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Best video I've ever seen just about about what makes her obsessed, or at least what they look for, something an autist who likes it blunt rather than all the mysterious bullshit advice you get from most people will be able to digest.

These men are simping and throwing money at internet stars, nobody is putting a gun to their head forcing them to do it. There is a market for this content and these women are filling a demand. There's no good or bad about it, it's just human nature. Men often gamble on sports and lose a lot of money doing it also. Humans do all sorts of things where the math and science don't work out in their favor out of addictive animalistic cravings and desires. Gambling is a big one... unless you're a card counter or extremely good at sports knowledge, gambling statistically the house will always win, and if you win too much they'll just throw you out of the casino. If you win too much you have to pay taxes on it. Those things don't get built by people winning. Gambling is a terrible waste of money. Throwing money at online women thinking you have a shot at a relationship if you simp hard enough is an incredible waste of money also. It won't stop people from doing it. Do we moral judge them and ban everything we think is bad for them? That's ultimately the societal/cultural question. Some nations do, some don't. Ones that do, often you have black markets anyways. Best to accept human nature and let people learn from their mistakes, without rewarding their mistakes with handouts when they do dumb things.

Plenty of small business owners are "unethical" in my woods, even if it's being dishonest with their accounting to avoid paying taxes. Human nature isn't limited to billionaires, and the fact that a person only has a net work of $500K rather than $500M doesn't really give them an excuse to get away with it because they are "small fish" ... many humans will get away with what they can get away with within the system, and those that bend the rules more tend to get away with more. The use of "illegal immigrants" who are paid "off the book" by places like egg farms is such an example, or writing off that pickup truck as a business expense, or taking bribes and laundering money. The examples are numerous.

Don't believe anything bad is going to happen, but have an aluminum "faraday cage" with a few tech items and batteries, chargers, a few months of food, water filter, and of course a few firearms/ammo. I don't really feel the urge to prolong my life as long as possible. We'll all be back with different bodies.

I mean, it's studying Maslow's hierarchy of needs and then acting surprised that people actually need to build their pyramids from the ground up and aren't just enlightened and altruistic by their nature. We are animals. Then you call them retarded because they aren't interested in spirituality. People's behavior is totally expected, and "just is" given their level of genetic, biological, and social development. Maybe these people are atheists and believe in evolution? Maybe they are lonely or had a bad childhood? Maybe they live in a third world or autocratic shithole or an otherwise spiral dynamics stage orange or lower culture? Most people honestly don't stumble into spiritual self help unless there's something about their lives they don't like. Otherwise people are programmed with whatever their society or culture or genetics programs them with. They are drawn towards things their brain chemicals like dopamine and oxytocin draw them into doing through stimulus response. Hedonism can be fun in moderation. People incarnate here to enjoy the "pleasures of the flesh."

Watching the clown show that is geopolitics without being concerned about outcomes truly is fascinating at the very least. Seeing the leaders do their leader things, watching human nature play itself out on the global stage, as the actors play their parts. Human behavior is fascinating, and somewhat predictable.

After being on a bit of a North Korean documentary binge, it's hard because you know these people are suffering and they can't just fix their own countries because of human nature and the collective brainwashing of their peers, who are often armed and there's not enough collective resistance to rise up against the communist dictators, but on the other hand it shouldn't be the rest of the world's job to take in everybody and give them free everything... you can only do that for so long before the parasitic burden on the system becomes too large, plus the crime as you mentioned. It's a tough situation. I catch myself thinking that China should accept the North Korean refugees and at least let them resettle in South Korea, instead of sending them back to their deaths in North Korea. I certainly don't think shooting people on the spot is compassionate, but I can see why some people see it as a solution. Maybe nation building is a good idea, to at least take down autocratic regimes so the people can fix their own countries? At least in the nations that don't have nuclear weapons... seems like we are stuck with North Korea as it is for quite some time. Most immigrants are good, but the 10-20% of bad apples give the rest a bad name, like anything. If we did a better job with law enforcement we could punish people for crimes instead of not punishing them, like the left tends to do. Get people who chronically steal and rob off the streets for good, like they do in China so there is no crime? Then you have an autocratic surveillance state. Maybe just put up with the crime as the price of having "freedom". What thinks you?

Took 6.25 mg last night to see how it would affect sleep. Even with that small amount it worked great. Was trying to go totally drug free in this whole process but need a bit of help with the insomnia after giving up THC.

I've been using it as a way to wean off screens, as my brain wasn't ready for total silence. Music that you are programmed to enjoy can help cultivate the parasympathetic nervous system and ease stress. The problem with personal growth is that we often "try too hard" to change which stresses out the nervous system. It's hard to explain but personal growth really requires relaxation also. Some books that explain it better are Psycho-Cybernetics (which I'm convinced many modern self help authors took from), The Open Focus Brain, Breaking the Habit of being yourself, and Your Survival Instinct is Killing You.

Eating like anything can be a psychological addition as the body craves the dopamine release that the food brings. Also, certain medications such as antidepressants (SSRIs, Seroquel, etc) can increase appetite, as can marijuana. Really it comes down to two types of people... those who let their emotions and impulses control them and those who learn to mindfully observe them while taking different action. All of personal development is about seeing that your thoughts and emotions are not actually "you" and self discipline is about being able to act in spite of the emotional urge to do something else. That "battle" will always be there, due to our genetics. It's easy to not eat when food is scarce, as it was most of our evolution. It's harder to do when food is abundant, and so delicious compared to anything we ever evolved on. The sheer amount of dopamine stimulating hedonism we are exposed to is unlike anything we ever evolved on.

Sigh... same nonsense by both sides. Each side thinks the other cheated. Do yourself a favor and stop watching this sensationalist nonsense. If the video has a sensationalist looking screencap designed to appeal to the "algorithm" be suspect.

I'd rather we simply genetically engineered the species to remove the compulsive desires that were required to get our species to evolve to this point so we can finally, truely be free and go "ahhhh" .. with the shackles of our compulsive negative animal traits gone, we can finally achieve the peace we all desire. Of course many would say these desires and compulsions are what make life worth living, that we incarnate here because the spirit world is boring and these raw animal desires bring spice to an otherwise boring existence. They might have a point. Honestly I'd rather have relations with another man before I'd go and use a computer algorithm... seems like the solution to a lot of men's problems would be each other, if they opened their minds a bit. If they want that affection and the cuddles and are not what you'd call a dominant male that the women tend to get drawn towards, but it is an acquired taste, it doesn't come naturally it comes with time, like forcing yourself to eat a food you don't like until you do like it.

You're better off not consuming politics or social media, which is designed to feed you "dirty laundry" to keep you coming back for more. Normal people, who focus on their normal everyday lives, and cultivating social connections, getting ahead in their careers, going partying and vacationing, are doing it right. Activists tend to end up miserable... they are addicted to the drama and the polarity, finding some "enemy" that needs vanquishing in order to try to pursue what they feel is some idealized version of society that is never going to happen. Politics attracts people interested in power for power's sake often times, or the pursuit of wealth. It attracts people addicted to drama who say they aren't addicted to drama. Too much left/right bullshit on the internet... both cults full of what I would dub as brainwashed people.... people who often think they are superior to the "sheep" when it's actually the opposite. Anyone who is part of a niche group full of like minded individuals who think they have all the answers, should be taken with great skepticism. Most people live their lives in spite of their leadership, not because of it. We are just stuck with them due to our genetic nature. Someone has to be in charge.

Good luck going sober. The earlier you start, the longer you do it, the harder it is to quit, because the more you do something, the more the neural connections in the brain are reinforced. All addiction is basically addiction to the dopamine release from the activity in question, and all withdraw symptoms carry some of the same sorts of side effects. Angry, irritable, bored, anxious, etc. I mean, when people feel like dogshit in life due to their circumstances, genetics, or brain chemistry, an escape feels good.... but it takes more and more to keep that sensation going, and then if you stop, the implosion begins. Being able to cultivate an alpha brainwave state at will through being the "observer" or "open focus" is a better long term solution to the tortures of our evolutionary brain chemistry.