Alfonsoo

@StarStruck try your boxing skills (on the wall)

Book: The Oxygen Advantage by Patrick G. Mckeown

We’re both into each other a lot . During class there’s a lot of quality interaction going on. Friends and other people have confirmed/notices that the chemistry is mutual. I went on a date with her two days ago and was amazing (no kiss yet). But she is (very casually) seeing someone. Nothing official and she barely mentions anything about it. I only know this through a friend and the girl has mentioned the name in conversation a couple of times but doesn’t address him as a special someone, just by name and very rarely. Maybe once she said something like “the guy I’m seeing”. Also nothing pointing to him on social media. I want to push things a little to either to overtake this other guy or to get her to tell me she isn’t available or whatever. I don’t wanna be in the limbo. During our interactions it seems she really wants something to happen between us but she kinds of stops her self (maybe because of this other guy or I’m just imagining things). I’m very sure she likes me and would otherwise date me. So I wouldn’t loose time digging that up. i just don’t wanna waste more time but I don’t know how to go about it. What should I do / tell her? I’m seeing her at uni tomorrow.

@D2sage i do. I’m not fixated with her but there’s still a lot to be done

@itsadistraction what about the other guy? Well the next meeting would have to be next week. Tomorrow at school I’ll feel it really won’t be appreciated. She knows far to many people there and the other guy she’s seeing is not completely a secret so making that move at school might backfire. But I Can for sure pull her on another date next week

Sometimes even basic stuff like reassuring a friend after a breakup or whatever is challenging.

@Yimpa from the Myers brigg test. By analyst type I mean rational, thinking, logical people. ENTP, INTP, ENTJ, INTJ but forget the personality thing. Just, how does one become more tuned in with the emotional world in general? How to break out of the logical mode on command ?

https://psyarxiv.com/vg4dp

@Leo Gura U could just unimagine the existance out of any illness anyways

Some reading on how people switch religions, or how cults or religions recruit followers. How does one switch belief systems? What’s the psyche mechanics behind this?

@ryandesreu thanks

when is it dropping??? I need more books

Kill Your Self by Dogo Barry

@Shawn Philips So the problem usually is when it doesn’t reach deep enough? (past the epidermis and into the dermis would be the right way)

Is it a considerable source of heavy metals to beware of? Would you advice against getting a tattoo?

@Shawn Philips How can I make sure it’s done properly? Would it be terribly worse than eating salmon once in a while (for example)? also, what about different colors. I remember back in the day very vibrant colors where considered to be worryingly abundant in lead, amongst other things. And would chelation some how “free up” the ink and make it worse?

What is actually going on? Is there something more complex behind it or is it just what it seems, business as usual, companies break it we pay it?

What are some health related drawbacks or things to look out in pots n pans? raw cast iron (sometimes comes pre-seasoned) enameled cast iron stainless steel (you can even get medical grace steel traditional non stick (no more PFOA, but PTFE still used) ceramic coatings stone (like volcanic or marble) silicone (I know the high quality ones are very stable, but how to know what you’ve got) Plain aluminum carbon steel (like woks) Like lead paint being used in the ceramic coatings, iron leaching into the food n stuff like that.

@Leo Gura what about enameled cast iron?

@thierry you’ve probably heard. Something along the lines of selling Alaska for private oil drilling. Although I’m sure is not as simple as that.

Where I live, red clay pots are very traditional but they’re glazed with a lead containing glaze. Only some people are know about it and some even believe that by seasoning/curing it it makes the lead harmless or disappear (they boil salt water in it). This is what I’m talking about. Something might seem like the right choice.

What are your thoughts on this: Sorry I think this was the wrong subforum

What if someone took a low to intermediate dose of something like 5meoDMT or DMT without much (or maybe none at all) spiritual background and actually get something of high value from the trip and maybe not just get psychological damage trying? Assuming the person is at least somewhat aware of the potential and kind of knows what these substances may do. Say, your average normie person at a dead end job or whatever feels like something needs to change in their life and somehow lands on psychedelics. (I’m not talking about someone getting drugged unknowingly ) (also, for sake of the argument, assume set & setting aren’t a problem, I’m not going that route). I once saw a quote from one of the Beatles, probably John Lennon, which said something along the line that the best way to do LSD (for the first time) is to go into it completely ignorant of its effects. Maybe it even said something about not even being aware of taking it, can’t remember. Anyways, I doubt that it’s true, what he said, or that he even said it.

I don’t think turns the Tripp into a happy pretty trip, but the benzo can kill or numb down the anxiety and after that who knows also, how would the dosing work?

Having seen both positions in a business: the owner and the employees. At least from what I’ve seen there is a underlying attitude of rivalry or having to go against each other. The employees always see the owner as an oppressive figure, they try to steal from the company or outsmart the system and get more. On the other side, the owner (sometimes management takes this role) sees the employees as a necessary evil, people to beware of, always worrying of lawsuits, stealing, wasted time, etc. and hating to pay them. It creates a very dysfunctional dynamic and hostility and resentment from both ends. Now, of course both got some truth and justification to their side but how can a business create an actually healthy relationship between employee and business? Good benefits and actually fair and good working conditions won’t make much difference cause as long as a bigger incentive comes, the employee will turn against the company. The same goes for the owner, seeing the employees as disposable and replaceable.