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Yes this screams depression and dissociation to me. I feel the dead energy from people who are overwhelmed with life and their soul and aspirations are crushed. Some people though are bursting with aliveness and there are sparkles and shine in their eyes, they radiate life. It's rare to see because life is tough but it's beautiful. I notice it especially with attractive femininine expressive women that are enjoying their life and don't really worry about much.

I think I agree but Natasha also phrased it in the context of a partner. If your partner respects you but doesn't love you they will probably break up with you due to the relationship being boring and not very alive. If your partner loves you and doesn't respect you then she might stop fucking you or being attracted to you but you can work on yourself and fix it or get other women. Being emotionally connected to women is the core of the male to female dynamic and the respect part is more your relationship to the dominance hierarchy and society at large. @Natasha Tori Maru Also to answer your point on contractors demanding respect sometimes they can be worth respect and you just forget to give it but a lot of times men that ask for respect haven't done to earn it and they're trying to gaslight/manipulate you into giving praise like a hurt child. I don't think that's very respectable. @Schizophonia Respect has to do with valuing the competence or contribution of someone. If they don't contribute much what is there to respect? You perhaps respect your parents because they've added a lot of value to your life or a teacher like Leo because he offers you insights that you don't encounter in society at large.

Do you think perhaps you're depressed and feel unconnected to the world and this is what you mean by this? I don't really understand it another way, feel free to explain.

Feelings are kind of the soul interpreting reality without the logic to filter it. They are very vivid but can sometimes be dangerous.

Definitely love. Respect is too intellectual. I'm sure some women respect certain authors or people whose professional work they admire, but love or lust is completely different—and that's what you want if you desire a passionate relationship with women. Respect doesn't have much sexual polarity to it. It's important as well but secondary.

There is some truth to this but Owen definitely has a chip on his shoulder when it comes to traditional markers of success and status. What he says is correct but half truths. Most people won't get phenomenal success from just cold approach because they don't structure their life like he did. He went all in and went out basically every day for a decade and built a business around it. Most dudes that have a job and go out a few times a month won't have the same level of leverage from just social skills. I've met some of RSD Madison's students when they were out on bootcamp in Toronto after a few nights of coaching and it seems like he didn't teach them basic things like dressing well and one dude had these really funky thick glasses that made it at least 5x harder for him to hook women. Stuff like this needs to be fixed to get great results with the least amount of pain possible. Also a lot of looksmaxxing is fitness and muscles. Upper body muscle mass is one of the top predictors attraction for a man that actually translates to sexual interest in women. Leo's blog post is a bit cope. Women don't fuck enlightened dudes in droves, they fuck those that give them the right cocktails of emotions which is basically dopamine. Who get's laid more an enlightenment guru or the average club promoter? The whole human experience's point is to experience materialism, just being high consciousness will not cut it. If you can be as materialistic as possible while being high consciousness and loving and growth oriented THEN I think you got a good recipe for hooking up with a lot of hot high quality women.

Hojo is like the poor man's nonduality enthusiast lol, what he says doesn't really make sense most times. At least to me idk about you guys. If you don't believe in people Hojo then who are you? I don't like to do eye contact too much I feel like it's too intense and we get too close to eachother when we look into eachothers eyes it's like it divolves the barriers between consciousnesses. I like my individuality. With certain women it's intoxicating though.

Yes, that's a solid approach. The only thing I would include is a social networking component; you can invite the girls you aren't romantically involved with to group events, where they still contribute to your social capital. Which is why adding girls on Instagram is so much better than getting phone numbers.

Their UK charges, the government asked the US gov to get them for extradition. What a great day, it's always a shame when crimes go unpunished. I've had so many frustrating conversations trying to explain to guys why they shouldn't respect the Tates. Literally knew a girl that went to Romania to fuck Tristan Tate lol that was a little bit frustrating but that's life

If I were you I'd develop a content strategy. It's what I find to be the highest ROI activity with the lowest possible output time(15 mins to a few hours to make a reel/youtube video.) I don't know if it's what you consider magical but making consistent trackable progress towards your goals to me is the best magic in life. The rest is mostly temporary or an illusion. The quickest way to today feel magical is to take drugs or fuck an escort or watch porn but it doesn't really do anything for your life. I offered to help you throw a model photoshoot, we can still do that. Gaining status and having people in your city recognize you as high value man to me is the most magical tangible feeling I've experienced in life. One of the best moments in my life is when I organized a fashion show and some of the hottest girls I've met went out under my Royals Agency Brand. That's not really short term and I lost $2000 doing it but it was one of the best memories in my life. I like combining hot women to my business there isn't really anything more fun that I've tried. I'm working on a clothing brand that I'll launch maybe next year. To backpedal on Leo's point on discipline, the best magic I've found is realizing that your goals and ideas are working and you are actually able to impact reality and actualize your deepest desires and dreams. So no really you cannot create real magic soon in my experience. https://www.instagram.com/reels/DHCQsJGSYR2/

It's hard to beat the S&P 500 for general growth and stability, but if you're worried about tech over-concentration, you don't necessarily need to hide in gold. There’s a strong case for looking at Nuclear and Biotech as structural growth plays. Nuclear is no longer just a climate play—it’s becoming the backbone of AI infrastructure because data centers need massive, 24/7 baseload power that renewables can't yet provide. Similarly, biotech is seeing a massive wave of innovation in precision medicine and gene therapy that is maturing into actual revenue, offering growth potential that doesn't depend on the same market cycles as Big Tech. One quick thought on diversifying outside the US: while it’s a standard move, be careful about defaulting to Europe. The economic data there currently looks pretty weak compared to the US, with lower projected growth and ongoing energy-related risks. If you want true geographical diversification, you’re likely better off looking at a broader Emerging Markets index (focusing on regions like India or SE Asia) or considering a Global Infrastructure ETF. This gives you exposure to the actual 'hardware' of the global economy—power grids, logistics, and communications—which is less tied to the specific tech-bubble volatility you're worried about, and covers global regions without being tied to the EU’s specific economic challenges.

Classic to my people's culture and you guys know me by now, it's gonna be a harem anime so Nerathar(the main character) will have 4 main wives I find how harems is portrayed in anime is usually quite cringe like the dude gets all the girls but is really shy and uncomfortable with them and he never kisses them or has sex with them. Nerathar will have kids quite early let's say. I want to also put some realistic pickup component in it so it's fun and informative to watch. I had to tone down the number of women in his life so that it's not 100% male gazey and women viewers actually enjoy watching it. Originally he had like 18 wives and concubines. I want to perhaps still do it like this but I need to find an appealing way to write it and not making it too unhinged. Also I need to spend more time writing male characters there are really only 2 in the story so far and like 30 female characters. The premise of the show is actually based on post scarcity and a mirror to AI. The whole story is that he has incredibly powerful blood magic and teaches it to his followers to overthrow the current 15th century european powers that also have magic in the show but are using it to enslave and crush their citizens. I want to explore post scarcity would look in a fantasy world. He will use blood donations to create an infinite magic system and feed and house everyone for free. I want to create a realistic economic system and see how that affects labor and how you'd transition a fantasy world based on exploitation and slavery towards ultimate freedom. I want to see how that affects engineering as well so there will be massive construction projects in the empire as well as war machines like this one which is my favorite concept, the imperial dreadnoughts which are massive floating ships like the Star Wars Star Destroyers that are literally magically powered. The whole IP is based on logic and although it's fantasy I created a system to calculate the magical powers of the characters. I feel like anime and fantasy TV shows rely too much on plot armor and sudden power ups based on the power of friendship and it hurts my brain to watch a lot of times. So the mana system of the universe is called Aether and is calculated in Thaum units. An average human has 0T(I now just realized writing this that's the same accronym as testosterone idk if I'll keep or change it lol), a magical commoner has from 100 to 2k and a trained soldier is 2k to 6k and so on and so forth.

How so? This is what I would call genuine AI slop. People that use bots to spam Spotify with AI music and they had to take down 75 songs https://www.gadgetreview.com/spotify-deleted-75-million-ai-generated-tracks-and-its-not-done-yet If you genuinely use your time and use AI as a tool to create AI music I think that's genuine art and creation. I guess bots could also create genuinely good music en masse but we aren't really there yet.

I just finished finalizing the plot of the story. The whole idea is that the game will be part of a multimedia IP sort of like Star Wars or Pokemon. The anime is the main thing I'm using to visualize the plot, I don't really wanna spoil it but here is a wallpaper teaser. It way I'm thinking about it now the anime will feature 8 seasons. The 2d roguelite will be based on season 7. If I ever get to making that one then season 8 will be a special game and post conquest will be the final version of a VR MMORPG.

Well the good news is that your problem is easily diagnosable my friend. You mostly lack calibration and flow in your game. A cold approach should basically go opener -> hook -> DHV -> asking her questions -> Teasing her -> screening for logistics -> instant date/pulling/get the IG close If you use some principle like not giving a fuck without the proper sequence to frame it in then sure it will be unhinged or creepy. You want your self amusing to be part of the hook/dhv/teasing her. You can try it straight from the open but that's mostly not gonna work as well as being calibrated for 5 seconds then saying something funny or weird. The unhinged shit is the push part and the pull is you being a genuinely interesting and charming man. Try this format and report back. The cold approaching stats are pretty standardizable. For every about 10-40 approaches depending on how you look and your game level you will get an IG close and from there it should be about 1/3 turning dates and 30-60% of those turning into sex. Where would you say that your numbers are dropping off?

I think this is half true and half a dangerous train of thought. Children act authentically and they are not the most effective members of society. As adults we have the benefit of being able to regulate our impulses and use our developed Neo cortex to strategically plan for our goals. You’re right that most of that should be thrown out in the middle of talking to a girl but introspection on how that went and course correction if it did not go as planned are mandatory to achieve great results in life.

Of course it is. Nutrition and relationships are both core parts of the human experience. A low consciousness person or a person with low abundance will default to whatever is near them. A person with more resources and high consciousness will want the very best for them and not settle for what society tells them is appropriate food or a partner. Yeah bro you could be right but he literally said he took a test and he found himself as a secure style. I think it makes perfect sence that his psychology is perfectly healthy apart from a scarcity mindset and he has dated a perfectly nice girl and now that he is being asked to bet his life on her his subconscious is pulling the brakes hard and saying bro we need to seriously revaluate this. Commitment triggers fears for all sorts of valid reasons. In all cases it requires deeper investigation into the self and ultimately it will boil down to OP and his self-awareness. It reminds me of this thread from last month Ultimately it's the same thing, only @KaRzual knows his life and will have to deal with the consequences. I'm mainly emphasizing on being the voice towards abundance because the default is compliance and scarcity.

Yes I was just exposing the flaws in your enlightenment argument for what it is, spiritual bypassing by trying to use spirituality to hand wave materialism away. I've already answered your comment, there are many fascets that make up a phenomenal high quality relationship and being deeply attracted to your partner is one of them and deep compatibility with your life purpose is another. I'm sure there are more. This is a good comment. A lot of times as men we are shamed for our true desires and are expected to sacrifice for the collective. Sometimes that's needed but often times it's using us as disposable labor. There is no shame in wanting to date and sleep with very beautiful women especially if you've never been in a position to do so in your life before committing to this one. Most men have never slept with a really attractive women in their entire life whereas I think it's one of the most beautiful God gifted to us personally as men. Thank God that now you can learn how to do so easily on the internet, our ancestors had to go through way worse to be able to do so.

Yes absolutely. I think a lot of this stuff is overly complicated though. Why would you not authentically desire attractive partners? If you find yourself dating people that you are not attracted to but your friends and society gives you props for then that's seeking validation. You should try to date YOUR perfect 10 not mine. So what happens when the wounded child within is healed? Do you think he stops wanting good things in life or does he now finally have the courage to go for what he really wants? Also once more on your enlightenment comment, when you get enlightened do you stop needing food because you are now complete and need nothing external? Or does your relationship with food become much more intentional and your standards for what you put in your body and thus have in your life increase massively?

Sure I think sometimes that's the case. Some relationships also get more passionate as the years go on as the people are really compatible with eachother. To be intellectually honest we have to frame the whole range of possibilities. Some relationships the people are barely if not even attracted to eachother and just get together based on scarcity. That's on the looks part but even personality it's so common for men to literally dislike their wives. On the other hand there are some guys that managed to date and marry the hottest girl they've ever met. Some others have a lifelong shared life purpose together like Will and Ariel durant who spend 68 years married together and wrote some of the worlds best history books together. For me both of these things are non-negotiables, I need to have a shared life purpose with my partner and I need to be extremely attracted to them and not settle. Each person needs to make their own choices and have the self-awareness to know what life they're looking to build. > The seeking of best available partner is precisely the opposite of enlightenment. You are seeking something to compensate for lack within. No I think this is hardcore spiritual bypassing. When you realize that you are everything your standards become incredibly high and you want to also experience the best of everything. The way you put it is the dude that took shrooms one time and rationalizes being broke and unsuccessful with women because now shallow materialistic things don't apply to him. If this mindset makes you happy and leads you to enjoy your existence more then more power to you but I'll stick with the hot women and massive compatibility in my relationships thank you very much.

I would say dump her bro, sounds like you like her and she's sweet but you know you can do better. Especially it sounds like you're in scarcity when it comes to women and you're not sure you can find other ones and you specifically said your girl isn't that attractive. I think some people in your situation commit and make it work and others level up and get the women they're truly passionate about. You know yourself and your dating history best so only you can know but probably you have not gone through the full self-development and pick up journey before you committed initially and you just got along with a girl that you met or that was in your friend group and here we are 8 years later. In your 30s if you set yourself up properly you will get way more women than you did in your early 20s so that's also worth considering. Also ask yourself what is your best outcome if everything works out? Lay them all out and think for yourself. Do your hesitations lift and you only date this woman for the rest of your life? Do you compromise with her and do an open relationship and see other women on top? Do you do a clean break and find a girlfriend you're more sure about? Do you go polyamorous and date multiple attractive women at once? The whole point of this forum and enlightenment is that you are the God of your destiny. Be very careful with adhering to mainstream conditioning and taking the bare minimum of what life has to offer, usually guys end up miserable this way because they are pleasing society or their friends or even their partner but ultimately not themselves.

The main part of don't give a fuck energy is being non-reactive and being at the cause not the effect of social intereactions. You want to be as expressive and playful as possible but ultimately women will give you shit tests which are meant to test if you'll break under pressure or start antagonism her or if you're able to roll with the punches and are witty enough to tease her about it. Be careful in emulating the toxic part of being an alpha male and being almost like a thug, I had a buddy like this it was hilarious. He would like frame battle women like square up to them and refuse to leave when they weren't interested, I had to tell bro this is not the UFC this is not how you dominate an interaction lol. How you dominate an interaction is you defuse her own anxieties and defense mechanism and you handle all the logistical problems that come up so you guys can enjoy a beautiful night of romance and loving together and forget about the pains of the world for once.

Is the jewelry insured? If so that's unhinged and he was only acting on the insult to his ego to having being robbed. If it's uninsured and that's his lifes work and his family living that they stole then personally I think he should get a light prison sentence or even just community service and no damage paid to the families. The robbers chose to break the social contract and use violence to get paid and as thus they suffer the consequences. That's the whole point of a career and a business, why the fuck do you work hard if it's rewarded to steal from people? In Nigeria young guys still take guys and kidnap people because it's legitimately a better business model than working your way up the system. Rewarding people that break the social contract always ends in chaos. In Canada it works the same as in Italy even more strict towards the jeweler. I think it's a bit closer to true morality than my own thoughts on it tbh but also it's just done to rid themselves of liability. They don't care if your living and your life is ruined from a robbery they want to stop lawlessness on their streets. Cars and other stuff get stolen in Canada all the time and police do nothing. This whole justification that these progressive prison systems are moral is falling apart as their lenient sentencing is leading to massive amounts of repeat offenders and if you follow the money they just don't wanna pay to house offenders, the policy makers stay in their gated communities and let the general public deal with the increased chaos of there being no enforced social contract. I just ran my own comment through Gemini and it said I was 55% correct and 45% cynical so take that however you want.

I would use a cheap or free AI to come up with the perfect prompt for the expensive model. This is what I do for the website building AIs like vercel v0 they are like $1 per prompt and you need multiple to correct stuff sometimes so i explain to Gemini what I'm trying to do and then it gives me an elaborate one to not waste my tokens. If all of AI was pay to play I would still use it I would just like write a whole page of stuff and get it to answer it instead of just quering it endlessly like I do now. I think you're unto something, they are talking about increasing the cost of AI big time. Apparently that's what the AI bubble popping will consist of, the free AI business model will collapse and only very expensive plans will become viable now so free users will get locked out.

Nothing, it's value arbitrage. You get a client to pay you and get a nice venue or their house if they live in a nice property and they buy alcohol and you invite the girls. That's one way or I've done it where you host a model photoshoot and charge guys to attend. It's the same thing club promoters do and why they get laid so much. They get access to a $3000 dollar booth and $500 bottles of liquor for free and spend their time just cold approaching girls and inviting them to their booth. It's why understanding how value and business models work is very important to setting up your life well. The club highly benefits from this because to them the booth is free its some random piece of furniture they have in their venue and the bottles cost $30 but they charge at a premium and without promoters they often time have a hard time getting hot girls consistently especially when competing venues book cool artists. The most important part of nightlife are actually spenders so club promoters actively develop a network of clients that pay them to party at their booth instead of paying the club to get your own empty booth with no hot girls in it. I'm working on a bit of a different system now since I want even more leverage, I'm buiding my own app because I think that Zuckerberg is cucking me by making me use Instagram to message women and clients. We'll see how that goes.