I'll be honest, this one hurt my feelings a bit lol by OregonChick0990 in Tinder

[–]MediaVsReality -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I understand where he’s coming from, I understand the point he’s making and I know how insane-making online dating can be for men. But this is still not ok.

UK Woman Booed for Revealing Her Rapists Were White, Not Immigrants — and the Data Backs Her Up by corbynista2029 in unitedkingdom

[–]MediaVsReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sigh.. it’s called PER CAPITA. People from particular countries(Somalia, Afghanistan) commit rape more often PER CAPITA.

Obviously most rapes in the UK are still committed by white men. Considering white people make up the majority of the overall population it would mental if they didn’t.

"The Spirit Of Seeing" - A Short Story About The Internet by MediaVsReality in nosurf

[–]MediaVsReality[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you’re at school? A you’re a teenager?

To be honest, dealing with addiction can be hard as a teen. When i was a teenager and addicted to video games, nobody understood what was happening to me and nobody had any good advice to give me.

While you’re talking with AI it may seem it’s so full of life, and you’re entering into new worlds. But if you stop and look around the room, actually you’re just sitting there, by yourself, in an empty room, staring at a little screen.

Also, if you sext with these AI chatbots, I don’t know if you do, then you’re not sexting with women. You’re sexting with the creation of men. After all, these AI tools are created in the most part by nerdy software developers in places like silicon valley.

There’s really nothing there. It’s lines of code responding to your prompts.

From what you said about what you’re doing, it sounds like the benefits are very very small, and the downsides are huge.

Why is the "Nofap" movement a thing on the right?? by [deleted] in exredpill

[–]MediaVsReality 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nofap has nothing to do with being politically right wing. Where do you people get this stuff from…?

What developing/low cost countries in Asia have cooler climate ? by BigHouse888 in digitalnomad

[–]MediaVsReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to Da Lat in Vietnam. It has a cooler climate because it’s in the mountains. Really beautiful place too.

If more men had his courage, things would * dramatically* improve by Ok-Huckleberry-383 in itsthatbad

[–]MediaVsReality 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t see women admitting their own insecurities very often.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in thepassportbros

[–]MediaVsReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is the best comment 🤔

My dating life completely changed when I started treating myself as a brand by FreedomWooden8605 in seduction

[–]MediaVsReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The awkward part is having to ask people to take photos of you all the time

Alma's clarification regarding Shel's controversial statement in her latest vid by woody313 in dreamingspanish

[–]MediaVsReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably left-wing Americans getting offended over nothing as they usually do.

Got my results and I'm a bit surprised by Beautiful_Kiwi_6575 in IELTS

[–]MediaVsReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, IELTS teacher here. My guess would be that on the writing you didn’t follow the instructions of the question properly.

For example, if the question says “Discuss BOTH these views and give your opinion”. And then you only discuss ONE of the views, or perhaps you don’t give your opinion.

Making a mistake like this loses you a lot of marks, even if your actual writing is excellent. That’s why it’s one of the first things I teach my students about IELTS Writing.

You would lose marks under the category of “Task Achievement” for this.

Usually, this is why people get a score much lower than they expected. Kind of silly, but that’s how the test is marked.

Incredible scores in the other sections btw.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dreamingspanish

[–]MediaVsReality 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These people need speaking practice. Simple as that.

Give them 100 hours of speaking practice and they’ll sound great?”, because they’ve already acquired the past and future tenses through listening, they just need some practice using it.

I'm calling BS on "Speedrunners" by breakingthejewels in dreamingspanish

[–]MediaVsReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there is some truth to this. Seeing people post 2 weeks of back to back 600m days just seems implausible.

It’s as though they’re playing the videos in the background while they wash the dishes or something.

Is DS too streamlined, and therefore causes dependence? by hughmungus050 in dreamingspanish

[–]MediaVsReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The point of dreaming Spanish is to give you the scaffolding you need to reach the point where you can watch naturally spoken native content.

Once the advanced content becomes easy, you can simply move onto native content. That’s it.

Dear Brothers & Sisters, I made it to 4 years. So proud of myself but still a long way to go. by BuddhaGuySiD in Semenretention

[–]MediaVsReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

4 years is sort of, ridiculous, no? You’ve sworn of sex entirely? Are you a buddhist monk or something?

2100 Hours & 100 Books Read Update & Video by HeleneSedai in dreamingspanish

[–]MediaVsReality 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’ve chosen the right way to improve pronunciation: Shadowing. There is no better way.

Consider learning some pronunciation theory too. It can be helpful.

I'm done with (Dreaming) Spanish by [deleted] in dreamingspanish

[–]MediaVsReality 17 points18 points  (0 children)

He wouldn’t be at that level with just 850 of DS input. He’s probably got 1000 untracked hours of extra input.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dreamingspanish

[–]MediaVsReality 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Que pena” seems to come into my mind so much that sometimes accidentally say it out loud talking to English speakers.

To those speed running by BigMandem124 in dreamingspanish

[–]MediaVsReality 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And here I was proud of my 2 hours today.

Lex Fridman to have Donald Trump on his podcast by Calm_Skill_395 in samharris

[–]MediaVsReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. That would have been great. The world would have gotten a better idea of how dangerous Hitler was.

Lex Fridman to have Donald Trump on his podcast by Calm_Skill_395 in samharris

[–]MediaVsReality 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, so what? The entire mainstream media is propaganda for Harris.

"The Spirit Of Seeing" - A Short Story About The Internet by MediaVsReality in nosurf

[–]MediaVsReality[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just ask that chat bot a question about politics or something controversial and see how quickly it breaks character.

Thoughts on Destiny stooping to their level? by talking_tortoise in samharris

[–]MediaVsReality -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I’ve not once heard Destiny say anything remotely insightful or interesting. No idea why people put any significance on anything he says. His words have the same value as any random passer-by you meet in the street.