SwiftQuill

Survival requires some amount of manipulation. If you are at a job interview, and you are too honest, you will lose the job. Exaggerations, euphemisms, distortions, promises, these are necessary to survive in society. But you can't take it too far. You can't tell a recruiter you have a degree in medicine and 10 years of experience when you have neither. You will be found out and punished for it. The same principle for dating, socializing, marketing yourself. Manipulation is necessary (to some extent). Usually, the worse off you are in life, the more you will require manipulation to survive. But once you reach a sweet stop, you stop needing it so much. Most interactions with humans are job interviews. Don't feel bad for manipulating.

I'm not American idk if that's a good score or not. But regardless congratulations man! Completing a Master's is no easy feat. I'm doing one in Business Management. I wish you good luck with your life purpose and career!

You're actually suggesting him to become a grifter? You can't be serious.

First off your attitude of "I don't want anything hard or complicated" is very problematic. 99% of jobs are difficult. Working at McDonald's might not be intellectually difficult but you need to keep track of customer orders and ingredients and be fast. Wanting an easy job is a terrible strategy in life. Now as for suggestions, I'd say go into a trade school. Learn mechanics, or electricity, or plumbing. These seem to me the best low stress jobs that don't require a college degree. You can also learn systems admin. Like how to install VPNs, protect files with passwords, create emails, work with Linux and windows. But again, all these jobs require some form of skill learning. Also don't expect you'll stop being an incel just because of your job. You'll still need to work out, improve social skills, get a large circle of friends, and be rejected by women like 1000 times. If you think the job market is fucked then the dating market is 100x worse.

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When you ask about manipulation do you mean in general or specifically for pickup?

@Joshe My problem is that it's easy to deconstruct Ben Shapiro. If you watch any of his videos, look at his comment section, his own audience calls him out on his right wing grift bullshit. I don't need to say anything about Ben Shapiro. David Pakman is different. I don't think he is a grifter at all. But he is extremely biased to the left. In the way he selects the data, in the way he presents it, in the way he promotes his woke religion. Ben vs David would obviously be an unfair match against Ben. But David is mainstream. Ben Shapiro isn't mainstream. So while you and Leo say that David Pakman is such an intelligent guy, such a wise guy, such a good political commentator... Remember he promotes cancel culture. He promotes BLM. He promotes the anti cop movement. He essentially promotes all of the horrible parts in the Woke religion. And he presents them in a sanitized, almost intelligent manner. And that's why I hate David Pakman. I hate how loyal he is to his religion. I hate how he is mainstream. I hate how his audience (99%) agrees with everything he says. Maybe you have never experienced yourself the toxic side of Wokeness. You've never been banned, cancelled, fired, unfairly accused of SA, or anything like that. But if you think Wokeness is "silly" in the same sense Christianity Jesus invisible God is "silly", you truly don't get it. Edit: "You have said more lies in that sentence, than there are words in that sentence." is a quote that comes to my mind when I hear the likes of Pakman/Sam Seder/Destiny talking. And of course, that means to deconstruct and explain each of those lies is very time consuming.

@blackchair only if Balkan women are hot

@Joshe I've discussed the problems with the religion of Woke many times in this forum and no one ever listens. So really there's no point debating it or explaining it. But whenever someone brings up a woke talking point or something stupid or dangerous from that religion, I do call them out. When Leo posts a video by David Pakman and says "Hey guys this political youtuber is pretty dope and unbiased" it triggers me. In the same manner it out trigger 90% of this forum if I were to unironically say Ben Shapiro is a good political commentator.

@Joshe you're the one who brought up woke. I didn't bring it up in this thread. My criticism was mostly directed at loud vegans and common vegan talking points.

@Joshe I hate woke because I hate LIES Everyone loves to point out the lies of the Right. Everyone loves to beat a dead horse. But if I dare point out lies of the Left, then I'm an edgelord. "you projecting guilt" bullshit I'm REJECTING THE LIES

"tHoSe dUmB MeAt eAtErS CaN'T HaNdLe tHe tRuTh tHaT I'M MoRe sElFeSs tHaN ThEm" I hope you people repeat that mantra 100x in a row to yourselves at night. You clearly need it to sleep well.

Exactly.

@Joshe stopped reading as soon as you mentioned Trump. I don't entertain red herrings and stupid comparisons.

I think they meant survival not in the "biological being needs to survive" but in the sense that Leo uses it. Like how playing videogames is survival, or watching a movie is survival. And I do agree that eating tasty food is part of our higher order survival. If someone has a tough life, working long hours with few luxuries, and their few moments of pleasure are at lunch and dinner, they are unlikely to become vegan. When people are overworked and unhappy, they often seek comfort in hedonistic pleasures. That is why I do not see them as evil for eating animal products. I do not confront them, debate them, or demand they justify drinking milk in the morning or eating a cheeseburger at lunch. And if vegans don't understand this? If they don't possess the empathy to understand where those people come from, and even the logic to understand the approach of moralizing doesn't work? Those vegans are just retarded.

It's hard taking vegans seriously when the default response is "jUsT AdMiT YoU KiLl aNiMaLs bEcAuSe bAcOn iS TaStY" Very low IQ response that in my opinion deserves to be mocked. People like @Kid A act like I'm a closed minded douchebag because I "promote the annoying vegan stereotype" but honestly after having met so many vegans and being exposed to the same talking points, the same self righteous attitudes, it's no longer a stereotype, it's an actual pattern. These attitudes of judgement and moralizing only serve to make meat eaters defensive, or at least annoyed. Honestly, I suggest meat eaters to never bother debating with vegans. It's almost always a waste of time. Not even worth it for dumpster fire entertainment value.

I haven't worked on my thesis since sunday and I got a shit ton of research to do ughh It's overwhelming. Even intellectually. It requires so much fucking mental resources. And I feel so guilty for not working on it. About 6 months left of this bullshit. It's so annoying.

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I'm not the one who is going out of their way to preach others on how to live their lives. And I never said vegans are evil so I'm not moralizing. I'm saying that when you are loud and obnoxious then don't be surprised people reject your ideology.

@NewKidOnTheBlock I do agree like 5% of what the wokie said, that sometimes it's mental gymnastics to justify experiencing pleasure and still hold the goodie goodie persona. Personally, I've dropped the "I'm such a good person" identify delusion so I don't care about it too much. @Kid A I invite you meeting a lot of vegans and see how most of them behave. I'm sure you'll enjoy being called a "r4pe promoter" and "animal torturer" and "serial murderer" and "animal h0locaust promoter" just because you dare to have ever eaten meat or drunk milk in the past. I call out self righteousness and virtue signaling when I see it. And my morals are nuanced, not black and white. Keep up with the moralizing. It's working out great. Extremely effective strategy.

I went vegetarian for 9 months. I intended on becoming a vegan. But I developed health issues because of the change in my diet. Don't let vegans gaslight you into thinking becoming a vegan is easy and if you aren't one it's because you are evil and selfish. If you plan on becoming a vegan, I recommend looking for help from a nutritionist. Making a big shift in your diet can be difficult for many people. It can force you to keep track of the amount of nutrients you're ingesting. And if you don't care about becoming a vegan, don't. Don't become one just because you "identify as a good person" or whatever virtue signaling it is. For 90% of the population, who work long hours, are stressed about paying the bills, stressed because of college, those who lack free time and energy, the mere thought of becoming a vegan is a privilege. A privilege. That being said, I do feel bad about animal suffering. And I do intend on becoming vegetarian again, but I will seek help from a nutritionist first.

They deserve the hate. They are stupid, self righteous and obnoxious.

When I was a teen I got super into reading and writing creepypastas (horror stories). It was an obsession. I wrote a few creepypastas, and they were cringeworthy af lol. Even back then I knew they were bad. But I believe that was the beginning of something interesting. Years later, I discovered my Life Purpose. My purpose is to be a fiction author. Writing fiction brings me such a deep satisfaction, it has unlocked something special in my life. I gain such a strong sense of purpose, like I'm working for Art, for the sake of Art. Even if it doesn't bring me any practical benefits yet. It's so fulfilling. I've written and (self) published 3 novels (a drama, a horror, and a crime thriller). I'm working on the 4th at the moment (dark fantasy).