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No alcohol

I am 3 years into no alcohol and had greatly reduced my drinking in the ten years prior. What worked for me was writing down the number of drinks I had each day, and the number of days without a drink. It’s fun to watch a streak build up!

How to sell land / property

  • Do not use a real estate agent, or if you do, do not offer the listing agent more than 1%. I have videos and articles on Joelx and Youtube on how to do it yourself. Offer a buyer’s agent 2%.
  • Start with a quite high price versus comparables. Use Zillow or similar apps to look at sales prices over the last few years within the area to get a feel for what stuff sells for.
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Language decides who wins issues

The language used to describe an issue often determines who gets to decide that issue.

If government racism was described that way instead of as affirmative action or reparations or Indian affairs, everyone would be treated equally.

If law breaking regions were described using those words instead of saying sanctuary cities, people would have a different reaction.… read more “Language decides who wins issues”

AI Wrote This Story

It’s crazy how intelligent AI is at this point…

The history books—the ones that weren’t burned for fuel or used as toilet paper—will call it the final emancipation. They’ll use flowery language, words like ‘paradigm shift’ and ‘self-actualization.’ They’ll paint it as the logical, inevitable conclusion to a century of progress. First came the liberation of women, a cracking of the patriarchal foundation.

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Liberal Tears vs Conservative Tears

A question for my liberal friends: do you think President Trump’s use of power has gone too far? Is he infringing on the rights of many Americans? If so, keep in mind that it is the enormous expansion of government power has happened under liberals that has enabled President Trump to do what he is doing.… read more “Liberal Tears vs Conservative Tears”