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Posting random stuff in this journal. 

 

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Edited September 8, 2020 by Preety_India

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Lmao I told Andrew to order a pizza. And he ordered. Haha I  nagged him. 

Now it has arrived. I can't wait to share it with him.. 

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Finally got the pizza. It tastes yumm

 

Andrew just loves it. 

 

 

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What Leo said on the forum today 

Nice list 

There too many ways to list them all:

• Grooming better
• Dressing better
• Having a strong sense of life purpose and direction
• Developing charisma
• Developing humor
• Developing confidence, leadership skills, speaking skills
• Earning money, becoming successful, reputable, famous
• Building a social circle of cool and positive friends
• Being more social
• Gaining experience with women
• Doing pickup & cold approach
• Developing flirting skills
• Improving your vocal tone and body posture
• Going to the gym and shaping up your body
• Improving your diet
• Building an amazing life for yourself
• Developing amazing sexual skills
• Developing emotional connection and your feminine side
• Meditation & consciousness work
• Self-love and self-acceptance
• Developing misc skills such at: cooking, home repair, home defense, sewing, arts & crafts, martial arts, yoga, photography, etc.
• Becoming a good human being
• Improving your communication skills
• Improving your relationship skills
• Learning, reading, knowledge
• Building an awesome bachelor pad/home that will make a girl wet just from walking in
• Traveling around the world
• And more...

You could invest 10 years of full time work developing all that.

None of it is necessary to get laid, but all of it ups your value.

Bottom line: become awesome, and awesome people will gravitate towards you. Or stay lame, and lame people will gravitate towards you. But don't expect to have awesome people in your life while you're lame and too lazy to change yourself. A lazy, sloppy, victim attitude instantly makes you repulsive, since you are a value-leech, expecting something for nothing. If you want something special you must be eager to work for it.

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Confronting news avoidance

 

 

 

    Initiatives such as slow news, seen as effective antidotes to breaking news, offer hope at a time of information overload

One is rarely reminded of literature when reading an exhaustive domain survey. The 2019 Reuters Institute Digital News Report, which covered 38 markets globally across six continents, documented an increasing phenomenon — news avoidance. It pointed out that improved technology increases access to news but also makes it easier to avoid it.

 

Reading this section of the survey, I was reminded of Toni Morrison’s insightful observation about “our own rapidly disintegrating sense of belonging”. On receipt of the 2008 PEN/Borders Literary Service Award, the Nobel laureate said: “Certain kinds of trauma visited on people are so deep, so cruel that unlike money, unlike vengeance, even unlike justice and rights, or the goodwill of others, only writers can translate such trauma and turn sorrow into meaning, sharpening the moral imagination. A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.” What she said about writing in general applies to journalism too.

 

There are multiple reasons for news avoidance. According to the Reuters Institute study, polarisation, misinformation, and low trust may not be the only issues facing the news industry. In its data this year, it found that almost a third (32%) of its respondents said that they actively avoid news — three percentage points more than in 2017. This, according to the study, may be because the world has become a more depressing place or because media coverage tends to be relentlessly negative — or a mix of the two. News avoidance figure reached a staggering 11% even in Japan where reading the news is often seen as a duty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 19, 2020 by Preety_India

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The Pombéro, known also as Pomberito, Pÿragué ("hairy feet"), Karaí Pyhare ("lord of the night"), Kuarahy Jára ("master of the sun”) is from Paraguay but also in the mythology of the mbyá tribe of southern Brazil and the Argentinian province of (Misiones) and Cho Pombé (= Don Pombero ) is a mythical humanoid creature of small stature in Guaraní mythology. The legend, along with those of other mythological figures of the Guaraní, is an important part of the culture of a region stretching from northeast Argentina northward through the whole of Paraguay and into southern Brazil[1]

Statue of Pombero

Name and appearanceEdit

Pombero's original name in the Guaraní language is Karai Pyhare, literally "The man of the Night"[2], he is said to be a primarily nocturnal creature. In some parts of Argentina he is known primarily by the Spanish translation of his name, Señor de la noche.

Although accounts of the Pombero's appearance and nature vary slightly from one community to the next, he is usually described as being short and ugly, with very short arms and hairy hands and feet. His hairy feet are said to give him the ability to sneak up on people silently and the touch of his hairy hands to bring a cold shiver. The Pombero generally dwells in rural areas, living in the forest, although he will sometimes choose to inhabit an abandoned house.

As a forest dweller, the Pombero is said to be able to imitate the sounds of various forest creatures. Most specifically it is believed that the Pombero can imitate birdsong, especially those of a nocturnal variety, and as such is viewed as something of a protector of the birds. Many witnesses of the Pombero say that before he appears he whistles. Most are so frightened of gathering his wrath that they never whistle again. One common aspect of the myth among various Guaraní based societies is that the Pombero protects the birds from children who hunt them with slingshots.

The Pombero is generally viewed as a harmless troublemaker. Owing to his preferred habitat of rural forests, the targets of his mischief tend to be rural farmers. Among his favourite activities are setting loose cattle, stealing eggs, chicken and honey, frightening horses and causing them to throw their riders off, as well as scattering corn, rice, or other provisions. The Pombero is also often accused of impregnating single women either by a mere touch of his hand or by tricking them into having sex with him, and it is said that babies who are born ugly and hairy are likely the result of a visit from the Pombero. Another character from Guaraní mythology, Kurupi, is blamed in a similar manner for unexpected or unexplained pregnancies. The Pombero is difficult, if not impossible, to detect due to his silent movements as well as other supernatural abilities, such as being able to turn invisible, squeeze through impossibly narrow spaces, or other such feats.

It is said that one can keep the Pombero from engaging in such mischief by leaving gifts out for him, most specifically cigars and rum, though honey is also an acceptable offering. Thus appeased, the Pombero will abstain from wreaking havoc upon one's home and possessions. In some areas it is believed that repeated giving of these gifts can cause the Pombero to become friendly, to the point where he will guard over one's home, animals, and possessions, and sometimes even leave gifts in return.

The Pombero tends to be the most widespread and pervasive of mythological figures among Guaraní speaking cultures today. In rural Paraguay, for example, it is not uncommon for adults to fervently believe in this myth, to the extent that they leave gifts of rum and cigars for the Pombero nightly.

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Edited October 17, 2020 by Preety_India

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Marmot screaming 

 

Edited January 19, 2021 by Preety_India

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This girl talks so cute