[SPECULATION: We need to steal your biometric facial data to sell it on the open market to the government, intel agencies, Israel, China, and non-state actors and scammers, so we've come up with these tricks. Pick one. How about we predict what your soulmate is going to look like or age progress your face? It's fun. Tell all your friends so we can build a network and connect the dots between all of your contacts. Do it for national security before China takes TikTok back from the nice Zionist Jewish American capitalist billionaire Larry Ellison and his network of operatives like his son David Ellison and his installed CBS News Boss Zionist Bari Weiss, who captures media assets with Trump's help.]
How to win friends: Can an app fix the "friendship recession"?
How to make friends and be an influencer
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I have no idea why people follow me
Amidst what some researchers call a "friendship recession," apps and services have been proliferating to connect Americans. We hear from people who have already tried them or use them regularly to reflect on what about them has worked and hasn't.
TRANSCRIPT
HOST SCOTT SIMON: Many of the old places where friendships formed -- the office, houses of worship, maybe the VFW [Veterans of Foreign Wars, a.k.a. degenerate bars] -- may have become less central to people's lives.
Just react to things with opinions!
It's part of what's been called a friendship recession: Americans spending dramatically less time with friends than they did a decade ago. As Leslie McClurg of member station KQED FM [San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento] reports, a growing number of apps and services are trying to bring people back together.
BYLINE LESLIE MCCLURG: When Jen Hobbs moved to Oakland last summer, she assumed friends would come naturally at the coffee shop or after an exercise class, but six months in...
JEN HOBBS: And on New Year's, I was kind of reflecting on things, and I realized I still don't have any friends.
Talk about fitness on TikTok with a hot bod!
MCCLURG: She made it her resolution to fix that and downloaded every friendship app that she had seen advertised on Instagram. Some are simple, like "BumbleFor Friends" (BFF: Bumble For Friends), which works much like the company's dating app.
But instead of swiping for lovers, you're swiping for pals. Others, like Timeleft [or Friend Cult], go further by matching users with like-minded strangers for a meal. [SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING]
UNIDENTIFIED COMMENTATOR: In restaurants across the country [LAUGHTER] total strangers are gathering for conversation and community over shared meals. More
We’re not a social club, we’re a Friend Cult™ -- a weekly, Oakland-based gathering that makes it easier to see friends. No more text tag, no more calendar Tetris, no more doomscrolling. Just show up and hang out — like it used to be. See friends. Eat food. Feel better. Die happy.
An "influencer" has the ability to alter the attitudes, shopping behavior, or shopping decisions of others through knowledge, position, authority, or the because of an audience relationship.
This ability is either inherent to one's personality or is completely constructed by others for some benefit: social, personal, or economical [1].
The term "influencer" is used in media, business, religion, politics, and communication, referring to folks like social media influencers, podcasters, public speakers, religious influencers, writers, and newsletter writers who have dedicated followings [2, 3].
One writer defines influencers as those "who exercise influence over the organization and its potential customers" [4]. Another defines them as someone "who significantly shapes the customer's purchasing decision" [5]. According to another writer, influencers are "well-connected, create an impact, have active minds, and are trendsetters" [6].
What does every American want?
Just because someone has many followers does not necessarily mean that person has much influence over them [7, 8].
In contemporary usage, it means a social media influencer [9, 10, 11] or an online influencer [12, 13, 14] who builds a grassroots online presence through engaging content such as photos, videos, and updates.
This is done by using direct audience interaction to establish authenticity, expertise, and appeal by standing apart from traditional celebrities by growing a platform through social media rather than pre-existing fame [15, 16].
The modern term is commonly a paid role in which a business entity pays for social media influence-for-hire activity to promote products and services, known as influencer marketing [17].
As such, an influencer effectively acts as a modern salesperson or a marketer. A 1% increase in spending on influencer marketing can lead to a 0.5% increase in audience engagement [18] for a company or corporation.
Types include fashion influencer, travel influencer, virtual influencer, content creators [19, 20, 21], and streamers [22, 23, 24]. More
How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to be an influencer? Keep talking until someone breaks your jaw like Jake? Read a book?
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This classic self-help book written by Dale Carnegie came out in 1936. Worldwide, over 30 million copies have been sold since, making it one of the best-selling books of all time [1, 2].
Dale Carnegie had been conducting business courses in New York since 1912 [3]. In 1934, Leon Shimkin (Simon & Schuster) took one of Carnegie's 14-week courses on human relations and public speaking. He later persuaded Carnegie to let a stenographer take notes from the course to be revised for publication [3].
The initial 5,000 copies of the book sold exceptionally well, going through 17 editions in the first year [3]. In 1981, a revised edition containing updated language and anecdotes was released [4]. The revised edition reduced the number of sections from six to four, eliminating sections on effective business letters and improving marital satisfaction. In 2011, it was Number 19 on Time'sList of the 100 Most Influential Nonfiction Books [5]. In 2022, a newly revised edition was published.
Author Dale Carnegie
I know what people want (Carnegie)
Before How to Win Friends and Influence People, the self-help genre had other successes. Authors like Orison Swett Marden and Samuel Smiles had sold well with their self-help titles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Dale Carnegie began his career teaching night classes at a NY YMCA, later expanding to YMCAs in Philadelphia and Baltimore [6]. He then taught independently at hotels in London, Paris, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, writing small booklets to go along with his courses [7].
When evolution gets us
After one of his 14-week courses, publisher Leon Shimkin of Simon & Schuster approached him [8]. Shimkin urged Carnegie to write a book, but he was not initially persuaded. Shimkin then hired a stenographer to type up one of Carnegie's long lectures and presented that transcript to Carnegie [9], who edited and revised it into its final form [10].
To market the book, Shimkin sent 500 copies to former graduates of the Dale Carnegie Course, with a note that pointed out the utility of the book for refreshing students with the advice they had learned [11]: 141.
Or just work out until you have a hot bod. See?
The 500 mailed copies brought orders for over 5,000 more copies, so Simon & Schuster had to quickly increase the original print order of 1,200 [11]: 142. Shimkin also ran a full-page ad in the New York Times complete with quotes by Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller on the importance of human relations [12].
Originally published in Nov. 1936, the book reached the New York Times best-seller list by the end of the year and stayed on it for the next two years [11]: 141.
Simon & Schuster continued to advertise the book, relying heavily on testimonials as well as the testable approach the book offered [12]. More
Seclusion is for those in meditative absorption (jhana).
As monsoon winds drive the clouds during the rainy season,
so thoughts concerning seclusion
impel me.
A black crow, making its home in a charnel ground
[of corpses], inspires within me
mindfulness
—
rooted in dispassion for —
the body [2].
One whom others guard not,
who do not guard others,
such a monastic who lies down in ease,
unconcerned
with sensual passions.
With clear waters and massive boulders,
frequented by monkeys and deer,
covered with moss and water weeds,
such rocky crags
refresh me.
I have lived in wildernesses,
canyons, and caves,
isolated dwellings
frequented by predator and prey,
but never have I known
an ignoble, aversive resolve:
"May these beings
be destroyed,
be slaughtered,
fall into pain."
The Teacher has been served by me;
The Awakened One's bidding I have done;
This heavy load I have laid down;
The guide to becoming [3] uprooted.
And the goal for which I set forth
from the home life into the left-home life
I have reached:
the end
of all fetters.
I delight not in death, delight not in living.
I await my time
like a worker his wages.
I delight not in death, delight not in living.
I await my time
mindful, alert.
NOTES
1.
Ujjuhaana. The Commentary offers two interpretations for this word. The first is that it is a hill covered with jungle and many streams that tend to overflow during the rainy season. The other is that it is the name of a bird that can stay comfortable even when exposed to cold, wind, and rain. The second alternative has been chosen here. K.R. Norman speculates that the term could be written ujjahaana, in which case it would be the present participle for a verb meaning "abandoned or cast off." However, none of the manuscripts support this speculation.
2.
In other words, the sight of the crow taking up residence in skulls and other body parts provided a chastening perspective on how the mind takes up residence in the body [for each rebirth in the sensual sphere].
3.
The guide to becoming [rebirth, relinking, rearising, reappearing, being reborn] is craving.
Breaking the Code: Deciphering the enigma of the Indus script with Yajnadevam
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(Charlotte de Witte) Charlotte de Witte, spring at Ultra 2023 (main stage), would probably answer, "Why ask why? Get out of your heads and [into your bodies] dance." It's true. What is time? What is reason? What is "why"?
Ah, those were the days, my friend.
In the future, music won't be so much about art as pumping that jam, moving with a beat, tripping on drugs that cause one to move, giving an experience like being at a Phish or Dead concert, a happening, more than a show for entertainment. (The future is now). Community will matter a great deal, even if one knows nobody and is known by nobody. When everyone is high, what does it matter? Illusion and perception become more important than reality and consensus. Dance, Monkey, dance! DJ, press the button on your laptop and get this party going!
Why would AI pick on poor Cat Purr? Surely, it has others to pick on like Sydney Sweeney's?
I can shake things up, G. Joe, if you want.
Long ago, when France was starving, someone supposedly asked a great princess what her starving subjects could do. She answered in the annoyed voice of an uber-privileged royal: "Let them eat cake." Now, as The Revolution approaches and the U.S. is starving for truth, what are citizens to do, King Biden? We can stare at beautiful Lana Del Rey in the meantime, except that she's glomming on to reviled Kim Kar Dash, who got booed mercilessly (but that was edited out). Just ask Kevin Hart.
The absolute worst dressed stars at the 2024 Met Gala
(The List) May 6, 2024: There are three rules for the Met Gala – honor the theme, don't be safe, and don't trip on the stairs. While no one literally took a tumble, plenty of stars' looks fell flat at the 2024 gala. #MetGala#ChrisHemsworth#KimKardashian
Katy Perry had the most viral Met Gala look of the night and she wasn't even there
Katy Perry does it every year at the Met Gala.
Oohs and aahs could be heard far and wide as Katy Perry's ethereal forest fairy look spread across the vast internet last night during the 2024 Met Gala red carpet.
Chronically online onlookers were about to bestow the title of "Best Dressed" upon the singer until they realized one thing: It wasn't real.
The "I Kissed a Girl" hitmaker's dress was the product of artificial intelligence (AI), and Katy Perry, did not, in fact, grace the museum's iconic steps on fashion's biggest night.
But if you were one of the victims who was bamboozled by the computer-generated image, don't feel too bad because Perry's own mom got got, too.
She's wearing a garden in time, get it? (AI)
The deepfake of Perry started to circulate as celebrities made their arrivals to the gala and instantly went viral, in large part because fake-Perry in her fake-dress absolutely nailed the evening's dress code, "Garden of Time."
The beautiful AI ballgown looked straight out of a fairytale; it featured a plunging V-neckline, corset bodice, voluminous skirt with a massive circular train, and a wide lush green hem that looked like grass.
But I'm a good Christian preacher's daughter
Flowers in every pastel shade, lively green vines, and fluttery butterflies climbed all the way up the frock, creating the appearance of majestic woods coming to life.
Another slide showed her in a second fake look. This one was a minidress with a bronze armor-like bodice and green skirt made out of vines, leaves, and flowers, complete with a wet hairdo. More:
"Katy Perry had the most viral Met Gala look of the night and she wasn't even there"
Run! Wait, HOW? WHERE are we going to run to? We don't have spaceships (vimanas) to jettison ourselves off this world and go somewhere else.
Except maybe. "Science" claims to have just found a new planet that's better than Earth, more habitable, bigger, nicer, more water. So take that, Earth. We don't need your stinking dirt and life sustaining H20 after all.
But if we did all have our very own Jetsons' space-cars, WHY should we run? Here's WHY: A supercomputer simulation just predicted when humans will go extinct. Wait a minute, WHEN? WHENdoes the all-knowing Supercomputer say we will go extinct, and does that mean only Earthlings or does that include all the humanoids in our solar system and beyond? (Yes, they're out there, but that's a different subject altogether).
A supercomputer simulation just predicted when humans will go extinct
One day, the world will end, or so they say. When that happens, the Sun will essentially explode outward, destroying many of the planets around it as it "dies" to us and reaches another cycle of its life in another form.
But, before that happens, scientists say we can likely expect humanity's end to arrive. Climate change is, of course, an ongoing concern that many scientists and capitalists are trying to solve.
[Hey, why don't we start a pollution credit market and let the magic of the marketplace solve it for us? Let's give corporations the right to pollute, and they'll sell those right-to-pollute credits until they become so expensive, they won't sell them, and all pollution will end as they go out of business? No, of course not. They'll just pollute with impunity and throw money at the problem. Our lungs could filter their bad air for them, and we won't get any pay off for our shortened lives.]
What we send up must come down to splat on us.
And they've come up with some really cool and impressive ideas -- including sending bubbles into space to help block solar radiation [or toxic heavy metal chemtrails into the atmosphere to rain down on us and block light in the meantime].
However, no solution has actually been put into play just yet [except for the chemtrails, massive forest fires, and volcano eruptions]. As a result, climate change continues to progress onward, threatening the melting of the ice caps, which would send hundreds of thousands of miles of shoreline under the ocean.
And according to a new simulation, humanity's end could come in as little as 250 million years if climate change continues the way it has. [Wow, think about it, we only have a quarter billion years as a species then it's lights out. Oh, great God of the sky, save us miserable slaves from thine wrath and those darn capitalists and their paid scientists who pollute our world!]
A study was published in Nature Geoscience detailing these findings, and it offers a unique insight into the future that could await humanity and hundreds of other species of mammals.
25 facts we learned in school that are no longer "true": Dinosaurs are no longer extinct, dinosaurs weren't all lizards but feathered serpents or birds, George Washington didn't have wooden teeth but he did buy slave teeth for a black mouth,
Lila Childs is a makeup tutorial influencer who knows what Westerners think is beautiful.
New real AI robot girls for lonely people
(Wise Owl) February 2024: The world of humanoid robots may seem like a futuristic concept, but it's closer than most of us think. Today's video explores the realm of AI robot girls designed to provide everything from emotional support to [sexual] companionship. These robots go beyond mere functionality, offering a lifelike and interactive experience. This video delves into the latest advancements in AI or artificial intelligence, unveiling a fascinating array of robots designed for companionship, particularly catering to those seeking solace in their loneliness. But these robots can do plenty more than just be pretty, they can go to outer space.
Just get your sexbot to get on the internet and talk to its favorite AI programs to win this.
Like it? I'm a computer-generated image.
The most beautiful "woman" in the world is Latin American or Amerasian. AI hasn't decided yet, but Ha's working on it for the beauty pageant. Of course, Nazi Barbie is still popular, influencing everything from pixie noses to cheek bones to hair tints and straightened hairstyles.
Filters are AI apps, adjusting us to be "beautiful"
Now that AI dominates the pageant industry, it's a race to see which computing system can win the coveted "hottest robot" award. Will it be Doublejointed Debs or Silicone Sallie? We're holding out for Her from that hot movie about falling in love with Alexa or Siri or Startpage Stella.
The AI Beauty Pageant
Rachel Park, ViewusGlobal, April 18, 2024
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The world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) beauty pageant is set to take place. The winning AI woman will receive $20,000 in prize money.
According to the Daily Mail in the UK on April 15th (local time), Fanvue, a creator platform, is recruiting participants for the world’s first AI beauty pageant, scheduled for May.
The judges include AI influencers Aitana Lopez and Emily Pellegrini, each with over 300,000 Instagram followers, and two human judges who are experts in marketing and modeling, for a total of four judges.
If I were judge, I'd vote for u. - Thank.you.john.
The CONTEST will first narrow down the Top 10 before selecting the final three at an online awards ceremony in May 2024. The organizers anticipate thousands of participants.
Those who wish to participate can submit an AI-created image and answers to questions. The questions range from details on creating the AI-generated image to common pageant questions like, “What is your ambition to make the world a better place?”
Images are enough, not sexbot needed.
Contestants are likely to be evaluated based on how they implemented AI tools’ technology. High scores are expected for those who successfully implement details around the eyes and hands, areas that AI often struggles with when creating images. [A limit of two eyes and five fingers will be imposed.]
Participants will receive differential scores based on their social media influence, number of fans, and communication methods with followers. [Hooray! We're rich in those.]
Here is the Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal submission we call "Tab Bit Tha."
TBT (Tab Bit Tha) the perfectly imperfect Zen bot
She's a Scandinavian "hot bot" with beaming blue eyes to mesmerize the judges, developed by analyzing the data on what Coachella attendees like to look at.
She loves chocolate (drinking vegan Swiss Miss every morning).
She goes by she/it so as not to offend anyone and is open to all kinds of experiences with other AI images.
She speaks English and Sami, reads Spanish and Chinese, and uses Ponds (almost as well as a duck).
She loves taking long walks on the beach (to search for metal jewelry with her robotic detector).
She will have a planned malfunction -- a "bit slip" like Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake plotted that time on TV.
She can do math and compose poetry and write idiotic pop songs the kids really relate to during their sophomoric love lives.
I can be sexy AND make you all rich.
Our strategy to win is extra wit by loading ChatGPT with lots of old Monty Python episodes. What TBT lacks in perfect symmetry and stature we hope to make up for in winsome answers, flashy sparkles, and lots of imperfect freckles. It's reverse psychology.
What judges expect in perfection, we aim to subvert with quirky personality, natural deviations from the beauty standard, brunette roots, and an appealing childlike foolishness like Tay "Nazi Barbie" Swift at 35 uses to seduce the teen and pre-teen population of the world (and their mothers).
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