Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

[Ocean Man]

I am noticing more and more that the family institution is getting fractured...and will probably be
the death of us all when SHTF.

What do I mean by that?

Back then, folks simply put up with their grumpy, toxic parents or relatives or whoever-- even until they got married and had families and kids on their own.

These days, we just say 'move out'... 'leave' ... 'blood is NOT thicker than water' ... 'mental health first'.
Even my own dad (he's already close to his sixties) isn't going back for Lunar New Year reunion especially after grandpa passed away-- there was a lot of drama behind the scenes.

Or we just pack off the elderly to the care homes.

And just let them rot there...

I know because I've had one aunt with dementia taken to one. There was no choice though because out of her three kids-- only the eldest was keen on taking care of her. And the two other siblings just didn't want to have anything to do with it. I can't fathom the burdens of juggling work...his own family...the aunt's medical checks...all the way till she passed away peacefully. But a care home has this feeling of decay and mediocrity...no matter how well-run it may be.

Even in this Forum, how many of us complain that our parents HATE our Fastlane plans?

How many of us just moved out because of such fights?

We have one thread here that talked on how the family really makes it SO difficult for him to cook decent meals in the kitchen. For me, eating well is crucial to a Fastlane identity-- because you can choose to eat more healthily.

I write all this because I notice my own siblings and many other friends of my age quietly, silently 'quitting' the family.

In the next 5-10 years, I won't expect them to return home for family reunions.

And when these folks have their own families? What KIND of MESSAGE will they give their kids?

As much as I dislike toxic family members, I try to understand that perhaps they didn't grow up with a lot of love and patience-- and might be better to show them some grace now. And it feels that I might have to run family things a lot sooner than I'd think...

I have no idea how this can be solved.

I don't think another barrage of videos from Jordan Peterson-life figures is gonna make the cut. My generation (at least most of them) seem to have decided that its better to live life on their own terms-- even if it means abandoning family values in the name of 'mental sanity' or whatever frankenphrase they use these days.

I can understand where you're coming from but I'm all for cutting out people in your life that make it net worse than positive. Sure, I'll attempt at first to improve the relationship. But I can only do that for so long before it's not worth it. Sometimes people and relationships don't change / improve and if there's bad blood then there's bad blood. Net positives in my life by cutting people out.

 

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[loop101]

I guess VR is dead for now. I have not been fan of VR since seeing someone throw up after playing Dactyl Nightmare in the 90s. If you move in VR, and not in RL, you are probably going to get motion-sickness, and it sometimes lasts for hours. I don't see people accepting that, ever. Augmented Reality should be a success, since it is just virtual additions to what you see in RL.

Microsoft has laid off entire teams behind Virtual, Mixed Reality, and HoloLens

HoloLens, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality are all but dead at Microsoft.

www.windowscentral.com

"Apple Delays AR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset"

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

www.bloomberg.com

There’s No Fixing Meta’s Metaverse, Scrap It, Start Over

While everyone’s attention is currently focus on Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, it bears repeating that this the worst place Meta/Facebook has been in for an extremely long time, driven in part by Mark Zuckerberg’s relentless pursuit of his ...

www.forbes.com

 

[monnffffiiiiiii]

Really interesting list

I knew culture kings was a big business but not that big

Same with gym shark

There’s a progress thread on here talking about their dropshipping business doing 7-8 figures with some weird back end upsell subscription. I read it and was thinking maybe I’m doing something wrong by not doing that. Then they stopped replying and got angry when people started asking questions. Thats when I realised this:

Notice how none of the stores on this list, which I’d say are all easily 8-9 figure ecom stores, are doing any dropshipping or weird back end subscription upsells or any other scammy tricks.

Just good products, nice brands, loyal customers and good advertising.

Don’t get caught up following all these weird scammy dropshipping gurus and their tricks, you won’t see their stores on this list.

100%.
I was thinking about this yesterday.

Since you can get a supplier and use Shopify to build your shop, what's the new barrier to entry?

Brand.

 

[Xeon]

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[StrikingViper69]

I reckon the gold rush with AI will be creating an AI girlfriend. "She'll" text you during the day, reply to your texts, send you selfies. The user would share their social media and then the perfect AI girlfriend will be created. Pay extra to get her to send nudes

 

[piano]

We have one thread here that talked on how the family really makes it SO difficult for him to cook decent meals in the kitchen. For me, eating well is crucial to a Fastlane identity-- because you can choose to eat more healthily.

I am noticing more and more that the family institution is getting fractured...and will probably be
the death of us all when SHTF.

What do I mean by that?

Back then, folks simply put up with their grumpy, toxic parents or relatives or whoever-- even until they got married and had families and kids on their own.

These days, we just say 'move out'... 'leave' ... 'blood is NOT thicker than water' ... 'mental health first'.
Even my own dad (he's already close to his sixties) isn't going back for Lunar New Year reunion especially after grandpa passed away-- there was a lot of drama behind the scenes.

Or we just pack off the elderly to the care homes.

And just let them rot there...

I know because I've had one aunt with dementia taken to one. There was no choice though because out of her three kids-- only the eldest was keen on taking care of her. And the two other siblings just didn't want to have anything to do with it. I can't fathom the burdens of juggling work...his own family...the aunt's medical checks...all the way till she passed away peacefully. But a care home has this feeling of decay and mediocrity...no matter how well-run it may be.

Even in this Forum, how many of us complain that our parents HATE our Fastlane plans?

How many of us just moved out because of such fights?

We have one thread here that talked on how the family really makes it SO difficult for him to cook decent meals in the kitchen. For me, eating well is crucial to a Fastlane identity-- because you can choose to eat more healthily.

I write all this because I notice my own siblings and many other friends of my age quietly, silently 'quitting' the family.

In the next 5-10 years, I won't expect them to return home for family reunions.

And when these folks have their own families? What KIND of MESSAGE will they give their kids?

As much as I dislike toxic family members, I try to understand that perhaps they didn't grow up with a lot of love and patience-- and might be better to show them some grace now. And it feels that I might have to run family things a lot sooner than I'd think...

I have no idea how this can be solved.

I don't think another barrage of videos from Jordan Peterson-life figures is gonna make the cut. My generation (at least most of them) seem to have decided that its better to live life on their own terms-- even if it means abandoning family values in the name of 'mental sanity' or whatever frankenphrase they use these days.

And ?
Sure, they have their reasons why they act a certain way. Sure, it's not always their fault. Sure, I agree with the opinion that blood "isn't just water" as you put it.

But, what should we do? Should we stay in the family that makes your life harder?
I'm not saying to give them up early. I think that you should try to give your best when it comes to family and keeping it.

You see, we humans each have different personalities. Some are analytical, some are feeling.
It makes sense for you and people with your personality/similar values to think of it your way. But it doesn't for everyone.

I'm 16 and you seem quite a bit older than me. We both have different struggles and views, so I'm not even fully qualified to answer your post properly lol, thus I'm telling you to not see my reply as the answer or whatever but rather just as my limited viewing point.

I feel like I myself am going to regret many decisions I'll take from now, but heads up. Life wouldn't be lebenswert if it was only bright and happy. Amirite?

 

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[S.Y.]

What do you do when you don't know what to do to achieve your goal? Or when you have too many competing goals and struggle to determine what you should go after?

When that is the case, I first think about what not to do. 95% of the time it is easier to single out what I should do less off, what I can cut, or what has an abysmal Return On Attention. The next stop is to use an adapted version of "Occam's razor": identify the simplest action I can take, take it and learn from it. Or, for the second option, "Act, Assess, Adjust".

I read an article that explains the latter approach very well while adding a framework for setting goals:
- The Paradox of Goals.

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[monnffffiiiiiii]

From Unscripted :

You can start and grow a profitable company when:

• The company aligns with your values and purpose
• You take action
• You respect CENTS

A lot of people miss the "value and purpose". I did too.

"A company should support your personal goals, not the other way around". - Pat Flynn

 

[Matt Sun]

 

[WillHurtDontCare]

Yes, anything that will help adults to mentally continue to live like unaccountable children.

Don't overlook the fact the fat people are very profitable for the medical industrial complex.

Edit: oops - you covered that

The woman in the picture is packed full of visceral, organ fat and is unhealthy to the point she likely is pre-diabetic and will become big-pharma's next best lifetime customer. Of course, only after she's eats herself into disease from readily available food poison available on every street corner, and on every shelf in Walmart.

Do y'all have thoughts about being politically outspoken?

Yeah, most people are stupid and only understand labels. If you avoid magic words like racism, sexism, etc you could paraphrase passages from Mein Kampf and get people on board with you.

But the reality that many people don't want to accept about politics is that some people will hate you regardless of what you say, and you should avoid them entirely, or if you're forced to deal with them, then you should lie through your teeth to them.

And regarding leftists, while their ideology disgusts me, they're the only ones who seem to actually impose their ideas on the world, so in a meaningful way their ideology is better than its competitors.

 

[Antifragile]

someone had a button they could press to be 12% body fat you don't think they would press it?

I got that button. I swear! Every time I put in 12-14 hours of race training per week for 8-9 months, I always end up in the best shape! Just like that.

 

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[Xeon]

Finally, the cat is out of the bag! Something I've always suspected. This is the reason why there can be 10 TikTok accounts with the same exact content, and 9 accounts get less than 10 Likes each while the remaining 1 account gets 35,752 Likes and 981 Comments lol Extremely dirty.

Employees at TikTok Apparently Have a Secret Button That Can Make Anything Go Viral

TikTok employees reporetdly have access to a secret "heating" button. Hit that button, and content gets boosted — unbeknownst to users.

futurism.com

 

[Togata]

Brave independent journalists asked the CEO of Pfizer about the shot, the questions that all media avoided asking.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1615770518606561282

View: https://twitter.com/RebelNewsOnline/status/1615770518606561282?s=20&t=MENYjXRq7zsOPX21DK8SNA


Listen to the video it's insane.

 

[Dark Water]

Renewed Passport in October, booked a basic economy flight out of the country for February through Kayak for American Airlines. Passport is not going to make it in time. I'm out of $1200+ in travel expenses, despite...

- Expediting the passport
- Booking travel insurance
- Called AA, no refunds, no changes, no upgrades, not even for a fee
- Called the gov to make an in-person appointment since I have imminent international travel within 14 days... not a single office out of the 26 in the entire country can see me

The pinnacle of a bureaucratic, sauntering shitshow combined with a monopolized industry too big too fail. Wish I had a legitimate cause to dispute it on the credit card, but surely they've covered themselves quite well here.

Industry needs innovation and new players.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Looks like the next big thing that will make you millions is no longer the next big thing...

New podcast creation has fallen off a cliff

It’s harder than ever to find audience for a new podcast, and creators know it.

www.theverge.com

Out Podcasting, In AI and newsletters.

I think the newsletters cycle will be short due to proliferation and it is impossible to read 10 newsletters a day. That's my struggle already.

This cycle has been repeating ever since the Internet became a thing 25+ years ago.

 

[loop101]

Looks like the next big thing that will make you millions is no longer the next big thing...

New podcast creation has fallen off a cliff

It’s harder than ever to find audience for a new podcast, and creators know it.

www.theverge.com

Out Podcasting, In AI and newsletters.

I think the newsletters cycle will be short due to proliferation and it is impossible to read 10 newsletters a day. That's my struggle already.

This cycle has been repeating ever since the Internet became a thing 25+ years ago.

Maybe the next big thing will be using AI to consume information instead of to create it. People will have AI working for them, to only let through information that is relevant to them. This is basically what parts of the human brain do with all the raw stimuli that comes in from sense organs. Anti-spam for your brain.

 

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[Dark Water]

Maybe the next big thing will be using AI to consume information instead of to create it. People will have AI working for them, to only let through information that is relevant to them. This is basically what parts of the human brain do with all the raw stimuli that comes in from sense organs. Anti-spam for your brain.

And what executive assistants and secretaries have done for decades.

I can definitely see that being a use-case for AI, a sort of extra wall for the digital fortress.

 

[biophase]

Renewed Passport in October, booked a basic economy flight out of the country for October through Kayak for American Airlines. Passport is not going to make it in time. I'm out of $1200+ in travel expenses, despite...

- Expediting the passport
- Booking travel insurance
- Called AA, no refunds, no changes, no upgrades, not even for a fee
- Called the gov to make an in-person appointment since I have imminent international travel within 14 days... not a single office out of the 26 in the entire country can see me

The pinnacle of a bureaucratic, sauntering shitshow combined with a monopolized industry too big too fail. Wish I had a legitimate cause to dispute it on the credit card, but surely they've covered themselves quite well here.

Industry needs innovation and new players.

What about using the travel insurance. What are the provisions for you to make a claim?

 

[Andy Black]

Looks like the next big thing that will make you millions is no longer the next big thing...

New podcast creation has fallen off a cliff

It’s harder than ever to find audience for a new podcast, and creators know it.

www.theverge.com

Out Podcasting, In AI and newsletters.

I think the newsletters cycle will be short due to proliferation and it is impossible to read 10 newsletters a day. That's my struggle already.

This cycle has been repeating ever since the Internet became a thing 25+ years ago.

I think it's down to discoverabilty/marketing. Creators like creating and often lose heart because they can't get found above the noise and don't get enough feedback to keep going. Platforms love all this user-generated-content though, and are happy people get onto content treadmills.

A current gold rush is short video leading to longer form video. Podcasts on YouTube seem to be doing well. YouTube seems to be just growing and growing. If I was to create a podcast I'd make it a video podcast and host it on YouTube.

AI to help create content will only go so far if folks still can't get their content in front of people.

As always, those who know how to give people and platforms what they want are the ones who'll succeed. "Create it and they will come" isn't a great strategy for most. You'd have to take a leaf out of MJ's or James Jani's book and create a productocracy.

 

[Kak]

I liked this.

 

[Here]

Maybe the next big thing will be using AI to consume information instead of to create it. People will have AI working for them, to only let through information that is relevant to them. This is basically what parts of the human brain do with all the raw stimuli that comes in from sense organs. Anti-spam for your brain.

Readwise is working on that already. Readwise Reader: The first read-it-later app built for power readers.

 

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[Dark Water]

What about using the travel insurance. What are the provisions for you to make a claim?

It seems rather limited, falling under trip cancellation (pre-existing medical condition), trip interruption, travel/trip delay coverage, emergency medical/dental coverage, and emergency transport. Reached out to my congressman, last shot at expediting it, if not maybe I'll try to finagle a cancellation under the first.

I think it's down to discoverabilty/marketing. Creators like creating and often lose heart because they can't get found above the noise and don't get enough feedback to keep going. Platforms love all this user-generated-content though, and are happy people get onto content treadmills.

A current gold rush is short video leading to longer form video. Podcasts on YouTube seem to be doing well. YouTube seems to be just growing and growing. If I was to create a podcast I'd make it a video podcast and host it on YouTube.

AI to help create content will only go so far if folks still can't get their content in front of people.

As always, those who know how to give people and platforms what they want are the ones who'll succeed. "Create it and they will come" isn't a great strategy for most. You'd have to take a leaf out of MJ's or James Jani's book and create a productocracy.

These platforms have always felt like content black holes, ever consuming and requiring more and more to keep going, with yesterday's content disappearing (or last week's, last month's, whatever the timeline is). Agree on YouTube being the way to go though, if a choice had to be made. But ultimately should tie back to a productocracy, or at least serve a purpose in building something the creator controls, like an email list.

 

[Kak]

Looks like the next big thing that will make you millions is no longer the next big thing...

New podcast creation has fallen off a cliff

It’s harder than ever to find audience for a new podcast, and creators know it.

www.theverge.com

Out Podcasting, In AI and newsletters.

I think the newsletters cycle will be short due to proliferation and it is impossible to read 10 newsletters a day. That's my struggle already.

This cycle has been repeating ever since the Internet became a thing 25+ years ago.

Good! Too much noise in the space.

Not that I am counting on the show making millions even if it someday does. It has already opened some interesting doors for me and is partially responsible for some dealings. So, it's worth it to me.

I have strategic partners all over the place that love the show.

 

[GPM]

 

[Antifragile]

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I thought even in Canada we already got the memo on ineffectiveness of the "carrier" vaccine. This is still a thing? Really?

I'll just go back under my rock, it's cozy here. See nothing, know nothing, bothers me nothing.

 

[piano]

/rant
Had a private conversation with a teacher today.
The convo was supposed to be about the lessons and what happens in them but this shit teacher instead started talking about how I was 'bothering' a lot of teachers. Proved her wrong in a polite manner. Then she said that I have given her a bad impression of me and that I'll need to wash it off me during the next lessons. Ms. Garbage literally said in the lesson before that she was "dynamic" and that she was objective and thus always have equal chances to get a good grade in every lesson or some shit. Wtf??
Man, if you wouldn't get castrated when speaking your actual mind in school, I would have F*cking destroyed her (verbally). At the end she was just smiling at me. I just had a plain face. F*cking dissappointed at this monkey.
She thinks that she is some kind of all-knowing monk and guardian and thus has to "challenge" me ("foR My greater g0oD").
Yeah bitch, challenge me with the most retarded, ununderstanding and IMPOSSIBLE things you expect from me.
Homework is to explain the bold words in the text. I explain every bold word and she says that we should have explained some random a$$ monkey disease as well that appeared in the text once "because that's what a good student does".
F*ck you F*ck you F*ck you F*ck you F*ck you.
/rant over

 

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[fmvpinho]

I may be proven wrong on this, but my mom who's a doctor bought up a point that made me a bit skeptical about Teslas.

She was telling me how being inside of a tesla is kind of like the unhealthy radiation that you get from staring at a screen too close to your face for too long (EMF), except now your entire body is inside of it.

EMF From Tesla Cars - How Does It Affect You?

Tesla cars are either hybrid or fully electric, and so will emit EMF radiation. They contain more technology than standard cars, such as Wi-Fi, meaning their levels of EMF radiation will be higher. Considering you’re in close proximity to the car, this might become a problem.

emfadvice.com

Does this apply to all electric vehicles or just Teslas?

 

[Mammoth]

Quick question to those of you in Europe:

When you see a a random US number calling, do you answer it?

My answer rates aren’t as good as in North America and I’m wondering if trying from a European number would change that.

 

[Andy Black]

Quick question to those of you in Europe:

When you see a a random US number calling, do you answer it?

My answer rates aren’t as good as in North America and I’m wondering if trying from a European number would change that.

I've never had a random US number calling.

I don't answer random numbers unless I'm expecting a call.

If I get a random number calling that's outside the UK or Ireland then I'm definitely not answering. (I'm English living in Ireland.)

 

[Mammoth]

I've never had a random US number calling.

I don't answer random numbers unless I'm expecting a call.

If I get a random number calling that's outside the UK or Ireland then I'm definitely not answering. (I'm English living in Ireland.)

Thanks Andy. Good to know.
I’d say the bulk of the prospects are in the UK so maybe a phone number there wouldn’t be a bad idea.