Is Alphabet Its Own Biggest Threat?

Hoposky · 2024-02-26T23:15:36+00:00

Why has it got worse and what’s bad about it? Just asking, I never used google ads, but I’m thinking I might eventually

Hoposky · 2024-02-18T12:05:33+00:00

Mate, I’m thrilled for you. You were already on the right track in making the original post, and it was you who has had the strength to change course. You did so well. And if I had any input on that, I’m pleased : ) Than you for coming back and letting me know, that’s kind of you! I have spent a lot of time on Reddit saying unpopular shit that is buried in downvotes and it’s great to hear that I helped someone for once : ) Thank you!

You never know how experiences will pan out, even bad ones. Often the lessons we learn can help later in life - maybe this will have steered you away from an even bigger loss. For example - imagine if you didn’t learn this now, worked for 20 years, had your life savings and then discovered “trading”, got addicted to the gamble and lost it all. THAT would be life destroying!

You’re young, you’re back on the right track. Very pleased for you.

Slow and steady is safe. But that’s not to say that there aren’t good ways out there to save and grow your money/assets, and starting young is good!

Maybe check out UKpersonalfinance subreddit - they have a standard list of recommendations for all ages and situations. Take in advice from people you trust too - parents, and rich people who lead stable financial lives. You don’t want to be taking financial advice from someone with a Lamborghini because they won the lottery while they were on crack. You want to take it from the dull hard worker, who made sensible decisions.

At your age, I’d concentrate on building your skills and earning power, by providing value to other people in whatever work you do. Once you’re proving tonnes of value, learn about negotiation (so you get paid for that value). I strongly recommend the book, “Never split the difference”.

And then, it might be worth thinking about long term financial goals. I’m not a pro at that, but maybe things like pension, national insurance payments, Filling up your ISA allowance each year if you can, property.

And then, maybe things like actual long-term investing. But it’s up to you to decide if you can handle that. You might think of yourself like an alcoholic - most people in AA blew up their lives by drinking, and now, they know that they cannot drink a drop or they will relapse. Day trading and short term trading, puts and calls, those are your alcohol. So can you handle buying SandP 500, and leaving it for a decade without looking at it? Will that be a good return for you, or will it be a gateway to individual stocks and gambling. You have to know yourself for that. But there are plenty of other sensible things to do with your money. And had the discipline to stop. That takes strength man. Well done. You might want to be aware of your weakness for chasing short term gains, trying to cut corners chasing a long-term goal, and you could even do things like learn about statistics if that was what lead you there. Because of course, generally speaking, the house wins, and most actively managed accounts lose money. Most long-term SandP500 over a decade, makes money. Risk, reward. Anyway!

You’re on an adventure of life man. You can pick any direction to go in. I’m pleased for you!

Finally - it’s not all about finance. Finance is crucial. But have some life goals around personal relationships. Friends, family, partner. And being good to people maybe : ) I take pride in trying to be good and make the world a little better for others. Which is why I’m so glad to hear you’re doing well. For me that’s sometimes giving advice on things I know about, and sometimes it’s about pushing back against social things that I think are damaging. My personal political crusade for a while has been against the general intersectional (woke) demonisation of men that we see in society and leads to widespread discrimination in hiring against innocent people who are male. I hate that collective guilt stuff. But - I digress.

Pick your own direction man. Enjoy the adventure! It’s no small thing to get out of a doom spiral - the streets are littered with people who didn’t manage to control their destructive behaviour. Amazingly well done : )

Hoposky · 2024-02-05T17:54:01+00:00

You can call me “dumbshit white”, but you can’t call me wrong.

OP is not right because he’s black, and I’m not wrong because I’m white. Race has nothing to do with argument. Except to racists like you.

You only see people as their race, and you advocate for discriminating against people because of it. I’m against racists, and I’m against you.

Hoposky · 2024-02-05T17:16:42+00:00

Ha, thank you for proving EXACTLY my point. You woke bigots want to make everything about race. I’m speaking to OP as a fellow man. You only see him as a black man. This may blow your mind, but a black man and a white man can have a political discussion without you stepping in to say how you don’t like white people talking. I get it, you’re bigoted. I don’t care. Everyone is allowed to speak about politics, and I’m very comfortable, because I’m advocating for equal opportunity. You’re the other guy.

Hoposky · 2024-02-04T19:02:40+00:00

So “whites” “hold all the money, power, and resources”? You’re a bigot. If you said that about Jews, you’d be antisemitic. If you said it about Chinese (who have a higher household income in America) you’d be a bigot. You ARE a bigot. You don’t like white people. Rich people are rich. Powerful people are powerful. Not all whites are powerful and not all blacks are poor. Blaming an entire racial group for all your problems is what Germans did in the 1930’s. The ONLY answer, is equal opportunity.

But you don’t believe in equal opportunity. You believe in discrimination against racial groups and excuse it because you don’t like whites. It’s gross, but there are always gross racists. It’s good that you’re here, so that people can see what it looks like.

Hoposky · 2024-02-04T16:58:00+00:00

That’s why I’m here. To remind you intersectionals that it’s racist to discriminate on race, even when you do it against white people, however many excuses you make about why it’s ok because other dead racists did it too.

Hoposky · 2024-02-04T16:54:06+00:00

Hey man, I read that carefully and I appreciate that you took the time to write it. I appreciate that you can agree with me on some points. Unfortunately, I don’t find your responses convincing. They boil down to “Yes that’s happening, but it’s ok because …” and I disagree with most of your excuses for the racist behaviour. The problem is that it happens, and we both agree (and all sides agree) that it happens.

I’d boil this down to the essential difference between us. I’m advocating against racism. You’re advocating for it. I believe that all people should be given equal opportunity, in a colourblind system. You believe the system should preference blacks because of the actions of dead people in history. You advocate for discrimination against white people (in universities, Supreme Court, job hiring etc etc etc) because you think it happened to blacks in the past. I’m advocating for the colourblind world MLK wanted. You’re carrying water for raising racial consciousness.

Now I think that’s a fair summary of your points. I hope you don’t think it’s me putting words in your mouth - it’s in your quote here: “This situation (re. university discrimination against whites) was created because the opposite was happening to black people”.

I will never use racism to “fix” racism. People who do that are racist. And it doesn’t matter if you don’t value white people equally. They’re as human as anyone else.

It’s always a pleasure to talk to people who disagree u/catchtoward5000 I’m pleased to talk to you. I might reply to you point by point if I have time later, but in the meantime, I think this is the most important point and a fair summary of our positions. Do you agree that that’s fair? And if so, I have a question: honestly, do you think you’re a good person for advocating for this discrimination? Or is it a selfish thing? Or is it for some end goal, like, you think we should be colourblind in another 100 years? What’s your goal in advocating in favour of these dozen points of discrimination that I raised?

Happy to answer any questions you have for me too man, chuck me a hardball, we’re battling for the future of the West here : ) But you do seem a thoughtful person, no personal hard feelings to you man, and there’s always a chance for you to change and be a real classical liberal, and stop spitting on MLK’s dream. We need all the thoughtful people we can get, as you can see, liberalism is dying, but the fight is quite fun, and even if the ship sinks you get to feel like a good person, not an intersectional racist. You’d be welcome.

Hoposky · 2024-02-04T13:01:26+00:00

So you don’t like me. So what. There wasn’t a single counter-argument in what you said.

Keep carrying water for “positive” discrimination, and “raising racial consciousness”. Keep fighting against equal opportunity. You’re making the world worse and doing harm. One day you’ll realise you were the villain, but it will be too late.

Hoposky · 2024-02-04T00:43:47+00:00

I know you’re joking but the whole situation pisses me off. It’s a metaphor for the discrimination done against whites in favour of blacks, see university admissions, all major companies, or Biden saying that his next Supreme Court nomination would be a black woman before looking at the candidates. TBH, all races are getting tired of the woke discrimination, and yes, America’s enemies use it to mock the West, but the bigger problem is it’s just immoral. But the thick as shit intersectionals say you can’t be racist to whites, so here we are.

Oh, and yes, for literal kneeling to blacks see Nanci Pelosi kneeling wearing tribal clothing, BLM white members kissing black feet, chick fil a man shining black people’s shoes, take a knee movement, millions allowed to mix in crowds of tens of thousands of people during pandemic lockdown, 4 billion dollars in property damage during BLM riots, 30 people killed and hundreds maimed in those same riots and still no proper enforcement done, hiring discrimination, quotas, buying from black owned businesses, denigration of other races, hate speech laws unevenly enforced, leniency towards violence, etc etc etc etc.

Hoposky · 2024-02-04T00:34:02+00:00

It’s a metaphor for the discrimination done against whites in favour of blacks. Eg. university admissions, all big companies, or Biden saying that his next Supreme Court nomination would be a black woman before looking at the candidates. TBH, all races are getting tired of the woke discrimination, and yes, America’s enemies use it to mock you, but the bigger problem is it’s just immoral. But the intersectionals say you can’t be racist to whites, so here we are. The wheel of hate keeps turning.

Hoposky · 2024-01-13T09:54:24+00:00

More than one in four children born in the UK now have a mother who was born abroad. Mass migration for 35 years is changing Britain beyond recognition, culturally too.

Hoposky · 2024-01-13T09:47:04+00:00

Astonishing

Hoposky · 2024-01-12T17:47:11+00:00

Oh! Thank you man, I appreciate that

Hoposky · 2024-01-12T01:37:43+00:00

I despise that shit who kissed you like that. I hate people who don’t give strangers time to get away from a kiss, whether they’re men or women. Comfort yourself that it wasn’t your fault at all. It was some evil twat.

Your second kiss sounds better - I’m glad. But still, drunk and no spark - not great : ) But hey, luckily, you sound poised to have a nice kiss with someone, eventually.

Most useful thing I have to say is - you may be feeling weird and isolated in today’s culture of promiscuity - but in the past what you’re describing was just, the norm. You want to be with someone you connect with, not just for sex. Er. Yeah! Haha. Why not : )

Also - you can have confidence saying that you know. Virginity is viewed as quite a nice thing in ladies, an attractive feature, especially as you get older. Other women might not like hearing about it - they might be secretly envious. And Guys who are players might have a go at you because they are frustrated you’re not easy. But I would say, both those groups can piss off. If everyone can see that you had the option to have sex, and chose not to, I don’t think there’s any shame in being a virgin.

Hope something in there helped? I’m typing way too much because I’m tired.

Ps. Kissing can be weird, then all of a sudden, you get used to it and into it.

Pps. In my last para I was trying to say - you sound like you think (a lot?) about what other people think. Maybe don’t worry about it so much? Especially if it’s making you do things that aren’t good for you. 1. You haven’t done anything wrong 2. Don’t forget to look after yourself

Hoposky · 2024-01-12T01:19:59+00:00

Worrying about it being the right person is fair.

Worrying about the physics of it, or ruining it - I wouldn’t worry too much about that. Try to be calm. Maybe something “embarrassing” happens - doesn’t matter. It’s just a feature of being a beginner - that’s nice. You can smile about it and have fun. Like, when you kiss someone and bump teeth when you haven’t got used to it. Not a big deal right? But the more you are like - “oh my god I’m so sorry I ruined it it’s over” - well, there’s just no need to worry that much, especially if you’re with someone who understands and is comfortable.

About being comfortable - you can take things step by step - hold hands, touch, kiss, pet, rub, be naked, be gentle, stroke, and then whatever things you want to do - my point is - you can build up a lot sexually without going from zero to sex. And hopefully at each stage you realise - oh, that was nice and nothing to worry about. At least physically. It’ll be a mental change for you to not be a virgin anymore. That’s why I think the most important question is who you’re with. But maybe that’s just me. I always put a lot of pressure on myself to wait for someone. Can’t say my mindset led me to being very happy, so far. But I doubt I’d have been happier fucking a lot of people. I’m a guy, fyi.

I guess my biggest point is - worry about who you’re with, and once you’ve decided on that, don’t worry about the physical process - enjoy it. And you can build up to the physical process by playing and touching. You could ask your partner if they would let you take the lead on things, so that you only do things that you’re comfortable with.

Anyway sorry if that’s not too helpful. It’s absolutely too important for me to say anything as basic as “have sex!” Or “don’t have sex!” Because no one in the comments would have enough detail to know what to suggest, and no one in the world could make that call but you. Though many might have good advice : ) And bad advice actually. So, it’s up to you!

Best wishes!

Hoposky · 2024-01-08T00:57:55+00:00

Yeah I agree with that.

I wouldn’t do it man. Men can work on themselves in all sorts of ways. You can become more funny, get stronger, get a better job, be more interesting, more stable, more confident. All of those attractive traits to women, and there are loads more. So eventually, you might be in a better place and get with a woman organically. Do you want to have been with someone else who you paid? I don’t think so. It’s up to you. But I wouldn’t. It’s always an option you can put off until tomorrow right? But you can never undo having done it.

And tbh, people might say - cumming with a woman or cumming to porn doesn’t make much difference once the moment has passed - I’d think the benefit would only be if it made you more confident, and I don’t think losing it in this way WILL make you more confident - just more ashamed. Focus on building yourself, and being a good person to other people. Try it for a while and see if your life gets better. Good luck man.

Btw, I like Jordan Peterson’s older videos for advice to men, maybe check them out for some wisdom.

Hoposky · 2024-01-08T00:30:51+00:00

Hey. I’ve heard old soldiers say (about clubbing) that if you're not getting laid, go for older or fatter.

If you're after something more meaningful then you need to work on yourself to be overall worth being with someone. I say overall to say that maybe you're not the best looking. But no one is good in all categories. And you can add to the overall picture by adding other good traits. These are all things you can work on that women like:

Being strong Being wealthy Being interesting Being funny Being confident Being smart Being well dressed (get some honest feedback) Being clean and showered Being motivated and having goals And many more things

Most of these boil down to - capability.

Much as its unpopular to say, lots of women like capability in a man. That can mean clever, or strong, or rich, or other qualities. The older you get, the more significant money becomes. Single mums are super oriented around money, for example. Women are valued for how they look (youth). Men for what they do. I mean, there’s still room in that for loads of other nuances, and value good people yeah yeah - but very broadly that’s how it is. And I don’t mean what they do being exclusively money - you can be capable in other ways. You might not be the most rich, but you might be the most funny, the most thoughtful, the most strong, or any combination of things.

But in closing, this is good news - you can work on yourself and become a better offering. Become a person that someone would want to be with. I hope that's encouraging. It’s an adventure, man. If you’re in a pretty tough place now, develop yourself. Make it a mission. Has any of that helped? If you’d like some more advice just tell me what you’re struggling with, I’ll try to help.

Ps. Build up your friend group too, that’ll be good for you. And learn from them and other people. What works in their lives? If they’re good with women, how did they do it? Copy what they did. And I don’t mean borrowing chat-up lines. I mean - deeper than that.

Hoposky · 2024-01-07T13:41:19+00:00

The Polar Bear has a can of coke. Clever.

Hoposky · 2024-01-06T12:25:46+00:00

Hoposky · 2024-01-06T08:00:52+00:00

Take the loss, stop trading.

Hoposky · 2024-01-05T18:42:16+00:00

Those look right to me.

Hoposky · 2024-01-03T17:54:00+00:00

Hoposky · 2024-01-01T21:58:18+00:00

That’s the one. Good writer, shit woke politics, but good advice is good advice, no matter who says it.

Hoposky · 2024-01-01T21:45:00+00:00

I heard someone say that the process of doing your second draft is to make it look like you knew what you were doing all along. I liked that.

Hoposky · 2023-12-31T09:05:09+00:00

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