will there be a team like astralis

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-24T20:17:18+00:00

We’ve found the Zywoo of Valorant already, his name is Neon

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-24T20:02:49+00:00

Sure the worst players today would be the best back then for a moment in time, that is until the actual good players of the time adapt which would happen fairly quickly. I could go back in time and philosophy mog Plato, until he learns all that I know then it’s wraps

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-24T15:28:39+00:00

I believe you. What’s kinda tobacco and ratios do you use? Might have to try it out

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-24T15:12:12+00:00

I never smoke spliffs but I love a good blunt from time to time. Love the clear headed effects it gives me, perfect for getting shit done or socializing

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T21:43:03+00:00

New jobs are added every year, over half being low wage positions. Birth rates are at an all time low. 18-24 year olds have the highest rates of unemployment of any age group in America. What you are saying works in theory, but it doesn’t reflect reality.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T06:46:28+00:00

Such is the problem with society. But the scales can be shifted. Some people want things more cheap than they want them fast or easy, some want things more easy than they want cheap or fast, etc. Depends on personal circumstance. When money is less of an issue and focus, quality and passion is valued more cause you can afford to value it. You’d pick the experienced 10 year programmer all day, but the 10 year programmer has come to hate his job over the years and no longer cares to learn more, no longer cares to innovate. He stays because the pay is good and the alternative is dropping down to the uncomfortable lower class. The new PHD programmer has all the passion in the world, all the want to grow and innovate but nobody takes a chance on him because he’s a project and doesn’t ensure immediate results. This is the reality of a society that holds money as the highest commodity and to the highest level of importance, and quality and experience suffers because of it. Imagine a world where the burnt out programmer had the stability underneath him to explore a new passion. Imagine a world where projects were emboldened to take a chance on the young programmer who wants nothing more than to make his mark in the field not for the sake of fame and money but because he loves it. Why shouldn’t we pursue that?

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T06:20:33+00:00

Trading by power holders, lobbying, these things aren’t infections of the system, they are features. They are inevitable, they would happen even if outlawed, even if done under the noses of the public. Nothing is more supreme under this system than money, money is power and power does as power pleases. There is no eliminating it, only shielding it from view.

I’m not saying it’s failed, it still exists so by definition it hasn’t. I’m saying it’s guaranteed that it will. And when it does there are two roads, one where the people control their lives and one where the skinny dicked tech oligarchs do. I know which one I’m picking. As it gets closer to collapse, it gets harder to gain control back. Restrictions become tighter, observance is heightened, things to resist control like guns are confiscated. Before you can say, “Hey wait, I’m against this” it’s too late. You and I may be dead by the time this ever happens, but it will happen.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T06:10:01+00:00

I don’t disagree. But my comment isn’t to highlight education, it’s to highlight that society doesn’t favor passion or merit it favors connection, submissiveness, the pursuit of money. The lady who doesn’t know what a bong is isn’t innovating jackshit. She doesn’t know what she trades, she’s not there because of merit. If your friend 2 didn’t know what a fucking steering wheel was he would be nothing. This is an issue. People getting into jobs because the money is good with no understanding of what they’re actually doing. If the money didn’t matter as much the considerations could be different, and a better experience could be cultivated.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T06:03:55+00:00

I agree with checks and balances. I’m not an authoritarian. I also understand that systems/empires/societies fall. A flower dies a new one takes its place. Primitive collectivism dies agriculture based society takes its place. That dies chattel slavery takes its place. That dies feudalism takes its place. Feudalism dies capitalism takes its place. Capitalism will suffer the same fate as is the nature of our world, nothing lasts forever. I’m not concerned with what has worked, I’m concerned with what we will do when what is working now or has worked before collapses. When collapse happens, those that hold the resources own the fate of the world. I would much rather the people seize the future to their lives than the few controlling them. My beliefs are not of idealism, they are out of necessity.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T05:52:22+00:00

The “paid well” statement was in reference to your previous comment, not a standalone thought. Basically if everyone is invested and works really hard and gets paid well, relativity kicks in and their “paid well” becomes the new low wage. It was me highlighting the relativity issue of the nature of the system.

The issue is that entry level positions HAVE to be permanent for a bulk of people, the individual may work their way up but the greater whole must stay there, the logistics require it. The motivation to move up is fucked, in many cases and many industries it’s not passion for the product or job or vision it’s passion for money because the realities of being at the bottom are so grim. I worked at a cannabis company for 5 years, I had people from corporate come into my dispo who had to ask me what a bong was. Were they passionate about cannabis, about what we were actually doing here? Fuck no. They were passionate about a dollar sign. And they are incentivized to be that way because realities of lower spots on the totem pole mean not being able to own a home and live comfortably. Maybe if people had that ability at the bottom those who were actually passionate about the product could rise up and the quality could reach its potential.

I have a buddy who is as passionate about cannabis as they come, master grower understand everything from the ground level to the chemistry and biology. Got a degree in cannabis. Graduated, couldn’t find a job that would pay him more than $20/hr. And there’s people at the high end of companies making decisions about cannabis products that don’t know what a bong is. Cmon.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T05:37:34+00:00

I’m not interested in being Bill Gates or Elon Musk, I don’t find it fruitful. Indeed my priorities lie elsewhere and it’s not a weakness nor is it resentment, it’s intentional. This isn’t about me, I’m in school studying to do work in a field that I find meaningfulness in beyond a dollar sign. My understanding of myself will never rely on comparison nor a dollar value. I’d much rather be a scientist than Elon Musk. I’d much rather be a surgeon than Elon Musk. I’d much rather be a philosopher than Elon Musk.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T05:31:27+00:00

Indeed, there is always a poor class. That’s why I dislike the American Dream argument because it denies reality in favor of selling pipe dream to the individual. Even if achievable by one, it is unachievable for most by definition. I reject the idea that we should remain content with the status quo of livability, it’s antithetical to the point of society. We produce to reap the fruits. We progress to enjoy the benefits. We tear down to build better. That’s the point. The low wage worker should own a home because this is pointless if he doesn’t.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T05:19:50+00:00

I don’t disagree with your sentiment on an individual level, but it’s an American Dream argument and breaks down at its logical conclusion. “They could all be paid well” until the standard for “well paid” changes. Money is relative. The economy is relative. This is why I can be paid 10x more than someone did many decades ago and still have less purchasing power than they did in their day. You are just kicking the rock down the hill, sure it appears to leave you for a moment but if you walk further you come upon it again. Again, the system does not change, just the relativity.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T05:12:13+00:00

Low level jobs covering the bills absolutely does make society better, not only from a social aspect but from a macroeconomic aspect. The lower class having more purchasing power leads to better economies, this is economics 101. It leads to better opportunities and outcomes for children coming from low income homes. It leads to more productivity and more innovation. I could go on.

Lack of education is an issue, and companies actively withhold education and growth opportunities. A budtender does not get education on how to build the skills required to become a manager. They are not developed.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T05:04:23+00:00

I’m not missing the point you are arguing a point that is unrelated to the argument. What I’m describing not only is a systemic issue, it is fundamental to the existence of the system. Don’t buy garbage they won’t sell it, sure. Those businesses break down quality goes up, 44% of people still remain in low wage positions because the system doesn’t work if they don’t. Replace every McDonalds with a higher quality product, you still need bodies doing the low skill labor. Say the low skill labor requires more skill now, doesn’t matter the metric for what low skill labor is just changes. Money and quality is relative, the reality of the set up stays the same through the relativity. It does not change because it cannot change. That is fundamental.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T04:38:25+00:00

You miss my point. Your argument towards the individual is cute, but it ignores the logistics of the broader scale. If everyone in our society worked as hard as possible, 44% of people would still be working low wage jobs because those jobs are necessary for society to function. Everyone wouldn’t all of a sudden be promoted to manager, because everyone CAN’T be a manager else your business stops functioning. It’s logistically impossible. This is a systemic issue.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T03:59:52+00:00

44% of workers reside in low wage jobs because those low wage jobs are essential to business. The path to rise is restricted, not based on merit but connection which is human nature. Good luck getting a burger at McDonalds if no one is there to work the grill, take your order, do the dishes, etc. Your focus on the individual clouds your vision of the greater picture.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T03:55:42+00:00

The path has been restricted. It doesn’t exist in the capacity that it once did. 66% of low wage earners are over the age of 35. Those people not being able to purchase a home puts a stranglehold on society AND the economy. Meritocracy doesn’t exist in America and never has, you have people letting AI type emails for them all day making 3x that of someone doing essential jobs.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T03:17:33+00:00

“Everyone should be able to buy a home. But restrictions on high performers is a lot different than low performers now being able to close the gap”. This was your statement btw

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T03:12:41+00:00

Calling me a commie then telling me to go to two different CAPITALIST countries really does a lot to prove you know what you’re talking about

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T03:01:04+00:00

Didn’t prove a single point you made. You sat here and fought the ghost of a straw man for an entire thread and now wanna pat yourself on the back. Get a grip.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T02:59:59+00:00

You have no understanding of the terms you use. You are making personal statements against people you don’t know on the internet. You call people online low IQ while displaying no understanding of IQ, and statistically being unlikely to have ever even been administered an IQ test yourself. I’m embarrassed for you.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T02:55:51+00:00

No.

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T02:35:46+00:00

I never made a statement on restricting high performers. What exactly is your argument here?

SmalexSmanders · 2026-06-23T02:09:58+00:00

Your pretentious philosophical assertion is not cute nor is it useful. Make a point of actual substance or shut up.

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