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@Alexop The gender wars has some truth to it. But the reality is that secure people with healthy self-esteem don't deal with so much of this shit from either genders. There is an aspect of not "putting up with men's shit". But if your patience and tolerance is essentially nearly 0 don't be surprised if you end up alone. Nobody is perfect and the idea that men are these horrible assholes is a bit overblown. The real asshole guys that are toxic tend to get the most results because they are capable of manipulating women and have a high sense of entitlement. I think the average man has a lot to work on but a lot of it is his own self-confidence and self-rejection, not that he's a raging misogynist.

@Carl-Richard No problem. Was just to make myself more concise. Human generated text by yours truly, fully! It's a modern day Shakespearean-style story. I can't think of a show or movie in the gangster genre that did it better that BB. It breaks through the trope of some egotistical, low educated, sociopath like Tony Montana (or Tony Camonte in the 1932 version). This is one of the many gangster come up story archetypes but instead inverts them -- this guy is an under achieving genius who feels betrayed by life -- and so his thirst for relevancy VERY gradually transforms every facet of his life. The cinematography is exceptional. Walter is someone that many of us can identify with. Definitely lower middle class at best. He feels like he deserves more. In terms of IQ he is obviously much smarter than 99% of people but his life feels like bottom 20% -- not really in alignment with his life potential. I think with other gangster characters like in Scarface, or Goodfellas, or even Denzel in American Gangster it's like we're voyeuristically getting to see life through the characters lens but it's not really a psychology or frame of mind most people could inhabit. Kinda like true crime shows and so forth, it allows people to explorer something they'll never be. The difference is that Walter White is somebody we can identify with more readily. He's a nerdy guy that's been screwed by life, people, and circumstances. He says enough is enough and I don't think he really understands what he's getting himself into but incrementally what that entails reveals itself to him and the audience. There is a believability of it and strong underdog ethos initially but when suddenly Walter isn't this low confidence middle aged guy with cancer we feel pity for.... Like when he lets Jane overdose and die. At some point the audience looses all sympathy for Walt and is no longer rooting for him but just seeing how his path of self destruction ends. At which point the audience loses that sympathy is hard to say. Is it gradually or at a singular moment?

@bazera That's the interesting part. At the start you think of Jesse as the criminal but he is really so innocent compared to what Walter becomes. Makes you question every day people. Are the people in prison the worst of the worst, callous evil sociopaths, or are there more of those amongst us? Like Walter White. It's easy to pretend nice. But how do you really evaluate a person? With Walter it doesn't become apparent until we ride along with him for a couple of seasons. Otherwise, he is this unassuming nerdy middle aged chemistry teacher.

@No1Here2c And yes how one chooses to interpret such things is highly contingent upon cultural upbringing, personal beliefs and biases, and so on and so forth. One of my childhood friends says he will have dreams regularly and they will occur in real life within a short period of time. Lot of schizophrenia in his family also as well as ADHD and very high IQ.

@No1Here2c Both... Yes, I think it is a bit of both. Like when people say people can read each other's minds, or existence of God, etc... materialist will scoff at such ideas. Yet, these abilities and realizations are on a spectrum. Certain folk have the full blown thing. And many others have milder forms of such abilities and perceptions, yet a hardcore scientist type would ignore the correlation or not consider it rigorous enough. I think it gets a bit muddy for sure.

@No1Here2c What do you mean, specifically. I'm extremely intuitive and feeling/emotion driven so I am very prone to inspiration and driven by narrative and purpose. In that sense, yes.

@Leo Gura Another useful topic is 'confidence' and how that evolved as you move up the spiral, spiritual maturation and so forth.

People will also believe and cling onto anything before God. Astrology, Tik Tok level of sophistication New Age beliefs, EvOluTioN and sCienCe (as if they were mutually exclusive), their own veneer of intellect and a sense of intellectual superiority.

Disagree. Humans are chimps after all. Are we pretending the Walmart guy is post conventional now? Not likely. Humans constantly engage in primitive social games dictated by there biology. Some are way less effective at it obviously and you will see that omnipotence chipping away at the overweight video game addicted mid 20s Wal-Mart employee. Of course in this hypothetical scenario I'm imaging a guy with possible trauma and neurodivergence but nevertheless if he had the opportunity to display his passion and areas of strength in a way that bolstered his status he'd be very eager to do so.

Brutal sorry about your friend. The unfortunate part about the world we live in is that culture changes hard and fast. At the end of the day this is a spiritual forum I feel, right? So to me that inner alignment and values precede and override any worldly circumstances and inconveniences.

@AION and that w And that will be to there own detriment. They will never be happy or be in stable relationships if they can't drop the facade and be real.

@Cred Also what I'm realizing is I'm probably Aspergers. Upside to it is that nothing has fucking worked for me. There is hardly a safety net which neurotypicals get by simply being themselves. Relationships, jobs, socializing... It all just happens. Not saying they don't work hard and have there struggles. But for me everything has been damn near impossible. The amount of obsession and dedicated time I've put towards GAME and social skills development to the expense of the rest of my life is rare. Ultimately the result Is say is highly developed philosophical and spiritual qualities... Because I have almost nothing to hide behind. But of course there's other areas where I struggle to sustain a basic level of competence.

@Miguel1 I would argue the latest one about epistemology. Albeit it should have been 5x longer for how important it is. Creativity one is probably on par in importance.

I got strong green vibes that didn't allow them to be completely intellectually honest such as when you questioned notions of right/wrongness.

@Joshe Absolutely. I've seen this cope so many times. There are fictional stories warning about becoming this type of person. The genius that has the whole world figured out and is "above" most things in society, yet is a man child playing video games in their parents basement -- because it's easier to create castles in your head than accept the reality of being mediocre. Such a person hasn't even stepped into the ring.

Initially I was getting frustrated with the interviewers. But then I realized it helped me appreciate the discrepancy between even stage green and a truth psychopath 😂 No wonder society feels so incompatible on a personal level.

@Leo Gura He's in the 6000s

I heard Magnus in a fun video where he had to guess strangers ELO and he said something like a few thousands games isn't very much in Chess. So he predicted that the player was very low ELO like 1000 or something based on that along with a few questions about how they approach the game. I haven't lost the nuance though. I think with Chess for instance there are certain suggested avenues in terms of training, and ways of looking at the board that are mental shortcuts so to speak. Principles and so forth that allow you to cut through the noise and simplify the logic. I think that's the problem with most humans that they don't really reflect on what they are doing. Hence you see a lot of people that are mentally stunted. And to be fair if you are around low consciousness people you are just repeating the same loop over and over, perhaps your whole life. Hence the benefit of independent thinking, albeit their is also wisdom is structures that are proven. You just need to be selective and intelligent about which ones to plug into and benefit from. Granted most of these are shorter games and not serious 15+ min games but this is just Chess.com. Add onto that his OTB classical games which Google AI said was only around 6000. Makes sense. I will concede that proves your point. 6000 classical games is some serious shit. Actually gives you enough time to think things through thoroughly as opoosed to the mindlessness of Blitz games.

I've probably played 10,000 Chess games yet I'm only in the top 65% of players. Am I stupid? I think just doing the thing is not enough. But serious analysis and curiosity is necessary along the way to notice the gaps in your approach. I think in the majority of cases experience will suffice to see radical improvements and transformation but I think their can be bottleknecks depending on intellectual aptitude, trauma, etc...

@cistanche_enjoyer It is societal conditioning for sure. What do you suggest as an alternative? Pranayama and chill?

What about people with disabilities

@fopyloBro it's not weird being there alone. A very large percentage of people in Thailand are traveling solo. If they are in groups it's because they met them in Thailand in many cases. This is not the same environment as your home town where everyone sticks to their high school cliques and ostracizes you. It will be hard to see through what I am saying until you let your guard down and start talking to people. Stay at a hostel for a couple of nights. Might be nerve-wracking at first based on how you are describing yourself.

The cosmic joke

@Ramasta9 Yeah but 5 mil is kinda over kill in these locations. But it also is pennies basically in Silicon Valley or other high opportunity locations. So Maybe you're right.

@enchanted No it's epistemic slop. Disrespectful to my intelligence to even consider it.