our lizard brain

^

that's what creates the urge to have and raise kids

the little brain is overpowering, some times

hell that's what urges us to talk to women in the first place

I'm certainly feeling that with raging hormones and what not

same

gets real annoying sometimes

Use that desire to pass on wisdom and channel it into yourself, hold yourself to the standards you would want your kid to

Make sure you are staying consistent to your own values

lol - what are you guys' words of wisdom that you'd give your son - if you had one

@Daribig as a man I hold no loyalty to any banner or ideology. But with family I have something worth dying for and because of that I have something worth living for.

well that's a tough one

@Null beautiful man

@Null family? you mean jsut a child?

@Daribig you are never truly alive unless you have something like that. A family.

Now your mission lies ahead of you
As it did mine so long ago
To help the helpless ones who all look up to you
And to defend them to the end

Not what I would say but a good song

Defender by manowar

beautiful

I'm still new to this stuff so I probably can't give too solid words of wisdom but it would probably be something along the lines of running cost benefit analysis on everything

20 days of NNN still left omfg

@batshadow that's like 80% of it

wish i heard that before going into uni - nice one batshadow

np

We can do it mates.

The idea of analyzing life is very interesting to me, sort of the ideal of being rational and maintaining your reason at all times

trying not to be overwhelmed by emotions or desire

Risk/ reward that's very heavily weighed towards risk

Thats why I am doing NNN tbh

noiceu

at the moment I just want to acquire as much relevant knowledge as possible

@Aristorien yeah after you cut out fapping things start to get surreal

@batshadow what's relevant to you?

I just ordered Gorge Orwell's 1984

relevant knowledge*

Should be a good read @batshadow

That's something I'm still trying to figure out so rip

But knowledge is meaningless unless you can apply it, thats why I think the mind body and spirit trifecta is so important

@Aristorien that's why shit posting helps calm the mind because you can express thoughts that otherwise would have to be suppressed

@batshadow you ordered?! Noob! Just pirate!

It’s free on iBooks probably

***face desk***

@Null This, I had an experience today where I was able to talk to someone about a hobby I had a while ago. Really lifeted a weight off my shoulders

welp

too late to turn back now

guess I'll just keep the paperback and re-read it to the ground

especially from being isolated for a long time

lots of suppressed thoughts

@Daribig relevant knowledge is like wisdom. Which is to say it's the understanding of underlying concepts and seeing them in places where they aren't obvious

i've been contemplating what brings intrinsic happiness in my life, and anyone's life, and i've come to the untested conclusion that being able to satisfy your curiosity through innovation is what brings me happiness = thoughts?

@Kazemaru not everyone has huehue hacker skills

@Daribig Satisfying curiosity is important to following your own way in life

it is important that you don't let it come to nothing though

We like challenge, and are unhappy if it's too easy. SO, you're onto something @Daribig

you have to turn it into something productive, a sort of vocation

I find that intensely focusing on anything balances the spirit

@Null one can always increase huehue skils

I mean

carnal desires and women only get it the way of your calling and sets you off balance

i've been thinking about the state of 'flow' and how being able to control when you can dip in and out of 'flow' would be one of the greatest skills to learn - anyone done some background reading on flow state or entering deep focus at will

I ***am*** trying to program for a reason

huehuehuehue

@Daribig Have you watched HHH's video on the art of peace?

@Daribig @Aristorien most likely it's the mental stimulation. But too much can be dangerous, I think it can cause you to go mad if you don't get a reality check every now and then by talking to people

I already ordered the book because of his video

The best way to supress the sex drive fire is knowing female nature, @Aristorien

@Null Ive gone into some strange places from looking into the abyss

but I've always come out better

@Aristorien i have not, i'll give it a watch ty

@Aristorien me too

I've been practicing meditation, can attest that flow state is powerful, and control over that is a level of focus that would be huge

@Roundabout Lout yoga is good too

@Daribig learning meditative breathing patterns are helpful and knowing when to do them

@Kazemaru This, I still find my self "being tempted" around women but if I always maintain my presence of mind I can let go of these distractions

remind myself that I am looking at a deception

I'll have to try yoga, I hear it makes regular life seem less stressful @Kazemaru

A way I look at it is just evaluate things with absence of emotional thinking

@Aristorien great! You sir just dodged a lot a bullets like that

@Roundabout Lout I really want to look into yoga but I can't find any good resources, most of the stuff out there seems to be made from single moms

@Aristorien I have come to the conclusion women will never want me because my personality is too cold for them and I am too average in looks. Effectively taking me out of the dating game. With that weight off my shoulders I feel pretty good

same @Null

@Roundabout Lout its does indeed. But dont do it at night, or you will have problems to sleep

same

being average in looks is a blessing

someone mentioned earlier that dedicating your life to a trade can bring meaning and fulfilment - what trades would you guys enter for a lifetime? for it's me developing software due to it's endless avenues of leanring

it brings humility and the ability to distance yourself from the game

its*

@Aristorien lol, I'm not surprised thots would like making yoga videos. Tops showing cleavage are seemingly helpful in their yoga practice 🤔

@Daribig carpentry has a huge scope you could get into

lmao yeah

@Daribig carpentry

@Daribig You would have to find a way to develop software that is meaningful to you personaly, from what I have heard many people get into a cycle of working for a corporation on projects they hate

I'm getting into programming games so I got that, if not then I'll be changing the strings on my guitar soon so I can try that as well.

Only did wood shop in high school, sucked at it then, but still have a desire to own a small wood shop, very satisfying to gain utility out of that craft

the words labor and work are derived from words relating to pain and slavery

while vocation or calling means something entirely different

@Aristorien true, right now i only code during my free time so i'll have to take that into account when applying for jobs

@Daribig leather working and tailoring is also pretty neat

@Daribig Are you self taught?

If or when I can afford it I may just get into blacksmithing cause I've always found that and medieval stuff pretty neato