Normies are scared of things that are hard.
Having lots of children? Hard.
Starting your own business? Hard.
Saving and investing? Hard.
Hodling bitcoin? Hard.
Thinking for yourself? Hard.
Working out? Hard.
Eating right? Hard.
Ironically by avoiding things that are “hard” they end up with the hardest lives.
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Math? Hard.
All things our great grandparents did with virtually no technology compared to today.
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Accurate.
Exchanging fiat for Bitcoin? Easy.
Hit the easy button bro!
The road to an easy life is filled with hard decisions. The road to a hard life is filled with easy decisions.
Your note is absolutely correct
Pain of discipline now or the pain of regret later..
100% The hardest of all, however, is objectively assessing something that goes against your beliefs. Could you do it?
There is a psychological aspect missing.
Edward Bernays knew it so deeply, he urged, demanded his wife to not watch or read any of his ads regarding cigarettes. He knew the sustained and lasting effects of propaganda, hypnosis, & subliminal messaging.
A lot of normies are truly under a spell.
Have you ever fought with an alcoholic? An addict? Or a person who "chooses" to stay with their abuser until their abuser kills them?
I have. Not only as a personal experience, but also in what used to be my line of work.
We forget that our brains are translators of our environments. As thus, they must absorb, assess, regurgitate, and send to the rest of our body how they understood their input.
Learning and belief come from hearing/seeing, repetition is the most powerful and fundamental tool used when teaching/learning.
Now, I'm not trying to justify IN ANY WAY the alleged/apparent laziness of a lot folks. I sure have and continue to witness that too.
But, the best way to tell the programmed away from the lazy may only be exposure and the length of it.
The lazy will revert to the old habit, while the deprogrammed formerly under the enslavement of the old program will appreciate and stay in the straight and narrow.
My two sats based on the limitation of my life and ex-career experience.
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Normies are scared of things that are hard.
Having lots of children? Hard.
Starting your own business? Hard.
Saving and investing? Hard.
Hodling bitcoin? Hard.
Thinking for yourself? Hard.
Working out? Hard.
Eating right? Hard.
Ironically by avoiding things that are “hard” they end up with the hardest lives.
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Pretty damn accurate.
My dad has this old saying which basically translates to “do the work now so the future is easier, because time passes no matter what.” I think about that often, when I want to tap out just because it’s hard.

Cuban house has adopted the phrase "choose your hard"
Normies are scared of things that are hard.
Having lots of children? Hard.
Starting your own business? Hard.
Saving and investing? Hard.
Hodling bitcoin? Hard.
Thinking for yourself? Hard.
Working out? Hard.
Eating right? Hard.
Ironically by avoiding things that are “hard” they end up with the hardest lives.
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Sats earned on this note!
Having lots of children? Hard.
Starting your own business? Hard.
Saving and investing? Hard.
Hodling bitcoin? Hard.
Thinking for yourself? Hard.
Working out? Hard.
Eating right? Hard.
*Reading Bible everyday? Hard.
I need to be successful at all of these as they improve one’s quality of life. Thanks HODL.
4/7 ain’t bad is it
Exactly, everything requires our effort to achieve it, that is why we have to be strong to fight for our future.
Hard decisions feel so good afterwards. But really hard bevor.
Just say it: Life is hard. And that’s ok.
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Agree with the sentiment, but question the objectivity of this list. Is having lots of children objectively good for all people? Should every one start their own business?
Does two children and a dog count for no,1 ?
What is it about modern culture that has pushed people to seek out life on easy mode?
No. That’s just table stakes. Need to up that. I’m saying that as a father of 2 with a dog also, but it’s true.
“Easy choices hard life, hard choices easy life”
hey feelsgoodman i do all these except #1 😭 😭 😭
Reliance on government, restriction by government, and proganda from government
i mean yea. i run sin 3 he marathons. hard. i’m also 40 years old w the diet of a teenager. eating right? hard. can’t win ‘em all. life is hard homie. all of it.
This is so true
Being scared of hard things sounds hard, what is the definition of a pre-normie?
You are right.... If my wife and I were a touch younger....
it's a vicious cycle.


Gentle parenting is a psyop to create weak men
6/7. Need to start a business but have no idea what I want.
Not everybody is cut out for being an entrepreneur. I do not think this is a must for everyone
This is so true!!! Not all of them maybe, but most of them.
Thank you @Humphrey ⚡️
"Hard Choices, Easy Life. Easy Choices, Hard Life."
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The first one is random af 😭 throw that one outta there
What’s random about it?
Because you can avoid having lots of children and have an objectively easier life.
Is dying alone objectively easier?
What are you talking about…
Reality
You can have two kids, manage and not die alone. That’s just your preference, and your reality. You have a good one
Ah ok so you’re not against kids then, just lots of kids. I get it now.
LIfe is hard because of how we were raised, and the habits we form.
Once we accept a constant state of change, and you develop just one new habit at a time, life becomes easy once you have enough of the new habits internalized!
@HODL holding, thinking, working out. These cost nothing. Anyone can do them if they chose to.
Having kids, eating right. These are not without cost. The things on your list are no all equal.
If you want specific examples;
I could not afford to have more kids and continue to live where I do. For me this is more than difficult it is untenable.
I have traveled to places where the options that people have are eat what is available or don’t eat.
I’m really only ever talking about Americans in my post
Seems like you’re prioritizing different things than what @HODL is suggesting.
See, they’re hard.
Fair.
But not everyone here is American and the world is much bigger than the USA.
On brand.
You could argue that this is true for me and children but not for what people eat. Eating ‘right’ vs not eating is not really a choice
*For a lot of people
I’ve lived in some terrible places. I understand what you’re saying. Poverty is real. Breaking out of poverty is hard.
None of these are hard if one has conviction.
Having lots of kids always came with sacrifices. Anyone fertile can have lots of kids, but not everyone will value lots of kids enough to sacrifice what’s required
try telling a normie that!