Oh man. I tried to stay away from this kind of thing.
Failed.
Beneath it all (what I will say about expensive material things) I really just wanted to comment on how 'psychology' today is just another one of the pursuits that have fallen prey to the Post-War 'Baby Boomer' mentality which never went away since the Sixties.
It used to be that a psychologist had quite a good deal of actual real-life experience, before they were taken seriously. And that is because the profile of human life shows a distinct foolishness exhibited in the youth of most people - not all, but by far most.
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She's going to meet George Clooney at the Nespresso shop to solve some mysteries... |
What happened of course, was that smart-(ish) kids passed their exams and achieved their necessary grades - but were completely skeptical underneath it all, of what their professors and if not those, then certainly what the traditional written material actually said and taught.
And so then next, they completely undermined and modified the original psychology teachings, so as to accommodate their insanely foolish core internal beliefs held from their youth. With the result that succeeding generations of psychologists and teachers, all started to reflect in the 'standard credentialed narratives' - basically, BS.
There is no way a naive younger person will comprehend the nature of physical love and attraction. Which is not to say there are not extremely 'wise' young people because there are those - but such never will gravitate to any kinds of artificial social environments, of which the University is one of the most extreme!
This whole utter superficial, completely spurious investigation style into complex things occurs across the board. Imperial College London is the leading research institution that has gone into all of this DMT/Ayahuasca - and their main 'finding' is that both of those substances increase the amount of active neural connections...
Ayahuasca also has the unfortunate effect of dangerously increasing blood pressure both systolic and diastolic.
'Increasing the amount of active neural connections' doesn't mean anything. It might just jam-up your brain!
Increasing the connections of important and meaningful neurons and making vesicle threshold firings more efficient, could be valuable, giving rise to actual functional insights.
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Coffee, window, thinking about solving mysteries. |
The DB (Designer Brands) fragrance company of Rue Marquatett, Paris, manufactures a range of 'inspired by' perfumes - all of which are substantially better than the 'real' ones made today. The 'real' ones are marketed at anywhere between $400 to $600 or more (!), while the DB versions are from between $15 to $25.
Some of the DB items are made in India, while the rest are made in France. All of them are excellent.
The 'original' Robert Piguet 'Fracas' regarded as a great classic - is nonetheless quite difficult to wear these days, because of the underlying civet and raw tuberose (not a very easy, likable scent at all due to the excess of indoles) notes which are both (as with everything else in it now) completely synthetic.
The DB 'Chaos' inspired by Fracas, is also quite a challenge.
But if you are a 'frag-head' you will prefer the DB version and you will buy it. This is made in India using the most ancient classical North Indian raw fragrance ingredients supplier's best ingredients.
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Angelique. |
Chanel Bleu de Chanel is supposedly one of the most highly-regarded (by today's middle classes) men's fragrances. It can sell from $200 to $900 depending on what 'strength' the thing is that you are buying.
DB's 'Blue' is ten times better of a product and costs $18.
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Rich people things. You and me not allowed! Too exotic. |
Also -, to me at least, it contains real, authentic, aged components.
Their 'Santorini Blue' is easily one of the most wearable, most inoffensive office sprays around. Price - $15.
So this is not to say super rich people do not buy actually tremendously expensive fragrances. They do - but they will restrict the use of those to very special occasions where it is likely or at minimum possible, that others might appreciate what it is they own and are wearing.
And they may well in any case use the brands I just mentioned because they are literally that good.
Same if you like expensive watches, or bags (especially the notorious Hermes thing if you are a woman), or pens. Or cars.
The Kuru Toga Dive (and also the Mitsubishi Zento Signature) are the most insanely over-engineered writing instruments in the world. They are also the best.
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Casio F91W Terrorist watch. Stop it, Bill. That is not me. ASIO are p*ssed enough with us already. |
None of these things are 'expensive' by comparison to the brands that the media will tell you are what rich people have and use.
I was trying, very hard, to stay away from talk of expensive luxuries and 'things.' But that ain't gonna work out. LOL
We'll be talking about spending lots and lots of money next few 'episodes.'
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Kuru Toga Dive Aurora Purple. It's just a pencil. |
Y'all know that Mickey Spillane wrote a lot of the original Ms Marvel, Batman, Superman, and Captain America comics, right...
'Prepare to meet your Doom Earthlings! Galactus is Coming.' LOL Worthy of him. (I mangled the actual lines).
I won't be going to see the flick but it does have a line in it there that will go down as a great classic, no doubt about it.
Angelique is another one of these trained opera-singers who have jumped across to Trance, in this case it is known as 'Progressive Vocal Trance.'