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Extraordinary. All right, let's see what's happening. Is there anything that I've been saying for years that is now the subject of scientific revelation? Yes. According to Eric Nolan on X post, did you know that participating in activist groups is linked to increased narcissism and psychopathy over time? Well, it turns out that according to science, if you happen to already be a narcissist or a psychopath, you're more likely to get involved in activist groups. But not only does it work in that direction, but if you are not especially narcissistic or psychopathic, being involved in one of those activist groups might turn you into one. So it's a sort of a two-way thing.

Now, does that sound like something that surprises you? Totally no, because you're probably in the same bubble I am. And conservative thinkers have been saying this for years. I mean, several years. When was the first time Jordan Peterson told you that the cluster B personalities tend to be on the left and they tend to be in activist groups? So we kind of saw that one coming. No big surprise there.

Well, did you know according to the University of California Riverside that soybean oil has a hidden fat-derived molecule that might fuel obesity? In other words, soybean oil makes you fat. I don't think it happens to every single person, but there's a lot of it. Have you ever done an experiment where you go to the grocery store and try to find any packaged item, has to be packaged, that doesn't have soy in it? Have you ever done that experiment? You could start at the end of the shelves for whatever section you're on. Doesn't matter what section. Then pick up the first package you see and see if there's any soy product in it. There will be. Then put it back, go to the very next thing next to it. There's soy. I once looked for probably an hour to see if I could find one damn thing that didn't have soy in it.

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Now, there might be some obvious exceptions, like if you're buying something that only has one ingredient, you know, it's not necessarily soy, but if you have anything that has multiple ingredients in it, oh yeah, you're eating soy. So I don't know if the soybeans and the soy oil have the same impact, but beware. Akira the Dawn has released a little preview of another piece of music that features…

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