“This person who has been kidnapped and brainwashed is having trouble adjusting to life outside of it”

I recoil at it too but only because sometimes hokey advice is on the money. I think about my fears and insecurity as a human and almost all of them boil down to “Am I good person, is it enough for only myself to recognize the possibility? What am I without the validation of the other monkeys to some extent? A self…

I would like you to live as a homely women for some time and tell me about how women have more say. You’re correct that the situations are different and not readily comparable but for the purposes of forwarding the idea that the show is on the other foot, we have evidence that maliciously awful people can wrap people…

Well heeled entertainers are probably the only people who should sign prenups based on the success rates of relationships among the cohort and the income levels and sources.

“I don’t want to live forever and when you get to my age, you won’t either.”

I get the sup/inf complex. I am haughty as fuck because I feel like I have a great life that I’ve barely worked for. On the other hand, I take praise poorly, feel like I might be exposed for the fraud I believe myself to be to some extent, and genuinely see myself as a charlatan because I am internally hyper critical…

Not even a successful career is necessary. Just being engaged in what he is doing and seemingly enjoying it is all the signaling you need.

I don’t know, I think the world would absolutely be a better place if we all literally became Bill Murray. Sure it isn’t practical but the dream is amazing.

He understands his shortcomings in a facile way where he can’t realize that by asking the questions he does and framing them as he does, he has sooooooooo much more to work on than just being vigilant against mythical high 5 figure gold diggers.

You read both letters and still think women have all the power?

It’s not uncommon but it is an inherent liability in how you access the dating world.

Preach! 3 Accounts, no problems.

Those damn social people, doing an end around on the whole meritocracy thing. Where do they get off? Oh, in the champagne room? I can’t get in? Fine! FINE! I’ll just go back to grinding my gears.

Unconventional. I like it.

He should try as many things as his money allows to find what resonates with him in ways he didnt expect and then share it with other people.

I mean, is the doctor supposed to say “Your whole life and how you approach it are a sham in terms aligning desire with output”?

I have the sneaking suspicion that by virtue of being some braggart writing to Dr. Nerd Love, he only has common interests with other braggarts and is unwilling to explore new avenues of interest and open himself fully to another person.

Cool your jets man guy, I’m already planning our wedding ceremony.

It’s like a baby intimating that they want to learn how to fly despite ya know, being a baby.

I did because you assert that his happiness is the only thing that matters to him and he’s righteous in the pursuit of that despite the toll it takes on other people.