Monthly Archives: November 2025

Rich kid syndrome is a cluster of symptoms rooted in the belief that you don’t need to do things you don’t want to. This may be true if you’re comfortable with coasting on dad’s money, but it will always exclude … Continue reading →

Overview of 2025 My priorities in the last two years were a bit unexpected, on account of meeting and marrying the love of my life. I didn’t even blog my goals for this year. They were set in stone around … Continue reading →

Topic requested by prefc/aiaslives. I should preface this by saying my wife and I are not in a typical modern relationship. We started dating with the intention of getting married, had a short courtship period, waited to have sex until … Continue reading →

I provided a bunch of anecdotes (e.g. overperformance on power cleans relative to deadlift, underperformance on lower-body 1RMs, normal performance on upper-body 1RMs, etc.) and got this profile back: Strengths Strength Expression & Muscular Traits Cardiovascular & Metabolic Training Responsiveness … Continue reading →

Why do you do triathlon? Why not do something else instead? First of all, the idea of not exercising regularly is unthinkable, so I have to pick something in this category. Triathlon checks a lot of boxes for me. The … Continue reading →

This is something I speculated a long time ago: As a rule of thumb, masochism is low-status, feminine, introspective, nonverbal and emotional whereas sadism is high-status, masculine, exogenous, rational and intellectual. https://aeolipera.wordpress.com/2016/10/12/hormones-and-hate-sadism-and-masochism/ (I wrote a bit differently back in my 20s. … Continue reading →

From The Triathlete’s Training Bible (5e) by Joe Friel: T1: Functional Threshold TestThe purpose of this test is to determine your functional threshold pace (FTPa) and functional threshold heart rate (FTHR) for running in order to set your training zones. … Continue reading →

https://chatgpt.com/share/69177fbb-14c4-800f-bc57-ccb5a1d88c95 Please let me know if I accidentally doxxed myself. tl;dr- Autism-related traits could meaningfully correlate with Neanderthal behavior, but not due to genetic inheritance from Neanderthals. ASD-related genes are ancient and pre-date the split between Neanderthals and sapiens. Neanderthals … Continue reading →

Was reading https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/communist-pro-natalism?utm_campaign=posts-open-in-app&triedRedirect=true Notably: I propose that Maslow’s hierarchy is hiding under this data. In the underclass, people are more materialistic and concerned with getting money, and they’ll have kids to do it because they’re also quite psychopathic. In the … Continue reading →

I recently learned something about myself during prayer. I don’t believe God is just, deep down. When you can’t let go of an injustice deep down, even when you try to consciously, it implies you’re holding on to the possibility … Continue reading →