THE SAILOR'S SHOWER...

You two make me laugh!

In 1984 Orwell named the protagonist for freedom of thought "Goldstein". Who, in today's world, are the pigs--as depicted in ANIMAL FARM? YT blocks me from posting comments on the Sailor's Shower video.

As a dag (Google it) myself, the endearing quality that Riley and Elayna deliver in almost every episode is that they are incorrigible magnificent dags. This 'shower' episode proves it. K

Looking forward to seeing you all in Annapolis for the show. I hope you don't get mobbed/overwhelmed. It will be nice to finally meet you.

Hope to see you walking around Annapolis! We won't make the Meet-up unfortunately but we'll be there 12th-14th dreaming about our future cruiser...

Huxley nailed it! Stay out to sea, the USA has a political mess going on. The population is madd with too many conveniences and expectations. I love the outtro Elaynah ❤️

What was the source of the Orwell/Huxley peroration? A book?

Agree with you Ron, there's no pressure from us, Riley, dumb shit is an art form that you happen to have mastered... we just happen to like that stuff! Orwell speaks to me... the States and recently Italy seem hell bent on proving him right.

I have to agree with Huxley, it's a generalization but true for much of western culture. But Riley don't blame us Patrons for the stupid shit you do :-)

L O V E D this one! Thanks and keep it up.

“Dumb Westerners?” Lol… we don’t all eat crap!

Another great video!! Yup best line “we get Uber eats, eat high fat diets, drink alcohol and live like dumb westerners” 🤣🤣

Great episode (as almost always), thank you for sharing!

In my opinion both are still valid, Huxley with "information overkill", but also Orwell with oppression through pain, and "Animal Farm" has lost nothing of its meaning till today

Huxley seemed to have much more insight into the future, even though Orwell thought he did.

philosophy major here! I get the point you're trying to make but honestly when you look at the world as a whole, Orwell's right. People are constantly being deprived of the truth. Taking away critical race theory, abortion rights, and all the other injustices around the world. Luckily, I and it seems like you have the privilege to look at the other perspective, having too much. This is not a universal perspective, no ones can be. But like philosophy itself, we're theorizing it's not about right and wrong answers (or is it?? lol) Any way love you guys!

I believe advertising is the root of all evil

Great movie 😊⛵ I hope hurricane Ian does not interfere with the LV II refit plans.

Too funny! Riley, keep at it! Elay, it is ok to just let him go on. 😉

For those of us old enough to remember a time before the "Internet", life was pretty simple and great. When it first came about, the potential and the possibilities seemed amazing. Fast forward from the late 90's to here we are now. It gives us the possibilities to connect with amazing people like Elayna and Riley, fantastic! But it also opens up so many Pandora boxes of evil that don't even need to be itemized. For those of us Gen Xers, I suppose the question of whether or not the internet is a good or bad thing reflects on whether or not humans in general are a good or bad thing. Do our best instincts or our worst instincts save the day? Thoughts?

Absolutely loving your videos at the moment! You guys make it feel like I am watching some friends. Loved the end Riley, I have been thinking about it a lot since you shared on Instagram a while ago. Huxley's perspective is scarily relevant for the over-information age we live in. Everyone knows the lingo, so we are under the impression that we understand history/culture/the meaning of life without having to do too much thinking. The time and depth it takes to learn about things as well as a curiosity for what we don't know seems to be lost on us all. The over-prevalence of self-help information particularly grinds my gears as a training Psychologist because it turns into people over-identifying with labels they don't know much about. Or alternatively, thinking they know themselves because tools like the enneagram and even astrology are so widely shared online with little understanding of the depth and mahi (work) of the process that it is to understand yourself more. Anyway, not that I am trying to gatekeep self-help knowledge as I think it is brilliant, but I think the sheer amount of information available means so much valuable learning gets lost in the crowd of Instagram carousels. Appreciate the perspective you guys bring and look forward to every video! Hope to meet you guys one day. Big love from Aotearoa!!

My wife does the same thing Riley! Or maybe, I do the same thing as you. I always get randomly philosophical and want to get into a deep discussion about it with my wife. But it’s usually at a bad time like here when it was late at night. She just gets kinda quiet and says she’s tired/busy and can’t get into it right now. So funny to see that exact same thing happen with you guys! Thanks for sharing those moments!

here is something else that I find Idiotic. Cancel culture is caused by people with power being Wussies! They are being easily intermediated. Be it a school board, an advertising agency, a collage, a business, etc,etc. Think about it. a few dozen, or maybe a few hundred, or even in rare circumstances a few thousand. get on social media and complain about something they don't like that someone or some organization said or did want to cancel them or it. Nobody should be canceled just because a small mob thinks so. In the USA there are more than 330 million people and yet these weak people in power will cancel someone cause a tiny, super-miniscule % of folks say so. Some may deserve to be canceled but a small mob should not have that kind of power!

It's both. Tech (the little hand held computer that so many have) is rapidly changing the world. Governments are scared of this. They have way less control by each passing day. Miss information is bad, but the truth is much worse for the ones that want control and power. Most of the worlds population to the ones that have power are looked at as useful idiots. But as they lose control little by little there are less useful idiots for them to manipulate.

Best line: "eating and drinking like dumb westerners"...ouch!

Riley - in reference to Huxley / Orwell futures - In Buddhism one of the 4 noble truths is “there is suffering” and that “attachment is the root cause of that suffering” - our desires, our materials and even so far as our loved ones - I think it’s important to keep these in mind but to also not get caught in the web of detachment, because it ends up being “bypassing.” Pretending that we aren’t attached. It’s a healthy balance of both. Material and non-material. Suffering and Grace. Capitalism and trading. “My challenge to you as fellow pilgrims on the journey, is to cultivate the stability of living on two planes of consciousness simultaneously—‘In the world but not of the world,’ to be fully and passionately involved in life and also be totally equanimous and centered. This is not an either/or, it’s a both/and.” - Ram Dass I love hearing these insights from you guys and appreciate the perspective and awareness. I feel we would all be friends if we met in real life someday. Do you read any Ram Dass / Chögyam Trungpa / Terrance McKenna? So many more but I’m specifically curious about these guys. From what you’ve spoke in this episode and previous, I think you would really enjoy Trungpa’s “Shambhala: Sacred Path of the Warrior”, Ram Dass’ “Grist for the Mill” and McKenna’s “Food of the Gods” Also, did you listen to Duncan Trussell on Lex Fridman’s podcast? Duncan is one of my favorites. His podcast “DTFH” is so special. Let us know if you look into these and what you think!! All the best to you both and the kiddos :)

Very interesting comparison of Orwell & Huxley. Totally agree with your assessment, Riley. The more one's lifestyle is centered on natural rhythms, relationships & systems, the more you appreciate what's truly important and precious. You guys are so inspirational! Your kiddos are fortunate to have you as parents as well as so many wonderfully loving crew. And talk about an adventurous life! Awesome 👍

I'd say Orville and Huxley are both correct in today's society. Both concealment and irrelevance of information exist today

You guys a funny fuckers, bloody gold 😍 Lenny’s accents gonna grow up so cultured love it 😊 “no baby on my hip” omg yes mumma😆 As I’m watching this with my 4 year old asleep on me. Fellow Aussie here ✌️

I see your point. Orwell was concerned with the government controlling what we could think about and what information we could consume. Huxley was concerned with what we might do to ourselves. I believe that with your life style, roaming nomads that Huxley in more relevant, however at the same time in many parts of the world governments are trying to control the narrative thus worrying me that 1984 may have just been titled wrong as 2084 might have been more appropriate. Just a thought

I never thought to eat a flying fish. I figured they were just too boney to be worth the hassle. Now I'll have to give it a try. Is there an SLV cookbook out there??

Yes agree caught the accent, great vid plus Riley's ending insight highly relevant today!

Good one!… I’ve been watching after LV while you’re away from its Annapolis pit stop since she is right across from me. Maybe the social media manager will let them know I’m available to help in Annapolis for whatever might be needed… like the boat show.

Huxley seems to have anticipated the Information Age. Afraid he was right.

Very 'soulful', Riley. Really enjoyed this video and all of your insights. Always nice to wake in the middle of the night and find a new video from you guys. Have a great day!

Thanks for another great vid. Riley...huh?????

My goodness, Lenny has an English accent 🤣