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I'm looking for a practical, stage orange book on persuasion/social influence/communication skills. I want to use this for the following: - Becoming better at job interviews - Becoming a good salesman - Becoming a good negotiator - Becoming socially attractive I don't want common sense ideas like from How to Win Friends and Influence People. I want books with practical advice. I have already read How to Talk to Anyone - 92 Little Tricks (good book btw, I recommend).

So I watched this movie in the theater and I'm here to advise you guys not to do it. I rate it a 4 or 5 out of 10. 5 is being generous. The "Plot": I write "plot" in quotes because there is no plot. The movie is an awkward sequence of events. It has many sub plots, many of which don't even evolve. There is no overall conflict in this story. There are many small conflicts which lead to a finale. Basically, the protagonist, Mickey 17, is in a space mission, and each time he dies, he is "human printed". His role in the mission is to die in a variety of ways so the scientists gather knowledge on viruses, life expectancy in certain cenarios, etc. This main plot goes nowhere. The Message™: The villain of this movie is a stupid narcissistic politician whose plan is to create a superior race of humans in another planet. A white race. And his fans are stupid and wear red hats. Yes. It's quite obvious there is an anti-Trump message here. I'm European, and I'm not a Trump supporter, so I couldn't give less shits about the Message. The bald man who owns this forum loves to insist that Hollywood is only bad because of capitalism, and that wokeness has nothing to do with it. Bullshit. Terrible 1 dimension villain who isn't remotely interesting or believable. The "Humor": This movie isn't 100% a comedy, but you can tell they were going for something lighthearted. Even the IMDB page says "action/comedy". There are many of jokes in the movie. Not a single one of them made me even smile. Also, the characters swear a lot, because it's part of the "humor". I swear a lot myself, and I'm ok with swearing, but in a story it's important to have the dialogue make sense. There are many instances in the movie where characters swear for absolutely no reason. It feels really contrived. The humor is also very self deprecating and unoriginal. The protagonist: The protagonist might be the worst aspect of this movie. It's played by Robert Pattinson, I love the actor. But his role here is terrible. Mickey is a pathetic little wimp who lets everyone and anyone around him to treat him like trash. He is very insecure and has a fake whiny voice. Terrible protagonist. Terrible voice. The good parts: There were aspects in the movie that I enjoyed. One of the characters, Mickey's girlfriend, was somewhat well written. And she is a good actress. I also like the scifi setting. And I like how the alien planet looks. It actually looks somewhat original. And the alien creatures they encounter are also interesting and intelligent. What saddens me is I feel there was a lot of potential in this movie. They had a concept, but didn't know how to work with it. They had an interesting scifi setting, and even a good plot and conflict near the end of the movie. But overall, the movie is a huge mess. Not a terrible movie, just mediocre. Not worth a theater ticket's price.

Fuck this forum. Actualized.org' forum is nothing more than a stage green echo chamber crawling with pseudophilosophers and pseudointellectuals. There is 0 room for diversity of opinion here. Fuck this shit. And the whole idea of "stage green is multiperspectival" is bullshit. Have fun dunking on the retarded stage orange and retarded stage blue and everyone else you consider retarded just because they disagree with you on 5% of issues. I've wasted too much of my time on this shit forum.

Get a Bachelor's degree Get a Master's degree Get a job as a Software Engineer Move abroad Write a book *** I wrote the list above about 9-10 years ago, when I was in highschool. By the end of 2024 I achieved all of them. I am very grateful for this. These weren't easy goals by any means. Each of them took a very long time to achieve. Interestingly enough, the goal that was the least "practical", writing a book, was the one that fulfilled me the most. I wrote my first novel in 2022. Since then, I wrote 2 more novels. I enjoyed it so much that for a while I believed that it was my life purpose to become a writer. But there was something empty about it. I didn't get many readers. Only close relatives bothered to read my stories. The notion of investing a lot of time and energy into a project, and no one valuing it, it's sadder than I can describe. I don't say this out of ego. I don't even care about compliments or money. I wrote for the sake of writing. Art for the sake of art. But at some point I started wondering, is it truly art if no one appreciates it? If I were to paint the most beautiful painting in existence, and I put it in my basement, and no one ever got to see it, would it still be art? It doesn't matter how people spin this notion. That we "don't need others" to be happy. That we don't need validation from anyone. It doesn't matter how you spin it. Because it's not true. The concept of me spending hundreds or thousands of hours to write a novel, knowing very well that after I complete crafting it, no one or almost no one will bother to read it, it kills my drive. What now? What's my purpose? Do I go back to writing? That would be madness. My current "attempt" at a life purpose is to become a game developer. I've been spending a while lately, creating graphics for my first project. I believe it will be easier to find people who enjoy videogames than people who enjoy reading fiction. Nowadays, at least. The thing that bothers me is my day job. Arriving home at 8-9 pm, by that time my mind is too fucked to be productive. Even though I'm taking my life purpose as a hobby, and not as a career path, it's still difficult. The pragmatic aspects of survival get in the way often. Complete the course "React.JS" by Meta Complete the Master's thesis Save up 10k€ Complete creating the game "Space Prism" This is my list of goals for 2025. The first three will be a pain in the ass. I value all these goals "logically", not "emotionally". I'm only motivated by the latter one. I get optimistic each time I look at the protagonist's sprite (which took me way longer to create than I expected). It fuels my creativity. I'm just bitter over the fact I don't have more free time to work on this. As for my long term goals, past this year? It's like asking what's at the other side of nothingness. I have nothing to look forward to in the next 5 years, let alone in the next 10. Sometimes I'm wondering if this is how it should be, or if I'm doing something wrong. Should I perhaps have fewer "practical" goals and more "fun" ones? My left brain says that would be foolish.

Will do. I'll watch it this week. Sorry for annoying you guys with my antiwoke stuff. I get irritated sometimes and can't help it. Anyway, speaking of thesis, I need to work on my own Master's thesis now.

I am aware that when applied properly, Postmodernism, Feminism and Marxism can have some useful ideas. And I have studied Postmodernism on my own. And I have read the Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital for beginners (I think was the title). And I've watched part 1 of your series. Most of it were concepts I already knew. But that doesn't mean that I can't find serious issues in these ideologies. And I can't help it but I get irritated when people pretend that these ideologies have no ethical problems in them.

I feel a need to fight for truth and fairness.

I never claimed that the entirety of Postmodernism is Marxist, nor that the entirety of Postmodernism is Feminist. I am aware these are subsets. I'm aware Postmodernism also relates to art for instance. And ethics/morality.

I'm saying that these subsets exist and you guys deny it.

What I'm saying is just that there is a strong relationship between these terms. It's not even that controversial. I just posted 3 links on the topic. And I have indeed read literature on this. And you guys go after low hanging fruit like MAGA and the Andrew Tates and stuff like that. You also spend time fighting ideologies you find problematic. Maybe if my neighbors were MAGA or fascists or something like that, I too would have that emotional need to fight that ideology.

Wrong. There is indeed a subset of Postmodernism which is Feminist Postmodernism. https://www.simplypsychology.org/postmodern-feminism.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodern_feminism https://sociology.institute/introduction-to-sociology/postmodern-third-wave-feminism-diversity-difference/

I don't have a political agenda. I'm not even right wing. I have observed these patterns in the real world. And I have bothered to read Postmodern literature, like Feminist Phd and Master's thesis. I've done the research myself. I have also taken a course in Philosophy of Science. I may not have a 4 year degree on the topic but I do understand many of the terms. On the race and lgbtq thing I've not done as much research, but I can confirm that at the very least the Feminist religion subscribes both to Marxism and Postmodernism. It subscribes to Marxism because it says all women are victims and all men are oppressors. And it subscribes to Postmodernism because it uses Constructionism and the whole "objectivity doesn't exist because it was invented by the white patriarchy" garbage. And I'm not kidding. I've actually read it in legitimate papers. It's fine if you use Postmodernism and Marxism differently. But to pretend that these relationships don't exist, and that it's all right wing propaganda, that's dismissing real patterns.

Wrong. Marxism and Postmodernism are distinct but intersect in woke religion. Marxism sees society as a struggle for power (class conflict), while postmodernism applies this to identity - gender (feminism), sexuality (LGBTQ+), and race (critical race theory). Instead of just class struggle, power is now viewed through identity oppression and narcissistic victimhood. You have to admit that at least a subset of Postmodernism adopts a Marxist structure, framing all human interactions as oppressor vs oppressed.

I don't care about the source material. I care about the arguments the person makes. I used to be a Zizek fan in the past. I found him to be very intelligent. But over the years I saw through his bias. He is intellectually arrogant. He might have an interesting, sophisticated conception of how the world works, but that's only his perception. And he promotes it as though it's an objective truth. I've seen him defending and promoting many of the worst aspects of the woke religion. He might be "critical" of certain aspects of postmodernism but he is a marxist still. He is by no means dumb. Nor is he low hanging fruit. But he is still a wokie I won't waste my time with listening to.

Zizek is a communist SJW pseudointellectual. He promotes the religion of Postmodernism.

The "I'm not with those clowns" post is very cringe. I'll make sure to share with the aliens all the woke propaganda that exists in this forum. I'm sure it will change their minds on not eating the bald man.

I watched this episode today. I really enjoyed it. I love the format, it feels refreshing. This type of "let's explore this argument, the good parts and bad parts" analysis is interesting to listen to. Here is my opinion on the arguments: My opinion is almost the same as Leo's on most arguments. I find most of them to suck. Especially the most popular ones, they are terrible (Kalam, Ontological, Unmoved Mover, etc.). I liked the "Participation within the Universe" one. Not super compelling but it's sophisticated at least. Hadn't heard it before. Now, as an agnostic, I present you the most compelling argument for the existence of God in my opinion: "Look at the trees." This isn't even an argument. It's not even a syllogism. But to me, this argument is the only one that feels right. I remember one time as a teen as I was walking to school and I saw a rainbow. I was an atheist back then. But still, I remember looking at the rainbow, and even though I knew there was a scientific explanation behind it, I thought it was so beautiful. I couldn't put it into words. I saw something magical, spiritual in it. To me, this concept of "arguments for God" is somewhat of a waste of time. I think the most effective way to go about it is through exploration of feelings and perspectives. There are things we experience which we can't explain through words. I feel it when I'm engaging with my life purpose, for instance. It's a very spiritual thing.

I have become a Blackpill anti-sjw selfish egoist misanthrope due to hundreds if not thousands of terrible experiences. I say accept the bitterness. Accept the harsh lessons that life has taught you. Don't try to escape what you are feeling. Accept it. My bad experiences have made me bitter but also wiser. I now see through people's facade and deception. And recently I have also had profound spiritual insights about myself and society. Lies are fluffy and comfy. The Truth is bitter.

I once read a story about a character stuck in a time loop. It was caused by a time machine that the protagonist had invented. It was supposed to allow for time travel but ended up forcing her to repeat the same day over and over - another Groundhog day clone. So she is stuck in a time loop, repeating the same day, after only having used the time travel machine once. The protagonist writes in a journal the events of each day. And what she plans to do to try to escape the time loop. In one of the entries, she conducts an experiment with the time machine. She inserts an apple (biological material) into the time machine, to see if she can send it to the past or send it outside the time loop. Instead, the apple was destroyed (the time machine destroyed all the organic matter). This entry is foreshadowing. So after giving up on using the time machine to escape the time loop, she attempts other things to break free of this "curse". But nothing works. She goes mad over time, even developing some sort of psychopathy due to the insanity of living the same day over and over. Near the end of the story, the protagonist writes a final entry in the journal. She says she has exhausted all options to break free from the time loop. And that she has no motivation to keep living like this. She says goodbye, and that she plans on entering the time machine one (all her organic matter will be destroyed - she will attempt su*c*de). But that's not the final entry. After that entry, she writes another one that says "It didn't work". The next day, she writes "It didn't work..." The next day, she writes "It didn't work..." The next day, she writes "It didn't work..." Over and over. The only chance she thought she had of ending this nightmare would be by entering the time machine and dying. But that didn't work. She was forced to live like this for eternity. The concept of living the same day forever on repeat, and being so stuck in that limited, maddening existence, without even having death as a form of mercy, as an escape, I found it incredibly dark. To me, this might be the darkest ending I've ever seen in a story.

These are my role models: I love Piers Morgan. Political bullshit aside, I love his style. I wish I were half as assertive and confident as him.

Never played it but I've seen videos on it. The lore seems interesting. I love this subgenre of scifi with a bit of horror, with a sort of claustrophobia. I might play it in the future.

I've been working full time and studying part time - in college - without taking vacations or breaks, for the past 2 years. I just quit my current job because of an awful work environment - uncooperative, critical, competitive, nasty coworker. The tiredness is starting to affect me. And the stress on top of it makes it all worse. My manager sometimes talks to me and sometimes I don't reply immediately. Because my mind is so tired, I feel like my thoughts are in slow motion. And I feel fatigued just by concentrating and putting ideas into words. The stress of this current job made it so much worse. So I quit. And I don't regret it at all. But now I'm stressed out because I have a 3 month job experience in my CV. Recruiters immediately go asking me why I left. Because of course in late stage capitalism they want to filter as many candidates as possible. Today, I applied to another company, had a job interview, and was accepted. But wait... Their reply: "You did worse than expected in our interview but we decided to accept you for this position anyways. We are going to take the risk of accepting someone with your limited qualifications, so we expect you to give your best and show us you deserve to work for this company". I can't. I fucking can't. The attitude of "we're doing you a favor" is just, no. I can't. I can't deal with this extra pressure. I just want to pay my bills and survive. Ughhhhhh My mind is so fucked nowadays. My ability to concentrate is diminished. And my ability to regulate my emotions is neglegible. The exhaustion is taking a huge toll on me. Empathy or words of advice welcome. "TaKe PeRsOnAl ReSpOnSiBiLiTy BrO pUlL yOuRsElF bY tHe BoOtStRaPs" stage orange shit not welcome.

I just read Leo's Rational Wiki's page. Jesus Christ. It's so toxic, so full of defamation, it's disturbing. I think there might be a little bit of truth in the criticism. For instance the section where they criticize him for misconstruing Godel's theorem or some quantum mechanics concept. But for the most part, that article is absurdly biased. The authors of that page decided to ignore 95% of Leo's good content from his videos, decided to focus on the 5% of scientific inaccuracies (debatable), and strawmanned some horrible things which I won't even write here. I have also seen lots of thumbnails of Youtube videos of people accusing him of being a narcissist, a cult leader, a creep towards women, and other bad things. These are horrible, horrible allegations. Videos agreeing with Leo, or engaging with his ideas in a neutral or positive manner? Very few. Only one or two podcasts where he's the guest. And it does make me feel kind of bad for the way I've responded to him here in the forums. I get irritated because I find him to be a bad interlocutor. And his way of engaging with certain topics of political nature, can be closed minded in a stage Green way. But damn, he's a fucking saint compared to the way many people portray him. Thank you for all your videos, Leo. I do believe that watching Actualized.org over the years has had a positive impact on me. To this day, I still find you to be a huge source of inspiration for me. I might dislike this forum, but I love your videos. I rewatch them and listen to them on my way to work, or while working out, very often. My favorite videos are the ones that cover Life Purpose and Motivation. This is among my favorite ones: ❤️