it is no secret that Elon Musk has an insane work schedule working more than double the hours of the average full-time worker and and you know now I'm kind of in the 80 to 90 which is well manageable but but you know that if you divide that by two it's only like you know maybe forty five hours per company which is not not much if there's a lot of things going on like a slacker yeah that time is split between many different projects most of it goes to his main companies Tesla and SpaceX but he also spends time on things like the boring company and open AI and of course making flamethrowers add to that the fact that according to Ashley Vance's biography on him he spends four days a week with his five children and you've got what is possibly one of the busiest and most hectic daily schedules of anybody on this planet now in contrast to the video that I did about Ben Franklin just a few months ago with Elon Musk we don't have a source that gives us a super granular look at his daily schedule even a few tidbits cities are filled and interviews such as the fact that he spends about 80 percent of his time on design and engineering despite what most people might think I think a lot of people think I must spend a lot of time with media or on business he things but actually almost almost all my time like 80% of it is spent on engineering design but what we do know about is the method that he uses to keep his schedule organized and to plan out his day musk actually plans his day in five minute increments and has everything pre planned in advance this is a technique called time boxing it's actually used by lots of other people including Bill Gates and Cal Newport though Cal calls it time of blocking essentially time boxing or time blocking if you want to call it that or hack time block saying I'm not gonna stop you is the practice of setting a fixed amount of time for each task that you have to do and integrating those blocks of time into your daily schedule I use this technique a lot with my own work and because people like musk and Bill Gates and Cal Newport and many others find it so useful today I wanted to break down exactly how you can use time boxing most effectively in your own work so let's start with the obvious question why use this technique why time box your schedule and I know they're gonna be critics of this technique right off the bat who are gonna say scheduling your entire day in advance basically makes you a robot dude why would you want to do that and I gotta say number one you humans I mean we humans give robots a bad rap sometimes but number two this is kind of looking at it from the wrong perspective yes scheduling your day in advance does mean you're gonna be adhering to a predetermined plan and they're gonna have less unstructured free time but as you might know unstructured free time can sometimes be a bad thing as Parkinson's law states work tends to expand to fill the time allotted for it so essentially time boxing creates a useful limitation that can actually make you more productive first and foremost it takes a lot of the choice out of the moment of what you're going to work on because you are hearing to a plan so you spend less time figuring out what you're gonna do in the first place and number two because you have a limited amount of time you aren't going to waste it you're gonna be focusing a lot more intently and in the case of people like musk and Bill Gates they probably need to use this technique they've got so many commitments so many balls in the air that without pre-planning their schedule and keeping it really really organized things are bound to slip through the cracks okay so if I've got you convinced let's talk about how to use time boxing and the simplest way to do it is the way that I like to do it where I write out my daily plan either on my whiteboard or on a piece of notebook paper and I just estimate the amount of time each task is going to take so don't actually put it on a calendar and give it start and stop times up today I just say this is going to take me 20 minutes and then I'm gonna move on to the next thing if you're somebody like me who doesn't have a whole lot of scheduled fixed commitments that start and stop at specific times then that can work really really well and it might also work if you're in school or you're an employee and you have like a specific block of time when you already know you're gonna be doing things and then you have like another block of time that's kind of freed up and if this method does work well for you you don't have to do it on paper because there is an app called 3030 on the iPhone that I have used several times before now I gotta say I really don't like the design of this app the font they chose and this app is kind of terrible but it is one of the few apps that lets you set a specific time you're going to work on a task and then kind of like build a little itinerary of time two tasks that you can then go through and I used to use this a lot in college when I had a lot of homework assignments to get through now if you are an Android I don't believe thirty thirty is on the Android platform but there is an app out there called do now that seems to have a similar function now if you are the kind of person that has a schedule with lots of predetermined commitments already and have gaps in between them or just want to have more structure in your life and you actually might find it useful to use a calendar for your time boxing to set specific start and stop times for your tasks this is the way the Cal Newport says he does it in his blog post on the subject and if you're a student that has a lot of little gaps of time in between classes I think this is the way to go for you either way if you're going to use this technique successfully then the number one thing you're gonna need to learn how to do is properly estimate how long tasks are going to take you to complete and the bad news that you and me both are human beings we both like ingesting organic matter we both like using our respiratory systems to convert oxygen into carbon dioxide and we are both naturally bad at estimating how long things are going to take that I mentioned I'm not a robot we're all susceptible to what's called the planning fallacy which describes how human beings tend to make over optimistic predictions for how long things are going to take there was actually some research done at the University of Waterloo in Canada on this phenomenon students were asked to make two different types of time predictions one was a best-case scenario prediction where literally everything went right and the other one was for the average case scenario your average everyday run-of-the-mill experience and the researchers found that predictions for both types of scenarios were virtually identical which showed them that human beings tend to picture the best case scenario where literally nothing goes wrong when they're trying to predict what's gonna happen in an average everyday case so even though you know in the back of your head that when you try to get to work on an average day there's traffic or somebody's driving in front of you really slow on their phone as a grandma in front of you when you predict how long it's gonna take to get to work you picture the scenario where there's barely any traffic at all and everything is just perfect and this cognitive bug is not very congruent with successful time boxing because if you tend to make super over-optimistic predictions for how long each task is going to take then you are gonna end up getting less than half of what you plan to get done actually done so one way to get better at estimating how long your tasks are actually going to take is to track your time the app that I personally use for this is called toggle which is available both on computers and mobile devices and essentially you just tell it what you're gonna do you can give it a tag if you want and then you start it and stop it once you're done I found that if you track your time with an app like this then over time you start to get a record of how long thing actually take and you can start to see what the discrepancy is between your original estimations and the actual date from there you can sort of start calibrating your brain and making better estimations also when you're sitting down to plan your day and you're estimating how long your tasks are gonna take it's gonna be really helpful if you split your bigger tasks into smaller subtasks not only will this make your task list more action-oriented and clear but it's also gonna help you with your estimations because it is always easier to estimate how long a small well-defined task is going to take all right so now we have to deal with what is possibly the most legitimate objection to time boxing which is how do you deal with interruptions how you deal with things that you couldn't plan for or things that just pop up and interrupt your work Tom the Secret Service wants you again again well as Dwight D Eisenhower once said planning is everything plans are nothing so when your plan gets interrupted revise that plan County reports time blocking blog post actually provides a great example of how to do this he splits his notebook paper into columns and uses the first column as his original plan then if plans change or something gets interrupted during the course of the day he just revises the plan in the next column and then continues on from there he also advises designating certain blocks of time as what he calls reactionary time blocks of time that are literally set up for dealing with those things that come up during the course the day that you didn't plan for now sometimes things are gonna pop up that you have to deal with right now and they might be in a time block that was planned for something else and in those cases you're gonna have to roll with the punches but if something comes up that you can deal with later than a reactionary time block is the perfect time to take care of it one thing that I would add here is don't be discouraged if you're unable to follow your plan to the letter life is inherently unpredictable sometimes but that doesn't mean planning out your day is a flawed tactic no tactic works 100% of the time just do your best to adapt and then at the end of the day analyze your plan and see if what interrupted it was something that you need to account for in the future or if it was just a one-time thing and that brings me to my last but most crucial piece of advice for using this technique effectively avoid the temptation to over schedule your day yes Elon Musk is putting an 80 to 90 hour work week so juggling a zillion things at once but number one that dude is a monster and number two if you have difficult work on your plate that requires a lot of a tense concentration and creativity sometimes that's all you can do in a given day don't try to squeeze work like that into a tiny sliver of time and a day that's already taken up with errands and admin work as the authors of the book the four disciplines of execution point out the more you try to do the less you actually accomplish so take advantage of the productivity benefits that come from the limitations of time boxing but give that difficult creative work the space it deserves and save that mentally easier work for a concentrated batch day and while we're talking about that more cognitively trivial admin work if you do happen to want to make that more efficient than one thing that you might want to try is audible which is the world's best place to download and listen to audio books audiobooks are a big part of my life and they're a great way to be more efficient with your time since you can listen to them while you're at the gym or while you're commuting to school or work or cooking while you're doing laundry basically any time you're doing something that doesn't require a whole lot of attention in itself audible has an unmatched library of audiobooks ranging from the bestsellers to lots of obscure titles so you're gonna be able to find and listen to basically anything that's on your reading list a membership comes with a credit for one free audiobook every single month and unused credits roll over from a month-to-month also if you don't like a book you can exchange it with no questions asked and if you do happen to cancel all the audiobooks you've downloaded are yours to keep forever so if this sounds good to you you can get a 30-day free trial of their service along with a free audiobook download of your choosing by heading over to audible.com slash Thomas or by texting Thomas to five hundred five hundred on your phone this month I'm gonna recommend one of my absolute favorite books of all time which is Bill Bryson's a short history of nearly everything which I own both in print and as an audiobook this is the book that really did the most to rekindle my interest 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mind
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me
smile
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know
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and
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younger
flame
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civil
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me
and
asked
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there's
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when
it's
like
low
tide
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and
now
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what
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my
eyes
first
time
so
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her
her
anger
level
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want
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if
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was
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let's
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one
thing
straight
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murdered
the
family
dog
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so
I
put
my
baby
Benson
in
the
window
somebody
responded
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collide
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can
regard
a
number
one
of
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in
astrology
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no
I
no
longer
believe
in
astrology
a
bad
girl
deserves
a
spanking
and
as
I
am
daddy
you
are
my
girl
so
I
am
the
one
who
must
provide
punishment
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oh
my
god
I
think
she's
bleeding
out
we
have
to
get
her
to
the
ER
now
no
please
take
me
to
the
vet
the
vet
yes
why
because
I'm
a
furry
okay
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just
taking
you
to
the
ER
because
those
can't
be
your
last
words
some
random
just
tried
to
correct
me
and
say
it's
unpopular
opinion
not
popular
opinion
they
it's
my
opinion
of
course
is
popular
welcome
to
Colby's
list
of
things
that
shouldn't
be
multiple
colors
because
they
all
taste
the
same
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up
first
people
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for
the
gummy
bear
album
in
stores
on
November
13th
with
lots
of
music
videos
next
rise
babe
no
recorder
recorder
no
mr.
bag
of
his
to
Politis
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having
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nice
guys
always
finish
last
should
have
no
name
round
the
keyboard
what
will
he
type
completely
covered
head
to
toe
and
salsa
and
screams
who
wants
huevos
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I
swear
if
I
die
and
I'm
not
you
know
and
if
I
am
you
know
yeah
me
too
that
was
great
scented
Toy
Story
fun
fact
throughout
the
whole
Toy
Story
saga
Andy's
mom
never
remarried
this
is
a
subtle
nod
to
how
Andy
and
his
mom
are
better
off
without
a
stepdad
just
like
me
and
my
mom
I'm
better
off
without
Anthony
Anthony
stop
dating
my
mom
you
stupid
dick
it's
[ __ ]
sick
bro
hell
yeah
I'm
not
like
other
girls
I'm
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meaning
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life
what's
the
purpose
of
all
this
and
then
I
think
to
myself
why
the
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doesn't
matter
I'm
still
a
virgin
what
am
i
Indy
yeah
in
denial
of
my
worsening
mental
health
damn
it
really
do
be
beautiful
outside
right
now
but
you
know
what
it's
not
beautiful
or
Dan
is
not
beautiful
to
you
my
sister
just
looked
at
me
and
told
me
I
look
like
big
Edie
hold
on
one
second
this
is
big
n
the
dude
washes
his
hair
with
mayonnaise
okay
here
he
is
I'm
riding
my
bike
past
a
golf
course
right
now
and
I
don't
know
what
a
range
ball
thief
is
but
that
sounds
cool
as
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I
would
kill
for
that
title
also
how
is
prosecution
of
punishment
getting
paid
to
have
sex
I
don't
know
kind
of
feel
like
stealing
some
range
ball
wanna
be
a
better
person
because
you
have
no
[ __ ]
potential
you
know
but
it's
finger
down
if
you
accidentally
found
Noah
snap
on
omegle
but
he
skipped
you
before
you
could
say
anything
and
thousands
of
people
saw
baby
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both
males
always
here
my
ass
is
that
sort
of
the
post
you
ain't
know
now
you
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a
call
phone
a
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from
me
myself
before
our
country
$80,000
baggage
it
on
the
back
here
babe
no
I
keep
seeing
these
posts
about
health
care
workers
coming
home
and
avoiding
contact
with
their
families
completely
are
taking
off
their
scrubs
before
walking
into
their
house
so
that
they
don't
spread
anything
to
them
but
I
personally
feed
my
scrubs
to
my
children
every
day
that
I
come
home
from
work
because
I
didn't
raise
a
family
of
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amberlynn
shut
the
[ __ ]
up
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that's
better
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skateboards
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rollerskating
good
thing
I
brought
my
RipStik
some
people
ask
me
why
I
rip
why
do
you
I
rip
not
because
I
want
to
but
because
I
need
to
without
my
rib
I
would
be
nothing
but
more
importantly
my
rip
would
be
nothing
without
me
just
look
at
how
well
we
work
together
look
at
the
hair
never
behind
I
don't
think
people
realize
the
talent
and
skill
needed
to
do
what
I
do
just
take
a
look
at
this
next
trick
what
does
she
need
help
as
happen
when
there
is
she
alone
now
that
was
cool
now
remember
kids
ripstix
not
faves
I
am
so
bad
at
flirting
with
girls
I
feel
like
every
time
that
I
try
and
flirt
with
a
girl
it
always
comes
out
something
like
um
hi
Jessica
uh
can
I
see
your
boobs
I
mean
[ __ ]
I
didn't
say
that
and
feeling
like
spaghetti
[Music]
those
two
ego
babies
let's
go
to
the
beach
each
let's
go
get
away
they
say
what
they're
gonna
say
have
a
drink
click
found
a
Bud
Light
bad
[ __ ]
like
me
it's
hard
to
come
by
my
cat
has
just
been
sitting
in
front
of
my
mirror
like
this
just
just
checking
himself
out
periodically
for
the
past
10
minutes
[Music]
[Applause]
[Applause]
[Music]
mom
dad
let's
get
one
thing
straight
I
murdered
the
family
dog
so
I
graduate
high
school
about
over
a
year
ago
so
I
thought
why
not
share
some
drama
this
kid
got
suspended
for
writing
his
fiction
essay
on
women's
rights
for
privacy
reasons
I
can't
you
share
his
name
[ __ ]
most
people
need
a
license
to
drive
right
right
right
look
at
me
right
well
I
need
a
license
to
[ __ ]
cuz
I'm
so
[ __ ]
reckless
about
it
state
troopers
three
times
in
1996
had
to
obtain
me
out
of
festival
cuz
I
[ __ ]
you
will
never
climb
the
heaven
of
your
hands
full
of
penis
ssam
masturbation
[Music]
hey
guys
is
the
week
later
I'm
a
lot
better
not
tough
talk
for
a
fellow
with
a
small
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tough
[ __ ]
for
a
fellow
with
a
small
talk
tough
[ __ ]
for
a
[ __ ]
with
a
small
[ __ ]
tough
[ __ ]
you
oh
look
at
this
one
love
and
happy
and
not
dead
inside
get
[ __ ]
both
of
you
upside
down
tick-tock
check
if
you're
depressed
just
love
your
depression
because
then
it
will
leave
you
okay
now
they're
gone
what
if
I
got
one
of
these
vices
and
put
a
loaf
of
bread
in
it
and
then
ate
that
like
compressed
bread
really
quickly
would
it
expand
back
in
my
stomach
would
that
kill
me
would
that
be
like
death
by
bread
I
sir
my
deaf
brother
is
vacuuming
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[Music]
nice
swing
Marvin
trill
closed
back
down
there
could
be
my
beautiful
daughter
so
place
fern
it
hadn't
been
shot
we
would
never
won
and
that
world
were
one
of
the
tree
of
her
son
would
never
World
War
two
if
we
love
love
were
two
we
win
the
bone
the
[ __ ]
of
Japan
that
so
Imperial
Japan
would've
fallen
and
then
they
wouldn't
admit
to
hentai
tentacle
porn
hi
I'm
max
Taylor
and
this
is
the
pole
the
shirt
balanced
the
beverage
challenge
let's
take
a
look
$22
for
cups
$38
for
milk
and
1200
$23
for
therapy
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whether you're new to the God of War franchise drawn in by many near-perfect reviews for its latest installment or a day one fan of the long-running PlayStation franchise you know that outside of all the epic battles against mythic monsters and deities the series has consistently put one thing front and center in the story of the Spartan demigod Kratos his vengeance against the gods that have wronged him family well that and violence there's a lot of violence hi I'm Jets up with the leaderboard and we're taking a look at the story of Kratos and his path from hyper-violent Warrior haunted by the deaths of pretty much every single member of his family two hardened but protective father he's still pretty violent but also kind of the world's greatest dad come boy we're getting started the early years in the first installment of God of War and later in God of War Ghost of Sparta we learned that Kratos his mother was a human woman named Callisto and his father was Zeus the day Kratos was born Zeus his wife Hera ordered that Kratos be killed because she was angry at Zeus for having yet another child outside of their godly wedlock but Zeus took pity on Bibi Kratos and spared him he was left to be raised by his mother amongst the Spartans eventually his mother gave birth to another boy damos while Kratos and Deimos are still children Zeus learns of a prophecy stating that he would be killed by one of his sons a marked warrior he sends Athena and Ares the original God of War to find the son destined to kill him they suspect the son in question to be demos due to a visible birthmark over most of his body before Deimos is taken away Kratos tries in vain to protect him and is struck away by Ares leaving him with a scar over his right eye in honor of his brother who he believes to be dead Kratos tattoos himself with red markings mirroring his brothers birthmark this begins his lifelong resentment toward the gods he swears to avenge his brother's death he works his way from Spartan soldier to Spartan general expanding an army of fifty Spartan warriors into an army of 1,000 he also marries a woman named lissandra and fathers a girl named Calliope the comic book series God of War quest for ambrosia provides a little bit of insight into this time period of Kratos his life during which a young Calliope contracts a skin disease according to Spartan law this means she must be cast out of their society and left for dead because of her weakness this sets Kratos off on a quest for ambrosia the food of the gods which he learned is capable of curing his daughter along the he becomes Aries as champion in a game that's sort of like one of those Dinner for Schmucks scenarios but the rich people are Greek gods and the Schmucks are powerful warriors battling each other for the prize of yep ambrosia kratos wins saving his daughter and proving that he's always kind of been a family man though some of his spartan friends have to tragically die along the way basically starting a long-running trend where everyone close to Kratos bites the dust in the coming years Kratos his thirst for battle only grows stronger up until his powerful Spartan Army meets its match against an army of barbarians their captain ulrich also needed ambrosia to cure his dying father on the battlefield Ulrich sees a chance to avenge his father for whose death Kratos is kinda sorta indirectly responsible for because he took the ambrosia Eric's father needed with his inevitable death looming Kratos makes a last-ditch appeal to Ares pledging his allegiance to the God of War in exchange for the deaths of Ulrich and the rest of the Barbarian army Ares obliges and in accepting Kratos as his servant gifts him with the blades of chaos the first incarnation of his signature weapon a pair of blades chained to his body which he uses to kill Erick and many many more after him the tragic backstory at first and we're still in flashback territory here but trust me it's important Kratos faithfully serves Ares while still fighting for Sparta alongside the Warriors with whom he grew up however his life gets turned upside down during what seemed like a routine village raid apparently raiding villages is something more crazy Spartans just tend to do mid raid in Oracle warns Kratos not to enter a particular temple but blinded by bloodlust he ignores her warning unbeknownst to him Ares has transported lissandra and Calliope into the temple Kratos just up and kills them before realizing what he's done and defining his character development for the rest of videogame history right then and there Kratos renounces Ares but not before the Oracle colors his skin with the ashes of his dead family giving it the white ghostly hue that earns him the nickname Ghost of Sparta this reputation spreads throughout Greece and he becomes feared for his transgression marked by his pale skin the Furies the PSP game God of War ascension picks up soon after Kratos has renunciation of Ares who orders the Furies to find and punish Kratos for breaking his oath we learned that the Furies were created in war as a manifestation of madness and rage tasked with taking vengeance on any trader or Oathbreaker which basically means they're just the beings for the job kratos learns of aries as planned from Orko's son of Aries and Alecto one of the Furies orcas explains that Aries wishes to take control of Mount Olympus from Zeus but due to a pesky rule forbidding inter deity violence Aries decided to groom a warrior powerful enough to do the job for him this Orko's was initially supposed to be this warrior but he was perceived to be unworthy early on in his life he instead pledged loyalty to his mom's side of the family working as the oath keeper for the Furies Orko's informs kratos that he is now Ares his hope at overtaking Zeus eventually Kratos is captured by the Furies but he gradually defeats each of them overcoming a series of illusions tricks and straight-up mano-a-mano beat downs but upon returning to Orko's he finds out that the Furies made Orko's the keeper of Kratos has oath to Ares Orko's asks for an honorable death that would free them both from Ares and eventually Kratos acquiesces killing his ally and continuing the whole everyone who gets close to him dies thing breaking his oath also breaks a sort of spell once masking and now revealing to him the true scope of the horrors he's committed in confronting his past transgressions full-on he vows to redeem himself through service to Mount Olympus deciding for once and only once that his problems can be solved through hard work at not bloodshed Persephone's plot god of war chains of olympus also for the PSP picks up five years into Kratos his service to Mount Olympus mind you we're still not at the present time line for the first god of war game the franchise creators really really liked fleshing out prequel content before solo a Star Wars story was even a notecard on a cork board at Disney during this time Kratos notices the Sun disappear which he knows means that hey Leo's the Sun God has been captured morpheus the god of dreams quickly uses this opening to put all the gods into a deep deep sleep Kratos then sets out on a quest to rescue Hayley O's and save the gods from Morpheus curse kratos descends into the underworld where made quest he's informed by Hades is unwilling wife Persephone that if he wants he can shed his god-given powers rendering him pure and capable of entering the Elysian Fields where he'll be reunited with his daughter Calliope he does so without hesitation only to learn that Persephone and the Titan Atlas were the ones who kidnapped Helios the two of them planned to destroy not just the gods but every single being including themselves Kratos and Calliope Kratos reluctantly leaves and regains his powers kills Persephone and retains Atlas to the pillar of the world however having continued down this path of bloodshed and making himself too tainted to ever visit the Elysian Fields again he resents the gods even deeper and essentially loses his daughter a second time something I don't think he or anyone really knew was possible the series is beginnings here we are about halfway into this video finally at the very first God of War game while the original God of War includes flashbacks its present timeline begins with Kratos wishing to be freed from his nightmares of past violence including most notably of course the murder of his wife and daughter Athena encourages him to find an open Pandora's box with which he would be imbued with enough power to defeat Ares Kratos asks Athena if completing this task will free him from his nightmares and Athena kinda dodges the question but Kratos sets off to find Pandora's box anyway still motivated by his desire to defeat the God of War who was wronged him Kratos locates Pandora's temple on the back of Kronos the original Titan and father of Zeus and after overcoming its many traps puzzles and baddies he becomes the first human to reach Pandora's box however Ares gets wind of this and hurls a huge pillar at Kratos right when he finds the box killing him with some help from Zeus in the guise of a gravedigger Kratos escapes from the underworld reclaims Pandora's box and in unleashing all of its horrors into the world grows much larger in size giving him an even footing from which the battle Ares he eventually uses the gargantuan blade of the Gods to kill the God of War having completed this task the gods inform him that they've forgiven his past sins but aren't capable of ending his nightmares knowing he wouldn't be freed from his curse Kratos attempt suicide jumping off the aptly-named suicide bluffs but he's saved from death by Athena who offers to make Kratos the new god of since it's the title of the franchise after all and death wasn't an option kratos accepts strengthening his capability for lots and lots of violence more family drama the final PSP game God of War Ghost of Sparta begins with Kratos having visions of his mother being held at the Temple of Poseidon in Atlantis despite warnings from Athena not to go Kratos set sail for Atlantis where he finds his mother Callisto who he thought was long dead she tells him two things that his father who he doesn't yet know his Zeus brought her there and that Deimos his brother also thought long dead is trapped and being tortured in the domain of death which honestly doesn't sound that much different from dying anyway he's technically still alive Kratos asks for the identity of his father but then Callisto turns into a monster and Kratos has forced a killer she thanks Kratos for freeing her adding a sort of silver lining to the continued tragedy that his Kratos his family and you know the fact that he now has had to kill another member of his family on the way to free damos Kratos learns from Athena that it was she and Ares who took de messiah as a child deepening Kratos his hatred for the gods as every new bit of information he learns tends to do while he finds and frees damos his brother initially attacks him angry at Kratos for not being able to save him as a child however god of death Thanatos snatches damos mid bitter reunion Kratos follows and saves damos from death of the suicide Bluffs where Thanatos has taken him the brothers finally fight alongside one another against Thanatos tragically Thanatos kills demos before Kratos finishes the god of death off for good this is maybe the most heightened version of Kratos he now feels responsible for the deaths of basically his entire family and sees the solution as truly brutal God on God violence God of War two more gods more war God of War two opens with craters his resentment of the gods at an all-time high as he spends his time aiding Sparta in rating and destroying cities around Greece this alienates Kratos further and further from the other gods eventually in the city of Rhodes an eagle appears and zaps Kratos of his large size and some of his godly powers imbuing them instead into the colossus of rhodes a giant statue in the city kratos defeats the powerful statue with the help of the Blade of Olympus provided to him by Zeus this is a different powerful god lease or than the blade of the gods from earlier shortly after kratos learns that the eagle was actually zeus clearly sending mixed messages and he demands kratos loyalty Kratos is not in a position to argue weakened from his fight with the big bad statue still Kratos refuses and Zeus kills him with the blade if you're keeping track Kratos his death count is now - though Kratos once again escapes eternal damnation thanks to the help from the Titan Gaia Kratos learns from Gaia of Zeus's upbringing Kronos - was told of a prophecy that he would be killed by one of his own children and ate each of his sons as they were born Raya Zeus's mother secretly save Zeus from this fate and put him in the care of Gaia who raised him until he destroyed most of the Titans kinda like Zeus did for him we later find out from Zeus that Kronos - killed his father Uranus and Zeus is goal is to finally break this cycle of father-son murders with Gaia's guidance Kratos then journeys to the sisters of fate who he's informed can help him travel back in time and obtain the Blade of Olympus that Zeus first used to defeat the Titans and later of course Kratos this journey introduces lots of key Greek mythological figures like Theseus Kerberos and the Golden Fleece remember Jason and the Argonauts with the crazy claymation yeah like that once Kratos reaches the sisters of fate they inform him that his destiny is not to kill Zeus this doesn't exactly sit well with the guy who's defining himself at this point by the revenge he plans to take and this being the game that it is he fights the sisters of faith and wins eventually travelling back to the exact point at which Zeus betrayed him Kratos fights Zeus with the Blade of Olympus which he takes from his own impaled body but before he can deliver the killing blow Athena jumps in the way of the blade and takes the hit finally revealing two cradles that Zeus is his father Kratos goes back in time again and enlists the help of the Titans who he leads in war against the remaining gods on Mount Olympus turning one man's quest to kill his father into a world shattering war three-peat God of War three picks up shortly after - as this god Titan war is being waged as Kratos gradually kills the remaining gods each of their deaths unleashes a tragedy into the world he takes out poseidon first and this covers the whole entire world in a deep sea which means anyone not on mountains are high enough above the water are toast so basically everyone in the world not important to the story are dead at the outset sky really really hates his dad and won't let the death of most of humanity stand in his way then he confront Zeus alongside Gaia but the god-king blasts both of them away Kratos asked aya for her help while hanging on for dear life but she informs him that she only ever saw him as a pawn and used him as a way to reach Zeus without Gaia's help Kratos falls into the underworld yet again death count 3 before all hope is lost however the ghost of Athena offers to help Kratos and in a showing of goodwill provides him with the blades of exile a new set of blades resembling his signature weapon of the past he uses his new blades to fight his way out of the underworld he reaches and defeats Hades unleashing a new plague onto the world and also gaining the power to swim back through the river Styx back to the world of the living kratos kills hey Leo's next which blacked out the Sun and truly turns earth into a hellscape under the advice of Athena Kratos heads up to Mount Olympus to find Pandora's box because it contains a power he'll need to defeat the gods for good Kratos then kills Hermes the demigod Hercules Chronos the goddess Hera the blacksmith god Hephaestus and has a romantic tryst with Aphrodite for some reason my dudes life is eventful this journey takes Kratos to the famous mythical labyrinth where he rescues Pandora the plan at first is to kill Pandora which is the only way he could open her namesake box but she quickly feels to Kratos like a proxy daughter seeing Calliope and her he decides he no longer wants to kill her the inverse of pretty much any other time he's Wade whether or not to kill someone funnily enough Pandora wants to embrace her destiny and in the middle of a battle with Zeus she sacrifices herself and Kratos is able to open Pandora's box once again in a cruel twist of tragic Greek fate however the box is empty Gaia reappears now vowing to kill both father and son and Kratos and Zeus continued their battle inside Gaia next to her heart where Kratos is able to impale both Zeus and gaius heart with the blade of Olympus this kills Gaia for good but merely unleashes Lucis spirit which plunges Kratos into a torturous nightmare but with the help of Pandora whose spirit lives on within him I guess Kratos forgives himself for killing his family unleashes the power of hope and kills Zeus with his bare hands turns out the power of hope was just what Athena had thought Kratos would find in the box he had already obtained the power the first time he opened it kratos realizes that means Pandora's life was lost solely as a casualty of kratos his quest for revenge serving no greater purpose tragedy yet again Athena orders that kratos imbue her with the power of hope so she can rule over humanity however Kratos impales himself with the blade of Olympus freeing the power of hope into the world at large instead now Kratos has successfully killed his father continuing the cycle of patricide but also saving the world both from the plagues he unleashed onto it and the mad gods so maybe his grand gesture of violence was sort of justified we're just about to get to the most recent installment and that's definitely where Kratos shows off his parenting skills but real quick I want to remind you to enter our weekly console giveaway go to leaderboard NYC slash giveaway and login with virtually any internet account for your best chance to win you're gonna want to subscribe to the leaderboard on YouTube and sign up for our email updates you can also follow us on social media and tell your friends about the giveaway for even more chances to win and that brings us to the boy when 2018 s new God of War opens Kratos is living in a remote forest in the land of the Norse gods having just lost his wife whose funeral he's preparing alongside his son at Reyes Kratos his new son is probably somewhere between 8 and 12 years old so some time has passed since Kratos destroyed then saved the world the last wish of fey Kratos his dead partner was to have her ashes scattered from the highest peak in the nine realms so Kratos and atreya set off to climb the highest mountain they know of just as they're about to leave however the god Balder attacks Kratos fights him off and is able to set out on his journey but Balder can't really die so he pops up again from time to time soon Kratos anat Reyes made an unnamed witch who later turns out to be Freya who we even later find out is Boulder's mother the game draws a parallel between the Spartan and the which as the paternal Kratos has hidden at Reyes has gone hood from him thinking it to be for at Reyes sake but ultimately just fearing having to tell a trace of his past similarly freya made Balder and capable of being killed against his own wishes thinking it was in his best interest when truly she didn't want to lose her son but before we find out any of that the father and son team overcome lots of new hardships and even travel to another realm before they're finally able to reach the peak of the mountain as it's simply named it's there that they're informed by Mamere that the actual highest peak in all the nine realms she did say all nine realms after all is in Jotunheim the realm of the Giants who are to the Norse gods with the Titans word to the Greek gods but Jotunheim is only accessible through a portal that requires items from a lot of different videogame quests to open at the peak they meet Namir who accompanies Kratos and at Reyes as a severed head soon father and son are attacked by Magni and MODY God sons of Thor Kratos kills Magni while MODY gets away soon after at Reyes becomes ill from the disparity in knowledge thinking himself immortal when he's really you know a god I guess that can make you sick why not after a trace is healed Freya urges Kratos to tell at Reyes of his godhood and he does this leads to possibly the clearest moment indicating that Kratos has changed whether over the 10 or so years since the last game or during his journey with his son the two encountered a weakened Modi and at Reyes arrogant after learning of his godhood kills the weakened God Kratos erupts with anger teaching at Reyes that he was already defeated and his death was unnecessary this is a far far cry from The Ghost of Sparta of the past who would bask in the opportunity to kill a God who threatened him and his son soon after Kratos anat Reyes faced Balder once again this time protected by a Freya wanting nothing less than to see her son defeated as the battle comes to a conclusion it looks like Kratos has fallen into his old ways he has his hands around Boulder's neck but at Reyes reminds him of his own lesson and Kratos less Balder decide his own fate this fate turns out to be killing Freya and Kratos decides that means death apparently a significant lesson in not killing isn't as big a deal as stopping a child from killing their parent on a quest for vengeance a motivation he knows all too well the game ends with Kratos and atreya spreading Faye's ashes from the tallest mountain in Jotunheim both having grown during their journey Kratos has learned to trust at Reyes and rather than hide from hardships deal with them and at Reyes has learned that underneath Kratos is cold hard exterior is a warm caring man oh who would have thought a warrior so in love with the sight of the blood of his enemies who ended up becoming the literal God of War would eventually be a good dad probably not anyone who's only played the first god of war game but now that the latest entry in the series is out a bunch of sequels that really drive home the importance of Kratos as family it feels right and like it might be one of the better character arcs in videogame history would you want Kratos to be your dad let us know in the comments and if you haven't already be sure to subscribe to the leader board your home for video game


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this is our new location today is the opening this is a plus-size friendly salon all women deserve to be beautiful and pampered and they're worth it so I just want to get that message across a bit shake my beauty meanwhile I'm shaking my head today we are looking at the latest edition of fat acceptance ruining everything in a massive way the video we're looking at today is all about a fat hair salon and I think it opens the door for a great discussion about insecurities self-hatred and of course what to do if you're fat the video also provides a few reasons for me to take gigantic measures to delete my life you might be wondering how often I'm going to use this pun the answer is quite often I have a huge addiction now Before we jump into my inevitable death I do have some exciting news for you guys and that is my summer merch is now available and I have a massive sale going on for the 4th of July simply enter promo code 1776 to get 20% off the entire store I have new honest bear merch a hilarious liberal tears mug toucans shirts summer tanks and a brand new Avallone snapback or dad hats so head over to grab my merch com help support my channel and bring your conservative views out of the closet so the video begins with this voluptuous woman explaining she's opening her second hair salon for plus-sized women complete with cake and alcohol I'll be honest maybe it's just a girl thing but I've never actually seen a hair salon serve food I mean last time I asked for a drink of water at the haircutter II they sprayed hair spray in my mouth and told me to shut up I'm just saying a salon designed for overweight people that serves cake well that's some sweet irony today Jamie is launching a fabulous new salon next to the Las Vegas Strip to celebrate the launch jamie is offering her clients glamorous makeovers ending with an after-party in a top Las Vegas club I'm not trying to be a jerk but this woman is clearly at the farthest extreme of the plus-size spectrum this whole salon began because according to a 2017 video on her first fat hair salon she was embarrassed when she sat down and broke a regular salon chair I set up this place because I was humiliated in a regular salon I went there to get my hair done at one time and you know I went to sit down and greet myself in the chair loudly broke this woman is morbidly obese and I feel sorry for her she doesn't deserve hate for opening a business but this poor woman is so large she needs a handicap go-cart she's transported in her own bus and she can barely walk on her own her salon is designed for people so overweight it's deadly her chairs can hold upwards to 800 pounds the salon is catered exclusively to fat people she wanted to create a safe space where morbidly obese women can feel celebrated again I'm not saying this to just be a jerk it's awful that anyone is this overweight and I know there's a lot of health factors that can play a role in a person gaining weight to this extent but creating an environment exclusive to fat people and celebrating this unhealthy lifestyle is completely backwards we then meet our first guest to attend the fat hair salon eagerly she walks in to greet Master Oogway have a doughnut my protege community out here that deals with just big women that wants big women I am 6 foot 3 and I weigh about 420 pounds 420 blaze it again this woman is much heavier than the average weight for her height I'm not saying this woman is a bad person but I am saying she's irresponsible this woman has allowed herself to get obese to the point that it is detrimental for her health I was bullied mostly by one particularly person called me hippo Chewbacca he would say I didn't deserve to live I I looked at myself like the most disgusting and ugly in the world there's a big difference between speaking facts and bullying obviously this woman being told to end her life over her weight is disgusting and despicable bullying the problem is after years of bullying when these women hear facts like you're overweight to the point that it's risking your health they mistakenly conflate this with more bullying for example I'm not bullying you I'm just giving you the cold hard facts and I'm not sugarcoating anything what this person said to you was wrong but allowing those mean words to affect you to the point of staying in your condition and wallowing in self-pity is wrong also this sad story is a perfect example of how the fat acceptance movement preys on the insecurities of women according to obesity action org as humans we all have to psychological cravings no pun intended the first is for love and affection and the second is for approval and affirmation so when a woman like this who's been bullied and deprived of these psychological cravings is greeted by a movement promising her acceptance no matter what well it sounds like the best thing since double stuffed Oreos and a movement about accepting people with insecurities sounds great on the surface but as demonstrated by this fat hair salon the fat acceptance movement quickly goes from acceptance to complacency acceptance is the first step in solving a problem however accepting yourself does not mean you have to stay the same accepting your imperfections is fine but being complacent or worse celebrating these life-threatening health risks only further hurts your self-esteem even in the next clip this woman admits that she wants to look like a totally different person today I'm going to babe it off to get my first-ever full makeover and then I'm going to the club tonight and hopefully I can party it out I want to look like a totally different person let me get a little different person yeah okay this sounds like very real insecurities that cannot be literally covered up by a makeover in a safe space salon you as an individual are valuable regardless of your weight but you value yourself and less when you are complacent in your unhealthy lifestyle I also understand that people gain weight for many different reasons and not every reason is your fault for example a genetic issue or depression but it absolutely is your fault if you indulge in this unhealthy lifestyle you along with other fat people have a responsibility to yourself and your family to take care of yourself why would you open a salon for big girls why wouldn't you just lose weight and it makes me cry so does that mean I have to stop getting my nails done because I'm fat no I'm a creative safe place and I'm gonna give people what they need that's a pretty minor criticism for such a massive emotional response no one is saying you can't get your nails done if you're fat but we are saying it's hypocritical to open a salon exclusively for fat people when this is the same crap you accuse skinny people of doing there's nothing wrong with opening a salon but you are pampering people based on their weight and essentially encouraging unhealthy lifestyles to continue I highly doubt that's what anyone needs [Music] holy crap Wow oh my god I love my eyebrows she you know they're trying not to cry this is one hell of a self roast all women deserve to be beautiful and pampered and they're worth it so I just want to get that message across them first health care now being beautiful is a human right what is this the chubby version of Alexandria Acacio Cortez I'm sorry but no one deserves to be beautiful especially considering how subjective beauty is secondly you conflate helping women understand their worth with complete and total complacency your worth is not determined by how big small ugly or beautiful you are so despite your nice sentiment you're essentially saying that woman's worth is rooted in their beauty I thought this is the issue fat people have with society that society bases worth on beauty this is astronomically hypocritical and now we're gonna be off to the club's I know we're crying and let's go what doing all this to appease the male gaze my patriarchy is tingling I'm you goodnight having a great night it's Las Vegas you know and it's Friday night it's not about the size it's about the size of the heart you know this guy is such a G and you know what I appreciate his positivity I really do but this kind of sounds like something you say when you're just trying to be nice it's not about the size of the woman it's about the size of the wet soft luscious pink heart so my night has been fun it's hot of course my feet hurt but it's really energetic I feel more confident I feel like I am more beautiful and more clams and confident and my self-esteem is a little higher you said yourself that you have more self-esteem after putting on makeup dressing up putting in effort now imagine your self-esteem if you actually tried to lose weight losing weight and meeting your goals can give you a huge boost to your self-esteem not only this but losing weight is accompanied by countless health benefits which positively affect your mental health as well trust me on this one taking personal responsibility instead of pretending your life-threatening health issues are somehow beautiful will make you much happier and actually beautiful Jaimie is amazing and the people and they're amazing I need to get back in there and hopefully I can find me a drink and I can find some guys bye guys I feel like it's go big or go home at the end of the day there's nothing wrong with opening a fat hair salon the problem is this attempt to normalize morbid obesity I understand there are a lot of factors that play into weight gain and everyone has difficulties but you'd all be much happier if you stopped wallowing stop attending these fat chicks only type events and instead took measures to improve yourself depression or genetic issues aside if you've gained weight due to your own choices you are in no place to play the victim and instead you should be working out we all know about the countless health risks that accompany being fat especially to this extent and it's both sad and unfortunate that these women as well as so many other people in the fat acceptance movement feel stifled by their insecurities but complacency is not the answer a personal responsibility and loving yourself enough to change yourself for the better is please give this video a like comment below and subscribe to my channel thanks everyone for watching see you all soon


hi guys welcome to another weekly vlog a massive thank you to Squarespace for sponsoring this vlog I'm gonna be telling you a little bit more about them at the end but if you would like to see what I got up to this week carry on watching oh good morning guys welcome to another weekly vlog today I've got a delivery from Urban Outfitters I ordered Vista who nights ago I think and I've already forgotten what I ordered it was like a late-night panic order you know nice late at night and then you start browsing shops and then you like oh I'm gonna use all the money I don't have on all this stuff that was what happened so I thought I would just unbox it with you at the start of this vlog so the first box I've got is just like a little tiny one and this has just got one thing in it before I show you this I used to have matching mugs and then recently I've decided when I move which is hopefully soon I have bought somewhere it's like in its very final processes so keep your fingers and toes crossed but I am gonna be redoing the bathroom the floor paint in every single room redoing the kitchen in time and when I do the kitchen I want some open shelves on the walls and I would like to put my mugs on it so I've been collecting along the way a few mugs that I really like and I picked up this one I'm very fussy about mugs by the way you have to have a good handle but this is the first one it's just got slots on look how cute that is what else did I buy God so much packaging this is like the best mug I've ever seen in my whole life oh my god I love it how cute so it's a cat and its tail is the handle and it's bottom of the cup is the feet of the cat and then the back is like the back of the cat this is so cute Lillian I remember what this is I'm so excited for the hit wanted one of these for so long and then I was watching my base Stephanie sue her vlog channel and I saw that she had one like on her bed or a sofa or something and I was like I need to buy this right now because I've wanted one for so long but they're so expensive this is so cute it's a pillow that goes behind you like that on the sofa and it like keeps you upright so it's perfect for Eddie oh my gosh I literally love this that's so comfy like I can already tell and it's got a little pocket on the side for your bass skips so that is everything that I got from Urban Outfitters I'm still obsessed with this mug I did get one more thing but it's actually a present so I'm not gonna show you that but yeah I'm gonna go and have a shower I need to wash my hair I should probably do my exercise so before I wash my hair I've been doing my seven-minute workouts again by Lucy Windham Reed I will pop the exact ones that I used below I do the arm on the stomach quad and the leg one all three in a row so it's about half an hour every day and honestly they make you ache they make you sweat even though it's just seven minutes if they really work you hard and I love them one more thing I've opened up my food Instagram it is just WWE underscore Gabriella so if you are interested in Weight Watchers or you're interested in people's food just what people eat feel free to follow it I've had so many messages saying that it helps you in your journey if you're able to see like what other people eat which I understand because the whole reason I made that account is so hot the postman just came but as I was saying the whole reason why I made that account is so I could follow other people's food accounts so I do completely understand that and I know that the way I post things is quite visually pleasing and that is also something I look for when I follow food accounts I don't like seeing people's like messy plates I like everything to be nice and like aesthetic I don't really know how to explain that but I do understand why people wanted to follow mine so I have opened it up just be nice everybody is on a different journey everybody eats differently and that's fine I'm gonna go tidy this mess up now and get on with my day oh my gosh I've just tidied all of the boxes away there now over here I've got so many boxes to take out which is bloomin annoying but we do have a really good recycling system so that's alright I've just tied my hair up and put a sports bra on and I'm now going to do my exercise guess what 10 seconds review that will go straight into me good morning everybody it's a Friday it is 122 I'm just preparing lunch then I'm gonna head out but I walked I didn't actually leave my flat at all yesterday but I think I still did close to 10,000 steps I was running around like a mad woman I was cooking I don't think I even showed you but I tidied I cooked chicken stew ready for tonight so if you remember my plate some bowls were on here but I wanted to change it's at my mugs run here because they were just shoved in a cupboard and I think they're so pretty but this isn't sorted yet at all like ignore this for now but I tidied all of my cupboards look at this that's Nellie's cat food bet then I've got the Cambridge wheat plan in case I ever have a life crisis and want to do that again then this cupboard has just got my pasta rice everything like that in its bed pots these pots were from Ikea and those pots used to fill this entire double cupboard like there was pots stacked up on everyone but I've decided to put my plates in there now and that honestly looks so much better I now have my tea I've got green tea in there biscuit Bru normal tea bags sugar and coffee behind easy empty and I now have that next to my kettle which is good because that used to be in the Far cupboard sweet snacks in here for Weight Watchers standing here I've got savoury snacks I have so many and cereals and stuff I really wish I could sort this out but I've got nowhere else to put the years but yeah my cupboards are so nice and tidy now time obsessed with them here we go this is my breakfast for today I've just got Cheerios you'll get at fruit yeah yes it is half won I woke up super late anyone else get excited to try a new mug or is that just me I'm trying a new mug today I'm actually excited it's this one from the Urban Outfitters little haul that I did I was actually gonna leave my flat today because I didn't yesterday and I usually go out every single day now which if he knew me a year ago or even a few months ago that is unheard of however I've got the worst period pain so I'm just taking it easy I'm just having a cup of tea I've been doing lots of editing is actually coming up to five o'clock its 456 so I've just been sat on my computer doing work we'll report back on how nice it is to drink oh wow what a boring segment of the vlog this is a good mug I'm sure you're all so happy I did this segment I've just realized that the airway part two is out on Netflix today so that is what I'm gonna do with the rest of my day I'm gonna watch that it's one of my favorite shows ever yay for lazy days [Music] good morning literally looks like I never leave my flat what a shock but I actually do I've been out this morning I've smashed out 5000 steps let's have a look mmm 4733 and it is 10:40 sick so it's not even 11:00 a.m. yet so I'm quite happy with that I've just actually been to weigh in if you don't follow my food Instagram you won't know but I'm not speaking about how much I've lost or gained or maintained or anything for a whole month I'm doing 30 perfect days on ww and then I'm gonna share how much I have lost fingers crossed yeah that's been my morning I'm now gonna sit and watch an episode of the airway I think I'm gonna head back out later but honestly today is just a lazy day I was doing a lot of work yesterday which you didn't see like whenever I don't vlog for a long period of time or just look like I'm sat on my sofa I am 90% of the time busy doing work so yesterday was a very very worki day on my laptop so I'm just gonna give myself a little bit of a chill today I don't sound anything like me [Music] good morning welcome to Sunday I think it is I'm off to the gym so I'm gonna head there now I really wanted to go at like 6:00 a.m. but my alarm went off and then I literally said out loud nope and then went back to sleep I can't get into the gym because it's access card only but I've literally only just signed up so I was going to go collect my access card and then go [Music] hello everybody once again I'm in my pajamas and dressing-gown this is not a flattering angle at all but I haven't left the house today actually went to the gym this morning today's a Sunday by the way so I went to the gym which is a new gym that I've registered at and I needed to go collect an access card to the building so I was like right I'll go this morning I was super in the mood so in the mood 8 a.m. on a Sunday offer go to the gym I got there and it said on the door that Sunday's our access card only so there was nobody at reception to give me my card so I couldn't get in the building and then I walked to a park nearby thinking that I would go on a bike ride and I got there got to the park to the bikes and I realized that I haven't put my watch on so I couldn't actually track my activity and I don't know about you but if I can't track my activity there's no point in me doing it because I I'll forget I've done it I'll make myself feel guilty and it's just like nice to know how many calories you've burned and stuff when you are on a diet because some days I do apply that to my food and I'll let myself have like a few more points if I've done a big workout and stuff I walked back home and I did a YouTube workout instead I did two of Lucy's workouts not the seven-day ones just like random ones and then I went on another walk to Tesco and I got some food and now I'm back home once again in my pajamas will you ever see me out of these pajamas in this vlog every time I'm just about to make my bed it's just been in the washing i'm fingers-crossed seeing my two friends tomorrow Lucy and Gemma Lucy has actually been in Vienna and she gets home where I think midnight tonight so she's gonna let me know tomorrow if she's too tired or not but fingers crossed I will be going to London to see them I really hope so because I'm quite a lonely week not gonna lie as you can see in this vlog I haven't seen it in anyone this week and sometimes I don't film when I see people I said this on Twitter the other day there was a tweet going around and I replied to it in fact I'll just put the tweet here cuz I can't remember what it said but there are some friendships that I don't feel I don't film relationship I only ever film if I'm with someone else who does YouTube because then I think they kind of understand it but then even some days they don't want to be on camera and neither do I but I'm pretty sure I will be vlogging tomorrow if I do see Lucy and Gemma anyways here's my bed before here we go nice freshly made bed is that honestly anything nicer than getting into a freshly made bed at night look how delightful that looks I've actually got a few p.o box bits to show you I thought I would show you them now before they gets too many and I have to do a whole entire video on it so firstly you've got this beautiful collection by NARS all of the packaging on this is gorgeous look at that so stunning so this is a blusher palette and look how beautiful it is I love that the actual blushes are like rippled like the packaging so stunning I've also got a climax mascara which is really really good I love this it's very good for lengthening and along with that I've got this I'm not sure if you use it as a blush or a bronzer if anyone knows can you let me know in the comments but look how gorgeous it is again now to smash it out of the park when it comes to packaging and stuff just beautiful then I've got this little travel-size set of lip products as well and also three of their lip balms so thank you so much nas nas is one of my favorite makeup brands I love the packaging I love everything about it I think their makeup is just brilliant all around so thank you so much then from Barry M we've got their sandstorm palette it says baked maps and metallic eye shadow palette that actually looks beautiful as well and to go with that I've got a lid lock primer I've never tried a drugstore eyeshadow primer so I'm excited to try this one thank you to Barry M for this and from the body shop they've sent these over for Mother's Day for me and mum too and joy so I'm sure my mom's gonna absolutely love these this is their new cactus blossom collection and when I first read the name I was like cactus how the heck is that gonna smell nice it smells delicious it really really fresh honestly I would urge you to go into a store and smell this then because I think it would be very universally light so first up we have got the body butter absolute classic from the body shop we've got a shower gel here a body yoghurt which I love nowadays because they're a lot lighter and then an exfoliating gel body scrub and then they've also sent across their white musk flora as I've said before I don't open at perfumes as they come in I kind of save them up and just use one at a time because I don't like wasting them but I will definitely smell that but it won't be until I finished my perfume now but thank you honestly to NAS Barry M and the body shop for all of these bits they look gorgeous totally forgot to show you that I also got sent Zoe's brunch date colour-pop range this is so cute I'm contemplating doing a video with the eyeshadow color or something maybe just showing you on Instagram let me know in the comments so I'm obsessed with this little bag it's the cutest thing ever cuz I came to get it back I won't leave without a bath out of the town nobody came from rescue I won't come rescue you just wrap Gemma's birthday present and I'm pretty sure I got this wrapping paper from Primark I'm not too sure good morning happy Monday everyone I've just been to the gym as you can see by my friggin beetroot face oh I've just turned at 40 minutes on the cross trainer and ten minutes on the bike to warm up I did two and a half miles on the bike and then six on the cross trainer I can't remember I did a lot on have been 800 calories and that's more calories than I've been when I go to personal training so that is how hard I've just worked it's actually 11:15 now because I had the gas man come at 8:00 a.m. I'm just gonna hop in the shower I'm honestly worn out but I'm gonna wash my gross hair I was supposed to be going to London see Lucy and Gemma today but Lucy has had to cancel we're gonna have to do that another day which is sad because I was genuinely really looking forward to it but I well I'm dead [Music] [Applause] I had been a Wallflower for so long [Music] in number watching my [Music] but now I hear something that sounds like a love song birds in the sky [Music] [Applause] Sanford [Music] and I'm back about she got a little bit of her dilemma at the minute I'm about to message my estate agent just to see if my landlord has had this issue before but this bedroom the second one keeps getting infested with Lady Bird and I don't know what to do like I could show you some of them now I've actually just got rid of like 20 I hope my camera picks it up there's one there's one there's one there's one on the corner of that window was one two on that window there's one on the top of that window you can't Sikhs obviously it's backlit but there are so many of frigging lady birds and as I said I've just got rid of literally probably 20 and they just keep coming back every day and I don't know what to do I don't know where they're coming from because I don't have any windows open which means there's a gap somewhere that they're climbing through and it's freaking me out good morning I have put makeup on today and it's made me realize how much of a catfish I actually am so that's fantastic I'm about to film a video and then I'm gonna head to the gym it looks hot outside today and I'm stressed I don't have any clothes to wear or anything for the heat I just won't stay my coats but I'm actually filming a March favorites and I haven't done a favorites in so long I kind of stopped doing them look at my eyebrows I recently had them wax my I literally just used a glossy a boy brow and that's it and they look so bushy I love it my eyebrows end up looking thicker after I've had them wax also look at this that I drew the other day my friend asked me to draw something so I drew Nelson look how cute are you doing what are you doing Oh kisses now that I finished filming I thought it would talk to you about today's sponsor which is Squarespace Squarespace is a website that allows you to create a website so if you're looking to create an online store or just a website in general a blog anything like that you can do it so easily through Squarespace they've got so many award-winning templates to choose from I'm trying to choose one it for my website of the 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[Music] hey guys welcome back to the show today we're gonna be talking about what makes a woman a woman and I'm not talking about womanhood on some deep philosophical level like when does a girl become a woman or anything like that I mean literally what is a woman in the past that would have been an easy question to answer people probably would have said something along the lines of Oh someone with XX chromosomes or someone whose genitalia are and any but now what should be a simple question has actually become a political one and for some people the term woman has become so vague so meaningless that the answer to what makes a woman a woman is literally just identifying as a woman so this topic of womanhood is what we're gonna attempt to unravel today but first I have a quick message from our sponsor Ashford University getting a master's degree can open up a whole new world of opportunities better jobs more advancement a master's degree can help you be a whole new you and now's the 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historically and by historically I mean up until like five years ago the concept of womanhood was closely tied to being biologically female to be a woman was to be female there was no distinction between the two and case in point among many cultures a girl entering into womanhood has been at least in part marked by differing levels of formality by her having her first period so reaching biological female sexual maturity was seen as also representing coming into these social roles that women have but now because there's a growing movement that wants to tell us that gender and tech even sex are not biological in a really strange way periods have become almost a battleground topic for gender ideologues and it's at this point that I just like to mention that I feel the same way about periods that I do about pretty much any other bodily function like going to the bathroom or having already knows when you have a cold like it's nothing to be ashamed about and it's perfectly natural of course but at the same time it's not really something to be proud of either or definitely not something to shove into other people's faces right because life protip no one else really wants to hear about your bodily fluids except maybe doctors but even then what is not necessarily the term I would use in any case over the past few months if you're active on social media you'll notice that the idea that men can have periods has been gaining traction on international men's day the ACLU tweeted out a now infamous statement saying quote there's no one way to be a man men who get their periods are men men who get pregnant and give birth are men trans and non-binary men belong hashtag international men's day additionally as global news reported a few months ago always a period care company removed female symbols from pads to be more inclusive to trends and non-binary users this change came after one Twitter user literally just one single twitter user tweeted at the brand quote hi always I understand that you guys love girl positivity but please understand that there are trans men that get periods and if you could please do something about the female symbol on your pad pack I'd be happy I'd hate to have any trans male feel dysphoric and after this news was announced jennifer Gunter a Canadian ob/gyn because of course she'd be Canadian stress that pads and tampons quote our menstrual or period products not feminine products and as global news also reported about the inclusivity of periods quote in a 2018 article for self trans model Kenny Jones wrote about the experience of still getting a period as a trans man Jones said menstruating while transitioning was difficult and made him feel like less of a man society in general still views menstruation as strictly a thing that cisgender women experience which is simply not the case not everyone who gets a period is a woman and not every woman gets a period Jones wrote the article continued that quote Stef de Normand a trans patient advocate at Fenway Health told NBC News that seeing female coded imagery can exacerbate gender dysphoria for trans and non-binary people for folks using these products on a nearly monthly basis it can be harmful and distressing to see binary or gendered images coding language and symbols so using less coded products can make a huge difference des Norman told the outlet and as strange as it may seem to some of us to be discussing the idea that men can supposedly get their periods the truth is it's something that's becoming more and more common for example the period care brand thinks has been for a while now trying to present periods as gender neutral and they even went as far as to coin the term menstruation in their latest ad campaign [Music] just part of growing up come here if you're like most normal people out there who aren't deeply entrenched in this godforsaken culture war you're probably confused as to what's happening here and what you've just seen which is fair so allow me to explain trans men are biologically female females who identify as men right at this point I'm pretty sure we've all heard about that that's old news but the reason why periods have come into this conversation is the progressive insistence that trans men who are biologically female must be recognized wholly and fully as men so if trans men get periods because they're biologically female and they are every bit as much men as biological males then it must follow through deduction that men get periods and by the way it must also follow that men can get pregnant men can have the gene and can have literally every other marker that defines biological females so with all these people coming out and saying men have periods a lot of folks naturally and predictably started coming out and saying our are you so are you stupid like do you cuz this is this a disability that that we're seeing here and what if therefore be wrong for me to make fun of you because of it like what's happening and in response to that I saw a surprising amount of progressives saying some trans men are biologically female so of course they have periods look at you hating science stupid conservatives obviously men get periods look here's the thing if you are a progressive ally to trans people or even if you're trans yourself you have to recognize that there's a difference between saying that trans men who are biological females who identify as men get periods and men get periods right like that's that's just not the same thing and I get that the progressive concern is to prevent trans men from feeling authorized or diff from cisgendered men but I really don't think that we need to completely destroy any and all connection between biology and gender just to maybe comfort the small group of people because really I've got to say I don't think it even is offensive to trans men to say that men don't get periods I mean I don't think it's offensive to handicapped people to say hey by the way humans can walk even though something doesn't apply to a specific person that doesn't mean we shouldn't be able to make generalities that apply to 99.5% of other people I feel like if you are a trans man you should be able to look at period companies and kind of understand why they market to women and not take it personally when you think about it this whole conversation is just a huge example of how many in the current progressive movement have pretty much abandoned they live and let live mentality because there's a difference between saying I'm a trans person let me live my life and identify however I want to identify and I'm a trans person change your language and society to cater to my feelings and to anyone saying okay but why do you care so much about what these annoying people on the internet are saying was this really a good enough reason for you to say period as many times as you have on the internet in front of tens of thousands of viewers if not more we've got a lot more to cover here folks but first I have a quick message from my friends over at Freedom Works socialism is a failed ideology that's failed everywhere it's been tried but sadly socialism is growing in popularity with the Democrats Bernie Sanders and AOC are self-described socialist and Elizabeth Warren is one too even though she doesn't want to admit it but have you ever wondered just how radical these presidential hopefuls and their policies really are well thankfully my friends over at Freedom Works have answers to these questions they've put together a socialist scorecard evaluating where these presidential candidates stand on the issues of the day if you'd like to check it out just text Lauren that's my name Lauren two five two eight eight six and you'll receive exclusive access to Freedom Works socialist scorecard at times it can seemed like socialism is just a buzzword the right likes to throw around and that's why it's critically important for you to evaluate these candidates for yourself and see whether they actually are socialist Freedom Works has spent a lot of time analyzing the policies of people running against President Trump and I've looked it over personally trust me guys it's really good if you'd like to view a to place text Lauren my name Lauren two five two eight eight six to receive exclusive access to Freedom Works socialist scorecard right now this whole men have periods thing did start among Internet activists then as we've seen it's move toward brands and charities and NGOs but it's now actually become a full-blown political issue Jessica Yaniv who at this point I'm 100% convinced is an insidious mixture of troll and predator rose to infamy for suing asset issues for discrimination because they didn't want to wax male genitals ultimately and Eve lost the suit or complaint or whatever it was but a the fact that her suit didn't get thrown out immediately should be concerning enough and be Yaniv is back at it again apparently trying to force people under threat of legal penalties to touch some balls on Twitter earlier this month yaniv posted so a gynecologist office that I got referred to literally told me today that we don't serve transgender patients and me being me I'm shocked and confused and hurt are they allowed to do that legally isn't that against the college practices gynecologist form a part of the multidisciplinary team who engage with transgender and non-binary patients either as part of the transition stage performing surgery or managing pre or post transition gynecological problems the cps bc has confirmed to me that the refusal i've received is discrimination under the bc Human Rights Code and against their code of ethics so CP SBC I'll file a complaint with you today about that clinic trans people need to be included not excluded from society pre and post gender affirming surgery care is super important so to be clear Jessica yaniv has male genitalia gynecologist as most people know specialize in the female reproductive system ie not Falls I've looked this up I actually did my Google history from doing this show is very questionable and apparently some post-op trans women ie biological males who have had the snip may go see a specialized gynecologist who was trained and familiar with post-op trans women if they have anything like a bladder infection or yeast infection or maybe if they want to get like STI testing or something like that but the thing is even with that information Jessica Yaniv does not have a vulva surgically constructed or otherwise and even if you Neve did have the snip and wanted to see a gynecologist specifically for one of the services I mentioned not every gynecologist would be qualified to give that care obviously and Eve did get ratioed for that thread but still the fact that this is even a topic of conversation and that there was even any one who was liking those tweets is a sign of where our society is going I'm sorry but this is why Western countries are going downhill like other countries out there are pursuing national and religious unity but here we are having a conversation about why someone with pain doesn't need to go see a gynecologist but wait there's more because the attempt to erase biological distinctions between men and women from our society is manifesting itself in many ways as the Chicago Tribune reported quote earlier this year an Illinois bill attempted to require school districts statewide to provide free menstrual hygiene products in each bathroom of every school building which would include boys restrooms various universities across the country have begun dispensing no-cost tampons and sanitary pads in gender neutral and men's bathrooms at New York University a 2016 student-led petition for free hygiene products in all university restrooms gained more than 3,000 signatures what's more menstruating students who use men's restrooms may not find anyone in the bath room they are comfortable asking the petition said to ensure that all students feel safe using the bathroom consistent with their gender identity there must be access to free menstrual hygiene products in all university bathrooms New York University now offers free menstrual products in many restrooms and offices across campus and at Loyola University Chicago the group students for reproductive justice has been stocking men's restrooms on campus as well as gender-neutral bathrooms and those for women with free products for about two years if certain schools and groups voluntarily decide that they want to have period products in men's rooms that's their call I mean that have to be at like San Francisco levels of progressiveness to actually get any use out of those products but whatever but what's much more concerning I think it's how the disregard for the biological differences between men and women have led to not only biological females using men's rooms but also biological males using women's rooms based off nothing more than the concept of self-identification I'm really hoping they vote for it it's something going to be a step forward in progress yeah I passed it passed and how does it make you feel I'm ecstatic my privacy is being invaded as I am I change multiple times what makes a woman and the progressives eagerness to not offend any trans or non-binary people it looks like they've settled on an answer that basically gives biological males full access to any and all female spaces even if that's not what the women who are in those spaces want because hey I guess that's what feminism means nowadays and just to preempt some comments I know I'm going to get no I'm not saying that every trans person who wants access to a certain bathroom is doing so because they're a predator of course not but when your rules or laws say that literally anyone can use whatever facilities they want with no restrictions you have to realize that predators will take advantage of that guys I don't have all the answers here I'm just saying that if we're at a place now where we're talking about how men have periods and biological males are complaining that gynecologists won't see them and schoolgirls are crying because they no longer feel safe in their changing rooms maybe just maybe we've taken a wrong turn somewhere that's pretty much all I have to say for now though and as always I would love to know what you all think in your eyes what does it mean to be a woman and how do trans individuals fit in with that and what should we do about the dreaded bathroom policy debate let me know but that's it for now thank you guys so much for tuning in and I'll see you next