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Not asking which ideology you hate the most — I’m asking which one you think has the biggest gap between theory and reality.

Could be communism, libertarianism, neoconservatism, anarchism, fascism, technocracy, theocracy, democratic socialism, etc.

What ideology has the most appealing intellectual case at first glance, but consistently falls apart once actual human nature, economics, corruption, culture, or incentives get involved?

And on the flip side, what ideology do you think sounds bad or boring in theory but actually works surprisingly well in practice?

Interested to see where this sub lands because I feel like almost every ideology has a “looks great in a manifesto, turns into a disaster in real life” problem eventually.

Not sure since US Census says whites include Europeans, Middle Easterners, and North Africans

What’s a lesser-known Catholic devotion that has genuinely helped your spiritual life?

Not necessarily the big well-known ones like the Rosary or Divine Mercy (though those are great too), but something more obscure or less talked about that you personally found spiritually nourishing.

Could be a prayer, novena, chaplet, saint devotion, practice, hymn, way of meditating, fasting practice, liturgical tradition, etc.

I’m especially interested in the ones that quietly became very meaningful over time rather than instantly emotional experiences.

Not who was the best president overall, just who would be an absolute nightmare to argue with in person at their peak.

I feel like some presidents probably had a level of presence that doesn’t fully come across anymore. Lyndon B. Johnson basically strong-armed Congress his entire career. Theodore Roosevelt had enough energy for like five people. And Abraham Lincoln had a reputation for being ridiculously sharp in debates before he ever became president.

Who would you least want to debate if both of you were locked in a room for 2 hours?

What was the hardest Orthodox teaching or practice for you to truly accept?

Not asking what was hardest to intellectually understand, but what was hardest to actually live with or internalize.

Could be:

• prayer rule
• fasting
• confession
• icons
• veneration of Mary
• theosis
• obedience
• exclusivity claims
• humility
• forgiving enemies
• sexual ethics
• jurisdictional issues
• long services
• the idea of spiritual warfare
• accepting mystery instead of demanding precise explanations

For converts especially, I’m curious what teaching initially made you think:
“I don’t know if I can do this.”

And for cradle Orthodox:
What teaching became more meaningful as you got older?

Interested in honest answers, not just “all of it was easy.”

Serious question for people who’ve been trading options for years:

How many of you are genuinely outperforming just buying and holding VOO once you factor in:

• taxes
• blown-up trades
• brokerage fees
• opportunity cost
• stress
• time spent watching markets
• margin interest
• emotional burnout
• and the periods where you massively underperformed

I’m not talking about screenshots from a 3-month hot streak. I mean actual multi-year performance.

It seems like almost everyone eventually ends up in one of these categories:

1. “I beat the market for a while until leverage humbled me.”
2. “I realized I was basically creating a second full-time job.”
3. “Wheel strategy worked until it didn’t.”
4. “I could’ve made more just aggressively DCA’ing index funds.”
5. “Selling premium feels safe until volatility regime changes.”

At the same time, there are clearly some traders here who:

• understand volatility deeply,
• manage risk professionally,
• and actually do seem to extract edge consistently.

So I’m curious:

• What finally made options “click” for you?
• What strategy actually survived multiple market regimes?
• Did your approach become simpler or more complex over time?
• If you could restart from day one, what would you completely avoid?

Would especially like to hear from people trading through:

• 2020 crash
• 2021 meme mania
• 2022 bear market
• 2025 volatility spikes

Interested in honest answers, not just gain porn.

One thing I’ve noticed in a lot of modern Christian discussions is a strong desire to make everything fully explainable, systematized, and intellectually resolved.

Questions about suffering, predestination, hell, free will, the Trinity, prayer, salvation, consciousness, miracles, etc. often become debates where people seem uncomfortable leaving anything unresolved or mysterious.

But when I read scripture and older theologians, there often seems to be much more willingness to sit with paradox and mystery:

• God is both transcendent and personal
• Christ is fully God and fully man
• humans have free will yet God is sovereign
• suffering can have meaning without always having an explanation
• faith itself involves trust beyond complete comprehension

Sometimes modern Christianity feels heavily influenced by a kind of rationalistic mindset where every doctrine has to fit into a perfectly coherent system or else people become anxious.

At the same time, I understand why people want clarity. Bad theology and vague spirituality can obviously become an excuse for saying almost anything.

So I’m curious what others think:

• Has modern Christianity become less comfortable with mystery?
• Is this mostly a Protestant/Western tendency?
• Is emphasizing mystery healthy, or can it become intellectual laziness?
• Which Christian traditions do you think handle this balance best?