15 years ago if you told me you read the New York Times on a daily basis I’d think you were a smart and informed person.
If you told me you read it today I’d think you were retarded.
I have spoken to Mormon missionaries before and I live around a lot of Mormons and I love them as neighbors, they’re all very good people. That said there’s precisely zero chance I’d ever convert to Mormonism.
Usually I just feel bad for these people. Especially if it’s out of nowhere totally unprovoked then you know it’s really going bad for them personally.
If you have adhd and you’re finding it to be a detriment I’d suggest taking more risks and putting yourself in more chaos. Has always worked out for me historically lol 😂
It happened again.
Met this guy online in 2021. He came in as a shitcoiner. I helped him see the light with bitcoin.
During the bear market he was working insta cart in order to stack like crazy.
After a few years of hard work he had amassed 2-3 bitcoin.
Was super proud of this guy. He was on his way to changing his family tree. Then he fell for some runes meme token. Put his whole stack in. Even became leader of their meme coin army.
Is now promoting this scam token and promising returns to others. He’s already down significantly in bitcoin terms. Most likely scenario is that everyone involved with this thing is going to zero.
SAD.
Another one bites the dust. https://image.nostr.build/3f52bf002c7dbfc6b057d41705529f97d6a5a54128b680b03f2092585c5e56c1.jpg
You get self esteem by doing things that are worthy of esteem and then telling no one.
New PR in the gym? Tell no one.
Just made a million dollars? Tell no one.
Have an amazing sex life? Tell no one.
Promotion at work? Tell no one.
Lost 50lbs? Tell no one.
People might notice some of these things or changes you’ve made and that’s ok.
Don’t be weird about it. If they comment say thank you and keep going.
The reason you tell no one is so that you can switch your reference point from external to internal.
Let others see the results. Don’t announce them.
Anything you have that is enviable others will brag for you.
I had the same thought. Such a bizarre thing to say. Apparently in “politically charged” murders such as these there’s a federal agency that descends and coaches the parents on what to say. You can imagine the way in which they gaslight and manipulate these vulnerable parents during the worst moment of their life. Truly disgusting that such an agency exists. It should be immediately disbanded.
Yeah it’s real. You are seeing parents who were coached on what to say by a government funded professional crisis management team. I imagine if they aren’t “coachable” they aren’t given the press conference. The press conferences you see are only the compliant ones.
I am this guy. It’s actually very easy. Be genuinely interested in the other person. That’s literally it. People love to talk about themselves. Have enough convos like this and you will have high level social skills after a year or two.
Yeah I can tell. It’s because you are a curious person interested in the world around you including other people. That trait of curiosity is so lacking. Most people are just waiting for a turn to talk about themselves. Instead of genuinely being curious about the other persons life.
Absolutely. I love to pretend like I’m different people also. Like say I’m in the back of an Uber and the driver picks me up in a Tesla with a “nogas” vanity plate. I already know this person is a libtard lol so I’ll pretend to be one too in order to glean information about how they think and challenge their belief pattern from within their approved system of thought. That’s an entertaining way for me to spend 20-30 mins with someone I’ll never see again. The people who hit the “I don’t want to talk to the driver button” are missing out.
Whatever tactic I take depends on whatever Information I’m trying to glean. The nice thing about being this way is if I ever lost everything I would just go into sales lol 😂
There have been many people in my life who I had the ability to help and they would not allow themselves to be helped.
Sometimes that fucks with me a bit.
Like it was fully within my sphere of influence to fix their problems, but they just straight up categorically rejected the help in favor of a path of continued self destruction.
I guess it’s normal.
We never really do anything until we’re ready.
Yeah I think it’s easier, because the internet only knows a successful version of you whereas everyone from the past remembers the unsuccessful version.
Dude I haven’t drank caffeine for months and this morning I randomly decided to have a nitro cold brew.
This shit is drugs.
I am literally tweaking right now lol
I understand your perspective, but I feel like posting rejections could have negative impact re: social signaling.
“If they passed they probably had a good reason, maybe we should pass also”
Nothing happens in a vacuum so it could hurt the potential grantee from being funded in the future.
Seems like a courtesy on open sats part to keep things confidential.
If you’ve been living inauthentically for awhile you might notice that the lies and half truths you’ve told pile up like logs around you.
At first it’s no big deal because you can simply step right over the logs and continue to move freely, but eventually there are so many that you can’t maneuver around them any longer.
You are trapped, isolated and alone.
When you find yourself in a situation like this, there’s only one thing to do.
Set it on fire and let it burn down around you.
It’s going to be extremely painful, but in the end you’ll be free.
Godspeed. https://image.nostr.build/aa3d111de2b5f690502d70d0cccd66679d4bd589aad389480ec76d6830c428c5.jpg
What I’m trying to say to you is this, eventually the pain and sacrifice transform into fond memories and funny stories you tell at parties.
Whatever it is you want.
Just fucking go for it.
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