.healthline.com/health/prostate-cancer/flaxseed-and-prostate-cancer.


You just get so much more nutrition out of plants over all. Animal products tend to have a higher amount of a single compound or nutrient, but they have a lot of baggage with it. It's like buying a car, you don't necessarily want the one with the biggest engine, the total package is what's important.


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Whether or not Barnard is a vegan shill, doesn't change the nutritional profiles of foods as shown above.

It also doesn't change the fact he looks, acts and speaks amazing for someone that's 65 years old - clearly putting his theory into practice with wonderful results. And while that is anecdotal, that's certainly something nobody would say about Atkins, or Loran Cordain (Paleo advocate) or Jimmy Moore (Keto advocate), who all look like they could drop dead any minute (and Atkins literally did drop dead).

god damn, Netflix made me a Trekkie and now I am enthusiastically engaged to this kind of obsession.

Your video, Night Court: Trekkies in Court, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

Ack, I want to hear more! One of those videos that you look at and go, cool it's an entire 5 minutes of Trekkie AND civil rights goodness -- then it's over in a blink. Should have been 15 minutes. Damn.

We really need to hear more about Tack-eh's "liberal" conversations with Roddenberry... My wife is a TNG fanatic (and Asian), so this might be the selling point I've been looking for to get her to watch the OG with me, which she doesn't consider serious enough scifi.

Also, on the subject of the "South" -- my family is from Florida/SC and I remember my mom freaking out because she worked in a building (circa 1988) with a colored's only bathroom. She had no idea that there were still relics of segregation in public places. I don't know how it survived THAT long, but when you live an hour away from the nearest grocery store, yet the manatee "preserve" (they didn't look very preserved, the majority of them covered from head to tail in propeller scars...) is less than five minutes away, you're bound to find things that escaped the flow of time. Trailers on blocks of cement, just resting on top of the white sand in a hurricane fuckland... How smart my ancestors were.

I'm a fan of both franchises. Hard to pick which is better; I tend to think that the peaks of Wars beat the peaks of Trek -- but not by much. The lowpoints of both are pretty awful. And Trek has the edge in sheer volume of at-par or better quality entertainment, even though I've only watched TOS, TNG, some of DS9, and the movies.

So to me acting like Wars fans vs Trekkies are like oil and water doesn't ring true, but it's still a funny video.

Thanks for the sift!

Thought you would enjoy this. You Trekkie you
http://videosift.com/video/Leonard-Nimoy-Vs-Zachary-Quinto-Old-School-Vs-New-School

Star Wars and Trek are going to be old-school geek by the time yer kids are hip to it. Disney will have wrung that sweaty workout rag dry and Trekky convetions will look like AARP gatherings. You will be SO unhip if you make them fans.

You'll realize that if you send them to school with that vintage "Strikes Back" luchbox...

I'm telling ya dude....listen to the choggie:
Mandarin
Electronics
Music

They will never be without a 6 figure income and will define the new geek!

Sorry, but trekkies are just too nerdy for me. Star Wars is more acceptable... at least it was before episodes 1, 2 and 3.

If you must choose, Star Trek is more cerebral and more adult oriented.

I think it was in Trekkies that it was said "Star Trek is for adults, but kids can see it, while Star Wars is for kids, but adults can see it".

I love both in their own way and I don't think they're mutually exclusive at all, just like Babylon 5 is fucking awesome too, Farscape is also good. Sci-fi is where it's at, muthafucka!

Stargate can suck a dick though.

>> ^VoodooV:

I love the fuck out of Firefly, but a 10 year reunion show does seem a bit...much


I don't think so, this took on a life of it's own. It's now not even soo much about the show, it's about the people who love the show and them meeting up every once in awhile with the friendships they've formed. That can only be a good thing, that's how Trekkies sorta went after awhile, long term bonds were formed due to love of something and then that became the glue to foster loving relationships and friendships and other such gayness.

I think it's sweet, I supported the Browncoats but I would never really call myself one because I never wrote a letter or did anything except sign petitions. I've never even been to a con, I just like loving Firefly from a distance.

My guess is that more than a few Trekkies actually use that code ... who's with me? =o)

>> ^lurgee:

The origanal series had way better scripts. I gave up on the newer stuff after Tasha Tar vanished.


Pity, because TNG really didn't get good until the 2nd season (i.e. just after you stopped watching). I'd argue that the TNG at it's best was the best Star Trek ever made. But I don't really consider myself a trekkie, so YMMV.

God damn trekkies.

>> ^GenjiKilpatrick:

You're missing the point. This is a community designed to find and promote thought-provoking and interesting videos you normally wouldn't stumble across otherwise.
So besides that this is on the front page of Youtube for all the 14 years FPS videogame nerds [you included apparently] to gawk at and drool..
This series is utter garbage that everyone has already seen and it doesn't belong on this site.
Only thing a submission like this does is push more interesting, original, engaging, thought-provoking content off the front page.
So you don't go waggling your bright pink "if you don't like it. LEAVE!" dildo dick around without understanding the type of website and community you signed up for.
>> ^albrite30:
>> ^KnivesOut:
@albrite30 are you suggesting that someone should not be opinionated on the INTERNETS?!?!!!
BURN THE WITCH

Oh I don't think people shouldn't be opinionated on the internet. Not at all. But if you really know that you don't like something, then why torture yourself.



Sorry GenjiKilpatrick that you apparently don't see that my post fits in to the grand scheme of the videosift mentality. Right in between Trekkie weddings and cats sleeping like bosses. I don't see any difference in "thought provoking quality" between my mindless fucktarded video and the others. If you want to insult me by calling me a 14 year old fps nerd, I invite you to insult me on a different wavelength. Read my profile before you shout your angry rhetoric at me my friend. You are a valued member of the sift and normally I respect your opinion. I implore you to read WHAT I wrote to you more carefully before you flame me. I said nothing insulting. On the contrary I merely gave a bit of friendly advice regarding these videos for you peace of mind. If I know beyond the shadow of a doubt that something is going to piss me off if watched, I don't watch it. On that note I take my leave. Again I respect your opinion when it is well formed and not a mal formed attack on qualities that you mistakenly ascribe to me.