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It's not just his own perception, women actually reject him and sweep in "you're a really nice guy" as kind of a consolation prize. Not true. The nice guy will "respect" the boundary and then keep trying to creep in through the back door of the girl he's interested in, hoping that someday he'll buy her, or that she'll just change her mind about him or something. He's not bitter, just desperate and needy and lacking sex appeal. I agree. I don't respect weak men, either.

The "nice guy" is by definition a stereotypical guy who is overly respectful of other people's boundaries, whether man or woman or baby. Otherwise, he would be called the jerk guy or something.

I would be jealous, too. I would consider it abnormal to be indifferent. Your girlfriend is yours only, she belongs to you only, so you should feel and act like that. It's instinctual.

The friendzone is something that halts advancements in the sexual survival agenda in an unprovoking way. It is the same for all genders, but of course it manifests differently for each person depending on their agendas. And of course, for men it's mostly about lack of sex while for women it's mostly about lack of "emotional connection".

By the way, the sanctions are useless in practice. The only purpose they may serve is to hurt the Russian people economically, which in turn could make them angry so they would rally against their government, or at least the war. But I don't see that happening. In practice, the Russian government will continue as if nothing has happened, but the Russian people will suffer the cost.

There's nothing in this world that disgusts me more than hippies and everything related to them.

Mostly propaganda exaggeration playing on emotions trying to get more people to join. What's the point? As long as Russia controls the air, any number of infantry is going to be moot. In fact, the more the merrier so to speak. It only gives more reason and justification for heavy bombing.

The real question is: Who exactly treated Russia (and China) as a pariah? The answer is not as simple as America or "the west". Pointing fingers at "the problem" is not enough. Who's/What's behind the problem? As well, why is the problem, in the first place?

Introversion is an ideology for the introverted, "extroversion" is just part of the ideology. These categories only existed lately, nobody was this or that before, because the natural state is preference-less. Introverted people hate themselves at the core, so part of that hatred gets projected outwards through this lens/ideology and other means. As well, introversion is a covert form of narcissism, and for extroversion it's overt. In both cases, you want to be the star of the show and the center of attention. Only you fail in achieving that when you lack the required traits/skills that make you an extrovert. The natural state is neutral and undefined. It can be this way or that way, it doesn't matter, and you won't mind. You're just a human, not the star of the show, and certainly not the center of the universe, maybe except to yourself. In which case, you'll rightfully suffer the consequences of loneliness and egotism. I could spend my time with people or alone. I enjoy my time either way. I feel socially liberated, free from self-criticism/hatred and detached from what people think. It's the best way to be.

They sure have been a bad influence on me in this regard.

The reason why westerners are lost, hopeless, and beyond help is because they don't have values. The way it works in the west is that the bigger pragmatists always play the smaller ones through illusion and sleight of hand, and everyone there is a pragmatist and without any values.

Disgusting.

Solve the following puzzle: People who think solipsism is false act as if it is false. At the same time, people who think solipsism is true also act as if it is false.

Haha! I did something similar but got the opposite effect a few years ago. I was flirting with a girl who was out with her girlfriend, so the gf got jealous pissed off cuz she wanted some flirting too. I told her something that conveyed double meaning, so she thought I was finally complimenting her along with her friend. Then I clarified that I meant the opposite of what she thought, and she got crazy she started swearing at me and pulling her gf back. I left them alone for a while, then I saw her fixing her make up. Both of them seemed interested, although for opposite reasons, but I was a beginner and didn't know how to close. I lost both of them that night. And lost a red rose to their third friend who I met initially but went behind the scenes later, but to be fair she gave me a cigarette.

The Ukrainian government will surrender within less than three days. The NATO won't be accepting any new members. It's over.

Because the right isn't.

Bruh.

"Self-deception" is the forgetting.

I don't know. It sounds more like rationalization for the dissonance.

But you claim that you already are the hand. If that's truly the case and you actually believe that, then what work is there to do? Does embodying your role as the hand mean getting rid of your role as the finger? Is this "the work" from your perspective?

If you're truly the hand and you believe that, then why do you keep acting like a separate finger? Why the cognitive-behavioral dissonance?

@peanutspathtotruth All of this discussion can be boiled down to these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealism (Spirituality in general). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjective_idealism (Leo/Solipsism). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objective_idealism (Spira and the others).

I wouldn't know unless you tell me first. I'm interested in a free conversation where sensible communication happens.

Then I don't think you understood my question. I asked you whether you're the infinite or finite self. It was a straightforward question about your experience. Do you experience yourself as what you're calling the infinite Self (whatever that is)? Or do you experience yourself as the finite self (again, whatever that is)? It would be ideal if the answer included an explanation for the "whatever that is" part.

Are you trying to say "I don't know" but feeling a little bit shy?