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This is good advice. Fits in well with my own experience.

I’m not suggesting it’s perfectly predictable. Obviously there is uncertainty, struggles, difficult conversations. This is not a contradiction. The only kind of love humans do is ego love. If you want non-ego love, you can’t be a human. To be a human in human relationships means ego love. Regardless of how developed you are.

Quite the assumptions.

I’d disagree. The distinction is not that clear. Even a more genuine kind of love is extremely predictable.

People are not that unique. They’re generally all looking for the same things.

I’m not just talking about addiction. I mean long-term human love as well. It’s still extremely predictable.

It really doesn't though. What makes people fall in love is extremely predictable.

Are we sure this isn't actually Russel Brand though???

Newsom seems like the most likely option, assuming we don't get some out-of-left-field contender rise up the way Mamdani did. Newsom's biggest weakness is that he's not winning over a lot of the DSA, progressive wing of the democrats. They see him as a centrist, neoliberal who is still going to ultimately cuck himself to the oligarchy. I think he also gives them the vibe of that old-school, white, toxic patriarchal masculinity. John Ossoff I know almost nothing about. So no comment there.

My gut says not the right move. I don't see her as someone who is going to really energize voters.

I get it, but faking being married is not the solution. You gotta be smarter than that.

But if you want that and to make good money, you'll probably have to spend a lot of your time abroad still working. It's not just going to be an infinite vacation where you can do whatever. You'll be in India, but just glued to your laptop.

Less you think about the opener the better, especially at night. Start talking before you know what you're going to say. The first 10 seconds is way more about vibe than content.

Sounds like his views on masculinity might be skewing his perception here.

Because they are manipulative, usually cringey and actually preventing you from learning real socialization. By relying on these tricks, you avoid the hard work. How desperate do you need to be to fake being married?