Sincerity

* * * * * * * * * * I've felt tired often in the last days. For like a week, or week and a half. It's been difficult to do things. To do house chores. To sit and work. To get off my ass. To be patient with people close to me. I went to the office today. That was quite fun. I find myself annoyed by my gf and parents. I need time alone. Or something, I don't know.

I changed the title to: A Case for Superfascism (Metaphysical Traditionalism). It's still pushing it, but I think it's a middle ground. I hope I'm not being too fascist.

I understood that. But the title is still provocative clickbait, in your own words. So please change it. You even inserted a swastika, for God's sake. Again, don't give this forum a bad name.

See the icon in the upper right. You can open a temporary chat which won't be saved in memory. I often use it for irrelevant stuff which I don't want chatGPT to remember. Lately I pretty much use it always.

Be honest. You wanted to elicit emotional reactions with that title. Do you need to resort to spicy clickbait to get attention on your writing and you? Your current title gives this forum a bad name. Please change it. Here are some ideas for titles generated by chatGPT, which still reflect the content quite well I think. Revisiting Premodern Political Philosophy in a Modern Age Beyond Left and Right: A Case for Metaphysical Traditionalism Why Modern Politics Misses the Transcendent From Modernity to Tradition: A Philosophical Reorientation Understanding Julius Evola’s Traditionalist Political Vision A Defense of Premodern Political Metaphysics Recovering the Sacred Foundations of Political Order Why Modern Ideologies Are Incomplete: A Traditionalist Perspective What Traditionalism Offers That Modernity Cannot A Philosophical Argument for Premodern Hierarchy Why Contemporary Politics Lacks Depth: A Traditionalist Critique Restoring Cosmic Order in Political Thought The Misunderstood Vision Behind Evola’s Political Thought Hey @Carl-Richard, I just realized you can't paste chatGPT links when you use the temporary chat. This fucking sucks.

Poor OP got his thread derailed by AI discussion. Dodo said he'll keep it human, so let's go a bit easy on him. We're all navigating this new world-with-now-AI-in-it together. That's a good insight to have, especially when internalized. When the "consequences" of this realization hit for you regarding your personal biases and specific things/people you hate (eg. certain world leaders), it's profound.

@Dodo Thanks for being open here. It's great of you. 🙏

@Dodo You make some good points. We'll definitely be more strict with that, especially if we see users are overusing AI to churn out responses. I myself often check some threads with AI detectors. Some posts look like they're AI, but they actually aren't. If someone starts making fully AI-generated threads, we are certainly turning our attention to that and giving them a notice. I'm not sure how others feel about this, but I don't read AI responses at all and I don't find them valuable. Of course, in theory the output "stands for itself". But you know, these outputs still reek of AI. I find them shallow, even when there is some "depth" in the content. It's noticeable. We just don't want the forum to become AI responses having conversations with each other. What's the use of that? This is a "human-only" forum. 😇 Or whatever you find yourself to be (or not be), hehe.

@Dodo Dude, speak for yourself and not with AI. If you have an honest opinion, share it. Don't be lazy. AI is not doing thinking for you. We don't want this forum to be AI's talking with one another. So please stop. You're overusing it in your responses.

My forum profile pics Ahh, what's better than an image which I find myself in? It's greatly important to me to surround myself with resonating things of all sorts that are pleasant to my eye. I'm just that type of person. Having beauty around me lights me up, and I seek resonating beauty like a moth seeks the light. This was a profile pic I had for a while on my previous account. I love a blue sky, and I love tulips. Having a tulip on my desk makes me happy. This one I've had on this account for the longest time. I feel there's such a simplicity in it. I still smile and feel warm looking at it. I'm not sure when I had this one. Anyway, in that period I could feel like a ghost sometimes. Also, blue is my 100% favourite color. I surround myself with blue often, I wear it, my heart melts when I look at a clear blue sky. I know it's the "color of my soul". Pure authenticity for me. I love this one, such beautiful color. It was a painting called "Tears of Joy and Sadness". I enjoy a great mix of colors, and I resonated with that title. And that's my current one. I like melting pictures, it reminds me of the dreamlike quality of reality. Thinking about it, I feel peace and warmness inside. 😌

I had a session with a psychologist today. It went well. FIrst one in 2 years. As part of my private medical coverage, I have 3 free sessions with a psychologist each year. I remembered it this week and decided to use up the sessions - not like there isn't stuff to talk about. I found a guy that really resonated with me and I really appreciated his perspective today. I'm deeply grateful. I asked him for help on relationship issues. But then we went further into some deeper and more unconscious issues of mine, which I brought up myself of course. I'm really happy to continue working on these issues with the guy soon - we have another session in 2 weeks. Excited about that. Also, I went to the cinema today and watched Loveable (2024). It was really great. I cried plenty - that was the goal, actually. I needed that. I'm probably gonna take my gf to see this movie tomorrow again. She’s eager for that, and I know it'll resonate with her too. We had a really big fight yesterday, now "resolved". Quite hurtful. Both of us have our conditionings which are difficult to overcome. But in the end we'll pull through, I hope. Though if eventually not, that will be alright as well. It's been almost 2 years. This relationship has changed me a lot. It's good to have a partner that is also serious about working through her own issues. I appreciate the relationship deeply.

If you don't know, then it 98% wasn't a date. A date is a meeting where romantic/sexual intention is progressed. A friendly meeting has none of such progression. But the progression doesn't happen by itself. It must be intentional and acted on on your part. You have to lead into it. If you didn't do that, then most likely there was zero advance, and she saw it as just a friendly meet. I'm not sure if this relationship can be salvaged into something romantic anymore - there's probably only a slim chance of that, but I guess it depends, we don't know the full context. She might still be receptive to some romantic advance, or she might not (and never have). You have to feel it out. Make progressive steps and see her reactions. Adjust accordingly. 👍👍

So was it a date, or a friendly meeting? Did you lead? Did you take any action (at least a step) on the romantic/sexual intention, or did you just „go with the flow” and do friendly talk? Even if the conversation was smooth, it doesn’t matter if you weren’t leading the relationship anywhere. You MUST lead it in a romantic direction. It doesn’t happen by itself! The default flow is non-romantic. Don’t just GRAB HER HAND, like a zombie grabbing someone’s foot from below the ground. First see whether she is even receptive to subtle romantic intention (which you might not have expressed yet). If she is then progress, like with subtle touch. I know it might be unhelpful to hear, but you gotta be NATURAL with it! I personally wouldn’t mess with a person from my workplace. „Don’t shit where you eat”. But that’s just me, I guess it can work.

I know, right?!

Nice choice of words. Same.