When done effectively, analogies, parables, allegories, and metaphors can be powerful ways to convey a point. The subs, sites, blogs, and other forums that cover the material we cover here tend to be explicit. This is also a good thing, as numerous examples may be the best way to uncover patterns.I have heard the analogy below used before, so I must add this disclaimer: I do not remember where I found...

[If you find yourself looking for a TL;DR, you are exactly the target audience of this post.]Darren Hardy, the author of "The Compound Effect", asserts that small, smart, choices made consistently over time makes for a radical difference. In his book, he goes in to depth explaining the massive results that could originate from seemingly imperceptible changes in our life. The compund effect integrates naturally...

Disclaimer: this article is both a presentation of what dopamine really is, and a field report from my experience regarding increasing my own well being. The article draws from multiple sources but I highly recommend you check out Dr Andrew Huberman and his podcast as he explains the science behind dopamine in more depth while being very entertaining as well as clear and concise. Tired of being...

Welcome, Clay Man. Since you have read the sidebar, as we tell you to, you are familiar with the William James quote from “Women, the most responsible teenager in the house” about the malleable nature of young men; “How inferior to her is a boy of twenty in all these respects! His character is still gelatinous, uncertain what shape to assume, "trying it on" in every direction. Feeling...

Started off this year in another lockdown for two months, doing shit at school because I was struggling with paying attention online and actually caring about school. In February I turned 18 and soon after got a shitty part time job at a posho garden centre, got fired after two weekends because the management were didn't give me any guidance with customers and in all honesty I was shit at communicating...

The Great Eastern Wolf Pack There once was a pack of wolves that roamed a large area on the Eastern boundary of a large tract of wilderness. Several harsh winters and clashes with other predators including cougars, bears, and other wolf packs had devastated the males leaving only about a dozen or so females of varying ages. That youngest pup was only a year-old – grown enough to travel distance,...

Soyjack was shaking with rage after hearing the news of the new Omicron variant. He let out a scream that shook his whole studio apartment. “We’re still in this heckin’ pandemic because of those damn anti-vaxxers! Their refusal to get vaccinated is costing us all the freedom we could have had, but they just do not want to follow the science! If we just did what the experts told us, we could all...

The Captive AudienceWhere do you meet women? It's almost more important than talking about what to do when you do meet a woman. What good is game if you can't even get an introduction?The new world of online dating apps have subjected women to an onslaught of infinite peen with little to no effort aside from a swipe left or right. New apps bring new tricks and gimmicks to subvert the problem that abundance...

You may have noticed that a lot of people are dropping dead lately. Lots of folks are eager to tell you that this is due to China's latest innovation in super-colds ("SARS"), and that you need to inject yourself with medical experiments for the rest of your life. Others are asking the question "how many of those people who died of the super-cold were obese to begin with?" to which the answer is not...