Posts by Anthony Hayes2

Courage is just the act of killing your ego and believing in the void.

Everything and nothing. Depends on how you grab it.

The old man arrived during the Khrushchev era, survived the fall of the Berlin Wall, the economic shifts, the privatization craze, the reign of Slavko Linić, and almost saw the rise of Joža Manolić. Maybe it’s finally time for a change. Honestly, I don't much care since I don't live there, but sometimes you have to air out a stagnant barn just to let some fresh air in. Life gives us death—an end, sure, but also a reset. It's Shiva dancing with Shakti to forge a new world. As the number one guy in Alan Ford would put it, death is the ultimate cleanser. Just when you think you've finally organized everything to become a dictator or at least a king of debt collection, some incurable cancer or stroke steps in.

lonegardener said:I have to admit, I’m pretty confused by this too.

It sounds like a purely pragmatic move; for instance, the idea that the site "protects its regulars" because it wants them to keep coming back. There’s a logical assumption that people won't return to a community where they feel openly insulted.

But still, it feels bizarre to say you can make offensive generalizations or insult a third party, yet you aren't allowed to "insult" an individual regular. 🤷

To be honest, I haven't a clue how you even solve a dilemma like this. It probably can't be solved.

It's all about dosage. A little bit can be a cure; too much becomes poison. Insults aren't necessarily insults if they stay within certain limits. Who decides what's appropriate? I'm sure -Sisyphus- will jump in to say how twisted that is. But there's a link on the homepage most people miss: "By posting here, you agree to the terms." Or some "User Manual" nonsense like that. 🤣

lonegardener said:The thing is, that isn't even technically an "ad hominem" logical fallacy. For something to be a true "ad hominem" fallacy, it has to be irrelevant. If a witness makes a claim and you prove they are generally a liar, that's not a fallacy. It would only be an ad hominem if you tried to argue their point was wrong just because their socks smell. 🤣 The whole point hinges on irrelevance, not just because the argument is directed "against the person." It is perfectly fine to use arguments "against the person" if those points are logically tied to the matter at hand.

There's truth there. Real debaters use these so-called "ad hominems" all the time, then wait for their opponent to cry foul. It's just smoke and mirrors. Like a cheap distraction in a street fight. Or like when that guy landed a low blow on Mirko Filipović. It doesn't matter if the strike was legal once the fight is over. 🤣

vividdrifter79, whom I disagree with on almost everything, is right about one thing. Anyone whining about "ad hominem" is just flagging themselves as a coward. It's the ultimate self-inflicted insult.

Anthony Cook8 said:But when there's nothing external to grab onto... you just have to click into it and realize it's already within you. It doesn't come from the outside.
I can offer you some kindness 😁

Joy is always internal; it doesn't depend on anyone or anything else. I remember one day I was feeling pretty low and everything felt out of sync. A friend called me and asked, "Wait, why are you laughing when you're having such a bad day?" and I just instinctively replied, "Because I'm happy."

That is truly the best feeling in the world, and it doesn't come from the world around us. It’s about letting go, rather than clinging to the idea that you should be feeling something different than what you actually are in the moment.

Those are the real pink sunglasses...

why assume someone couldn't have their worst possible feeling permanently etched into their consciousness? why can't they be stuck with that, while joy remains unreachable?

Reality might just be a projection. We're basically sitting in a dark movie theater, watching reality play out like some film, while the actual truth remains completely out of reach.

It’s been proven that kids develop intelligence through play and engagement. Isolation just makes them slower. But too much indulgence is its own kind of trap; if you never say no, they grow up indecisive and entitled. Asceticism is really just discipline—reminding yourself that you can't have everything at once and focusing energy where it actually matters. Extreme asceticism is only for those completely lost to materialism. Take an addict, for instance; you have to put them in a rehab center and strip everything away to see any progress. Most people don't need such harsh therapy to let go of trivial or harmful distractions.

Casey Gomez said:I was recently reminded watching a video of how similarly the wise Oleg Maštruko once wrote. He’s a columnist for Bug magazine. He primarily discusses Facebook (though it isn't the only platform, is it?) as a modern phenomenon that paralyzes human willpower. The root cause is a phenomenological satisfaction of desires and needs through the imaginative projection of them onto others via social media, achieving nothing more than an ephemeral sense of gratification.
By "liking"—a term that drives a man toward a sort of mental knockout—one engages in the masturbation of unfulfilled plans and ideals that will never take root. Due to the intoxicating inertia provided by a recliner in synergistic interference with daydreaming, man alienates himself from reality and slowly slides into a dull conformism.
Every form of utilitarianism, including this latest iteration creeping in like a cancer by blurring empirical reality, trivializes human temporality and further obstructs our existential duty toward one another.

Facebook is a communication tool, just like a phone or a text message, allowing users to network. It's bad because it's free, which means it has functions dictated by the owner rather than the users. The owner's goal is to sell something. It's comparable to a shopping mall—the space for communication is formally public, but the goal is the covert advertising of everything possible, followed by sales. And the users themselves have the chance to advertise what they have—themselves. Zidić is their little billboard where they market their existence. It's well known that advertising induces passivity, especially if you're bombarded by thousands of messages from all sides; decision-making becomes harder when you lose the ability to select. The fact that there are so many people wanting to advertise themselves, far more than anyone has time to watch, leads to them being shut out from reaching others, even if they technically have access. It reduces everything to a so-called "placebo button." That's the button they put on traffic lights while waiting for red to turn green; you can press it, but it serves no function other than relieving the pedestrian's frustration while cars zoom past unimpeded. Regardless, it's positive in that those with something to market get free access, but negative for those who thought they had something to offer but actually don't, as they realize their worthlessness in a world of money and influence. This supposed "interpersonal," human interaction doesn't even exist in real life, so why would it exist on the internet? And it's easy for Maštruko to write when he doesn't have to sell his Bug—unless it's already gone under, likely heavily subsidized by publishers or funded by a bunch of nerd idiots buying it for computer games and servers, while Oleg gets his paycheck along the way.

And you, Sri Yag baba, haven't exactly been much of a salesman in your life, have you...?
This text of yours might fit in some obscure literary-philosophical rag, some Quorum, a literary Mesozoic social-realist monster from a jungle of gibberish with too many pages of cheap paper that tolerates anything, even works by sniveling political science or philosophy students with grotesque illustrations... Not Zarezu, though; they've chewed that up a hundred times already... Maybe give a speech at Subversive, and someone might notice you.

Benjamin Taylor6 said:I heard that Richard Feynman once tried using fasting and specific meditative exercises to trigger altered states of consciousness. He wasn't particularly thrilled with the results, so he moved on to LSD. He mentioned it was a hell of a lot better than starving yourself and turning your brain upside down. 😲😁

http://www.nytimes.com/after5/drugs-...experiences-250357

I have a friend who tried fasting a few times. He told me it just wasn't his thing because all it did was leave him feeling angry, unfocused, sensitive, and irritable...
And then there's another guy I know with cancer who's trying to treat it with a raw food diet. Now, suddenly, raw food is his greatest joy. In reality, it isn't "joy," but he's convinced himself it's his salvation. As for spirituality? At this rate, he's on the fast track to believing in Santa Claus.😲
The thing is, the human brain is incredibly adaptable—maybe even too much so. It’s highly suggestible. If we fall into some bizarre, uncomfortable ritual, our minds can easily spin a narrative that these habits are actually beneficial or essential for us.
Now, if we want to be a bit pedantic about it—and I know, I know—historical records don't exactly paint the medieval flagellants as paragons of spiritual wisdom. Truth be told, they were mostly just religious fanatics and zealots losing their grip.
Still, there might be some merit to finding value in asceticism:

Take Ludwig van Beethoven, for example. He used to develop his most brilliant ideas right in the bathroom. Even after he lost his hearing, he became one of the most influential composers in history. I read this account once where he’d just stand over the sink, splashing water over his hands, leaning in close, and mumbling melodies under his breath all at once. Then, he’d pace around the room, eyes rolling, scribbling down notes, before circling back to the water and the singing.

Who screwed Beethoven over? Probably some woman 😳
Reminds me of myself in certain situations. I think the eye-rolling is the key part; the water pitchers are secondary, though they can serve as a catalyst.

I've heard things about Richard Feynman; apparently, he liked his coffee with milk and lemon. Or at least, that's what he said when asked "tea or lemon," replying "both." I sometimes drink ten cups of tea in a row. I'll start with Earl Grey, usually with milk, then move to green tea—I have several kinds—which I take with lemon and honey. If that fails to settle me, I'll grab some peppermint. Now I read somewhere that spearmint can reduce hair growth in women by neutralizing testosterone. I wonder what it does to men... maybe I'll start singing soprano in the bathroom... 😲

Supposedly, he didn't just show up at Vatican City empty-handed; he allegedly brought piles of gold, fine art, and other treasures. Turns out, none of that exists. Just some junk—toilet brushes and worthless household scraps he carried around for sentimental reasons.

Regardless, Americans have the least amount of room to talk. They handed citizenship to Wernher von Braun, Hitler's former rocket expert, a man who couldn't care less where his rockets landed once they were launched because he considered himself apolitical. Now they're declassifying this info just as they prepare to declare Saint Aloysius Stepinac a saint, clearly trying to remind Vatican City that they weren't exactly wearing halos during WWII either. Quite cynical, really... 😁

rapidbear65 said:Wait, who even is he? I might have to start rocking his style...

The shaman Ouspensky used to smoke while drafting "Novum Organum." Apparently, even Hitler was into him—calling him a "wise man" and bringing him up whenever he slipped into a trance. The guy preached waking up from that mindless, robotic existence, aiming for total mastery over oneself and the body, much like a professional ballet dancer.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/to/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuEV5tF6NzM

Bald, though he made up for it with a mustache just as thick as Drago Plečko's.

Jesse Price5 said:Since my buddy manianko is rocking that super long hair, I’m starting to think it's actually a requirement if you want to reach a high level of consciousness or master any spiritual skills.

True enough. But what about the rest of the body hair? Can head hair be compensated for by mustaches, sideburns, beards, or even pubic and armpit hair, not to mention nose hair and other follicles? I suggest we introduce a Body Hair Index (BHI) to mirror the BMI. It would clearly determine if someone leans toward high spirituality, low spirituality, or just stays average. Of course, one must distinguish true spirituality from hirsutism, which remains an undesirable condition.

http://api.ning.com/files/aYVIEODNd2...400&height=467

rapidbear65 said:I honestly think this is just some American intellectual and spiritual scam designed to mislead the world. Hair acts like an insulator for your sensory nerves and your connection to your surroundings... Proof? Warriors never wore bras. I’m betting it’s all about those shaved heads. Ladies, lose the bras!... I've got some pretty interesting personal experiences too...

I wouldn't be so certain. This whole thing with the Indians is likely just pure mechanics. Even you can feel the wind in your hair, but a well-trained Indian could probably detect even the slightest breeze and pinpoint its direction. When an attacker approaches, they create air movement—turbulence—and if someone's sensory organs are properly developed, those hairs on the head can pick up on it. A breeze hitting a spherical object won't give much info about an approaching threat. It’s possible that hair also registers other shifts, like static electricity, air ionization, or even the attacker's electromagnetic field, transmitting it all back to sensors in the head. Some animals have specialized sensory hairs for exactly this purpose. Hair isn't an insulator that numbs sensation; it's an insulator that sharpens and refines it.

Shaved heads only offer an advantage in direct chest-to-chest combat, much like metal bras would for women. Bras actually provide physical insulation, unlike hair. Large, sensitive breasts with dense nerve endings act as a liability in close-quarters fighting—even the term Amazon stems from "a-mazo," implying a lack of breasts, as they allegedly removed one to better aim a bow. However, losing hair might aid in sensing an attacker through air displacement or static electricity. The same logic applies to male anatomy, though being smaller, those areas are easier to protect during a clinch than female breasts, which remain largely defenseless.

Even the Mongols had that topknot. Likely for the same reason. A way to keep one sensitive spot protected from a direct hit in combat.

Shaving a bald head likely induces a state of sensory deprivation. The scalp becomes one singular sensation. It’s similar to how nerve endings concentrate on specific areas of the anatomy, losing the local distinction between the forehead, crown, or temples. It is a reduction—like a tongue that can only taste bitterness, losing the ability to distinguish sweet, salt, or sour. Senses are typically distributed symmetrically, much like the cardinal directions, adapted for our environment. Reducing them to a single sense results in one-dimensional thinking: forward or backward, advance or retreat. This narrows the tactical maneuvering space. A bald man might struggle to conceptualize a flanking maneuver or a strategic withdrawal. Take General Patton, for instance; he understood how to maneuver around an enemy rather than just charging head-on. Without those distinct tactile inputs, a bald person is biologically limited to a frontal assault or a total retreat. Furthermore, concentrated nerve endings crave stimulation. One could imagine these sensitive areas being artificially isolated by metal shields; the lack of regular input would likely drive the owner mad with phantom sensations, or trigger subconscious commands to the brain to seek stimulus that isn't there. It impairs reasoning during survival situations. It is similar to phantom limb pain following an amputation. People with hair, or women without restrictive bras, experience more complex levels of stimulation. A bald man or a woman in an isolating bra is reduced to a binary existence: the former to simple movement, the latter to a fanatic urge to remove the garment. This diminishes selectivity in choosing partners, which ultimately degrades the quality of relationships and the genetic health of a population. Someone already mentioned that selection is vital for any meaningful connection, and modern society continues to degenerate by obstructing natural choice through artificial means like IVF and other destructive forms of procreation.

Dana Brooks3 said:

I could probably make the same argument—that all those women with short hair are just older ladies whose hair has thinned out from a lack of estrogen and collagen, so they cut it short to try and look more serious.

But you won't. Even if you haven't realized I'm just caricaturing certain female stereotypes and shifting my tone to provoke both the worst in myself and the best in you... which is actually what I've developed a weakness for in your vividness, to the point where I don't care if I embarrass myself publicly : o

Interesting, I'm actually quite a bit taller than 5'11". : D
I heard this whole story about long-haired idealists and emotional types from younger women back when they were in their early twenties. Once they hit their thirties, they start feeling like they need someone mature, because the immature guys are unreliable and won't take care of a family or provide stability. But by their forties, they flip the script and go right back to those sensitive boys and revolutionaries—especially after they've spent years with a "mature" guy who built a career on their back, only to dump them for a younger version of himself. By then, they've usually tucked away enough of a nest egg to afford any "revolutionary" they want. Ugh, I think I've become too cynical, bordering on outright sarcasm, so I'll stop...

Well, it's fine. You have to clear those kinds of images from your head sometimes, just like I do with old, weathered things and stuff like that.
Otherwise, they just stay stuck in some corner of your consciousness, making real self-reflection impossible.
Nobody is immune to those weaknesses. Not even really tall people.😳

I like it too. Even on women. They don't grow beards, obviously, but a little three-day stubble... : o

I know you shared that sincerely with me... but my brain just isn't capable of processing that information at all. 😳

This is certainly an "interesting" artist... Back when I was in college, I used to be drawn to writers who essentially wrote pornography but could still be studied from a literary perspective. It's all fine until it becomes its own end goal. Tubuloalveolar dominance... reminds me of "Tubular Bells," rings a bell... Mike Oldfield. Just don't go thinking I'm as old as Richard Branson and used to listen to that back in the day...

Seriously, it does remind me :-) The bells immediately bring to mind

I won't think anything. Besides, I can see you're young at heart, and that's what matters.

Sexy 😬

Yeah. It’s just that we... really need those eggs. : o

(Anthony Hayes2 😍 )
Such a romantic, I knew you 😳

Women love brooms too. When they're young, they fly on them like untouchable little stars, but once they get older and worn out, they'll whack you over the head with them if you tell them they missed a spot while cleaning the house. : zubo:

Modern women don't even keep brooms in the house 😬

True, a broom isn't a requirement... But it's interesting how they try to shove it down your throat while you're young, just so they can control you more easily. That's the tactic. Older women stay in the background scooping up the cream, while they push the broom at the younger guys and send them off to act like big shots. Only after you pull that broom out can you actually become a man. Of course, there's always the chance you didn't even let them shove it in "in the first place." : cerek:

😁 This is clearly some guy thing that I just don't get 😬

So you're an emo too... I could have guessed.
Glad to know I haven't become too honest and serious yet. : o
Thanks for making amends. Sweet dreams (if you're even sleeping since it's the weekend); they say the REM phase right before waking up is the most intense... : cerek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LEWkwvaNcs

Truly, thank you too 🙂

It's true. A person can easily be led down that path. There have been instances, though perhaps it’s just a form of closeted masochism. 😬 There are two kinds of imagery. One is the stereotypical kind—built on clichés to numb people and keep them from facing reality. The other is meant to break that numbness, like a parable designed to provoke a reaction.

Dana Brooks3 said:

I could probably make the same argument—that all those women with short hair are just older ladies whose hair has thinned out from a lack of estrogen and collagen, so they cut it short to try and look more serious.

But you won't. Even if you haven't realized I'm just caricaturing certain female stereotypes and shifting my tone to provoke both the worst in myself and the best in you... which is actually what I've developed a weakness for in your vividness, to the point where I don't care if I embarrass myself publicly : o

Interesting, I'm actually quite a bit taller than 5'11". : D
I heard this whole story about long-haired idealists and emotional types from younger women back when they were in their early twenties. Once they hit their thirties, they start feeling like they need someone mature, because the immature guys are unreliable and won't take care of a family or provide stability. But by their forties, they flip the script and go right back to those sensitive boys and revolutionaries—especially after they've spent years with a "mature" guy who built a career on their back, only to dump them for a younger version of himself. By then, they've usually tucked away enough of a nest egg to afford any "revolutionary" they want. Ugh, I think I've become too cynical, bordering on outright sarcasm, so I'll stop...

Well, it's fine. You have to clear those kinds of images from your head sometimes, just like I do with old, weathered things and stuff like that.
Otherwise, they just stay stuck in some corner of your consciousness, making real self-reflection impossible.
Nobody is immune to those weaknesses. Not even really tall people.😳

I like it too. Even on women. They don't grow beards, obviously, but a little three-day stubble... : o

I know you shared that sincerely with me... but my brain just isn't capable of processing that information at all. 😳

This is certainly an "interesting" artist... Back when I was in college, I used to be drawn to writers who essentially wrote pornography but could still be studied from a literary perspective. It's all fine until it becomes its own end goal. Tubuloalveolar dominance... reminds me of "Tubular Bells," rings a bell... Mike Oldfield. Just don't go thinking I'm as old as Richard Branson and used to listen to that back in the day...

Seriously, it does remind me :-) The bells immediately bring to mind

I won't think anything. Besides, I can see you're young at heart, and that's what matters.

Sexy 😬

Yeah. It’s just that we... really need those eggs. : o

(Anthony Hayes2 😍 )
Such a romantic, I knew you 😳

Women love brooms too. When they're young, they fly on them like untouchable little stars, but once they get older and worn out, they'll whack you over the head with them if you tell them they missed a spot while cleaning the house. : zubo:

Modern women don't even keep brooms in the house 😬

True, a broom isn't a requirement... But it's interesting how they try to shove it down your throat while you're young, just so they can control you more easily. That's the tactic. Older women stay in the background scooping up the cream, while they push the broom at the younger guys and send them off to act like big shots. Only after you pull that broom out can you actually become a man. Of course, there's always the chance you didn't even let them shove it in "in the first place." : cerek:

😁 This is clearly some guy thing that I just don't get 😬

So you're an emo too... I could have guessed.
Glad to know I haven't become too honest and serious yet. : o
Thanks for making amends. Sweet dreams (if you're even sleeping since it's the weekend); they say the REM phase right before waking up is the most intense... : cerek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LEWkwvaNcs

Truly, thank you too 🙂

Those who spoke through honest imagery nailed their pain to crosses. Every sincere picture is just objectified suffering—driven in like a nail, only to be ripped back out of consciousness. It’s what allows for self-criticism, the realization that human nature is essentially pain. A person is just pain walking through this world on a cross, laughing at themselves and the world alike. Why wasn't Jesus shown laughing on the cross? Did he and Judas strike a deal, ensuring the betrayal just so the world could be saved? That would make him more Dionysian, more Nietzschean. *Amor fati*. A sense of the tragic, existing beyond good and evil. But even then, could the world actually be saved, or would his tragic death simply seal the fate of a world that remains, quite frankly, too human?

One theory traces this all the way back to the story of Job. There’s that old joke about him. Job asks God, "Why?" and God just tells him, "There’s just something about you that really gets on my nerves." 😁 It’s that same distraction Della17 mentioned in her story—those long, coconut-oil-slicked locks that had tantra students losing themselves in crude physical pleasure instead of seeking actual spiritual truth. Job had everything; wealth, health, the whole works. It was almost too easy. I suppose God acted like some tantric master, forcing His student to face total misery and nakedness just to reach enlightenment. But then again, man isn't truly destitute when he still has his spirit.

Back to the story of Job. Essentially, Satan manipulated God into revealing his tyrannical nature. That was the trick. Sure, Job eventually gets rewarded for his loyalty, but how can the Creator wash the stain off his angelic face—acting as that one seraphim or archangel representing the divine countenance on the Tree of Life—while sitting up on a throne belittling His own creation? The Devil played a strong hand there. Had things ended there, God would have had no choice but to join him in hell. So, God had no other option but to descend to Earth and test things out on His own human skin. He didn't just come for humanity; people were already human and could have been saved by His omnipotence regardless. He did it for Himself, to avoid sinning His divine soul. He outmaneuvered Satan by letting him enter Judas, causing him to act like a piece of trash. Judas wouldn't have done it on his own; it’s clearly stated that Satan entered him, and then he simply "did what had to be done." That was his way of making amends for Job. The only thing is, it's not certain God actually achieved a total victory. According to all four Gospels, despite His divine omnipotence, He began to scream agonizingly on the cross, even boasting to His own divine beard about leaving Himself down there to die like a dog. Then He asks for forgiveness for those around Him because they "know not what they do." As if He didn't create them to do exactly what they're doing, and as if He didn't know perfectly well why they were doing it. 😁

Dana Brooks3 said:

I could probably make the same argument—that all those women with short hair are just older ladies whose hair has thinned out from a lack of estrogen and collagen, so they cut it short to try and look more serious.

But you won't. Even if you haven't realized I'm just caricaturing certain female stereotypes and shifting my tone to provoke both the worst in myself and the best in you... which is actually what I've developed a weakness for in your vividness, to the point where I don't care if I embarrass myself publicly : o

Interesting, I'm actually quite a bit taller than 5'11". : D
I heard this whole story about long-haired idealists and emotional types from younger women back when they were in their early twenties. Once they hit their thirties, they start feeling like they need someone mature, because the immature guys are unreliable and won't take care of a family or provide stability. But by their forties, they flip the script and go right back to those sensitive boys and revolutionaries—especially after they've spent years with a "mature" guy who built a career on their back, only to dump them for a younger version of himself. By then, they've usually tucked away enough of a nest egg to afford any "revolutionary" they want. Ugh, I think I've become too cynical, bordering on outright sarcasm, so I'll stop...

Well, it's fine. You have to clear those kinds of images from your head sometimes, just like I do with old, weathered things and stuff like that.
Otherwise, they just stay stuck in some corner of your consciousness, making real self-reflection impossible.
Nobody is immune to those weaknesses. Not even really tall people.😳

I like it too. Even on women. They don't grow beards, obviously, but a little three-day stubble... : o

I know you shared that sincerely with me... but my brain just isn't capable of processing that information at all. 😳

This is certainly an "interesting" artist... Back when I was in college, I used to be drawn to writers who essentially wrote pornography but could still be studied from a literary perspective. It's all fine until it becomes its own end goal. Tubuloalveolar dominance... reminds me of "Tubular Bells," rings a bell... Mike Oldfield. Just don't go thinking I'm as old as Richard Branson and used to listen to that back in the day...

Seriously, it does remind me :-) The bells immediately bring to mind

I won't think anything. Besides, I can see you're young at heart, and that's what matters.

Sexy 😬

Yeah. It’s just that we... really need those eggs. : o

(Anthony Hayes2 😍 )
Such a romantic, I knew you 😳

Women love brooms too. When they're young, they fly on them like untouchable little stars, but once they get older and worn out, they'll whack you over the head with them if you tell them they missed a spot while cleaning the house. : zubo:

Modern women don't even keep brooms in the house 😬

True, a broom isn't a requirement... But it's interesting how they try to shove it down your throat while you're young, just so they can control you more easily. That's the tactic. Older women stay in the background scooping up the cream, while they push the broom at the younger guys and send them off to act like big shots. Only after you pull that broom out can you actually become a man. Of course, there's always the chance you didn't even let them shove it in "in the first place." : cerek:

😁 This is clearly some guy thing that I just don't get 😬

So you're an emo too... I could have guessed.
Glad to know I haven't become too honest and serious yet. : o
Thanks for making amends. Sweet dreams (if you're even sleeping since it's the weekend); they say the REM phase right before waking up is the most intense... : cerek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LEWkwvaNcs

Truly, thank you too 🙂

Nothing about this is simple. Sincerity comes from pain, bluntness comes from vulgarity, and you’re still a lady. Only someone like you would suffer more because of who they are.

Dana Brooks3 said:

I could probably make the same argument—that all those women with short hair are just older ladies whose hair has thinned out from a lack of estrogen and collagen, so they cut it short to try and look more serious.

But you won't. Even if you haven't realized I'm just caricaturing certain female stereotypes and shifting my tone to provoke both the worst in myself and the best in you... which is actually what I've developed a weakness for in your vividness, to the point where I don't care if I embarrass myself publicly : o

Interesting, I'm actually quite a bit taller than 5'11". : D
I heard this whole story about long-haired idealists and emotional types from younger women back when they were in their early twenties. Once they hit their thirties, they start feeling like they need someone mature, because the immature guys are unreliable and won't take care of a family or provide stability. But by their forties, they flip the script and go right back to those sensitive boys and revolutionaries—especially after they've spent years with a "mature" guy who built a career on their back, only to dump them for a younger version of himself. By then, they've usually tucked away enough of a nest egg to afford any "revolutionary" they want. Ugh, I think I've become too cynical, bordering on outright sarcasm, so I'll stop...

Well, it's fine. You have to clear those kinds of images from your head sometimes, just like I do with old, weathered things and stuff like that.
Otherwise, they just stay stuck in some corner of your consciousness, making real self-reflection impossible.
Nobody is immune to those weaknesses. Not even really tall people.😳

I like it too. Even on women. They don't grow beards, obviously, but a little three-day stubble... : o

I know you shared that sincerely with me... but my brain just isn't capable of processing that information at all. 😳

This is certainly an "interesting" artist... Back when I was in college, I used to be drawn to writers who essentially wrote pornography but could still be studied from a literary perspective. It's all fine until it becomes its own end goal. Tubuloalveolar dominance... reminds me of "Tubular Bells," rings a bell... Mike Oldfield. Just don't go thinking I'm as old as Richard Branson and used to listen to that back in the day...

Seriously, it does remind me :-) The bells immediately bring to mind

I won't think anything. Besides, I can see you're young at heart, and that's what matters.

Sexy 😬

Yeah. It’s just that we... really need those eggs. : o

(Anthony Hayes2 😍 )
Such a romantic, I knew you 😳

Women love brooms too. When they're young, they fly on them like untouchable little stars, but once they get older and worn out, they'll whack you over the head with them if you tell them they missed a spot while cleaning the house. : zubo:

Modern women don't even keep brooms in the house 😬

True, a broom isn't a requirement... But it's interesting how they try to shove it down your throat while you're young, just so they can control you more easily. That's the tactic. Older women stay in the background scooping up the cream, while they push the broom at the younger guys and send them off to act like big shots. Only after you pull that broom out can you actually become a man. Of course, there's always the chance you didn't even let them shove it in "in the first place." : cerek:

😁 This is clearly some guy thing that I just don't get 😬

So you're an emo too... I could have guessed.
Glad to know I haven't become too honest and serious yet. : o
Thanks for making amends. Sweet dreams (if you're even sleeping since it's the weekend); they say the REM phase right before waking up is the most intense... : cerek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LEWkwvaNcs

Truly, thank you too 🙂

Deeply sad, somehow, but I like it. These days, young people around here hear "bells" and immediately think of weddings, traditional families, or heading to Sunday service. But hey, "o tempora, o mores"...

Dana Brooks3 said:

I could probably make the same argument—that all those women with short hair are just older ladies whose hair has thinned out from a lack of estrogen and collagen, so they cut it short to try and look more serious.

But you won't. Even if you haven't realized I'm just caricaturing certain female stereotypes and shifting my tone to provoke both the worst in myself and the best in you... which is actually what I've developed a weakness for in your vividness, to the point where I don't care if I embarrass myself publicly : o

Interesting, I'm actually quite a bit taller than 5'11". : D
I heard this whole story about long-haired idealists and emotional types from younger women back when they were in their early twenties. Once they hit their thirties, they start feeling like they need someone mature, because the immature guys are unreliable and won't take care of a family or provide stability. But by their forties, they flip the script and go right back to those sensitive boys and revolutionaries—especially after they've spent years with a "mature" guy who built a career on their back, only to dump them for a younger version of himself. By then, they've usually tucked away enough of a nest egg to afford any "revolutionary" they want. Ugh, I think I've become too cynical, bordering on outright sarcasm, so I'll stop...

Well, it's fine. You have to clear those kinds of images from your head sometimes, just like I do with old, weathered things and stuff like that.
Otherwise, they just stay stuck in some corner of your consciousness, making real self-reflection impossible.
Nobody is immune to those weaknesses. Not even really tall people.😳

I like it too. Even on women. They don't grow beards, obviously, but a little three-day stubble... : o

I know you shared that sincerely with me... but my brain just isn't capable of processing that information at all. 😳

This is certainly an "interesting" artist... Back when I was in college, I used to be drawn to writers who essentially wrote pornography but could still be studied from a literary perspective. It's all fine until it becomes its own end goal. Tubuloalveolar dominance... reminds me of "Tubular Bells," rings a bell... Mike Oldfield. Just don't go thinking I'm as old as Richard Branson and used to listen to that back in the day...

Seriously, it does remind me :-) The bells immediately bring to mind

I won't think anything. Besides, I can see you're young at heart, and that's what matters.

Sexy 😬

Yeah. It’s just that we... really need those eggs. : o

(Anthony Hayes2 😍 )
Such a romantic, I knew you 😳

Women love brooms too. When they're young, they fly on them like untouchable little stars, but once they get older and worn out, they'll whack you over the head with them if you tell them they missed a spot while cleaning the house. : zubo:

Modern women don't even keep brooms in the house 😬

True, a broom isn't a requirement... But it's interesting how they try to shove it down your throat while you're young, just so they can control you more easily. That's the tactic. Older women stay in the background scooping up the cream, while they push the broom at the younger guys and send them off to act like big shots. Only after you pull that broom out can you actually become a man. Of course, there's always the chance you didn't even let them shove it in "in the first place." : cerek:

😁 This is clearly some guy thing that I just don't get 😬

So you're an emo too... I could have guessed.
Glad to know I haven't become too honest and serious yet. : o
Thanks for making amends. Sweet dreams (if you're even sleeping since it's the weekend); they say the REM phase right before waking up is the most intense... : cerek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LEWkwvaNcs

Truly, thank you too 🙂

Whatever you say

Dana Brooks3 said:

I could probably make the same argument—that all those women with short hair are just older ladies whose hair has thinned out from a lack of estrogen and collagen, so they cut it short to try and look more serious.

But you won't. Even if you haven't realized I'm just caricaturing certain female stereotypes and shifting my tone to provoke both the worst in myself and the best in you... which is actually what I've developed a weakness for in your vividness, to the point where I don't care if I embarrass myself publicly : o

Interesting, I'm actually quite a bit taller than 5'11". : D
I heard this whole story about long-haired idealists and emotional types from younger women back when they were in their early twenties. Once they hit their thirties, they start feeling like they need someone mature, because the immature guys are unreliable and won't take care of a family or provide stability. But by their forties, they flip the script and go right back to those sensitive boys and revolutionaries—especially after they've spent years with a "mature" guy who built a career on their back, only to dump them for a younger version of himself. By then, they've usually tucked away enough of a nest egg to afford any "revolutionary" they want. Ugh, I think I've become too cynical, bordering on outright sarcasm, so I'll stop...

Well, it's fine. You have to clear those kinds of images from your head sometimes, just like I do with old, weathered things and stuff like that.
Otherwise, they just stay stuck in some corner of your consciousness, making real self-reflection impossible.
Nobody is immune to those weaknesses. Not even really tall people.😳

I like it too. Even on women. They don't grow beards, obviously, but a little three-day stubble... : o

I know you shared that sincerely with me... but my brain just isn't capable of processing that information at all. 😳

This is certainly an "interesting" artist... Back when I was in college, I used to be drawn to writers who essentially wrote pornography but could still be studied from a literary perspective. It's all fine until it becomes its own end goal. Tubuloalveolar dominance... reminds me of "Tubular Bells," rings a bell... Mike Oldfield. Just don't go thinking I'm as old as Richard Branson and used to listen to that back in the day...

Seriously, it does remind me :-) The bells immediately bring to mind

I won't think anything. Besides, I can see you're young at heart, and that's what matters.

Sexy 😬

Yeah. It’s just that we... really need those eggs. : o

(Anthony Hayes2 😍 )
Such a romantic, I knew you 😳

Women love brooms too. When they're young, they fly on them like untouchable little stars, but once they get older and worn out, they'll whack you over the head with them if you tell them they missed a spot while cleaning the house. : zubo:

Modern women don't even keep brooms in the house 😬

True, a broom isn't a requirement... But it's interesting how they try to shove it down your throat while you're young, just so they can control you more easily. That's the tactic. Older women stay in the background scooping up the cream, while they push the broom at the younger guys and send them off to act like big shots. Only after you pull that broom out can you actually become a man. Of course, there's always the chance you didn't even let them shove it in "in the first place." : cerek:

😁 This is clearly some guy thing that I just don't get 😬

So you're an emo too... I could have guessed.
Glad to know I haven't become too honest and serious yet. : o
Thanks for making amends. Sweet dreams (if you're even sleeping since it's the weekend); they say the REM phase right before waking up is the most intense... : cerek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LEWkwvaNcs

Truly, thank you too 🙂

Witches today drive around on water vacuums that their husbands occasionally use as sexual aids while she's out getting her hair done or shopping at Target. Instead of black cats, they have computers, using them to chat with the devil on internet forums or browse new things to buy. This complicated modernity... nothing beats a good old-fashioned broom. And when a woman hits you over the head with a keyboard, you have to buy her a new one immediately instead of the broken one, because she needs it, and she doesn't care about a cracked broom. Just put on a new handle and it's fixed.

Dana Brooks3 said:

I could probably make the same argument—that all those women with short hair are just older ladies whose hair has thinned out from a lack of estrogen and collagen, so they cut it short to try and look more serious.

But you won't. Even if you haven't realized I'm just caricaturing certain female stereotypes and shifting my tone to provoke both the worst in myself and the best in you... which is actually what I've developed a weakness for in your vividness, to the point where I don't care if I embarrass myself publicly : o

Interesting, I'm actually quite a bit taller than 5'11". : D
I heard this whole story about long-haired idealists and emotional types from younger women back when they were in their early twenties. Once they hit their thirties, they start feeling like they need someone mature, because the immature guys are unreliable and won't take care of a family or provide stability. But by their forties, they flip the script and go right back to those sensitive boys and revolutionaries—especially after they've spent years with a "mature" guy who built a career on their back, only to dump them for a younger version of himself. By then, they've usually tucked away enough of a nest egg to afford any "revolutionary" they want. Ugh, I think I've become too cynical, bordering on outright sarcasm, so I'll stop...

Well, it's fine. You have to clear those kinds of images from your head sometimes, just like I do with old, weathered things and stuff like that.
Otherwise, they just stay stuck in some corner of your consciousness, making real self-reflection impossible.
Nobody is immune to those weaknesses. Not even really tall people.😳

I like it too. Even on women. They don't grow beards, obviously, but a little three-day stubble... : o

I know you shared that sincerely with me... but my brain just isn't capable of processing that information at all. 😳

This is certainly an "interesting" artist... Back when I was in college, I used to be drawn to writers who essentially wrote pornography but could still be studied from a literary perspective. It's all fine until it becomes its own end goal. Tubuloalveolar dominance... reminds me of "Tubular Bells," rings a bell... Mike Oldfield. Just don't go thinking I'm as old as Richard Branson and used to listen to that back in the day...

Seriously, it does remind me :-) The bells immediately bring to mind

I won't think anything. Besides, I can see you're young at heart, and that's what matters.

Sexy 😬

Yeah. It’s just that we... really need those eggs. : o

(Anthony Hayes2 😍 )
Such a romantic, I knew you 😳

Women love brooms too. When they're young, they fly on them like untouchable little stars, but once they get older and worn out, they'll whack you over the head with them if you tell them they missed a spot while cleaning the house. : zubo:

Modern women don't even keep brooms in the house 😬

True, a broom isn't a requirement... But it's interesting how they try to shove it down your throat while you're young, just so they can control you more easily. That's the tactic. Older women stay in the background scooping up the cream, while they push the broom at the younger guys and send them off to act like big shots. Only after you pull that broom out can you actually become a man. Of course, there's always the chance you didn't even let them shove it in "in the first place." : cerek:

😁 This is clearly some guy thing that I just don't get 😬

So you're an emo too... I could have guessed.
Glad to know I haven't become too honest and serious yet. : o
Thanks for making amends. Sweet dreams (if you're even sleeping since it's the weekend); they say the REM phase right before waking up is the most intense... : cerek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LEWkwvaNcs

Truly, thank you too 🙂

Sure. That broom is basically playing the part.

Dana Brooks3 said:

I could probably make the same argument—that all those women with short hair are just older ladies whose hair has thinned out from a lack of estrogen and collagen, so they cut it short to try and look more serious.

But you won't. Even if you haven't realized I'm just caricaturing certain female stereotypes and shifting my tone to provoke both the worst in myself and the best in you... which is actually what I've developed a weakness for in your vividness, to the point where I don't care if I embarrass myself publicly : o

Interesting, I'm actually quite a bit taller than 5'11". : D
I heard this whole story about long-haired idealists and emotional types from younger women back when they were in their early twenties. Once they hit their thirties, they start feeling like they need someone mature, because the immature guys are unreliable and won't take care of a family or provide stability. But by their forties, they flip the script and go right back to those sensitive boys and revolutionaries—especially after they've spent years with a "mature" guy who built a career on their back, only to dump them for a younger version of himself. By then, they've usually tucked away enough of a nest egg to afford any "revolutionary" they want. Ugh, I think I've become too cynical, bordering on outright sarcasm, so I'll stop...

Well, it's fine. You have to clear those kinds of images from your head sometimes, just like I do with old, weathered things and stuff like that.
Otherwise, they just stay stuck in some corner of your consciousness, making real self-reflection impossible.
Nobody is immune to those weaknesses. Not even really tall people.😳

I like it too. Even on women. They don't grow beards, obviously, but a little three-day stubble... : o

I know you shared that sincerely with me... but my brain just isn't capable of processing that information at all. 😳

This is certainly an "interesting" artist... Back when I was in college, I used to be drawn to writers who essentially wrote pornography but could still be studied from a literary perspective. It's all fine until it becomes its own end goal. Tubuloalveolar dominance... reminds me of "Tubular Bells," rings a bell... Mike Oldfield. Just don't go thinking I'm as old as Richard Branson and used to listen to that back in the day...

Seriously, it does remind me :-) The bells immediately bring to mind

I won't think anything. Besides, I can see you're young at heart, and that's what matters.

Sexy 😬

Yeah. It’s just that we... really need those eggs. : o

(Anthony Hayes2 😍 )
Such a romantic, I knew you 😳

Women love brooms too. When they're young, they fly on them like untouchable little stars, but once they get older and worn out, they'll whack you over the head with them if you tell them they missed a spot while cleaning the house. : zubo:

Modern women don't even keep brooms in the house 😬

True, a broom isn't a requirement... But it's interesting how they try to shove it down your throat while you're young, just so they can control you more easily. That's the tactic. Older women stay in the background scooping up the cream, while they push the broom at the younger guys and send them off to act like big shots. Only after you pull that broom out can you actually become a man. Of course, there's always the chance you didn't even let them shove it in "in the first place." : cerek:

😁 This is clearly some guy thing that I just don't get 😬

So you're an emo too... I could have guessed.
Glad to know I haven't become too honest and serious yet. : o
Thanks for making amends. Sweet dreams (if you're even sleeping since it's the weekend); they say the REM phase right before waking up is the most intense... : cerek:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LEWkwvaNcs

Truly, thank you too 🙂

Nothing works without honesty. 🙂

Dana Brooks3 said:That's an interesting perspective. As a woman, I never would have thought of it that way or made those connections...
Maybe it’s just my own bias, but it feels like men find it much easier to step into a hero archetype they can actually relate to—or one that lets others project onto them. Those roles are just clearer, more straightforward to present. For women with long hair over thirty, though, it seems like the options mostly boil down to being either a washed-up rocker or a total troublemaker...

Maybe long-haired guys are trying to look less intelligent and more emotional on purpose. It’s like they think women might find a high-functioning tech expert too intimidating—someone who eats perfectly, plays tennis, tracks every calorie, hits the gym daily, plays in a band, and picks up new languages just by skimming a grammar book in an afternoon. Someone working a massive paycheck at a place like Google or a research lab at MIT... almost like a robot. But I could be wrong. Maybe for most of them, it's really just about being emotionally immature and unkempt...

Yeah, for a woman, a man like that can be genuinely intimidating. Especially if he stands over 6 feet tall...
Long hair tends to attract women more during their younger years. When they're still driven by their hearts, they go for the idealists, the revolutionaries, the sensitive types, and the creative souls who just won't conform... that kind of guy usually has long hair... 🙂

I have a lot of respect for anyone who does their job with true professionalism, even if it’s just cutting hair. It seems like you have this deep drive for order... everything has to be perfectly organized, like a high-end pharmacy. Men walking out clean-shaven, groomed, and perfectly styled. I have some relatives with Virgo placements, and it feels like that exact brand of perfectionism. It can be exhausting at times, but you have to admit that when it's done that way, everything runs like a Swiss watch. There's no room for that sloppy, "wing it as you go" attitude you see in some parts of the country... everything just works exactly the way it should.

What do you think...? 🤔 Look, I’m a fan of the three-day stubble. I’ve always been a bit wary of perfect symmetry, sharp angles, or hair that looks too polished. But this isn't about me, so... 😳

Technology will eventually catch up to this too. I can already see someone inventing—or maybe they already have—a smart bra that monitors temperature, adjusts humidity and warmth based on the surroundings, and transmits environmental impulses directly to nerve endings, essentially becoming a second skin. It’ll have built-in computers or some kind of neural network woven into the fabric to collect data and beam it via an antenna to a central computer. That computer would then send signals to tiny micro-motors hidden in the seams to lift or lower everything for the perfect look and feel. Women will love them so much they won't even take them off at night, and some tech entrepreneur with his Silicon Valley startup will make a fortune, reinvesting it into a smartphone app called Titbook, where women's chests across the globe become networked into one massive cyber-entity with the world's largest database of the global Acquis Rotoplotaire.

I think women are already networked in far more sophisticated ways. And it seems that network is a huge motivator for the other side...
You finally helped me clarify the vision of an artist I thought was just obsessed with breasts but now it feels like there's much more to it...

It's sad that we'd want to shear you, while you're busy dreaming of tubular-alveolar dominance...

Uhm, now I'm starting to sound like Woody Allen in one of his movies... But, it matters that a man has something to motivate him in life, even if it's the unification of all of humanity's mammary potential. Marx started with the proletariat and he went quite far.

Exactly...
Woody is always welcome 🥳

Just when you reach maturity and pull the broom out of your backside, you're old enough to use it as a cane. : wisdom:

Having a broom in an awkward place isn't exactly a prerequisite for reaching maturity.
But whatever. Sounds wise 🙂

In the end, maybe what looks like balance from your perspective is actually just weak motivation or physical frailty preventing someone from breaking their status quo. For instance, a man with high blood pressure can't afford to get worked up because he might pop a vessel, but that doesn't mean he's become spiritually enlightened. He's just afraid of dying. : rofl:

🤣
I’m certain that wasn't the kind of balance I was talking about.
I meant the kind where you don't need a stick up your ass just to get things done...

🤔 Almost everything I said was just me poking fun at my own thoughts. Even my replies go through that same mental loop, filtered through your associations. I thought we could just laugh at the whole thing and play around for a bit, but we've both become way too serious and sincere... if we keep this up, you'll lose all your hair, and I'll be stuck tying mine back in pigtails...

I drifted a little too far off-topic.
My apologies for that.

I'm not sure how to make it up to you, and I'm pretty exhausted, so I'll just leave this here:

👋

I suppose I could argue that most women with short hair eventually just become older aunts whose hair looks fried from a lack of estrogen and collagen. They cut it short to look more serious.

Dana Brooks3 said:That's an interesting perspective. As a woman, I never would have thought of it that way or made those connections...
Maybe it’s just my own bias, but it feels like men find it much easier to step into a hero archetype they can actually relate to—or one that lets others project onto them. Those roles are just clearer, more straightforward to present. For women with long hair over thirty, though, it seems like the options mostly boil down to being either a washed-up rocker or a total troublemaker...

Maybe long-haired guys are trying to look less intelligent and more emotional on purpose. It’s like they think women might find a high-functioning tech expert too intimidating—someone who eats perfectly, plays tennis, tracks every calorie, hits the gym daily, plays in a band, and picks up new languages just by skimming a grammar book in an afternoon. Someone working a massive paycheck at a place like Google or a research lab at MIT... almost like a robot. But I could be wrong. Maybe for most of them, it's really just about being emotionally immature and unkempt...

Yeah, for a woman, a man like that can be genuinely intimidating. Especially if he stands over 6 feet tall...
Long hair tends to attract women more during their younger years. When they're still driven by their hearts, they go for the idealists, the revolutionaries, the sensitive types, and the creative souls who just won't conform... that kind of guy usually has long hair... 🙂

I have a lot of respect for anyone who does their job with true professionalism, even if it’s just cutting hair. It seems like you have this deep drive for order... everything has to be perfectly organized, like a high-end pharmacy. Men walking out clean-shaven, groomed, and perfectly styled. I have some relatives with Virgo placements, and it feels like that exact brand of perfectionism. It can be exhausting at times, but you have to admit that when it's done that way, everything runs like a Swiss watch. There's no room for that sloppy, "wing it as you go" attitude you see in some parts of the country... everything just works exactly the way it should.

What do you think...? 🤔 Look, I’m a fan of the three-day stubble. I’ve always been a bit wary of perfect symmetry, sharp angles, or hair that looks too polished. But this isn't about me, so... 😳

Technology will eventually catch up to this too. I can already see someone inventing—or maybe they already have—a smart bra that monitors temperature, adjusts humidity and warmth based on the surroundings, and transmits environmental impulses directly to nerve endings, essentially becoming a second skin. It’ll have built-in computers or some kind of neural network woven into the fabric to collect data and beam it via an antenna to a central computer. That computer would then send signals to tiny micro-motors hidden in the seams to lift or lower everything for the perfect look and feel. Women will love them so much they won't even take them off at night, and some tech entrepreneur with his Silicon Valley startup will make a fortune, reinvesting it into a smartphone app called Titbook, where women's chests across the globe become networked into one massive cyber-entity with the world's largest database of the global Acquis Rotoplotaire.

I think women are already networked in far more sophisticated ways. And it seems that network is a huge motivator for the other side...
You finally helped me clarify the vision of an artist I thought was just obsessed with breasts but now it feels like there's much more to it...

It's sad that we'd want to shear you, while you're busy dreaming of tubular-alveolar dominance...

Uhm, now I'm starting to sound like Woody Allen in one of his movies... But, it matters that a man has something to motivate him in life, even if it's the unification of all of humanity's mammary potential. Marx started with the proletariat and he went quite far.

Exactly...
Woody is always welcome 🥳

Just when you reach maturity and pull the broom out of your backside, you're old enough to use it as a cane. : wisdom:

Having a broom in an awkward place isn't exactly a prerequisite for reaching maturity.
But whatever. Sounds wise 🙂

In the end, maybe what looks like balance from your perspective is actually just weak motivation or physical frailty preventing someone from breaking their status quo. For instance, a man with high blood pressure can't afford to get worked up because he might pop a vessel, but that doesn't mean he's become spiritually enlightened. He's just afraid of dying. : rofl:

🤣
I’m certain that wasn't the kind of balance I was talking about.
I meant the kind where you don't need a stick up your ass just to get things done...

🤔 Almost everything I said was just me poking fun at my own thoughts. Even my replies go through that same mental loop, filtered through your associations. I thought we could just laugh at the whole thing and play around for a bit, but we've both become way too serious and sincere... if we keep this up, you'll lose all your hair, and I'll be stuck tying mine back in pigtails...

I drifted a little too far off-topic.
My apologies for that.

I'm not sure how to make it up to you, and I'm pretty exhausted, so I'll just leave this here:

👋

Interesting. I'm actually quite a bit taller than 5'11". 😁
I heard this theory about long-haired idealists from some younger women, probably in their early twenties. As they approach thirty, they decide stability is everything; they want a mature man because immature types are unreliable and won't provide for a family. Fast forward to their forties, and they flip the script. Suddenly, those same sensitive boys and revolutionaries are back in style—usually after they've spent years with a serious professional who built a career on their back, only to be dumped for a younger version of themselves. By then, they’ve usually secured enough in a private nest egg to fund whatever "revolutionary" they fancy next. I suppose I've become too cynical, drifting into outright sarcasm. I'll stop.

Dana Brooks3 said:That's an interesting perspective. As a woman, I never would have thought of it that way or made those connections...
Maybe it’s just my own bias, but it feels like men find it much easier to step into a hero archetype they can actually relate to—or one that lets others project onto them. Those roles are just clearer, more straightforward to present. For women with long hair over thirty, though, it seems like the options mostly boil down to being either a washed-up rocker or a total troublemaker...

Maybe long-haired guys are trying to look less intelligent and more emotional on purpose. It’s like they think women might find a high-functioning tech expert too intimidating—someone who eats perfectly, plays tennis, tracks every calorie, hits the gym daily, plays in a band, and picks up new languages just by skimming a grammar book in an afternoon. Someone working a massive paycheck at a place like Google or a research lab at MIT... almost like a robot. But I could be wrong. Maybe for most of them, it's really just about being emotionally immature and unkempt...

Yeah, for a woman, a man like that can be genuinely intimidating. Especially if he stands over 6 feet tall...
Long hair tends to attract women more during their younger years. When they're still driven by their hearts, they go for the idealists, the revolutionaries, the sensitive types, and the creative souls who just won't conform... that kind of guy usually has long hair... 🙂

I have a lot of respect for anyone who does their job with true professionalism, even if it’s just cutting hair. It seems like you have this deep drive for order... everything has to be perfectly organized, like a high-end pharmacy. Men walking out clean-shaven, groomed, and perfectly styled. I have some relatives with Virgo placements, and it feels like that exact brand of perfectionism. It can be exhausting at times, but you have to admit that when it's done that way, everything runs like a Swiss watch. There's no room for that sloppy, "wing it as you go" attitude you see in some parts of the country... everything just works exactly the way it should.

What do you think...? 🤔 Look, I’m a fan of the three-day stubble. I’ve always been a bit wary of perfect symmetry, sharp angles, or hair that looks too polished. But this isn't about me, so... 😳

Technology will eventually catch up to this too. I can already see someone inventing—or maybe they already have—a smart bra that monitors temperature, adjusts humidity and warmth based on the surroundings, and transmits environmental impulses directly to nerve endings, essentially becoming a second skin. It’ll have built-in computers or some kind of neural network woven into the fabric to collect data and beam it via an antenna to a central computer. That computer would then send signals to tiny micro-motors hidden in the seams to lift or lower everything for the perfect look and feel. Women will love them so much they won't even take them off at night, and some tech entrepreneur with his Silicon Valley startup will make a fortune, reinvesting it into a smartphone app called Titbook, where women's chests across the globe become networked into one massive cyber-entity with the world's largest database of the global Acquis Rotoplotaire.

I think women are already networked in far more sophisticated ways. And it seems that network is a huge motivator for the other side...
You finally helped me clarify the vision of an artist I thought was just obsessed with breasts but now it feels like there's much more to it...

It's sad that we'd want to shear you, while you're busy dreaming of tubular-alveolar dominance...

Uhm, now I'm starting to sound like Woody Allen in one of his movies... But, it matters that a man has something to motivate him in life, even if it's the unification of all of humanity's mammary potential. Marx started with the proletariat and he went quite far.

Exactly...
Woody is always welcome 🥳

Just when you reach maturity and pull the broom out of your backside, you're old enough to use it as a cane. : wisdom:

Having a broom in an awkward place isn't exactly a prerequisite for reaching maturity.
But whatever. Sounds wise 🙂

In the end, maybe what looks like balance from your perspective is actually just weak motivation or physical frailty preventing someone from breaking their status quo. For instance, a man with high blood pressure can't afford to get worked up because he might pop a vessel, but that doesn't mean he's become spiritually enlightened. He's just afraid of dying. : rofl:

🤣
I’m certain that wasn't the kind of balance I was talking about.
I meant the kind where you don't need a stick up your ass just to get things done...

🤔 Almost everything I said was just me poking fun at my own thoughts. Even my replies go through that same mental loop, filtered through your associations. I thought we could just laugh at the whole thing and play around for a bit, but we've both become way too serious and sincere... if we keep this up, you'll lose all your hair, and I'll be stuck tying mine back in pigtails...

I drifted a little too far off-topic.
My apologies for that.

I'm not sure how to make it up to you, and I'm pretty exhausted, so I'll just leave this here:

👋

I'm a fan too. Even with women. They don't sport beards, obviously, but that three-day stubble works. 😳

Dana Brooks3 said:That's an interesting perspective. As a woman, I never would have thought of it that way or made those connections...
Maybe it’s just my own bias, but it feels like men find it much easier to step into a hero archetype they can actually relate to—or one that lets others project onto them. Those roles are just clearer, more straightforward to present. For women with long hair over thirty, though, it seems like the options mostly boil down to being either a washed-up rocker or a total troublemaker...

Maybe long-haired guys are trying to look less intelligent and more emotional on purpose. It’s like they think women might find a high-functioning tech expert too intimidating—someone who eats perfectly, plays tennis, tracks every calorie, hits the gym daily, plays in a band, and picks up new languages just by skimming a grammar book in an afternoon. Someone working a massive paycheck at a place like Google or a research lab at MIT... almost like a robot. But I could be wrong. Maybe for most of them, it's really just about being emotionally immature and unkempt...

Yeah, for a woman, a man like that can be genuinely intimidating. Especially if he stands over 6 feet tall...
Long hair tends to attract women more during their younger years. When they're still driven by their hearts, they go for the idealists, the revolutionaries, the sensitive types, and the creative souls who just won't conform... that kind of guy usually has long hair... 🙂

I have a lot of respect for anyone who does their job with true professionalism, even if it’s just cutting hair. It seems like you have this deep drive for order... everything has to be perfectly organized, like a high-end pharmacy. Men walking out clean-shaven, groomed, and perfectly styled. I have some relatives with Virgo placements, and it feels like that exact brand of perfectionism. It can be exhausting at times, but you have to admit that when it's done that way, everything runs like a Swiss watch. There's no room for that sloppy, "wing it as you go" attitude you see in some parts of the country... everything just works exactly the way it should.

What do you think...? 🤔 Look, I’m a fan of the three-day stubble. I’ve always been a bit wary of perfect symmetry, sharp angles, or hair that looks too polished. But this isn't about me, so... 😳

Technology will eventually catch up to this too. I can already see someone inventing—or maybe they already have—a smart bra that monitors temperature, adjusts humidity and warmth based on the surroundings, and transmits environmental impulses directly to nerve endings, essentially becoming a second skin. It’ll have built-in computers or some kind of neural network woven into the fabric to collect data and beam it via an antenna to a central computer. That computer would then send signals to tiny micro-motors hidden in the seams to lift or lower everything for the perfect look and feel. Women will love them so much they won't even take them off at night, and some tech entrepreneur with his Silicon Valley startup will make a fortune, reinvesting it into a smartphone app called Titbook, where women's chests across the globe become networked into one massive cyber-entity with the world's largest database of the global Acquis Rotoplotaire.

I think women are already networked in far more sophisticated ways. And it seems that network is a huge motivator for the other side...
You finally helped me clarify the vision of an artist I thought was just obsessed with breasts but now it feels like there's much more to it...

It's sad that we'd want to shear you, while you're busy dreaming of tubular-alveolar dominance...

Uhm, now I'm starting to sound like Woody Allen in one of his movies... But, it matters that a man has something to motivate him in life, even if it's the unification of all of humanity's mammary potential. Marx started with the proletariat and he went quite far.

Exactly...
Woody is always welcome 🥳

Just when you reach maturity and pull the broom out of your backside, you're old enough to use it as a cane. : wisdom:

Having a broom in an awkward place isn't exactly a prerequisite for reaching maturity.
But whatever. Sounds wise 🙂

In the end, maybe what looks like balance from your perspective is actually just weak motivation or physical frailty preventing someone from breaking their status quo. For instance, a man with high blood pressure can't afford to get worked up because he might pop a vessel, but that doesn't mean he's become spiritually enlightened. He's just afraid of dying. : rofl:

🤣
I’m certain that wasn't the kind of balance I was talking about.
I meant the kind where you don't need a stick up your ass just to get things done...

🤔 Almost everything I said was just me poking fun at my own thoughts. Even my replies go through that same mental loop, filtered through your associations. I thought we could just laugh at the whole thing and play around for a bit, but we've both become way too serious and sincere... if we keep this up, you'll lose all your hair, and I'll be stuck tying mine back in pigtails...

I drifted a little too far off-topic.
My apologies for that.

I'm not sure how to make it up to you, and I'm pretty exhausted, so I'll just leave this here:

👋

A truly "interesting" artist. Back in my college days, I was drawn to those who wrote essentially pornographic lyrics that could still be analyzed from a literary perspective. It’s fine, provided it doesn't become an end in itself. This whole "tubuloalveolar dominance" thing... sounds like a nod to Tubular Bells. Mike Oldfield. Don't go thinking I'm as old as Richard Branson, though; I wasn't exactly spinning those records back then.

Posting this just to spite that guy with the three-day stubble who thinks he’s so special.

Dana Brooks3 said:That's an interesting perspective. As a woman, I never would have thought of it that way or made those connections...
Maybe it’s just my own bias, but it feels like men find it much easier to step into a hero archetype they can actually relate to—or one that lets others project onto them. Those roles are just clearer, more straightforward to present. For women with long hair over thirty, though, it seems like the options mostly boil down to being either a washed-up rocker or a total troublemaker...

Maybe long-haired guys are trying to look less intelligent and more emotional on purpose. It’s like they think women might find a high-functioning tech expert too intimidating—someone who eats perfectly, plays tennis, tracks every calorie, hits the gym daily, plays in a band, and picks up new languages just by skimming a grammar book in an afternoon. Someone working a massive paycheck at a place like Google or a research lab at MIT... almost like a robot. But I could be wrong. Maybe for most of them, it's really just about being emotionally immature and unkempt...

Yeah, for a woman, a man like that can be genuinely intimidating. Especially if he stands over 6 feet tall...
Long hair tends to attract women more during their younger years. When they're still driven by their hearts, they go for the idealists, the revolutionaries, the sensitive types, and the creative souls who just won't conform... that kind of guy usually has long hair... 🙂

I have a lot of respect for anyone who does their job with true professionalism, even if it’s just cutting hair. It seems like you have this deep drive for order... everything has to be perfectly organized, like a high-end pharmacy. Men walking out clean-shaven, groomed, and perfectly styled. I have some relatives with Virgo placements, and it feels like that exact brand of perfectionism. It can be exhausting at times, but you have to admit that when it's done that way, everything runs like a Swiss watch. There's no room for that sloppy, "wing it as you go" attitude you see in some parts of the country... everything just works exactly the way it should.

What do you think...? 🤔 Look, I’m a fan of the three-day stubble. I’ve always been a bit wary of perfect symmetry, sharp angles, or hair that looks too polished. But this isn't about me, so... 😳

Technology will eventually catch up to this too. I can already see someone inventing—or maybe they already have—a smart bra that monitors temperature, adjusts humidity and warmth based on the surroundings, and transmits environmental impulses directly to nerve endings, essentially becoming a second skin. It’ll have built-in computers or some kind of neural network woven into the fabric to collect data and beam it via an antenna to a central computer. That computer would then send signals to tiny micro-motors hidden in the seams to lift or lower everything for the perfect look and feel. Women will love them so much they won't even take them off at night, and some tech entrepreneur with his Silicon Valley startup will make a fortune, reinvesting it into a smartphone app called Titbook, where women's chests across the globe become networked into one massive cyber-entity with the world's largest database of the global Acquis Rotoplotaire.

I think women are already networked in far more sophisticated ways. And it seems that network is a huge motivator for the other side...
You finally helped me clarify the vision of an artist I thought was just obsessed with breasts but now it feels like there's much more to it...

It's sad that we'd want to shear you, while you're busy dreaming of tubular-alveolar dominance...

Uhm, now I'm starting to sound like Woody Allen in one of his movies... But, it matters that a man has something to motivate him in life, even if it's the unification of all of humanity's mammary potential. Marx started with the proletariat and he went quite far.

Exactly...
Woody is always welcome 🥳

Just when you reach maturity and pull the broom out of your backside, you're old enough to use it as a cane. : wisdom:

Having a broom in an awkward place isn't exactly a prerequisite for reaching maturity.
But whatever. Sounds wise 🙂

In the end, maybe what looks like balance from your perspective is actually just weak motivation or physical frailty preventing someone from breaking their status quo. For instance, a man with high blood pressure can't afford to get worked up because he might pop a vessel, but that doesn't mean he's become spiritually enlightened. He's just afraid of dying. : rofl:

🤣
I’m certain that wasn't the kind of balance I was talking about.
I meant the kind where you don't need a stick up your ass just to get things done...

🤔 Almost everything I said was just me poking fun at my own thoughts. Even my replies go through that same mental loop, filtered through your associations. I thought we could just laugh at the whole thing and play around for a bit, but we've both become way too serious and sincere... if we keep this up, you'll lose all your hair, and I'll be stuck tying mine back in pigtails...

I drifted a little too far off-topic.
My apologies for that.

I'm not sure how to make it up to you, and I'm pretty exhausted, so I'll just leave this here:

👋

True. We simply... require the eggs. 😳

Dana Brooks3 said:That's an interesting perspective. As a woman, I never would have thought of it that way or made those connections...
Maybe it’s just my own bias, but it feels like men find it much easier to step into a hero archetype they can actually relate to—or one that lets others project onto them. Those roles are just clearer, more straightforward to present. For women with long hair over thirty, though, it seems like the options mostly boil down to being either a washed-up rocker or a total troublemaker...

Maybe long-haired guys are trying to look less intelligent and more emotional on purpose. It’s like they think women might find a high-functioning tech expert too intimidating—someone who eats perfectly, plays tennis, tracks every calorie, hits the gym daily, plays in a band, and picks up new languages just by skimming a grammar book in an afternoon. Someone working a massive paycheck at a place like Google or a research lab at MIT... almost like a robot. But I could be wrong. Maybe for most of them, it's really just about being emotionally immature and unkempt...

Yeah, for a woman, a man like that can be genuinely intimidating. Especially if he stands over 6 feet tall...
Long hair tends to attract women more during their younger years. When they're still driven by their hearts, they go for the idealists, the revolutionaries, the sensitive types, and the creative souls who just won't conform... that kind of guy usually has long hair... 🙂

I have a lot of respect for anyone who does their job with true professionalism, even if it’s just cutting hair. It seems like you have this deep drive for order... everything has to be perfectly organized, like a high-end pharmacy. Men walking out clean-shaven, groomed, and perfectly styled. I have some relatives with Virgo placements, and it feels like that exact brand of perfectionism. It can be exhausting at times, but you have to admit that when it's done that way, everything runs like a Swiss watch. There's no room for that sloppy, "wing it as you go" attitude you see in some parts of the country... everything just works exactly the way it should.

What do you think...? 🤔 Look, I’m a fan of the three-day stubble. I’ve always been a bit wary of perfect symmetry, sharp angles, or hair that looks too polished. But this isn't about me, so... 😳

Technology will eventually catch up to this too. I can already see someone inventing—or maybe they already have—a smart bra that monitors temperature, adjusts humidity and warmth based on the surroundings, and transmits environmental impulses directly to nerve endings, essentially becoming a second skin. It’ll have built-in computers or some kind of neural network woven into the fabric to collect data and beam it via an antenna to a central computer. That computer would then send signals to tiny micro-motors hidden in the seams to lift or lower everything for the perfect look and feel. Women will love them so much they won't even take them off at night, and some tech entrepreneur with his Silicon Valley startup will make a fortune, reinvesting it into a smartphone app called Titbook, where women's chests across the globe become networked into one massive cyber-entity with the world's largest database of the global Acquis Rotoplotaire.

I think women are already networked in far more sophisticated ways. And it seems that network is a huge motivator for the other side...
You finally helped me clarify the vision of an artist I thought was just obsessed with breasts but now it feels like there's much more to it...

It's sad that we'd want to shear you, while you're busy dreaming of tubular-alveolar dominance...

Uhm, now I'm starting to sound like Woody Allen in one of his movies... But, it matters that a man has something to motivate him in life, even if it's the unification of all of humanity's mammary potential. Marx started with the proletariat and he went quite far.

Exactly...
Woody is always welcome 🥳

Just when you reach maturity and pull the broom out of your backside, you're old enough to use it as a cane. : wisdom:

Having a broom in an awkward place isn't exactly a prerequisite for reaching maturity.
But whatever. Sounds wise 🙂

In the end, maybe what looks like balance from your perspective is actually just weak motivation or physical frailty preventing someone from breaking their status quo. For instance, a man with high blood pressure can't afford to get worked up because he might pop a vessel, but that doesn't mean he's become spiritually enlightened. He's just afraid of dying. : rofl:

🤣
I’m certain that wasn't the kind of balance I was talking about.
I meant the kind where you don't need a stick up your ass just to get things done...

🤔 Almost everything I said was just me poking fun at my own thoughts. Even my replies go through that same mental loop, filtered through your associations. I thought we could just laugh at the whole thing and play around for a bit, but we've both become way too serious and sincere... if we keep this up, you'll lose all your hair, and I'll be stuck tying mine back in pigtails...

I drifted a little too far off-topic.
My apologies for that.

I'm not sure how to make it up to you, and I'm pretty exhausted, so I'll just leave this here:

👋

Women love their broomsticks too. They fly them around like untouchable stars when they're young. Then they get old, and if you mention the house isn't swept, they just swing the damn thing at your head. 😬

Sure, being broken isn't a prerequisite. But it’s interesting how they try to screw you over while you're still young—it makes them easier to manipulate. That's just how the game works. The old guard sits back and collects the cream, while they shove a broom up the younger generation's ass and tell them to act like big shots. You only reach maturity once you finally pull that thing out. Of course, there's always the chance you never let them get close enough to try in the first place. 😍

Dana Brooks3 said:That's an interesting perspective. As a woman, I never would have thought of it that way or made those connections...
Maybe it’s just my own bias, but it feels like men find it much easier to step into a hero archetype they can actually relate to—or one that lets others project onto them. Those roles are just clearer, more straightforward to present. For women with long hair over thirty, though, it seems like the options mostly boil down to being either a washed-up rocker or a total troublemaker...

Maybe long-haired guys are trying to look less intelligent and more emotional on purpose. It’s like they think women might find a high-functioning tech expert too intimidating—someone who eats perfectly, plays tennis, tracks every calorie, hits the gym daily, plays in a band, and picks up new languages just by skimming a grammar book in an afternoon. Someone working a massive paycheck at a place like Google or a research lab at MIT... almost like a robot. But I could be wrong. Maybe for most of them, it's really just about being emotionally immature and unkempt...

Yeah, for a woman, a man like that can be genuinely intimidating. Especially if he stands over 6 feet tall...
Long hair tends to attract women more during their younger years. When they're still driven by their hearts, they go for the idealists, the revolutionaries, the sensitive types, and the creative souls who just won't conform... that kind of guy usually has long hair... 🙂

I have a lot of respect for anyone who does their job with true professionalism, even if it’s just cutting hair. It seems like you have this deep drive for order... everything has to be perfectly organized, like a high-end pharmacy. Men walking out clean-shaven, groomed, and perfectly styled. I have some relatives with Virgo placements, and it feels like that exact brand of perfectionism. It can be exhausting at times, but you have to admit that when it's done that way, everything runs like a Swiss watch. There's no room for that sloppy, "wing it as you go" attitude you see in some parts of the country... everything just works exactly the way it should.

What do you think...? 🤔 Look, I’m a fan of the three-day stubble. I’ve always been a bit wary of perfect symmetry, sharp angles, or hair that looks too polished. But this isn't about me, so... 😳

Technology will eventually catch up to this too. I can already see someone inventing—or maybe they already have—a smart bra that monitors temperature, adjusts humidity and warmth based on the surroundings, and transmits environmental impulses directly to nerve endings, essentially becoming a second skin. It’ll have built-in computers or some kind of neural network woven into the fabric to collect data and beam it via an antenna to a central computer. That computer would then send signals to tiny micro-motors hidden in the seams to lift or lower everything for the perfect look and feel. Women will love them so much they won't even take them off at night, and some tech entrepreneur with his Silicon Valley startup will make a fortune, reinvesting it into a smartphone app called Titbook, where women's chests across the globe become networked into one massive cyber-entity with the world's largest database of the global Acquis Rotoplotaire.

I think women are already networked in far more sophisticated ways. And it seems that network is a huge motivator for the other side...
You finally helped me clarify the vision of an artist I thought was just obsessed with breasts but now it feels like there's much more to it...

It's sad that we'd want to shear you, while you're busy dreaming of tubular-alveolar dominance...

Uhm, now I'm starting to sound like Woody Allen in one of his movies... But, it matters that a man has something to motivate him in life, even if it's the unification of all of humanity's mammary potential. Marx started with the proletariat and he went quite far.

Exactly...
Woody is always welcome 🥳

Just when you reach maturity and pull the broom out of your backside, you're old enough to use it as a cane. : wisdom:

Having a broom in an awkward place isn't exactly a prerequisite for reaching maturity.
But whatever. Sounds wise 🙂

In the end, maybe what looks like balance from your perspective is actually just weak motivation or physical frailty preventing someone from breaking their status quo. For instance, a man with high blood pressure can't afford to get worked up because he might pop a vessel, but that doesn't mean he's become spiritually enlightened. He's just afraid of dying. : rofl:

🤣
I’m certain that wasn't the kind of balance I was talking about.
I meant the kind where you don't need a stick up your ass just to get things done...

🤔 Almost everything I said was just me poking fun at my own thoughts. Even my replies go through that same mental loop, filtered through your associations. I thought we could just laugh at the whole thing and play around for a bit, but we've both become way too serious and sincere... if we keep this up, you'll lose all your hair, and I'll be stuck tying mine back in pigtails...

I drifted a little too far off-topic.
My apologies for that.

I'm not sure how to make it up to you, and I'm pretty exhausted, so I'll just leave this here:

👋

So you're emo too... I should have seen it coming.
Glad to know I haven't become too sincere or serious yet. 😳
Apology accepted, thanks. Sweet dreams (if you're actually sleeping, given it's the weekend); they say REM is the most intense phase before waking up... 😍

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LEWkwvaNcs

Dana Brooks3 said:Quote...

🙂
It’s true, long hair is really just a medium for channeling those autocsexual impulses into different outlets... ways to simulate "scoring" in various areas of life...
You missed just one word...

Quote...

😁 🙂
You could also look at it as a childish attempt at a power trip, which really just shows a lack of adjustment and could get in the way of reaching true emotional maturity... Still, that person can go on to achieve plenty of different peaks in life, be interesting, and make a great friend...
I wouldn't want him going to Brice... I can give him a much better haircut... 🙂

Bras wearing is just another layer of inhumane societal pressure... It goes against everything we know about biology, because they actually prevent a woman from functioning naturally...
Good grief, a woman isn't naked just because she isn't wearing a bra. I honestly feel for women who have to squeeze themselves into them constantly for practical reasons... As a woman myself, I think it’s much more beautiful and natural to see someone without those things. It's perfectly decent, as long as they aren't jumping around or wearing something overly transparent...

😁
Maturity is about balance, not just being a total hardass...😳

I find women with short hair—especially that "emo" look—to be more delicate. To me, short hair suggests a willingness to show vulnerability in areas where women are traditionally strongest, refusing to rely solely on traditional feminine charms. A woman with short hair might lead with something else: intellect, talent, or raw emotion. I know it sounds stereotypical, but that’s the first impression. Later, once they realize it works, they start copying each other, leaving us with a crowd of short-haired types pretending to be deep "indie" souls when they're really just copies of copies. Men with long hair might follow a similar pattern, trying to appear less intellectual and more emotional. Some women find a high-functioning tech expert intimidating—someone who eats organic, plays tennis, counts calories, hits the gym daily, plays in a band, teaches himself languages in an afternoon, and pulls a massive salary at Google or some MIT-level institute. Like a machine. But it's just a guess; for most, it's probably just emotional immaturity. 🤷

😁 🙂
Another way to see it is as an infantile attempt at a power trip, reflecting a lack of adjustment and a potential barrier to reaching full emotional maturity. Still, such a person can achieve many things in life and remain interesting or good company.
It would bother me if they went to a barber, since I'm actually quite good with the shears. 🙂

I respect anyone who does their job professionally, even if it's just cutting hair. It seems to me you have a drive for order; everything needs to be organized like a pharmacy. Shaven men, trimmed up, perfectly styled. I have some relatives who are total perfectionists about these things. It can be exhausting, but you have to admit that when it's done that way, everything runs like a Swiss watch—none of that chaotic "just wing it" approach we sometimes see. 😍

Bras are an element of inhumane societal coercion and serve as proof that breasts aren't purely functional, because they can't function properly while packed away in them.
Good grief. A woman isn't naked just because she isn't wearing a bra. I feel for those forced into constant, tight constriction for practical reasons. Personally, I find a natural silhouette much more pleasant—perfectly decent, provided there’s no excessive jumping or transparent fabric involved.

Technology will eventually solve this. I can already see some entrepreneur inventing a "smart bra" that monitors temperature, adjusts humidity, and uses neural networks woven into the fabric to sync with nerve endings. It would basically become a second skin. Built-in microprocessors would feed data to a central hub, which then triggers tiny motors in the seams to adjust lift and shape for maximum comfort. Women would love them so much they'd never take them off. Some Silicon Valley tech mogul would make a fortune, funneling those profits into a smartphone app called TitBook, creating a global network of data—a massive, interconnected "tit pool." Eventually, the US might finally achieve true unity, not through federal legislation, but when every woman's silhouette is networked into one singular Acquis Rotoplotaire. Honestly, I'm starting to sound like Woody Allen in one of his old movies... But one needs motivation to get through life, even if it's just the unification of humanity's collective mammary potential. Marx started with the proletariat and saw how far that went.

😁
Maturity requires balance, not a broomstick up the ass. 😳

By the time you reach maturity and pull the broomstick out, you're old enough to use it as a cane. 🧐

Ultimately, what you perceive as "balance" might just be a lack of drive or physical weakness preventing you from challenging the status quo. A man with high blood pressure can't afford to get worked up, but that doesn't mean he's attained spiritual enlightenment. He's just afraid of dropping dead. 🤣

started saying:
Maybe Elon Musk was thinking of this: 😁

Probably just an unreleased Tesla patent for a machine that triggers altered states of consciousness using ungelled punk hairstyles. Once the charge builds up, the mind migrates to the tip of one of those singed hairs—which are practically flooding with hydrogen at the ends—allowing you to view yourself from that angle. Just have to make sure you don't accidentally incinerate your consciousness too.

Dana Brooks3 said:I've seen plenty of examples where women dealing with mental health crises feel an intense urge to cut their hair during acute phases.

I know long-haired men who, during periods of heightened religious fervor, feel the need to shave it all off...

For some, hair is just a heavy burden. Maybe they're struggling with information overload.🙄

🤣 I don't know any woman who genuinely enjoys being constricted around her chest. Without that pressure, you feel lighter, freer, more comfortable... so maybe for some, those sensations are being disrupted.🤷 Try wearing something like armor—say, heavy gear—every single day while you're out, then try going without it after a while and compare. It would probably create a similar sensation, but that doesn't mean it makes sense to claim it's an antenna for receiving info from higher dimensions...🤷

Any part of the body that is sensitive or highly innervated will feel like a vital channel is being blocked if you physically cover it up. That might actually be the opposite of spiritual achievement, because all the sensations we experience and the various dimensions of our existence are processed in the brain. Fundamentally, someone who relies on those types of—actually physical—sensations ends up appearing low on the scale of spiritual progress...
But still, we are heavily influenced by the impressions we receive, both physical and otherwise. It all plays into how the brain generates images of ourselves, the world, and our place in it... and how we classify experiences as mundane versus "spiritual." In that sense, hair or even physical sensations can truly matter to certain people...

Regarding the Native Americans... if you took a culture where people traditionally grow long nails and dropped them into a place where they were forced to clip them short, they would certainly feel as though a vital part of themselves had been stripped away. They'd feel they were losing something that, in their culture, acts as a tool for maintaining a connection to themselves—a form of spirituality.

It seems to me that hair is primarily tied to identity...🤷
The most basic example is when people feel the need to make a life change; they go get a haircut or change their style to alter their look and feel physically unburdened... ready to turn a new leaf.

There are probably just as many bald people as long-haired people among the spiritual crowd. Personally, I prefer short hair, because I tend to view long hair as looking immature, unserious, unreliable, or neglected. Whenever a friend of mine cuts their hair short, I feel happy knowing they've entered a new, more serious phase of life...🙂

As for those with long hair who lack common sense, obviously you need intelligence for spirituality. People lacking discernment don't stand a chance at any kind of spiritual advancement. Long hair, empty head...😳
None of that applies to women 🥳 (just more proof it isn't about hair texture itself, aside from the obvious fact that hair is just dead tissue).
And then there are cultures where men traditionally wear their hair long :-) They tend to be particularly strong and we perceive them as such, because despite the long hair, they still manage to reach maturity 🙂
...

I remember the late linguist Ladan mentioning he shaved his head bald just to stop thinking about sex while studying for college. It helped him redirect those impulses toward higher cognitive functions, which ties back to this whole discussion. Maybe it’s the same with religiousness; hair is a sensory thing, as frozengull2 once noted in her anecdote, and one can either be aroused by it or let it stimulate physical urges. It reminds you of immaturity, because apparently a "mature" man is just someone burdened by obligations—firmly planted in the material world, grounded, focused on family and society. Why would he bother with things like hair, shampooing, or combing, when he could just shave it all off? Assuming, of course, he has the cash for a barber, but even that is a marker of maturity, I suppose...

In that same vein, bras are a sign of maturity—proof that breasts serve their actual purpose, whether that's nursing or maintaining body balance alongside the glutes, rather than just being used for flirting or attracting curious stares. 😳

Maturity implies control, the triumph of will and intellect over emotion and sensation. When emotions override reason, that's immaturity. A mature man, that hypothetical Z. Č., maintains a stiff upper lip, as the famously composed Englishmen say, but he doesn't have uncontrolled nipples or some other cluster of sensory nerve endings distracting him. He doesn't deal with nonsense; he deals with the Dow Jones and political economy.

Lisa Morales4 said:It’s funny how you eventually concluded that—and I quote—"even the bald guys, just like those damn hair-obsessed types, have their own specific 'connection issues'..."

That's why he told them to shave it all off. The moment their hair and beards stopped being just a simple thing to maintain and started becoming an ego-driven asset, they should have just sheared themselves.

It’s the same deal with your old man and his full head of hair today. He’s gotten a little too proud of it. It might be time for him to get back to reality; shaving seems to have become far too much of a luxury for him.

😲 what the...
cobalt blue on an anvil at night... wow.

As for the Krishna followers and other "Buddhists"—they tend to be naturally hairy, much like people from certain parts of Africa. If they only shave once a year, their hands and legs end up looking as smooth as a child's, without a trace of hair. Just plain.
I mean, what kind of man is a man without a mustache? lol
Though, personally, I think those hair-obsessed guys are more attractive when they're clean-shaven—rough-shaven faces that show they actually had something to shave, unlike those hairy Buddhists. Then they can keep the rest of the fuzz under control by trimming it down. The only exception is a long, powerful braid, freshly washed with conditioner and coconut oil, flowing like some Gladiator or a wild, proud warrior.

I've run into these types before, whether they're Krishna devotees, followers of Sai Baba, Kriya Yogis, or whatever else, and I can say about the first group that they seem incredibly calm, almost as if they're permanently soaked in the scent of Indian incense; they're constantly smiling, looking quite idiotic. I doubt they even think about sex—that's forbidden, and getting up at 5 AM to cut through your REM cycle means you aren't even dreaming about it. Prabhupada made sure that was nipped in the bud; everything has to be in obedience to his holiness. Buddhists seem like somewhat more normal characters, much like any major organized religion that eventually gets corrupted; they enjoy a drink, there's some side sex involved, and I don't think even the Dalai Lama finds that strange... he's only human after all...

What are those narcissists thinking now? You want things to go wild on you like an orgasm-machine from that sci-fi movie Barbarella..? Gladiators, Ben-Hur types, Conan... they all pretty much have long hair, whether in a ponytail or not.

There's an interesting phenomenon with punks or our boxer Mavrović, where you have hair and a bald spot simultaneously—an mohawk. Just like this guy—look at this video from a party—Sing Hallelujah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L03JVPaZpyc

Hallelujah actually comes from Yahweh, which is the first part of God's name. Željko Mavrović had an interesting theory on boxing: you have to take a lot of hits, and the winner is whoever can absorb the most punches while staying on their feet to deliver one. Boxing by attrition. He was a true technician, unlike heavy hitters like Tyson. A heavy hitter operates on the principle of "when I hit them a second time, I'm hitting a corpse," whereas a technician thinks—go ahead, keep hitting me, because once the metal is forged, it stops, and then you'll catch a torpedo to the jaw when you least expect it. That's how the Vietnamese fought Americans in Vietnam. It's certainly a more spiritual approach, though it doesn't work if you can't endure the strikes. Well, I suppose that tuft of hair on top acts like an antenna with the sides shaved, helping you sense where the blow is coming from so you can dodge.