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43 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:Consider that it might actually be easier to awaken as an extrovert because introverts tend to be very lost in their minds.
You have interpreted enlightenment as sort of extreme introversion when actually you could think of it as more like extreme extroversion. The inner world is snuffed out.
Technically, inner and outer worlds become One, so it's a moot point.
Lol, so introverts suck at getting laid and getting enlightened! Can't catch a break here
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I think worry about raising taxes to a decent progressive tax system rather than focusing on eliminating billionares at this point, one step at a time. Ideally, billionares probably shouldn't exist, because there's not good reason for one person that have that much wealth. On the other hand, a 100% tax would almost certainly not be good for the economy right now
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Political quote rather than spiritual, but damn this one hit
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”
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13 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:The dude made a 20 years career out of sleeping around with hundreds of random women from bars. Of course he's not gonna be too concerned with catching a virus.
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If anyone’s going to hate a lockdown, it’ll be PUAs
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Owen seems to have some stupid takes on the Covid-19 lockdowns and does vague allusions to conspiracy. Your mind on populism I guess.
There does seem to be a reactionary bend to some self help/new age teachers
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20 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:I am not creative enough to make such shit up.
Literally lol.
apparently he’s wanted for murder in Belize?
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1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:@Rajneeshpuram Yes, let's trust the word of a guy who hires hookers to shit in his mouth
Is that true lol?
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3 hours ago, Leo Gura said:Actually, I think you got it backwards. Most people don't have a problem jerking off. If you do, you're the exception.
There is nothing special about me in this regard. It is normal for a human to be able to jerk off without pain or problem, just as it is for apes.
The no-fap movement is ultimately a small vocal minority. Just because they are so vocal does not make them the majority.
I think you’re right when it comes to jerking off. It’s fine and most people are okay with it. The insane nofap never ejaculate stuff is stupid.
But if you’re to watch porn for a decent period of time and not feel shit after, you’re lucky. Myself and a lot of other people feel like trash and have depleted dopamine after a porn session
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I’d recommend starting with some of those Vox YouTube explainer videos. It took me years to really piece a decent timeline of events from the late 1800s to today. You can’t really have a strong opinion on the issue if you don’t know the history.
key events to learn would be
-the beginning of Zionism in the 1800s
-Balfour declaration
-1947 partition plan, subsequent 1948 war, and the nakba
-1967 war (key)
-peace deal with Egypt
-Oslo Accords and Camp David
-2005 withdrawal from Gaza
-2014 Gaza/Israel war
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34 minutes ago, Yarco said:2. Like someone else has said, how do you tax unrealized gains? Bezos and Musk might be able to pay a wealth tax out of their bank account. But for most people who are multi-millionaires on paper, it's all tied up in their business. They'd have to start selling off physical assets, or ownership in their company, just to cover the tax. Which in turn downsizes the company, hurts workers, etc.
If you don’t sell, which is a taxable event, you can’t spend the money anyway. I think capital gains tax should be higher given that’s how billionaires earn their money rather than salary.
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Wealth tax is a logistical problem to implement. Usually the event of selling is a taxable event. Do you tax every person with a 401k (American folk speak) prior to even realising gains?
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1 hour ago, IAmReallyImportant said:Rational thinking, analysis, mathematics, insider Infos from trusted sources etc. .
I think you have to be excellent to do this but it is possible.
Hedge fund managers whose full time job earning insane money don’t outperform the market, I’m not arrogant enough to think I’m smarter
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Just now, IAmReallyImportant said:Most inffective way. If you study investment you can safely with a similar risk earn much more.
Expand? How can one safely beat the market?
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37 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:And your investments could actually lose you money. You are assuming you would make good investments, which is a bad assumption.
Investing in index funds is a pretty safe investment. Studies show that if you can withdraw 4% from you investments as year and your investment base will not deteriorate over any 30 year period in history. There hasn’t been a ten year period where the market hasn’t gone up
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I have this as well. So fucking hard to stop, I mutilate the skin around my nails and everyone’s just like wtf. At least with smoking or something, the trigger isn’t always right at your fingertips, literally.
Theres a subreddit for dermaphotagia if you wanted to check it out
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29 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:I don't know how you can prepare for that. He seems totally spontaneous. This is the holy grail of game.
The irony is that he’s made multiple videos shitting on PUAs. Maybe because ‘game’ is so natural to him it seems silly to practice
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5 minutes ago, StarfoxEpiphany said:Why would an embassy move affect the two-state solution, who told you that? It sounds like some contrarianism.
And also, from what I understand it is insane for Israel to give up the West bank, Golan Heights or Gaza strip as these are strategic defense barriers. Keep in mind that Muslims have attempted 4 blitzkriegs on Israel.
The UN official position is to have Tel Aviv as the capitals for both, until an agreement is made. The US recognising Israeli however not Palestinian capital status, gives too much leverage to Israel with 0 concessions
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11 minutes ago, Preety_India said:@Joel3102 are you Jewish?
Nah, why?
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1 hour ago, StarfoxEpiphany said:At the least the US embassy is in Jerusalem instead of tucked away in Tel Aviv where the lens is filtered. I can't believe how retarded the left got when Trump moved the embassy in there.
What are you talking about? That helped to destroy the possibility of a two state solution, and gave Israel a free pass with demanding no concessions with regards to settlements etc
Also, watch out for the incoming Israeli PM. He’s even further right than Benjamin Netenyahu, his party doesn’t even pretend to be in favour of a two state solution or an end to settlements
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15 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:9 separate times is a huge problem because that will take up your whole day.
Not if you got a good sex drive.
The only hard part was the physical exhaustion.
I can't do 20 times any more. That was only possible in my teens. It fell from 10-20 down to 5 or so, and then down to 2, and now I'm usually satisfied with 1, but I can do 2 if I want or if I'm really turned on. As you get older the refractory period increases from what I can tell. In my teens my refractory period was basically zero.
I thought every guy was like this. I learn new things hearing about your guys' no-fap struggles and problems. Honestly, it's just never been a problem for me at all. I don't even think about it because to me it's like taking a shit. I take my shit and go about my day. I don't spend any time obsessing over or manipulating my shits. To me that's just a waste of mental energy.
Sounds like you’re the abnormality. Even during my teen years when I’d wank 5 times a day or so, I’d still need at least an hour recharge time
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14 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:That's the mindfuck. Death never happens. Death is a fantasy.
You are eternally conscious right now, you always have been, and you always will be.
Cessation of consciousness is imaginary. LOOK! You're imagining it right now!
You sneaky bastard!
There is no such thing as unconsciousness. All unconsciousness is imagined by consciousness. That's the ultimate trick. You can't be unconscious, you can only imagine you were unconscious in the past -- which is the Dream.
You know what he means though. At the absolute level there’s no death. But what does consciousness do at the end of this incarnation?
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6 hours ago, integral said:I imagine it went something like this?
'Porn has awards too' made me lol good
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14 minutes ago, somegirl said:Why do you do it when you already have a girl to do it with, rather than just watching it over screen? No judging, just curious
First the first couple of months when the girl is new, you might not have a desire to look at porn. But after a while, you’ll start to crave variety
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My gf is the same. She hates the idea of me fapping/thinking about other women. I don’t think they understand the male desire for variety
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Good example of green reacting to oranges self help