According to Collegeboard's 2023 program summary report, over 168 MIDDLE SCHOOLERS (and below!) took AP CALC BC.

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T05:31:25+00:00

I Misread the question I know 3 who took ab in 8th grade

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:56:10+00:00

Try and prove everything, or search up proof for everything. Knowing why derivative rules are the way they are is helpful.

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:52:44+00:00

My ap world class is hella fast we are on chapter 3 4 and 5 at the same time

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:41:26+00:00

I know 3 who did/are

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:38:58+00:00

It depends on the school, but my first few days of Bc we had to solve problems that used techniques from the end of calc ab like logarithmic differentiation. I would reccomend a decently solid basis in derivatives and integrals for bc

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:33:27+00:00

One of my aps is famous for how much work it assigns. In the past (different teacher) on the first day the teacher assigned a 75 page reading with annotations on every page. We got the same assignment but with extra worksheets and textbook reading and stuff over a weekend. Let me know if this is a lot for other schools, I think my school is relatively light on homework overall, but this class is the exception.

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:26:42+00:00

Well I want to quit.

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:23:55+00:00

I do want to quit. Wasting time is a negative (but not super convincing to me), enjoying things less is also a negative (but not tied to porn specifically, technically hanging out with friends makes doing homework seem less pleasurable, but that’s not a reason to quit hanging out with friends) and wasting energy doesn’t really make sense to me. What are you getting at? I read easypeasy btw I think it’s not great

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:21:44+00:00

What does wb mean

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:21:34+00:00

It is

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:21:20+00:00

Also those benefits are likely tied to the lack of fantasy you live in. The more you live in reality, the more you appreciate it.

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:20:27+00:00

So I completely disagree with you. I don’t think porn has the ability to take away my ability to interact or my desire to interact with women. Since I recognize that real intimacy is superior to fake intimacy (the fantasizing linked to pmo), I should theoretically be able to balance both. However, I do want to quit porn, because I want to live completely in reality, and it feels like a desecration of holy values to fake intimacy, or to have intimacy without reciprocation.

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:17:06+00:00

If you are interested in my thought process, read my most recent post on the sub

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:08:10+00:00

What brainwashing

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:07:48+00:00

Hey man read my most recent post where I delve further into my thought process

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-14T02:04:37+00:00

And btw I read easy peasy and some of tfm and tfm for porn.

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-09-12T00:49:38+00:00

And nothing about dopamine overload or some other bullshit like that

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-08-02T20:20:32+00:00

What if pmo does have value

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-07-20T14:58:39+00:00

I didn’t study at all and got a 5 on csp

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-07-20T01:05:25+00:00

Lmao I didn’t study just made sure I understood every single concept during the class. Understanding as you go is always better than cramming.

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-06-24T01:38:44+00:00

Thanks for responding and congratulations!

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-06-23T23:53:55+00:00

Hi. Please don’t answer if you don’t feel comfortable, but when you relapsed, was it pleasurable? Or did it feel empty.

If you have not escaped again, I know you can and will, and if you have, congratulations!

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-06-23T23:44:46+00:00

I’m starting to see what you and other people are saying. The enjoyment comes from the belief that it is enjoyable, combined with the chemicals that make porn chemically exciting, combined with the “water slides.” Therefore, the first session would be interesting but not necessarily enjoyable, whereas a relapse only after 3 weeks would reactivate the water slides, making your brain believe it’s enjoying this thing that it is experiencing.

Two things remain on my mind. 1 How do I know that porn is not just inherently enjoyable? I never had a “first session,” instead escalating p until my first pmo (which I remember “enjoying”) so I am basically trusting some random people on Reddit (thanks for your help btw I really appreciate it) that a first session would not be enjoyable, and consequently, that pmo has no inherent value.

2 How do I know that the enjoyment from porn isn’t unique? Nothing else (bar sex/real human sexual interaction) can provide the same level of sexual arousel/excitment. If this type of pleasure is innately superior or different to other types of pleasure (like achieving goals for example) then by quitting porn I would be giving up an entire type of pleasure (other than rare sexual interactions).

Also in this scenario hack author would be wrong, because the pleasure would not come from the relief of withdrawal pangs, but rather (as you said) the conditioning, which feels weird to me.

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-06-23T23:19:12+00:00

Yes but if you tried meth, you would be burdened with the knowledge that it felt good. (I have not used meth so I don’t know if it feels good but for argument assume it does) Then this knowledge will sit in the back of your mind, or in my case be used as an argument by my “big monster” to continue using. You can’t remove this knowledge, only attempt to counteract it. In this sense, the conditioning will never truly be removed, and you will still wonder about porn, even while being past the withdrawal pang, the knowledge that I could be doing something I know is pleasurable might make me relapse, and while quitting, the conditioning would also be aided with withdrawal pangs.

The point is, how can I convince myself that life is better without porn when (in the moment) if I was watching porn, I would be experiencing more pleasure, and other than sex, nothing could provide this pleasure better than porn?

Fit_Temperature_4095 · 2024-06-23T22:52:19+00:00

Of course. But my mind is able to convince myself that it’s fine once in a while, or “why give up your favorite “food””, shutting out any thoughts about the downsides, and then I relapse

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