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I think you might have mentioned a similar point here about jeans:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/dress-decolonization/msg5622/#msg5622
The difference be that the Counterculture let it remain and never tried hard to discover anything beyond it.

But nonetheless, do they still not have the least chemical reactivity (and thus the most nobility) of all modern gases? Why would we still praise balloons and neon tubes (both which use noble gases)?

“The world we should never have left is the one in which only the pre-Renaissance elements were known:”
Some of those are noble metals (like gold and platinum), which are also supposedly resistant to corrosion. Not that it be purely true, but in theory, the most resistant to corrosion is also the least conditioned.

Leave 90sRF alone. Give him time like you said you would.
From the main site:

In general, due regard for anyone engaged in a task is important. Except in the face of true emergencies, others should try their best not to disturb him. All offers of assistance in the task should be made prior to the beginning of work; once work has commenced, no further offers of assistance by others should be made, as this could adversely affect the confidence of the worker by implying that he needs help. If during the course of the task the worker finds that he indeed needs help, it is up to him to request it.

One delegated to do a task is obliged to inform the delegator of any relevant changes in circumstance, or of how the task is going in general. The delegator is not obliged to (and should not) regularly “check up on” the delegate in order to ask how the task is going, as again this could adversely affect the confidence of the delegate. In absence of news from the delegate, the delegator is only to assume the task is proceeding smoothly and steadily. (If it turns out otherwise, the delegate thus demonstrates that he is undutiful.)

PS: Quit calling him ‘AS’. In this site, he identifies as 90sRetroFan. That’s like transphobes identifying people by their biological gender like it matters so much.

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/social-decolonization/msg21031/#msg21031

A better definition of "improvement" would be low body fat (achievable through cardio exercises such as running/swimming), which would produce a physique similar to Arno Breker statues.

While exercise does make it easier for non-ectomorphs to look like ectomorphs, most gym freaks would rather prefer to look like mesomorphs (achievable through strength training exercises).

This is in contrast to the most popular exercise of the Counterculture era:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerobic_exercise#History

After World War II, health-oriented recreational activities such as jogging became popular.[19] The Royal Canadian Air Force Exercise Plans, developed by Dr. Bill Orban and published in 1961, helped to launch modern fitness culture.[20][21]

Physical therapists Col. Pauline Potts and Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper,[22] both of the United States Air Force, advocated the concept of aerobic exercise. In the 1960s, Cooper started research into preventive medicine. He conducted the first extensive research on aerobic exercise on over 5,000 U.S. Air Force personnel[23][24] after becoming intrigued by the belief that exercise can preserve one's health. In 1966 he coined the term "aerobics". Two years later, in 1968, he published a book of the same name. In 1970, he created the Cooper Institute for non-profit research and education devoted to preventive medicine. He published a mass-market version of his book The New Aerobics in 1979. Cooper encouraged millions into becoming active and is now known as the "father of aerobics".[25][26] Cooper's book inspired Jacki Sorensen to create aerobic dancing exercise routines, which grew in popularity in the 1970s in the U.S., and at the same time, Judi Missett developed and expanded Jazzercise.

In the 1970s, there was a running boom. It was inspired by the Olympics, the New-York marathon and the advent of cushioned shoes.[27]

Aerobics at home became popular worldwide after the release of Jane Fonda's Workout exercise video in 1982.[28][29] Step aerobics was popular in the 1990s, driven by a step product and program from Reebok shoes.

when ectomorphy was worshipped.

Aerobics/cardio can also be comparable to the stamina based labor of Neolithic subsistence farmers:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/aryan-hearts/

What do you think of aerobics?

“Because shorter "whites" still have partial Giant ancestry, whereas even taller "non-whites" do not”
I guess that is valid considering the majority of “non-white” NBA players (including “non-black” “non-white” players like Lin, Misaka, etc) have less giant blood compared to “white” players:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/sexual-dimorphism-preferences/msg7138/#msg7138
An example of short Giants would be pre-MJ MTV artists:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/counterculture-era/alice-cooper-vs-homophobia/msg3629/#msg3629

But you still haven’t confirmed whether or not:

unlike non-Western confidence, [Western (including Eurocentric) confidence] is always directed towards one side of the spectrum (regardless if someone expands it or a Eurocentrist follows it) as opposed to a part of the spectrum that helps complete their purpose?

The first point I tried to confirm

“I don't understand what you mean.”
Wouldn't giants visiting former colonies and other non-Western countries (especially those not visited by giants) have been sort of like Faustianism and progressivism as if they were the first/biggest to visit those countries (or cities, neighborhoods, etc) and appear in their surroundings’ eyes. Not saying it is Faustian (regardless whether or not it is) since Faustianism is not in their minds. Just saying what it appears to their surroundings.

“What is 'it'?”
Westernized (including Eurocentric) confidence.

“an individual Faustian or individual progressive may not be consciously thinking about expansion when they do their stuff.”
Are you trying to say expansionism =/= Faustianism/Progressivism?

“Why can a "white" not be only a Faustian but not a progressive, or only a progressive but not a Faustian, or even neither a Faustian nor a progressive, and still have "non-white" Eurocentrist followers?”
Because they belong to an identity of Faustians/Progressives that have already colonized so much that colonized people see them as these high status that seek for some sort of approval/glory, which according to their Nietzschean/Achillean (both Western) desires is sign of their naturalist success.
So in a way, Faustians and Progressives (and sovereign neocolonialists) might have had some role in Eurocentrists’ perceptions

Why do you think Eurocentrists follow “whites”?

“because are neocolonialists”

Are all “whites” Faustians/Progressives? I predict you say ‘no’ considering not all “whites” are machinists:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-false-left/leftists-against-progressivism/msg30896/#msg30896

“Can you be sure psychologically colonized "non-whites" wouldn't use these methods if more modern methods were unavailable?”

But that was after the Meiji era:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_whitening

Following the Meiji restoration, men and women reserved white lead makeup and traditional attire for special occasions.[69] In China, Korea, and Japan, washing one's face with rice water was also practiced, as it was believed to naturally whiten skin.[61][70] Historians also noted that as East Asian women immigrated to the United States, immigrant women engaged in skin lightening more frequently than women who did not immigrate.

I may admit your point considering the last sentence, but didn’t the (Faustian/Progressive) “whites” in the US invent those methods in the first place? Also, the US probably invented more methods than China, Korea, and Japan did in one colonial era.

“(I have encountered situations where "non-white" Eurocentrists follow "whites" despite surely knowing nothing about whether or not the "white" being followed is either Faustian or progressive.”
Again, when “whites” expand on it, the Eurocentrists follow along.

P.S. maybe pigmentation is not the best example of a parameter that can be expanded, considering the fact that accurately white skin is the stopping point for it, but the other parameters (as in dimorphism, height, wealth, skill and IQ) can easily be expanded by a “white” while the Eurocentrists will rely on the standards that “whites” already expanded on.
So whether or not it is Faustians expanding on the parameter or colonized Eurocentrists aiming towards the end of it, their confidence will always aim towards the end of the parameter, rather than to aim towards whatever will fulfill their destiny. Won’t it?