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Bitcoin can't go defunct as long as at least 1 node is still running. Look at how many thousands of altcoins have popped up and still Bitcoin is #1. It's digital gold. Even if a more feature-rich cryptocurrency comes along, it will still be the #1 store of value. Plus they are building things like the Lightning Network on top of Bitcoin to make up for any shortcomings in things like transaction speed. It could probably have smart contracts and proof of stake in a few years if that's what people want. I'm not even a Bitcoin maximalist. Of all my crypto holdings about 95% is in altcoins and 5% is in Bitcoin. It's just a fact that Bitcoin is king.

Do Nothing Everything else is just training wheels to eventually get you to Do Nothing

You seem a little hung up about having a job, needing money to pay the bills, needing something in order to live. Joining a commune is an option, I find the idea pretty romantic myself. But I would ask yourself if that's sincerely what you want, or if it's just a way to run away from traditional jobs, capitalism, and that sort of thing. Watch some Youtube videos about communes and see if it appeals to you. There are several across US and Canada that will accept pretty much anyone on a trial basis. If you really have no idea what your passion could be, all you can do is pick a few things and start trying them. As a starting point, think about what subjects you enjoyed in school and what hobbies you had as a kid. I second the LP course as well, although I've heard some people here with 0 interests/passions struggle a bit.

When you get to 10,000 you might reconsider what mastery really means. Like how most teenagers think they're completely mature, and then look back at how stupid they really were a decade later. The thing is you don't even know how much you don't know, a topic might be considerably more deep than you think, even after you're 5,000 hours in. 2,000 hours is the equivalent of working full-time on something for a year. At that point I think it's pretty safe to call yourself a subject matter expert. You can probably work your craft with skill and grace, you have a whole process for doing things and you've worked through all the common mistakes and problems. The difference between 2k and 10k is expert vs world class mastery. Look up a video like "Guitar skill levels" for a clear example of how big the gap is between an expert and a master. It's not that an expert isn't good, it's that a true master is godlike.

You don't have to go to the point of blocked energy and chakra woo-woo stuff. Psychology scientifically recognizes the idea of repressed emotions. Even intense breathing is enough without exercise. Check out the Actualized.org video on holotropic breathing and try it yourself. If you wanna try some really whacky cathartic stuff, look up elliot hulse bioenergetics on Youtube Animals all naturally do this (except people forgot how I guess.) Watch your dog if he gets scared or startled, he'll shake the trauma out afterward. If you do it right away after trauma happens and don't let it build up, it only takes a second or two. If you're a human who has bottled it up for decades it'll take several 20-minute sessions at least.

Is it all the time, only when you do something physically strenuous, or at random? Is there a specific event that you think caused it? I'd recommend spending $30 to get a blood pressure monitor on Amazon or borrow one from a friend if they have one (or go use a free one at a pharmacy), then track your blood pressure and pulse a couple of times per day and write it down. It will be helpful for your doctor to review actual numbers and better understand what's going on. I've had panic attacks where I measured my pulse at 200+ beats per minute and I could feel my heartbeat in my chest and neck. I've also had heart arrhythmias where it felt like my heart was fluttering for a couple minutes. Could be dangerous or it could be nothing, so it's good to get checked out. If you're taking caffeine (even tea), tobacco, or any other stimulants I'd probably try to cut them out in the meantime to avoid aggravating it.

Weird, I get restless leg syndrome sometimes and getting off actually helps relieve it

You live in your mom's house, respect her wishes and do what she wants. It doesn't take much effort to fake smile... it's not that you can't, it's that you don't want to. What are you like late 20s, early 30s? You sound like a teenager dude, sitting alone in your basement and refusing to come up and visit when family comes over. You say she's just keeping up appearances, but it sounds like she's just being a normal adult trying to have fun and make friends. It's not any more fair for you to try and force her to be a hermit who can never have friends over just because you're antisocial and it makes you uncomfortable. It's not "our place", it's her place. She allows you to live there and you should be more grateful. If you are really as sick as you say you are, then she should understand and you can just stay in bed the entire time. But it sounds like that's probably what you've already been doing for your whole life. Get out. Move. If you want to live by your own rules, then you can get your own place, and give up all the benefits you get of living with your mom.

It's a very incomplete picture... We aren't getting the guy's side of the story. His gf was paying for 80% of stuff, but what was his role in the relationship? If he was a stay-at-home dad doing all the housework, looking after the kid, preparing meals, that's very different then if he was just an unemployed bum. Was this a spontaneous thing where one day she was just like "I'm done" and totally blindsided him? It doesn't sound like they tried to talk or work through their problems at all, or attend any kind of relationship counselling. Very spontaneous. With a kid in the picture, yeah I think they should have put a lot more work into trying to fix things before calling it quits. If he was trying to isolate her from all friends and family, that's pretty classic abuser behavior. But if he only had a problem with this one "bad influence" friend, then maybe there was something to it. The fact the gf went back to university kind of strikes me as a mid-life crisis thing that I've seen quite a few women in my own life go through. In the vast majority of cases with friends and couples I know, you see her think she's being treated so badly, and leave to try and find a better life. Only to get treated way worse by new guys she tries to date, realizes how good she had it, and tries to go back to the original guy. With my own wife I see this thing where she has a Facebook group chat with a couple of friends and they are all constantly complaining about every thing their husband/bf does, along with just other drama and gossiping. So all the friends are hearing about other people's significant others is every bad thing, or every thing they've done wrong, or that has upset the woman. It seems really toxic. No wonder all the women are thinking all the other women's SO's are scumbags. I guess these kinds of conversations have been going on between women for millennia. But in my mom's time, it was an occasional phone call or having a friend over for tea to talk about stuff. Now with social media people are giving each other a 24/7 feed of all the drama and gossip in their lives. All of the comments have major "yaaaas qweeen" energy and this BBQRanch chick that started the thread has some red flags of her own. How was she able to offer to be free daycare for her friend and all this stuff? She also made a post "Since vetting is a lifelong process, after 3 years of marriage, he never stops putting in effort. Random bouquet he got me yesterday. Still surprises me with random jewellery and gift cards to my favorite salons" https://www.reddit.com/r/FemaleDatingStrategy/comments/l7z0ck/since_vetting_is_a_lifelong_process_after_3_years/ She bought herself a shirt that says "Know your worth, then add tax" and posted it to this subreddit as well. She just sounds like an insufferable person and measures the success or failure of her relationship based on the material stuff her husband gets her. I'd be curious to know what kind of stuff she gets for him, what kind of effort she's putting in, because I'd be very surprised if it was equal. I feel bad for her husband. Overall I think it's a pretty shitty thing for the friend to butt in and ruin a friend's relationship without knowing all the details, based on their weird toxic female equivalent of incel ideology where they refer to all guys as "scrotes", especially with a kid involved. It's easy to be the hero and take your friend out one or two times, or tell her she deserves better, when you don't have to deal with any of the fallout. Reading the subreddit's terms, they describe a High-Value Male (HVM) as one who "pays for dates and a relatively higher proportion of expenses in the relationship" -- what happened to equality? Or was feminism just "have your cake and eat it too" ideology all along? What the majority of women on this subreddit are looking for is literally a sugar daddy, that's their ideal life partner.

First make sure that you can. Just because you're good at game, that doesn't mean you'll be a good committed long-term partner. It's two different skillsets. It might take you a few years and several long-term relationships to figure it out. Eventually you hit a point where you're just the creepy old guy. No women want to sleep with you, and it's too late to really get into a good relationship except with widows and divorcees, even then they'll have a lot of baggage of their own. That last decade, or two, or three, is gonna be pretty lonely if you wait too long. But maybe the sex now is worth it. At the same time, you could get married and then your wife dies of cancer early and you're in the exact same position.

I think it's fairly common to think or see bad things. Most people I've talked to have the feeling of wondering what it would be like to pull a fire alarm, or get a weird urge to jump off a balcony when they're standing on one. I think it's the intensity of your visions and sensations that are a bit troubling though. There is always help, you aren't trapped. You can start by talking about it to trusted family or friends. If that doesn't work, you could talk to a doctor or walk-in clinic. If things get unbearable, you can always call 911 or go to an emergency room and they can sedate you or give you something to help temporarily calm you down and feel better.

"I don't feel stable" "Delusional" "Depersonalizing" These are very strong words to use to describe yourself. I'd recommend seeing your family doctor. Maybe you're just experiencing added stress and mental distress from lockdown that you're able to handle, or maybe they will suggest you should see a therapist or counsellor. If it was me and I thought I was becoming delusional, I would want to get checked by a doctor while I still have some grip on reality. Right now your symptoms might be easily manageable or fixable. But if things get worse, you might no longer be in a position to even ask for help.

It sounds like you just need a friend. There are lots of subreddits on Reddit for this purpose for example /r/Needafriend/ /r/internetfriends /r/meetnewpeoplehere /r/kikpals /r/skypepals /r/penpals However I think you'll continually run into problems for one reason -- it sounds like you are going to demand too much from people and not really give anything back to them. It sounds like you are asking for a best friend who will drop everything to listen to you whenever you need it and constantly provide reassurance. That kind of thing is very emotionally draining for anyone, and people will quickly start ghosting you from that sort of one-sided friendship. If you have never been to a therapist I think it would be a good idea. It sounds like there are potentially abandonment issues, or conditions like bipolar or borderline personality disorder. If you find a person to meet your needs and they leave, you'll end up back in this exact same spot again. You need to get personally strong in yourself and a position where you don't need other people to calm you down and meet all of your emotional needs. I mean this in the nicest and most constructive way, but I've been observing your behavior on this forum for a long time and the amount of time and energy you spend here is not healthy. I'm sorry for whatever trauma and bad things you've been through, but spending hours per day making dozens of posts on this forum is not going to be something you can sustainably do for several more years. You need to find a more sustainable solution that makes you stronger and more confident with yourself. It's okay to use a friend to prevent loneliness and listen to minor emotional problems, but it's not fair to use a friend as a therapist.

Drinking Coke is bad, but saying the reason for that is because it can get rid of rust is a bad false equivalency. Same as people saying "omg, McDonalds meals can sit for years without breaking down" -- yeah, because the air doesn't contain stomach acid. Water is the universal solvent - It can cause wood to rot, rust to form, mold to grow, but we still put that into our bodies.

Historically, empires tend to die when they spread themselves too thin. In the time where your only form of communication is running letters from France to Rome on horseback, it's pretty hard to maintain control over vast distances or maneuver armies around in time to fend off sneak attacks. Even in modern times, the sheer cost of maintaining an intercontinental military will tend to lead to the collapse of an empire. As I think we will eventually see with the United States. Although now that we live in an information age and air travel, I think maintaining an empire is easier than ever. We are starting to see China build their empire in Africa. Theoretically Russia could start pushing West and taking back former USSR countries, but I think the international pushback would be too much.

I literally don't know what to believe any more, I've been so gaslit by both sides. This guy is a practicing and very accredited doctor who still has his license and has testified before congress about covid-19. Everything he's saying makes sense and he has sources to back it up. But then Wikipedia and Snopes are saying he's an anti-vax conspiracy theorist. If what he says turns out to be true, then our politicians and top doctors deserve to be put in jail for what they've done to us for the past 2 years. I guess only time will tell Btw here's the video version if you don't want to sign up for Spotify: https://odysee.com/@jackspirko:a/rogan-mccullough:6

The dress shirt / scruff combo acts as a clear cutoff for when he became "super duper, extra enlightened" when he came back from a long video hiatus and deep inner work. I like it as a quick reference to know which level of Leo's development I'm watching. Dress shirt Leo is literally a different person than Black Shirt Leo, he died and was born again. Spiritual enlightenment changes a person at a cellular level. Sort his vids by oldest and look at him 8 years ago, it's more than just natural aging. Also his current look has been going for over a year, why is this just coming up now lol

Perfection is the enemy of good. You're doing way better than not filtering your water at all I have a $150 water distiller from Amazon that evaporates the water and leaves all the nasty stuff behind. You can actually see a sludge of heavy metals and minerals left behind after a few batches. Of course it has the same problem of totally stripping the water of all the minerals, so you'd need to remineralize or get your minerals some other way. It's much more of a pain in the butt to use and takes hours to do a couple liters, so if I could do it again I'd probably just get reverse osmosis. I've heard rumors that distilled water is actually so pure (just H2O) that it can actually leech minerals out of your body when you drink it, although I'm not sure if that's true or not.

For both men and women I would say it's fairly easy to date up to 2 points above or below your own score. Of course the more desirable you can make yourself the easier it will be, so try to become the best man that you can (physically, conversationally, materially... all aspects.)

For me it's about 2-3 months. For lack of a better term, everything normalizes. Emotions in all regards become more level and dulled. The sex stops providing heroin-like highs. The first month of my relationships have been the only effective antidepressants I've ever had by a long shot but it quickly dulls. So first off, I'd say enjoy it, because this time is magical and doesn't last forever. You will eventually stop needing to text her all day every day, or spending every moment with her. She doesn't have to always be on your mind any more. Don't start taking your relationship for granted, don't just let it become a routine. Try to keep the spark of romance alive. Surprise her with random romantic things. As long as you aren't living together, there's enough time apart that it naturally keeps things fresh. Once you start living together and spending every moment together, you've gotta avoid letting things get platonic and just seeing them almost as much as a roommate vs a partner.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs - You have to take care of money and the basic stuff before you can move on to more noble things. It doesn't have to be forever.

The forum guidelines literally prevent me from telling you without risking a ban, it's one of the things we aren't allowed to be radically open-minded about here. So I'll just say that I don't think a stage yellow leader would be capable of drone striking children for corporate interests instead.

I've recently come to the conclusion that demons are real through personal experience. Not as a metaphor for addiction or personal struggles, they literally exist. At the same time, God is a dick. He's a narcissist father that will lock you in the basement to suffer forever if you're bad. Given this revelation and a conviction that both God and the devil are 100% real, it seems to me there are two choices. You can give God the finger and choose to burn forever instead of sucking his dick to get into heaven. This is what I would've done as an edgy atheist teen, I would've said I'd rather burn in hell than worship a God that would do that to people. Or you can worship him and beg your captor for mercy and hope he spares you. Personally if it's a choice between cowering in fear and pretend-smiling for an okay eternity, or an eternity where I burn and suffer forever, I'm thinking that after 20+ years away from the church it's time for me to suck it up and put the chains back on. Even to myself as a skeptical person I sound like a schizophrenic right now but it's true. I fucked around with Orthodox Christian prayers just to see if anything would happen, and the demons just couldn't stand it. I've never seen something spiritual be so immediately effective. If they just let me do it for a bit I probably would've got bored of it and gone back to atheism. But instead I was getting nightmares and physical attacks and having weird paranormal shit like the TV turning on in the middle of the night every time I prayed. So fuck you demons, we're going to war. You shoulda just let me believe you didn't exist but now it's too late, you revealed too much and I can't go back. I dare you to say "Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me a sinner" about 50x before you go to bed tonight and be sincere about it, and see what weird stuff starts manifesting. If the alternative is demons I don't care any more dude, I'm gonna do what the mob boss (God) says as long as he keeps me safe. I will happily join that protection racket because it's the best game going.

Even people on the far-left side of the spectrum are still only stage green. Don't give them too much credit. Stage yellow people don't do status quo, they would revolutionize how we do politics. They're too ahead of their time to get elected at this point.

Are you talking about metal levels in plants people eat, or metal levels in "plant food" like fertilizers Either way it's going to vary from individual case to case like Tim said