>When you’re fundamentally dishonest there’s no perspective to ascertain the truth. Just slow spiral into ontological self-erasure.
Exactly. And the fundamental dishonesty is a symptom, really a coping mechanism, of closeted self-loathing. That’s the default factory setting of the sociopath/narcissist type. They can’t ascertain the truth, because they don’t really want to—it would expose their place in the hierarchy.
Gammas in 1954 be like: "Fellowship of the ring ? yeah you can basically come up with this stuff on your own if you read the Hobbit. Frankly nobody with an ounce of common sense would every buy it, Now excuse me I have to come up with a new elvish language, which is an original idea and 100% my own invention."
They really should have some sort of Auto banning of people's reviews if they say something like "I didn't read the book" in their review of the book. Or a button to make reviews only by verified purchasers.
I’ve been using Opus 4.6 to refine a story outline, and it’s brilliant, but whenever it tries to write fantasy prose it’s laughably cringe. That’s still best left to humans.
But then again, most fantasy prose written by humans these days is also laughably cringe, so who can blame it?
So ridiculous to quit improving because it makes people uncomfortable.
They don’t realize you improve from being with people who are doing better than you.
Since following Owen and Vox, I got over the moralizing spells like: Uncomfortable = it must be bad! It has to be!!!
And I have better friends for it. They are the kind of friends I want to have, and want my kids to have.
It’s new so I can expect to fight my female jealousy sabotage almost every time I see them. No she doesn’t need to cut her hair. No she doesn’t need to eat more. No she didn’t just luck into that high status husband. No she’s not too young to have that many kids, etc.
Instead, when a friend is eating healthy, I don’t say oh honey, you don’t need to lose weight. When a friend said she was thinking of getting a haircut after a baby like I did I was very honest and said I thoroughly missed my hair.
Followers / repeat customers are, of course, a positive.
But "repeat enemies", who watch those 3-4 hours long Owen Livestreams, just to find one or two objectionable soundbites -- are wasting the time of their lives. What a sad way to spend your life!
I do like him, I like him a lot. But I am certainly not one of his followers (aka the "Bears"): As evidenced by my failure of ever being able to to watch anything more than 30 minutes apiece of his videos.
So -- that's why I am going to purchase the book now. Right now. Extracting Owen's most impactful insights from the ginormous, hours-on-end meandering, video-spoken monologues (interspersed with piano music) of his into a compressed, focused-on-topic, readable-at-your-own-speed text -- that is some great value right there.
The how to slay a wizard series is all focused on a specific topic unlike his podcast. That said, I am loving the concise writing style of the book. It’s even more focused than the videos.
I love the art. Small wizards fighting in vain against the righteous, big bear. How dare you dispel our tricks, how dare you! And the big bear keeps crushing.
Disgusting little creatures, aren't they, irrational and purely emotionally driven. They haven't read it, but instinctively dislike it. Knowledge of nothing, but an opinion about everything.
When normal people have a dislike for some author or literary topic, most wold simply keep their credit card in their wallet, not purchase the book, and move on with their lives.
But those anklebiters expend the effort to go out of their way to compose fake reviews. That just demonstrates that they feel attacked; they grasp that not rationally, but they feel this instinctively -- that their "Redditor Wizardry" status is under attack: The one area in their lives where they are made to feel anything other than a complete failure; powerful even, in case they have advanced to Mod level amongst their Redditard peers.
Waaay back in the Before Times, Mr. Benjamin demonstrated how swiftly-moving video images of successfully dramatized human experiences crossed the moral border. Public drama with a Message men have had with them since Aeschylus. Married to laugh tracks and music--second order social cues--pointless ugliness became heartfelt; petty cruelty, comedic.
I watched Owen Benjamin demonstrate how the sausage was made, live on a stream: a very, very, very long video.
Vox Day is our Inigo Montoya as we storm Humperdink's clownworld castle: "It is too much: Let me sum up."
Once you learn hypnosis, especially convert trance induction techniques, you can see it being used against you EVERYWHERE. It's like having the sunglasses in the movie "They Live."
Rule #1 -- Don't watch TV. The sooner you stop, the sooner you'll start saving money by not spending it on stuff you don't need.
Rule #2 -- some or even most of the music you listen to may be aurally attractive, with lyrics which are moral poison.
Rule #3 -- Take an effort to control what enters your ears.
A TV as background noise, or someone else's poisonous preferences in music (or what's sold as music) that you're NOT listening to can have a huge influence on your subconscious, and therefore your attitudes, and your behavior. Silence is better then being brainwashed to think and act in direct contradiction to your own interests (example: US citizens actively obstructing Immigration and Custom Enforcement's National Security operations.)
Took full sobriety for me to realize that you are correct on point number 2. Was a painful day dropping a lot of LPs I had collected over years off at a record shop.
Music is highly emotional and thus passes typical layers of discernment that you would have in conversation. Doesn't take much sleuthing into the recording industry to see why it's so forcefully controlled.
Listening to news radio or worse, cabal news, and claiming it isn’t influencing your thinking, is like “walking between the raindrops”, and wondering why you keep getting wet.
When you’re fundamentally dishonest there’s no perspective to ascertain the truth. Just slow spiral into ontological self-erasure.
Customized Opus 4.6 extended is different enough that the difference seems one of kind.
>When you’re fundamentally dishonest there’s no perspective to ascertain the truth. Just slow spiral into ontological self-erasure.
Exactly. And the fundamental dishonesty is a symptom, really a coping mechanism, of closeted self-loathing. That’s the default factory setting of the sociopath/narcissist type. They can’t ascertain the truth, because they don’t really want to—it would expose their place in the hierarchy.
Gammas in 1954 be like: "Fellowship of the ring ? yeah you can basically come up with this stuff on your own if you read the Hobbit. Frankly nobody with an ounce of common sense would every buy it, Now excuse me I have to come up with a new elvish language, which is an original idea and 100% my own invention."
Vox, I have a complimentary hypothesis related to your Frozen Gene book. DM me if you're curious.
I don't DM, but you can email it to me.
They really should have some sort of Auto banning of people's reviews if they say something like "I didn't read the book" in their review of the book. Or a button to make reviews only by verified purchasers.
It's astonishing how Amazon and Google just refuse to make their community elements viable.
I’ve been using Opus 4.6 to refine a story outline, and it’s brilliant, but whenever it tries to write fantasy prose it’s laughably cringe. That’s still best left to humans.
But then again, most fantasy prose written by humans these days is also laughably cringe, so who can blame it?
So ridiculous to quit improving because it makes people uncomfortable.
They don’t realize you improve from being with people who are doing better than you.
Since following Owen and Vox, I got over the moralizing spells like: Uncomfortable = it must be bad! It has to be!!!
And I have better friends for it. They are the kind of friends I want to have, and want my kids to have.
It’s new so I can expect to fight my female jealousy sabotage almost every time I see them. No she doesn’t need to cut her hair. No she doesn’t need to eat more. No she didn’t just luck into that high status husband. No she’s not too young to have that many kids, etc.
Instead, when a friend is eating healthy, I don’t say oh honey, you don’t need to lose weight. When a friend said she was thinking of getting a haircut after a baby like I did I was very honest and said I thoroughly missed my hair.
But it just might work.
“All the people leaving five star reviews are already fans of this guy or something.”
It’s kind of hilarious that the gamma views a popular creator having repeat customers as a negative.
Followers / repeat customers are, of course, a positive.
But "repeat enemies", who watch those 3-4 hours long Owen Livestreams, just to find one or two objectionable soundbites -- are wasting the time of their lives. What a sad way to spend your life!
I do like him, I like him a lot. But I am certainly not one of his followers (aka the "Bears"): As evidenced by my failure of ever being able to to watch anything more than 30 minutes apiece of his videos.
So -- that's why I am going to purchase the book now. Right now. Extracting Owen's most impactful insights from the ginormous, hours-on-end meandering, video-spoken monologues (interspersed with piano music) of his into a compressed, focused-on-topic, readable-at-your-own-speed text -- that is some great value right there.
Editors still serve a purpose.
The how to slay a wizard series is all focused on a specific topic unlike his podcast. That said, I am loving the concise writing style of the book. It’s even more focused than the videos.
Been listening to BB since the Crowder days...
2020 was the proof text for this. That was the test and it passed. Understand wizard tricks, live a better life.
"I hate those guys who criticize and minimize the other guys whose enterprise has made them rise above the guys who criticize."
I don't know who said that, I was a kid the first time I heard, from an old-timer cowboy. I'm confident it's about Gammas.
I love the art. Small wizards fighting in vain against the righteous, big bear. How dare you dispel our tricks, how dare you! And the big bear keeps crushing.
Thought the same. It's perfect. Tiny Harry Potter Gammas impotently gesturing at our impervious Big Bear. Well done.
I love how you promote this.
I can’t get it in Canada for some reason.
I’m holding out for the books regardless.
Can you please do a post when I can pre-order a couple books and pre-order the goat skinned version for myself.
I don't know if preordering helps with production costs up front but I’m good with that if it helps.
I know I’m not the only one that is looking for both!
Gammas are going to gamma. Those are the one who make noise. Think of all those gammas who burn in silence. Then enjoy!
Waiting for this to be printed.
Disgusting little creatures, aren't they, irrational and purely emotionally driven. They haven't read it, but instinctively dislike it. Knowledge of nothing, but an opinion about everything.
When normal people have a dislike for some author or literary topic, most wold simply keep their credit card in their wallet, not purchase the book, and move on with their lives.
But those anklebiters expend the effort to go out of their way to compose fake reviews. That just demonstrates that they feel attacked; they grasp that not rationally, but they feel this instinctively -- that their "Redditor Wizardry" status is under attack: The one area in their lives where they are made to feel anything other than a complete failure; powerful even, in case they have advanced to Mod level amongst their Redditard peers.
Thinking about it like this, one is tempted to pity these Gollum-like critters.
Here's to hoping for a dose of "Kurganing" to disabuse me of any such temptation!
Waaay back in the Before Times, Mr. Benjamin demonstrated how swiftly-moving video images of successfully dramatized human experiences crossed the moral border. Public drama with a Message men have had with them since Aeschylus. Married to laugh tracks and music--second order social cues--pointless ugliness became heartfelt; petty cruelty, comedic.
I watched Owen Benjamin demonstrate how the sausage was made, live on a stream: a very, very, very long video.
Vox Day is our Inigo Montoya as we storm Humperdink's clownworld castle: "It is too much: Let me sum up."
Once you learn hypnosis, especially convert trance induction techniques, you can see it being used against you EVERYWHERE. It's like having the sunglasses in the movie "They Live."
Rule #1 -- Don't watch TV. The sooner you stop, the sooner you'll start saving money by not spending it on stuff you don't need.
Rule #2 -- some or even most of the music you listen to may be aurally attractive, with lyrics which are moral poison.
Rule #3 -- Take an effort to control what enters your ears.
A TV as background noise, or someone else's poisonous preferences in music (or what's sold as music) that you're NOT listening to can have a huge influence on your subconscious, and therefore your attitudes, and your behavior. Silence is better then being brainwashed to think and act in direct contradiction to your own interests (example: US citizens actively obstructing Immigration and Custom Enforcement's National Security operations.)
Took full sobriety for me to realize that you are correct on point number 2. Was a painful day dropping a lot of LPs I had collected over years off at a record shop.
Music is highly emotional and thus passes typical layers of discernment that you would have in conversation. Doesn't take much sleuthing into the recording industry to see why it's so forcefully controlled.
Listening to news radio or worse, cabal news, and claiming it isn’t influencing your thinking, is like “walking between the raindrops”, and wondering why you keep getting wet.
Another day, another demonstration of how easy it can be to get self-licking ice cream cones to dance like idiots on the digital skyline.