Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[LoneWonderer]

@Rafael Thundercat Thanks 👍. Some interesting books on that list you shared caught my attention.

[Davino]

In a way, nothing finite truly satisfies, for satisfaction and dissatisfaction cocreate each other.

This comes with the insight that there's everything in life and so it must be, the only choice is to continuously refine the whole spectrum but the spectrum always exists, that's the nature and beauty of reality and contrast.

[Rafael Thundercat]

24 minutes ago, LoneWonderer said:

@Rafael Thundercat Thanks 👍. Some interesting books on that list you shared caught my attention.

Welcome. Actually will take time to me even research all that books. If you have oportunity to find them in a library good luck. For now I am in Brasil and good books are hard and expensive to find. But also there are some brasilian authors that ee never find in mainstream bookshops.

[LoneWonderer]

1 hour ago, Rafael Thundercat said:

Welcome. Actually will take time to me even research all that books. If you have oportunity to find them in a library good luck. For now I am in Brasil and good books are hard and expensive to find. But also there are some brasilian authors that ee never find in mainstream bookshops.

I pirate books and then either plug them into my ereader or into Elevenlabs (ai voice narration) and like that I have Audible and any book on the planet for free forever. If you want PM me and I'll give you resources to do it for yourself too.

Edited February 18 by LoneWonderer

[Rafael Thundercat]

41 minutes ago, LoneWonderer said:

I pirate books and then either plug them into my ereader or into Elevenlabs (ai voice narration) and like that I have Audible and any book on the planet for free forever. If you want PM me and I'll give you resources to do it for yourself too.

Eleven Labs I think would be a good way to remaster Leo Videos with a female voice with a tone that I could share with female friends.  Maybe if they first think the message is coming from a woman they may open up instead of being closed by male bias. I dont know how to voice shift videos but this is one ideia. If someone can do it share with me. 

[LambdaDelta]

2 hours ago, LoneWonderer said:

I pirate books and then either plug them into my ereader or into Elevenlabs (ai voice narration) and like that I have Audible and any book on the planet for free forever. If you want PM me and I'll give you resources to do it for yourself too.

[Rafael Thundercat]

Would be interesting to open a MegaThread for the Corruption of Everything series just in case there is not one already open for these studies. By the way I want to share here the Corruption of Fraternities in Universities. 

Yes, abuse. 

Some contemplations about it:

The video from that Iowa Alpha Delta Phi hazing thing is INSANE. A fire alarm goes off, cops show up, and they end up finding pledges down in some nasty basement, blindfolded and shirtless. And the two dudes who were talking to police at first? They were not helping their case at all.

This is an excellent example of “toxic masculinity”. Many of the men being victimized in these types of situations will go on to repeat this cycle to the next round of men. Instead of healing the damage we receive, we use it as a fire inside to wound those next in line, to gain our power back, and the cancer of trauma continues. Until we learn masculinity is defined by lifting others up with us instead of tearing others down so we look taller, the cycle continues.

 

Edited February 18 by Rafael Thundercat

[CARDOZZO]

4 hours ago, Rafael Thundercat said:

Welcome. Actually will take time to me even research all that books. If you have oportunity to find them in a library good luck. For now I am in Brasil and good books are hard and expensive to find. But also there are some brasilian authors that ee never find in mainstream bookshops.

Koan: Where did Anna go to find her archives?

[LambdaDelta]

3 minutes ago, CARDOZZO said:

Koan: Where did Anna go to find her archives?

Liechtenstein, the kingdom of light

[LoneWonderer]

50 minutes ago, LambdaDelta said:

I am a corrupt devil for sure, for sure.

Suckers. Seriously though for one second, pirating is morally wrong and creates bad moral incentives. Avoid it if you can or at least have a plan to do so eventually as you secure your survival needs.

Edited February 18 by LoneWonderer

[LambdaDelta]

3 minutes ago, LoneWonderer said:

I am a corrupt devil for sure, for sure.

Then please consider helping a fellow devil out by populating this thread with examples of your devilry 

 

[Basman]

5 minutes ago, Rafael Thundercat said:

Would be interesting to open a MegaThread for the Corruption of Everything series just in case there is not one already open for these studies. By the way I want to share here the Corruption of Fraternities in Universities. 

Yes, abuse. 

Some contemplations about it:

The video from that Iowa Alpha Delta Phi hazing thing is INSANE. A fire alarm goes off, cops show up, and they end up finding pledges down in some nasty basement, blindfolded and shirtless. And the two dudes who were talking to police at first? They were not helping their case at all.

This is an excellent example of “toxic masculinity”. Many of the men being victimized in these types of situations will go on to repeat this cycle to the next round of men. Instead of healing the damage we receive, we use it as a fire inside to wound those next in line, to gain our power back, and the cancer of trauma continues. Until we learn masculinity is defined by lifting others up with us instead of tearing others down so we look taller, the cycle continues.

Haven't watched the video, but I know of how downright abusive hazing rituals can get. I'm reminded of how male bull elephants tend to be a menace to everything in their vicinity in the absence of older male elephants. Young male elephants are much calmer when older male elephants are around. I think humans are a bit similar. A lot of young guys need to feel belonging and they achieve that through rituals. Every tribal culture has initiation rituals. But when older men aren't involved in creating these rituals they tend to become demented as there is no reference to what kind of values one should adopt. 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

@Basman Yes hazing is really terrible.

Nurses do it to each other - and it is RIFE on construction sites.

[LoneWonderer]

8 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

and it is RIFE on construction sites.

Examples? I'm interested. In my current job there was a strong hazing culture on one of the two work sites, which I was totally against and unwilling to participate in. I've spoken out about it to management on the 2nd site and there will be a company culture restructuring taking place. Luckily we are a VERY small team on this particular work site, just me and the managers so higher ups could quickly attack to the heart of the problem. My managers will likely be fired in the coming months due to all the bad behavior and dynamics on site. If it were a much larger company such as Facebook and all the bad behavior going on there (book refrenced: careless people on FB bad work culture) I think if I'd been working there and spoken out I'd have been the one fired for going against the toxic company culture.

Edited February 18 by LoneWonderer

[Natasha Tori Maru]

@LoneWonderer Lots of verbal hazing goes on - and TONS of 'I had it hard, so now you get your trial by fire also' without circumstances being the arbiter - the site crew being the ones to put a newbie through the trial by fire. Totally wrong.

Lots of repeated harassment / humiliation attempts that aren't simply pranks; shit like sending apprentices off to find 'left handed hammers', 'sky hooks' or asking them to request non-existent tools from other site crews / trades. Really playing on new guys ignorance and making them look stupid. Some of these guys really aren't the sharpest tools in the shed themselves. So to be cruelly hazed when they aren't confident is evil. Giving newbies pointless grinds with excessive harder jobs when there are easier ways. I saw one guy make an apprentice re-dig a trench that was fine and within spec for no reason. In the heat of summer. The poor guy had to go home feeling unwell, and being so new he had no idea his work was fine. 

The most insidious part about this is that it makes the hazee feel like this is all part of it. That it is acceptable to do this to the next lot of new crew. So the behaviour perpetuates as a form of hierarchy. Many of these guys do not know how to assert boundaries or stand up for themselves. 

I think this breeds a lot of that 'cup of cement' ' harden the fuck up' culture on construction sites that leads to really caustic and abrasive conduct. Moralizing toughness - but it is a destabilizing pressure. Not pressure that sharpens someone.

I do not work as OH&S but I engage in in-depth social dynamics (I am logistics and coordination primarily) so I work to dissolve a lot of this stuff without having to call in force. Sometimes it is a simple matter of gently, but repeatedly and incessantly, calling out these tactics. Essentially, I nag these guys into submission. But this only works in my case because I pay their bills directly, so there is the potential for force to be used if they do not comply.

I am comfortable calling people out without asserting my own power over them. I give them honest and candid feedback. I never explain myself. And I always focus on behavioural feedback and never character feedback. Emotionless delivery.

Edited February 18 by Natasha Tori Maru

[LoneWonderer]

5 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

 

I do not work as OH&S but I engage in in-depth social dynamics (I am logistics and coordination primarily) so I work to dissolve a lot of this stuff without having to call in force. Sometimes it is a simple matter of gently, but repeatedly and incessantly, calling out these tactics. Essentially, I nag these guys into submission. But this only works in my case because I pay their bills directly, so there is the potential for force to be used if they do not comply.

Nice to know you stand up for and maintain good decent moral work ethics and culture. I applaud your efforts. You sound like a good, tough but fair boss lady to work for. 👍

Sad to see how some abuse their positions of power over others. None of us are perfect however I guess. Still when abuse happens one must speak out! Man, life...what a messy business.

[Natasha Tori Maru]

@LoneWonderer Cheers I appreciate that! Not everyone sees it like you do. Something something 'don't shoot the messenger' 

Kudos to yourself for speaking out also - I admire a steel pair 

Social approval is a big deal for survival.

 

[OBEler]

On 17.2.2026 at 8:15 PM, Leo Gura said:

She will simply be busy and not available when you need. Doesn't matter how good she is.

Your blog post is only referencing to quantity or also quality of sex? So a girlfriend will also never satisfy the quality you really need ?

[CARDOZZO]

Sex robots are the future. They will be available 24h.

This will be a great solution to sexual crimes, high testosterone, incels, black pill. 

It is exactly what feminists want, a world where man don't bother them sexually.

The patriarchy will finally crumble. Am I hearing Amen? Say it again out loud.

Edited February 19 by CARDOZZO

[Elliott]

 

1 hour ago, CARDOZZO said:

Sex robots are the future. They will be available 24h.

This will be a great solution to sexual crimes, high testosterone, incels, black pill. 

It is exactly what feminists want, a world where man don't bother them sexually.

The patriarchy will finally crumble. Am I hearing Amen? Say it again out loud.

Women like sex and want it, just not Bro sex.