/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>8154862
>here are just some experiences in life that money cannot buy
Use money to train social skills for making friends

>>8154862
Do some soul searching, find out what you like.
''Want what you have, not what you don't have.''
-Buddah

>>8154862
The grass, greener, etc. I'd give up all my friends, family and social life for half your money.

Hey if this money isn't making you happy I'd be willing to take it

>>8154862
i'll be your friend for 150$ an hour 1000$ upfront for every meet up we do. the only value you have is your money.

>>8154862
better than poor and depressed

Stop buying stupid materialistic shit you don't need in order to make you happy dumbass, happiness is found within
Meditate daily and go do an ayahuasca ceremony to sort yourself out

>>8154862

did you try not being a faggot

>>8154895

Buddishm is basically the ostrich of all the religions out there. Its a big coping mechanism in order to delude the masses that just sitting and meditating until nirvana will free your karmic debt or whatever. Hardly a surprise no buddhist country in the world is rich. Even China abandoned buddism to get to where they are now.

>>8154939

Meditation is a complete joke. How is sitting and doing nothing going to solve my problems?

>>8154884
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>>8154973
Well first of all you should actually look into what it is

>>8154862
Meds.
/thread

where do you live? proximity theory is legit

>>8154950

what a bunch of nonsense, every world religion has a mystic tradition. what is sufism, christian mysticism, kaballah? also buddhism creates healthy, coherent and stable socieites. that theyre mostly poor has more to do with it being low IQ brown people than with the religion. also daily reminder that buddha was a white aryan with blue eyes so its literally the religion of the master race. Id tell you to neck yourself for spouting this ignorant nonsense but I want all living beings to be peaceful and happy so whatever.

>>8154982
>no true scotsman

Replace socialism with buddhism (or any religion) in pic related.

>>8154950
Buddhism teaches self awareness, and no there are not many buddhists that sit all day meditating untill they reach Nirvana, some do. But most of them are constantly out in the open helping people, contemplating and philosophizing within their community.

People think Buddhist monks are sitting somewhere on the foot of the tibetan mountains meditating but thats occasionally as a retreat (1-2 weeks) they actually have a very busy lifestyle and you probably don't even have the time to meditate.

But sure you have people like Siddartha and ohters who attained buddha that left everything behind just so they could sever the bonds with the materialistic world.

>>8154862
Sell all the shit that would give it away that you're rich. Go to a church you can be weird when you first get there you'll have a girlfriend/wife in under a year

>>8155019
dum dum go read a book

>>8154973

OP youre a dumbass. you just realized one of the three characteristics of buddhism called dissatisfaction. meaning that everything you can experience in this material plane is ultimately not satisfying. congratulations! now instead of looking for more material shit that will ultimately leave you just as empty and unsatisifed you need to start looking within. all your problems are within your mind and meditation literally reprograms your brain to be happy. some other anon mentioned ayahuasca and meditation and thats the best advice you will get. parties, freinds and banging sloots are all good and well but none of this will give you more than a fleeting sense of temporary excitement and before you know it youre back in that weird place feeling that something is "off" and you just cant find real fulfillment. so you can either keep suffering or go straight to the solution which is meditation and spiritual work.

>>8154973
Its about self awareness, which you can cultivate by minding your breath and observing your mind.
People are pretty prejudiced againt buddhishm because they really have no clue what its about in the first place.

>>8154973
Do the ayahuasca ceremony anyway, it will change your life if your willing to put in the work

>>8154862
therapy can help
as can training social skills

>>8155059
yeah this pretty much, and before you shit on Buddishm again as some way to dull the masses and people sitting doing nothing untill they reach Nirvana, the Dalai Lama is an avalokiteshvara which means he has vowed to not become fully enlightened untill the whole world has done so before him, whether you believe in that or not. He does live up to it.

>>8155010
>>8155026
>>8155059
>>8155060
>>8155096
>>8155101


Whoa there cowboys. Let me stop you right there. God does not exist and spirituality is a meme. "Karma" is basically a fallacy of false equivalence and apophenia i.e. seeing patterns/drawing connections in random meaningless events.

Now that we have the facts cleared, please do not shill your religious coping mechanism in my thread.

>>8154862
Have you considered going back to college?

>>8154862
I don't want to sound stupid, but software patent? I thought you can't patent that.

>>8155128
Karma is not a force that punishes you for bad deeds. Karma is simply the consequences of your actions. Buddhism doesn't claim there is a god, if a buddhist does speak of god its within his own subjective terms. Jainism, Toaism and Buddhism all came to be in pursuit of freedom of thought and dissatisfaction with live and suffering.

>>8155128
>meditation means your religious
You know you don't have to believe in God or subscribe to any dogmatic principles to meditate right? You are a literal fucking idiot. Good luck sorting yourself out

>>8154862
Whats your price dot com

That's funny because I share many of your problems while also being poor. And I'm not being a colossal faggot about it.
God I wish I had some money, not even 8 figures, $250k would be enough.
As others have said, you can literally pay people to teach you social skills. Visit a therapist to work out what may be missing in your interactions with people. And stop giving a fuck so much, I bet you exaggerated people's negative reactions to you like every insecure faggot out there (speaking from experience).

>>8155128

you dont have to be a buddhist to meditate. also nobody mentioned abstract concepts like god or karma thats you who makes these connections. anyway it seems you have your mind made up already so whatever. I can tell you from my own experience that you can get laid like a rockstar, have all the friends in the world and achieve anything you want in life... and you will still feel that nagging sense of dissatisfaction. the fact that youre depressed after making it financially should give you a clue. but maybe you have to keep banging your head against the wall for a couple of more years until you realize whats going on. you can live in ignorance and suffer or you can open your eyes to wtf is actually going on and get better. the choice is ultimately yours.

>>8154862
stop fapping, stop looking at porn, you need to reset your dopamine receptors

Your problem is that you are ridiculously narcissistic and solipsistic. When you realize that life is a game and you are a character with extremely limited skills and traits that should try to make the most out of it maybe you'll stop living in an imaginary world.

>>8155144

I'm already educated upto PhD level...thats basically 8 years of college including undergrad and masters. Not planning to go back ever again even if you paid me.

>>8155159
I sold them exclusive rights to some software I wrote during my PhD. Apparently I could have started a big startup with it, but I hated the idea of having to deal with people.

go to a fuckin gym instead of fuckin plastic dolls jesus fuckin christ are u that fuckin retarded and lazy?

Find a fuckin thing u r passionate about. do charity work in a local high school, go travel all around the world. find a sport and practice it till u get senpai in it.

>>8154862
I’m a cool guy and I have no problem being friends with weirdos. You have something I want (money), I have something you want (true friendship capability). For $2.5MM I will be your friend for life. You’ll have to move near me, that’s the one major caveat. Let me know if you’re interested and how I can get in touch with you.

Sincerely,

Your future friend

Read marcus aurelius meditations. Read mans search for meaning. Read the bhagavad gita. Read a bodybuilding encyclopedia. Go outside and lift. Volunteer. Be useful. Bang hookers anyways, you’ll get over this idea of beauty as goodness soon enough (hint: girls shit too).

But you’ll probably stay an arrogant piece of shit pushjng away good advice from anons while you wallow in your ‘oh woe is me poor rich boy’ sef loathing despite having literally unlimited opportunities you pathetic cunt. Sage.

>>8155215

Wake up and smell the sunshine anon. Every single fucker that has "friends" is also narcissistic piece of shit and constantly posts selfies on instagram and facebook everyday

>>8155244
You clearly did not read my OP.

Any way. I go to the gym every weekends and have a personal trainer. Doesn't make the slightest difference. Exercise is a meme.

>>8155276
Do you people seriously lack reading skills? I posted a picture of Marcus Aurelius in the OP for fucks sake.

>>8155217
I find teaching others very rewarding. Maybe a tutoring job? But only for people that actually want to learn, so probably university again.

Have you tried meetup.com? I sometimes go to software developer meetups. You stay up to date on new developments and can meet new people that you have common interests with.

>>8155309

Look man, I've tried all that... I signed up to multiple social / dating sites and even wrote a fucking algorithm to shift through thousands of profiles automatically to find matches. Its all a joke. Complete joke.

And software dev meetups are a complete waste of time and pointless for someone who has already made it....only normies actually get any benefit out of it.

>>8155010
>also buddhism creates healthy, coherent and stable socieites
You mean totally submissive and "domesticated" societies that don't want to get better and be content with whatever abuses come their way. There's a reason China and other East asian countries stalled and halted their progress when Buddhism paved and made headway in their societies.

Basically Buddhist morality and philosophy is this: If you are poor, downtrodden, oppressed, is a slave, disabled, belong in the outcast or lower strata in society, is suffering for whatever reason be it social, financial or health reasons, you deserve it because it is your karma in your past life or your present life. It's no other's fault but your own. You deserve everything in life even if no fault of your own.

If you go to East Asia and Southeast Asia where it has been influenced by this culture and philosophy, people hardly give a shit about one another there. Only immediate family members will care for you and you have no other recourse if shit hits the fan in your life. No wonder China, Korea and Japan became utterly corrupt and had a "me first culture" and it's because no one looks out for one another. Nepotism abounds where people in power in governments and in companies are usually placed by family ties and blood instead of merit. Despite the western and weaboo romanticism about East Asia, it's actually a dog eat dog place socially where social mobility and standing is based on stepping over other people. It's also a highly judgmental place where status and reputation mean more than truth and justice because of the reasons above. No wonder asia became a shithole once buddhism became dominant.

>>8155308
Nah mate looks like you did a shit job of reading comprehension, failing to grasp any of the message of stoicism whilst you insist on persisting being a miserable sad cunt of your own free volition instead of choosing to be emotionally resiliant. Git fukt.

>>8155355

again, everything that you just said comes down to these people being savages basically. and no buddhism does not teach that you deserve having bad things in your life because of karma. karma literally means nothing else than cause and effect. so when you have a shit life it means theres a reason for it, it does not mean you deserve it. why do you fags keep spouting your ignoramus opinions when you have absolutely no clue what youre talking about?

>>8155355
As an expat who lives in Thailand I can confirm this. It's a great place to hang out but if you stay here long enough, you're gonna see their Eastern morality is totally different than our own. People are kept in line by their passing judgments and people don't give a shit about others as long as they get ahead. If something goes wrong in your life then tough luck, you probably deserved it or they don't give a shit about you. It's a shithole for a reason.

Try smoking weed socially anon. Assuming you're in the states move to a legal county and start. New chapter. Quit bitching and get a therapist if it's really that bad

>>8155400
>buddhism does not teach that you deserve having bad things in your life because of karma
>karma literally means nothing else than cause and effect
You just made the point for me in your next sentence. Bad things happen in your life because of "cause and effect". If bad things happened in your life, you caused it and the bad things are the effect. You're an idiot for pointing out and arguing over nothing. You just agreed with me but your romanticism and weaboo shit of anything over Eastern or Asian blinds you to it.

>>8155355

Well said. Religion basically boils down to the just world fallacy i.e. poor people deserve to be poor because "they did something bad", while rich people got to where they are through hard work™ alone.

I got completely lucky in the fact that my PhD research caught the eye of some top executive at the big tech company and they bought me out before I published anything.

>>8154862
I'm poor and through poverty i've made good friends along the way, if i reached a level to stop wagecucking i would be very happy

>>8155437
Christianity is far superior than Buddhism. There are even passages in the bible to trust and follow God and Christ more than what the state and government tells you. Despite Europe being a shithole compared to its neighbors in the past, there's a reason it came out ahead when the pieces were in place. Technological, societal and cultural progress happens for a reason.

>>8155402
Yeah, was a transfer student in the Philippines and Japan and I saw the moral standpoint from these nations are totally alien to the western point of view. It shocked me that they had this worldview. On the surface they seem docile and totally friendly but when you stay long enough and know the subtlety behind their culture, you can see and "read" what they are really thinking of one another.

>>8155429

youre a retard m8. cause and effect does NOT mean you deserve it. neither does it mean that YOU caused it. it could simply mean being born to the wrong parents and now youre poor, well tough shit. theres a clear distinction here you moron but maybe you just cant do nuances. then you go straight into projecting some bullshit on me, im not a weeb and I cant stand asians in general. but again buddhism is an aryan religion the buddha was white and had blue eyes. that a bunch of third worlders took his teachings and turned it into some weird religious cult with golden statues doesnt change the fact. you really have no clue what youre talking about and should really edumucate yourself before you spout your ignorance here.

>>8155345
Don't you have any passion left for the field? Was it only about money? I find that hard to believe, you even got a PhD in it. Maybe you can find some open source projects you used in the past that you would like to contribute to? Now you have lots of time for things like that.

Have you tried MMORPGs? Something where you play together for longer than a match? I have fond memories of doing that in the past.

>>8155429

If theres one thing I've learnt over the years, its that religious nutters cannot be reasoned with logic or facts.

>>8155470

Buddishm couldn't spread like Christianity/Islam did because their inherent philosophy is quite nihilistic and doing nothing in the material world.

Also, Christianity spread through violence and forced conversion just like Islam btw.

>>8155498
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma
>Good intent and good deed contribute to good karma and future happiness, while bad intent and bad deed contribute to bad karma and future suffering
Kek. Try studying what your worldview actually teaches for once. You are a fundamentalist retard and like most fundamentalist retards, you can't see what your religion entails. If you were born muslim you are probably going to make the same arguments and lie to the teeth about how wonderful and beautiful Islam is. Your eastern romanticism has blinded you to the truth because you think choosing anything alien to your culture, race and society is exotic and alluring. You are what's wrong with western society. You don't appreciate what you have.

>buddha was white and had blue eyes
Kek. Get a load of this faggot. An Indian is white and had blue eyes.

>>8155535
>Christianity spread through violence and forced conversion just like Islam btw
Can't deny that but I think that only happened during the Middle Ages with the slavs when the Catholic Church tried to force conversion among the barbarian pagan tribes in Finland or Sweden when they were constantly attacking, raiding and pillaging. It was some pope who issued a papal bull or a crusade against them but I forgot the name.

Look op you are clearly an ass hole but it's ok cuz that's you. I am also low 8 figures. However I do not have your issues. One thing I was planning to do in about 4 years is choose some random ass small population town move there get a wage cuck job and see if you can find your qt3..14. also I learned even if you are rich not having something to do all day is hella boring.

>>8155547
>Your eastern romanticism has blinded you to the truth because you think choosing anything alien to your culture, race and society is exotic and alluring. You are what's wrong with western society. You don't appreciate what you have.
You just outlined why the west will fall and this is why it will become less dominant as time passes by.

>>8155128

Sort yourself out mate

>>8155547

>its buddhist taqiyyah

lol if youre not trolling youre really dumb as shit m8. dunning krueger in full effect. im done wasting my time with you, have a good one.

Judging from your posts the real reason you're lonely and depressed is because you're a toxic, unlikeable, know-it-all cunt.

If you were truly desperate to get out of your shit mental state you would keep an open mind towards trying some practices which seem 'out there' to you at this current point in time.

My recommendation- spend time in nature with copious doses of psychedelics (shrooms, LSD, DMT) and get back to the roots of who you really are and what truly fulfils you as a human being. From there on begin a daily practice of yoga and meditation, alongside whatever else you decide to spend your time on.

After you reach a certain level of proficiency in controlling your mind you should go to a proper 2-4 week meditation retreat, ignore the dirty hippies and philosophical talk about karma this or past lives that and focus on simply keeping your mind still, and see what happens from there. I won't promise anything about reaching enlightenment/discovering the meaning of life, all I can say is that everyone I know who has done something along these lines has emerged a lot more peaceful, purposeful, and content.

Best of luck, you can make it if you let yourself brah, peace.

>>8155512
I don't really have any passion for my field anymore because most of it is just hype and memes.

I don't play MMORPGs. I mainly write algos to day trade crypto and stocks. Also trying to learn Japanese because I have this retarded idea of buying out an anime studio in Japan at some point.

>>8155128
I'm glad somebody told them off. But now we need to tell off these illiterate pajeets even more till they realize you can't move a non mental retard around.

>>8155601
Gotta love how the "rebels" of our generation turned to buddhism once they got out of their atheist phase. They think it makes them enlightened or some shit when the reality is they're nothing more than deluded fools who filled their emptiness by adopting another religion, set of beliefs or creeds totally alien and foreign to their own.

>>8155612
>MUH ENLIGHTENMENT!!!
>MUH BUDDHA WAS A WHITE MAN
KEK.

Get a load of this deluded pseudo-intellectual faggot. Have fun having your mind opened to the truth about the nihilistic and depraved morality of Buddhism. Buddhism is nothing compared to the rich history, philosophy and wisdom to Christianity. Hell, even paganism found in ancient Germanic tribes and Mongols are far more interesting than Buddhism.

>>8155217
What... program did you sell them? What did it do?

>>8154862
Move to a poor european country, get an expensive convertible mercedes, pick up girls at the mall and on tinder easily.

There i just solved your problem in one sentence. Toss some BTC my way now buddy-boyo?

>>8155059
But what if I prefer materialistic shit over spiritual enlightment or social interactions :D

>>8155355
I would say the competitive environment in korea and japan is a result of high population density in small areas. Tokyo is the largest city in the world. Btw they are not backwards, japanese are on median level much wealthier than europeans or americans. Only swizz people come close to their net wealth

>>8155470
>Despite Europe being a shithole compared to its neighbors in the pas

I have never known this "past" :) Europe with china has been always the wealthiest empires on the planet, mainly result of rome the greatest empire in history and past 2000 years.

1400 ad world population was only 300 million

Dude who gives a shit about any of that shit , it's all about the mathafuckin satoshis, fuck EVERYONE

>>8155470
>Christianity is far superior than Buddhism
that's a good one. Christianity tells you you have sinned before you are even born. Christianity tells you your saviour is outside yourself and if you follow these dogmatic principles set and manipulated by some of the most corrupt pieces of shit to ever walk the earth you will be saved and go to heaven. Christianity was forced upon large portions of the world through violence like another anon has already said. Popes are literal fucking paedophiles, the brain dead Christians part take in symbolic cannibalism every single mass without even realizing it (that's a satanic practice by the way). Plus true Christianity, which has been dead for thousands of years is actually astrology in disguise, that's why current Christianity condemns it as the work of the devil. Jesus is the sun and his 12 disciples the signs of the Zodiac, you can google that one right now

>>8154862
the one thing i keep telling people is to find their lifegoal, one thing they absolutely love and are fascinated by. make this thing your lifes purpose

regardless of what you think of the buddhists here. they are right when they say that suffering comes from needing things.
i basically have some very good friends, but at this point in my life, i could probably live and die alone. since i am occupied by things i enjoy, but i just wish i had more money to pursue what i wanted in full peace.
if i had as much money as you, i would use it to pursue my lifegoals and relax. attending seminars i find interesting etc.

we men love to explore. this is probably the only thing i can give you friend.

>Hookers are NOT the same as having a real gf who loves you for who you are not your money.

it looks like you need a lot more red/blackpills my friend. women dont love. they love what you can provide.

everything in life is a farce dude. a fake lie to keep is occupied in the rat race.
about the friend thing. have you ever looked for someone who could help you with this? someone you can pay who has experienced the same as you?

>>8154982
i agree anon. i would also suggest you to try some psychedelics - an ayahasca ceremony could be nice. or also a few grams of mushrooms in silent darkness....if you do the former it would be good to have a sober trip sitter but since you said you dont have any friends an ayahuasca ceremony would probably be safer

>>8155629
Why don't you rent a western American animation studio instead and fund a serious writer who has a complete pitch bible?
Or a video game, or a book, or a starving musician, or a comic book artist.

You know what you can do if you're a power-tripping narcissist? Fuck around with piss-poor retard companies which deserve it such as Hasbro. Namely their sub division companies.
Or fuck around with talentless hack Hollywood directors everyone hates.

This whole life is a big cope. Because in the end nothing what we do really matters. You better start coping or you will be unhappy your whole life autistic fucker. Throw ur money away and start coping

>>8155683
>I would say the competitive environment in korea and japan is a result of high population density in small areas.
Take a look at the historical manuscripts found in ancient China and Korea especially when Buddhism and Confucianism took root. They were highly nepotistic, corrupt and oppressive. They acted practically the same as they are now. Korea even had its greatest admiral imprisoned and flogged when he defended against the Japanese and managed to defeat them with overwhelming odds. If he was born in the west, he would've been praised and well received. But since it's a dog eat dog world socially in the east, they backstab and act dishonorably.

>>8155721
>Christianity tells you you have sinned before you are even born.
Yes, and you can be saved if you change your behavior and truly repent of your evil deeds. Nothing is more redeeming than that, being changed for better unlike the judgmental Eastern society where you are castigated since birth or you deserve your lot in life because of the retarded concept of "karma".

>Christianity tells you your saviour is outside yourself
I'd say that's a lot more realistic than looking within. Looking within won't solve anything if you are already corrupt and rotten. That's like an ugly person looking at the mirror and telling himself he's handsome and beautiful. It takes someone from outside to give you an honest view of what you really are. Buddhist and Eastern bullshit about looking "within" for answers only serve to delude you.

You probably didn't delve deep into this because you are a pseudo-intellectual and you looked and replaced your western heritage for eastern ones because it was foreign, exotic and alluring. Hence why you are a pseudo-intellectual and an amateur. Hell, you are a poser and you are what's wrong with the west nowadays.

>>8155721
>hat's why current Christianity condemns it as the work of the devil. Jesus is the sun and his 12 disciples the signs of the Zodiac, you can google that one right now
Lol, you watched Zeitgeist didn't you and you probably thought you're now some hotshot sage of wisdom or something.

HELLLLLOOO NU/BIZ/

WHY ARE YOU FUCKS STILL REPLYING TO THIS RETARDED LARPER

PHD? SOFTWARE MILLIONAIRE? LITERALLY BABYS FIRST LARP TIER.

OP IS A FAGGOT AND ANYONE WHO REPLIED TO HIM WITHOUT SAGE IS BEYOND HELP. K Y S.

>>8155852
Thread has moved on. We've been discussing against the buddhists and their shilling of their shitty religion in this thread.

Personally one of the things I wanted to is get shallowly invested in a tiny website I really hated. I'd learn to hate it, hate the users, hate its politics, hate its mods, but be "good friends" with the admin.
Buy the website and then slowly torture the living out of every user that pissed you off, while letting them know they have nowhere else to go.
Having power over a digital realm where everyone is used to getting away with everything because that's how the internet is("equal"), is quite satisfying. More satisfying to ban redditors and pajeet intellectuals than it is banning a few random kids screeching in teamchat in a first person shooter game.

>>8155629
Are there any Japanese courses you can take? Then you'll have likeminded people around you.

>>8154884
This

Hire a personal coach

>>8155816

Funny thing is a lot of these concepts were not at all uncommon at all in many early european pagan/gnostic/other mystic traditions, but were ruthlessly eradicated by the orthodoxy of the sand religions (Christianity in Europe, Islam in the ME and North Africa).

And yet you try to represent Christianity as the true cultural heritage of Europe, what a deluded faggot you are.

The Dunning-Kruger effect in action, right here.

>>8155872
>likeminded people around you.

I mainly self learn because I really can't focus and learn in a classroom environment. I seriously can't comprehend how people manage to group study. I was forced to do that in college and those courses were unironically my lowest grades.

>>8155852
>I call everything a scam to seem smart
kys

>>8155898
>MUH EASTERN RELIGIONS IS SUPERIOR! A BROWN MAN WHO RESIDED IN INDIA IS WHITE!
>The Dunning-Kruger effect in action
Kek.

The irony is off the charts here. You probably looked "within" didn't you and you thought what you are responding was witty when all it did was point out how flawed your thinking is.

>>8155629
Is the field machine learning?

>>8155934

Can't really say because I signed an NDA

>>8155816
Peace and happiness is literally found inside yourself, it won't come from anyone else and you won't have any to give away if you don't first achieve it yourself. It certainly won't come from a magic man made up by the Romans.

Good job ignoring the rest of the post though, modern Christianity is devil worship, why else would there be you pretend to eat Jesus' body and drink his blood at an altar?

>>8155838
Never seen it

>>8155930
>off the charts here
Mooning over his eastern weaboo stupidity confirmed.

>>8155953

I've never heard of such a restrictive NDA, I think you're bullshitting.

>>8155954
>Peace and happiness is literally found inside yourself
Not true by any stretch of the imagination. Yes you can be content with what you have (Christianity teaches this) but other people also have an impact on your life (christianity also teaches this). That's why you balance the two anon. You give out and help your community as best as you can while also at the same time be content with what you have. You can't reach perfect "nirvana" by detaching yourself from this world like the Buddhists do. That's the downfall and what's lacking of that philosophy and is the reason why the East fell when that depraved outlook in life took root in Eastern societies.

>pretend to eat Jesus' body and drink his blood at an altar
I'm not a Catholic. Also thanks for telling us you really have no idea about the deep teachings of Christianity and went for the hanging fruit instead. And you tell me you are not deluded and didn't replace your religion simply because you found it alluring and exotic. Kek.

Like I said, you are a pseudo-intellectual and I can sense people like you from miles away. You are what's wrong with the west.

>>8155928
Haha, I'm the same. I can't reach any depth of thought when others are around.
But it's helpful when you are already competent. Then you can teach others and internalize the subject matter even more. You also need less concentration to learn additional things by then.

So I guess I'd try to get halfway competent on my own and then go to some course. You can always quit, so nothing is lost.

>>8154862
This elaborate LARP is a rant against something
but I'm not sure what

>>8154862
There is one "rich but depressed" thread a day.

If not larp...

Live like an avg person without having to wagecuck.

Get a hobby and become a sheep. Ignorance is the fastest way to happiness.

Congrats, you made it.

>>8154862
send me 300 btc and kill urself

>>8156098
It's the same god damn larper

>>8156032
You detach yourself from the ego, not the world. Realize you are consciousness having a human experience and that your beliefs create your reality. Don't you worry about that.

>And you tell me you are not deluded and didn't replace your religion simply because you found it alluring and exotic. Kek.
completly false, I don't have a religion and never have

>>8156032
>Not true by any stretch of the imagination. Yes you can be content with what you have (Christianity teaches this) but other people also have an impact on your life (christianity also teaches this).
That's why I have a hard time taking Buddhists seriously. They spend all their time meditating and shit while ignoring what's happening around them. It only serves to make them docile and submissive to outside forces just like the Eastern countries you've described.

This is just a degenerate larper. Literally offered him friendship and he didn’t even respond. He doesn’t want friendship, he wants 4chan posts. FUCK OFF.

you're a toxic faggot m8 that's why you have no friends

>>8156151
Ahhhh the ego death meme. If you live in d west everyone will trample over you once u get ego death. Regards psy drugs like lsd; op b careful coz a single bad trip can fuck your life and give you ptsd

>>8156151
>You detach yourself from the ego, not the world.
Buddhism teach you to look within. I'd say you are looking at nothing more than your ego and deluding yourself into thinking you have detached from it. It's stupid double think. Another one of those Eastern mystic bullshit we've seen time and time again.

>I don't have a religion and never have
Yep, I knew it. You are one of those guys who are "I'm buddhist and I'm atheist. I have no religion. I am super duper special". Like I said, a bunch of pseudo-intellectuals who replaced their heritage because they've been conned by the likes of internet celebrities like Richard Dawkins and that guy who died of throat cancer (forgot his name). Now you've replaced your heritage by far something worse because you are desperate to cling on to fill your emptiness and buddhism fit this because it is exotic, foreign and alluring. Just how deluded are you?

I will say it again, people like you are what's wrong with the west.

>>8156216
Yep, buddhists seem to function outside of reality. They even have double think bullshit about "Looking within for answers" when looking within means looking at yourself, your "ego" for answers. Top kek.

>>8156234
He's probably gonna respond now with "that's why you empty your mind anon" or something with empty platitudes like that as if we're children that can't understand. It's probably why these buddhists readily accept this, they are nothing more than easily impressed manchildren.

>>8154862
Oh my god, this thread is a shitshow, wtf are people talking about?

OP needs to talk to a therapist, not because I think it will help him, but because he needs a person to talk to on a regular basis.

No, your therapist won't be your friend. You don't need a friend. You need regular social interaction.

Go to the gym and get in good shape. Looking like a nerd is out of the question. Get clothes you think look good too.

Keep making efforts to make friends that enjoy the same hobbies. The trick is to get them to do unrelated activities with just you.

Set up an online dating profile. Use photofeeler to A-B test your pics and pic the best ones.

Hash and rehash your profile until it sounds like you're not an austist.

Then go on a shitload of failed dates. You'll eventually meet someone who is willing to become your gf.

Then realize Americans are cancer and fly out to Asia to date qts and chill with other expats.

>>8156320
>Then realize Americans are cancer and fly out to Asia to date qts and chill with other expats.

then realize those expats are all burnout losers and the girls are complete morons who you have zero connection with
then end up back home back to square one

>>8155308
exercise is not a meme, I'm not even aesthetic or strong, but I look like a normal person

I used to look like a skinnyfat nerd, so it's a great improvement

make sure you actually lift heavy weights, ignore cardio memes for the most part

>>8156341
I'm not talking about 60 year olds that pay for Thai pussy

my friend teaches English in Korea and I visit him from time to time, it's a lot of fun

Asian women are actually on average more intelligent than white women.

>>8156108
Today's installment was very low level, quite obvious bullshit. A few were beliavable and had interesting discussions.

>>8156385

ah yes, the noble english teachers. truly the highest realms of the social strata.

>>8156032
Religious discussions aside, what would you recommend OP's course of action be?

>>8156234
The true self is not the mind, looking within means to look at what you really are.

>>8156426
To suck hundreds of cocks

OP you want to know why your life is meaningless? Because you lack desire, and you think you know it all so you don't let others help you. You didn't come here for help, you just came here to boast. If your social interactions consist in proving to yourself that you are superior to the people you're with then that's why you don't have friends and that's why you aren't happy. Learn some humility, just because teachers at school told you all your life how good you were doesn't mean there isn't a whole lot you don't know that school doesn't teach. Keep boasting to yourself and to others and you'll never get out of your hole.

>>8155898

its funny because these morons dont even realize how stupid they are. no clue what theyre talking about but theyre consistently the biggest loudmouths in this thread.

>>8154862
Just find out what music you like and go to local gigs/parties of music you enjoy.
You will be surrounded by people who will at least have a common interest with you.
If you're a richfag, hell maybe you can become popular by making contacts in those scenes and throwing your own parties and gigs.

>>8156425
doesn't matter, the guy is a literal Chad

I'll go out with him and his friends on weekends and get drunk/learn a bit of Korean

then on weekdays hit up the Tinder sluts (since he has work, kek)

>>8155658
It’s become painfully obvious why you’re unhappy and friendless OP, you’re a shitty person.

You ask for help on ways to improve yourself and immediately shit on the people giving real advice. I hope you stay miserable your entire life and die with nobody to inherit your wealth. Try not being a complete faggot

>>8154862
Why bother asking anyone for advice/help? All I see you do is shit on everything. You don't want help, you want attention and sympathy, apathetic fuck.

>>8154862

OP, I'm sorry for the hard truth. No woman will ever love you as a man for only being a man. Sounds cliche, but you need to find a purpose in your life, then the woman will come and love WHAT you can give them, be it support, experiences or a hard alpha cock.

First step is accepting it, and it's hard as fuck, I'm still a bit depressed from time to time because of the truth.

As long as you keep me fed and I can spend my time on my computer I can be your housewife OP. Get a planeticket for me and some place to sleep and you just ordered your femanon.
Think about it, I'm serious.

t. crypto thot

>>8156426
I don't know his life and he's probably LARPING (which in all probability is what it really is) but if anyone is in a similar situation, his best bet is join a church, make friends, be content and be in a community. Remember anon, the most important things in life are: God, friends, family and community. Lacking in any of these, you will feel empty. Money will never buy any of these. You can feed the body with it but not the spirit.

>>8156434
>looking within means to look at what you really are.
>an ugly and rotten person looking at the mirror and telling himself he's handsome and a chad
Kek. And we go back to >>8155816.

>>8156500
>what are IDs
>thinks Im OP because I shat on his deficient worldview
Further proof Buddhists are stupid.

>>8156500
he's just bitter because Western society fucking sucks

ESPECIALLY large cities
ESPECIALLY on the West Coast of the United States

everyone is in their own fucking house, they only go outside to get into a car

Honestly, Korea and Japan are kind of similar, but at least everyone likes white people in big cities so it's cool

>>8156519
As a side note, I'd advice you to read as much as you can about TRT and testosterone/high test. Not only it makes life easier (mood, body, appearence, mental, etc.), but it also helps with depression, everything seems brighter.

(If you don't know where to start, ask me)

>>8156558
It's a big meme, I thought I had low test (bad gains, low libido) until I got tested.

I was above average the entire time, something like 620

But the only time in my life when I was not depressed is when I had a girlfriend. People NEED to touch someone else's naked skin. Oxytocin and shit. Knowing someone cares about you and will be there for you is important too.

>>8156521
ready for children?

>>8154862
Where are you from?

>>8156612
620 is low for some people and high for others. I was actually around 400-500, tried all ranges from 600 to 1200, and then 1200+.

Life was so different for me, that I was willing to life some less years in exchange for a much better life.

And I agree with you, thinking you have someone naked who cares for you and will be there for you is the best feeling you can have. But it's only a think. She will leave as soon as she feels something different.

I'm not saying that you can't live that, just be prepared for the possible ugly outcome

>>8156652
I'm 22 so not yet to be honest.

>>8154862
>getting STI's by having tight unprotected coitus with virgin college girls
>STI's
>virgin college girls
Man you really are a virgin aren't you?

>>8156660
Well, my gf died, so I have experienced how shitty losing that is

but I've met other girls after that

I've definitely had crushes on some of them, but it didn't work out for one reason or the other

the important thing is to have loyal friends that you can depend on - then you're not relying on your romantic relationships to be everything for you

>>8155128
Oh wow, no wonder you're depressed if you stopped the journey at "there is no god".
I guess you don't really have to be smart to make money after all.
You realize that God is a word to describe a concept right? So the existence of "God" can be proven or disproved based on how you define that word.

>>8155059
Can you link me to a good beginners meditation guide? It seems like there's a lot of useless information online

>>8154862
Do you ever get tired of making these threads? This is today's. Yesterday's was the LARP about being high test and needing to take care of business at work. The day before that was that your parents want to charge you rent and you don't think it's reasonable. It's all so tiresome.

>>8156842
>Yesterday's was the LARP about being high test and needing to take care of business at work.
I remember that one!

What about the one where he had two co-workers who were dating and he felt that they were being inappropriate at work and wanted to report them to his superiors?

>>8156823
I think it's better if you listen to people talking about it. Check up any Osho talk on youtube regarding meditation. The book "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle will also talk about it in length.

>>8156740
Sorry for your loss, and happy you could recover for that.

>>8156823
would also highly recommend the power of now

>>8156823

maybe check out Roger Wells. spent years in thai forest monasteries and he will give you the real deal, not some of this watered-down feelgood bullshit that people mistake for buddhism
https://www.bookrix.com/_ebook-roger-wells-happy-to-burn/

Theres also a free audio course by one of Shinzen Youngs students but they will try to sell you stuff
https://unifiedmindfulness.com/

>>8156823

I'm also inmensly rich.

The problem is, I have purpose, and you have never had one. Purpose changes everything.

>>8156823
>>8157078
also this.
Focus on breathing and peace and sun will come to you.

>>8155128
Actually, the CIA thinks otherwise.

hey larp guy i went the other way and tried to build friendships and love but it failed spectacularly.

now upper mgmt at a software company with huge earning potential. between crypto, consultant cucking, and other /biz/ness ideas i will break 7 figs within 2 years (30 now). i really only started trying 2 years ago.

anyways have fun being sad.

>>8154862
If you truly believe a woman will make you happy then dedicate yourself to being a worthy mate. You don't have anything to worry about. You can spend the next 8 months getting fit, eating healthy, practicing better hygiene, stepping up your fashion game, and working on socializing every day. You can do it if you try man, I know you can.

>>8154862
>>8154862
Not sure if OP is still here, but for anyone else rich-but-depressed; I was born into a rich family, and depression has multiple cause factors:
>not feeling in control of your life/schedule
>lack of social connection
>bad diet/lifestyle etc.

It's relatively easy to turn around if you have enough know-how and willpower.
I chose to go to a college that basically forces you to be sociable every day, and got into fitness, exercise, meditation (for no bullshit, non-spiritual reasons which OP should research) and took a technology hiatus (just before crypto started taking off on the internet, damn kek)
Basically, I'd just go to a fun college again, because it gives you structure without much pressure. If you fail, you're not gonna mess up anyone else's life, like if you start a business.
When you're ready, I'd say, start an ambitious project that does something counter-factual; bringing something significant into the world that wouldn't have otherwise happened.

Good luck.

>>8157287
TL;DR newsbreak: you feel shit if your life is shit

>>8154862
If I was that rich I’d spend my days giving money away. I already do that with the little money I have. It feels good to help others, anon. Rediscover your empathy.

>>8154862
>they just kept me around like a fool, but in reality they never really accepted me.
how do you know?

Anyway, why don't you travel for a while? You're constantly meeting new people, having fun and doing normie things, but you don't have to actually stick around people if it doesn't go well. You can fuck off and never see them again. It gives you more freedom to just bee yourself. If you do get on well with someone then you've made a friend and by the end of it you'll have better normie skills.
Alternatively, move to a different country altogether. What might be a bad vibe in your country could be imperceptible in another culture. If you're a yank I think america is a very judgemental culture and you might do better elsewhere
Also sell the pervy weeaboo shit ffs, no wonder people get creeped out.

>>8156425
>watch me judge financially independent people who left for greener pastures.

I teach English, anon. I help poor children. Kids with disabilities. Kids without proper parents. I at the very least have them feel appreciated and worth something. It’s the best damn job I’ve ever had. But of course if you aren’t making millions then you’re a peasant. People like you are visibly retarded.

>>8155175
This. Go read waking up. Also, fix all the basics first. Eat healthy, exercise etc, all the baseline stuff that is proven to help with depression.

A lot of depression just comes from inflammation, basically your body makes you depressed so you don't expend the energy much needed for repairs.

I'm sure someone here (maybe even you) is going to think that the mind is some free-floating object totally disconnected to the body and that what you eat and do has no effect on it or your mood. These people are either delusional or uninformed given the ever-growing evidence linking diet, the gut microbiome, inflammation etc to well-being/mood/depression.

What meditation will do is basically just remove thoughts (or at least the power of thoughts) that act as a trigger for feeling bad and ground you in a "neutral" meditative state. It's not really neutral though, it feels pretty good. Not absolute bliss but it's definitely nice.

Basically this combined with a purpose of some sort, which could just be something you're working towards. Could be learning a language, building something, creating something etc.

>>8155128
>God does not exist and spirituality is a meme. "Karma" is basically a fallacy of false equivalence and apophenia i.e. seeing patterns/drawing connections in random meaningless events.
All true, and meditation still works wonders

>>8155308
>Every single fucker that has "friends" is also narcissistic piece of shit and constantly posts selfies on instagram and facebook everyday
Because you use instagram as your model for what "people with friends" are like, because you don't know what it's like to have friends. Narcissism is a pretty big problem in America.

>https://thelastpsychiatrist.com/
This guy can be a bit quacky and edgy but he does a good job explaining different ways people can fuck themselves and others over and generally just be miserable because of narcissism.

As for Marcus Aurelius et al, I doubt how much use it would be to you. I know it works for some people but generally these self-help type things only work on people who were going to help themselves anyway.

Your tone also sounds really bitter and snappy, maybe that's part of why you have a hard time with your company. wrt/ religion you seem to display a lot of contempt for religious people which I assume carries over to people who believe in stuff you see as stupid in generaI. Most people have no problem being friends with people who believe dumb shit, often your best friends will have beliefs completely out-of-step with yours. This isn't a bad thing. I have no idea how you would work on this but I think it could help

>>8155658
>Gotta love how the "rebels" of our generation turned to buddhism once they got out of their atheist phase. They think it makes them enlightened or some shit when the reality is they're nothing more than deluded fools who filled their emptiness by adopting another religion, set of beliefs or creeds totally alien and foreign to their own.

>muh our own culture and traditions
it's all bullshit man, being born in yankistan doesn't make you suit christianity more. People join Buddhism because they are probably slightly on the schizoid spectrum, and buddhist lifestyle suits schizoid people. Stop being autistic about things that work for other people.

look at how you describe other people. Low IQ, hateful towards you. Look how you describe yourself, know it all, better than others, will never make friends or be happy. I meet a handful of people like you, negativity is a pussy dryer. Try accepting people with their faults and all, don't be self conscious and have fun. The best thing I've found is to act like someone likeable. I had the benefit growing up of my parents always saying "You're the kid that always has friends and social skills." (unfortunately for my brother, kek)

>>8157482
Want to help out a broke 20something with dreams and ambitions? If you give me your mail I will send you some stories and images and other stuff I create in return. Also I can make everything.

>>8154862
>/rich but depressed/

congrats, faggot: you just found that money can't buy happiness.
btw, if you have a good amount of bucks, you may try to change your life.


[step 1] prepare to move somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

either buy a little farm (something a single man can handle) or a small house with a small shop, always near some a decent city (your job will be no more than your hobby, because your nearest ATM will always welcome you with a lot of smiles and banknotes).

have your house carefully restored: outside (and the lower rooms/area) has to be decent, blending with surroundings; the comfy luxury area shall be unavailable to everyone but your totally trusted people.
example: lower floor, traditional kitchen, barely minimum bathroom, minimal bedroom and living space (any people having a good reason to enter your house shall think you're no more than the usual middle-to-low class guy), higher floor will be separated by a strong locked door and have a large but cheap IKEA+HomeDepot styled studio/library/fireplace room, plus a couple comfy rooms behind even stronger (andalways locked) doors (your actual luxury bedroom, kitchen, studio, gym, bathroom with hydromassage tub and whatever).

basically you're building your secret nest inside a normally uninviting house - albeit clean and weatherproof. it will take quite a while to complete it without having everyone in town noticing its secret (and its hidden compartment garage housing a brand new Lamborghini behind your official old Bronco).

in the meantime, slowly reduce your online/socials, hanging out, things you need to do outside (gym, etc) to an absolute minimum. sell/donate everything you can't get rid of without raising suspicions. tell everyone you're going to retire because of your wealth and because you need silence, meditation, living alone for quite a while, maybe tell them you are going to write some sci-fi novels. don't ever play the religious card or anything that could attract women.

>>8158158

[step 2] move there.

suddenly change your hairstyle and beardstyle the day you leave this fucking world and move there. enjoy a few months living alone. register new accounts on socials and only allow local friends (the new ones you will easily make in the middle of nowhere, those who actually think you're no more than the usual boring foreigner who barely makes a living and never throws a party, even less doing the gross things they're used to).

you were used to luxuries - including the Hurr Durr Virgin College Girls trying to negotiate your wealth for their holes - yet you have to confine any luxury to your few secret rooms you will clean by yourself. you will have to get used to a poor, simple life - those rooms are only meant to make less traumatic the change. technology (self-closing doors, hidden cameras and intrusion detection, a single cheap outside HVAC and four hidden ones, etc) will help you disciplining yourself. noone shall guess your wealth is spread between a number of different internet-manageable assets. you will never go out with more than a few hundred bucks and a single credit card.

also, you will have to forget anything about drugs and almost anything about alcohol, both alone and with other people, because these things destroy any lone man. you will have to build your new hobbies - those requiring creativity, a clean mind and a few bucks. it can be gardening, LEGOs, hamradio, woodworking, actually writing a puny scifi novel, it doesn't matter, as long as people in the surroundings do not think you're insanely rich and single.

eventually something about you will leak. someone will notice that big truck loading and unloading big unnamed packages every 3/4 months. someone will notice you know too many things about financial stuff, laws, politics, sane diet habits, celebrities, trends, whatever. you won't try too hard to hide it, as long as they will go on thinking you're a less boring foreigner relocating in the middle of nowhere.

[step 3] out of loneliness.

it will not take too much for some local woman to decide that you should be her lifelong free support. this time it won't be 10/10 Staceys. you will take your time checking out their lives, their values, their cheating history, what they're actually aiming. you may have some private detective discreetly report you about their past and present life. you will friendzone any gold digger, lazy bitch, cock rider, anyone less than a healthy and absolutely loyal woman.

clearly you will regret that Back In The Day you walked around a bunch of 9/10 and 10/10 craving for you, yet you still remember you had them and money and everything and you were sad and depressed. in order to get to some Great Place for some Great Stuff you will have to go out at 1am and get back by 4am because noone in town should be able to think that astounding Lambo on the interstate actually came out from the secret area of your puny garage. and yes, you will come to hate your secret life, you'll be tempted to tell everything to some presumably trusty people. don't fall for that trap. you're just becoming aware that neither the Exclusive Dinner at the Exclusive Club nor the Exclusive Lambo give you more than driving your old Bronco into some McDonalds while having quite a laugh with people determined to be your friends even if they know very little about your wealth and your past.

you will also shout at yourself for dating that countryside chubster preserving for marriage, willing to have a dozen kids, and not giving a single fuck you're driving her home on a crusty dusty (albeit mechanically in perfect condition) Bronco after the CauliflowerFestFair. she's the only girl in town who never posted slutty pics on socials and your detective told you she friendzoned any NEET guy. yet she seems more and more into you and after a few months is expecting you either to propose or GTFO. you have to decide before any Kitchen Spare Parts customer tries to hit on her at her workplace

[step 4] out of depression.

you are eventually realizing depression starts either by setting unreasonable standards, or by having everything at hand. you had those College Chicks craving for your dick and you were depressed no less than those virgin college dudes craving for at least a single kiss on the cheek by some solid 3/10 college chick. you were rich and depressed, no less depressed than the usual wageslave having to work hard for his first 50 years to get out of debts and with a steady reasonable income, just in time for his wife to divorce-rape him and destroy at least 90% of whatever he built.

you come realizing that all of your previous lovers were hung up on your Rich Self and would never have been infatuated with your Poor Self. miss chubster thinks instead you're eligible for marriage because everyone in town knows you don't need gay shit, drugs, alcohol to fuel your life. she's developing feels but she's ready to trash them if you prove you can't decide or if your reputation takes some heavy blow.

you finally realize depression and loneliness ensued because your most basic demands originate from your brain, not from your dick. a loyal woman only asking you let her be loyal, faithful, committed for life, is totally different from the usual 10/10 chick whose holes made her live the easy way until 27-30 and then feeling in total urge to settle for a devote stachanovist beta provider (and only until some richer guy hits on her).

yes, you marry her without telling her about your wealth. and yes, you will demand prenups because even if you acknowledge she's trusty and loyal, you still need a plan B if for whatever reason in a distant future she'll try to divorce-rape you. some time after marriage, you'll slowly tell her about that money.

and you don't give any fucks about she not even being a 6/10, because at 40 even the best 10/10 is no more than a wrecked mannequin requiring heavy makeup. you just chose the one who's still committed at 50, 60, 70, 80

>>8154862
from what I have read so far you sound like a self-absorbed contrary asshole and overthinking everything to the degree that you think you can read a book to be happy or learn how to life
and rejecting everything that doesn't fit your little narrativ
no wonder that nobody wants to be around you
i mean common your solution to all this is a sex doll?

I feel sorry for you OP and I dont know if you even could be helped
maybe try to life a little without any goal
be embarrassed, be silly or do somehting stupid
just let go and be a child again and enjoy life

>>8154862
You people complaining about being rich is what makes me so fucking angry every day of this fucking life.

>low 8 figures
>money is not everything

Every fucking shitty day of my life i have to fight just to get enough money and fucking survive and not to starve while there is people fucking rich and still complaining, FUCK

You literally can have everything, you don't have to worry about fucking being killed and you are even complaining.

I know you may be really sad and you could have a serious problem, i just can't understand this thing, hope you'll be happy though

>>8156479
>english teacher
>literal Chad
Lmao

>>8157534
This travel dude, but stay in hostels, that is where you meet people, buy people beers

>>8158488
you can be an English teacher and slay mad pussy, why is that so hard to understand?

>>8158500
++hostels

you end up hanging out with chill young people, have drinks or go out for food

or maybe even just make plans as a group to hang around the city all day

>>8154862
No-one will love you for who you are. Not even your mother. They love the image of you they can project themselves on.

As long as you think in society's standards and think you want what society wants you to want - you're its slave.

You can go into hedonism or ascetism in order to realise your life is just a play. Try zen as well.

Stop thinking in a materialistic way and observe the world to see the essence of it.

Here's a tip for you op.

Even if you get a wife and lots of friends you still won't be happy. Man's lot in life is to suffer

t. Has everything

>>8154862
>Move close to a big college town
>Take classes in things you're interested in. You wouldn't even have to register, just drop in, meet friends there
>Get /fit/ ( probably the most important part)
> Once /fit/ get a tinder
> "Hurr Durr made a lot of money with software, now I'm looking for self actualization"
> Watch the pussy flow in man

>>8154862
if you werent happy before you made money the common idea seems to be that the shock of having wealth and still being unhappy can be very depressing.

ive gone through a bit of depression in the past, in fact id say i was quite an extreme case to the point where i didnt let people visit my house because i was ashamed of how i was living. everything about my life was a lie and i couldnt stand to let anybody see. one of the big problems is that our version of ourselves never really aligns with how everyone else sees us so we can tie ourselves in knots telling ourselves things that are complete fabrications.
>i will never
>i cant
>this always happens
>this never happens
>i am this
>i will never be this
>i will never be able to have X
>x always happens to me
those kinds of statements create tracks in our brains, like a path through a rainforest. it becomes much easier for neuron activity to follow the path of least resistance. when we have a big shift in our lives we get a lot of these pathways re-written or become obsolete, a loss of a partner, loss of a job, moving to a new area, making new friends, a new gf. the good news is that our brains are plastic and you really can change the way you think over time. it is important to remember that a lot of our thoughts are not necessarily our own, or at least it could be said that they arent what we truly believe. if you are an alcoholic your brain will tell you things like : "youre doing so well for not drinking, lets celebrate!" or "im quitting drinking, so i might as well enjoy it while i can because it might very well be my last beer". this is self delusion but they all feel like organic thoughts. its indistinguishable. a depressed brain is simply more comfortable being depressed and will tell you these stories as well. there is an enemy in our minds and the best weapon against it is awareness of it and meaningful interactions with others.

Only by changing your perception of the way others perceive you will you find connection in this case. You think people see you as weirdo. Change that. Are you a weirdo? then embrace it, people love anyone that is genuine to themselves. Realize that.

>>8155159

You can't. OP is larping hard. He also says he wrote it on his PHD...

>>8154862
If you have an Xbox one you can play fortnite with me and my friends. We’re actually really cool in real life you’d have a lot of fun!

>tfw over 170 replies

WEW

Man I should really get paid to do this. Its crazy just how I have so many 100+ reply thread larps on /biz/, /pol/, /a/, /fit/, /tv/, /r9k/ and /g/.... Larping different personas in order to maintain authenticity is extremely mentally challenging.

Anyway I think I should set up a patreon so that I can atleast earn money on the side since I'm a worthless NEET loser anyway. Thoughts /biz/?

>>8156222
I'm not Buddhist, and I'm not atheist, keep making things up though

>>8158950
Fuck off you worthless human being

>>8154862
also, understanding that people are selfish is a great help. depressed people or people with anxiety obsess and obsess over spergy interactions for weeks, when really normdoggs dont hold those interactions in their memories at all. try not to second guess everything like that because that builds up negative stories about who you are, what you are, what you are destined to be. it was really good for me to realize that most people are self-obsessed and that this isnt a bad thing. people honestly dont think about us much at all and that is liberating, and any assumption made can be unmade as well.

if you have trouble getting along with people, then simply tell them. be honest with them and say that youre terrible with social interactions but that youd really like to interact with them. being honest about your weaknesses helps people to navigate your personality. lots of perceptive people assume that others are very perceptive as well, when really theyre not. honesty may scare some people away, but in the end it helps people to identify you and become friends. never pretend to be something that you arent, its just a waste of time. be open with everybody and dont be ashamed of yourself. unfortunately for us antisocial people, we are still a social species and we need meaningful interactions with people in order to feel happy. we need to be seen for who we are. dont underestimate how important others are in our lives, man cannot live on bread alone. if you cant be funny or charming, be open and honest. i dont mean tell people that they look fat, but be open about yourself and why you think the way that you do. it is a highly valued commodity on the social market.

>>8154973
meditation is very labour intensive.

>>8155308
>Every single fucker that has "friends" is also narcissistic piece of shit and constantly posts selfies on instagram and facebook everyday

no wonder you're alone and depressed. You have the mentality of a fucking 15 year old. Have you literally never stopped and pondered existential questions, or realized that a lot of your beliefs and opinions are total bullshit?
Sounds like you have a lot of growing up to do.

>>8154950
>money doesnt make me happy
>fuck buddhists they're poor

keep at it champ

>>8158950
Well, I think the same advice still applies. If you get out more and find some human compassion, you won't feel the need to make these threads out of loneliness anymore.

>>8155128
why do you think that god doesnt exist? because of science?

is that the same science that told us that animal fat is bad for you but products made with high fructose corn syrup are healthy? the same institutions that were paid to say that for decades by the corn industry? the ones that said dont have any fat in your diet and it fucked up everyones hormones?

or are they the ones that have bill nye as a spokesman who are currently saying that there is literally no difference between a man and a woman. youre right, science is immutable, and despite the fact that we dont even know how a brain works yet or what dark matter is (which makes up 96% of the entire universe), we definitely have the god question settled. yep. in 500 years they wont be laughing at us making memes about how stupid we were like we do with medieval scientists. in the future people will kek at atheists. being euphoric was the dumbest opinion i ever had.

being serious OP, if you live in/near a nice area such as a forest or a big valley or something, just aquire some shrooms and get absolutely blasted in nature. you seem really locked into your thought patterns, you gotta break out of them

>>8155355
it goes even further than that in places like india too. in india if youre a low caste person and you try to fight against your karma it is seen as extremely blasphemous and taboo because youre trying to cheat the gods or some shit. westerners think its all nice and about peace but its actually about resigning yourself to failure as an act of worship in some cultures

you got what you deserve worthless piece of shit

>>8155721
the zodiac wasnt written until the middle ages

Can mods just delete these shit threads?

>>8155852
it doesnt matter if OP is a LARP, hes asking a question that is on other peoples minds. it is just the topic of conversation anon calm down. jesus

>>8158950
It's obvious that you ren't a millionaire, but it's quite probable that you're still miserable so I still want to give advice

>>8159344
It pre dates ancient Egypt

>>8159237
salzhalle

>>8158950
Hahaha u fucker
That was pretty good

>>8159410
Islamhormon

>>8154862
One name: Jordan Peterson

>>8156823
create an anchor in your mind. any time your thoughts stray from that, bring them back to the anchor. lots of people overcomplicate it. you just check yourself, over and over and over and thats all you do. dont try to empty your mind or any of that other crap, its impossible and a stupid instruction to give, but youll find its the most common instruction. just go back to your anchor. the easiest anchor is just to feel your breath going in and out.

>>8157078
>muh clouds
that is a total crock of shit.

Use your money to coach a baseball team of black kids to the state title. Also put a dog on the team in the outfield to get tons of local news coverage. Attractive women will think you are noble and be interested in you

>>8159479
fuck jordan peterson

>>8154862
just kill yourself

>>8154862
Dude get yourself a bag of coke, book a hotel in some big city and fuck the shit out of real hoes. You are saying hookers=/=real loving gf, but bought life sized sex doll. You think too much too. No wonder people don't enjoy your presence when you try hard to be 'normal'. That's what creates this bad vibe you mentioned. I dont have shit to tell you the truth so its hard for me to relate to your situation, but in my case the daily things bring me joy. Say ordering a pizza for $7 after a long day at school/work feels great, or sitting in front of the TV after showering after the training and watching Friends with my dad.
Improve your eating, buy yourself better quality clothes, renovate your apartment, buy some decent gadgets (nice phone, pc).
But most importantly, get yourself friends. Try to hide your net worth and just take up some hobby. It is the easiest way to make friends. Just be patient and be natural. No matter how much of a freak you are, there will be someone more screwed than you.
I pity for you a little, my poor friend with a lot of money.

>>8158950
it doesnt matter though. the OP is just the topic, the person themselves doesnt really matter.

>>8158950
to think i was about to give a sincere response about how fulfilling seeing the natural beauty of the world is.

>>8159479
kek no. E Michael Jones

>>8159694
im going camping this weekend. the place we go has these giant ferns through the whole area and it looks like you travelled back in time to the primordial earth. cannot wait to get back out there

>boo hoo im rich and sad :(

give me a fucking break. you live 1 dimensional lives, that is why you are depressed. you have no sense of curiosity or adventure. you don't read books, you don't go hiking/biking in the outdoors, you dont start an organic garden in your back yard or learn an instrument. you just consume products, that is why you are depressed

If you're in st Petersburg I'll be your friend

>>8154862
>>8154884
FPBP

you wanker. social skills are just skills that can be learned like any other skill

you aren't "too smart" for it. I'm also extremely wealthy and 26. I have a good number of friends/a partner and I could still probably use social coaching

>>8159776
nice. i got a trip to zion np coming up so I've had to avoid /out/ and /trv/ i cant handle the countdown.

>>8154862
Hey, anon, I can be your friend for 1 btc

>>8158950
after reading through your replies, I have determined that there's a 90% chance you're LARPING about the amount of money that you have. no one "educated at the Phd level" messes up it's vs its constantly and misspells this much

OP is always a faggot

What a fucking cuck.
Thinking you need a wahmen to feel fucking complete in your life.

If i was financially independent at your age id be having the time of my life. Drop out of the matrix for a year or two. Get a small mini-van or a bike and drive throughout the country or a continent of your choosing. Learn new hobbies, read new books.

soulsearch, soulsearch and soulsearch some more.

>>8160641
And to extend my post.
Women will NEVER love you for you whore are.
Women came about resources, whether you want to admit it to yourself or not.
Once they find out you have money they will leech on to you.

I see a bad future ahead of you senpai unless you wake up. You will probably end up with some dumb fucking bitch that will manipulate you into having children with her, then divorce you and take half of your cash and assets.

Save your money. Don't tell about your wealth to fucking anyone. Use your money wisely and dont spend it on bullshit like plastic vaginas.
Go to the gym, eat healthy.

Theres more to life than pussy i assure you.

>>8160550

it was a larp. i only have $1k in savings and stil live with my mom.

>>8160708
i cant type for shit tonight

for who you are*
women care*

Hire a lawyer. Have him put all your wealth except $60K into a time locked account set for 1 - 2 years from now.

Congrats, you're now living on 30-60k per year. Depending on where you live, you might need to get a part time job. Get one in something you enjoy doing.

Talk to coworkers. Literally, the most inane and boring talk will get you far. Just smile, say hi, and ask about their weekend plans. That's it and eventually you'll get invited to stuff.

You thought money would make you happy - now try living without it.

>>8158003
>t. Schizoid buddhist

>>8159290
Yep but clueless westerners like those who shill about buddhism are clueless about this depraved aspect of Buddhism. They simply embraced it because it's foreign and exotic. A bunch of hippies, I swear. No wonder the west is slowly becoming a shithole.

>>8154950
China is a communist shithole that terrorizes it’s own citizens. That is the world you want? You deserve misery shithead.