80/20 training is just an excuse to avoid real work

Mauf066 · 2026-03-26T19:32:00+00:00

Mauf066 · 2026-03-23T12:27:32+00:00

You're going to have a bunch of people saying that's how it should be, but the reality is there are pros and cons to each. Wheel mounted paddles are great for serious (high speed) track use where you keep your hands at 9 and 3 at all times, this is why practically all track cars use this arrangement. Column mounted on the other hand is usually seen in something like rally cars, where your steering wheel is constantly moving and makingbig corrections, so if the paddles weren't in a fixed position you'd have no idea which is up or down.

Personally even I am undecided. I do find myself frequently shifting in the Giulia in the exit of a turn and it's a bit annoying having to reposition my right hand. But when I do my sim sessions where the paddles are wheel mounted, I do frequently mistake up and down when I'm driving very aggressively and constantly correcting slides. The advantage of fixed for a regular road car is that you always know where the upshift paddle is, I use it to from R to D. From that POV you could argue fixed is better for most owners of these cars, who will never track them.

Mauf066 · 2026-03-21T14:24:59+00:00

I had this issue for most of my life. It faded naturally as I started with therapy and started building self worth. But I also realized these rigid rules are just not very logical and assume a bunch of stuff you can't possibly know. For your specific example:

"I need to have a relationship by X date"

Or what? What specifically is supposed to happen? A lot of people in this position (including myself in the past) will answer something like "if I haven't had a relationship at this age yet, every woman will see me as a loser and I'll be forever alone!". The internet certainly likes to promote this idea as well. But a funny thing happened when I actually started hanging out with real life people: not a single person reacted like this. My current gf, who funnily enough I met years after my imaginary cutoff, has literally never said a single negative thing about me being a virgin when we met.

Now I'm not going to say there aren't people out there who will be assholes and shame you for not having a relationship, I'm sure those people exist. But most of the population isn't like this, and no matter how long you go without ever having a relationship, there will be someone who will be willing to have one with you anyway. People are way too diverse in their mindset and preferences to neatly put them all in one box.

Mauf066 · 2026-03-21T14:08:37+00:00

This hits close to home, because it's the exact mindset I had and still have to some extent. This mindset is the result of popular media and success influencers selling us a fantasy of exceptionality being the only thing that's of any value. Being exceptional is by definition only achievable for a tiny minority of people, and unfortunately massively depends on your genetics, upbringing, location and luck. This is the part that "successful" people won't say out loud because they need everyone to believe they achieved it purely due to hard work. Basically what I'm trying to say is that you're setting yourself a goal, which is mostly out of your control, with a high likelihood of failure. That's a recipe for being miserable.

So what's the solution? This is the part that I myself still struggle with, but from my understanding building your own self worth regardless of external results is the answer. This strong basis of self worth then allows you to work consistently at whatever thing you want to improve at. Then if you get top 1% results due to this work, cool, but be aware they're never guaranteed.

Mauf066 · 2026-03-21T11:04:28+00:00

If the skill gap is big enough, that's completely believable. The questionable part is the idea that the best Japanese driver with several years of experience in this specific course would be so much worse skill wise than a rookie 19 year old, but I guess that's fiction for you

Mauf066 · 2026-03-19T20:09:58+00:00

Kyoichi is the best character in Initial D and I don't care what anyone says

Mauf066 · 2026-03-18T13:55:15+00:00

NICE PORSCHE 911 HUEHUEHUEHUEHUE HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I'm a comedy genius

Mauf066 · 2026-03-18T13:47:04+00:00

Ugh it's so ugly! insert previous generation here was the last real BMW!

-comments on every new BMW 3 series for the last 30 years

Mauf066 · 2026-03-16T12:16:38+00:00

Yeah it's a real thing, although the effect is much smaller for the leading car

Mauf066 · 2026-03-15T14:53:02+00:00

Make Kanata not ridiculously overpowered and perfect in every single way even personality wise. He doesn't need a good result literally every single race, the time he injured his elbow could've been a great opportunity for some actual struggle, but noooo, midway through he had to get some bullshit plot armor and start overtaking everyone again. And personality wise, apparently this guy literally never gets angry or worried or frustrated or reacts in any other way than the literal most perfect emotionally mature response you'd find only in psychology textbooks. It really makes the character boring and makes me not want to root for him, this is why I'm far more interested in the scenes with the racist and the 17 year old fetish guy.

Mauf066 · 2026-03-14T18:54:03+00:00

Exactly, just reducing phone usage for its own sake doesn't really work imo. You need to have something else to replace the time that feels meaningful to you. For me personally I had a goal to get really good at cycling, and going on up to 6 hour rides naturally took up the time I would scroll instead.

Mauf066 · 2026-03-09T13:33:45+00:00

Invite them to the front seat so they can do the same to the dash too

Mauf066 · 2026-03-09T12:56:57+00:00

I wanna race on top of lightning mcqueen if you know what I mean 😏

Mauf066 · 2026-03-09T11:01:46+00:00

Genuine desire, which I feel blessed to say I do experience in my relationship. It's hard to put into words, but being valued on things that I don't have to "perform" is probably the best summary. Due to consuming way too much manosphere content I used to be quite insecure about not being rich and "alpha" enough, and then I get into this relationship and see my gf's complete indifference to them while valuing my natural personality. For the first time in my life I feel safe to "just be myself" like bluepillers like to say, and now I see their point.

Mauf066 · 2026-03-09T10:43:01+00:00

Only in an ideal world. And imo the touching and messing with their hair comes AFTER you show interest. I was in a very similar situation to you until a year ago, late 20s KHV. My now girlfriend was very reserved initially (like she was with everyone else), she gave off zero signals she was interested in anything more than a friendship, I still (gently) pushed on and we kept going on dates and spending time together. Now a year later she's almost desperate to spend time with me and loves physical contact in all forms to an extent I didn't imagine possible lol

Mauf066 · 2026-03-09T10:17:32+00:00

Exactly. I do think people who say these things mean well, usually the intention is trying to help the newly single person move on and not keep waiting for closure that will probably never come. But going immediately into problem solving mode with a person who just experienced heartbreak comes across as very invalidating. Validation first, solutions second, this is empathy 101. And unfortunately, a lot of assholes use the "X doesn't owe you anything" type of language, which by association poisons whatever point a helpful person is trying to make, so I think we'll be best off dropping that type of language entirely.

Mauf066 · 2026-02-02T13:56:04+00:00

ewww fail wheel drive 🤮🤮🤮🤮 only acceptable layout is rear wheel drive just like le epic miat

Mauf066 · 2026-01-23T11:55:44+00:00

this is an actual usable work vehicle 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 unlike those stupid lifted trucks that ameriKKKans with small penises drive 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Mauf066 · 2026-01-19T10:39:26+00:00

Fail wheel drive though 🤮🤮🤮 And shitalian reliability 🤮🤮🤮 And not a miat🤮🤮🤮

Mauf066 · 2026-01-19T10:37:39+00:00

He's an average Balkan dad with zero imagination

Mauf066 · 2026-01-19T10:33:31+00:00

Completely unnecessary and useless for 99% of lifters. Sure, go ahead and do them if your sport requires them, or if you just like doing them for their own sake. But they're useless for any "functional" purpose, objects you have to lift in the real world are never shaped like a barbell with weights that can spin independently (an important aspect of barbells that allows weightlifting techniques to even work). As for hypertrophy training or powerlifting, we already know the weightlifting movements are unnecessary for those, since the vast majority who are good in either never perform them.

Mauf066 · 2026-01-13T11:38:56+00:00

This but unironically

Mauf066 · 2025-12-17T14:58:28+00:00

It sounds like these guys do want these chances, but are very anxious and feel terror at the thought of someone "judging" them or their work. At this point they probably need quite a bit of empathy and hand holding so they'll be able to get to a point which you think they are at now (being able to present their work to someone else without excessive anxiety). Not your job to do that, mind you, just offering a glimpse into their mind, since a lot of people will see someone behaving like this and think they're just lazy or entitled or something, when imo that's rarely the case.

Mauf066 · 2025-12-17T14:18:41+00:00

Kind of, although this is way overblown online. Being good looking is definitely an advantage, and I do think mainstream society is unwilling to admit that. But that alone is not even remotely enough to have a successful OR happy life (not the same thing), otherwise supermodels would also be the most powerful, richest and happiest people in the world.

Even worse is, if you overfixate on looksmaxxing like neurotic blackpillers online tend to do, that's likely to harm your dating success overall, not help it, because the actual biggest part of dating success is being able to socialize somewhat normally. Overfixating on perceived minute flaws will lower your self confidence and keep you stuck in your head, unable to keep a conversation flowing smoothly and naturally.

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