"Strangling can't have bad consequences because it's degeneracy and the bad consequences attributed to degeneracy are never actually real, I know because Foucault told me so, he smoked two cigars every day and lived to 103"
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For various psychological reasons it's effectively impossible for the average woman to accept the truth about feminine beauty, or even react to it neutrally. This is mainly because they are... 1/n
...psychologically dependent on feeling perfectly desirable, as described in the passage above.
In short, they have big egos they can't live up to.
By consequence, only women who are already near the ideal in basic respects, or who have an "autistic" interest in truth, or usually both, are able to tolerate the truth and benefit from it. These well-positioned women may be shocked at the vehement reactions of their friends.
Do men really enjoy it more than women? And what does this mean for our relationships? The answer might surprise you. If you want to hear the most controversial claim of the week, keep reading.🧵
Are the headline statistics misleading?
A few months ago I posted a thread on the pleasure gap, which I quickly deleted. I've reformatted that thread as an appendix to my essay THE ILLUSION OF DOMINANCE. It's a bit racy, so I won't post it all here. You can continue reading at the link below.
Most people seem to think nothing important is happening. They are still posting about baseball and influencers, and don't understand why I would drop everything to argue against this war. In this thread I'll share my view for my readers.
First of all, this war was started by the US and Israel without justification. National interest aside, it is morally wrong to go starting wars without justification. The stain of this unnecessary violence will haunt America for years to come.
The war rhetoric coming out of the Department of Defense is highly disturbing, and in some cases nakedly evil.
Renaming the DoD the Department of War is a red flag in itself. Promoting real violence with video game clips is psychotic. I could go on, but I won't....
Americans are being ripped off by low taxes. Wait - LOW taxes? Yes, low taxes.
Healthcare costs are skyrocketing to a significant extent because the US is insisting on a weird private insurance model instead of just taxing.
Building energy code is forcing huge costs on new...
homes that are very inefficient with respect to their stated goals. If reducing carbon is the goal, it would be cheaper and more cost effective just to build cleaner power plants instead of overregulating construction.
The results of the above are wasteful and clear for all to see. Thus, they erode trust in government. The irony is that this distrust makes Americans want to insist even harder on not solving these problem through taxation.
In other words, psychological lock-in, to a bad system.
Ideal tropical design that is extremely energy efficient - but illegal in America because the windows are not double-glazed. Very stupid energy code.
You probably don't believe me, so here's Grok. American performance modeling assumes no ventilation from windows and requires them to be double-glazed instead (unnecessary, expensive).
American performance modeling ALSO doesn't reward good building geometry.
This is a travesty and makes no sense in ANY state.