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@Buck Edwards To my understanding, our natural cortisol levels are highest in the morning. So maybe that is why

I guess he could mean a range of things by jesus is a social construct. One possibility is Leo could be referring to the idea of ego as social construct. Jesus was an ego. So, jesus was a social construct.

Dear Mr Angry Goblin man, The post is in reference to the recent blog post, not a video.

Would be interesting for sure.

You can do that respectfully. Could even say "Excuse me kind Madam, would you mind awfully if I dispensed myself on your upper apparatus?". That would be extra respectful.

Bus & Subway is a great idea too bro. Gonna start doing that as well. Might even double helmet on the subway.

How can you be both inside and outside a system? Or neither?

Just wear a helmet during winter bro

Agreed

The thing is that once you reject truth you cannot say anything. I get the irony of me saying this lol. Yes but in claiming something is useful you are making a truth claim. I think that is the point Carl is getting at.

1000% text posts.

Okay I think I get where you are coming from. I would say that yes women are naturally more compassionate. But often imo women actually deal with a lot of codependency, which can be mistaken for compassion. I'd say the issues you've brought up above strike me more as an issue of codependent women being exploited by toxic men. And its a big issue as I'd say women are socialized more towards codependency and men more towards narcissism. So, this dynamic of women being advantage of is common. On the other hand, i see from some of your comments the idea that dating is a game. And that women need to start treating it as a game too. I'd say this is misguided. The key issue is the codependent-narcissistic trauma bond. You can play games as a codependent woman to increase the benefits you get in the dynamic for sure. However, 1) You're still codependent, and will be unconsciously still driven to codependent behaviours, and 2) You're still dealing with a toxic person and being in relationship with toxic people is not good. Why not work on overcoming codependency, i.e. via therapies which heal your attachment style. That way you have healthy unconscious patterns and you will no longer have attraction towards these narcissistic types, because they no longer mirror your attachment style. I think your idea of starting to set strict boundaries is a good step for overcoming codependency. To be honest, I was surprised to see you post the kind of content creator you did. From previous posts of yours you have come across to me as quite a conscious person. This creator seems pretty low consciousness to me. In the way she speaks, and even just in her promotion of the idea of 'exploit men' rings low consciousness alarm bells. Why not follow someone like Dr Ramani? Patrick Teahan? Heide Priebe? They talk about dealing with toxic people and issues like codependency, too. I worry this content creator may lead you astray.

'How to exploit men' lmao. You said @MsNobody you agree with some of her points. Which ones mainly?

Speaking personally, I would like to see more blog posts made with the intention of motivating and instilling hope in readers. I think quite a few of us are going through rather adverse circumstances, and having messages of hope/ inspiration from a trusted figure is really helpful.

lmao

Imo, insight/ vipassana type practices are going to be more helpful than concentration type practices. I'd recommend looking into the work of the following teachers: Shinzen Young, Kenneth Folk, Mahasi Sayadaw (Google 'Practical insight meditation' PDF).

Nice! The blog rocks.

I love winter too! Makes life seem much more romantic and beautiful, for me.

Lol, i guess all roads lead to rome

I'd say generally men.

If you have adhd, then you need stimulants

Yep. If you listen to the book 'What to say when you talk to yourself", that is the author's main advice for changing self talk.

@NoSelfSelf Come on Mr Game. Let the people know. It is interesting that you have avoided the question.

Yet every claim you make here in criticism also relies on further justifications ad infinitum.

@Oppositionless Also, just remembering some other tips. 1. You can practice warming up each time you want to approach. I.e. start by asking for directions, then ask for directions and a personal question, then approach indirectly, then approach directly. So, instead of going for 0 fear to 10 fear, you go from 0 fear to 1 fear, then 1 to 3, then 4 to 6. More likely you'll stick to it imo, and burns you out less. 2. When I started my last cold approach period, i literally had the following goal. To travel a couple hours to a city, went to where i wanted to approach and then went straight back home. I did that once a week for a few weeks. Because I knew it was easy to do, so i was likely to do it. And, it would build the habit of me showing up in the place i wanted to approach. It was a 0 - 0.5 step. Then I gradually introduced things like asking for directions (.5 - 2), then indirect (2- 5), and then direct (5-8).