Saturday, February 28, 2015

Five Differences Between Warsaw and the Rest of Poland

I stayed in Warsaw last night as part of my journey back to Atlanta. I noticed some differences between Warsaw and Lublin:

1) Guys and girls seem taller in Warsaw than in Lublin or Poznan. My guess is they are richer, and are thus better fed and able to grow taller.

2) On my way from my hotel near the Warsaw Central train station to the airport, at 4am, I noticed a few people were still walking funny from drinking last night (Saturday night). Wasn't awake in Lublin or Poznan at this hour to compare.

3) The bus from Warsaw Central train station to the airport at 4a was unexpectedly fairly full. Most of them got off at the airport without luggage, so my guess is I caught a bus with a bunch of airport workers.

4) Foreigner value is lower in Warsaw than Poznan or Lublin. I still caught more IOIs in Warsaw than Atlanta, but less than in Poznan or Lublin. My guess is this is correlated with my sight of more foreigners in Warsaw than in Poznan or Lublin.

5) I saw more fat girls, skrillex haircuts, and bad fashion in Warsaw than in Poznan or Lublin. Still better than Atlanta though. I did see a skrillex haircut in Lublin as well.

Friday, February 27, 2015

Ten Random Thoughts from Lublin, Poland

Having trouble sleeping (this usually happens the first couple of days on Europe) but wanted to record my thoughts before I forget them.

1) There seems to be more blondes in Gdansk (at the airport anyway) than I recall there were in Poznan. And there seems to be more blondes in Poznan than there are in Lublin (though that may be due to the foreign student population mentioned by Roosh and others). It may also be due to geography, since Lublin is closer to Ukraine and Romania than Germany and Scandinavia.

2) Beta male game seems to be more prevalent and successful here than anywhere else I've been. That's based on walking around last night and observing multiple couples holding hands, guys wrapping themselves around girls, and one couple making out in public near the romantic Lublin castle.

3) Locals are more than happy to help lost foreigners. While I was getting lost going from Lublin airport to the city center, one local guy approached me to help (I didn't even ask him) and another guy I approached was also quite helpful, even though he spoke little English.

4) Nobody faults poor Poles for going to places like the UK to find a better job market, but I'm catching flak from my friends and family for considering doing the same to find a better sexual market. Why? That's the feminine imperative that Rollo Tomassi mentioned at work.

Imagine saying the following to a poor Mexican considering going to the US:

"You're not man enough to make it in Mexico."

"Mexico isn't that bad. Just try really hard."

"Based on the news, which I don't question, it seems Americans don't like Mexicans. Therefore, you should not take the risk of going there to improve your lot."

5) Nobody (at least in America) seems to believe in the Money Mustache method of early retirement. I think this is the feminine imperative at work, if not at least a blue pill mindset.

"Everyone else retires in their sixties, so you should too, regardless of the math. We can't have productive people quit the system. Don't you want more money anyway? Don't you know money buys happiness at any cost?"

6) Everyone is hoping I'll fail (well, almost everyone, except those taking similar risks). Not explicitly, but implicitly, through there attempts to poke holes and withhold encouragement. It really is as Roosh says. Nobody wants to see someone rise at a faster pace than themselves. Nobody wants to see someone take a risk they wouldn't, and possibly succeed. Their egos need justification as to why they should not take the risk, and your failure would be their vindication.

7) What's the point of pursuing money at the expense of other life goals, such as raising a family, etc? Nobody gets to have it all, despite what the left is trying to do (by taking it from others - and no, the playing field will never be completely level, because people are different).

No, everyone gets a limited set of resources, strengths, and weaknesses, and it is - and always will be - up to them to make the most of it. That will involve choices and sacrifices.

8) I'm on the road less traveled. I think that's a Robert Frost poem. If I recall correctly, the point of the poem is to show that the road road less traveled can be more rewarding.

9) People think I'm cheap for the sake of being cheap. No, I'm just saving for one of the most expensive things you can buy - freedom. Ironically, most Americans are too lazy to do so, despite espousing "freedom" any chance they get. Talk is cheap.

10) Lublin seems to be on the poorer side of Poland, as Roosh said. It may be the proper compromise between Western stability and Eastern opportunity (the US being stable, the Ukraine being a place of opportunity/danger). If I recall correctly the Chinese words for danger and opportunity are related or similar, which makes sense if you think about what finance calls the risk/reward curve.

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Medellin, Colombia: My Preconceptions

I've been delaying checking out Medellin (and Colombia in general) for almost a month now. However, I've decided I need to visit it anyway, either to confirm or deny my preconceptions. Let me record them here now, so that I can check them after my visit:

1) My look is not exotic there, and may in fact be looked down upon, especially by the whiter girls.
When mguy (or 3wh or ThirdWorldHero) went to Bogota, he found that the men more or less looked like him - and he's a Filipino-American, which I easily pass for:

http://3rdworldhero.blogspot.com/2013/07/when-i-went-to-colombia.html

This runs directly contrary to Roosh's number one tip, which is to go places where you DON'T look like the local men:

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

Also, years ago, when I walked around Santiago, Chile, I don't recall getting blatant IOIs like I did in Poznan, Poland.

2) Gringos have overrun the place.
Multiple sources online indicate this, so this will also reduce my foreigner bonus. The same sources suggest that Pereira, Colombia hasn't been overrun, but they also suggest it's unlivable for the long-term, due to its small size and higher robbery rates.

I should note that I'm not too worried about safety in Medellin. Obviously don't do anything stupid, but should be fine.