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@TheGod The more valuable lesson here might be that women just need time to warm up to you. You dumped way too much intent, too fast on your opener. That will never work 99% of time. Not even because she might not like you, but because she literally knows nothing about you at that point. Don’t get me wrong, I understand when you’re nervous it can actually be easier to just put all your cards on the table like that. It’s better you did the approach than nothing, as evidenced by the fact it still worked out. But it’s still way too much pressure, too soon for any woman to reasonably make a decision on. The best thing you did was that you took down the pressure and kept talking to her. She actually helped you out by giving you an excuse.

Okay, have fun.

Why not drop a bowling ball on your foot? There's an entire world of pain to explore. Deconstruct your need for an unfractured foot.

Assuming they are still sexual at all, there would be limits. That is not the point of deconstruction. Human life is not about infinite possibilities. Human life is extremely constrained.

That's because sexual orientation is not a function of development. If opening up to bisexuality has been powerful for you, great. I'm happy for you. But I would not confuse that for Tier 2 development. They are not the same.

Too far. Pansexuality has nothing to do with Tier 2 or advanced spirituality. Your sexual orientation is temperament, not development.

@Zenterus I'm with you on the daygame hate train. It's usually way too indirect and filled with social obstacles.

You just need experience and to observe what you actually respond to vs what you don't. Watch yourself like a scientist.

I've been focused on launching a project where I will be teaching Tier 2 masculinity and relationships. There's essentially no one else teaching this, so I'm excited about it. I will probably post more about it on the forum soon. It will be very niche, but very powerful for the right people.

Yes it's very strange. I find that survival tends to answer a lot of these question for you, whether you like it or not. The fact you want to survive at all means certain decisions are already made. You probably need money, to take care of your health, have some human relationships, etc. Basic things really. Some sort of art or creative project can also be meaningful. And of course pursuing deeper understanding of God, truth, life and consciousness.

Good take. In general, people tend to underestimate all the bullshit that comes with being a professional musician.

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.