For the past three years of The Rational Male there’s been a consistent presence in the comment threads of guys seeking advice for particular situations with regards to Game. Whether it’s fine tuning certain aspects of Game or a larger consensus of the guys participating in my comment threads it’s become obvious there’s a need for a dedicated page and comment thread to address these Field Reports.
So I’m instituting this page for exactly this. If there is some urgency to have members of The Rational Male community analyze your particular situation feel free to hit anyone up in the comments of my current post, but please refer them to your particular field report with a link to your comment here. I’m hoping this will alleviate the mass of posts for field report analysis and Game specific insights piled into the main blog post for any given week.
There will be some rules for this “forum” as such. I ask that you only keep your comments to addressing the field reports at hand and save your larger theoretical stuff for the main posts, or if relevant, keep the “bigger scope of things” posts to being as succinct as possible. There will be no moderation in this comment thread (spamming excepted), so realize it will be a very hot kitchen before you post. I will impose no restrictions on video links here, nor will I limit links to various, but pertinent articles.
Understand, this is an experiment for now. It’s likely this comment thread will exceed thousands of comments. I’ll be instituting new comment plug-ins for wordpress to deal with this in the future, but I may archive this page the the posts and refresh this page in the future as well. If this gets cumbersome I may simply institute a dedicated forum-style sub-site of The Rational Male to accommodate for Game specific questions.
So have at it, post your field reports and feel free to comment on the ones you have some particular insight for. Be forewarned that it’s likely things may get a bit salty at times and I expect a lot of back & forth with debate and disagreements, but that’s what this thread is for – to hash out Game particulars for your given situations.
‘just put a sweater on’ jimmy was sooo ahead of his time…lol
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/germany-plans-warm-spaces-response-gas-shortages
at least the german ‘authorities’ are trying to ‘look’ like they have a plan…lol
good luck!
@HABD I need to repeat here that Russian gas supply is not the only energy source in the country and not even closely the most relevant. Electricity and Gas are and will be in very short supply to the degree of sky-high prices. Prices already climbed up to the Matterhorn and before in fall we could reach Nanga-Parbat, yet they only can go as high as people are willing to pay. And willing they are… Yet – and theat needs to be said clearly as well – we will see serious declines in economic output. (And quality of life for… Read more »
@NNN1 @HABD I need to repeat here that Russian gas supply is not the only energy source in the country and not even closely the most relevant. Electricity and Gas are and will be in very short supply to the degree of sky-high prices. Prices already climbed up to the Matterhorn and before in fall we could reach Nanga-Parbat, yet they only can go as high as people are willing to pay. And willing they are… but will people be ABLE to continue to pay?… that’s more important than them being willing… a market is made up of buyers willing… Read more »
@NNN1
what happens when germany follows the dutch and moves you off your property and those immigrants in?…
https://michaelyon.locals.com/post/2414635/netherlands-incredible-laws-in-the-works
have a plan…
good luck
folks are still too comfortable to look around and ‘see’… They just desperately WANT to ignore what’s comming. Talked to my hairstylist yesterday, as I think they should get a giant picture of how the local community thinks. And she told me most people would: A. not reduce their spending (at least on hair styling) B. not start prepping giant amounts C. BUT still have that sub-concious but serious fear level And I tried to think about that again – and I really see how people will start panic buying in Fall (like October onward). They will buy the same… Read more »
@NNN1 “folks are still too comfortable to look around and ‘see’…” They just desperately WANT to ignore what’s comming. this is the same in the us… and probably in sri lanka also… before that kicked off… Talked to my hairstylist yesterday, as I think they should get a giant picture of how the local community thinks. And she told me most people would: A. not reduce their spending (at least on hair styling) B. not start prepping giant amounts C. BUT still have that sub-concious but serious fear level that was a good analysis on getting some local intel… that… Read more »
that ‘fear’ is one of the main goals of the starvation op (which includes energy)… that’s how you get folks to ‘mask up’ and go along… sooo, i realized that a lot of this ‘reality discussion’ (lol…) might be bringin’ in some fear… if’n folks aren’t mentally prepped… that means some counterprogram is in order…lol dude’s^^^ an AF stud… leading… in his frame… gets other folks to pay for his fun… etc… plus i love katie’s little red shimmy dress!…lol this one^^^ is just stuuupid…lol… (although squirrels are tasty!…lol)… and i do have a cousin that used to dress like… Read more »
aaand, of course! the classic…lol
here’s^^^ our own OTP in a previous life… trying to tell us he didn’t have rhythm…lol… right, Sherman?…lol
good luck!
https://www.twitter.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1547787914175602690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
@HABD maybe… unless putin decides that he wants to kill off the EU (NATO) for ‘interfering’…lol… then the gas will just stay turned off… The best way to stop NATO in its tracks is to divide & conquer. The way to do that right now is to cut off the gas with plausible deniability. Then they fight each other. Bc communism is great right while someone else is paying the bills, but eventually you run out of other peoples munny, or in this case gas. And then you look at your neighbour that has more than you do and you… Read more »
OK, since there is nothing really going on I’ll give a little report on my experience of public emotion here plus a pub report at the end. People start feeling everything getting tighter. It’s mid-summer and people get this sub-conscious fear-level. I’ve heard several people now acknowledging this cirisis wasn’t Putin’s fault but our .gov’s. Our new (additional) stove is scheduled to be delivered within four months and will replace an old one already here. Coal is very difficult to supply already, fire-wood is about 3x of last year’s price. My stack of wood will last well into next winter,… Read more »
Thought this was share-worthy, on the topic of world events (it has been interesting reading thanks all):
Think I’ve posted about this youtube channel before, but if not, Serpentza lived in China for many years and married a Chinese physician. His insight is very good, and China is in big trouble by his estimation. Think someone mentioned the fiasco with the banks earlier. This addresses what happened then and after.
Is he talking about China today, or the US in 2008? I know people who had their life savings in Bear Stearns and a mortgage taken out at the height of the real estate bubble. It took them years to recover 2 cents on the dollar. Or maybe he’s talking about the Zero COVID policies of Australia and New Zealand that have resulted in protests, broad unrest and severely damaged economies. I’m afraid I don’t see it as insightful. I see it as 99 44/100% pure rhetorical bullshit. I was delivering China watch lectures when Mao was still warm, long… Read more »
@PalmaSailor Which is why I’ve always questioned your suggestion of support groups. The thought never entered my mind, I imagined I’d be on my own. I’d only want to be in a support group if they had more than I did because I’d want to take it if it came to the wire. ya, i guess i shouldn’t assume that everybody knows this sh*t…lol… it’s not about ‘having stuff’… it’s about on-going relationships/abilities… (kfg covered some of this when he mentioned in a prior comment that some dude who wasn’t pulling his own weight (in the group) ‘fell off the… Read more »
@NNN1 OK, since there is nothing really going on I’ll give a little report on my experience of public emotion here plus a pub report at the end. People start feeling everything getting tighter. It’s mid-summer and people get this sub-conscious fear-level. I’ve heard several people now acknowledging this cirisis wasn’t Putin’s fault but our .gov’s. that’s the same around my area… most folks blame the democrats for the econ crisis…lol Our new (additional) stove is scheduled to be delivered within four months and will replace an old one already here. Coal is very difficult to supply already, fire-wood is… Read more »
All right doomers… some quasi game, quasi infield… infield!???
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3iV3bqoTbNQ
uh oh!…lol
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/gazprom-declares-force-majeure-will-halt-gas-flows-germany-indefinitely
looks like those ‘sanctions’ are gonna bite hard…lol… they took tooo long to get that compressor on the road…lol
good luck!
I’ll keep my ears open for the expats actually living in China
Up until four years ago he did live in China for a long while (he left when he desired to start a family).
Most of his videos on the subject were taken back then.
What he described at the time was very much like what I saw when I was there many years before…though the pamphlet was more glossy.
Just checking further, I guess it was 3 years ago. He moved before Covid hit. He lived there for 14 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Sterzel
“Up until four years ago he did live in China . . .” And the 56/100% that wasn’t bullshit was bang on, but it also wasn’t news. ” . . . the pamphlet was more glossy.” His pamphlet is very, very glossy. He isn’t analyzing, he isn’t explaining; he’s selling something, with the same techniques used to sell time shares and gym memberships. Over the next couple of years China will experience a significant economic pullback in certain areas. From the outside it will look like failures. From the inside it will look like building anti-fragility. China looking out for… Read more »
“The Century of Shame is not forgotten and will never be forgiven.” Is that why planned obsolescence is their business model? Well done! Everything I own, no matter what I pay (or where is ostensibly comes from) breaks before the warranty expires. Does that walk in San Francisco have more scat and homelessness? (just making an educated guess) Homelessness is illegal in China, and there is no tap water safe to drink. And anytime the government wants to delete you, it can and will (social credit and/or just the mandatory “health score”) The opium wars destroyed China, and Mao put… Read more »
The United States is very good at funding and creating its own enemies. Just a few years ago (before Trump) PRC representatives were invited to tour many of our most important military installations (accompanied by some NATO members). Why they were invited, I haven’t a clue. I’m sure someone got money out of it. A few years before that, some hospitals were encountering a stream of “heparin allergies” (that is what the patients were told happened…in actuality it was contaminated heparin from China, after our pharmaceutical companies outsourced from Puerto Rico to China when the tax advantages expired). Those allergies… Read more »
@HABD Hats off to you, you’ve been ahead of me on the journey. Right back to that girl in the pub back in the PRG which you analysed, and I lost my shit. You were right. How can I say it, mistakes were made / I didn’t inhale etc.. But I would ask you to re think this : a better mental model is ‘extended family’… or ‘tribe’… and it shouldn’t include everybody…lol… basically, these are the people that i would be wanting to feed anyway… and they would be feeding me/my family… without coercion… You may or may not… Read more »
@PalmaSailor @HABD Hats off to you, you’ve been ahead of me on the journey. Right back to that girl in the pub back in the PRG which you analysed, and I lost my shit. You were right. How can I say it, mistakes were made / I didn’t inhale etc.. ya, social conditioning is a b*tch…lol… but i think you are past that… mostly…lol… sooo, props on that!… But I would ask you to re think this : “a better mental model is ‘extended family’… or ‘tribe’… and it shouldn’t include everybody…lol… basically, these are the people that i would… Read more »
“Which is why I’ve always questioned your suggestion of support groups. The thought never entered my mind, I imagined I’d be on my own. I’d only want to be in a support group if they had more than I did because I’d want to take it if it came to the wire.” Every relationship is about give and take, as in we are more free to give to one that has something to offer. But yaaa no freeloaders asking for credit!!. “ya, i guess i shouldn’t assume that everybody knows this sh*t…lol… it’s not about ‘having stuff’… it’s about on-going… Read more »
So it seems that I’ve got covid again, this is the 3rd time. Mrs PS wanted to check my lungs for damage, and apparently there isn’t any. Apparently there usually is in men my age. What was really interesting was the conversation we had after that. Apparently during her work on the covid wards there is a distinct pattern which is especially prevalent in young women. If you have two identical fit healthy young women, and one has been losing her shit and panicking about covid, petrified of it from the outset, even before she caught it and the other… Read more »
Well best of health to you and a speedy recovery. Looking forward to hearing about Lil’ PS…
@PalmaSailor
Here’s to your speedy recovery!
panic triggers your adrenals, which impacts your immune system… negatively…
can you get any ivermectin?
good luck!
and don’t forget to boost your vitamin D…
good luck!
So it seems that I’ve got covid again, this is the 3rd time. Nothing special, one Homie of mine on campus got it two times in 2 or 3 months. And I might have contracted it again as well – but! … I’ve learned the f****** lesson: NEVER conduct a test unless you really need it. (Last time Covid I would not have noticed without the test) and if someone tries to nudge me again to get it I’ll tell them to f*** off when possible. So now I’ve got POLLEN ALLERGY instead if someone asks. Fun thing: I had… Read more »
Thanks all I had it down as man flu to start with. My first bout was awful at the start of lockdown, second bout was almost nothing and this one has been like an old fashioned dose of flu where you go to bed and sweat it out which is what I did. @NNN1 speed limiting your autobahns These things have unintended consequences. There are a core of guys who go to Germany quite often to blast through the scenery and head down to one of the valleys to eat drink etc.. it’s basically the cannonball run. Old friend does… Read more »
Hi, I’m Flying Circus, and I would appreciate your advice and guidance on the subject of social media game. First, a bit about myself. I’m a 66 year old retired civil engineer (natural gas—I find world events very interesting right now) currently living in coastal Southern California. Financially secure, in good shape for my age, determined to be in even better shape before long. I went into my marriage with an N of 6, no Don Juan but one was a long term relationship with an older woman who taught me how to correctly insert Tab A into Slot B,… Read more »
Welcome, welcome Flying Circus.
So the event, divorce?
So Cal is a heaven for an older guy with some coin. But also a trap, lots of provider hunters.
More to come.
@Flying Circus Hi, I’m Flying Circus, and I would appreciate your advice and guidance on the subject of social media game. welcome!… this is the place for that^^^…lol First, a bit about myself. I’m a 66 year old retired civil engineer (natural gas—I find world events very interesting right now) my advice is food and ammo…lol… but at least you should be storing water/water filters… currently living in coastal Southern California. Financially secure, in good shape for my age, determined to be in even better shape before long. I went into my marriage with an N of 6, no Don… Read more »
@Flying Circus – welcome to the TRM comments section – still the best place bar none to get advice on women. Sentient will give you great advice, but I only wanted to add one thing – in general social media/online game is tailored to women – for a bunch of reasons it is structured to give women maximum advantage and choice, and to structurally weaken men and prevent men from showing off their best assets (your personality and charisma in person – which is very difficult to get across online). So you will ALWAYS be fighting at a disadvantage in… Read more »
Micro comment @Flying circus at first and general report here down below. That said, it may be worth using online/social media game as an adjunct (NOT a replacement) for meeting women in person Pure truth here. Social media is like a visiting card, at least that’s how we call it here, over the pond (and in your case also across a whole continent as well). That being the first point you also definitely have to consider the platform you’re using. My generation (born between 19999 and maybe 2003) uses mostly Instagramm, the generation younger probably ticktock. AAAAND, you’re generation (or… Read more »
If I knew Green politics means me earning that much I’d have voted exactly that way. Might hope for complete societal disintegration but I fear that won’t come that fast… My analysis is people here except nearly everything when it comes slow enough. But who cares… Sadly I don’t have anything to post about female interactions now in my age cohort … But my advisor for my university project who proves all too perfectionist, which takes up more time than I’d like to spend but I also gain more experience on the way than I had ever hoped for, in… Read more »
@Flying Circus Your main problem is the demographic you’re in. And this won’t seem like a problem, but you’re just going to be swimming in “age appropriate”. They will be beating a path to your door baking you pies etc… And the problem with that ^^ is that you’ll think you’re game has done that. But it hasn’t. Your demographic has done that. If you make the mistake of “wifing up” anything that comes your way soon you’ll just get wiped out. It’s a ruthless marketplace at your age. You need to read mystery at least 4 times. Then if… Read more »
@Sentient, @HABD, @OldTimePoster, @NNN1, @PalmaSailor Thanks for the quick responses! Definitely need to provide more background, let me take a couple of days to digest your comments and put something together. I have a busy weekend planned but I’ll make this a priority. BTW I’ve been lurking on Field Reports daily for the last couple of years. Wouldn’t have posted if I didn’t think I could fit in, but if I inadvertently step on someone’s toes you have my permission to electronically beat me until I have seen the error of my ways. Won’t take long. @HABD – ammo and… Read more »
@Flying Circus but if I inadvertently step on someone’s toes You’re not gonna do that. But the worst thing you could do is what 99.999% do, and that’s get the prescription from here and do a runner because you can’t confront it. We’re a similar age and our issues are totally different to @NNN1 who is at the other end of the spectrum. “We” have them lining up. (But seriously, have you even looked at “age appropriate women” – they’re not a pretty sight) And they’re all provider hunting, which is not the same as him having to do the… Read more »
” . . . Facebook/Instagram . . .”
Mom! Dad! It’s evil! Don’t touch it!
@Flying Circus I have a retirement hobby that I believe will open a few doors with the ladies if I handle it right. [proximity is the key… you could also get a ‘part-time gig’ at a touristy place…lol] Looking back, what I should have done when I was living in the PRG was get a one evening a week part time job behind a bar. It seemed like tooooo much commitment at the time. Looking at it I spent most nights on the wrong side of the bar. I should have at least tried the other side to see what… Read more »
@Sentient, @HABD, @OldTimePoster, @NNN1, @PalmaSailor Again thanks for your responses. I asked a question about tactics and you came back with some very thought provoking comments about the bigger picture. From those I believe your input might be able to help me process some recent experiences so I’m going to widen the scope a bit, open up my own little version of Pandora’s Box and let you peek inside. I’ve thought about what I’m looking for from all this. I like women and want to keep them in my life, but on what terms? As you’ll see, in a way… Read more »
Flying Circus That’s very helpful background. You’re ina different place then most in your cohort, haven’t been divorce raped, cheated on etc. So that’s a lot of good baggage not to have. You’re big structural risk atm, putting aside how red pill you might or might not be, is being a widower is CRACK for commitment focused women… you are going to have to work hard hard hard to tamp down any wiff of provisioning and LTR potential to cut them off. And these women are going to offer up all the candy and sex bomb you for that commitment.… Read more »
And have you red The Rational Male, the Best of on this site by year?
How red pill are you, the FI is going to squeeze you like a tube of toothpaste in a dorm room to find out…
FC
This is a good hour watch before you pick up the book…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w8E-lmub6R8
Hey Rollo…
Mystery is looking for a musical partner to record a song he wrote..
Seize the moment!!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CgdLv_4DcN_/
@Flying Circus I’m sorry for your loss. You seem to have handled and managed it in the best possible way though. Sentient has given you excellent practical advice – I only have one question – what do you want? What goal do you want to achieve now – with women and more generally with life? Do you WANT to get married again? In which case you will be beating them off with a stick (assuming you mean age appropriate women)? Do you just want to play the field? Advice will be tailored to your goals. Perhaps that’s coming in Part… Read more »
@Flying Circus I’m sorry to hear your news. You’re an unusual one in here. Unfortunately your “successful” marriage won’t set you up well, on the contrary, it may set dangerous expectations on your part because what’s out there and single is very different to what you’ve become accustomed to. I’ve thought about what I’m looking for from all this. I like women and want to keep them in my life, but on what terms? Short answer, your terms. You need to be very careful, if you don’t dictate the terms, they will. As you’ll see, in a way I’m starting… Read more »
@Flying Circus my condolences… you sound like you are mentally heathy… which is great…. bc you’re gonna need it…lol… but not kidding… aaand… listen to @PalmaSailor…lol… if you had a ‘good marriage’, you are not gonna be ready for dealing with an age-appropriate sh*t storm…lol… but it will be present in every age-appropriate interaction you have… at least on some level… here’s a dry run to think about it… imagine a ‘hot’ older girl who just engaged in lovey-dovey porn star sex… including anal…lol… then, after you ‘fail’ some tiny ‘commitment comment’ post-coitus… literally two minutes later… screaming at you… Read more »
@Sentient @OldTimePoster @PalmaSailor @HABD
Logged on this evening and thought I walked into a room with all the older brothers I never knew I had. Thanks for the advice and the warnings. I can do and have done Stupid but I promise I’ll control myself until I lay it all out and get your input.
In the meantime I’ll put together a response to your questions and comments but I have a busy day tomorrow so it might take longer than I’d like.
Take care,
FC
FC Back to your initial question, social media. It’s very hard to convey Alpha via social media, especially at your age. Women will be looking right off at the provider angle. Picture of you on a yacht surrounded by women? Provider… Picture of you and a fancy car? Provider… Picture of luxury travel? Provider… Picture of you and a fancy meal? Provider.. Etc. While it’s true Instagram is the de facto top dating app, consider the value in NOT having it… I have no Instagram, if a woman presses I just say google me. Of you are going to have… Read more »
@Sentient @OldTimePoster @PalmaSailor @HABD Had a chance to look over you questions and comments. Time for another data dump, the template based on the advice @Sentient gave to @Ryan as this is the framework I’m currently using. Probably more detail than necessary but I’m writing this in part as a record for myself. FC Report Number 1 Health & Fitness Basic specs height 5’ 10”, weight 163 lbs, BMI of 23.4 . Sixty six years on the Hobbs, IMHO the power plant has plenty of performance for a machine that age. Looking at the dials and gauges the readings looks… Read more »
@FC @Sentient has nailed it on any type of social media. It’s dangerous and unnecessary. Back to your initial question, social media. It’s very hard to convey Alpha via social media, especially at your age. Women will be looking right off at the provider angle. He’s right about Steve Lyon. That’s the look and attitude you want. @Sentient @OldTimePoster @PalmaSailor @HABD Had a chance to look over you questions and comments. Time for another data dump, the template based on the advice @Sentient gave to @Ryan as this is the framework I’m currently using. Probably more detail than necessary but… Read more »
Hey Sentient – wasn’t there a woman who you met on a flight who tracked you down from just your first name and some vague information about the kind of work you do? Like not even a specific company named or anything? Something like that?
Flying Circus – the point being, if they want to they are perfectly capable of tracking you down and pursuing you even without social media..
OTP Good memory, she was a solid 8. Regret blowing that one. Since since divorced and remarried…
Happened a few other times as well.
FC – Palma is giving it to you straight. Remember the FI is “cunning”, right HABD?
FC – Lyon is mid 50’s
https://www.instagram.com/p/CgH-_6zPOxG/
Nothing about this says provider…
[yeah yeah SL was a top model in his day… take the “lesson”]
“FC – Palma is giving it to you straight. Remember the FI is “cunning”, right HABD?”
cunning AND pervasive…
lol… but not kidding…
good luck!
@Flying Cloud
your homework assignment… should you decide to accept it…lol
is to cut and paste your FR number 1 and then for each paragraph tell us whose frame that concept is in… and why…
good luck!
@FC I wasn’t trying to take a swipe or be shitty, it was just my observations about what had to be done. To put it into perspective, my journey started almost exactly a decade ago. Weight-loss took me 3 years, there was a couple of years banging age appropriate, then there was 3 years in the PRG where I basically went monk, and abstained from age appropriate whilst forcing myself to engage with younger and flunked it every single night with younger women. Until I “got it” and I didn’t flunk it, and she’s still here. Because if you get… Read more »
@FC So.. basically I didn’t even think younger was possible until I read Black Dragon with his type 1,2 &3, which I know now is bullshit. But never mind. And BD himself wears a hairpiece… that’s bad beta territory… I first started out here after breaking up with an HPD age appropriate gf who basically went berserk every 9 months / attempt at consolidation. Every subsequent gf followed that pattern. The conclusion as an older man who wanted the continued company of women was that it would be a constant game, a constant battle against increasingly horrible and neurotic and… Read more »
Here’s a good example of an “age appropriate” (ish) 50s woman stuck in exactly the kind of situation Palma is talking about – she’s decent looking even now and must have been really quite hot 25 years ago – but this is what her life has come down to. (Another exercise – can you read that article and break down her life choices and the reasons for them from a Red Pill lens?) You’d better believe a woman like this will be desperate to lock down a man like you. Whenever Palma talks about the kind of “age appropriate” women… Read more »
@OTP The thing to remember is what @Playdontpay pointed out, and that is, they don’t dismount the cock carousel voluntarily, it unceremoniously ejects them. Even then they don’t realise it or come to terms with it for years. That woman ^^ is still banging 40 year olds, plus the odd 22 year old. She still really and truly believes that she has options to consolidate. It’s written all over the article. There have been so many men around her for so long that anything else in unthinkable. She’s not touching a 66 year old (or even a 54 yo), unless… Read more »
@OTP I nearly missed this my wife knows plenty including one mid 50s woman who hasn’t had sex for three years – at least that one is financially secure to her credit) And there’s a lesson… WHY hasn’t she had sex in 3 years? It’s obvious when you look, Firstly, and mainly, she hasn’t WANTED to have sex, ie there’s be no one alpha enough who has wanted her enough to make a move and so there has been no genuine desire on her part. Secondly, and mainly, she hasn’t HAD to have sex with a beta in order to… Read more »
FC
Great old link re “story telling”.
https://therationalmale.com/field-reports-comment-page-2-comments/comment-page-80/#comment-249181
Palma – great analysis. I hadn’t thought of it that way but you’re right of course. One thing I didn’t mention about my wife’s friend is that prior to the current sex drought, she had many years of “inappropriate flings” (through her 40s) with (mostly) younger men who were never going to commit or marry her – which fits in well with your analysis of course. As for the woman in the article – I’m assuming it was something along the lines of: In her 20s: Meeting alphas/celebrities in the music scene, partying, having too much fun to settle down… Read more »
@HABD
This slid under the radar, not sure how true it is:
Within minutes of her arrival, the People’s Liberation Army announced provocative drills and missile launches encircling Taiwan. That was swiftly followed by economic sanctions on Taiwanese agricultural goods and imports of Chinese sand.
Chinese sand. Sounds innocuous right? Why would you need that shit?
It’s silicone for semiconductors. And if they didn’t need it in the first place, why would they import it?
So they do need it… for silicone chips, and now it’s been sanctioned.
@Sentient, @PalmaSailor @OldTimePoster @HABD Your comments are exactly what I’m looking for. Lurked here long enough to know I wouldn’t be in this kitchen if I couldn’t stand the heat. I don’t mind, I need the honesty and there’s no other place I can get it. Lots to think about. I see I’m going to have to ask and answer some fundamental questions about myself. So be it. I’ll approach this with a beginner’s mind, everything’s on the table. Might have to tear the engine down and rebuild it but to paraphrase @PalmaSailor I have the time and the money.… Read more »
Sentient – great link to the old storytelling thread. I’d forgotten that one. Some real wisdom there. I wish I could print out this quote from West Indian Archie in that thread and stick it on my office wall. Actually, maybe I will, if only to see my colleague’s faces. DHV is not about the content of the story – it’s about how it makes her feel. The “higher value” demonstrated is the EMOTION she feels when listening to it above all – the fact it shows other things about you (like the old Mystery Method 5 attraction switches for… Read more »
@Palmasailor @HABD This slid under the radar, not sure how true it is: “Within minutes of her arrival, the People’s Liberation Army announced provocative drills and missile launches encircling Taiwan. That was swiftly followed by economic sanctions on Taiwanese agricultural goods and imports of Chinese sand.” Chinese sand. Sounds innocuous right? Why would you need that shit? It’s silicone for semiconductors. And if they didn’t need it in the first place, why would they import it? So they do need it… for silicone chips, and now it’s been sanctioned. well, they have banned sand…lol http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202208/03/WS62e9da7ea310fd2b29e70020.html and notice how they try… Read more »
The sand used for making chips is made by crushing rock.
Taiwan could import rock and do their own crushing.
The preferred rocks come from North Carolina because of its particular purity.
@kfg
The sand used for making chips is made by crushing rock.
didn’t know that…
Taiwan could import rock and do their own crushing.
what’s the timeline on converting?… and who makes the crusher machines?…
The preferred rocks come from North Carolina because of its particular purity.
so, right now, china buys rocks from NC and crushes them and then sends to taiwan for chips?… does that make it chinese sand?…
good luck!
@FC @PalmaSailor – will have to think about the sleeve tattoo. I’ve seen one too many in-your-face tattoos on ugly sailors and pretty girls to like them as a general rule (yes, I know, it’s a thing with younger women these days, I can deal with it but I still think they’re like putting a bumper sticker on a Ferrari). I know where you’re coming from, I’ll come up with something appropriate for me. Obviously you gotta do you, and I disliked them for years, and probably to an extent I still do. That said, you can’t get away from… Read more »
“what’s the timeline on converting?… and who makes the crusher machines?” Crushing rock is a crude and simple process. You just hit it with a hammer. Back in the day when the same NC rocks were used for making lab grade Pyrex it was done by hand, because backwoods NC labor was cheaper than a power hammer. ” . . . china buys rocks from NC and crushes them and then sends to taiwan for chips?” No. Most of the sand imported from China really is used for making concrete. The possible impact on chip making is FUDish. Transporting raw… Read more »
Paul Newman, 50 something…
ZFG… not tall, not JACKED… Very much in his own frame.
A couple of things to note: TSMC, with US government backing, is building a new, cutting edge, fab in Arizona. Problem solved . . . in 2 to 5 years, depending on how many buckets of “free” money is dumped on them. The chip shortage isn’t what most people think it is. Samsung, for instance, is sitting on warehouses full of 50 million phones that it can’t sell. You can’t buy a new car due to a shortage of chips because the car manufacturers canceled already contracted orders (at a financial penalty) for them. The shortage is due to a… Read more »
And what really led to the sudden crash in supply was that in order to minimize overhead they were using Just In Time stocking on parts with a two year lead time.
Fuckin’ MBAs who have never run so much as a lemonade stand before being handed a corporation.
OK fellas, little report from back home. I never really entered the local party scene but the dancing classes before Covid. Yesterday evening I (and my Homies) went to a kind of local party. We get there at about 11’30 and before long I meet an old school friend, running with her boyfriend, but really engaging in the conversation. Asks about what I do now, blah blah… (and she opened me, not the other way) Later me and my homie stand besides the (open) party tent and figure we’ll open some set now. Well, the decision wasn’t hard when the… Read more »
Went looking for an old FR, thanks to OTP. Man pages 40 to 60 were solid gold… just four years ago.
Seems like forever.
@NNN1 Good on you getting out there and mixing it up some. Read your FR , you are getting the IOI’s , sparking some attraction. Now how do you build on this into something? Using ^ for her hamster wheel emotional spike, v for buzz kill , > for flat line. “I never really entered the local party scene but the dancing classes before Covid.” could be some ^ material hidden here. “Yesterday evening I (and my Homies) went to a kind of local party.” Possible wing men= social proof ^ “We get there at about 11’30 and before long… Read more »
@Sentient Seems like forever Yeah.., it’s almost dead here. @Roused has apparently passed away RIP…. Then you look @Rollos twatter, and he has apparently 100k+ followers but he hardly has any Interaction on anything he twats. 100 people on a very very good day might comment or like. Mainly it’s 3-4 people respond to anything. That to me indicates more like 1000 real people who are really engaged. The rest are just bots and bullshit. You know it’s 0.5% minimum on almost anything right? He should be getting 500+ interactions from anything he does with that many people supposedly following… Read more »
@NNN1 Try changing the story. “I was working on the barn remodel” To “I was cleaning the old barn for a hoe down when I found a mouse nest full of babies. I went all rescuers down under and found a scoop to move the whole thing without disturbing any cute little creatures. As I was carrying them out to an abandoned vehicle the neighbors giant dog went berserk right in my face. I had to set them down to scare off the dog. I think my hackles were standing taller than his as he ran home in a hurry… Read more »
Sentient it’s just volume of users – when Rollo stopped posting, we lost a steady flow of new posters, and on top of that we lost some regulars – even after the golden years when YaReally etc were posting, we still had a strong and active regular cast, but lost a lot of them (SJF, Blax etc) plus fewer young men in general are looking for pickup advice – it had it’s mainstream moment in the sun from around 2005 to 2017(ish) but it’s back to being underground now. And on top of that COVID meant basically no one could… Read more »
@SIB Thanks you for that analysis! I will definitely need some time to comprehend. They [horse girls] already have you as a try hard Well, that struck me, as I was somehow certain the interaction went quite well. But looking at it that way it might be more than correct. BTW: Had some pitty for one of the girls as back in the days she did top-notch competition there, but now that’s all gone and she needs to get her money selling bread in the bakery. But right, no sexual talk there. And also not with the other girls and… Read more »
Nnn1 “She tells me “We saw you hours earlier, x recognized you”> =she already has you as a try hard” Don’t be so certain. The girl that red pulled lil 19 yo me… I was walking down the street in the city I went to college. All of a sudden they two girls walking by go into OMG! Mode, pointing at me, and come over. I had no idea what they were doing or who they were. They go “your that guy from Club X!!!” And I’m like what? “You go to Club X, we see you there all the… Read more »
@NNN1 @SIB “Thanks you for that analysis! I will definitely need some time to comprehend. They [horse girls] already have you as a try hard Well, that struck me, as I was somehow certain the interaction went quite well.” “I enthusiastically go like ” Hey, C? OMG” and go on in that vibe.” v The v buzz kill I gave this was the I’m too easy or just another one of the girls approach. You are communicating like one of the girls, you need to cool it down about 9 notches,try a laid back vibe of I am in the… Read more »
Guys, thoughts/pitfalls/things to think about in going into business with someone to do a crypto startup? Have been approached by a guy who I know vaguely from a few different crypto discussion groups (we’ve had some phone calls etc and he calls me for advice on investment etc). He is the founder/CEO of fairly successful tech startup in Silicon Valley (completely unconnected to crypto) and is interested in crypto as a side passion. He basically says he wants to start something in the crypto space and is looking for smart people to do it with. He will bring the capital… Read more »
OTP
Not my first startup – I started a company </>
Didn’t you all end up fighting?
So there’s that.
Here, how are you being compensated?
And how are you protecting your economic rights, what you are bringing to the table?
I s he going to own your IP after knowledge transfer and you fight? Is he going to restrict your ability to compete etc.?
Sentient – hahaha, your turn to have a good memory. Yes, the business was successful but we hadn’t documented our respective contributions to biz and entitlements to shares of business/profit and there was an epic throwdown at the time of the sale, and some friendships were permanently damaged (we get along fine now, but never again as close friends as we used to be). Thanks for the points on what to look out for/consider. None of what you mention has been discussed yet – it’s very early days but I won’t forget it. It’s basically his cash+my knowledge and we… Read more »
@NNN1 I’ve not had time to fully read up on the FR and subsequent advice However this stood out: I go like – “Hey, you got my number … hit me up and we’ll see. I can’t help but be a bit curious if she’ll hit me up again. Really? You’re wondering if she’s gonna hit you up again? Honestly..? Whose responsibility is it to make this happen? Even if you’re with a woman who you have repeatedly banged to toe curling orgasm, there will be days she’s not into you. You will always have to perform to get what… Read more »
OTP Which brings me to the next point – I imagine it’s inadvisable to have equal (50/50) voting rights – what if there’s a deadlock? But then who gets the majority share (or token equivalent) and voting control? Well… a deadlock may be preferable to being dragged along or diluted… There are a lot of ways to sort out what happens (spinning shotgun, independent party has a share, etc.) none of them really good, especially in situation with unequal partners. In other words he has the gold, anything financial he will trump you. You think you have the IP, but… Read more »
Hahaha – Palma, of course I included you too. I know you think crypto’s a Ponzi scam and I’m not going to try convincing you otherwise. You can just assume I posted about starting a tech startup instead of specifically a crypto one – it doesn’t really matter for the purposes of this question anyway. I was expecting you to say something about how it’s not good to go into business with someone and I should keep all the equity/control or something.. Sentient – thanks for that. It’s really useful to think through scenarios. I don’t really have any specific… Read more »
OTP
So use intellectual capital instead of property…
The point is, there is value, there is a transfer of value and there is payment for value…
Also, there is nothing “wrong” with a minority position, just don’t kid yourself about it.
Also don’t kid yourself about shares in a private entity and fungibility
they would likely ask why I am the guy to implement it
Hit it HABD… 😆🤣😂
@OTP I dunno, I could be so wrong on this, but my guts telling me it’s all bullshit for chumps. The whole thing is propped up by cheap munny, stimmy checks, covid lockdown payments and loans and is greater fool theory and hopeium. Now some people have cashed out big, and it remains to be seen how that plays, I still think on balance the whole thing is gonna come crashing once there’s a bit of pain in the system which is pretty darn close right now. Outside of that I’ve done it twice. On the first occasion I ended… Read more »
@OTP
just one question from me…
why do you need him?…
good luck!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KTdFszcZp-I
good luck!
@OTP I may as well jump in while intellectual property is at a premium. Here is my 2cents worth. You should call it EMO coin and tie the value of it to the climate change so every time the temp goes up the coin increases in value through a series of trades and splits. Then set it up to be mined like bit only with more effort using more electricity tying up more of the web signal and space. I really think if you can tie the thing to climate change the EMO will take off like a rocket what… Read more »
Thanks guys – this is why the TRM comments section is so great. Sentient – point taken – just need to make sure I am adequately compensated for the value I am bringing whatever it is called. HABD – lol at Sherman. Watching that makes me smile every time. You’re right – I don’t need that guy. It’s mostly my crypto knowledge powering it and He’s not the only one with money (there is $20 billion of VC funds that has been raised in the last year for crypto and not yet spent – and to be honest, if I… Read more »