Emotionalmosquito

Yes they do. Seems like every time I start warming up to my fellow humans and coming out of my shell, just when I’m about to think it’s safe, boom! The iron fist of bullshit strikes again. Not sure if it’s like this everywhere but where I’m from it’s almost more acceptable to get into literal drunken brawls than to have a “weird” vibe that people can’t understand or relate to.

Right on the bullseye, buddy. Clubs will not hesitate to kick your ass out if enough complaints come in. And if you don’t know how to play the social game at a decently high level, eventually they will. This of course leaves very little room for authentic self expression because anything you think might be a good or funny idea to make yourself stand out in a positive way is a massive gamble. I like your shark smelling blood analogy, it’s perfect. These people have zero tolerance for social outcasts like us. Half the time they won’t even tell you you’re fucking up, they’ll just wait for you to leave then complain to management behind your back. As far as getting bullied or threatened while you’re out, I too have this fear. Get yourself a small can of mace if it’s legal in your area. That should help you feel more secure, especially if you know how to draw it quickly and use it. But for now, you should probably just stick to what Leo said and practice on mall clerks.

@Enlightenment Lol! Cassady Campbell is one of my biggest inspirations.

A gothic hippie who doesn’t take herself too seriously and has the perfect mix of sweet and gentle and don’t fuck with me.

@Bando I can see how a bartender or club promoter could get away with it. But what about retail shit? How could one go about chatting up stacies in a flirty man to woman way without it being creepy and or grounds for termination?

@Danioover9000 Yeah that one

Leo just gave a low key shout out to the nofap community in the new vid. He said don’t jerk off for a while then go out and game because it will be much easier to transfer that energy onto her.

I’m having an ambivalent relationship with this no nut journey. I’ve been fapping a lot lately even to soft porn because the first ten days of this month without a single stroke has caused me quite the backlash. Technically I’m still in because no ejaculation has happened. On one hand I feel ashamed for not having the strength to refrain from indulging at all for the full month. However, masturbating tantrically and spreading the arousal throughout the body provides a significant mood boost. It’s like the exact opposite of the sluggishness you feel post nut. So that’s been nice. To even things out I’ll go these final ten days without any touching. Wish me luck.

@Identity You sure those exist?

So basically you mean instead of 0% experiencing it’s an experience of 0%? The perception of pain and fear is always the strongest argument people come up with when this question is raised. Since it is the most intense and obvious of experiences it seems the most real. But really it doesn’t prove anything. You can perceive pain and fear in dreams only to wake up realizing it was all fake. This thread made me think of this scene from The Secret Garden. Skip to 3:07

Rsdmax said in one of his videos that when his students are stuck in approach anxiety, he tells them to purposely try to get rejected and make a game out of it. That way you change rejection from humiliating to funny. i thought it was a cool idea

It’s mind boggling just how many people have never even heard the word incel. 9/10 people I ask have no idea about it. You would think more people would be aware considering the stigma surrounding the community.

So did it work? was it awkward or not?? And man is this story inspiring. What you did is truly something to feel amazing about. Your balls are bigger than mine, that’s for sure. RESPECT+

@Kshantivadin Not everyone possesses such godlike impulse control. Many of us aspire to be like you someday, assuming you’re telling the truth of course. @Gabith Mostly same here. Especially with getting more aggressive in my thinking. One of the biggest benefits I see is it greatly increases my desire and motivation to do yoga. This reason alone makes the whole thing worth it.

Brothers, We are now a third of the way to victory. How are you all holding up?

I can’t remember exactly or which inspiration came first or in what order but I do know that ironically, one of the reasons I got into it was for purely egoic purposes. Like I thought how cool it would be if I got good at sitting like a statue for multiple hours on end. So I started doing that and it worked. Just by sitting perfectly still and keeping your attention on the breath everything slows way way down and it gets easier the more you practice like with anything. I got into yoga for similar reasons. On a side note, doing asanas regularly is super helpful if you want to get good at strong determination sitting. I also found out it can remove a great deal of suffering and get you super high if you practice enough so after learning that I was pretty much sold. After my first ten day vipassana, I felt like I was fifty pounds lighter and my raging mind was a whopping 50-60% quieter for weeks after, no exaggeration. And the peace kept on growing the more I maintained the practice. The bliss grew so strong I almost didn’t know how to handle it all. Easily the closest I’ve ever been to full enlightenment. The danger with me saying all this, however, is that the recipient will hear it and say hell yes, sign me up! The natural tendency is to expect to feel blissed out from all the meditation but that expectation actually blocks you from making progress because spirituality doesn’t like greed. So you have to be very patient. You can avoid that trap by finding the right technique. Vipassana has stood the test of time but it can be ridiculously difficult to get into. After my second retreat, I didn’t get anywhere close to the same result like I was expecting to. So it goes to show just how deep this work actually is.

I don’t have anywhere close to enough money to move to a big city. Even if I did manage to do so some how, rent and food alone would make it impossible to save any money, that’s with two jobs. Decent point. I guess there isn’t much difference except being banned from establishments for as little as saying the wrong thing. That’s why I hate the whole be yourself platitude. It’s not very likely to get anywhere socially without being fake as fuck so I think the fake it till you make it strategy is much better. Getting kicked out of places limits your abilities even further.

@Carl-Richard You put a lid on the cup before inverting it.

Nothing says I love you like an overvalued rock mined by the blood sweat and tears of African slave labor.

For me personally that isn’t even close to the reason it’s necessary to have a large population. It’s a matter of running out of new girls to talk to. Every rejection gets you closer and closer to completely exhausting your options. The smaller the city the more likely it is to be labeled the town creep and steer everyone away at the near sight of you. If women were more forgiving and giving of second and third and fourth chances it wouldn’t be a problem at all. Because you as the practitioner have to go around chatting up as many as possible just to improve your skills whereas the girls just see some random dude trying to make a move on all of them which is certainly alarming as hell or at least annoying. Inevitably you start running into the same girls without realizing it.

This was my best attempt. Not because I assumed the lines had to stay within boundary. Instead I assumed that since he said straight lines, it meant no angles. For some reason I didn’t register the part about it having to be one continuous connected line, though I did hear it. If anyone has any other connect the dots puzzles or similar exercises, post em and explain the rules.

What if all you want is just a few good solid gf experiences? Then is 40-60k enough?

I don’t think she means superior as in a better a human being, just higher than him in terms of understanding how socialization works.

Or the fact that it cripples your cognitive functions which gets you close to the state of no mind

The key difference here is just how much is at stake with marriage as opposed to simple relationships. A break up doesn’t legally entitle her to half your belongings and ongoing financial support. A divorce does all that and more.