Joseph Maynor

Right. This is your schtick.

I this this has pros and cons but isn't entirely correct.

It seems like it is for you. Let's not pretend.

Yes. So why does everyone not adhere to this advice you quote?

It depends on how we're defining UFOs.

This is a fascinating question. What is a relationship? What is not a relationship?

Understand power and sneaky ways highly manipulative people use it. Become financially and relationally (socially) independent so you don't have to play these games for too long. It's important to grow up and act like a person who is showing up in the world, not just some fun online bypasser ultimately. Value your time and truth and personal development. Of course people who want to manipulate you are going to challenge your truth in favor of theirs. And then the people who think they benefit from this will support it like fools. It's opposite game all the way down with these people. They're doing the best they think they can. They're living a distanced existence. You never met any of these people. Maybe they don't even exist. They could be one person. I don't trust anyone I haven't met in person period. Be careful of people who are highly moralistic but also deny morality. This is not sustainable long term. Highly manipulative people will resort to distorting your words as well. When you notice that, you can cabin that person accordingly if you can identify them; but online this is harder to do than in person. This kinda reminds of of a video game nerd gone wrong lol. Too bad. That schtick, ruse & pretending only goes so far. But, don't let me hold you back, it's a creation for social media.

What bothers me is people who deny morality but then bring it in thru the backdoor when it serves them. They don't want your morality interfering with theirs basically. This is an old trick.

People want to say there is no good or evil but then you have to look at that person and see who they're benefitting from that. It's a sick game. You're better off working a regular job than engaging in this.

I feel like this all wrong because instead of meeting people, the premise here is that the Internet somehow could solve a problem it's not capable of solving. Because we don't know who we're dealing with.

This is nonsense.

First realize when you frame it this way you're gonna offend a lot of people. Most people think God is other than themself.

But this hinges on how well you know a person. This seems to be an abstraction. This is a problem too. We're generalizing based on Internet relation.

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We have to be careful when we diagnose others. I'm not saying this should be a limiting belief, but sometimes when we diagnose others we may or may not be bypassing or blame -shifting responsibility from ourselves. This can become almost like an addiction sometimes.

You have to be selective of disgruntled people's bird chirpings throughout life. People have all kinds of things to say that reflect more on their issues than yours.

I agree. I frame it as a finite perspective not a human just to be more general. The a-finite doesn't erase the finite.

But you run the risk where your unembodied intelligence can just be dicta that you realize later on was less important than you thought it was.

It is important to understand power very thoroughly, that premise I agree with.

I read his first book the 48 Laws of Power and I didn't think it was a great book at all. It wanders, it's opaque in places. I liked the Laws of Human Nature more but still I thought Robert Greene is way too cynical of a person, just my judgment.

Keep in mind someone's view of human nature is literally just a view of human nature. You're believing other people instead of thinking and observing for yourself.

The first thing to look at is what do you need and want. Others will do what they do. Everyone has their own issues. It doesn't make much sense to blame outward at a certain point. That just gives power to others and is a huge distraction from you doing work that makes you better.