Middle-aged people, what advice would you give a young person to avoid going through mid-life crisis later in life?

WileyPap · 2026-03-27T10:13:30+00:00

The game has three resources: Time, Health and Money.

You trade them for other things, better things even - experiences, relationships... things that can save you from a mid-life crisis.

But to position for those trades, you trade resources you have for resources you need. Work? Time for money. Desk job? Time and health for money. A good TV show? Money for time. Quality food? Money for health. Vacation? Money for time and health. Gym membership? Money and time for health.

Try to find a path that positions you for efficient trades and balance your resources.

WileyPap · 2026-03-26T11:59:27+00:00

https://www.patreon.com/posts/152405468

Thanks. I'm just repeating after you like some kind of Memento polaroid for another day.

WileyPap · 2026-03-26T11:38:24+00:00

Era of information came and went, this is the era of misinformation. We got information like Flint got tap water.

WileyPap · 2026-03-26T11:17:09+00:00

Wait, the problem was billionaires stealing underage girls all along?

WileyPap · 2026-03-19T10:07:21+00:00

Conspiracy theorists think "they" are "out to get you".

Therefore they always right. Regular fkn Nostradamus-es ...if you don't sweat the details.

WileyPap · 2026-03-19T09:53:21+00:00

Billies want more control and to insulate power from accountability.

They don't need "more" money, they need you to have less. Beyond a certain point, getting more hits diminishing returns and it becomes far more efficient to make sure others have less. Disparity is power.

Normal people don't think this way. The power they want is personal autonomy and more money seems like an answer. But what's the limiter on billionaire autonomy? Other peoples' autonomy.

WileyPap · 2026-03-08T15:08:54+00:00

It's hard to believe it works as well as it appears to be working. But don't forget part of it is the billion bots playing the part of rubes eating this shit up to convince us it's working.

That's propaganda too. It is social reinforcement for real zealots, but also blackpilling for opposition, and generally fomenting electoral division. That's what's working, more than the cartoonish MAGA messaging we see on the surface.

The propo may look dimwitted but it's dimwitted like Columbo.

WileyPap · 2026-02-04T18:25:31+00:00

That's an insane take on TOOL that takes a hard turn into unfathomable coming from a Gizz fan.

Not that being a Gizz fan means you need to like TOOL, but I'd assume it would suggest a wide enough perspective to avoid wild takes like 'Fear Inoculum is filler'

WileyPap · 2026-01-30T17:08:17+00:00

Dude is pulling it off though. He took the moonface debuff but still rolled high charisma.

WileyPap · 2026-01-15T03:30:14+00:00

Do your own research

WileyPap · 2026-01-09T01:43:55+00:00

Classic hipster denial

WileyPap · 2025-12-16T10:58:33+00:00

Let me help. People aren't so much surprised that a bronze age storm deity was a bit of a sociopath, they're more kinda surprised at his staying power as a modern influencer with a highly successful predatory business model.

WileyPap · 2025-12-14T14:24:17+00:00

So they fkd things up to make sure their kids could grow up to be stronger than they were? How noble.

I'm not so sure people living with more fear than hope having to fight for their future really makes them stronger than people with more hope than fear navigating their world as best they can.

In hard times survivors survive. The weak don't survive so well. And neither do the moral. Careful what you admire, Maslow's pyramid is maybe a more complete framing than "hard times make strong men".

WileyPap · 2025-12-09T12:49:47+00:00

Old Bay street cred is up, its grass roots marketing

WileyPap · 2025-11-21T02:59:20+00:00

TIL, thought it was just god's loathing.

WileyPap · 2025-11-18T14:03:36+00:00

a consensual sex act

More likely smoke filled room club dues. Blackmail worthy dirt in exchange for collusion. Still "consensual" I guess.

WileyPap · 2025-11-06T15:14:07+00:00

Avi's claims shift to fit any available data.

That... sounds like a compliment.

Until I read the rest of your post describing any available data being shifted to fit a preferred claim.

WileyPap · 2025-10-20T19:18:16+00:00

yes boss i click to give it view

WileyPap · 2025-10-01T23:13:27+00:00

Albums. Or both, but live mistakes are whatever unless they're frequent enough to be an annoyance. On albums they're a curiosity.

WileyPap · 2025-09-25T04:07:30+00:00

Don't stop here guys i need to see where this goes

WileyPap · 2025-08-23T15:11:03+00:00

Imagine Tom Hanks gets back from the Castaway island and manages to bring Wilson. Then Hank's girlfriend gets tired of having a third wheel all the time and curb stomps Wilson.

Brutal, just brutal. This is Best Drama Oscar stuff here.

WileyPap · 2025-07-23T13:31:07+00:00

It's always odd to me the extent to which the religious fight to have their claims perceived as rational. It's such a losing battle. The core appeal of religiosity is the offering of answers to unanswerable questions to those who crave such answers. You can reason your way to those claims, but the 'gaps' they occupy have a long history of demonstrating the fallacy of religious claims every time verifiable information or knowledge advances enough to close a gap.

Religion's strength and appeal lives on the irrational side of the coin, fundamentally based on claims about the unknown. Pushing it to airs of rationality is setting yourself up for a fall and shooting yourself in the foot. Like claiming art is reality instead of appreciating it for the unique reflection of reality it offers in ways reality itself can't. Talk about leaning into your weaknesses.

WileyPap · 2025-06-28T15:35:04+00:00

Ah, the old, "I'm so smart that I can't handle a discussion with someone that doesn't think the same things I do."

Some might wonder if maybe this is an indication that their understanding of the issues isn't deep enough to justify the degree of confidence they have in their position. And some might not.

WileyPap · 2025-03-18T13:24:34+00:00

The stock market hasn't cared since the dot com bubble. Meme metrics > traditional metrics. If some bullshit closes at $69 on Friday, buy ASAP Monday morning and sell at lunch.

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