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That doesn't sound right to me. The content itself was weak. That's not the fault of the reader. I will look at the above video though and see if it's better.

What is the purpose of this thread? This is a mixed gender space, not a male locker room. Feels disrespectful.

Tried listening to the audiobook but I didn't get very far. I just couldn't resonate. Repetitive and full of pseudo-profundity.

I respect a lot of old-school rap, like Nas, Wu-tang, Gangstarr and Mobb Deep. These guys were legit pioneers and artists. I also liked a lot of Eminem, Kendrick, Kanye and J Cole growing up.

So basically the Honey playbook?

Proof humans will eat anything

What proof could there possibly be but the experience of omniscience itself?

It’s not just “these days” though. It’s maybe stronger due to MAGA, but the left has been like this for a long time. They’ve always been in a fight against fascism and injustice.

I don’t consider myself a strong patriot. But even I’ve grown tired of listening to progressives in the US just endlessly bash America. I would like to see someone like Kyle Kulinski make an hour long episode just talking about all the ways America is great right NOW. Not when we have some progressive social democracy. Not when we make “progress”. Right now. But of course, they will never make such a video. They are too focused on endless criticism.

This I agree with. Definitively not necessary to push it that far once you have solid inner confidence in yourself. The 5-10 women thing is mostly compensation.

Indeed

Ultimately there has to be some process by which you get to know someone. And that process by definition will start with less probing, less commitment. Really it's not a question of "should I keep it light?" or "should I be super serious?". It's a question of when and how much. Also, you can do both simultaneously. I can keep our interaction quite light on the surface, while internally I'm actually looking at her quite closely and making judgments. "Seriousness" does not have to be explicit. Once I'm confident I see long-term potential, I will stop seeing other people pretty fast. Could easily be 3-5 dates and we are there.

You can make the distinction practically. It might be useful at times. But ultimately the distinction has to collapse.

Truth is not the same thing as authenticity. It's not possible to cleanly distinguish between the authenticity / performance binary. Truth is meta.

Both are possible. Performance and truth are not mutually exclusive.