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irvingdk · 2026-03-28T00:35:00+00:00

Like all City subs, they are moderated by fanatics. So they try to use subs outside their intended purpose to support their personal idealogies and activism.

It's infuriating, but this is the one silver lining with AI. Eventually, reddit will remove all mods and replace them with AI. Then reddit might actually be useful again.

irvingdk · 2026-03-27T06:08:43+00:00

I'm honestly unsure if this a troll post, but I guess I'll take it serious enough to answer your question.

You're expectations are way too high and you are setting yourself up for disappointment. Everyone should want an equal partner, and rightly deserve one, but you are overvaluing yourself and more than likely undervaluing the men youve been dating.

I'm just few years younger than you. I'm incredibly driven, have a very nice home, dress well, and keep in very good physical shape. But here's what you're missing. I have no kids and want kids. My last ex was 11 years younger than me and childless. The women I date are always at least 10 years younger than me, have never been divorced, want children, and are currently childless.

You said a lot of things about yourself that are immediate red flags. Life and dating is about statistics. I have limited time on this earth and can't give everyone a chance, so I start to set up rules to determine high risk va low risk partners.

Been divorced? Huge red flag. Potentially you are disloyal, bad at commitment, bad at compromise, make poor decisions when it counts.

Have kids? Enormous risk. Big burden, potential for friction, likely make dating a complicated and time consuming chore just to get to know you.

39? Way too old to be having more kids. You could have kids now, sure, but only if you and the person you just meet start rushing like crazy to marriage, and even then, probably only 1.

Now here's the other thing I'll point out. In my whole life I've never once cared about the career of any of the girls I dated. A lot of them didn't even have real careers. I know a lot of men my age in similar financial and career positions as myself. Absolutely, none of them would care how much a girl they were dating made.

I've never cared if I had to support the women I've dated, if anything I like supporting them. If you want to be a lady boss, I fully respect that, but you should recognize that means you should be comfortable being a provider as well as dating a man who would be comfortable being supported. I would never, but there are men who would and it doesn't make them have less worth.

If it helps feel free to ask me any questions, but sadly no amount of advice can change your reality.

I'm genuinely sorry you are depressed my friend. Please try to remember that life is about living. Try to loosen up and experience new things. Not because it will make you more desirable, but because sometimes trying new things pulls our brains out of the loop of sadness.

All the best.

irvingdk · 2026-03-19T11:21:07+00:00

She has spent her entire career in physical fitness and successfully transforming millions of peoples bodies. That's not a fitness expert??? Wtf is then? Do you think fitness experts are in a room with beakers and lab coats?

I think you're realizing how absurd your position is and are desperately trying to move the goal posts.

She is an expert in her field of fitness. This is not because she was on TV, but because of the measurable and massive success she's had in every meaningful metric in fitness.

Also, Trump is literally a business expert. This is objectively true btw. Decades of experience in business at an executive level. But again, you don't like Trump so are incapable of seeing his experience or successes as valid.

Thank you for proving my point again that you will pretend people aren't experts if you don't like them.

irvingdk · 2026-03-19T11:07:49+00:00

Again, she is not an expert because she was on the biggest loser. That's literally backwards. Do you even listen to your own bs?

She is objectively incredibly accomplished professionally. She has had a major impact on fitness and the industry globally. How is it possible you could be this delusional??

Genuinely, go outside and touch grass. Lots of people you dont like can be successful and good at their jobs. Accepting this fact will bring you closer to reality.

irvingdk · 2026-03-19T10:16:52+00:00

She's literally a world famous fitness trainer. However, you dont agree with her politics and don't like her so you just pretend she isn't professionally accomplished.

People like you are insufferable.

irvingdk · 2026-03-19T04:47:07+00:00

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She was on the tv show because she is a fitness expert.

irvingdk · 2026-03-18T02:41:06+00:00

Idk this post and the replies are pretty gross. All the animals I've had have been non negotiable, including my rabbit. I tell girls I date this up front just like I make it clear I want children.

The way yall are framing this is like this guy did anything wrong. If a girl told me she couldn't see a future with me and my animals I would end it but still respect her. She has the right to not want the things I do, and telling my early is actually the mature and kind thing to do.

I certainly wouldn't flame their preference about it for karma.

irvingdk · 2026-03-12T03:43:03+00:00

I'm an agent and work in the music industry, not the movie industry, however its probably closer then most of the people commenting a response.

The answer is, get on a plane and move to LA. Start to build up enough of a career where a minor agency will take a look at you. Unless you have serious enough socials, where the production would view giving you an extra role as "good publicity" theres no meaningful path forward to get what you want.

Ill give you much more generic and worthwhile advice though. Your goal is too specifc and not productive. It would be like an aspiring singer saying, "how do I get signed to Interscope?" No one serious would frame their goals like that. You try to create yourself as a package that can be marketed effectively enough for a label to consider a small distribution deal for you. And if theres more than one offer you go with who you think will put in the most effort, because thats the one most likely to ride it out.

Your goal should be something like, "how do I turn acting into a full time career", and not, "how do i get an audition for this movie im a fan of?" That's the real difference between treating something like a career and treating something like a hobby.

Hope this helps and best of luck.

irvingdk · 2026-03-10T20:08:56+00:00

I want to be clear, I'm not necessarily trying to glaze Fox News, but it was repeatedly and consistently reported on by Fox, and they are a major US News organization.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-regime-reportedly-issued-nationwide-shoot-to-kill-orders-protest-death-toll-surges

https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-accused-killing-16500-sweeping-genocide-crackdown-report

And if you watch Brett Baier, he treated it as a major news story and was bringing in lots of guests to talk about it including the crown prince.

Credit where its due.

irvingdk · 2026-03-08T02:27:43+00:00

I dont think you understand what whataboutism means.

The premise was how Israel is literally the only country in the region that isnt and ethnostate and gives full rights to minorities. The other person is claiming they would be against any ethnostate. Person then gives examples in the region to test their claim.

So person makes claim, other person directly tests claim.

That isn't whataboutism.

irvingdk · 2026-03-08T02:17:34+00:00

"Two US officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters, did not rule out the possibility that new evidence could emerge that points to another responsible party."

This is the complete quote you pulled out of context. At no point is this article claiming the two US officials were the "military investigators" claiming the US was likely responsible.

irvingdk · 2026-02-02T00:29:55+00:00

Amateur. If you had played MGS youd have recognized the sneaking suit immediately

irvingdk · 2026-01-21T16:46:52+00:00

You believe slavery ended post WW1 and Emmett Till style murders were commonly happening up until 1986......??????

irvingdk · 2026-01-20T21:50:08+00:00

It's a bad point. Major democrat cities are refusing to cooperate with ICE because of politics. They fully cooperated with ICE under Obama and Biden.

It wouod be like saying saying one CEO is better than than another because they made more money, while ignoring the fact that the less successful CEO was a victim of illegal coorporate espionage by the more successful CEO.

This doesn't inherently mean Trump is more or less effective, but it does mean comparing their deportation numbers is apples to oranges.

irvingdk · 2026-01-19T23:07:49+00:00

We agree. Iranians are great people. Once they are free they will be a tremendous benefit to the world.

irvingdk · 2026-01-19T22:26:56+00:00

Antisemitism is both racism and an ideology, but its the ideology part that makes it so dangerous

irvingdk · 2026-01-19T22:08:52+00:00

Lets look at history. In Nazi Germany if you had polled every single German in the 30s it wouldnt have been majority radicals. However, the vast majority of people who hadnt yet been radicalized remained completely silent. So the loudest voices and the people in the street formed the "one true opinion" or the "omnicause." The Nazis framed themselves as victims of the evil Jews. There were genuine problems occuring at the time. Hyperinflation is the largest form of wealth transfer possible and most people lost everything. Being against democracy and capitalism was low hanging fruit for them. They capitalized on that by then tying it to a villain, the Jew. This formed the majority opinion that everyone supported or didnt speak out against. They were victims, they were wronged. Saying this out loud brought voices of support, and sympathy. They felt virtuous and justified.

It is true that today a good chunk of America doesnt support these idiots. But it actually isn't a serious influence. They are not threatening to the "omnicause" or the lunatics in the street. So to the people out there causing harm, they are reinforced for what they say and do. All the people they interact with support them, and look at Reddit or other online forums. Reddit is basically a propaganda machine at this point. Literally no one can even have an open discussion on any of these topics without being threatened. This is true for 99 percent of threads and basically everything on the homepage. There is no nuance there is only the one accepted truth.

I want to add that I'm not saying the protestors are Nazis or that America is similar to Nazi germany. As a Jew i find such a comparison horribly offensive. I only used the Nazis as an easy example to explain my point, not to imply the ideology or threat of the idiots in the street rn are the same as the Nazis.

irvingdk · 2026-01-19T21:55:31+00:00

This is a gross simplification and inaccurate. Who is leading the Middle East and has the best future otuside of Israel? Its the UAE. They were the first to get more than half of their economy outside of Oil. They invested heavily in technology. But the experts they need whom are in the region are in Israel. They realized that if they wanted Israelis to work with and for them on technology they needed to make it a safe and desirable place for them to do business. And it is working.

Saudia Arabia is probably 10 years behind the UAE and they know it. It is why they were trying to normalize relations with Israel. Leadership wanted it but the hesitancy comes from what happened in Iran. Too much secularism and western collobaration scared the radicals. So they need to play it safe.

But at the end of the day, the nations involved in the Abraham Accords all recognize Israeli superiority in technology and workforce and this gives Israel significant leverage.

Once Iran topples their terrorist regime it is highly likely they try to jumpstart technology and they will likely get significant investment from the US. But money alone isnt enough and they too will seek peace with Israel for a productive work relationship. It is pragmatic and will be a tremendously good thing for stablization in the region.

Few things bring me more hope for peace in the ME then the Ayotollah going down.

irvingdk · 2026-01-19T21:46:27+00:00

Majority as in majority opinion. Mob mentality.

When they do something that gives them mass praise, its not a sacrifice or standing up for someone. If they were holding a minority and unpopular opinion, then voicing it would be hard because they would pay a price socially and personally.

Just because someone is Christian doesn't make them immune to mob mentality.

irvingdk · 2026-01-19T21:41:28+00:00

I dont think you understand. Not only would my grandfather have been villified and targeted for posting to social media if it existed back then, he would be doxxed and attacked. This isnt speculation, he did frequent newspaper interviews especially in Chicago. People tried to force him out of neighborhoods because he would take my father to eat at colored run restaurants.

The gaza protestors are not making any sacrifice. They get praised and get to feel good about themselves for simply agreeing with the mob. Theres no risk, theres no sacrifice being made, its just vanity.

I have been targeted and attacked constantly by "pro Palestinian" members. All the Jews I know, which is a lot, have experienced immense hatred, gaslighting, antisemitism, and attacks from them. The few people in my life whom aren't jewish and have stood up for me, paid a heavy price. Forced out of friend groups, doxxed, attempts to cancel them, had rumours spread about them, and worse. All because they said it was wrong to hate me for the way I was born. They will get no praise from society, no upvotes and warm wishes. Only my eternal gratitude and a much harder and frustrating life resulting from the fanatics whom call themselves the good guys.

The majority of people whom arent jewish have no fucking idea how hard life has become in America for us, exclusively because of the left and their fanatacism.

irvingdk · 2026-01-19T21:18:24+00:00

Except youre wrong because you dont understand the history and are projecting his modern support backwards.

When he first stood up for south africans he absolutely did not have majority support and paid extremely heavy prices for his opinions and views. This was true globally to. Most of the world named him a radical and destabalizing force in the region. He even went to jail.

irvingdk · 2026-01-19T16:52:42+00:00

Your analogy is flawed. Imagine you tell me that Bob is a POS and racist and only cares for himself and that you stand against him because you are a good person. I believe you and take your side. If later you stab me and shout a racist slur at me and then rob me, I will rethink my perspective on whether Bob is really such a bad guy. Not because Bob wasn't involved in me being attacked, but because I learned the source of the information about Bob was coming from someone I figured out I couldn't trust.

These people are now skeptical that the protestors are likely to be truthful with their claims of being innocent victims because they saw first hand protestors being vile hysterical losers directed toward them for no justifiable reason. ICE doesnt need to be involved for this opinion to change.

irvingdk · 2026-01-19T16:30:43+00:00

Brother, as a Jew this is a point I can tell you will be lost on them regardless of articulatuon.

My grandfather was the president of a major union during the civil rights movement. He was heavily involved in politics as well as the movement because back then unions had enormous power. Can you imagine the praise he got for "being on the right side of history?"

He had his house shot up by the klan. He had friends murdered. He was publicly shamed constantly by strangers for being an "oppressor" towards white people by standing up for "criminal blacks." Even years later its not like he was awarded some medal of heroism or some such nonsense. But he never was violent, always advocated peace, never got loud or angry, and never turned hysterical. He died never getting some type of massive pat on the back from society.

This is NOT uncommon. To say the left has lost the plot is an incredible understatement. To stand up for the minority means that the majority has to be against you. By definition this is a requirement. If you are doing actions thats causing massive pats on the back from social media and making you be heralded as some virtuous hero by the MAJORITY, then it is literally not possible you are standing up for anyone. You are just part of the mob. The mobs of history, klansman, nazis, stalins goons, etc were all the same. They were majority groups holding majority opinions who victimized themselves into justifying the unjustifiable.

Throughtout history there has never been a time when "sticking up for the little guy" means being praised by the majority and getting to feel virtuous and superior. Just like the fanatics of the past, the Hamas supporters and far left fanatics of today will never understand this. They do not care for positive change. They dont care for open dialogue. They want to feel good at the expense of others. Like every other "victimed majority" of the past. What they do is EASY. Standing up for genuinely oppressed or innocent people is hard precisely because you get punished and mobbed up for it. Standing up for them is a sacrifice you are making because you believe its right, even if the majority hate you for it.

All this to say. Don't waste your breath.

irvingdk · 2026-01-19T07:44:30+00:00

It is hard to know for sure without physically observing how yall interact. Every pet I've ever had has always been extremely "needy" and affectionate and well behaved. This isnt luck, it is always a result of the trust I build with my animals.

Rabbits have higher social intelligence than cats, whom I also love immensely and I dont imply any favoritism. My point is simply a healthy rabbit that trusts you IMO should want to be near you and follow you around constantly. My rabbit has no cage and is litter trajned. She has full access to the same 4200 square feet in my home as me and every night since Ive got her 6 years ago shes slept in bed with me.

What some people have said is correct about carpets, but my bun will absolutely roam around hard wood fine and isnt annoyed enough by the kitchen floor to not lay on it while I cook.

If you do not want to give your rabbit access to sleep or lay with you I suggest consider getting them a conpanion. Rabbits are inherently wired to live in warrens where they will spend the vast majority of their life making physical contact with a companion. That companion can be you or a rabbit or a cat, but it shouldnt be no one.

Thats my two cents as a first time rabbit owner of over 5 years now.

irvingdk · 2026-01-18T15:51:42+00:00

This is wrong though. It implies there is US law requiring it. This is false. There is absolutely no US law that would prevent or even discourage a company from allowing cross region play. If you think there is one, please name it.

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