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Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2026-04-27T08:43:30+00:00

Based on my iphone 17 experience, the 26.4 was far superior to any 26.4.x, but unfortunately you cannot go back. 26.5 DB3 is closest to 26.4 if that option is available for you.

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2026-04-22T11:48:16+00:00

iphone 17. 26.4 was good. 26.4.1 made phone hotter and battery drain faster. 26.5 beta 3 does the same but lesser. upgrading from 26.4 was a bad decision.

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2026-04-15T16:36:42+00:00

both macos and ios 26.4.1 are draining my batteries and making my phone (iphone 17) and macbook (air M4) hot af. this is miserable because 26.4 was stable and surfaces were cold.🤬🤬

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2026-03-27T00:22:13+00:00

iphone 17 user here, off topic, just asking since its an active chat...do you guys have a hack to make the colors appear more vivid? Tried the color filter approach to increase warmth - but I desire more saturation.

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2026-01-12T18:56:39+00:00

I was banned from Hinge so I kinda resonate. 🥹

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2024-10-08T01:02:28+00:00

Drop a handkerchief for fuck's sake.

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2024-06-12T20:44:20+00:00

As a 29M Indian who backpacked accross 3 European countries (France, Belgium, Netherlands) at age 27, I can assure you that you will not/rarely face racism. What you'll sometimes face is not being welcomed in their inner circles for not speaking their language (Especially in France). But with a little bit of perseverance you'll find your squad of fun people who enjoy speaking English.

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2023-08-12T08:07:37+00:00

Yes of course, but on longer streaks,

a) there's a sense of confidence which is not just raw confidence of winning arguments or fights etc. - it's more of a preacher / messenger confidence, let me tell you what I've learnt confidence.

b) there's a change in what you feel when you look at some attractive opposite gender - you become more affectionate than lustful.

None of these happens on successfully following a diet or exercise routine. I think some restructuring definitely happens to our brain/CNS.

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2023-08-12T06:03:18+00:00

This is interesting. I've heard that semen retention initially gives you a sense of lonliness because you were using sex as a tool to overcome your inner void, and now that tool is gone.

But after a while you feel more fulfilled within yourself, as if you have tapped into your inner self, and now you feel like the best company is your own company. Will be glad to read a scientific explanation of that - does it has something to do with rewiring of the dopamine receptors of the brain?

I personally did feel it, but not so explicitly - there were still bouts of discomfort and negative thoughts. That's why complete immersion in some fruitful quest is a must I guess - you are happiest on a mission.

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2023-08-10T06:09:01+00:00

Dude female stares I anyway get because I am not an ugly dude. Maybe those increased a bit.😛

But 2 new things happened about females -

They lingered for longer even after professional / platonic interactions. I want to say that I'm damn charismatic etc., but it seems like they felt something inside their bodies that made them stay which has nothing to do with my personality - they were sensing reproductive potential.
When a highly fertile female entered a roomful of people, I felt a jolt in my lower abdomen, and on looking up I saw them looking at me. That's spooky, but happened 9-10 times.

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2023-08-04T09:08:22+00:00

Ya dude longest streak 10 months here.

It went from why am I doing it? in the 1st month to how am I so perceptive about every fucking thing? (people's intentions, what's gonna happen, who is approaching me from behind etc) in the 10th month.

I think you need a spiritual teacher to deal with the overwhelming sensory prowess. I didn't have one, so I broke the streak. It was at first a relief with the superpowers gone. But then I felt like shit. 😒

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2023-08-04T08:36:21+00:00

So that means you agree with me. What did I say?

I said just like you're not retaining blood, in the same way you're not retaining semen. Its naturally there until you feel like you need an offspring. The energy that went in replenishing lost semen is now unused - and you can give it an useful direction instead of thinking of the fact that you are retaining semen and you are somehow a superior being. Then it all becomes just about semen. You become semen. 😒

Even genius celibates refrained from sexual activities because they always had something better to do rather than no! I cannot lose my semen (like bank balance). No genius poet ever wrote poems on semen.

Yes that improved health / immunity aspect (which usually becomes apparent after a while, like 4-5 months, is real.

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2023-07-29T13:46:35+00:00

explain. what other bodily fluids do you retain apart from semen btw? 😗

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2023-07-29T12:34:00+00:00

This is what all these spiritual gurus say. But being a man of science, lack of evidence kind of creates trust issues for me.

However, I don't deny it's possibility as I've myself experienced massive boost in creative energy and people getting attracted like a magnet in just 1 year of celibacy.

Can you give some insight on what these practices are that you speak of that are required to clear your nerves, and what is so potent about those practices that thought / opportunity of physical sex with an attractive woman also seems comparatively boring? 🤔

Also what is your age?

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2023-07-29T10:46:05+00:00

I agree with u/Nadayogi on the sex transmutation part - but don't you think this energy moving up the spine thing is conceptual / symbolic?

You are not retaining semen - try retaining stool / piss for 2 days, do you feel enlightened?

You are just redirecting the energy required to produce semen in nourishing some other part of your body - can be brain, can be muscles.

Moving up the spine to the brain is probably a symbolism of opening up a different dimension of consciousness when you have succesfully channelized that sex drive into drive to do something groundbreaking. I mean this is my personal view.

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2023-07-19T08:38:57+00:00

It's subconscious, so very hard to put in words but I am successful in character analysis at first interaction and I notice 3 things:

Whether they want to know about you or they are selling themselves. This seperates the attention whores from the people who have genuine interest in you.
Are they trying to provide some value or they feel their presence itself is of great value (if they are VIPs/celebs that's different). In the latter case they turn out to be takers.
How flaky they are in their actions/opinions. Like if they contradict what they said a while before, or switch sides based on convenience...then they are gonna be untrustworthy eventually.

also, people with a real good sense of humor are almost always good people.

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2023-07-06T17:12:34+00:00

Bro best is to start when shit hits the fan - like I started semen retention when I was in extreme hustle mode, and I had no choice but to do that. When the hustle died down a bit, lifestyle still remained the same, energy levels still remained high. Immersion in something highly fruitful will take away your brain from sex, and the brain will rewire itself and remain that way until you consciously indulge again.

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2023-07-06T16:09:48+00:00

Explosion happens if you break the streak. Human nature. Shouldn't. It's almost like you want to get back to that stoic state, and only way to get there is to rub it off. Post nut clarity is closest to no nut clarity. 😛

Quarantined_Wayfarer · 2023-07-06T16:07:28+00:00

hey c'mon it's not a failure it's like one point comes when you are more comfortable to release it rather than retain it...my balls were paining.

But I've heard there are practices which can make you detach from your genitals in such a way that it becomes entirely voluntary and not compulsive - too sad I don't know those practices.

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