The Strait of Hormuz is Why You're Still Single
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I can’t tell you how apropos this was, in both Analogies,great stuff.
The Strait of Hormuz has been holding the global economy hostage for months and it turns out the same broken logic is holding your dating life hostage too. I break down what asymmetric leverage, negotiating with irrational actors, and 80 years of American foreign policy blunders can teach you about why you're still single.
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I looked up the definition of the "pot calling the kettle black". It means calling Iran crazy when Trump is President of the US.
Written & Directed by Mark Manson
Edited by Michelle Hsieh
14:45 it’s funny that they were just hanging out in their own country not fucking with the US at all and suddenly after 30 years of someone claiming that they are just a few weeks away from having nuclear bombs. It is time for the US to attack them and then calling them in your words, crazy abusive self-destructive for using the one leverage they have to defend themselves.
Director of Photography Jess Choi
Thumbnail by Jonathan Sippel
That’s a broken Anna allergy, because you can also say that Trump broke his own supply chain and economy by using tariffs on others. Iran did basically nothing else than putting tariffs on the straight
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@SharmanicusIt’s pretty disingenuous to use a successful channel built on personal growth as an "Asymmetrical Leverage" to suddenly push unrelated external agendas like "Ground Invasion" of yet another country. Your audience tuned in for self-help, not to be leveraged for sponsored content propaganda
@NobleGasUnderPressureJust take responsibility for your actions and your life if you are an adult. This is how adults behave.
@Mahdavi-MortezaI low-key envy those who get to watch this video and learn these things in their late teens and 20s. This is probably most of the most important paradigms and life tools to learn in life, especially in relationships, obviously. ✨️💯
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@gingerb5474To misrepresent Iran as the irational one is wild.
@seriekekomoI really like what you have to say, but I just wish you didn't use AI to generate graphics, it doesn't really look professional at all. Stock footage would be preferable.
@patchacuti7338Deeply disappointed with your unilateral lohic. You just ignored USA /Israel started this war , unprovoked, killed so many civilian , children,
The only concern you have is oil price otherwise you seems unconcerned about their life and killing of innocent
Title was wild
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@cp7147313:35 I get the point you're making, but there's nothing wrong with Amy's kink. The problem is that she's going beyond the bedroom and forcing you into a non-consensual scene.
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@GA_PersonalOne of best analogies I've ever seen, genius work!
@cecilmonk13:30 iran didn't started this a$$hole
@doki1146Watch this as an Iranian is genuinely crazy
Being in middle of political situation and also single❤😂
How dare you teach me geopolitics AND entertain me at the same time!
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@RayOfLight.101this one was legitimately funny, been folowing you for years,,, I had an Amy, it troubled me for days, and I accedentally found a way out.
@RandyCoyleI'm Iranian mark WTF😂😐😂
@MosaffaAkbari-zw8vias a Iranian who's been in a long marriage with a toxic wife, you're god damn right!
only a few people realize how crazy these Islamist extremists are! and only Mark Manson can make it into a history based relationship advice!
It is good to experiment with new formats once in a while. Perhaps let's not do this again?
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@pinku_49How does the allegory work if you and Holly had a good relationship for 11 years and then you murder her entire family?
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@AnnikaBernhoffI see. 🗿
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