I’m proud that I was able to put on nearly as much muscle with plain old hard work as dudes who use testosterone and other chemical cheat codes.
It took longer, sure, but my body isn’t all messed up. One minor downside is that it does get a lot harder to find clothes that fit. Though I look awesome even in tight clothes now, so there’s that.
That’s right. I’ve often been brought in to troubleshoot issues in products and technologies I’ve never used, and in some cases never heard of, because troubleshooting effectively is its own skill independent of any specific knowledge.
Knowledge is cheap and easily acquired. Understanding how a system works and how to get to the bottom of things takes a whole lot more. And that’s what I’m good at.
This is the kind of issue I guarantee I could solve in less than a day if I had unfettered access, but stumps tons of IT people.
Without having looked at it1, there’s about an even chance I could solve it in 15 minutes or less.
That’s just how I roll.
I have no game. For a good number of years, I just asked out a lot of girls and went out on a lot of dates (anyone who said yes, anyone who asked me).
That’s how you do it. It’s definitely harder now, though, where any expression of interest is considered harassment if you’re a man, and you’re also seen as a default rapist.
It didn’t used to be that way when I was actively dating so I wouldn’t be able to do the same these days.
And knocked out another “impossible” celebrity workout. Just like I do about six times a week.
People like to talk about how it’s impossible to lose weight and always reach for some made-up number like only 1% who try to do so keep it off. The real number is between 20%-30% are successful. (Though that is still not great, admittedly.)
However, I lost a lot of weight and kept it off now for 15 years1. Seemed pretty easy, really. What’s so different about me?
Fat Acceptance bullshit is so clownish and harmful. And greatly contributes to the problem by accepting defeat preemptively.
Why I Switched to macOS After Using Windows for Nearly Two Decades.
Windows is a spyware-infested ad delivery system. Linux is ok but still not all that usable (and I use it daily in two different VMs, so yes I do know).
MacOS is the best of a bunch of bad choices. I also just bought an M4 Mac Mini and while it has less memory than my old system, it’s absurdly fast. Apple has really been killing it with their own chip design, which I did not expect when they initially announced their intent.
The M4 Mini is around twice as fast as my old system, and I had a high-end 2020 iMac previously. Pretty impressive. And unlike with Windows 11, I don’t see the first fucking ad anywhere in the OS.
I’m not sure what it means, but I think it’s interesting that my very strong streak of disagreeableness made me much more attractive to women than if I’d been exactly like I am except for leaning agreeable.
People are strange.
The redpill dudes aren’t exactly right that it’s better to be a jerk. That is not in fact the optimum male config that most women find attractive. However, many women do (oddly) mistake jerks for the confident. I’m not a jerk, I think. But I am both confident and extremely disagreeable and that historically has allowed me to punch above my weight (and height) with women.
This is not about sex but applies to sex too: you can really increase your luck by deliberately putting yourself in places and situations where you are more likely to get lucky.
Most of the reason I’ve had success is that I just tried a lot of things, went to a lot of places, bought a lot of different stocks, talked to a lot of girls. People sometimes make fun of me for my attempts to preserve optionality. But it’s not about avoiding commitment or being wishy-washy, as they imagine.
It’s about when the chance of a lifetime is right there in front of you, that you first, notice it (many people do not), and that you have the freedom to act on it.
Put yourself where the action is and better things are more likely to happen to you. Easy principle, though harder to do than say. Still worth it, though.
The open road beckons. Safe driving is essential.
Amazing driving. She’s a badass. I love how calm she is; she’s definitely on my assassin team.
Maybe she should’ve braked more quickly but who knows what was going on behind her and there just wasn’t a lot of time. That hit looks almost intentional (on the part of the Suburban) and it also brakes pretty hard as it’s encroaching into her lane, making it even more difficult to avoid. But she:
1) Maintains control of her own vehicle in a very demanding driving situation.
2) Avoids with some just stupendous maneuvering1 a second hit on the vehicle that struck her.
3) Gets out of the danger area and stops safely.
Almost no one could do better. Next-level skills there.
She also has a cute shirt.
I like the mood lighting I have going on near my desk now. The lamp can do regular lighting colors too, but I’ve been leaving it like that as bias lighting. I can actually read better with it that way1.
The remote for the lamp is confusing as all hell, but I like the lamp itself. And that’s straight out of the phone — no manipulation or alteration (other than the phone doing what it does, since it was not shot in raw).
In the work world, I’m a unicorn. And companies are often looking for people like me. However, when against all odds they do find one it still causes them to get all pissy because as a unicorn, I can and do demand a high wage, more vacation time than normal, etc. Like, dude, you found your unicorn and now you gotta payyyyyyy. What did you expect?
But they want it both ways, of course — someone with an unusual suite of skills and who will accept being compensated as poorly as the 19-year-old intern.
As a unicorn, though, I can just trot into the next meadow. That’s what makes it so much fun.
Same. I care about being able to say what I want and about being correct. Every other concern and person can fuck right off.
What’s the smartest thing you’ve ever done?
Left Lake City, Florida, and became a paratrooper in the army.
Otherwise, I would’ve been in jail or dead.
Indeed, it does work well. I am the same. People do tend to find this rare personality type extremely confusing. (And no, I am not just guessing; a Big 5 personality assessment showed this as my type very clearly.)
Basically, I am an ornery, disagreeable fucker who will try just about anything to see if I like it and go just about anywhere.