CertainlyWorse
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CertainlyWorse
No one is coming. It's just you.
6hr ago
Correct human mating rituals are covertly initiated by the female. She signals interest or, at the very least, availability. But she does so in a plausibly deniable way. He then perceives the hint, and decides if he wants to pick it up. If he does not, she avoids embarrassment because she can pretend there was no hint. If he does, he can approach with confidence because he has been invited. That's how it actually works. But for this to work, young men need to know how to pick up a hint. And young girls need to know how to drop one.
This was probably the most important lesson I gained from the PUA community (replace 'aerial combat' with pick up and fighter pilots with 'PUA'). Not just the words of it, but the experience of it in repetition to truly grok it.
Learning what Indicators of Interest looked like was critical. In generations past there was all sorts of weird things girls could do to show interest, like dropping a handkerchief, but luckily most can be done with nothing at all and are just as relevant today.
Eye contact was pretty much rule zero for getting a warm opener when approaching a woman. There were a lot of other minor behaviours to notice, like a girl standing in proximity or brushing past you, but at the end of the day, eye contact was always the go-to. What was funny is that I think some girls would instinctively look at you in a particular war and be genuinely surprised when you approached them, but would still be warm. And that 'particular way' is difficult to explain, but I think many people know it when they see it. Some girls knew exactly what they were doing ("took you long enough") and others really believed 'it just happened'.
There's something twisted about the whole 'We want you to know how to approach women. No not like that. You aren't meant to learn, you're just meant to know.' thing.
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16hr ago
This is my read too. There is an anti-SJW undercurrent, but it can't be accessed by apeing Trumpism. Someone in Australian politics may eventually figure out how to tap that vein and I hope they do.
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1d ago
It is effectively bipartisan consensus that Australia needs large-scale immigration, and they don't even disagree that much about the criteria for it (i.e. they like skilled professionals).
I have to agree with this. Liberals said that they would reduce immigration by 100000 a year only and still faced backlash:
"But the significant reduction risks backlash from businesses, industry groups and farmers who rely on migrant labour. The opposition leader has also been forced to defend his support for immigration after facing an audience question at the first leaders’ debate about “demonising migrants” in political debate."
I had a chat to a non-Indian IT friend in a private server and he told me he had come across multiple uber drivers handing out resumes (which they kept in their car). They were desperate to qualify for PR under Australia's points based system before their time ran out.
The pipeline for those guys was apparently: Foreign student comes to Australia and pays full price for an IT Masters degree from Australia's massive university sector > Student gets 3 years after completion to find employment or leave > Student takes IT job for vastly reduced rate (A$60k) in order to qualify for permanent residency, suppressing salaries for heritage Australians > New batch graduates every year, saturating the industry > Govt campaigns on 'skills shortages' in IT
I don't have the time to long form this sadly, but I'll throw out some dot points.
The center right conservative Liberal party didn't do enough to differentiate itself from the incumbent center left Labor party. Their (ex)leader was generally uncharismatic even though he did a good job bringing stability during his tenure to a party that had previously gone through several leadership spills.
Australia's largest problems right now are arguably a cost of living crisis (post COVID inflation, energy policies) and housing affordability (due to mass immigration, nimbyist building restrictions).
By electing the incumbent government we can expect more of the same policies that the incumbant govt has promoted. A push towards (more expensive) renewable energy over the Liberals promotion of long term development of nuclear energy. I think this will exacerbate the cost of living problem over the long term.
Same with immigration. The Foreign Minister primed the crowd for the PM's victory speech with the usual platitudes such as 'Welcome to Country' and a celebration of multiculturalism and how many different peoples we had in this country. They seem to have no intention of stemming the flow of mass migration into Australia, primarily from India, with predictable excuse of skills shortages. More than 30% of the Australian population is foreign born for context and 2/3rds of Australians are home owners (who are likely quite happy for house prices to inflate out of reach for the renters).
The vast majority of Australians live on the coast and in the capital cities. There are some state cultural differences with Western Australia with its mining based economy traditionally having an undercurrent of successionism against the 'out of touch' Eastern States, but Canberra has been smart enough to give WA enough revenue to keep any real anger at the Eastern States under control.
There's a lot more that can be said about this election and Australia itself, but I'll finish with this. I expect Australia to continue a long slow and steady decline into stagnation. Australians in general do not want things to change. They like the welfare state and rising housing prices (read: retirement portfolios) and seem to be happy with mass immigration.
A final anecdote. I was watching the election coverage last night from the publicly funded Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). A supposedly neutral ABC journalist immediately start badgering a Liberal politician on a panel if the Liberals would retract their nuclear energy policy as soon as it became clear the Liberals had lost. A different journalist later asked a Labor politician if they would use their new majority to resurrect the failed Voice to Parliament policy that had been resoundingly defeated at referendum. I get enough Reddit online and don't need to see more on TV.
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1d ago
Liberals on suicide watch. The opposition leader lost his seat which shows what a bloodbath this is. (Ironically it looks like the Greens party might lose their leader too).
Massive swing to the Left, partially due to a failing of the conservative party to resonate with voters and also the Trump tariff effect.
Many right wingers on my twitter feed taking it badly.
Not a lot do except for the 'very online' that enjoy US and geo-politics.
However one of the populist parties is called 'The Trumpet of Patriots' and is clearly trying to piggyback off of Trump's success in the US. I'd say more of the voters for that party would than average.
Edit: Should make it clear that TOP is a minor party that isn't expected to pick up many seats. Its run by a dodgy billionaire with a checkered history.
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3d ago
I've started noticing AI generated video in the lead up to the Australian federal election. There was one on X floating around with Tucker Carlson dumping on the current Prime Minister. Really made me think about the need to curate my feed more.
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6d ago
Its more the 'You aren't against wheelchair access are you? Then approve our racial quotas!' that gets me riled up.
They bundle these things together to get 'inclusion' to do the heavy lifting for 'diversity' and 'equity'.
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6d ago
I saw this on X and was surprised (or perhaps not so surprised) at the lack of coverage in International Media. The police kept the groups from clashing, so maybe that had something to do with it.
Mainstream media estimates are around 5000 for the protest and 1000-2000 for the counter-protest.
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6d ago
Ayyy, what book are you up to? I've just started Desolation Island.
Jack also says he likes using African boarding parties because they steal the courage out of Spaniards. There's a scene where the boarders get a bit excited pre-action and cover themselves in cooking grease and ash in Napoleonic Blackface.
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6d ago
5 and 7 are about building accessibility. If they conflate 'wanting your building to have wheelchair access' with 'I support DEI', they are being willfully dishonest.
But billionaires get open license for underage pussy because they're rich? No, they should face the same crushing punishments inflicted on ordinary people who have sex with underage women, regardless of whatever ameliorating circumstances there are.
Absolutely. There's really no excuse for it. Billionaires can afford to employ a 'fixer' to get them whatever they desire (presuming what they desire isn't something explicitly underage). It's not difficult to do a background check to confirm all the girls are 18+, check them for discretion, make them sign NDA's etc.
I will agree that finding and employing a trustworthy fixer is something that would likely take time and effort though.
Furthermore, Epstein committing 'suicide' in the anti-suicide ward while the cameras were conveniently switched off is clear proof of some kind of paedophile-sex ring deeply embedded in the US government. The Q people were directionally correct.
It was blatant. As soon as cameras malfunction in a prison a tech is called out. High priority camera feeds are constantly monitored by people in a prison's control room on a monitor wall. A camera that is used for suicide watches malfunctioning is not something that can happen unnoticed. If a camera or NVR (recording server) malfunctions, a large blatantly clear alert pops up on the security management system. Most systems, especially those in prisons, have a redundant recording server so there are two copies of the video feeds.
I don't know how they got all the prison guards to shut up about it though. It would have been an expensive and high risk operation to shut so many mouths.
I also don't know if it was a paedophile ring, but Epstein clearly knew something that someone powerful didn't want getting out and that someone tied up loose ends. It must have been very important to them to make such a blatant move that clearly erodes so many peoples' trust in the justice system.
Edit: I should have said I don't know if it was THE paedophile ring and the client list directly that got him silenced or the information that he gained by leveraging that kompromat.
Some of the "best" Twitter threads are just a dozen tweets and screencaps of random books/papers tied together to make some coherent point that you can nonetheless swipe through in 5 minutes. Is such content plagiarism? I find the notion itself absurd; this isn't academic writing.
I think it's poor form to not give a 'H/t to @meduka for giving me the idea for this thread' or similar. It takes 2 seconds and gains you status, rather than loses it.
Edit: Saw that he linked Dinomight. Lessens the 'wrong'
CertainlyWorse
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10d ago
It's so overt that Pakistan's defense minister almost let the mask slip off.(ignore the twitter handle, video is real)
What the hell? His argument is 'we're only a state sponsor of terrorism because the West trained us to be'?
Well, I guess the pressure's off Hegseth with Defense Ministers like this bumbling around.
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11d ago
Yeah, I would struggle to understand how 'facilitate' doesn't mean make a diplomatic request. No need to send in a SEAL team if they're told no.
But it also seems so strange to request an extradition? of an El Salvadorean from El Salvador into ICE custody.
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13d ago
Why didn't he think of the memes?
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13d ago
Desolation Island. Aubrey scammed out of accolades for taking Mauritius for the British. Apparently he's now headed to Australia.
I expect battles, bad puns and likely Stephen Maturin getting excited over a platypus.
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16d ago
Good question. I'm not a signals expert, but perhaps jamming everything except a narrow band for their own comms. The comms band is cycled regularly (daily?).
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17d ago
Really hope it works out for you. I've been in jobs before where the collapse is inevitable and its a horrible feeling.
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17d ago
Rupert Murdoch has only six or seven kids, and it's a fucking mess out there.
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17d ago
BTW Putin has been reputedly jamming the shit out of area around his limo since early 2010s so it seems someone knew about FPVs back then
Could also be jamming remote triggers on IEDs, but good security regardless.
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18d ago
Your job sucks. It sounds like the company doesn't want to pay its staff and is having cashflow issues. Expecting you to do massive long round trip drives and pressuring you to not count those hours somehow (eg your lunchbreak was while you were on the road or some similar bs). Also not paying maintenance on your truck so you have to pay for maintenance out of your own pocket?
I’m bleeding working this job, and hearing the overwhelmingly positive feedback from my supervisor almost feels like gaslighting.
Of course. They're underpaying you and you're working for free. He will say whatever he needs to to keep you bleeding for the company and his own KPI's.
I know you're already doing it, but get another job ASAP.
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24d ago
I'd try to remind myself that someone resorting to ad hominem has lost the argument. There's little point in pointing this out to them as it will likely result in more ad hominem, but to neutral parties, the one resorting to insults isn't the one that is credible.
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24d ago
Welcome back.
I've teased you in comments, but I'm glad you're alive and well.
Luckily finding a cheat code by learning and not getting caught doing so is a perfectly acceptable strategy towards mating success.
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