@pitdesi@rabois Sheel will win this bet because $5B in 10 years will be worth much less, and there will be many more startups that reach this valuation due to inflation. A more interesting bet would be if a startup reaches a 3846x multiple of the avg Bay Area housing price (now: 1.3m).
How about a new experiment. Reach out to your friends who are women, and ask them to message men who have ghosted them with the following: “Hey, I recently started modeling for Victoria’s Secret, and wanted to see if you were free for coffee?” What do you think would happen?
Ok, brothers in christ, this is the last one but it’s a doozy. This girl ghosted my friend OVER A YEAR ago. Zero contact of any kind since.
Yes she responded. Read the text at 9:08 PM PST last night, responded a MINUTE later.
In the early phase of courtship, the man needs to give the woman reasons to continue dating him. For some women, these reasons are wealth signals (fancy meals, trips) and others via personality (great convos). All this experiment proves is that many men don’t meet the bar at some point in the journey. Which is fine. It’s not the women’s fault, and it’s not the man’s fault. It’s all normal.
Ok, brothers in christ, this is the last one but it’s a doozy. This girl ghosted my friend OVER A YEAR ago. Zero contact of any kind since.
Yes she responded. Read the text at 9:08 PM PST last night, responded a MINUTE later.
People with jobs and income but limited assets see those with assets keep getting richer, while feeling out of reach to them. At same time they’re constantly bombarded by tales of people around them gaining and flaunting obscene amounts of wealth. Comparison is the thief of joy.
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I also played a lot of online chess, but I’ve come to believe something important: study and work harder than you play. Rating is often just a by-product of the work you put in.
@fahdananta And the thing worse than a complaint is a *persistent* complaint, which becomes part of one’s identity and truly sucks the power out of you.
@dr_alphalyrae Talk to people with an open mind and an open heart. Use questions that lead to interests and not to status.
Good question: what are you excited about lately?
Bad question: where do you work?
It’s truly sad that the only way I can experience the pure artistic genius that is Bill Simmons — without the add-on of a million gambling ads — is by listening to the Rewatchables.
@signulll It’s either
1. Author’s fault
2. Reader’s fault
3. A little bit of both
4. You’re being sarcastic here again and we all (me included) take shit way too seriously
@signulll@skylarromines I thought you were being serious and came to say something similar as @skylarromines. It is very liberating to be the same version of one’s self to all people, and not wear a different mask depending on what one is trying to get from someone. Thanks for clarifying. 🙏