Leo Gura

Great stuff.

People are too ignorant and selfish to understand what a fascist is or what democracy means. All of your logic requires that people do serious thinking, which does not happen.

Eventually you will get sick of all the self-inflicted suffering and just go sober. The only question is, How much suffering will it take you to bite the sober bullet? Drinking is not needed to socialize.

Midterms work differently than General. Midterm voters are engaged, more partisan. It's harder to link inflation to local congressional candidates. What matters is relative perception. How people feel about the change. Not absolute values.

It absolutely mattered. Inflation rate has normalized, but the pain of high prices remains every day you shop. Inflation is a really nasty factor that cannot be swept under the rug because everyone feels it.

That doesn't matter. Voters do not think causally, they just react against whatever they dislike at the moment. Don't forget that Trump lost 2020 mostly because voters dislike the Covid situation. And it didn't matter whether Trump caused the Covid or not. People blamed it on him.

You got it! Great work

Yup. I've seen various such videos.

True to form, stage Orange thinks that everything and everyone is for sale. It's like a cartoon caricature of toxic Orange.

It was a huge factor. Inflation was the single most practical factor that affected ordinary, non-ideological voters. Inflation is felt every time you go to buy groceries and it made people feel the current style of government is failing them. There are few factors as tangible as the 20% inflation we got over the last 4 years. Don't think that voters didn't feel it. Yes, ideology is huge, but many voters just want a good economy. I'm a millionaire and even I feel the pain of inflation when I buy my groceries. Without inflation Kamala might have easily won.

Any explanation of why Trump won which ignore the following points is misguided: 1) Social media epistemic rot, algorithms, and influencer/podcaster populism group-think. 2) Inflation.

Interesting. I'll have to try it out.

That's not where it ends. Mormonism comes next.

It depends on how good your day game locations are. It's all about location, location, location. Good day game locations are pretty rare. But in some cities they are amazing.

One option is to have phases in your life where you sleep around, and phases where you are in serious relationships. This seems more realistic for many people.

Excellent

After Trump, I don't believe in it either.

Sofa is good. Alien Mouse™ is better

@James123 You figure out how deep consciousness goes beyond basic nonduality yet?

That's why hardcore players don't settle down, they just sleep around and date casually. Not saying that's right, but that is one lifestyle option. Yes, there is an inherent tradeoff between relationship and freedom/variety.

Yeah, there's a thousand examples like that in the corporate world.

When I was young and considering whether I should get a philosophy PhD, I read this book and it helped me understand whether it was right or not for me: https://amzn.to/42uGcf0 You can find more such books which explain the PhD graduate school life/process to you. These books are essential to read before taking the leap. When I read that book I realized that I would never find truth in graduate school. So I dropped it. Remember, for pretty much any path you want to pursue in life, someone else has already pursued it and written a book about it. So do your research before you make such a big decision.

Take the best insights and lessons from everyone. No need to chose a favorite. You will learn important bits from everyone. I learned valuable tidbits from everyone I ever met in game. Even from psychopaths, rapists, criminals, creepers, alcoholics. It's all grist for the learning mill. You learn from the good, the bad, the ugly. From success and from failure alike.

It's not equal. It's a function of development level. If a psychopath religious barbarian wields nuclear weapons we are very worried. If Biden or Kamala does, we don't worry. The lower the worldview the more violent. Don't give a box of hand grenades to a chimpanzee.

25+ rounds. Have not tried DMPS yet.