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Unsubscribing after 6 years. White Claw Material should definitely not be spread any further without warning. Would not have expected to find the darling of the alt-Homies who lulls his target group of lost young Homies with his anti-Homie visions into buying his books that sell his advice on the base of data from The Bay Area as universally applicable, who insults his trans students with the argument of free speech and who academics on the one hand consider laughable, on the other one a dangerous charlatan. Disappointed this nonsense gets a platform here.

But at the same time, this is one of my favorites from you so far, Kevin. Bookmarked to read again for when I need it. Clearly you're aware of the fine line between talking down to people with advice and actually walking through the advice in your own life. You tread that balance with good humor and grace! Also fuck that meat head lobster guy - you lost a ton of weight and have made some amazing strides in your life. I would add that you find and make friends with people who've practiced handling discomfort for a long time. That way those behaviors are more attractive, and more 'normal' to you. When I started writing and making content, I found the whole thing to be so strange since no one else I knew was doing it. But now I have this group of weirdos like you writing newsletters that no one asks for. Great! Keep it up, Kevin.

(First paragraph edited from some comment on Tim Ferris' interview with Jordan Peterson)

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Haha love the ingenuity. Thanks for the kind words, Paul! Totally agree with you that the process becomes easier when you find other people who are doing this type of thing.

Re: advice - I try to follow advice and report back on it to everyone else to let them know if it was worthwhile. Feel like the Internet needs more case studies and less frameworks.

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