I had a weird side effect from using a white noise machine all night, my creativity totally evaporated

I discontinued it a few days ago and started having more ideas right away— The affect was so strong that I decided to look into it. A few different things are going on.

It appears that white noise can reduce micro-stimuli used in dreams, and it can hinder memory consolidation

Summary of the day's rollercoaster drama since Katherine has locked and it is hard for readers to piece together

Preface: 3 days ago Katherine tweets photo in front of a rothko. The tweet goes micro-viral, leading to rothko and girl-in-front-of-object discourse— Act 1: A fellow named Ivan sees above tweet and realizes he spoke to Katherine that day. He DMs her and tries to start up a conversation

She responds by trying to publicly humiliate him, in her words to cause a ‘public reckoning’ for Ivan

Most of us live in a bubble where all of our 'real conversations' occur in the >100 IQ range. This can really bias our view of the world. Understanding how almost half of people operate explains a lot I've had many conversations with highly functional people that are <100 IQ, these are my observations

The concept of TPOT, my community, has been largely misused and adopted by people that are either tpot-adjacent or actual outgroup

It is time to set the record straight-- TPOT is not centralized wherever you happen to be

The community has a memetic history, and there are known communities which are 'adjacent' to it

It is not tech twitter, or your group of friends. The word will continue to be used this way, but TPOT is a specific thing

The popular concept of karma, 'what goes around comes around', is a spiritually emaciated and unnecessarily woo version of the very real and very important law of Karma-- Boiled down, intention matters and actions have consequences

karma is the ethical and existential law of cause and effect. Just as physical systems have cause and effect, so do proper & improper actions.

You hear Costco is great. One friend describes it as a 'shopping Disney World'. You start thinking about it. You have some extra cash. You decide to try it out, you'll save that much money in gas anyway! What's the worst that can happen?-- After struggling to find parking, you finally wheel in. The greeters look you in the eye (!?) You immediately see 150 inch TVs and a fence filled with the newest sales items. 60 batteries for $15? Do you even use batteries for anything? You're tempted.

this is not funny, comedians only do this when they’re in extreme distress

https://twitter.com/themckenziest/status/1886894403593363619

She was trying to work the crowd and ask about their relationship

Him: Why are you acting like we're a couple? It's not my fault if you don't have any material

Her: It's not that well umm wow look at you. Well I can leave right now if I wanted (???)

Any man that's dated enough knows that you can't Reject women. Rejecting a woman is the worst thing in the world you can do to a person.

But there are alternatives I first discovered this out of desperation

I found myself going home with a woman that I decided was an Asshole. I didn't have a chance to eject in advance. I didn't know how to reject.

So as we went to bed I started opening up about my feelings.

Alright fine.

You Suck At Kissing 🧵

https://twitter.com/BecomingCritter/status/1863358580402827564

1. Normal Kiss

A surprising number of people don't know how to do this.

Upon contact, you make slowly increasing pressure like a bell curve. About a quarter of the way in, you increase suction slightly, and then also reduce it.

When I ask my friends why they have money problems it almost always comes down to entitlement. I'm 30, I shouldn't have to have a roommate. I work hard, I deserve to treat myself. I haven't gone out to dinner this week. I always get a new phone, it's what I do. Some people have unavoidably burdensome medical bills but for just about everyone else the answer to financial problems is to spend less or work more. Take your pick

I have dated a lot in my life. I am in my 30s now and spent my 20s dating in NYC.

I have spent a lot of time, money, and energy on dating and in my experience putting the onus on the lady to take the mic and talk about herself tended to be a losing strategy

https://twitter.com/aella_girl/status/1833553728378703893

Of course you ask questions on a first date, but not boring questions like work and family and routine

You have to ask open ended questions that you can yourself expand on if you get a flat answer (most answers will be flat, or idk, or i’ve never thought about that)

https://twitter.com/inerati/status/1694161422991630534

Video Game Industry: $221 Billion
Movie Industry: $77 Billion
Music Industry: $26.2 Billion

You could combine the revenue of the movie industry and the music industry, double it, and you'd still be shy of the gaming industry

Yeah, we play video games

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 16 years old Arnold age 20 with his idol who inspired his entry to body building, Reg Park

so heartwarming

YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS ONE CONVERSATIONAL TRICK I LEARNED FROM PODCASTING👇

no wait I'm serious

1/n We often make the mistake of failing to listen by thinking of what we'll say next, but you can make a simple semantic move that increases the degree to which you engage with your partner

Inverting the way you respond can make your conversational partner feel more heard

2/n

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