Meeting eccentric people IRL
Meeting eccentric people IRL
[in case you're pesky journalist who is interested in destroying somebody's career, at least contact Stahlmann personally to get his current views on intra gender relationships]
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Disclaimer: I have had a FB account for more than 10 years and just starting using it around a year ago. I like it for sharing pictures with family, buying/selling/free item exchange, and finding out about community events. As far as meeting, developing, or maintaining friendships; it’s a bust. FB seems rather shallow to me.
P.S. After reading Jacob’s post, I will add that I ignored your comment about wanting to use this strategy to hookup. Living in a state and town with more men than women, plus we still have single friends, I understand from where you could be coming. I also understand the offensiveness of the blunt statements.
P.S. After reading Jacob’s post, I will add that I ignored your comment about wanting to use this strategy to hookup. Living in a state and town with more men than women, plus we still have single friends, I understand from where you could be coming. I also understand the offensiveness of the blunt statements.
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Find a group that actually meet regularly (a choir, a common garden, a concert venue, etc...) and start from there.
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Basically, you've just told the internet that your motivation for meeting people is to get laid and that your strategy for getting there is to walk into online groups dominated by women telling them that their choice of online platform is stupid and that their problems are ridiculous, so they should come and hang out with you IRL instead?
If you actually want people to meet you, I suggest doing the exact opposite in terms of motivation and strategy, because this modus operandi is a disaster at every conceivable level. I should probably nuke this thread as an act of mercy.
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[in case you're pesky journalist who is interested in destroying somebody's career, at least contact Stahlmann personally to get his current views on intra gender relationships]
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Considering your ultimate goal, do you think its wise to just eliminate the all-important bag lady demographic?
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The fact that he specified that having his "pee-pee" touched was only 20%-30% of the project, that's downright gentlemanly, at least by internet standards. Although, not to be an offense to the OP, I do not for one second believe those numbers to accurately reflect the project overview.
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Speaking as a more-or-less celibate man who has done his own share of soul searching and pity partying as much as he would prefer not to admit it, I'll tell you exactly what I think men who preach MGTOW and such are: Pathetic.
They aren't pathetic because they want sex from women. They are pathetic because they preach the gospel of self ownership is all you need, but are clearly in thrall of their unfulfilled desires. Hence the rage and frustration that permeates throughout their communities. A kernel of truth does lie in their beliefs -- you really don't need a partner, or sex for that matter, to be happy. Maslow's pyramid is a guideline at best, and does not describe any sort of predestiny.
In fact, I would go as far to say the opposite. If you want to find a partner, learn to be happy first. It is a drag to be around people who are sad or angry about what life has not provided them. Few would prefer to sleep with that. Heck, few would prefer to be friends with that.
As for some practical advice to becoming happy, I would suggest the following:
- Get some hobbies. There are tons of physical exercise clubs, and some of them cost as little as a pair of running shoes. Seeing people on a regular basis is the foundation for most relationships (not just romantic). Familiarity only breeds contempt if you have strong disagreements
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- Lower your expectations of others. I've learned a lot about others through said hobbies. Some I only met the once, others have become close friends. This requires patience, engagement, and often doing the legwork for organizing social activities outside the original realm, with little return in the early days, as people will more readily flake on acquaintances. Each person is going to have different limitations on what they can give, and what they wish to receive, and accepting those boundaries is important.
- Read up on cognitive behavioural therapy. Seriously. You can do it at home, entirely alone, which allows you to hide your shame
. The resources are cheap, and the success of the therapy lies entirely in your hands and willingness to address your issues. I don't believe for a moment that anyone who references "unhappy men on the Internet" doesn't have psychological issues which can likely be addressed with CBT. I've done my own share of reading terrible communities, and I'm grateful I always dismissed them, despite feeling their pain.
Also, I think it works if you want casual sex, rather than a partner. That was never my desire, but hey, I don't judge on that front. People who are pleasant to be around, and don't act as if there is a chip on their shoulders, are much hotter.
They aren't pathetic because they want sex from women. They are pathetic because they preach the gospel of self ownership is all you need, but are clearly in thrall of their unfulfilled desires. Hence the rage and frustration that permeates throughout their communities. A kernel of truth does lie in their beliefs -- you really don't need a partner, or sex for that matter, to be happy. Maslow's pyramid is a guideline at best, and does not describe any sort of predestiny.
In fact, I would go as far to say the opposite. If you want to find a partner, learn to be happy first. It is a drag to be around people who are sad or angry about what life has not provided them. Few would prefer to sleep with that. Heck, few would prefer to be friends with that.
As for some practical advice to becoming happy, I would suggest the following:
- Get some hobbies. There are tons of physical exercise clubs, and some of them cost as little as a pair of running shoes. Seeing people on a regular basis is the foundation for most relationships (not just romantic). Familiarity only breeds contempt if you have strong disagreements
.- Lower your expectations of others. I've learned a lot about others through said hobbies. Some I only met the once, others have become close friends. This requires patience, engagement, and often doing the legwork for organizing social activities outside the original realm, with little return in the early days, as people will more readily flake on acquaintances. Each person is going to have different limitations on what they can give, and what they wish to receive, and accepting those boundaries is important.
- Read up on cognitive behavioural therapy. Seriously. You can do it at home, entirely alone, which allows you to hide your shame
. The resources are cheap, and the success of the therapy lies entirely in your hands and willingness to address your issues. I don't believe for a moment that anyone who references "unhappy men on the Internet" doesn't have psychological issues which can likely be addressed with CBT. I've done my own share of reading terrible communities, and I'm grateful I always dismissed them, despite feeling their pain.Also, I think it works if you want casual sex, rather than a partner. That was never my desire, but hey, I don't judge on that front. People who are pleasant to be around, and don't act as if there is a chip on their shoulders, are much hotter.
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What’s wrong with making events to get laid? That’s pretty much what parties are. If a chick made an event to get laid, she’d get 1000 men to show up and do things like push-ups to compete for her lol (look up Tinder Trap). If a guy does, he’s shamed for even trying
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Look guys, it's not even funny anymore 
Obviously this is a very frustrating problem like so many other problems. I get it. However, the problem is not in that there's no solution but that sometimes the problem is framed in a [here fractally(*)] wrong/dysfunctional way which leads into a figurative dead-end. This is frustrating not only to those who have the problem but also to those who know the way out. What do you tell someone who is stuck on a problem but clearly isn't ready or willing to try a solution that doesn't yet make sense to them from their current point of view? What if that happens over and over in multiple threads and those who have the solution eventually give up in frustration? What if the problem not only causes pain to the one having it but the wrongheaded solution/commentary also causes pain to bystanders?---Perhaps in a way that makes the original problem even worse. What do you do then?
"Nuking it" or "cleaning things up" is a crude and extremely tempting solution but it is also a simplistic solution(!) Telling it like it is (something I'm personally bad at) is also hard so when such is called for, I tend to chicken out and speak in abstractions hoping that people will take the hint even if experience shows that this rarely works, so thank you @bigato and @slsdly for not doing that. (I totally agree with what you said.)
(*) I'm not looking to trade URLs. When I link something, I actually intend for it to clarify things. There's a reason why memes and 10 second youtube clips are frowned upon here.
What I'll suggest (again speaking in generalities, damnit!) is that if you have a problem (such as finding a partner) where your current solution attempts are just one long streak of failures, is that a wise(**) meta-rule would be to presume that the framework you currently hold is inherently broken and needs a complete overhaul. A good starting point would be to listen ONLY to those who have demonstrated some level of success in solving the problem you're suffering. A bad starting point would be to clarify your position as if those reacting badly don't understand the problem or start a debate about "both sides" or commencing with some "whataboutery".---It's not necessary. We already get it.
I know this is a lot harder in practice than in theory, but to quote Einstein: "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." => Getting unstuck sometimes requires changing our thinking.
(**) In the sense that it would save everybody including yourself a lot of time-energy.
So here's some advice (please for the love of !@#$@#$ take it!) ... the OP post would have been 100x better and more constructive/less reputationally self-destructive if it had stopped at the "What to do?" point.
Insofar we can restart the thread from that point, I have some advice... if [and only if] you're ready to listen.
Obviously this is a very frustrating problem like so many other problems. I get it. However, the problem is not in that there's no solution but that sometimes the problem is framed in a [here fractally(*)] wrong/dysfunctional way which leads into a figurative dead-end. This is frustrating not only to those who have the problem but also to those who know the way out. What do you tell someone who is stuck on a problem but clearly isn't ready or willing to try a solution that doesn't yet make sense to them from their current point of view? What if that happens over and over in multiple threads and those who have the solution eventually give up in frustration? What if the problem not only causes pain to the one having it but the wrongheaded solution/commentary also causes pain to bystanders?---Perhaps in a way that makes the original problem even worse. What do you do then?
"Nuking it" or "cleaning things up" is a crude and extremely tempting solution but it is also a simplistic solution(!) Telling it like it is (something I'm personally bad at) is also hard so when such is called for, I tend to chicken out and speak in abstractions hoping that people will take the hint even if experience shows that this rarely works, so thank you @bigato and @slsdly for not doing that. (I totally agree with what you said.)
(*) I'm not looking to trade URLs. When I link something, I actually intend for it to clarify things. There's a reason why memes and 10 second youtube clips are frowned upon here.
What I'll suggest (again speaking in generalities, damnit!) is that if you have a problem (such as finding a partner) where your current solution attempts are just one long streak of failures, is that a wise(**) meta-rule would be to presume that the framework you currently hold is inherently broken and needs a complete overhaul. A good starting point would be to listen ONLY to those who have demonstrated some level of success in solving the problem you're suffering. A bad starting point would be to clarify your position as if those reacting badly don't understand the problem or start a debate about "both sides" or commencing with some "whataboutery".---It's not necessary. We already get it.
I know this is a lot harder in practice than in theory, but to quote Einstein: "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." => Getting unstuck sometimes requires changing our thinking.
(**) In the sense that it would save everybody including yourself a lot of time-energy.
So here's some advice (please for the love of !@#$@#$ take it!) ... the OP post would have been 100x better and more constructive/less reputationally self-destructive if it had stopped at the "What to do?" point.
Insofar we can restart the thread from that point, I have some advice... if [and only if] you're ready to listen.
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About 12 years ago I have been in a situation where, for a multitude of reasons, I was angry at the world and especially at the opposite sex.
For a while I confronted the issue with an attitude that only exacerbated the problem: I mostly looked for superficial relationships that provided a short term physical pleasure boost but in the end just made me more and more cynical.
Then I realized I first had to make peace with myself and be comfortable in my own skin.
That put me in the right (positive) state of mind and ultimately , I was lucky and found a lady I’ve been super happily together for a relatively long time (around 10 years).
One thing that I believe transpires from THF and Stahlmann writing is a sort of unease about their condition that seems very similar to what I experienced.
Go hike in the mountains, be close to your real friends and family, isolate yourself from the negativity and angry people.
You’re much more attractive when you’re happy.
For a while I confronted the issue with an attitude that only exacerbated the problem: I mostly looked for superficial relationships that provided a short term physical pleasure boost but in the end just made me more and more cynical.
Then I realized I first had to make peace with myself and be comfortable in my own skin.
That put me in the right (positive) state of mind and ultimately , I was lucky and found a lady I’ve been super happily together for a relatively long time (around 10 years).
One thing that I believe transpires from THF and Stahlmann writing is a sort of unease about their condition that seems very similar to what I experienced.
Go hike in the mountains, be close to your real friends and family, isolate yourself from the negativity and angry people.
You’re much more attractive when you’re happy.
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Interesting, how many other young men are in a similar spiral?
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For context, the stuff ppl write is helpful. Already doing most of the suggestions, like learning Portuguese, getting a masters, lifting weights, etc.
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For context, the stuff ppl write is helpful. Already doing most of the suggestions, like learning Portuguese, getting a masters, lifting weights, etc.
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For having solved the problem with difficulty, I can vouch that it's difficult for some people to solve. There are very good advice on this thread and many others. No one here knows you enough to know which one will work for you so you'll have to filter them out yourself. Good luck.
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@OP:
This thread took a turn for the incel/ redpill and your original post does have that tone to it. If that's the problem you're trying to solve, I agree with what's been said above. I spent some years as a nice guy/ incel, thankfully years before I was aware of all the angry internet communities complaining about this problem. I'd share my experience of how I, a bit accidentally and haphazardly at first, got out of this, but I'm not sure it'd help you and I'm not sure it's what you're looking for.
Taking the OP at face value, you're also redpilling meeting eccentric people. As Jacob said, you're going into communities with the attitude that you're better/ smarter than them and then wondering why they don't show up to meetings. If you're going to engage with a community you are interested in on some level, why not go in with the attitude that you have something to learn? The best way to meet eccentric people is be eccentric and talk to people. I talk to eccentric people all the time. You can't get these motherfuckers to stay away from you if you are running around doing weird shit all day.
It's really hard to meet people who hit all of the ERE criteria without meeting people directly from the forum. It's not impossible, but It just combines too many things that don't go together and is too far outside the current paradigm for there to be that many naturally occurring ERE people out there. It shouldn't be that hard to meet someone who tells you they are a minimalist or cares about the environment or is into working on their house.
This thread took a turn for the incel/ redpill and your original post does have that tone to it. If that's the problem you're trying to solve, I agree with what's been said above. I spent some years as a nice guy/ incel, thankfully years before I was aware of all the angry internet communities complaining about this problem. I'd share my experience of how I, a bit accidentally and haphazardly at first, got out of this, but I'm not sure it'd help you and I'm not sure it's what you're looking for.
This is very good and important advice. The message that women are walking vaginas is very prevalent in our society and if you aren't good at talking to them it's very easy to view them that way. When I (unconsciously) thought of women that way it made talking to them harder, because I always thought, "this girl is going to know what I want and I will come off as a creep." And if you think of women this way you will be weird and come off like a creep because you're being a creep. If you don't view women this way it's easier to approach them and they will be more receptive.
Taking the OP at face value, you're also redpilling meeting eccentric people. As Jacob said, you're going into communities with the attitude that you're better/ smarter than them and then wondering why they don't show up to meetings. If you're going to engage with a community you are interested in on some level, why not go in with the attitude that you have something to learn? The best way to meet eccentric people is be eccentric and talk to people. I talk to eccentric people all the time. You can't get these motherfuckers to stay away from you if you are running around doing weird shit all day.
It's really hard to meet people who hit all of the ERE criteria without meeting people directly from the forum. It's not impossible, but It just combines too many things that don't go together and is too far outside the current paradigm for there to be that many naturally occurring ERE people out there. It shouldn't be that hard to meet someone who tells you they are a minimalist or cares about the environment or is into working on their house.
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[in case you're pesky journalist who is interested in destroying somebody's career, at least contact Stahlmann personally to get his current views on intra gender relationships]
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This is dangerous meme to have propagating around in your mind. Projecting what you may or may not perceive as valuable onto other people is a choice that comes with a consequence. However you choose to judge value is flawed and this is okay. This is a multi-agent reality where other people are not objects to be navigated but subjects to grow with. By choosing to value a limited set of possible interactions you are planting seeds for future resentment. Your mind will start to fracture when your model of reality bumps up against complex and/or anomalous observations. Defense mechanisms will be required to compartmentalize these fractured neural nets and to convince yourself that the model is still correct (and complete!).
Give yourself a favor and forget what you think you know about other people. Try to think on a different time-scale where the memes you are accustomed to will feel cyclic and terminal. Try to engage in a higher-order ebb and flow where the lower-level boundaries dissolve into a boundless topological space from which a multitude of geodesics are possible.
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@daylen: ???
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In simple terms I think what daylen is trying to say is that type of thinking and thought process will lead you to look for confirming evidence in your interactions thus proving your thoughts correct and resulting in what may be unnecessary corrections.
Inverting and thinking that you provide value (even if you currently do not) will likely bear much more fruit as your actions seek to align with your thoughts.
Inverting and thinking that you provide value (even if you currently do not) will likely bear much more fruit as your actions seek to align with your thoughts.
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Reading this thread is very interesting to me. I went to a convention thing this past weekend on a topic that’s interesting to me, and a hobby. There were all kinds of interesting people there that I connected with—at the convention, in the lobby of the hotel where I was staying, at nearby restaurants. I shared contact info with several of them, and I’m certain that if I put in a little effort, I’ll stay in touch.
Who knows where those connections might lead? Some of them were male, some female, some older and some younger. Some, I’m guessing, probably share similar religions and politics as me, and some certainly don’t. Some may not be into Early Retirement—but it’s entirely possible that I might meet someone THROUGH one of these people who is.
Who knows?
I just really don’t get why folks think making connections is so hard. Yes, I’m an extrovert, but not a particularly strong one, and it may be a little easier if you’re not a total introvert.
The formula, to me, is pretty simple: get involved in things you’re interested in. Take an interest in people and chat with them. Don’t go after just chicks or just dudes—you may befriend someone you’re not interested in sexually, or who may not be into much of anything you are....but they may introduce you to someone interesting. Worry less about getting people to touch your junk and be more concerned about what kind of person you are.
Who knows where those connections might lead? Some of them were male, some female, some older and some younger. Some, I’m guessing, probably share similar religions and politics as me, and some certainly don’t. Some may not be into Early Retirement—but it’s entirely possible that I might meet someone THROUGH one of these people who is.
Who knows?
I just really don’t get why folks think making connections is so hard. Yes, I’m an extrovert, but not a particularly strong one, and it may be a little easier if you’re not a total introvert.
The formula, to me, is pretty simple: get involved in things you’re interested in. Take an interest in people and chat with them. Don’t go after just chicks or just dudes—you may befriend someone you’re not interested in sexually, or who may not be into much of anything you are....but they may introduce you to someone interesting. Worry less about getting people to touch your junk and be more concerned about what kind of person you are.
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Jason
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Have you considered motivational speaking? Because this is really powerful stuff.EdithKeeler wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:53 pmWorry less about getting people to touch your junk and be more concerned about what kind of person you are.