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Red and blue button pushers: who's smarter? In a mostly-subscriber sample who took a brief verbal IQ test, the answer is... Blue pushers! If the whole population has an IQ of 100 with an SD of 15, their mean IQ would be 101.9, versus 97.0 for reds.

A lot of jokes from King Charles tonight. “You recently commented, Mr. President, that if it were not for the United States, European countries would be speaking German. Dare I say that if it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking French”

the Gen Z stare is one of the most misunderstood phenomenons. it's because, in order to notice it, you have to be making a mistake and unaware that you are. gen Z stare happens in response to fakeness. that's it. nothing more to it. fakeness is what you call normal. "hi how are you" without sincerity is just strange -- have you ever sat back one day and thought about that? or when you walk in a shop and expect the person to put up a fake smile, signal emotions which they aren't actually feeling, and greet you according to a script instead of how they actually feel. do you think that is ok. do you, the person insisting for it, not consider that it's inhuman? gen Z recoils at this fakeness and is the first real generation this country has had in a century. you're witnessing their resistance to your fakeness, and your insistence to it. ... and you aren't even aware you're doing it. you are so helplessly unaware that you believe something is wrong with them instead. it's ironic that you call gen Z disturbing; it's you who disturbs.

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all the looksmaxxing guys would get brutally mogged by Sean Connery. on paper, he's not as good-looking as them. if you'd analyze his face with all these bs metrics he would get a high score, but probably not as high as looksmaxxers nowadays. he's not as lean. he doesn't have as much muscle. he doesn't have the perfect jawline. yet, in practice, Connery would look better. because looksmaxxing is inherently feminine. being too concerned about your looks is a feminine trait. it's not what we men want. Connery is the opposite. he's extremely masculine. if we just focus on the looks (there's obviously way more to him than that, insane charisma, humor, ruggedness, sophistication etc.), we can see that he doesn't look as "good", but he looks masculine. he looks hard to kill. thick skin, alert eyes, rugged body, ... he looks antifragile. on the other hand, the looksmaxxers look shallow. in fact, they ARE shallow. it's obvious that there's not much behind the looks. most wouldn't do well in a fight. it'S just the looks compartment they can compete in. they're too specialized. it's mainly a testosterone/DHT thing. plus, having a life that demands toughness. a life where you have to get through hard shit, but also enjoy all the awesome things God put on this planet. and if you add the other traits like charisma, humor, being relaxed, being skilled, looking into the barrel of a gun, all while laughing and having a good time, Connery moggs even more. but he's just one man I picked out to draw a comparison. could do it with lots of others too. the point is: the life makes the man, and the man makes the life. but you have to live the life first to become the man. do you understand?