LordFall

Just watched Prometheus again last night, so good. Perfectly explores the different incentives that would underpin a space exploration quest. I'd rate it 8/10, good but not great.

If you decide in advance that anyone living outside standard monogamy is secretly traumatized or lying to themselves, you'll never see reality clearly. You’re projecting your own standard onto a dynamic that has demonstrably worked for them for nearly a decade. Obviously if you yourself would be looking to start dating multiple women at once I would tell you to be completely upfront and honest from the start and not spring it upon people. Real life is messy and couples form under all sorts of circumstances. What matters is how they communicate and work through the challenges with the people that they choose to spend their life with. The fact that they've been together for years and are all living in the same house with the kids seeming well-adjusted and happy speaks volumes to the success of their throuple. They say themselves that many of the monogamous couples they knew have already broken up by now. It's gonna be sick, I think 5 years will be a good timeline to work towards acquiring the castle but I'll start out the poly stuff next year. If my game is strong expect a poly vlog with 2 girlfriends around May 2027. https://search.savills.com/property-detail/bvi77026 Some of these properties are quite affordable so it's really gonna depend on how big I can scale the brand. Ideally I want an oceanfront estate but that pumps up the price like 5x. If I can launch my game and it's commercially successful and I manage to retain most of the equity, then I think I could do it in 5 years, even the oceanfront one. You've never seen an IP like this, I want to host real-life balls for a European aristocracy-inspired game at the actual castle I own. I think it might pay for itself at that point and I'll be in profit from purchasing the property. One step at a time though, for now winter is almost starting in Montreal and all I got to warm myself up is a very well functioning central heating system and dreams of castles in the south of France. What about you, what type of dating vision are you working on actualizing for yourself? @Olaf Awesome, if it appeals to you I think you can 100% do it. I don't believe in the right place at the right time, I believe in intentional strategies that scale over time and produce exceptional results. My dating strategy has only gotten better in the past 5 years and it's looking like the fruits are only gonna get sweeter over the next 5. I wish you the same success brother!

Yeah, that's the plan! I've dated multiple women casually at once before and it was great, so the next progression is cohabiting with two and seeing how that dynamic flows. If you watched the video, the original partner addresses that directly. They worked through that early phase together, she realized she genuinely enjoyed being around the second girlfriend, was sexually attracted to her as well, and now views her as a sister wife. They've been together for 8 years and had a full commitment ceremony. A messy origin from almost a decade ago doesn't invalidate a currently thriving family. Seems like they're managing fine with the resources they have. I'm sure any couple would like having more cashflow to afford a bigger house but reality is what it is. Personally, I'm looking at literal castles in Southern Europe to buy and renovate, so when my business scales to where it's heading over the next few years, space won't be an issue for a big household and guests. Each person has to find what works for them and what vision of their ideal relationship looks like and go for it.

Both, I also think that your body knows if you are too skinny/fat to handle yourself in combat vs having a good amount of muscle mass. It completely changes how you hold your ground and carry yourself. Women are primal and read that physical presence instantly, so neglecting your build to just rely on verbal game is playing on hard mode for no reason.

Yeah, racial preferences and fetishes are definitely a real thing in dating, both ways. Asian women really love white guys for example. I don't think it's really much to do with actual skin color more about underlying psychology based on wanting to try something taboo or dating partner that will look good look with you socially. Humans like to believe we are above this stuff but it drives most of society in all kinds of ways. But back to the dynamic, it really comes down to whether you have the presence and leadership to manage multiple personalities without everything falling apart. I don't think it's for every man but many give up on it without even trying it. Due to the surplus of undateable men there is also a surplus of single women so it's a great time to give it a go. If you're seriously working on yourself, women you encounter will deeply appreciate you for it.

I think it's not so much about can you win any fight that comes up but if you feel physiologically powerful or not. I had like 20 lbs of extra muscle a few years ago and I definitely felt way better and more grounded. Stopped working out as much when I started putting more energy into my business. When I was crushing it with great cashflow it felt so different going out and doing game.

How so? It seemed quite healthy and functional to me. Yeah I think the LGBTQ community is gonna have a lot of my type of women that are also looking for an alternative lifestyle. Some black guys are more dominant and confident and thus are more able to reach for the type of relationship they want. Not all of us but it's more common in that community than others. People of all ethnicities do it though, here is one with an all white throuple.

@Never_give_up When is the last time you worked out? It's hard to have the discipline to do it consistently, I dislike working out myself, but it's an important habit to get into if you want a peak dating life. We should have an accountability mega-thread for workouts, it would help a lot of us I believe.

$200 to my name at that point. There is a popular mentality in the pickup community that you should always keep going out no matter how your life is doing and I tried that and it was mostly stressful and not fun. I did still get laid being super broke but it took all the intoxicating stress free abundance feeling out of it. Yeah try it out and see the difference. Part of approach anxiety is not being used to talking to strangers in general but part of it is the competitive 'am I good enough to interest this woman?' aspect. The better I do in life the more I can just be carefree and charming even without regular socialization. It's insane how the subconscious feels this and calibrates, it also heavily impacts your posture. I've seen some dudes walking around with just defeated postures that seem unattractive from just the way they walk. Sometimes I even see dudes with terrible posture on transit and it seems like their girlfriends look around and make eye contact with me way more often.

Seems like a really fun household with everyone happy and satisfied. A lot of people that have many thoughts against polyamory can't imagine this happening so here it is. To me this is pretty close to my dream dating life but I want more partners on a bigger property and adding some BDSM elements into it. I think it'll requires greater than average communication, emotional intelligence and personal finance skills but once done properly it'll be a fun and fulfilling adventure.

I knew a dating coach that was short(5'4) and also Indian in the most competitive cities to date in Canada(Toronto) and he did great. He worked on his social skills a lot and built a big brand though.

How is your fitness? Working out reduces approach anxiety. A lot of this stuff is very primal so if you feel like you are a physically weak man and you are talking to the women of the tribe your brain will release cortisol and give you anxiety. Whenever I worked out and gamed after I noticed it reduced my anxiety by over 50%. Also having more money in my bank account made the approach anxiety go down drastically, I tried doing game with $200 my pocket vs having thousands and not stressing about any expenses that could come up and it was a night and day difference.

Love horror movies. I would think psychopaths particularly would hate them as they don't feel the emotions involved in the viewing journey. I find them much more gripping than action movies that tend to be repetitive slop due to lazy use of common tropes. A lot of horror films have more unique inspirations. I liked the Saw series a lot for how uniquely terrifying it is, the Alien franchise is also great and I enjoyed Freddy vs Jason a lot too. Science fiction often blends with horror into a uniquely fascinating piece of media.

Thanks man. Hiring concept or sprite artists out of the gate is not really cost efficient so I'm gonna wait until the community grows enough to have volunteer artists or until it generates enough revenue so that I can hire people to commission some parts of the world. I'm using AI to prototype the visual concepts for now. I talk about it more in this comment here Gameplay is really important for me but I wanna take the time to worldbuild and flesh out the systems around the game first. I've seen too many games have good gameplay and end up irrelevant and forgotten so I wanna avoid that path. Writing the story and fleshing out the world is also a fascinating process to me so I'm having a lot of fun working on that part as well.

Value is pretty universal so in a dating context it means for women if you're a straight man and to society in terms of your relationship to the overall world. If you don't solve problems for others, you will be mostly useless to society and women.