Month: February 2024
Why do they have X’s over race car headlights?
The practice of placing X’s over race car headlights has practical origins that are tied to the history and evolution of motorsport. Here are the key reasons for this practice: In summary, what started …
NEVER TRUST A TRAINER
They created, there was a Jewish trainer brought me to the hospital and put in press that I went to the hospital. I know friends that off of exhaustion, a Jewish doctor, they diagnosed …
ERIC KIM WEDDING STREET PHOTOGRAPHER LA LOS ANGELES
If you’re in social, LA, etc… and want a super lit wedding street photography ERIC KIM style,,, shoot me an email at eric [at] erickim.com I love weddings!
Ikebana for human relationships
Funny thought: Whenever you decide to “add†a contact your list … you must delete 2 or 3?
Addition vs Subtraction
Subtraction is more robust than addition! True “networking†is actually pruning your inner circle? Ikebana for human relationships!
Good Photographers, Bad Photographers
Good photographers: stick to their own creative vision and aesthetic, processing style etc,,, no concern for what the “client” will think. Bad photographer: one whom cares to have a certain ‘style’ or what a …
MASTER ARTISANS
MASTER ARTISANS (John Locke) and also,,, the ‘Brokers’?
MONEY IS NOT WEALTH
Money as simply a labor-technology? The true wealth is human, human labor?
GUNS ARE FOR LOSERS
Conceal and carry should be outlawed? My thought: Only make it legal to have a ‘reveal’ and carry. For example, ethics– a person if they have a gun on themselves, should always have it …
MYSTERY RANCH MAKES THE BEST BAGS
Shout out to JTINSEOUL.WORDPRESS.COM — mystery ranch really makes the best bags! Terrible name, insanely great products. https://www.mysteryranch.com
ZEN CONSUMERISM
Adding more shit, or *getting rid* of more shit?
DON’T BUY OR *ADD* MORE SHIT, SEEK TO REMOVE OR *GET RID OF* MORE SHIT!
My zen consumerist idea?
PASSION FOR PRODUCTS
Something I just realized — I suppose I am actually insanely passionate about products, things, tools, equipment, clothes, functional clothing etc. Why am I so exacting?
IT IS UNETHICAL TO USE THE MILITARY AS A MARKETING TACTIC?
Tenthousand.cc tactical short?
Don’t Get Suckered By The Marketing
The tenthousand brand tactical short ,,, it sucks!
THE BEST LIFE EVER FOR THE SAKE OF WHAT?
For the sake of health! Maximize walking! And being outside!
NEVER SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN PERFECT
Perfect or nothing! Also if you’re really not 100000% satisfied, just return it … even though it is a huuuuge pain in the ass! Otherwise you’re stuck with it forever!
Money is for women, not for man?
Man doesn’t really care much for money, but woman does?
Wages
almost all workers are given grain, wine, salt, and lard as wages.
Money is for trade
almost all workers are given grain, wine, salt, and lard as wages. Master artisans ? Broker — These, which in English are called BroJcers,*â€â€™^*’^ are those who-are not inÂvolved in the cultivation of the …
The Road to Poverty
Thrift is a great driver — avoid racking up more expenses! a trades man who counts his credits as certain wealth and re gards himself as wealthy and who increases his expen ditures on …
Expenditure vs Income
Very simple — to live like true nobility, ensure that your expenditures are FAR LESS than your income! the nobility lives in a style and at an expenditure greater than its income,
ARE YOU ALLOWED TO “HATE†ANYTHING ANYMORE?
A society without hate, would also be a society without love? For example can I hate dogs, video games, alcohol and weed?
Why does woman want man to talk like woman?
Man doesn’t try to force or coerce or “convince†or “persuade†woman to talk to man?
How *NOT* to Be Anxious about Money?
The upside of poverty, and seeing your mom go through bankruptcy twice!
TACTICS OF THE WEAK
Inflicting self harm as a positive weapon to a foreign enemy? Or even worse, self harm as a form of gaining *revenge* against a more formidable enemy?
#1 Popularity
Volume going up is a good sign! Ahhh.. it feels good to be #1 in popularity! 55% of the crypto market, $841.5 billion — close to $1T. I’m not gonna be surprised if it …
John Cena Steroids
If somebody ask you whether you are on steroids or not, saying “absolutely not†is giveaway. If you were really not on steroids, you would just say “no“, or make a joke about it! …
Fake Virtuosity
Trust nobody who talks about “hard work“— the Rock (steroids)—
Mayweather Steroids
46 years old and still fighting? The reason why Floyd Mayweather is probably on steroids is because he is bald, and also, he is so old, and still fighting to make money? As of …
HOLD OR CIRCULATE?
One of the big issues with bitcoin, crypto, cryptocurrencies is that nobody wants to use it for real every day transactions. For example the notion of holding or HODL (hold onto dear life). According …
XSwap?
https://docs.xswap.link/xswap/introduction/what-is-xswap
WHY RAIN IN LA IS GOOD
It clears out the smog, it cleans the streets! Also it waters all the plants and the forest in the trees and the land! Also after a long spell of rain, the parks are …
A CRITIQUE OF “SOCIAL PROOFâ€
OK, I’m a sociologist and I understand this well; apparently the new scheme is that in order to gain legitimacy, you gotta put all these fake social numbers, “social proof†whatever. in today’s critical …
What *NOT* to Trust
A new heuristic — Things not to trust… when they put all these other partner logos on it? Why? Typically the big issue here is that when it has a bunch of logos on …