ForRealsies

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by ForRealsies 8y ago
Bonus: Turn your phone's display to monochrome mode. Force it to become less visually stimulating to our monkey brain.
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by ForRealsies 8y ago
South Korea has had the highest suicide rate in the industrialized world for eight consecutive years. Their culture doesn't glorify/promote individualism, but conformity. I would argue that "chasing money and success" is
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by ForRealsies 8y ago
Not necessarily untrue. TV+Internet is cheaper for me with my status as a current customer with Verizon FiOS.
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by ForRealsies 8y ago
So we should expect less technological inventions, less creative solutions from this generation of the Japanese? I believe high Conscientiousness combined with high levels of Neuroticism is a common/promoted personality type over there
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by ForRealsies 8y ago
So we're stuck with Russians, Nazis, and fictional -Stan countries. We've already reached that point in the video game industry.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
That or they're jealous.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
For elaboration on how cognitive bias causes people to interpret the facts in different ways, I always recommend: http://blog.dilbert.com/2017/08/17/how-to-know-youre-in-a-ma...
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Bread & Circus or we riot. Pragmatically.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
I'm curious to how relative wealth (in regards to income inequality) impacts ones Standard of Living. After the bare necessities are acquired, is all 'standard of being' relative to how you perceive your place in reality?
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Really? I lost interest between a gratuitous comma and needless metaphor.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
The wider your talent stack (writing, marketing, webdev, etc.), the luckier you'll be.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Does empathy seem to thrive in smaller, homogeneous communities(ex. Japan, Nordic countries)?
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Exploiting cheap labor under the guise of free trade is a good start.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Bingo, it is all about culture and identity (Japan). Often used argument arguing against immigration.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Everyone works 7:30 - 3:30 in my metro area in an attempt to beat rush hour. 11am (listed as the most productive hour in this article) is when folks start eating lunch.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Imagine how this could be misused to start wars- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIvvHwFSZHs
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Switzerland did wonders for Kim Jong Un.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
There's no way such easy access to prescription drugs could ever go wrong.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Ripple is the vehicle the Central Banks use to influence crypto. It's meteoric rise is premeditated.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
lmao You guys are a riot.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Are there statistics on Homeless -> Employed figures?
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
I haven't been following articles on her. Has Disney scrubbed all the drug abuse from her past?
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Sitting down to use the internet in 1995-2007 took a certain kind of personality. It was an act that required isolating yourself for long periods of time. "Normies" are very unconcerned, easily distracted, and quickly trusting of
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
The internet culture shifted in 2007, with the release of the iPhone. Libertarian conversation died with the living room desktop.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Well, it'll de-calcify the bromide/chloride around your pineal gland.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
Have you thought about taking upon more responsibility? Be it to your community, to a volunteer organization, pets, and even plants. Modern society is malnourished when it comes to the sense of belonging. “The higher degree of responsibilit
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
2016, the pendulum started to swing the other way.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
These people sound a lot more like normies than the NEETs in /biz/.
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
What about all the other enormously rich families that don't have the spotlight shined on them to hold them to a higher standard?
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by ForRealsies 9y ago
The fact that HN is just discovering Coinbase (Normiebase) and not discussing the in's and out's of Etherdelta tells me this bubble still has a far way to go before it bursts.

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