Anybody still here? - Page 2

Oh dear.

Like I said, I question the level of content.

question to be or not to be tis the question

Yeah, Shakespeare is pretty dope.

I'm just trying to be dope. Playing/singing Townes Van Zandt in my new Fear of God sweatpants makes me feel pretty dope.

Posting a lot is not going to bring LP back ALIVE. It can muddy the waters but I want to be great. What makes me feel great? I want TO BE great.

I don't think our quests are that much different lostaccount. We want TO BE great. We want TO BE dope. Begin with the end in mind. I don't think our ends are that different in the bigger scheme of things. Why wouldn't I want to hike in nature in Vancouver for example? But I certainly don't have your taste in YouTube videos. Although I like ZHU. It doesn't really matter. LP will only come back if the content comes back and it just isn't going to happen. You barrage of angel YouTube videos are not going to bring it back. Newb posting about being a losing 2/5 live NLHE player won't bring it back (I don't believe Newb actually is a long term loser there btw). Even Svenman coming out of nowhere... even if that happened on a large scale. Maybe if ElKy had an AMA over the course of a week that would be a start. The point is you making 10 posts and deleting them all or me talking about how I don't know what to do with my hair and deciding on a buzzcut fade is just not great content. No one cares and they shouldn't.

That last post was pretty great. Aptly the 23rd reply. I am the Michael Jordan of multiple posts in a row in my blog. lostaccount you are maybe the Ron Artest of multiple posts in a row in your blog.

On March 01 2023 14:44 CurbStomp2 wrote:

You know the song is gonna be trash when the very first thing we see in the music video is a pile of guns, followed by a white boy who is surrounded a group of black guys who are supposedly his friends.

Let's see if the song is any decent.

Edit: Black dude has a decent flow, but his lyrics aren't anything special. White guy has a weak flow, and also wasn't really saying much of anything in his bars, he was just focused on showing off his gold grill. The beat is decent.

lol puertorican you noodle, luh wick be running that crew. belieeee dat.

I can do anything in my Fear of God sweatpants. That is a facet of happiness.

I'm just trying to figure out what to do until it's time to get some sleep. There has got to be something out there better than this. I haven't found that yet.

I have been lifting for about 2 months now. It doesn't feel like I've made much progress. I don't think I am eating quite correctly but I am afraid of gaining weight. There is some body re-composition but I'm still fat and not strong so it is maybe a little bit frustrating. I still feel really good after most lifts. I have missed creatine doses. I have missed lifts. I don't particularly like my protein powder as far as taste goes but I get it down with some raisins or banana. I much prefer whole meals. I think I get sick of the routine. I run out of inspiring music. Especially, on A days. ABA then A is like ok.... I'm going to do my best to stick with it because I know in reality there has been progress. Lento pero avanzo.

I do crave love and intimacy. I am thinking of going goblin mode on Tinder and Hinge and if that doesn't work probably kill myself. I've realized a life of video games isn't for me. I probably won't kill myself. I don't know what I would do. Probably anesthetize myself in any way I can including to continue to post blog posts on this website. Maybe say fuck it and try to pick up a sex worker. Move to Amsterdam. I love that city anyway. I need some human connection outside of work or it may be the death of me. In some ways I feel closer to a drink than maybe at some other times but I don't want to drink.

At some point today I had some crazy dreams or insights to share but I can't remember them and no one cares anyways. No one cares. I miss listening to No One Cares by Sinatra and drinking by myself. I miss Buenos Aires. I miss the Italian coast.

I'm sick of reading this dumb ass self-help book (7 habits of effective people) but I trudge through. Like that can make me a better manager or leader. I keep saying I'm better off reading Aristotle or Nietzsche or whoever. I suppose I am learning enough to continue to trudge through... It's just long-winded as fuck and mostly common sense. Long-winded as fuck... That could describe these blog posts... I'm working through shit okay? I'm always working through shit okay? Okay-kay-kay?

Now, for some content.

I'm going to go lostaccount and post 3 songs. These 3 songs are songs that I probably would prefer to take about 4x the recommended dose of my expired benzos and get more enjoyment but I still enjoy them sober. Best would be like 5x recommended dose benzos and a blunt of the good stuff. Maybe some cranberry vodkas and pure mdma as well and some cocaine.







"It was February. I was cold and I was high." "He wanted love. He wanted soul. There's not enough to make him whole." Will there ever be enough?

On February 26 2023 06:56 PuertoRican wrote: Show nested quote + On February 23 2023 08:48 Liquid`Drone wrote: I'm around. Busy being a dad, just started my 15 weeks of parental leave and it is wonderful. How many kids do you have? I am 40-years-old, and I don't have kids yet, just enjoying the single life and being able to spend all of my money on myself and travel wherever and whenever I want. Being a parent is obviously awesome, but I haven't went down that path yet.

Only one, an almost 10 month old son. I don't recommend it for everyone but for me, right now, it feels like a great choice.

On March 04 2023 20:38 Liquid`Drone wrote: Show nested quote + On February 26 2023 06:56 PuertoRican wrote:   On February 23 2023 08:48 Liquid`Drone wrote: I'm around. Busy being a dad, just started my 15 weeks of parental leave and it is wonderful. How many kids do you have? I am 40-years-old, and I don't have kids yet, just enjoying the single life and being able to spend all of my money on myself and travel wherever and whenever I want. Being a parent is obviously awesome, but I haven't went down that path yet. Only one, an almost 10 month old son. I don't recommend it for everyone but for me, right now, it feels like a great choice.

Well, today was yet another birthday. I am still in my parents' home alone. So alone. I am not sure if I am particularly doing anything to remedy that situation. I got promoted. I make a little bit more money. I don't think I have it in me to keep going at this in this blog... All I am saying is New Years is a time of reflection but a birthday maybe more. The Store Manager gave me a card that said "We are lucky to have you. Hope this is your best year yet!" And, I am thinking could this be my best year yet? Is that even possible? I think I would need AA's help with that to be honest. Best year yet hinges on whether or not I have friends and a girlfriend. And, do I have enough money to move out of my parents' home?

I just had a dream where Brad Pitt and I were vibing. He was dressed like a samurai and there were ghosts hanging out like in Eldenring. He was like a spiritual advisor or a sponsor. I had a clothing company and was very excited with the prospects. Just serving up simple clothing like boxer briefs and t-shirts in creams and tans and what have you.

I think part of that is related to the fact my favorite supplier for simple boxer briefs and t-shirts doesn't do business in the USA anymore (Bread & Boxers). I need to find a new supplier. I get a discount at where I work I just need to find a new supplier.

Actually, I would take suggestions if anyone is in love with a particular boxer brief or t-shirt.

That's about it.

Cliffs:

- It's my birthday
- So alone
- Thinking of moving out of my parents' home
- Bread and Boxers apparently doesn't do business in the USA anymore so I need boxer brief and t-shirt suggestions.

Happy birthday buddy

Happy birthday Rikd and congrats on son Drone

Thank you thank you.

All I wanted for my birthday was boxer brief, t-shirt, and film suggestions and all I got was Farmers which seems like an ok shop to be fair. The New Zealand dollars is throwing me though. My IRL friend suggested Gospel Of Matthew by Pasolini after I suggested Teorema by Pasolini after he suggested Giorgio De Chirico (painter). I really like this friend. He is the only person I have ever met IRL that I can discuss Baudrillard with. I need more friends IRL and I still need boxer brief, t-shirt, and movie ideas!

not sure about film suggestions, but i watched "The Terror" season 1, which is great. It has cannibalism in it, which is something I think our society should be more tolerant of, (if its done voluntarily).

It is an empirically verifiable fact that neoclassical economics is a violent ideology. More people need to know this.

3 - 5 bullet points as to why?

Or a good book to read?

1) William Nordhaus recommended we raise the global temperature to 4 degrees celcius by 2150 in his nobel prize lecture, which he won for environmental economics. His entire research group come to this conclusion from measuring temperatures across states and comparing gdp. To see how dumb this is, compare the difference in temperature of canada and qatar. It is about 30 degrees, but their gdp per capita is about the same. If global temperatures dropped 6 degrees, north america would be covered in ice. Some of them even say society would benefit from global warming until about 2 degrees. Does that sound logical? I recommend this paper, which is mostly readable by a layman. The latest IPCC report says that 6 of the tipping points are now at a serious risk level. At 1.5-2 degrees, that's generally considered to be the level at which many of the thresholds are passed.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...47731.2020.1807856?journalCode=rglo20

2) Austerity economics was invented in the 1920's by economists to help Mussolini's Italy and Britain crush the labour movements that were about to overthrow capitalism. Since then it has become a disciplinary feature of capitalism. The most recent example being Greece. As for books, you can read the same one Drone's wife gave him. It's great. Can also read Clara Mattei's book. Can also read about modern monetary theory (MMT) which explains how governments don't need to run surplus's outside of recessions. MMT is almost at the point of becoming mainstream now, (the economics profession will come to accept it and pretend they knew it all along). I've heard keltons book the deficit myth is the easiest one to read for a popular audience. But it's quite a headache to learn imo.

3) Their role in the global financial crisis was a result of ignoring the financial instability hypothesis by Hyman Minsky, and choosing to believe in an obviously false theory called the efficient markets hypothesis. If you don't have time for books, the doco 'inside job' is a great one. Exposes a lot of the fraud going on between banks and ivy league economists. Hyman Minsky was ignored because he didn't accept the assumptions in bullet point 5).

4) NAIRU is a fraud. Can't explain much, dean baker and william mitchell write a bit about this. I had to teach myself econ for 2 years to understand what was going on here. So can't really explain this one. Current inflation is caused by supply side shocks. One consequence of NAIRU is that real wages have stagnated since the 1970's, completely fucking over people on min wage. Which would otherwise be around $26 or more, instead of $7.50

5) Models based on assumption that human beings are immortal, omniscient, supercomputer time travelors. This originates from Milton Friedman. There's been some questioning of it in the mainstream, but they still teach the same crap.

6) 300 top economists recommended NAFTA because of the theory of comparative advantage. Which has nothing to do with NAFTA, since it was protecting agribusiness. Can go back and see an article in the new york times in 1993 about this. This is basically the same attitude towards globalization in general. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/17/us...ists-favor-free-trade-agreement.html. People in power knew that NAFTA would screw over so much of Mexican agriculture that they militarized the border at the same time it was being implemented.

That's all for now folks. Obviously, my definition of violence is similar to Ghandi's. It includes structural violence. That's why I think Mao was a violent person in 1962. Most capitalists and libertarians cannot say that Mao's famine was an act of violence, since they completely reject the same standards for capitalism.

Education is the path to freedom. Economics needs serious reform, which will only come from educating the minds of the young, instead of indoctrinating them. Politcal science and philosophy have similar problems but not nearly as bad. In fact, economics is so much worse that I often have no trouble getting anyone on my side. More research can be done in 30 seconds than what some do in 10 years simply from questioning assumptions.