LordFall

I read the communist manifesto. Part of the issue is its not implementable in real life so it’s Utopianism. All of these nations proclaimed themselves to be communist.

Bartering is not efficient. Fiat is a bit of a scam since they can print more and low key tax us but the mechanism in and of itself is not evil it was to create elastic demand in times of crisis. There aren’t many better alternatives, that was the idea behind bitcoin but it seems even more of an elitist form of money than fiat. The reason you’re wrong in my view is any other type of system has lead to even more inequality than capitalism. Communism chief among them with the USSR, Cuba and Vietnam being worse off than their capitalistic alternatives. Which part of capitalism do you dislike most? Communism didn’t even have freedom of enterprise for the most part that’s as repressive as you can get.

Not exactly I would say it’s more so based on freedom of enterprise and private property. They came up with a universal system of money for us to exchange goods and services. Its subservience because people start off with way more capital than you but within 5-10 years if you study business and finance you can start to build your own systems to benefit from it and accumulate capital yourself.

I’m down to try that I like game exercises they teach you a lot about dynamics. What I get from what you’re saying is it you look good and have cocky eye contact she’ll find herself qualifying and asking the questions which is a good frame to have in cold approach. Worst you can do is ask boring questions right after another and bore the girl. Women are comfortable talking about themselves but they need to be challenged and intrigued to really have a memorable interaction.

Well I’ve explained in my original comment that I don’t think the quality of the indexing has gotten worse and any competitor I use seems much worse. You’ve only put ai slop as a comment in your original thread that’s why I made the boomer meme. If you have actual criticism against the platform I’d be curious to hear them. For me it only got better and the AI summaries they put at the top of queries saves me a lot of time since I think most sites are trash at displaying information efficiently so usually it saves me time.

I think you're right that it's worth experimenting. I don't really do a lot of cold approach at the moment but I can see some of those working. When I warm myself up though after a while from not doing it I try to keep it as simple as possible to not overthink it and just get some reps and momentum in so I just use the hey, you're cute line as it works good enough. "Hey I saw you while I was walking and wanted to say hi. What are you up to?" is another classic one that's hard to fuck up and usually works.

Hasn't changed it still works as intended you just got got by anti AI propaganda

How is it poor quality? It still works better than most search engines if not all. I use duckduckgo too and it indexes a lot of stuff poorly. I would go as far as Google is one of the best companies at everything and is more on top of their shit than anyone. They have the best map software and the best cloud infrastructure and the best video hosting platform. Google is goated come on now Natasha take off the boomer hat. Even this great meme is courtesy of Gemini

I think communism has some good ideas but ultimately it's flawed and doesn't work. I think a lot of the principles will take form when we have AI UBI and the tech singularity but it still will not eliminate wealth inequality as there are always more finite experience and goods and some people are better at business/finance than others. There will be a day soon though where all food and housing will be taken care of and everyone will get a monthly allowance type of thing based off AI tokens. We are not far from world peace, even the iran conflict showed that war is not really profitable.

I think that's true french people like to debate and talk a lot more. The french language is meant to be a more poetic version than english so they value their literacy. The underlying structures of attraction work the same. The reason I said to start in french for a hook/opener even if your french sucks and you Chatgpd a few sentences is to benefit from the ingroup bias. Then you ask to switch in english and then they will probably oblige to be polite and then start qualifying to you because their english is not that good so now you are both someone they feel familiar with but that they wanna impress subconsciously within 60 seconds of interaction. Play chess not checkers

Hey you're cute, what are you up to I'm not very good at indirect game so I like to convey interest right away so this line is both casual but it screens quite quickly whether they're receptive or not.

I started vaping in 2017 and have been trying to quit for around a year. I've managed to do it for three weeks but keep relapsing when I hang out with other people that vape or drink. I've directly noticed that it lowers my energy, increases my anxiety, and lowers my motivation so that in and of itself is enough of a reason to quit besides any other medium or long term health effects that I'm consciously trying to ignore. My roommate vapes and so trying to quit will be a nightmare. About as easy as quitting junk food while owning a convenience store. But this needs to be done since I feel like it's hindering my growth potential. Do you guys have any advice/relatable stories for me?

Hopefully he feels like a competent man now that has the back of the young boy! I think uniting your childhood dreams with your adult competence is a great way towards self-actualization and reunification of the psyche.

Let's go my man! I didn't read the whole thread but keep it up that's good. You're doing web design free lancing still? That's a classic but tough business model now with AI website makers.

Ive moved to Montreal about a month and a half ago, things are going well but slower than I’d like. Launching a new site for the Calgary Creatives brand this weekend, pre launched with a waitlist and already got 9 signups so that’s really good. This is more of a medium to long term play that I don’t wanna monetize directly but I have a brand ambassador contract with AI brand that’s giving me $25 USD per signup so that’s a can stack up quickly and will be a useful tool for the creatives in my community to use for brand outreach and content ideation The journey continues Here's the trailer reel I made for it https://www.instagram.com/p/DaMEPyIRZ5O/

Yes I'm getting back into nofap now, I like what it does to my productivity. I realized that it was highly linked to anticipation so for example when I worked on business I got excited for the end result and wanted an instant reward and fapped instead of actually practicing delayed gratification and actually making tangible progress on my goals.

I think it's a good idea, I meet really cool people at big conferences. A lot of women give up on dating without exploring all the options available to them.

Definitely try it out! Depends what your goals are but entrepreneur based events are cool cuz people speak the same language or you can go for a photoshoot vibe to target specifically towards women and creatives. Music based events are also a really good option since it combine both vibes and music brings people closer. Feel free to DM me and I can give you more feedback on event curation. Usually I think it gets messy because the group isn't big enough and it turns into a sort of weird friend group incest situation but if there are inflows of people coming in regularly and people are ethical with their behaviours then dating in the social circle shouldn't really be an issue.

Well this is why some guys dislike high body count women because they say that they're comfortable with their sexuality so if there are problems in the relationship they'll go sleep with another guy for that easy dopamine. I think it's good to date with some experience since she'll already know random men can't fix her problems whereas a woman with less experience or even a virgin still idealizes men and if she finds some minor flaws with you it's more likely she'll try her luck elsewhere even if what she wants is unrealistic.

You said that you stopped believing in cold approach and are now focusing more on platonic relationships. Which is it?

Perhaps your current burnout with dating stems from the lack of integration into your overall life goals and social circle. It's all connected my friend. Cold approach has an early ceiling, I'm not surprised you're reaching some diminishing returns in it. The unhealthy pattern in my experience comes from when you invest too much time in your dating life at the expense of other areas in your life. I dated hot girls when I was not doing high level social circle events but the quality and how well they fit into my life has only gone up since I started doing it.

This is a good reel on the topic https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZC77xDgA1Z/ That's partly why women's tastes change as they get into their late 20s, they experience the different types of men in their early 20s and see that a lot of them are only good for short term hookups and are not high value partners long term. Black men are one archetype and drug dealers and club promoters are another. I think it's good to understand what draws women to these type of men and learn some alpha traits as much as you can but if you got your life well setup financially in your 30s and 40s you're gonna clean up compared to this type of dude that peaks early.

Cold approach has limited upside in terms of the social life you can build. If you're able to get decent recents with cold approach that's cool but social circle allows you to take those women that you approach and invite them to events to build a whole network and community for whatever you want. I host photoshoots and business events for example, you might have different interests. Cold approach also is just 1 on 1 so really either you end up dating one of the women you like and that's the end of it or you just hook up with a bunch of people. Social circle lets you hangout with many women at once, make cool male friends too, increase your status, throw events, make money, help and give back to the people in your community, etc. This forum is a social circle, it's just online. Humans are communal we like groups of people. The same skills you learned in pickup can be used on your social life as a whole. Usually you end up with way hotter women too, what I see in cold approach only guys is they aren't able to attract or keep the highest tier of women because usually their social life is empty and boring.

I don't agree basically any hobby has gained some type of mainstream appeal due to mostly the cross-pollination that social media allows us. Video games, trading card games and anime, for example, were seen as super loser hobby that only men liked 10 years ago and now there are e-girls everywhere and you could get laid building out your own Yugioh card group 100%. It's also up to you to also have a top of the funnel side of it where you find a way to get attractive women into your circles or be able to join groups that they are a part of. A high quality dating and social life are not a given, you have to put in a lot of effort to cultivate it. If you do it right there are not many more rewarding things in life though.

Very cool. I'm super excited for what generative AI has to bring to the movies and overall entertainment space. Big budgets and gloat have killed originality in Hollywood, it's time to bring it back!