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@Felix Urbanek : Only when I'm on WC (XD). Joke aside, I'm signed on almost all the dating app, but I do not actively use them. I Just leave a profile in there, and from time to time I get some match to play with.
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@Felix Urbanek : No, but I'm thinking about that. In the past I've closed girls thanks to my "icebreaker"... rarely thanks to photo and Bio (From time to time, on app like lovoo where you can write first)
Hello everyone...and ask for IG help
Hi everyone! I recently joined this community, and am new to this whole thing. I am a 22 year old engineering masters student from Malta, but currently doing my thesis internship at a research centre in Leuven, Belgium. I am currently primarily investing in increasing my real-life confidence, and I never really cared for social media to be honest, as I find it to be very fake. But I am also coming to terms that you can acknowledge it being fake and still use it to your advantage. Anyway, I thought that since for this year, I actually have an interesting life as I can travel frequently, it might be wise to start building my IG (it is currently completely empty bar some stories). I am trying to go for lifestyle/access to scarce resources with these pictures, although I am very new to photos in general and it is not easy to get good pictures while skating, let alone for the lighting! Are any of these good for IG grid or even profile picture? If not, what do they lack? Finally, if anyone is in Belgium or Malta, I'd love to connect, hit me up!
Hello everyone...and ask for IG help
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I'd save number 6 (it seems natural) and maybe 1. The others are so-and-so, in my opinion (IMO). The thing is, if I'm not mistaken, you should manifest high social value more through the environment around you than through yourself. So you should choose beautiful places, different places, and, as far as I understand, you shouldn't look at the camera to make everything seem more natural. Regarding the 'fakeness,' they are fake if you and your lifestyle are not congruent with them. Sartain, if I'm not wrong, suggests to 'fake it 'til you make it.' So the objective is to become like one of the successful guys in the testimonials part of the course, so that the fakeness just go away by itself.
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@Mark Zammit For sure! Two of the tricks to take good photos, even on a budget, are in the course as well: 1) Find beautiful places in your city. 2) Take pictures when the natural light is at its best (morning usually) Good luck !
Marriage
No, I'm not suggesting you marry someone. Actually, I'm against monogamy. BUT if one of your friends is in 'love' (aka : in an altered state of consciousness that makes you take some bad decisions šŸ˜‚ā¤ļø) enough to still do those kinds of things, and you are invited to the ceremony and the meal afterward... bring another friend to take some pictures. I was at the wedding of one of my cousins yesterday, and they had chosen a 10k location. Too bad I was only there with my brother, who has a pregnant wife, so there wasn't much space to explore the place and take some good pictures !
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@Max Peck : Thank you for the suggestion, I'll give it a look ! I come from the perspective that : (1) We can be together if we are in love without bureaucracy getting in the way. I'm not against couples; I'm against signing a contract where you could eventually lose half (and more) of your assets. (2) I've studied Tantra and some other spiritual perspectives related to sex and couples, but in my opinion people around us are not mature enough for real monogamy. You can achieve a lot in a genuine couple where both people are spiritually and sexually open, but that's super-rare. A lot of girls/women follow this dream of 'marriage' because they saw some movie or read some book—it's just social conditioning, and that’s all. Guys are often tricked or (sexually) blackmailed into that. (3) 'Forever' is a long, unrealistic time. I do not think that human beings are biologically on the monogamy side, just "domesticated" to that. (4) In our Western society, we still give too much importance to sexual exclusivity, securing ourselves in a contract/prison, instead of prioritizing the spiritual, sexual, and intellectual evolution of our partners. Nowadays, I see marriage more as a kidnapping than something evolutionarily relevant. ...As always... ...IMO. (😁)
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@Max Peck The book you suggested to me was good ;P
Is toxic masculinity a real concern? Are men in our sphere more prone to dark triad type traits?
When I first heard this phrase many years ago, I laughed out loud. But the saying hasn’t gone away all these years later and sometimes I do wonder if men can be assholes. I can think of many incidents where I was a complete dick to somebody, or did something impulsive and regretted it. After looking through a lot of the posts, and a lot of the comments in this forum, I can see and hear the entitlement and inflated ego’s of some of the members, myself included. Toxic masculinity is just a hilarious catchphrase for calling out bad behavior so that’s why I found it funny at first, but there is some truth to it. I think there is a difference between being an asshole and having a strong spine. There is a line between the 2 behaviors and I have crossed over to the asshole side plenty of times. But now I am much better at being the strong silent type as Tony Soprano likes to put it. I am curious if you guys do self reflection and think about how you have treated people in the past. Do you consider yourself a good person? What even is a good person?
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In my opinion, 'toxic masculinity' is just an abstract concept designed to check our natural strive to become independent and action-oriented human beings. It's a way to turn us into passive, domesticated, good dogs. I don't think such a thing as toxic masculinity exists. There are problematic human beings, but those issues are not related to masculinity "per se".
Suspension of disbelief + Speed of implementation
In addition to my previous post concerning getting a group out successfully, I was wondering if there’s in between steps that may have been missed when conducting first 4 steps of MOA with this fashion show I just attended. I had an event lined up, I sent out invite and got confirmations, no one shows so I attend by myself and tried to meet other creatives and got instagrams. Is this what MOA is about? Just trying and failing (going to these vents yourself) until one day the girls actually decide to show? I feel I’ve suspended disbelief and implemented the protocols swiftly but at this point I feel there may be a gap in knowledge, unless this is the true MOA process. Additionally, I had no leverage with this fashion show host so I bought a few tickets (expecting the female guests) but no luck with guests this time(and money lost). Feel free to add any thoughts you have in the comments.
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@C J : (1) Personal tastes: I'm not an expert on this, but I like photos 1, 6, 7, 9, and 12. Overall, however, your profile currently gives me a bit of a loneliness vibe (I think Sartain also talks about this kind of risk/vibe in his course, depending on the photos you choose). It's just a sensation; again, I'm not an Instagram expert here. (2) I won't go into specifics because I see a bit of a mindset problem here, but again, maybe it's just my sensation. You come across as 'predatory\mechanical' to me in your way of thinking about those stuffs, by which I mean you seem to be doing this only to reach an objective instead of enjoying people. This reminds me of the beginning of the more traditional 'game' stuff, where people thought that using 'magic phrases' and pirouettes would be enough to 'close' with girls, completely forgetting that we are human and that connecting on a human level is necessary. If I'm somewhat right, I would work on this before focusing on the "steps to take". Owen Cook on his channels talk a lot about abundance\sharing mentality. Again, just a sensation, maybe I'm 100% wrong. (3) I think—but this is just my opinion—that the 'Off-Market System' has some nice suggestions about how to organize your Instagram, but you still need social skills. We are not women, who can take pictures of a nice ass, have zero social skills, and still have people buy us stuff\connect with us; we are men, and we still have to have all-around at least sufficient social skills, if we are not born under the sign of someone else status that promote us. (4) With the '100 steps,' I mean that it's one thing if you are already inserted into a certain environment, already have a reputation, and only lack the "instagram shop front" to leverage your status further (so not starting from zero). It's an entirely different matter (IMO) to start from scratch. In this sense, I believe, as I wrote before, that yes, having a good Instagram can be part of the process towards success, but it's not enough if you don't deliver in person. Again, that's my opionion and experience. We could have the most amazing instagram ever made, but if lack basic social skill, IMO, it wouldn't be enough.
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@Giorgio Ferrero : Your instagram seems great to me !
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