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Its corruption but theres more at play, Musk I think has genuine beliefs about his bloodlines superiority or at least his own superiority. He has spoken about impregnating many women to avoid demographic collapse. So essentially he is a white supremacist and is trying to prevent something along the lines of the great replacement theory. Hes probably as close to a movie bad guy as you can get. A literal billionaire who's a white supremacist and has a victim complex. He is motivated to get as much money and power as he can, not for its own sake but to enact his ideology. As someone born and raised in the uk I think its one of the most egregious things ive seen to have him a south african, American citizen, with his level of power and wealth, calling for violence in the uk. Imo this should not be allowed and if there is violence blood will be on his hands.

Actually another point i forgot to put in is that she often, views and likes my stories and posts, which i guess has given me the impression that im at least on her radar, so a message wouldn't be completely out of nowhere. But youre right in that it's low risk however she responds. @theleelajoker thanks for the advice and sharing your experience bro

Its not a desperate situation but just curious what the opinions would be. So I met this girl while I was in spain on holiday. Met in a bar talked, had good banter, danced, kissed a few times. It was more a fun vibe than a deep connection but I felt that there could be potential for a deep connection. I asked for her number at the end of the night but she didnt give it, we had already exchanged Instagrams though. I felt she was hesitant about the number because obvs she doesnt know me well, but I also thought is that a sign of not as much interest?. Anyway I tried to meet up with her, but she only had 2 days left and she was staying with a friend. I actually met both of them with a friend of mine and he was connecting with her friend. Problem was he didnt follow up with her or respond to her text, I feel like the move would've been a double date, build up comfort, have fun etc. So she basically said she couldn't meet up but we should meet when were both back on London. Reading back the convo just now, its not actually that bad but I think because she wasn't making an effort to meet I just felt like ill leave it the ball in her court. Now basically a years passed and im considering sending her a message. Ive been seeing girls in the meantime which is why I wasn't that bothered with her not getting in touch, but I am curious if theres anything there. So question is, is this a good idea and what's the best way to go about it? I should also add she was suspicious of whether I had a gf or wife or kids lol. Which could be why she wasn't as forthcoming as she could've been, not sure what happens to her before

I went on a date about a month ago with a woman I met irl (friend of a friend). We got talking about apps and she said within her first week on Bumble she got 400 likes, 400! She's a good looking woman but I wouldn't say shes top level looks, she is a cool person though. Now in her life there is no way that anywhere near 400 guys are approaching her in a year let alone a week. Not that many guys approach for one, shes probably not gonna meet that many guys day to day. So if shes choosing on an app, she may choose 4 lets say, she actually said a lot of them she wasn't interested in, so essentially women can be extremely choosy on apps, but with the 4 that she talks to just because of time, that's literally 1% of men. Imagine she was top level looks wise, it'd be even crazier. Competition wise though you have so much better odds than apps. Let's say this woman gets approached a couple times a week, thats your only competition. Added to that, you have more influence on the interaction than you would on an app, your vibe, connection with her, confidence all of these are usually very important for attraction. So imo offline the top 20% rule could be true but in reality you only have to be the best of 10 guys rather than 400. I will also add as well, most dating profiles from men are dogshit, so if you do spend a bit of energy on it, take good pics, have an engaging bio, you can definitely boost yourself up. But apps by their nature are going to be hugely skewed and dont represent real life.

He is, he had a similar take on eckhart tolle .... but Shetty comes across as very fake to me and there is evidence that hes exaggerated if not fabricated his back story

Yeah I agree with @Emerald you should build a social circle anyway because it allows you to have a more rounded life and spend time and do things you enjoy with people that you like. Not only does this give you a sense of belonging but it makes you more attractive to any potential partner because it shows that people want to be around you and that you actually want to do interesting things. The more you socialise the more likely it is that you'd meet people, friends of friends etc also whoever you meet in that context youre already 10 steps ahead of anyone who had cold approached because youre essentially vouched for by people around you. So to give practical advice just start doing things you actually enjoy doing or activities that you always wanted to but never tried. Maybe attend a dance class, ideally salsa lol, learn a language take up a sport etc. Once youre in these environments be open to meeting and connecting with people, you won't get on with everyone but you only need a couple to start building a circle. The main thing is it need to be almost effortless, so go toward the people that like you, go toward the activities you want to do. Imo this always beats cold approach because you improve in so many ways and your life actually gets better and closer to what you want. Best case in cold approach is you get a girlfriend or a girl to sleep with you but you dont get to work on anything else or create an actual enjoyable life.

Man the possibilities of what we can now do and put a spiritual label on is endless. Thanks Aubrey

It's basically competitive over collaboration

I think it's a cool topic to highlight and your view on it seems very nuanced. Speaking personally what triggers me is people think how they think, just because. So dogmatic thinking essentially, but when they believe it so strongly and you know they don't understand what they're talking about and are self-deluded, which is the majority of people, this can be very triggering. I especially got triggered during the pandemic, when it seemed like everyone believed all the misinformation being pumped out and couldn't really parse out or critically think about why I doesn't make sense. That was like a lid being lifted on how the mass population make sense of the world and I found it quite scary. Since that I've tried to accept and let things be and hopefully just be a positive example in the world because changing people's opinions or trying to get them to think different is basically an impossible task.

@Davidess I think the key is to be crystal clear with what you actually want from this. As others have said in the thread it does sound like shes making bids for at least more affection, meaning she's beginning to want more than just an fwb situation. Although women can be cool with fwb, more often than not they want something more whether it's with you or someone else as it doesn't fulfil all of their needs. So if you decide that you want more and to progress the relationship, then let her know. If it's just the case that you're enjoying the sex but don't like her enough or naturally feel to be affectionate to her then also be clear with that, in this way she has a clear choice. The other option is to kind of give her pseudo affection to placate her needs, which you can do but it will feel fake and will be inauthentic to what you're feeling. A dilemma that a lot of men and probably women face is that there's a need for sex and affection but you might not find the person you actually want a ltr right now with however there is someone who is willing to have sex with you available but you know it can't really be more. Navigating this can be very difficult because there are emotions and different wants entwined, but ultimately the best way is as being as upfront as possible

I think traditionally we think of Karma as - someone does something bad, something bad eventually happens to them. But then that depends on what you consider 'bad' and in fact I don't even think bad is the right word, I think if an action happens, there is a consequence to that action. Even if you think of the word consequence, there is the word sequence right there. So regarding trump, he is the result of his upbringing, which although leads him to material 'success' comes at cost of his soul. To take that out of spiritual language, he doesn't seem to have the ability to actually connect and love others or show compassion, he seems to have blocked out certain emotions to enable his survival within his family. He can not stop trying to get power and money for his entire life. He will never be able to look at himself in a self aware way and see himself as he truly is. I maybe wrong but this is how I see him, but more widely it's a look at what karma might look like. Personally I wouldn't trade to have his life even though a have less than a fraction of his material wealth and power. As they say and as I'll paraphrase 'what does it benefit the man to gain the world but lose his soul?'

If you send it to someone you already have a connection with it could be funny but i dont think you should put it on a dating profile or send it to a girl you just met

Lots of answers here are great, I would add, work out what makes you laugh. The first step to being funny is genuinely being able to self-amuse. Watch different comedic styles and see what tickles you, say for example its observational humour, you can then come up with ideas based on what you see in your everyday life. Once you develop this the next step is just taking what makes you laugh internally to the outside world. So the observations you were making in your head say them to people and see what happens, if they laugh or not doesnt really matter because you find it funny and that in itself can be infectious.

I dont mind Hormozi tbh, it seems like he's trying to genuinely put something positive whilst making money, however it is hard to say concretely without seeing the behind scenes. But I have seen a lot worse in terms of marketing and orange business advice.( @LfcCharlie4 good to see you back btw, bet youre happy with this season lol) But i remember watching this guy Mike Winnets story about Gary V and i thought it gave an amazing look at how the operation actually works (story starts around 7 mins but whole thing worth watching) -

Nah i dont agree, i think its important to not be judgemental of peoples beliefs and yes if you attack them people will not like that. However I think its very important to be authentic and also if you do align with truth and people feel that, you will filter out those that dont. So you wont be able to connect with as many people but the connections you do have will be authentic, this will mean letting go of people you may even like or want to be friends with. Also practically I dont think people mind being pushed on their opinions, there is a way to engage where you can have conversations about others beliefs without coming across like youre attacking. The main thing to understand is what is your motivation for pushing them? I found before i wanted them to change because i wanted to connect and needed them to be in my 'reality', but really you can just meet people where they are at and appreciate them for it