Leo's Blog Discussion Mega-Thread

[Human Mint]

56 minutes ago, CARDOZZO said:

Floripa is huge but overall it is a good place to live. 

The favelas are safe places overall. The organized crime do not let shit blow up.

I am sure most unhinged people come from the favelas. At least that's what happens here in Argentina with the villas, although you see it mostly as a friendly place. But in reality visiting those places is like playing russian roulette. I am not even a tourist and a teenager girl tried to rob me near a villa.

There are tons of such people in South America preying on tourists. The difference with India is the streets are cleaner.

Edited 7 hours ago by Human Mint

[CARDOZZO]

30 minutes ago, Human Mint said:

I am sure most unhinged people come from the favelas. At least that's what happens here in Argentina with the villas, although you see it mostly as a friendly place. But in reality visiting those places is like playing russian roulette. I am not even a tourist and a teenager girl tried to rob me near a villa.

There are tons of such people in South America preying on tourists. The difference with India is the streets are cleaner.

Sure. 

There is something called "Street Intelligence". This is something really interesting to develop. 

When I was hardcore into pickup (Nightgame), I grew a lot of street intelligence.

I had to deal with drug addicts, drunk people, fights, dangerous places, walking alone on villas, dealing with violent security guards, angry woman, crazy Uber drivers, theft.

Nowadays, I get to a point to look at people to cold read them masterfully. I feel the smell of violent evil people from miles, their way of behaving, language, vocabulary, posture, eyes, dressing.

Pickup is about social intelligence.

Edited 7 hours ago by CARDOZZO

[Basman]

1 hour ago, CARDOZZO said:

The favelas are safe places overall. The organized crime do not let shit blow up.

That sounds like an oxymoron.

[CARDOZZO]

1 minute ago, Basman said:

That sounds like an oxymoron.

Nothing is black and white.

If I told you that you are more safe inside a favela than on the central area of Rio, would you believe it?

Edited 7 hours ago by CARDOZZO

[Basman]

Just now, CARDOZZO said:

Nothing is black and white.

If I told you that you are more safe inside a favela than on the central area of Rio, would you believe it?

No, it's a slum. By definition, if a crime family runs the scene it's not a safe area.

Where I'm from it was so safe that you didn't ever think about it. It wasn't uncommon to leave one's door unlocked at night.

[CARDOZZO]

5 minutes ago, Basman said:

No, it's a slum. By definition, if a crime family runs the scene it's not a safe area

I assume you don't have direct experience of a favela/brazillian ghetto.

They have millions of dollars invested on the favela. What they don't want is cops doing investigation down there, believe me. 

Edit: You live in Denmark. Like, you literally live in heaven my friend 😉

Edited 7 hours ago by CARDOZZO

[Rafael Thundercat]

 

Imagine predatory consciousness. That's real.

NIGERIA

 

[Basman]

6 minutes ago, CARDOZZO said:

I assume you don't have direct experience of a favela/brazillian ghetto.

They have millions of dollars invested on the favela. What they don't want is cops doing investigation down there, believe me. 

Edit: You live in Denmark. Like, you literally live in heaven my friend 😉

The sovereign power not being in the hands of police/government sounds problematic to an existential degree to me. What I enjoy, yes is a privilege, but also the bare minimum in my opinion. 

There is no accountability or recourse in a system run by thugs. If a member of the family decided to rape your mother there would be nothing you could do about it.

[CARDOZZO]

1 minute ago, Basman said:

The sovereign power not being in the hands of police/government sounds problematic to an existential degree to me. What I enjoy, yes is a privilege, but also the bare minimum in my opinion. 

There is no accountability or recourse in a system run by thugs. If a member of the family decided to rape your mother there would be nothing you could do about it.

The justice is done rapidly inside favelas. They have their own moral code.

I agree with the rape argument but I tend to think they don't have it in their moral code. 

Family is sacred to thugs here in Brazil. 

 

[Leo Gura]

5 hours ago, LoneWonderer said:

@Leo Gura Hi Leo in regards to your two posts on India. We have just been in Sri Lanka doing the exact same things the young chinese woman was doing and maybe even more dangerous things such as walking without guides through slums at noon.

I can happily report Sri Lanka which is next to India is nothing like this at all. We had zero cases of harrasment or feeling unsafe. Sri Lanka is a predominantly Bhuddist nation.

I was shocked by the behavior in both videos and what a contrast of two countries so near each other. We used to live in Africa, and here yes we had to be a lot more careful and were robbed violently on the beach once.

For a bit of context I travelled with my mom who had been volunteering teaching English by herself in a small village there 2 months before I arrived. She reported it having been a safe country with friendly helpful people.

We did see maaaaany young foreigners both men and women completely inappropriatly dress attire (tight skin clothes) and we both commented that this is probably not a smart idea when travelling in such countries.

Stay safe out there people 🙏

I see. Thanks for sharing.

[TheBG]

On 3/5/2026 at 1:01 PM, LifeEnjoyer said:

Anyone else hopping on Slay the Spire II?

I have put 50 hours into it so far (I beat sts1 on a20, so naturally I was looking for more spire)

I had to slow down because I let it consume my life...

It has big issues and is easier than the first game right now, but it's fun. What do you think of it?

[Basman]

30 minutes ago, CARDOZZO said:

The justice is done rapidly inside favelas. They have their own moral code.

I agree with the rape argument but I tend to think they don't have it in their moral code. 

Family is sacred to thugs here in Brazil. 

 

Your probably right most of the time. I'd hate to be in your shoes when your wrong.

[CARDOZZO]

Just now, Basman said:

Your probably right most of the time. I'd hate to be in your shoes when your wrong.

Yeah. You're right. 

Street intelligence is a priority skill to develop in 3rd countries.

There are situations where lack of social/street intelligence can kill you. 

[Basman]

Just now, CARDOZZO said:

Yeah. You're right. 

Street intelligence is a priority skill to develop in 3rd countries.

There are situations where lack of social/street intelligence can kill you. 

How do they do justice in the favelas? If for example someone robs or kills somebody?

[Hasson_Miah]

56 minutes ago, CARDOZZO said:

I assume you don't have direct experience of a favela/brazillian ghetto.

They have millions of dollars invested on the favela. What they don't want is cops doing investigation down there, believe me. 

Edit: You live in Denmark. Like, you literally live in heaven my friend 😉

Who is they? They have millions of dollars invested. Who?

[CARDOZZO]

22 minutes ago, Basman said:

How do they do justice in the favelas? If for example someone robs or kills somebody?

What do you think? 

[CARDOZZO]

16 minutes ago, Hasson_Miah said:

Who is they? They have millions of dollars invested. Who?

Criminal factions.

[CARDOZZO]

 

[TheBG]

@Leo Gura

 

just saw you posted a RÜFÜS DU SOL song. 

They're amazing. It's great to see you like them too, but I am not surprised 😂

[Joseph Maynor]

I'm sensing an undertone of judging people and trying to hierarchize people from a certain perspective.  I tend not to do this.  I think when you make people feel judged, they tend to want to prove you right -- how you see them to you.  It's a mirror effect.  It's good for pitting people against each other to create drama, but not so good for relation IMO.  This is a judgment call and is hard to teach anyone.  You have to choose, is your role to create drama or to create relation, these are sometimes at odds, maybe.  If you're surviving by creating drama, then you have to look at that.  That has pros and cons.

Edited 5 hours ago by Joseph Maynor