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Durov got kidnapped by the French government so they can pressure him into turning telegram into another propaganda machine for Ukraine and Israel. Telegram does take down many group chats that are reported for illegal things. I have seen this in multiple piracy group chats. These apps should not be forced to be "moderated", which is just Newspeak for censorship. (even for public group chats) They are doing the same Putin did to him with VK. I hope they can't get to Elon next.

there are many ways to have it for free. Easy to find on Reddit

It's an open source project. The code is exposed publicly on GitHub, and since it's popular, it's likely that there are always developers looking over the code.

Thoughts on this? Personally I feel disgusted by how he cares less about the truth and more about feeding people the story that is more beneficial, even if that is for the general good. (Although at least he is openly stating that's how he thinks so it could be worse.) Also it makes me come to this advice: "Don't tell people that you don't believe in Free Will because they will trust you less."

Maybe keep doing the same but with more benign versions. For example for alcohol, you can reduce the hangovers by having only specific drinks that produce less of it, like vodka, tequila or gin. And take them with plenty of water and a NAC supplement. (I heard this from John Anthony, tried myself and it works). Also have a bit less drinks. For stimulants, maybe stick to just caffeine with the drinks.

Some of their core ideas are good, like being more conscious of your emotions, accepting them which helps with relaxing and improving your mood. But it's surrounded with so much invented mental models and snake oil. I wish a more striped down version of it came to mind to recommend. Probably some of the videos with exercises by Leo

Who cares. Forget about idealised visions of how your love life should develop because reality rarely fits that. The only problem with escorts is that they are prohibitely expensive for most of us if we want some frequency.

Like Pav said many things can be done to improve looks, even if potential is limited by genetics. Low body fat, more muscle, contacts instead of glasses, good haircut and style, preserve your hair with finasteride if possible, use suncreen to slow skin aging, moisturizer for better skin when going out, elevator shoes or boots... And its not just about looks, social skills matter equally if you are over some looks threshold. And the numbers game. Still, I am not gonna do forced positivity. Getting laid is often way too much effort if you don't have it easy from the start, from natural good looks and social skills. So sticking to masturbation and acceptance is a good option too for less headaches.

I agree with OP Also, in poorer countries there are less opportunities to study and think. It's more about just survival. Where there is more time to think, people can get to the conclusion that being born there is not a gift, and that having children is often a burden.

Why I think this video is real? Check these interviews: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIHgFr6DTvs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3_8RZ-B_rk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWLcLmJ9N4o Bonus: this guy I think is also showing real pictures of an Alien here: https://youtu.be/nd_ZXgObNNg?t=789

You people are so sure. Time will tell.

Jesus

get one of these and a couple of friends no but seriously, since you want a human (not awake) answer: hopefully they are in heaven, which means you won't be able to make contact. The ones that theoretically you could contact from here, are souls trapped in purgatory, or demons making themselves appear as your dead loved one. (At least according to people into paranormal stuff.)

can't say this about my grandma with dementia And on a more general case, many people are poor, and don't have the time or the tech to be reading a forum like this. And even for those with the resources and the potential. They can't choose what to do. They will automatically do whatever they think is best, given their programming from genetics and what they have experienced. They might be poisoned by some ideology, low self-esteem... These are so many of these...

you could turn these nihilistic thoughts to nihilism itself, and to those negative views on reality, and not only towards the positive ones Leo covered this issue well I think:

@Sugarcoat Can I have your instagram and be your simp? you probably are hot lol

lol. nah but he doesn't really preach this and I was into this stuff before I saw his content thanks, yeah I think there is hope. But Ive consumed a ton of that content, done all the exercises like listing values and goals... stuff like what its in that video is very familiar. Idk, I'm satisfied in general. I think only a bad event at home, or the ever-growing boredom will get me out of this. true definitely the problems are still there. I think spirituality is one of the best drugs though. Makes the bad stuff less real. Like being an alcoholic, drunk all day, but without the health problems. IMO coping strategies like these are the way to go, as humans. Achievement doesn't fix anything, because we are still rotting, and going down towards old-age. I like achievement as a way to minimize boredom though.

I'm a spiritual bypasser. Early 30s, I just live with parents. I've had a job, I've been with girls. But now I'm comfy at home doing nothing. No money to do anything fun, and girls don't just come to me. Already a few years like this. (I'm privileged to be able to live like this for now) I'd rather be motivated, but how can one fix this? Self-help doesn't always work. how? I can't do what I don't want to do. (already tried all the self-help, maybe not the right way, but I don't think this is the issue) I don't think achieving materialistic goals is a net positive. The effort, the boredom and the failures negatively outweighs the final reward IMO. When you can be satisfied now, there is no point in doing that. I kinda disagree. Dying solves all our problems. And awakening is a bit like dying.

@Holykael I agree. We are bio-robots And to the people who disagree(about the Free Will issue), I don't see awakening/god-realization fixes this. Decisions come automatically to us. "You can do what you want, but you can't decide what it is that you want" (This wouldn't apply to God, but really, we live as humans, even after realizing we are God)

@davecraw I wouldn't say "Only the experience exists" is exactly the conclusion. It's more something like "Only experience remains". We are trying to find what is true. So for example the link you mentioned about brains and vision, or what other people say about their experience. How do you know these things are true? They could be lying, you could be misunderstanding it, you could be dreaming it... you are trusting yourself and those sources a lot. You are assuming a lot too, for example that you know the meaning of all the words in the explanation of how a brain works. And when you look up the definition of those words, you would have to check all the words that compose those definitions too. Everything you assume you have to question. We have to be 100% skeptical of everything if we want to find what is true. Try being 100% skeptical and see what remains. You can be skeptical of experience too, and still, take a look at what remains.

it doesn't make a ton of sense posting this because I'm talking to myself but I guess it's fun. Some context: for a long time I thought some of the enlightenment concepts from Leo where BS. Specially Love, but also others like God and related ones like Infinite Will. But recently I watched from Leo this one about coping with Nihilism, and how to fix the nihilistic/existential depression (clip), and it worked, so I recovered some of the lost faith. Basically my enlightenment had been stuck for years since I read Jed Mckenna. Those books gave me the main breakthrough although I was also meditating and took shrooms and LSD a couple of times. To me, reality was already all a dream/illusion, but just that, so really a purposeless nihilistic "grey" dream. I understood Solipsism as a consequence. I could see reality being generated in real time. And in the best moments I could also see the negativity as just another Illusion. Btw I also had realized No-Self from some visualization exercises for de-identifying from the body. Cool, but bland compared to now. So the God realization moment: I was watching some content from Leo, and reflecting on other videos at the same time and it just came to me. Obviously I can't fully put it into words but I'll try to explain it as a logical sequence: I understand there is only this field that I am experiencing -> I am it(there is nothing else) -> I am alone + Reality is clearly not random (everything is so perfectly defined, every detail) -> Someone has to be directing this movie -> That someone can only be me. This reasoning sequence has turned into a persistent awareness that I am and always have been creating reality. After that, I think I could be beginning to understand Love, because I have always loved what I have created or worked on, in the more mundane level of reality. And now as God, I love the world I am generating. Bonus mood song:

it's supposed to be difficult One could give many reasons for this but I'll go with this one: individual humans are just tools used by our genes to replicate themselves, it doesn't matter to nature if we are happy or not. We really should stop reproducing, it's unethical specially in non rich countries and families.

just curious do you have kids already? Just to give another perspective... I'm 30, also an underachiever. No money, I'm lazy, living with parents, etc. I used to be stressed about all of this. Now I'm not. I don't see life as a precious opportunity anymore. I see it more like a curse because I'm forced to fill it with stuff. But amassing experiences and possessions in our corner of this rock seems meaningless to me. Instead of that, being chill and having low expectations feels good, which seems meaningful. Idk, just another perspective.

Envy is a normal instinct, we are programmed to not like when similar people get good stuff and we don't, because then there is probably less available good stuff for us. You can't really stop it. And their success vs your success, like everything else, is 100% luck (even if you could overcome circunstances, there is no free will anyway) so you can't do anything about it. It is what it is, so your venting is justified