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He can correct if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that (for him) any relationship you start after sleeping with someone could technically be called a ONS, if you are completely detached and don't have any expectations of outcome. So whether the girl calls you back or not doesn't change what you would label the initial hookup. I think he's projecting his own preference when he says "all girls", because it leaves out the fact that some sort of relationship can easily form before you even have sex. For ex both people can agree to have a handful of dates and intentionally put off sex for a while even if they both want to do it. To each their own though.

I get what you mean here, but I think you need to swap your language. The cultural connotation of the phrase "One night stand", implies you're intentionally going to cut contact, or put in little to no effort to communicate again.

That's not true. I think @K Ghoul's top love languages just might be Receiving Gifts, and Words of Affirmation <3

Bro even if it's factually true just choose not to believe it. Don't listen to or base your life off of statistics or numbers. Nobody ever got anywhere in life based off the "facts". They get somewhere in spite of them and telling whatever else is in the way to go fuck itself.

As toxic as gun culture is in North America, the vast majority of people here don't own guns. It's mostly just a very annoying and vocal minority.

It sounds like you already know what is good for yourself and what to do, and you're just looking for affirmation. It's these kind of crucial moments in life where we should have the strength to follow our intuition and carry though with a decision to it's end. Cutting them out completely (in every material way like you're describing) would basically be the final nail in the coffin for you to heal. That is if you've considered all the good/bad reasons it would be a wise move, which it seems you have. Sometimes there is nothing worth correcting or any amends that need to be made, and it's best to just let go. After you take this final step you can truly move forward. It can feel sad and stir up other emotions, but it's the price you pay and eventually those feelings will fade and you'll have developed. Good luck whatever you decide to do.

A big realization that helped me get over the final hump was learning about what the ego is, and why people (egos) behave the way they do. It's really hard to take things so personally when you realize most people in the world are just NPCs acting reactively and have such simple, crude motivations. Now whenever I'm reminded of a bully from a long time ago, I actually pity them. They didn't know any better.

If you think North American cities are quiet, spacious, and free of pollution, have you got another thing coming lol. Most cities in the US/Canada are depressing, ill-placed, neon-lit slabs of concrete that are an affront the beauty of this Earth. Uncharitable spaces for pedestrians, inefficient roads, completely uninspired architecture. Ugh. I've driven across this entire continent, and I found most cities are like when you're exploring a hot woman's body for the first time, and you come across an unsightly mole or a scab.

To sum it up with various points without a lot of detail; - Asia has better agricultural practices and/or land for it, civilization has been in Asia much longer (like thousands of years) so economic systems have had longer time to develop. Food = Stability. - South America and Africa (and NA) were exploited the worst by colonization. Slavery was pervasive, ethnic genocides happened. Asia was colonized as well but the Asian people had far higher degrees of autonomy under European rule, similar to the Middle East. - Particularly the "Scramble for Africa" in the 1800's was incredibly destabilizing. The continent was ruthlessly carved up and the societies there were exploited for the purpose of exporting raw materials back to Europe that they didn't have or didn't want to do on their own. The post colonial time has been Africa playing catch up from having their development stunted. A lot of the nations in Africa aren't even real nations based on ethnic groupings or geographical borders, they are just arbitrary lines set up from former powers. - There also seems to be some kind of difference in value systems between cultures of Hispanic (Spain/Portugal) vs Northern European (Britain/France/Netherlands) former colonizers (Protestant vs Catholic) and their belief systems that has had an impact on levels of corruption and economic development when you compare North America vs Central/South America. I don't know exactly what the answer is here because I'm not educated enough, but I also don't think it's a coincidence either. - Asian cultures generally seem to be deeply collectivist too in comparison which makes a difference. It's a really complicated topic and there are many historical factors that spill into why things are the way they are today. The only judgement I can feel safe making is that when there is economic and political stability there is a trend of people being less likely to commit crime as there no reason to. When you don't have to worry about where your next meal is coming from, having some sort of work, or worrying about your government collapsing to corruption, you don't need to commit crime to get ahead in life. Basic needs met = no crime.

This is why you don't listen to what people say, but watch what they do. Behavior and actions reveal ones true values and intentions.

I was just playing around.

I like the guy but yeah, there isn't a chance in hell.

It's the most important thing in life, even more than money. You want to maximize your IQ as much as you can, in fact you should also steal the IQ points of other people as well.

It was obvious he should have never been taken seriously from the start, he is a whiny grifter with low integrity. You don't need to be able to read people that well to see it. He was also groomed by TYT, which is basically the McDonald's of left wing discourse.

Alright that's enough of this shit. If you want to fight for equality and racial justice that's completely great, but you need to do it in a way that brings more interesting topics that spark better discussion. All that's happened in this thread is you've gaslighted and accused anyone who slightly disagrees with you as racist, which immediately heats up the room and makes people want to troll you, which is what has happened here. I've seen close to zero productive engagement from anybody in this thread. What Joe Rogan said 9 years ago or whatever is bad, but it doesn't really matter anymore. This forum is of better use than to talk about cancel culture. If you want to hold him to account go on twitter or some other platform. I'm not going to hand out points to anyone, but I advise everyone to be a lot more careful and nuanced if you're going to talk about this topic.

Having peace of mind by realizing the relationship will likely end someday, so just enjoy the ride and stop overthinking it. It's because we are dishonest with ourselves and try to analyze/manipulate things to be "perfect" and last that gets us into trouble.

Just my personal experience I don't mean to scare you off, but back when I used played guitar a long time ago I found the learning/skill curse for acoustic is really steep at the start, which can be discouraging. So I would recommend looking to get a cheap electric guitar as well to help ease you into it. Electric is easier mechanically for your body I found so it helps for practice and building confidence. You'll get results fairly quickly with electric which feels great. I would say the best place to start is finding tabs/sheets for music that you like to listen to. Being able to replicate bits and pieces of your favorite band or songs is really fun

I don't think it's the message you're sending that is necessarily the issue, but the language and energy you're using to deliver it. When you communicate in such a rigid way you are going to divide people in a way that is counter-productive to your starting goal. Reflect on that.

I'm sorry you feel this way. After doing a browse through the Joe Rogan thread and this one though, do you not feel you are being a bit combative? Accusing others of being racist so casually will make them feel attacked and want to argue against whatever you have to say after that. This back and forth language makes it impossible to have a discussion about whether or not things like reperations or cancel culture are good things or not. I think that's where the disagreement is happening @Thestarguitarist14, you feel strongly one way and others do not. I think it's important to keep an open dialogue. If anybody is being explicitly racist we will act accordingly.

I'm sorry am I missing something, where is link to him saying it and what was the context? I just did a quick look but didn't see anything.

Because since "dumb" men can't rely on intelligence it usually means they get by in the world on strength, which you listed as good. Also a lot of "dumb" men can have a factor of being adorable and pure at heart because they see the world in a simple way.

It's not about her or getting her to do something different, it's about how you feel. Your focus needs to be in a place that is so elsewhere, that this kind of thing barely crosses your mind, and when it does it doesn't stay there for long.

I don't know all the details, but I think the gist of it is MrGirl knows about psychology (from schooling) and the ethical delicacies involved, and views Dr.K as disingenuously (intentionally or not) exploiting Reckful and possibly others to market his business. Which is a big no no for someone like MrGirl who seems radically honest, almost to a fault. I think he can see through others bullshit quite well, and it comes off as projection sometimes? When I called in on Sunday to him I knew he was going to say "get therapy" just as a disclaimer, which I understand. But I also didn't anticipate him doing a bit of a U-turn and giving his unfettered thoughts, instead of just going out his way to help. I liked it, but that kind of directness is unusual and can confuse or cause a lot of people to react. I imagine it's going to blow up in his face and get him cancelled sooner than later, unfortunately.

No it's not harassment, but it is rude. Right from the first 10 seconds it's physically cringe inducing. He is obviously not stupid though, and is just forcing things because he is on camera and wants to make content. If you talk to people (not just women) and get responses like this you don't mess around too much. Just politely move on.

It certainly makes things harder, but it's impossible. There are billions of people out there, everyone can find a match and to believe otherwise is delusional. Even if you don't have looks, or your looks are "bad". It just means you'll have work harder in areas like groom, dress, humor, charisma, etc. There are so many ways to skin a cat.