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  • I’ve been in Florida this week. I have a Hispanic name and a dark complexion, so they keep trying to speak Spanish to me.

    I’m not bad, but every time its happened its while I’m dead tired and I think I just can’t understand language for a second before I go

    “Huh? Oh, uuuuuh, sorry. English please?”

    Uber, car rental, hotel, doordash

    Its great to be a native Spanish speaker in Miami

    Shame I’m not that











  • You’ve got a point in that modern society is complex and confusing, but it is navigable.

    I massively hate the New Thought idea that its “all about mindset, man!” Because its not. There is real external bullshit that’s not in our control.

    And its valuable to have feelings about that bullshit, but its useless to let it consume us.

    I had a similar issue dating. I’m fat and Hispanic. It took me months to finally get a date and I was on the brink for a while, but it was always important to me that I didn’t let the real problem escape me. It wasn’t the women’s fault, it was the dating app, it was corporate greed.

    The women are fine generally once you talk to them. The problem is Tinder, bumble, and Hinge aren’t designed to make matching easy for me because we are more likely to pay for the premium tiers.

    I wrote a longer post about this for a Buddy of mine

    I got over my mild dating app induced woman hating when I realized I probably don’t want to date most women. Your average “Stacy” is as vapid and boring as your average “chad”. I want more than sex I wanted a life partner and I found one after accepting that the 90% rejections I got was fine and just a normal part of the dating process.