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That’s what happens when you let a bunch of nerdy computer guys contribute to a monetary system. They make up arbitrary words and force people to use them and really the computer does all the work. I have the feeling, Just like communism, (but not actually communism) the pecking order is well established and everyone can pretty much settle their arguments with a GitHub pull request and an email. Responsibility>Authority

I’m not sure what it is about Michael Saylor but at some point (usually about 2 1/2 hours in) I start thinking about buying guns. Ever get mass shooter vibes from Saylor? Like maybe he wanted to go that route before he realized he could overcome his 13 billion in debt trading bitcoin? If there was one dude I could imagine posted in a Vegas hotel mowing down civilians with an AR-15 it would definitely be him.

I think the pandemic was a deeper experiment, To decide how realistic depriving people of carnal pleasure in an effort to roll back the economic and ecological outcomes of humanity. If people actually had to live up to their bullshit and take accountability, Even if it just meant staying home and being responsible, How would people do. The answer was they would still be assholes. Unapologetic and outright pathetic assholes. Apparently toilet paper would be the breaking point of humanity.

I hear drinking bleach prevents going to jail. Not sure where I heard that. Thoughts and prayers go out to you.

I heard drinking bleach will help with donating to Donald Trump. Not sure where I heard that.

If only basic assholes with money could figure out how to peel an orange.

South Broadway, Where families that survived the 50s leave their stuff after they are dead.

Replying to Avatar HODL

I’ve sampled all the fancy rich people stuff at this point in life and will now tell you what’s worth it and what’s not…

Fancy car - Not worth it. Save the money and get a regular car.

Really fancy car - Maybe worth it? Depends. If you’re super into cars these are pretty fun.

First class air travel - Worth it. But fair warning you can’t go back to economy once you get used to first.

Private air travel - Not worth it. Too expensive. Unless you’re some kind of huge celebrity you’ll be fine in first class.

Luxury hotel rooms - Worth it. There’s a big difference between the ritz and the best western. Enough said.

Fancy watch - Maybe worth it? Similar to the really fancy car thing. If you like it go for it, if not don’t worry you aren’t missing out on anything.

Fancy clothes - Not worth it. Rich people don’t wear this crap. Gucci, LV etc is for upper middle class people to signal to poor people.

Mansion - Worth it. Having a nice home is always nice, probably don’t go obnoxiously large though. Beyond 10k square feet you’re going to have weird maintenance and headaches taking care of the home.

Private chef - Not worth it. The food tastes good, but it’s another person in your house and that shit gets annoying.

Yacht - Maybe worth it? This goes in the same category as super cars and watches. If you’re into boats and you like spending time on the water it might be worthwhile. Otherwise just hangout by the pool, lake, ocean… same vibe but cheaper.

Maids - Worth it. Nobody wants to do their own cleaning.

Fancy food - Not worth it, caviar and foie gras will never beat burger and fries. High quality food yes, fancy rich guy food no. Maybe every once in awhile.

Fancy booze - Not worth it. Gets you drunk the same as regular booze. The richest friend I have drinks natty light. True story.

Will push back here some. Because there is a strong difference between rich, And class, And most people can not tell the difference.

A tailored suit- Worth it if you know how the suit maker is relevant to you. Did you grow up in an Italian family that knows where they come from? Go there and find the oldest tailor in town and buy a suit. Three of you feel generous.

Are you someone with your first 100k and know nothing about your family history? Mens wear house. The suit makes the man, But the man needs to know his stuff, Or the suit looks cheap anyway.

Supercar- Are you planning on track days? Because if not this is basically for having the pick of prostitutes in Miami. You are not impressing anyone with a very expensive toy, You are proving you are “only rich”. Wealthy people drive slow anyway. They do not bother themselves for anyone. The harder you flex the more insecure you look.

Luxury hotel rooms- Agreed. Especially if it is a historically significant hotel like the Savoy or the Brown. Worth seeing what millionaires lived like 100+ years ago. Being affluent is about knowing where you came from and living to the best of that potential. Corporate hotels are literally all the same- Modern.

Watch- If you look at it as a collectible. Rich people buy things to consume and wealthy people buy things to keep as assets. You should never wear anything more than a Rolex out in public. Your 40,000$ Lange & Sohn lost 5000$ in value by wearing it once. A Rolex is plenty for the rich person value signal.

Clothes- Wear what makes you comfortable. It is good to understand formal dress, But it is awkward to overdress. If you don’t work on Wall Street nobody is going to know the difference in what suit you wear and otherwise- And LV and Gucci are perfect tax deductible gifts for prostitutes, So keep that in mind when you give your daughter her first handbag.

The Mansion- Is it a Virginia or Miami McMansion? A modernist piece of crap that anyone with the money can buy? Or is it a French Chateau? Does your house have character or are you just a rich douche?

Yacht and Maid- this falls into a certain income bracket. Most people think being a billionaire sounds awesome, But they are actually the most hated people on earth, Thus they live on a boat and answer to no one. That guy did not make his money by being polite to your grandmother waiting in line to buy groceries. They are literally so detestable they need to live on a private boat away from civilians. If you do not understand this you are just rich.

Fancy food- Italians emphasise the fresh ingredients from the garden. Definitely worth eating fresh food no matter what your income is. Eating cheap takes years off your life unless you are Warren Buffet and Coca-Cola has a vested interest in keeping you alive. Cancer is real.

Fancy booze- in moderation. I feel like there is a well designed built in cost disincentive to drinking, Just like food. Quality is everything but don’t overpay if you just want to get drunk. If you still drink to get hammered you aren’t even rich. A good scotch or Tequila, A fine wine, Even a decent quality beer is still better than being a cheap drunk. Do your research before you indulge- Kind of the whole premise between being a rich asshole and a refined gentleman.

All in all remember-The finer things are expensive for good reasons and nobody can survive on just cake. Hard work and patience built every prosperous fortune and everybody bleeds red. The moment you start believing you are better than other people because of your money and status is the moment your wife is fucking her cheap ex boyfriend from high school. Money is a tool not a right.

Rant over.

I guess it is just that dumb manly militancy I have built in me.

When I was a kid, A forest fire almost came and destroyed our house, And we had to evacuate the area and pick in a few hours what stuff to take and what stuff to leave. I think this has both A: primed me for taking my emotions out of traumatic or high stress situations, And B: made me realise how much I need in the immediate moment when you go from being comfortable to just living day to day.

A lot of my early solo travel was just a backpack, And I often found myself stuck in a foreign country without money until the next monthly payment, Which in my opinion is the best way to travel. You should not make yourself a burden to locals, But you should also not expect to always see the truth of a place when you pay to be there. What you pay for is to avoid the real work that goes into living in a place and it takes about 6 months being somewhere before anyone can understand the hard work that makes somewhere special.

Yeah, I blame it on my dumb masculine traits. I can pretty much pass out in an airport or a strange place as long as I know I won’t get killed.

Replying to Avatar Guy Swann

I did great in high school and was so concerned about being top of my class and always having good grades. Then I did poorly (I thought I did, but not really) on a really important test and was crazy upset about it at the end of my junior year.

My biology teacher, who was a seriously cool guy and had a really solid lookout on life, sat down with me and reframed how I thought about how the relationship between the real world and this ridiculous controlled experiment called “schooling.” Literally blew my fucking mind. Suddenly I saw school for what it really was and all of my frustrations and anxiety about it made so much more sense. SO much of it had felt pointless to me but I couldn’t explain why.

I immediately let go of the weight of it all and had a great senior year realizing that my frame should be on what I wanted to do afterward that was going to matter, and how my high school GPA basically wouldn’t mean shit in that regard. I still did pretty great, ended up 4th in my class, but literally all of the anxiety had vanished when I saw it for what it was.

I’ll never forget what a profound impact such a simple change in perspective was. And how quickly I was looking back on my “old self” and thinking what an idiot he was for not seeing what was right in front of him. Even something that he had felt and had itched at him for years, but couldn’t understand.

I look back now and realize that 99% of what I learned during those years that was even slightly useful, was all in Science Olympiad, which was basically a series of engineering challenges for students to compete on. It had nothing to do with my classes or my grades.

Had it not been for that, I would be shocked at how utterly pointless all of it really was. I can’t believe the amount of time and energy I had put toward something that was so meaningless when it came to the real world.

Homeschool your kids and teach them something useful. nostr:note18t3fcafeq8gxnj520frhleh3lrx2njrjpn9fyktez7dytguafcjs07lh9g

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Attractive women always need some experience prostituting themselves before they get to stay at home status. You need to be good enough at manipulating men into paying your bills before you can stop working completely. That’s why so many “lesbians” are actually just living with each other while they entertain relationships with sugar daddies. Reeling in a big one takes years.