>>34168553
Someone can't just choose to be wealthy and successful, retard.

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>>34169488
Skill issue?
>>34168794
Successful but not wealthy.
Maybe you still have steps to climb. Guys in trades are supposed to start their own business at some point no? I mean, you can't do back breaking work forever.
If you have a car, a house and can support a family, there are literally lines of women that would be willing to get pregnant from you. Just pick one you like, just be careful and protect your assets in case you get divorce raped in the future.

>>34170240
>Skill issue?
Duh. Why else would I be on an advice board

>>34168387
Look in Chad's bedroom

You have to be a completely fucked up freak. Maybe a criminal negroid, maybe a male BPD yoga instructor or some shit, just be a complete fucking trainwreck. 100% of the women ive ever met who meet your description ended up with trainwrecks like that, and became trainwrecks themselves. Sorry!

>>34164475
No matter how many times you go to the doctor, it will never be enough. for my case with the moles/spots i started noticing, I did hours of research, then went to my family doctor who said it was nothing and then to a speacialist who also said it was nothing. this helped me for about 4 months and then my brain decided that it wasn't good enough and that they were somehow changing so both doctors must be wrong.
you're stressed and anxious and extremely sensitive to any new sensations that you're actively looking for. you're trying to link symptoms together which is very easy to do since a lot of serious illnesses have vague bullshit early symptoms that can be seen in a million other things. during my worst bouts of anxiety i managed to somehow connect my leg tingling to my face twitchiness and even started to think that I walk differently because my left arm swings differently from my right when I walk so i convinced myself I had ALS or MS.

now obviously that doesn't mean it CAN'T be something and it's not like you should never go to the doctor now just cause you have health anxiety. but what helped me most is drastically limiting how much time I spent researching the symptoms and trying to find the cause online. you will never find the answer and as soon as you read about some symptom of a serious illness, your brain will materialize it cause you're in a chronic state of stress/anxiety. you will match 2/10 symptoms to some random illness and then the 3rd and 4th will appear cause you're worried about them and constantly looking out for them.

>>34164576
Honestly I'm already looking up my shit on reddit half the time because it's the only way to search medical stuff without being flooded with SEO optimized AI shit these days
>>34164685
I already wrote too much in my OP but at one point I had constant tiny muscle twitches over my body too and my left arm felt weak and shaky and I also concluded I had ALS, till I realized the same things could be caused by the Claritin D I was also taking for whatever was fucking my sinuses and it went away the same time I stopped taking it.

>but what helped me most is drastically limiting how much time I spent researching the symptoms and trying to find the cause online.
I definitely do this too much, even if I've started just searching if X can be caused by anxiety to try and convince myself it's not just something caused by actual diseases. I'll try to cut it out. I do recognize my body is very good at filling in the blanks for whatever syndrome I'm fixated on.

>>34166257
>looking up
nonono I had a medical thing a few years ago it was sort of vague and I wasn't really sure what type of specialist to go to and if they would even take me seriously because of the vagueness of my symptoms a lot of it was neurological and I had gotten like a whiplash type of accident in my neck years prior and I thought I had some form of MBTI but since I didn't get hit in the head no one would take me seriously and I made a post about it on /r/askdocs and I got some solid solid advice. My point is is that you can search the entire internet no one will have the exact same thing you have. If you have a complicated medical issue you should make a post and have it read and answered by a medical professional. Also if you have some light form of overworrying or hypochondria they will be the ones to tell you rather than some random people on /adv/

>>34166290
Might give it a try then

>>34166257
it's hard to resist the urge to do look up your symptoms even by googling something like "can X be caused by anxiety?" to give yourself some kind of assurance cause there's that little voice in your brain that says, "what if i ignore it this time, and it actually IS something serious and lifethreatening?"
the more you resist the urge to look shit up, the more you will be comfortable with taking on risk. nothing is 100% in life, but that doesn't mean you need to spend all your time freaking out about the 0.0001%.

>>34166236
This. And with A.I indians have already stepped on that.

>>34166236
>Legal
Catfishing is illegal

>>34166183
>I mean where could I advertise to such people?
I gather there are drug marketplaces on the dark web, I've never gone looking.

>>34166104
Building and selling runescape accounts

>>34166505
I am actually good at stuff like this. Imma dig around the web and see if there are websites where I can pawn my accounts for beer money, kek

>>34166896
I hope he(she) learns to embody a modern Diogenes THO.

>>34166871
But you fail to see that they're all linked, romance socialising material generation/accumulation is all just to provide for offspring which is what takes precedence over all of those

>>34165363
Religious people argue this to commit to their faith. And to be honest it does feel like a giant lighter to be gaslit with. Apart from anonymity there's hardly a reality me and idols share. Thanks OP

What sense would it make to stop pursuing these things? I agree in a sense of materialism in that someone shouldn't pursue strictly the "luxuries" of life, but to be successful from a financial standpoint means you don't have to put up with someone else's shit. You don't have to wake up at a set time in the morning. You don't have to slave away decades of your life for a greater goal that you have no real attachment to.

In what world would it make sense to stop pursuing a reality in which you can be free of all of this? Even if you are indifferent to the prospect of spending your whole life slaving away, what would stop you from becoming a nihilist? What is the point of life if not to be successful?

>>34165363
I genuinely don't know what's wrong with you people
>material achievements are obviously inferior to being able to rub rotten parts together, obviously! don't forget having a bunch of idiots who you can drink beer with!
JFC.

>>34169228
>You're on 11mg/clonazepam daily? And they've got you down to 2mg/day in less than 2wks? Jesus fucking Christ.
Uhh I miscalculated it. It's 2,5mg/ml clonazepam and I took 11 drops. I think this means 1mg instead of 1ml. I apologize deeply. And it's been more like 3 weeks since I've been reducing the clonazepam.

>>34169247
I'm assuming that a "drop" is "1mL," but again, that's a total fucking guess, because "drop" is not a unit of measurement. A "drop" could be ".5ml." It could be "3ml." Jesus.
>2.5mg/ml
Fucking Christ. You need to walk into an emergency room and say "I am on an uncontrolled benzo taper. My best guess is that I started at 27.5mg/day and after just 3 weeks I am at 5mg/day. I am experiencing intense withdrawal symptoms like [describe your symptoms]." They will IMMEDIATELY admit you.
>butbutbutbutbut my parents but but I don't knowwwww but but but but that's embarrassing butbutbutbut
This is the last time I'm going to say this: if you fuck up a benzo taper, you might die. You are fucking it up right now. If you don't see a doctor and unfuck it, you're probably going to die. I don't know how to be any clearer with you.

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>>34169290
No nigga, it was 1mg per day... what the fuck are you taking about...

>>34169350
>I took 11 drops
You keep saying this like it makes anything clearer. A "drop" is not a standard unit of measurement. You don't know how many ml are in a "drop." I'm assuming a "drop" is 1ml, but again, that is a complete and utter guess. A "drop" could be .5ml. A "drop" could be 1ml. A "drop" could be 3ml. All of these quantities could be "drops" of liquid. Please stop pretending you don't understand this. When you say
>I think this means 1mg instead of 1ml
you are also guessing, because you have no fucking idea how much you've been taking, because you don't know how many mls are in a "drop."

When doctors take patients through benzo tapers it's very, very tightly controlled. You take a very specific dosage per day. Not a "drop." You take, for example, exactly 1mg every 4 hours for 1 month. Then you take, for example, exactly .75mg every 5 hours for 1 month.

They do not say "okay well your formulation is 2.5mg/ml and you take 11 drops a day which is more like 1mg/ml I think haha I don't know maybe so you do that but less so maybe you take 4 drops which is maybe like possibly 1ml or maybe it's .5ml or maybe it's 3ml so maybe you should take 2.5mg/day or maybe 1.75mg/day or maybe 7.5mg/day haha yeah I don't know haha so like yeah it's drops yeah take less drops haha in a few days just like yeah drops." That is what you're currently doing. That is unfathomably retarded for reasons I won't repeat.

I told you this. I told you exactly what you needed to do -- either convince your parents *now,* or go to the ER. Now you're scared and trying to tell me (yourself) that actually it's fine because it's been less than you said (you think) and it's been longer than you said (more like 3wks you think) and blah blah blah, because if you convince yourself that I'm wrong, then everything's okay which means you don't have to talk to your parents.

Good luck man. When you have your first seizure, hope you remember this thread before you black out. Tried to warn you

>>34167129
OP, this is asking for medical advice, don't ask for medical advice on the internet. Benzo withdrawal is dangerous, you'll have seizures and you can die. It takes months to wean it off, dropping whatever dosage is 11 drops to 2 in 3 weeks is something you really shouldn't do on a whim. An overdose is more dangerous (And honestly I won't even mention why you let your parents increase your meds in the first place, don't listen to them, and if they force you, that's abuse and probably endangerment, i have no idea if laws against abuse in brazil are effective, or how life is, but try doing something about it!), so keep taking your dosage and go to a hospital and tell them about your situation. Dont try convincing your parents, dont wait for the start of the week for an doctor appointment, just go to the ER and explain what's happening. you're gonna feel like shit (by that understand you're going to shit yourself both metaphorically and literally) as long as you're experiencing withdrawal, and you'll experience it for a while.

Additionnally,
>I'm autistic
>clonazepam, risperdal, lurasidone
I'm no doctor but those don't sound like drugs for autism, they're antipsychotics. I don't want to assume malice on your side, but you're either not telling the full story, or your parents are purposefully lying to your doc about your symptoms to control you in some way. OP, the way you said they talk about "putting you on mood stabilizers" and how they increase your dose really worries me. Dont answer the last part if you don't want to, you're fully within your right to medical secret, but what's the most important, again, is for you to go to a hospital, emergency room, or whatever medical establishment that can take you asap, and tell them about the clonazepam withdrawal, they WILL take you in. Godspeed.

>>34163944
>There are legitimate issues relating to large age gap
Found the roastie

>>34170024
I'm lucky there's a shortage of men the place I dance I guess.

>>34170056
No there are partner dances where you dance with a partner holding each other physically. Stuff like Waltz or Tango.
Partner dancing lessons are typically followed by a social dance where you can ask a woman to dance with you. The dance typically lasts just 1 song but you can just ask her to keep dancing.

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>>34167608
Great advice, fellow Redditor! Enjoy your instant -20% chance to meet somebody!
/s

I honestly feel like shit. The more I think about it, the more pressured and less confident I feel about getting a partner for its own sake.

Legit the only women I am drawn to are 9/10 big tit women everyone is after. I don't know how to lower my standards because I plain would treat the girl like shit, Like ignoring her out of lack of interest, maybe even end up cheating.

I don't want to lie to women, I am only drawn to their physical attractiveness and I rely on myself for any emotional or social need. I do a broad range of activities but I would think most any women would be uncomfortable doing a hike, long trips, boring things like listening to history, and I myself am uncomfortable with latin music and alcohol.

Is getting what I want, physical attractiveness only possible by going after whores? I don't want to be looked down by women for making the wrong choices, I just want to be happy in my own way.

>>34170573
And if there are no women at your workplace?

>>34170407
>I don't see how it's hard realistically. Even if he doesn't achieve 42%/yr, half that would still be respectable.
Very few traders can make 20% every year for 10-20 years without losing it all. You can look this stuff up, it's not like I'm making it up.
>I'm personally already up 4% for the year by doing exactly as I've described. Skill issue?
No, you're a beginner and you will either lose all your gains later or you will end up making 12% YoY at best.
You're like a guy who landed a 3-point-shot at a basketball court and now you think you can beat Michael Jordan.

>>34170423
I achieved a ~30% return rate last year. The only times I "lost my portfolio" was when I was young and dumb playing with options. I'm not proposing that to OP. Swinging tickers like QQQ and SPY is inherently low risk because even if you get fucked and the market has a significant recession (presuming you didn't set up a stop), within the year, you'll bounce back, and make that average 12% return rate like you had mentioned. Being that a long-term recession like that doesn't come incredibly frequently, having one "shitty" 12% year compared to 9 other years where you can pull a 20-30% return rate is hardly a loss. I don't really see where "losing it all" comes into this equation. Investing is a simple game if you're not trying to make 20-30% a trade.

>>34170466
>I achieved a ~30% return rate last year.
The fact that you made 30% one year does not indicate consistent performance. If you could do that for 5 years, that would make you an elite world-class trader.
>The only times I "lost my portfolio" was when I was young and dumb playing with options. I'm not proposing that to OP. Swinging tickers like QQQ and SPY is inherently low risk because even if you get fucked and the market has a significant recession (presuming you didn't set up a stop), within the year, you'll bounce back, and make that average 12% return rate like you had mentioned.
It guarantees low-reward because you have no idea when to buy and when to sell to actually get a faster return. It's just throwing darts at a dartboard.
The market has historically taken 5-10 years to recover from recessions (2000, 2008). So in the case of a recession, with your strategy that 30% average will quickly drop and become unimpressive. Most likely a waste of time.

>>34170536
Even if such a recession took 5-10 years to recover from (a bit exaggerated for 2000/2008, but whatever), a stop loss would mitigate a portfolio from bleeding out and sustaining that loss for a long period of time.

You could argue the strategy would be "unimpressive" if stops weren't a factor here, but even if that were the case, if all OP's money was in a 401(k) or similar, he'd still take the hit all the same, and still have to wait for the market to recover.

So, in what instance would swinging be less favorable to a "set and forget" strategy? If you take stop loss out of the swinging equation, you are still objectively ahead because your gains outside of such a recession scenario would be greater than that of the set and forget strategist's.

>>34170599
>Even if such a recession took 5-10 years to recover from (a bit exaggerated for 2000/2008, but whatever), a stop loss would mitigate a portfolio from bleeding out and sustaining that loss for a long period of time.
Now you're talking about stop losses, which means you're locking in losses. Where will you set your stop? This increases the complexity, since now you can lose money on your trades.
That would a different strategy from your previous recommendation to avoid stops and just hold through a recession.
>You could argue the strategy would be "unimpressive" if stops weren't a factor here, but even if that were the case, if all OP's money was in a 401(k) or similar, he'd still take the hit all the same, and still have to wait for the market to recover.
The opportunity cost of actively trading when he could've been using that time/energy to better himself in other ways, or to get a second job so he can double his salary.
>If you take stop loss out of the swinging equation, you are still objectively ahead because your gains outside of such a recession scenario would be greater than that of the set and forget strategist's.
One year, market conditions might change and your usual strategy will no longer yield as much. You might make 8% rather than 12%, so you just underperformed compared to DCA.

IKTF. Alcohol is a depressant and amplifies your anxiety. You'll forget about all this in a few days. Best advice I can give is to have no more than 2 drinks, if any. Took me a long time (I'm nearly 40) to not only understand this, but do it. Don't be me, and change now.

>>34170469
>change now
How did that change look for you? If you lived like I did for the most part when hanging out with your friends, did you just decide one day to start hanging out with them sober? Did you lose friends because of that?

I think maybe another fear of mine is that I'd be too boring to hang out with sober, and as a result I'd lose friends. You could argue that maybe they wouldn't be real friends to begin with if that were the case, but still, I just feel like I've cemented myself into this reputation of being the "fun drunk guy" despite it not feeling like that the day after.

>>34170488
Almost all of my friends did the same so it wasn't an issue. Age was probably a factor though. More food for thought: if they're only friends if you're all drunk, the relationships may not be worth all that much. Using alcohol as a clutch for social anxiety will prevent you from dealing with it proper. And finally: would you respect a friend that stopped drinking a lot? If so, why do you assume your friends will not?

>>34170508
I suppose I only have one friend that I'd describe as a "drinking buddy". Apart from that, the majority of my other friends are mostly straight-edge. Think married conservative dudes who don't feel uncomfortable bringing their wives along to hang and shoot the shit.

I certainly wouldn't dump any of my friends outright for drinking less, although I can't imagine I'd be the same guy without drinking. The same energy, the same lack of inhibitions, the same ability to just live in the moment.

I guess you're right in that it'd probably be best to just sober up and try and still be myself in these situations, but as you can probably imagine, it's very easy to reach for the bottle when you're feeling a bit disconnected/in your own head.

>>34170546
You could go play sports or whatever with your drinking buddy, see if you can maintain buddy status while pivoting away from binge drinking.

And you're absolutely right: it is easy to reach for the bottle. I still do, mostly when alone, but now I make sure to only have 1 or 2 beers in the fridge. Makes it much easier to prevent fucking up.

>>34170062
Next time ask for a number retard

>>34170142
She's 8 years older than me and thought I was 16 (I'm 18). I doubt she is interested in me. She probably spoke to me out of pity.

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>makes thread on advice board
>doesn't ask for advice

>>34170062
>I think it was the only time someone showed interest towards my person.
fuck i hate this feeling, so relatable.

>>34166350
Whatever parent you share probably has no clue wtf Discord is. Tell them about the app, the dangers (groomers, weirdo adults), and that your brother is on it

>>34166350
Just because your brother has Discord doesn't mean that he's joining random servers and talking to creeps. It could be as innocent as adding his friends and hopping on the game after school or something. It might still be worth bringing up to your mutual parent so they can keep an eye on it, but at least in my experience, Discord is just a means to connect with people I know in real life.

discord? the IRC re-invention for gamers? it's more conservative than you.

no because PWM automaticly adjusts the fans. that was the reason of buying them in the first place, as to not having to waste time and energy to finagle a custom curve oneself.

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>>34169006
Try RedTube

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>>34169050

RED Tube 2040 10M Latex Rubber Band Slingshot Catapult Tubing HQ Replacement
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>>34169006
I won't read quick cash threads because they are invariably posted by lazy, short-term vision bums.

>>34169006
I used to resell gaming stuff. I made like 300 bucks (profit) in a week reselling two gaming laptops, used to make a quick buck off cheap ps4s.
I eventually stopped cuz it was pretty complicated to find actual good deals, also I wasn't the only one doing so, so most of the times someone else snagged the cool stuff before me.
I was spending multiple hours every day looking at various used marketplaces.

If you find any good methods to make money online lmk

>>34169846
>And i wanna get second chance.
There is no such thing. You tried, but she's not interested. That means it's over. Move on and find someone else. Hitting on her a second is getting dangerously close to harassment.

>>34169846
Make a move. An aggressive move. Women wouldn't ask "do you have a crush on me" if they weren't interested, if that were the case they would simply avoid you, put excuses, make it clear you're uncomfortable to be around.

Keep spending time with her, but find a reason to hold her hand, stare her in the eye, and if she stares back, kiss her.

>But that's le harrassment!
That makes it clear for you and for her. For her that you're not fucking around and she better figure out what to do about you, and for you get a definitive answer and move on if the choice is No.

>But le harrassment!
Shove it up your ass. It's you one and only life. And this moment is the one and only to ever have a choice like this. You will never agree not acting is a good choice, that's the lose-lose situation.

>>34169846
Holy pajeet

Yo i cant just leave it i need try mb i do smth wrong mb problem in me i ready to change myself but i can't just leave without definite answer like:"stop it i dont like u" when i hear smth like this i will stop trying.

>>34170038
>Women wouldn't ask "do you have a crush on me" if they weren't interested
They ask that if they're scared of you.