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I played runescape a bit in school, I didn't get into it I'm french so I ended up falling for another popular mmorpg at the time Dofus. I like the job system from runescape, I like systems so the different jobs going from 1-99 seems cool to me. Can you elaborate on what you like about the game and why you still play it all these years later? Also why do you think the MMORPG and gaming industry as a whole is stagnating? Seems a lot of the biggest mainstream games are just reverting their game back to 10 years ago and people are liking that more than their new versions. Happened to World of Warcraft, Runescape, Dofus and League of Legends now also released a classic mode that is just the 2014 game. @Leo Gura Chris Roberts the founder of star citizen is apparently a black sheep in the game dev industry and is known for being a narcissistic micromanager that's clearly destroying the actual business efficiency of Cloud Imperium Games to produce actual value for their customers.

I'm down, let's get it.

Evil is mostly based in destruction as opposed to creation. Usually it comes from small mindedness as you can usually achieve the same goal you were trying to achieve but in a creative way as opposed to taking the easy way out and destroying in the process. Theft is an easy example, why are you stealing if you can engage in commerce and provide value to others and get paid for it. Rape is another good example, why do you need to override another being's consent to get laid or to feel powerful? Learn some game and you will get all sex that you want in a loving way instead of being a destructive rapist.

It was him the whole time! The one sent to destroy the western catholic empire and create new super army of a enlightened beings that will bring back the Tsardom and restore the Empire to it's former glory. They got us good. привет!

I think she's right and people are gonna get trapped chasing a pump that was just a liquidity grab by market manipulators.

You're misrepresenting my argument. I never said society is less safe. I said that gaslighting yourself that all groups are the same is not helpful in my mind. It's like the Leo blog post where he said some spiritual people and most stage green people try to invalidate the dangers of reality by using their good emotions. That works until you encounter a crocodile, or a criminal or just the competitive nature of society. I linked it to black men because you seemed uncomfortable going there and I'm black so I thought it'd be an interesting point to bring up. My brother was telling me himself that perhaps he has some internalized racism because he thought the same thing but I don't think it's that simple. Socioeconomics are a real thing and often times black communities are driven to more crime than other communities. Not always and other communities also are involved in crime but I dislike the idea of ignoring reality to feel better superficially.

Enforce your boundaries. A lot of women struggle with one telling themselves that their boundaries are valid and two enforce them once they decide on them. Predatory men take advantage of that all the time. Most men don't know how to meet women so they will hit on every single woman they meet in whatever context and be inappropriate and lack social calibration. You're not crazy this is weird af. Unless you're into him but doesn't sound like it so sounds like a boundaries needed type of issue or time to find another job.

Yes Zenterus! You have probably the most well thought out dating takes on the forum. I crown you dating philosopher king. It couldn't possibly be because you resonate with a lot of my ideas, I would never fall pray to such silly psychology. I like your insight on being interesting looking and not just 10% body fat greek god, that's a good point. A lot of "blue pill" men tend to be not able to get out of their comfort zones in all kinds of ways and one of those is just looking like any other dude out there. Women are interested in different archetypes and if you're just basic man number 8 at a party you're fighting an uphill battle. A lot of dudes in the fashion industry are really cool looking and have a unique vibe to them just by experimenting with different styles and finding what works for them. I tried out grey colored contacts for a while and that got me really good reactions from women. I want to pierce my ears and get cross earrings next I feel like that is a badass style. Also there is a hidden frame control component to it that gives you a bit more power than other men. The billionaire with the t shirt in the sea of 6 figure dudes with suits type of thing. If you're comfortable standing out from the crowd it's an honest signal of confidence. It's true that women don't like players in that they seek stability and a dude trying to fuck women left and right might be exciting but probably not be there for them when they need help or are preggo. That's why I always liked the idea of the purple pill concept. Take the beta qualities from the blue pill guys and the edginess of a red pill guy and be an interesting powerful man who doesn't submit to the conformity of society while still being a reliable supportive man. The coolest part about building a tribe is that you get to choose your own adventure type of thing. By joining a social circle or just living in the same frinend group you've had since you were 12 or by going to a club you're really existing in social constructs that are not your own. Build it and they will come!

Starting a business is free. It requires only time, effort and problems to solve for others. Watch this and it's all you need to get started https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unshZobTt6Q

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Where I've not given your point enough credit is that in foreign policy weakness is not respected and gets abused. Nixon had the saying "Probe with bayonets any situation that looks mushy, withdrawing only when the bayonets meet steel." I think not conceiting and staying strong can help get us a better deal. I just worry about needlessly antagonizing narcissists. If they feel insulted they'll sabotage the negotiation at the benefit of no one. Sometimes you have to placate people that are crazy like Trump so that they feel like they won and everyone wins in return. I hope you're right and Carney is playing it right and not falling into his ego in this case.

@oOo I would say it's a case of magnifying glass not having the exact right angle and once it does; it'll burn through anything. I agree with you at the moment its best used as an advanced calculator to synthesized massive amounts of data. That amount of synthesizing is all that's needed for massive insight though, that's how humans learn as well. Pattern recognition with a goal in mind.

What a victim mindset. You're the one that turned it from a fact based conversation on Islam to your flailing out with insults. Get a grip.

Now you're gaslighting me. He didn't ask me to stop he doubled down. When people are good faithed and ask to stop the conflict and get back to productive conversation I take them up on it. This boils down to fight, flight, fawn or freeze. You're asking me to do the later when I will win at the first one. That is not serving me in any way whatsoever nor is it even serving this forum to tolerate bad points and passive aggressiveness from people that are wrong and not championing the values that it's based on. It's not ethical to let a fox eat you.

Yes, life is made of the self and others. Sometimes others want to challenge us and backing down is not the net positive outcome. I think honestly it's a male competition thing. For women harmony is a higher value concept than for men. If another male challenges me I don't see a reason to not accept his challenge if I'm gonna win.

I agree with you on the mechanics of persuasion, @Natasha Tori Maru. If the goal is cooperative debate or changing someone's mind, sledgehammering logic creates instant polarization. But persuasion requires a willing, good-faith participant. Sometimes grace and cooperation advance a discussion. Other times, you encounter an irreconcilable conflict with someone who brings bad-faith hostility, personal jabs, and dogmatic posturing. When someone chooses that route on a forum dedicated to high-level intellectualism, cooperative debate is off the table. My goal isn't to convert a hostile actor; it's to establish a firm boundary and completely dismantle the credibility of their position. I always prefer good-faith, cooperative exchange. But if someone chooses an adversarial road, I have zero problem meeting them on those terms and not backing down. That's just the reality of high-stakes dialogue.

@Thought Art Not about who is smarter, just about keeping the focus on macro data when discussing geopolitics. Take care man.

Right so your main point is that we are trusted and have many trade partners. I then debunked that we cannot pivot as 75% of our trade goes to the US and these are multi industry procurement deals that take years or decades to make. You then invalidate my point and link to random videos of Carney appealing to the country saying slogans like WE ARE STRONG AND WE DO NOT BACK DOWN. Like really? Sorry man I think you are probably a well meaning person but our standards for intellectual rigor are different. My whole point with calling you emotions over logic is that in both discussions you strayed away from the hard conclusions in favour of more a more sentimental conclusion that I then proved wrong. Your main point was that Muhammad was not a warlord and that you enjoy the spirit of islam and the poetry of it. That's cool but I linked the definition of a warlord. You could say that you don't think he's a warlord and he was a rapper and that's your truth but that's just as inaccurate. You once again based your thoughts on Mark Carney based on how he appears not what the country's actual situation actually is. We will see how it goes and it's fine if you wanna discuss vague generalities but to me that's not really helpful in anyway shape or fact. What exactly is your problem against using AI to quickly find and identify the actual numbers that shape this negotiation? Did I say anything incorrect or is this once again a feelings based objection? This was exactly my criticism of Carney in my first reply. He appeals to people's pride and ego and pumps people up YES WE ARE PROUD CANADIANS WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN and I think he likes to feel strong and powerful and it's hurting his negotiation abilities with the Americans. You're kind of proving my point by falling for it without talking about what we are negotiating about and running away from the actual reality of our economy. These feelings of pride will not help Canadians when hundreds of thousands of people lose their job due to ego based posturing. Sorry like this is geopolitics not spirituality. If we aren't talking facts what are we talking about?

It's a masterclass in human psychology, I don't understand why people are investing in it. Every fact I learn about it is wilder than the next. They sold over 2000 of these shits at $5k a pop and raised $10M from this concept ship in like 1 day. It's not playable though it's a concept for a ship. I don't think it's evil because they are legitimately trying to build it but it's a dumpster fire of a project and like I said I think unfortunately it's gonna implode at any time.

Got it man sounds like you're not really comprehending how the global liquidity and macroeconomics work nor are interested in educating yourself. As I've said I read books on this stuff and keep researching and learning more each week. I wish you the best of luck, you'll need it. This is a good video on the history of human economy and capitalism if you actually wanna understand macroeconomics and how Bitcoin fits into it. As I've previously recommended, reading the Bitcoin Standard is also pretty mandatory reading to have a non comical discussion around it.

Of course it needs to be explained. If it's a store of value why has gold been outperforming it? The Trump Family and other elites globally are heavily invested in crypto. Does that give you confidence that it's a solid asset worth investing a lot of your money in or that it's market manipulation meant to enrich themselves at the expense of the population? Bitcoin hasn't always made ATH, its only existed for 17 years. In terms of asset class that's very little. It has a strong history for sure but we can have about 5000 years of history as a species with commodities as money. Many assets have risen and fallen since then. Let's discuss fundamentals otherwise price performance is not a solid point to lay the foundation of your argument on. I don't really believe in technical analysis that much, it's a very shorted sighted way to understand macroeconomics IMO. I watch Benjamin Cowen at times and he makes some good videos but I still am not that much of a crypto believer. I read The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous and about half of the sequel to it Fiat Standard. I think it's an incredible book that taught me a lot about macroeconomics. If you asked me 10 years from now will BTC be at new ATH like $500k-1M or will it go to $0? Hard to say but I would say %65 $0 and 35% $1M. @pablo_aka_god So hard to say bro. Depends what our individual investment strategy is. As I said mine is to build a cashflow business based on my own operational skills as well developed and scale the multiple media brands I currently operate. Every other strategy is too flimsy for me. I believe AI as a concept will help the average person sometime in the next 50 years with UBI. Whether there will be a 15 year period where the standard of living of most of the masses globally collapses drastically before that; hard to say. I think that's the most pressing concern really. K shaped economy and reverse market crash(market pump that makes everyone holding assets rich and everyong relying on labor poor) are both terrible for the general population.

No worries. I don't think I am misinformed and I think you are misinformed. When I brought actual facts into it that are the real numbers that our country is facing you had no other rebuttal but to try to invalidate my point. Consider why that is. A trade dispute is solved with numbers not feelings. Mark Carney not only has a geopolitical crisis to manage but he also has to appear strong domestically and I do honestly believe that is hurting his negotiation skills and that is why I called it ego in my first reply to this thread. I don't think that posturing is how you negotiate on a high level. It doesn't work in business in my experience and I assume it's not gonna work politically. I understand that it is an anxiety inducing situation but you handwaved away my attempt at discussing it thoroughly by just saying Mark has a good resume he'll figure it out. Is that the mark of a responsible citizen and high quality intellectual? I apologize for being harsh but I find it a common pattern with you to use emotions to discuss a topic over the actual facts. You did the same thing to me in the Islam thread. Standing up for our head of state without being able to discuss their short comings in a matter of fact way is an emotional reaction that helps nobody. Let's discuss the hard numbers. Why do you think Canada is in a strong position to play hard ball against the United States in this negotiation?

It is very on topic though. This is a discussion on Islam vs actualized.org and which value system is superior. Leo himself said that religion is for weak minded people that can't handle direct confrontation with reality and need an authority to tell them how to think. Which I think is absolutely correct. Look at what happened when I had a very matter of fact debate about Islam's history. He flipped out and resorted to name calling. That is anti-intellectualism and a weak ego. He was not interested in the truth, he felt his identity and religion being attacked and he lashed out. That is what someone with a weak character does. He dmed me to edit the post which I thought was silly since why does he care that much if I tagged him on a reply? Because he has a weak sense of self as most Islamic people do since they are living in under an authoritarian religion where character development and challenging authority is discouraged. When I told him I wouldn't he flipped out at me just like he did in the thread. He brought up my thoughts on sex why? Just me having a life outside of his religion's ideology triggered him enough to start calling me a narcissist. To me that shows extremely weak character. What happened when I deconstructed the original's posters points with facts and my own lived experienced? Was he happy to chat about it or did he never reply again in the thread? What do you think would've happened if we had this discussion in an islamic country? It would've been a valuable exchange of ideas that enriches both parties or I would've gotten shot or stabbed? Half of my family is muslim, I have lived experienced in this. One of my uncles last year almost killed one of my other uncles for a very silly reason that escalated. Islam is a dangerous cult that produces cognitively deficient individuals with poor emotional regulation. It sounds like insults but they are very matter of fact definitional terms. I didn't write out what I actually think about this user, just what I'm noticing. My actual opinion of him as a human is much worse. This is what happens when you confront truth, people with an unintegrated sense of self get triggered. Same thing that happened on the sex thread. I still think it is valuable exercise and I refuse to be intimated or silenced by such limited people.

Sexpionage? Easily a 30% chance this is how I die. I love powerful women it would override a lot of my survival instincts. I need to bang first though otherwise I'm haunting her from the afterlife for 1000 years as revenge. If it's consummated then you know you lose some you win some, that's life.

Intelligence is the ability to problem solve. How many problems do you see the average dog having? They are most popular than most humans. Often times dog owners love their dogs more than they love other humans. Most human females think more highly of dogs than human males. Literally conquering us. The average dog has a better life than the average human. Dog is a very advanced life form using love to conquer mankind. Don't only rely on IQ and intellect to assess if someone is intelligent, most high IQ people have terrible lives and can't solve their problems due to neuroticism and overthinking and lack of emotional understanding. Dog almost never sad always happy, superior levels of emotional mastery than human. Average dog better at content creation than average human. Try it start a Youtube account and post shorts of cute dogs and random humans dog wins each time. Even if you take the average channel on youtube that features humans doing anything vs dog and cat video 100% the pets win get more views on average. Dog winning. Overpowered species. Nerf when?