savryn

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by savryn 4y ago
I'm not sure how that's directly related, but I venture bullying among boys seems to be about the weakest / smallest / poorest/ easiest to harm and get away with it, not necessarily social skills or autistic stuff.
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by savryn 4y ago
> can fluently navigate social situations the vast majority of human beings can not "fluently" navigate social situations either... the very small elite percentage of those who can are the 'social butterflies' that be
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by savryn 4y ago
"we love listening to him talk about art because he also doesn't understand tact" LOL thanks for posting this, I love-hate this part, this is the state of things ------ Galloway then wants reassurance about his first big art
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by savryn 4y ago
I only saw this two months after this thread locked... I've put my email in my profile if you still want to say hello P.s. there were no google results for your username but I kinda suspect "ihoafw" likely stands for In Hopes
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by savryn 4y ago
'the fittest' could destroy him but choose not to -- since fitness in a social species is, reductively, how groups of elites structure their power games over others. elites 'let you win' some games for all sorts of ulter
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by savryn 4y ago
>nature‘s rules (survival of the fittest) no he isn't, he is merely exploiting the compassion of the society of the fittest that temporary allowed the less fit/ gifted /engineered to still live / work near them and in
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by savryn 4y ago
sorry but discussions of culture trends can't be easily parsed by people who can only think so ...literally why not just get stuck on 'what IS culture even', 'what is a trend Really??', and other forms of useless fi
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by savryn 4y ago
the people beating up anyone are the cultural underclass/proles, be it rural whites or ghetto blacks -- by definition these are not cultural elites. Physical violence (and any indicator of physical needs- shelter, food, safety) basical
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by savryn 4y ago
this bit from a diff article made me lol-- 'When I wrote 'In Cold Blood' many were critical,' Capote said. 'I spent six years on that book wandering the plains of Kansas and nearly went mad but I saw it through. (Fe
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by savryn 4y ago
I wished I'd had legit 'bad' experiences, then I'd know they were outliers and would make for a story, but really I was shocked by deep mediocrity of several therapists, diff regions, male and female, diff costs etc. The
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by savryn 4y ago
another person who read the letters! I'm shocked at how high quality the correspondence was, makes friendships of today feel kinda cheap
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by savryn 4y ago
Abstract Algebra: A Student-Friendly Approach by Dos Reis Paperback layout feels like a workbook, not overwhelming-- beginner friendly
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by savryn 4y ago
------- additional ranty side notes--- in person therapy is a waste of time/money for most people unless you're so wealthy you can afford the wise old superstar in their field (most of the best have already dropped dead of old age
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by savryn 4y ago
I kinda agree with everything except that affirmations DO work, they are like self hypnosis and reach the unconscious in ways that add up. Every time a horrible cringe/guilt memory comes up, instead of expletive Fuuuuuuu (mental or out
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by savryn 4y ago
yeah the old analysis thing about aggression turned outwards --> anger aggression turned inwards --> depression i wish some of these super smart people weren't so afraid of the harmless 'woo' that costs next to nothing
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by savryn 4y ago
putting prose to the social dread of the past few years, where everyones been shown a liar and you're not allowed to care about it... this bit from the latest Cormac McCarthy seems fitting: "The horrors of the past lose their edge
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by savryn 4y ago
ah so that's why my city is so crime free, I and all the women I know are never hypervigilant taking public transport, I'm never afraid for my elderly relatives to be bashed in the head or pushed onto the tracks by 9 time offender
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by savryn 4y ago
yeah, when I was trying to figure out 'What is the moment before the split second "my fingers just opened a new tab" effect, I realized so much of adhd is really consciously or subconsciously: emotional flinching distraction
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by savryn 4y ago
the more 'actionable' Naval-ism that helps me is "If you can't be happy with a coffee, you won't be happy with a yacht." somehow this makes me naturally gauge if I'm enjoying the present as a question &quo
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by savryn 4y ago
You can reprogram all these types of things, just by re-habiting them for a week or so. I didn't want to get deep wrinkles (female vanity) or hold angry look (stress headaches/blood flow) because i think that posture towards work
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by savryn 4y ago
the reason it hurts, ironically, is because you haven't grieved/let go of what you wish friends/society were like instead It's like a partial 'loss of innocence' limbo, puts you in a weird danger zone that is m
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by savryn 4y ago
check out this paper I found here recently https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16846100/ for self 'therapy' I highly highly recommend the book Focusing by Eugene Gendlin, it is the unlock key for all other self-h
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by savryn 4y ago
Well if this take away from my spins // Which'll probably take away from my ends // Then I hope this take away from my sins
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by savryn 4y ago
>I don't see how forgiveness is ruthless for that type of person, what it really means = you're dead to me hence why they mention mourning as a key feeling. I think I'm like this too.
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by savryn 4y ago
but you see, the rich need those animal-monster-archetypes to put fear and disgust into working people also, if you want to understand power, you've got to take off your engineering hat and start thinking in psycho-social fairy tale lo
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by savryn 4y ago
“The idealism of every era is usually the cover story of its greatest thefts.” this is my favorite eric quote, which he also just applied to the ftx mess. Eric's way of seeing things isn't a linear thing I can summarize, there&#x2
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by savryn 4y ago
this reminds me of the end of Lawrence of Arabia the entire film thus far about destiny, fate, making our own paths... and then to pinch a bit of flesh and understand what we are. magnificent and sorrowful, all at once
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by savryn 4y ago
watching eric go through his arc of disillusionment in public, despite all his sincerity and hopefulness and intelligence was really sobering for me. A lot of us have this inner "oh if only I was a better speaker / smarter /
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by savryn 4y ago
Are you lonely doing this out there on your own? and are you sad to be outside the great game, so to speak, that maybe less smart, and certainly far less virtuous men will outcompete you on by merely showing up? I'm a woman trying to f
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by savryn 4y ago
wow, this is amazing for people like me who just can't seem to internally grok certain things that others find too easy and lose patience explaining to me... I don't think I'm tone deaf, for example, it's more that that

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