The Sanctimony of Sobriety: A Critical Take

Hello, Earnest Mann here! In this episode, I take on the topic of sanctimonious individuals, particularly those who become self-righteous after making life changes like quitting alcohol. If you've ever felt put off by people who act like they’ve found a new religion after giving up a vice, this one's for you.

Why Sanctimonious Behavior Misses the Mark

I break down the problem with making sweeping statements about personal life changes, particularly sobriety. Everyone's journey is different, and what works for one person isn't a one-size-fits-all solution. It's not just about quitting alcohol—it's about the broader issue of people imposing their experiences on others as if they hold universal truths.

Dr. Jonas Salk and the Spirit of Altruism

I also touch on the inspirational example of Dr. Jonas Salk, the developer of the polio vaccine, who famously gave away his discovery for the benefit of humanity. This stands in stark contrast to the self-absorbed attitudes of those who believe their personal choices should be everyone’s guide.

The Narcissism Behind Modern Evangelism

The discussion extends to the growing trend of narcissism in society, driven by capitalist values that emphasize self-importance. This episode challenges the notion that individual achievements, like giving up alcohol, should be celebrated as moral victories that others must acknowledge.

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if you work for a living why do you kill yourself working hello if you don't like people who are

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sanctimonious this is your episode because that's what I'm going to be talking about sanctimonious

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Pricks and that is not including yours chle we need to be brought down a pig because you know

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when we start taking our our [ __ ] too seriously it's it's just bad it's bad all the way around

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and so there's this one guy that I'm going to be talking about in this video and yes as I generally

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always do um I'm going to be including his video um because you know fair is fair and I'm going to

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be including that um in the description so that way you know you can watch it for yourself and

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judge for yourself but um yeah I I have a big problem with being sanctimonious about anything

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and in the case of this video it's about you know the absolute wonderfulness with this person that

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it's almost like they're [ __ ] enraptured with Jesus or something that they've you know they

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found Jesus and it's not in alcohol boo on alcohol okay now I myself don't drink and that's for my

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own reasons but when you when you get on here and you start wanting to preach to others about

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basically with all of the with all the enthusiasm of a [ __ ] group of Jehovah's Witnesses at a

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meeting at your house that want to tell you about all of the wonderfulness of how their lives have

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improved and changed and their mind and their body [ __ ] that okay and I say [ __ ] that on multiple

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levels let me explain first of all I don't like suppositions and there's a position people who

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are doing this with that somehow they are you they're not you the whole thing concerning alcohol

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or abusing alcohol there are so many factors that go into it okay that you you simply can't apply

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a formula or an Insight on recovery as a blanket statement and that includes the feelings or

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whatever you're experiencing once you've quit drinking it's very very individualized now as

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far as the physiological effects science knows that um what science doesn't know is to what

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degree and how long recovery is because again it's not a cookie cutter [ __ ] thing it's not

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like a house in the suburbs you have to it it it's just that individual now the motivators behind

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it again that is individual so in other words I got I have a big problem with people that get on

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sanctimoniously saying oh my well I'm just I'm doing things so much better and and I'm I'm so

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much more productive well first of all there's the supposition of who gives a [ __ ] who cares about

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your productivity now if your productivity is somehow directly benefiting me as imoa okay then

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maybe I will be interested in what is taking place with you but to speak of things in Broad terms as

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though you're [ __ ] Jesus on the mountain or Moses coming down off the mountain carrying the

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tablets of The Commandments Thou shalt not this or th shalt not that get the [ __ ] out of my face I

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don't care in like for instance in this video goes on to explain yes and well and and it calculated

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they added it up and we were spending you know hundreds or hundreds of dollars more at Costco

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of course every year and and I don't know if it was I know hundreds and hundreds or thousands or

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whatever it was and it's like again okay fine but what the [ __ ] does that have to do with

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me or furthermore to broaden this out what the [ __ ] does it have to do with you and the answer

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is more than likely absolutely positively largest [ __ ] odds in the world nothing it has nothing

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to do with us not at all and that's my problem why on Earth would you want to do that unless you were

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already a self-absorbed individual in case you haven't noticed it to there there seems to be an

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extremely uh heavy narcissistic streak going on these days and me personally I don't claim that

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This is Gospel I'm just saying the connections as far as I'm concerned as absurd as this may sound

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and don't make assumptions about me when I say this but it's a direct correlation with capitalism

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because it is something from the basically from the Cradle to the Grave what is drummed into you

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is the importance of you you and your desires and what you can buy and the things you can buy

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and all the things that you you you you you you you me me me me me with no [ __ ] end in

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sight and I wanted to be known um that uh there have been several people in history um the uh

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Creator the developer of the the polio vaccine for instance look it up um he gave it away now

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he could have made millions of dollars for discovering the uh the cure for vaccine for

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polio and this is not a perfect quote here but he basically when he was asked about this he says

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no this is something that's you know needed by everyone to help everyone I I don't want to keep

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it he gave it away so that's being for instance that's being uh what we used to call a human

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being but for someone for instance to make the huge leap of unconsciousness that they are making

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the assumption that their [ __ ] life and their battles everything about them in this case I'm

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talking about the wonderful eper vescent feeling of godliness that this person is found through

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not drinking alcohol that you or me is supposed to give a [ __ ] I don't it's like this guy is named

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Steve he's with this uh paleo organization thing that he started he seems like an okay guy I don't

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mean to like pick on him personally but the thing is there's there's there's a lot of this so I just

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I'm just using this to you know [ __ ] illustrate where I'm getting at with this is that I would say

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really in absolute terms if you wanted to be intellectually honest morally honest any other

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kind of honest you want to throw behind that Steve nobody should really give a [ __ ] about your life

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Steve now if this thing that you're doing or have done and it's you know going to positively affect

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the lives of others I I mean directly I don't just I'm not talking about the effervescence

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of your [ __ ] life I'm talking about there's a direct connection if it isn't that well it's it

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no no so in other words your Your Enthusiasm about your your found newly found sobriety

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there's very little about it that isn't just like people with religion where I would say the same

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thing to all of them that's great if that makes you feel so [ __ ] great now keep your religion to

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thyself did you like this let me know drop me a line good bad ugly I don't care I'm

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a cheap date all I can say is that until next Monday or Friday if this isn't Earnest what is