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Vent if you need to, that's good. But remember to inhale after the exhale . There is no such thing as objectivity. You need to abandon the notion. It's subjectivity though and through.

That's alright that those those exist and that they happen. Not saying it's a good thing, just that they exist. It's a response your brain is coming up with because you are going through suffering and overwhelmed. So logical processes can lead to the conclusion that the only way to escape the suffering is to die. Which is of course absurd because that in and of itself leads to more suffering for yourself and others. The thing here is you aren't your thoughts, they are something that is happening. However where does it say thoughts = reality, or just that because you have thoughts you need to act on them to make them reality? You see thoughts are just thoughts. They are hollow, light, and just float by. Like a feather in the wind. Pay attention to the signals they send, but don't take them too seriously. You are doing great work by feeling your suffering and not suppressing it anymore @RoerAmit. That's a HUGE step in the right direction.

Why do you say this? Does life not have the solution in it, as well? Bullshit.

Yes @Stratos! These are the right questions to ask! Sit on this and try to answer anything that comes up, and if more questions come up, follow those too. So, trying your best to strip any labels down. What do you feel (not think) the answer is; Do you want cannabis because it makes you feel great, positive, and excited to do it? Or do you just need to do it because it's something you're used to and you don't know how you might fill the gap if it wasn't there? You see habits are like grooves in the Earth that rivers flow down. In order to change a habit you have to either slowly make new grooves to divert that water into a healthier path, or REALLY bite the bullet to work to quickly make a damn to radically redirect the water. Experiment with both these approaches and go with the one that produces more results for you and your goals.

It can be seen as endearing in rare occasions, but from what I know the success rate for that kind of length of pursuit is extremely low. The female perception will most likely be of creepiness, disgust, desperation, low-self esteem etc. If it was meant to happen it probably would have happened. There are millions of women, so just move on with life. Way healthier approach to this that saves everyone time and energy. On a related note the idea of soulmates and twin flames while nice is also filled with a lot of delusion. In reality we are all compatible with a ton of people to various degrees. I've noticed a trend that those that romanticize the idea of a soulmate the most regularly have low self-esteem and can't set proper boundaries. So if you miss an opportunity with a really great person, don't try again too many times. Just accept it and start looking for the next opportunity. Practice letting go.

Criminally underrated space movie Sunshine. Where Capa finally starts the sun up again at the end. Instead of being violently ripped apart immediately like you'd expect when their ship collapses, it's like God is rewarding him with a moment of infinite beauty for sacrificing himself saving humanity. This scene from The Grey always hits me. It's rare you see such rawness in big budget movies.

Relax champ. I only responded about her behavior in this thread. Hardily hounding or constant.

I don't care, and I don't need to know about any history. It's as irrelevant as a bug hitting the windshield of my car. What is relevant is what happens in the public viewable part of the forum. Perhaps. But I'm not misinterpreting what is going on in this thread on this particular page. And I'm seriously doubting the ability to sort it out when it's clear a lot of threads are getting consistently derailed by nonsense. Here is the target of some personal development to do, to put your "feet on the fire" so to speak..... Consider that if you are constantly getting involved in drama, to stop and think "What part am I playing of the equation?"

This is quite a gaslighting and narcissistic post to make, especially given what they said. I'd take a moment to read and reflect on it.

lol well I have? Outgrew that scene pretty quick. Still it's pretty obvious though if you get kicked out from a club it's because you were probably being a twat. And no it's not cool, girls will think you're a loser. Keep in mind they are on the INSIDE of a club. They aren't going to leave alcohol and music to go outside and fawn over a dude. They will be inside laughing and wondering what he did for about 3 seconds before going back to dancing.

We aren't talking about the OP. We are talking about a hypothetical person you brought up, of a "hot guy". >>

Or maybe that guy needs to stop being a douche and learn to be chill as ice

How old are you @Vivaldo? The simplest way to get laid without "cheating" (hiring a sex worker), is to go to parties with young people. College settings are best and will give you the highest chances. Go to some house/dorm parties with friends, have some alcohol to get a buzz (but not drunk) and you'll find talking to girls and flirting to get laid actually isn't that scary or difficult at all. Just don't try too hard. It's probably the best setting in the world to be in if you're just looking for sex. People at that age group are LOOKING to get laid and have one night stands. For example > I kid you not at my very first college party I got laid simply from making eye contact with this girl across the room. She walked by to use the washroom and when she came out she stood by me. I whispered in her ear if she'd like to go to my room and that was that. Thing is I'm not even that good looking or have James Bond level game, you just have to follow the signals and the "vibes" and things will happen for you. Your only job is to simply be in those places where that stuff can happen to you.

Don't worry I'm sure one will pop up in spite by tomorrow at least hahaha..... Y'all are children really. Boys throwing mud at the girls, and girls gossiping and poking fun at the boys. I'm close to stepping up the moderation in this subreddit with the amount of elementary crap I see here every day. Like Emerald said, both sides of the same coin.

Solid post @Emerald. I'd love to see how the radical social progressives would react to it though , you know with the non-binary crowd and "gender/sexuality doesn't exist" attitude and all. Perhaps I don't understand it enough but the kind of stuff you're talking about here doesn't seem to square with the recent ideologies springing up. Just curious if you've experienced any resistance. What have been your encounters with them if you've had any?

This has been addressed in the past. The logo was created with no intention or knowledge of any relation to that stuff. It's just an unfortunate coincidence in similarity that people use to troll or discredit Leo. This is a self-development forum and his business is about self-development. Obviously he nor anyone else here (I hope) would ever advocate for pedophilia. Have more faith in peoples intentions. As for the underlined quote you used, it's understandable seeing that direct text in passing would make anyone raise their eyebrow. But given full context and understanding of the dynamics of the conversation, you'd come to learn that Leo usually sometimes uses a contrarian and confrontational approach to get people to open/change their minds. If you can't tell the difference between a clearly well motivated self-help teacher trying to evoke thought in people in an argument and an actual criminal pedophile then there really isn't anything anyone can explain to you. I'm locking this thread because I just elaborated on the topic, and this will prevent it from turning into a shit-show.

Morality is completely relative and an ego based construction, so let's throw that out the window for this conversation. What is "real" let's say is suffering. So if you were attempting to be more conscious (for whatever reason), wouldn't you notice that minimizing suffering seems to be a byproduct of that? Why wouldn't it be? Ain't that convenient but look how that's just a clever way to shift the responsibility off of your conscious because the pain (suffering) would be too much (because killing the animal would be too much for your conscious, you implied). Would you not agree you are still part of the equation here, being the customer and investor of this whole ordeal?

Of all things to worry about, I wouldn't worry about hypocrisy that much. Everyone in the world is a hypocrite to some degree. I have yet to encounter a single person that isn't a hypocrite to some level. It seems to be the human condition or something. Just keep trying to be a better person, if you are a hypocrite sometimes during the journey. Don't stress and consider it a byproduct.

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Epic history doesn't have a huge catalog but their videos are primo. I usually put them on when going to sleep, or any Kings & Generals playlist. I found this channel some years ago of a Norwegian dude that just drinks vodka and films himself jumping in ice water and doing other silly things. Just living life and enjoying himself. I find it really grounding and simple. I've been watching since he was only a smaller channel with about 10K subs, and he's blown up since. He is one of the few people I can ever recall not changing a single thing about his authenticity or quality of videos because of success. It's so refreshing.

I was gonna say bad idea since OnlyFans was gonna nuke itself by banning sex content, but they decided not to press the button it seems.

This is me atm, lookin alright for feeling mostly depressed and miserable bahaha.

Have you considered tutoring programming ? It's a way to use your skill part-time (or full if you wanted) that you have control over what you want to do and teach. It will probably bring some of your motivation back to use that investment in a way that isn't as forced or stale.

Yup, but that's too bad because we don't have the luxury of waiting around. It's already killed millions of people in nearly 2 years. Should we have waited years longer before doing any vaccinations at all?

This is just common sense. If you survive an infection your body will be better off against it (and similar infections) in the future. A vaccine is just a controlled dose of an infection (simulated or otherwise) that gets you protected without having to go through all the risk of a real infection. However we shouldn't encourage people to just willingly get Covid to build an immunity even if healthy because there is always a risk it could go south for either them or whoever they spread it to. Way more danger with that option than getting a vaccine. And the statistics show it. The issue with this particular pandemic is since Covid is so ridiculously contagious there really isn't a third option to sit around. This isn't like the regular flu where you can just skip getting the shot most years because contraction rate is so low. Get your Covid shots people.