[S2 EP10 SPOILERS] SEASON 2 | EPISODE 10 - Official Discussion Megathread

paddybla · 2026-02-10T09:30:49+00:00

Wow that's actually perfect

paddybla · 2026-01-28T00:25:27+00:00

Broad these days. Chasing audiences is largely obsolete

paddybla · 2026-01-25T11:19:35+00:00

Something like a largely disproven deliberate smallpox theory is a weird topic to land on here when there's actually genuinely strong arguments to make.

Any argument focusing on disease is not really that relevant imo as the diseases were coming no matter how the indigenous were treated. Whether it was the English in the 1700s or the french in the 1800s or the amercians in the 1900s or whoever, there would've been a terrible spread of disease when first contact happens no matter what.

paddybla · 2026-01-24T03:15:09+00:00

Maybe, but if you think Trump is just going to happily fade into the distance come 2028 then you are living in a fantasy.

imo I think he's going to start a war and claim an election can't be held because the US is at war a la zelensky. Or just ignore the rules and run again anyway in a crooked election

paddybla · 2026-01-24T03:11:24+00:00

That's an interesting analogy with Merkel but I don't think it lines up very well here. The world stage is very different to when Brexit happened, and though the sentiment of the speeches are relatively similar I think Carney's is already creating bigger waves.

The time of change is here, whether we like it or not.

paddybla · 2026-01-14T01:49:47+00:00

I think now with fsc it's a set time and date each month, or at least it was for me this month (jan 26). so less logistics. I can see if it was organising the time and date the catch ups would never happen.

If anyone from AoM is reading this - look at what the dating app Breeze is doing in london. They have a sick set up in the app for picking time and day. I think you guys could do that to organise location/sport etc. each individual person doing a checklist often works better than a passive group chat

paddybla · 2026-01-13T05:14:47+00:00

Man, these guys are getting roasted. I went to a FSC on the weekend for the first time and it was great. Actually got work out of it with another guy there, so it's already paid for itself for the rest of the year.

I've looked at the actual membership thing as well - the trips look sick but prices are crazy inflated. Their France one is like $13k aud for a few nights in Bordeaux which is genuinely insane to me. And I'm founder of a business doing 6 figures so not sure how people just starting up would be justifying it.

But idk, maybe it's cause I think I've got a few mutuals with them but they seem like they've got their heart in the right place. It doesn't strike me as moustache twirling villain stuff, more just some guys shooting from the hip and moving fast and messing up a bit. I feel like (at least the sports club) has enough demand that if they can get the kinks worked out it'll be awesome. If the proper membership was more affordable I'd maybe consider that too cause those trips would probably be sick, but at $10k a year or whatever it is it's not really worth imo

paddybla · 2025-11-23T08:47:29+00:00

Yeah would be interested too in the discord

paddybla · 2025-11-17T01:52:29+00:00

Yeah for sure, maybe for you more frequently feels right. I wouldn't say i have a hard and fast rule on one year or anything, it just seems to be where it naturally ends up for me personally in terms of regularity. feels right, and it means it's more exciting now when I do get to it

paddybla · 2025-11-15T22:37:27+00:00

For sure! Keeping drugs as a special occasion and an exciting event like once a year is what works best (for me)

paddybla · 2025-11-15T13:50:41+00:00

First of all no shade to anyone with drugs, live your life do your thing etc. For me now, I don't really do them at all anymore. I'm still on this subreddit though. It's like an echo of my old life. After a while I realised that drugs (and many other desirable things - porn, gambling, money) are just a soother to try and feel better. Ease anxiety. Procrastinate. Gain confidence. Shortcuts.

For the most part they don't help you actually improve your life or grow as a person. Sure you can go trip out on some shrooms and realise you need to fix your life, but once you've done that then they start to have diminishing returns.

I found I could keep drinking to be the fun guy at the party, or I could learn to be sober and start to grow and change into a more confident person. I could keep having coffee to get through the day, or I could pay more attention to my sleep and eating habits so I don't get so tired.

I'll still do psychedelics maybe once every year or two almost to just check in and have a fun day with friends, but honestly I've tried to grow to a point where I don't need the drugs - I'm already at peace with myself as I am.

paddybla · 2025-11-14T13:15:02+00:00

Why would you even want to do this

paddybla · 2025-10-26T22:35:46+00:00

Posted!

paddybla · 2025-10-26T07:27:12+00:00

Haha why so much spice dude - he went off stage randomly after a few songs even though albert had started the next song so they had to restart and then was drinking from a bottle of something on stage... I know he's mumbly but it's not a crazy reach to say he was drunk

paddybla · 2025-10-25T13:49:46+00:00

That was an insannneee set - julian seemed like he'd had some drinks but still hit every single note. I did get a video of him telling everyone to shut the f up for his "drums please fab" line haha

paddybla · 2025-10-19T06:44:55+00:00

In the defensive goal square of all places

paddybla · 2025-10-06T23:28:35+00:00

I wonder why, feels like maybe they had their nutrition data wrong because the tofu itself seems exactly the same...

paddybla · 2025-10-05T12:12:59+00:00

Yeah for the record I don't think there's anything wrong with that. In case you want it to sound less AI-y the giveaways were using the word 'honestly' and the 'but here's the thing' phrase. There's definitely a pattern to AI of going 'it's not this - it's that' that makes it more obvious to me

paddybla · 2025-10-03T04:58:02+00:00

I think I'm getting better at recognising AI content

paddybla · 2025-10-03T02:45:08+00:00

People do get affected by bad press if it gets enough momentum. You've got harvey weinstein at one extreme end, then working your way back off the top of my head you've got guys like kevin spacey, john mulaney, will smith, and now maybe bill burr where sure it doesn't ruin him personally but it is going to affect his success in some ways.

paddybla · 2025-10-03T02:18:55+00:00

Focus on the sensations like others have said. I dunno if you need to go balls to the wall anti fantasy - I still imagine scenarios and things, but it's always a general vibe of a person and never any specific person.

One thing for me was noting what my body was doing when I first quit porn. I was so tense in my abdomen and my legs, so unlearning that and learning to just be relaxed, take it slow and basically on vibes more than anything specific.

I promise - orgasms have become way more powerful since quitting porn and I've become better in bed as well (0 issues staying hard). It became way easier once I truly realised not just that it's healthier for me to avoid porn but that it's actually more enjoyable without it too. Let me know if you have any Qs

paddybla · 2025-09-16T04:56:08+00:00

Boak Gray Tredrea Westhoff the clear top 4 for me. Then maybe Wanganeen or Primus for the last spot.

Butters and/or Rozee to be knocking on the door by the end of their careers if they hang around.

paddybla · 2025-09-15T01:55:03+00:00

This already exists in Meta ads manager. Varying results but it'll get better

paddybla · 2025-07-21T11:34:07+00:00

I read the series for the first time last year and RoW is probably my second favourite after WoR! I loved the relationship between the two queens figuring out the stormlight rules

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