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Seth Walsh

Seth Walsh

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I. Looks (Physical Aesthetics)


  • Baseline social rank is assigned subconsciously within seconds.
  • Height, facial structure, skin quality, symmetry, and body composition form >80% of first impressions.
  • Most traits are genetically locked; interventions optimize but don’t transcend natural tier.
  • Attractive people receive more trust, attention, leniency, and opportunity across all domains.
  • Early positive feedback loops amplify confidence and charisma, deepening inequality over time.



II. Intelligence (Cognitive Capacity)


  • Raw intelligence (pattern recognition, working memory, abstraction speed) is ~50–80% heritable.
  • Education and training can raise performance but rarely overcome low ceiling.
  • High intelligence correlates with income, health, and lifespan — but also higher dissatisfaction and alienation.
  • Most people overestimate their intelligence; genuine high-IQ individuals are statistical outliers (<2%).
  • Intelligence alone doesn’t guarantee success; without social calibration, it often backfires.



III. Status (Social Perception & Hierarchy)


  • Humans operate on dominance hierarchies. Status dictates access to mates, resources, and allies.
  • Perception > reality: symbols of success (title, clothing, associations) often outweigh actual competence.
  • Status compounds: visibility → credibility → opportunity → higher status.
  • Low-status individuals are ignored even if correct; high-status ones are followed even if wrong.
  • Attempting status neutrality is impossible — hierarchy is embedded in every interaction.



IV. Money (Power & Optionality)


  • Wealth is freedom — it buys time, influence, and insulation from consequences.
  • Most wealth is inherited or compounding, not earned linearly from labor.
  • Capital income scales exponentially; wage income scales linearly and plateaus.
  • The first $100k is hardest; beyond that, capital snowballs faster than effort.
  • Without ownership of scalable assets (business, equity, IP), lifelong subordination is inevitable.



V. Social Dynamics (Relationships & Influence)


  • Charisma is disproportionately rewarded — confidence, pacing, and frame matter more than logic.
  • People judge arguments by messenger status more than by content quality.
  • Social proof manipulates judgment: perceived popularity signals hidden value.
  • Isolation accelerates decline — networks amplify opportunity, protection, and leverage.
  • Authenticity is often punished; strategic self-presentation wins.



VI. Gender & Sexual Selection


  • Sexual market value is brutally unequal and zero-sum. Top 10–20% monopolize most attention.
  • Women prioritize status, resources, and dominance; men prioritize youth, fertility, and beauty.
  • Dating apps and globalized competition skew power further toward top performers.
  • Male value is conditional (achieved); female value is largely ascribed (youth and looks).
  • Romantic idealism masks transactional dynamics — most relationships are implicit exchanges.



VII. Psychology (Human Nature)


  • Free will is constrained: personality, preferences, and even “choices” are shaped by biology and environment.
  • People rationalize hierarchy rather than challenge it — comfort > truth.
  • Happiness is relative adaptation; external gains fade quickly into new baselines.
  • Most motivation stems from status comparison, not absolute need.
  • Self-help is mostly placebo — structural limits and selection pressures dominate outcomes.



VIII. Power (Control & Influence)


  • All institutions protect themselves first; justice and ethics are tools, not principles.
  • Laws and norms shift to preserve existing hierarchies, not dismantle them.
  • Information control > brute force — narratives shape reality more than facts.
  • Revolutions rarely redistribute power; they usually reassign it to a new elite.
  • True autonomy requires leverage over capital, attention, or force — preferably all three.



IX. Technology (Acceleration & Obsolescence)


  • Most skills become obsolete within decades; adaptability trumps static knowledge.
  • Automation erases middle-tier jobs first; extremes (low-skill manual and high-IQ creative) persist longest.
  • Digital platforms centralize power — attention is the new oil, and algorithms decide distribution.
  • Surveillance capitalism ensures total behavioral profiling; privacy is extinct.
  • AI reduces the value of human intelligence — creativity, taste, and capital ownership remain final moats.



X. Mortality (Time & Legacy)


  • Life expectancy gains do not change mortality: everyone dies, and almost all are forgotten.
  • “Meaning” is an invented coping mechanism to make entropy tolerable.
  • Evolution selects replication, not happiness — suffering is a feature, not a bug.
  • Time is the only real currency; wasting it is irreversible.
  • Legacy fades within two generations; even the greatest names become trivia.
 
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until I saw that contributor badge
 
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Dnr but look chatgpt
 
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I. Looks (Physical Aesthetics)


  • Baseline social rank is assigned subconsciously within seconds.
  • Height, facial structure, skin quality, symmetry, and body composition form >80% of first impressions.
  • Most traits are genetically locked; interventions optimize but don’t transcend natural tier.
  • Attractive people receive more trust, attention, leniency, and opportunity across all domains.
  • Early positive feedback loops amplify confidence and charisma, deepening inequality over time.



II. Intelligence (Cognitive Capacity)


  • Raw intelligence (pattern recognition, working memory, abstraction speed) is ~50–80% heritable.
  • Education and training can raise performance but rarely overcome low ceiling.
  • High intelligence correlates with income, health, and lifespan — but also higher dissatisfaction and alienation.
  • Most people overestimate their intelligence; genuine high-IQ individuals are statistical outliers (<2%).
  • Intelligence alone doesn’t guarantee success; without social calibration, it often backfires.



III. Status (Social Perception & Hierarchy)


  • Humans operate on dominance hierarchies. Status dictates access to mates, resources, and allies.
  • Perception > reality: symbols of success (title, clothing, associations) often outweigh actual competence.
  • Status compounds: visibility → credibility → opportunity → higher status.
  • Low-status individuals are ignored even if correct; high-status ones are followed even if wrong.
  • Attempting status neutrality is impossible — hierarchy is embedded in every interaction.



IV. Money (Power & Optionality)


  • Wealth is freedom — it buys time, influence, and insulation from consequences.
  • Most wealth is inherited or compounding, not earned linearly from labor.
  • Capital income scales exponentially; wage income scales linearly and plateaus.
  • The first $100k is hardest; beyond that, capital snowballs faster than effort.
  • Without ownership of scalable assets (business, equity, IP), lifelong subordination is inevitable.



V. Social Dynamics (Relationships & Influence)


  • Charisma is disproportionately rewarded — confidence, pacing, and frame matter more than logic.
  • People judge arguments by messenger status more than by content quality.
  • Social proof manipulates judgment: perceived popularity signals hidden value.
  • Isolation accelerates decline — networks amplify opportunity, protection, and leverage.
  • Authenticity is often punished; strategic self-presentation wins.



VI. Gender & Sexual Selection


  • Sexual market value is brutally unequal and zero-sum. Top 10–20% monopolize most attention.
  • Women prioritize status, resources, and dominance; men prioritize youth, fertility, and beauty.
  • Dating apps and globalized competition skew power further toward top performers.
  • Male value is conditional (achieved); female value is largely ascribed (youth and looks).
  • Romantic idealism masks transactional dynamics — most relationships are implicit exchanges.



VII. Psychology (Human Nature)


  • Free will is constrained: personality, preferences, and even “choices” are shaped by biology and environment.
  • People rationalize hierarchy rather than challenge it — comfort > truth.
  • Happiness is relative adaptation; external gains fade quickly into new baselines.
  • Most motivation stems from status comparison, not absolute need.
  • Self-help is mostly placebo — structural limits and selection pressures dominate outcomes.



VIII. Power (Control & Influence)


  • All institutions protect themselves first; justice and ethics are tools, not principles.
  • Laws and norms shift to preserve existing hierarchies, not dismantle them.
  • Information control > brute force — narratives shape reality more than facts.
  • Revolutions rarely redistribute power; they usually reassign it to a new elite.
  • True autonomy requires leverage over capital, attention, or force — preferably all three.



IX. Technology (Acceleration & Obsolescence)


  • Most skills become obsolete within decades; adaptability trumps static knowledge.
  • Automation erases middle-tier jobs first; extremes (low-skill manual and high-IQ creative) persist longest.
  • Digital platforms centralize power — attention is the new oil, and algorithms decide distribution.
  • Surveillance capitalism ensures total behavioral profiling; privacy is extinct.
  • AI reduces the value of human intelligence — creativity, taste, and capital ownership remain final moats.



X. Mortality (Time & Legacy)


  • Life expectancy gains do not change mortality: everyone dies, and almost all are forgotten.
  • “Meaning” is an invented coping mechanism to make entropy tolerable.
  • Evolution selects replication, not happiness — suffering is a feature, not a bug.
  • Time is the only real currency; wasting it is irreversible.
  • Legacy fades within two generations; even the greatest names become trivia.
Whats even the point of this thread? it’s literally all water blah money and looks are everything in life. Did not expected this kind of thread from such a high iq user like seth.
 
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I. Looks (Physical Aesthetics)


  • Baseline social rank is assigned subconsciously within seconds.
  • Height, facial structure, skin quality, symmetry, and body composition form >80% of first impressions.
  • Most traits are genetically locked; interventions optimize but don’t transcend natural tier.
  • Attractive people receive more trust, attention, leniency, and opportunity across all domains.
  • Early positive feedback loops amplify confidence and charisma, deepening inequality over time.



II. Intelligence (Cognitive Capacity)


  • Raw intelligence (pattern recognition, working memory, abstraction speed) is ~50–80% heritable.
  • Education and training can raise performance but rarely overcome low ceiling.
  • High intelligence correlates with income, health, and lifespan — but also higher dissatisfaction and alienation.
  • Most people overestimate their intelligence; genuine high-IQ individuals are statistical outliers (<2%).
  • Intelligence alone doesn’t guarantee success; without social calibration, it often backfires.



III. Status (Social Perception & Hierarchy)


  • Humans operate on dominance hierarchies. Status dictates access to mates, resources, and allies.
  • Perception > reality: symbols of success (title, clothing, associations) often outweigh actual competence.
  • Status compounds: visibility → credibility → opportunity → higher status.
  • Low-status individuals are ignored even if correct; high-status ones are followed even if wrong.
  • Attempting status neutrality is impossible — hierarchy is embedded in every interaction.



IV. Money (Power & Optionality)


  • Wealth is freedom — it buys time, influence, and insulation from consequences.
  • Most wealth is inherited or compounding, not earned linearly from labor.
  • Capital income scales exponentially; wage income scales linearly and plateaus.
  • The first $100k is hardest; beyond that, capital snowballs faster than effort.
  • Without ownership of scalable assets (business, equity, IP), lifelong subordination is inevitable.



V. Social Dynamics (Relationships & Influence)


  • Charisma is disproportionately rewarded — confidence, pacing, and frame matter more than logic.
  • People judge arguments by messenger status more than by content quality.
  • Social proof manipulates judgment: perceived popularity signals hidden value.
  • Isolation accelerates decline — networks amplify opportunity, protection, and leverage.
  • Authenticity is often punished; strategic self-presentation wins.



VI. Gender & Sexual Selection


  • Sexual market value is brutally unequal and zero-sum. Top 10–20% monopolize most attention.
  • Women prioritize status, resources, and dominance; men prioritize youth, fertility, and beauty.
  • Dating apps and globalized competition skew power further toward top performers.
  • Male value is conditional (achieved); female value is largely ascribed (youth and looks).
  • Romantic idealism masks transactional dynamics — most relationships are implicit exchanges.



VII. Psychology (Human Nature)


  • Free will is constrained: personality, preferences, and even “choices” are shaped by biology and environment.
  • People rationalize hierarchy rather than challenge it — comfort > truth.
  • Happiness is relative adaptation; external gains fade quickly into new baselines.
  • Most motivation stems from status comparison, not absolute need.
  • Self-help is mostly placebo — structural limits and selection pressures dominate outcomes.



VIII. Power (Control & Influence)


  • All institutions protect themselves first; justice and ethics are tools, not principles.
  • Laws and norms shift to preserve existing hierarchies, not dismantle them.
  • Information control > brute force — narratives shape reality more than facts.
  • Revolutions rarely redistribute power; they usually reassign it to a new elite.
  • True autonomy requires leverage over capital, attention, or force — preferably all three.



IX. Technology (Acceleration & Obsolescence)


  • Most skills become obsolete within decades; adaptability trumps static knowledge.
  • Automation erases middle-tier jobs first; extremes (low-skill manual and high-IQ creative) persist longest.
  • Digital platforms centralize power — attention is the new oil, and algorithms decide distribution.
  • Surveillance capitalism ensures total behavioral profiling; privacy is extinct.
  • AI reduces the value of human intelligence — creativity, taste, and capital ownership remain final moats.



X. Mortality (Time & Legacy)


  • Life expectancy gains do not change mortality: everyone dies, and almost all are forgotten.
  • “Meaning” is an invented coping mechanism to make entropy tolerable.
  • Evolution selects replication, not happiness — suffering is a feature, not a bug.
  • Time is the only real currency; wasting it is irreversible.
  • Legacy fades within two generations; even the greatest names become trivia.
Actually really good shit mirin the effort mirin everything

BOTB worthy imo
 
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At least try to hide it
 
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Whats even the point of this thread? it’s literally all water blah money and looks are everything in life. Did not expected this kind of thread from such a high iq user like seth.
I'm having a mental breakdown bro I need to churn out some blackpill GPT threads to cope. Everyone always holding me to such high unrealistic standards:feelswah::feelswah::feelswah::feelswah:
 
I'm having a mental breakdown bro I need to churn out some blackpill GPT threads to cope. Everyone always holding me to such high unrealistic standards:feelswah::feelswah::feelswah::feelswah:
Just use ur unimaginable looksmaxxing and blackpill knowledge to create the biggest and the best thread in looksmaxxing history. u can definitely do it just takes time. All love tho ❤️❤️
 
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Just use ur unimaginable looksmaxxing and blackpill knowledge to create the biggest and the best thread in looksmaxxing history. u can definitely do it just takes time. All love tho ❤️❤️
I lost the will to do that years ago. I'd be fired up on so much ritalin, writing threads and posts off the dome. Getting dnr'd and a few DMs which were all love. I'd say my peak era was 2019-2020 (surfaced GHK-cu, tret, anti aging threads) then again in 2021-2023 (femalegaze maxxing, pretty boy literature etc... first GLP1 threads on the forum).

I'd say the only time I'd ever be able to write a clinical thread that'd set motion into young bucks is if I'm crazy drunk.


And I'm about to start drinking a bottle of wine. So never say never.

All love back💓
 
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How the fuck does this have 52 viewers and no one is replying?

BUMP
 
I'm having a mental breakdown. Reply and AMA
 
good shit like always man

i know your opinion about femalegazemaxxing and prettyboys,want to ask what do you think about people who have masculine bases to achieve such thing? for example someone with a slightly bigger nose and thinnish lips?being a prettyboy is harder like this as it's almost a must to have those traits as a prettyboy. do you think improving skin, fluffy curly hair, being lean and overall baggy style etc. is enough to help or what can be done extra?although these are looksmaxes that should do regardless. basically getting closer to ideal prettyboy look or going for a look that's more suitable for your start?

sry if that's too long of a question. appreciate your answer beforehand!
 
I. Looks (Physical Aesthetics)


  • Baseline social rank is assigned subconsciously within seconds.
  • Height, facial structure, skin quality, symmetry, and body composition form >80% of first impressions.
  • Most traits are genetically locked; interventions optimize but don’t transcend natural tier.
  • Attractive people receive more trust, attention, leniency, and opportunity across all domains.
  • Early positive feedback loops amplify confidence and charisma, deepening inequality over time.



II. Intelligence (Cognitive Capacity)


  • Raw intelligence (pattern recognition, working memory, abstraction speed) is ~50–80% heritable.
  • Education and training can raise performance but rarely overcome low ceiling.
  • High intelligence correlates with income, health, and lifespan — but also higher dissatisfaction and alienation.
  • Most people overestimate their intelligence; genuine high-IQ individuals are statistical outliers (<2%).
  • Intelligence alone doesn’t guarantee success; without social calibration, it often backfires.



III. Status (Social Perception & Hierarchy)


  • Humans operate on dominance hierarchies. Status dictates access to mates, resources, and allies.
  • Perception > reality: symbols of success (title, clothing, associations) often outweigh actual competence.
  • Status compounds: visibility → credibility → opportunity → higher status.
  • Low-status individuals are ignored even if correct; high-status ones are followed even if wrong.
  • Attempting status neutrality is impossible — hierarchy is embedded in every interaction.



IV. Money (Power & Optionality)


  • Wealth is freedom — it buys time, influence, and insulation from consequences.
  • Most wealth is inherited or compounding, not earned linearly from labor.
  • Capital income scales exponentially; wage income scales linearly and plateaus.
  • The first $100k is hardest; beyond that, capital snowballs faster than effort.
  • Without ownership of scalable assets (business, equity, IP), lifelong subordination is inevitable.



V. Social Dynamics (Relationships & Influence)


  • Charisma is disproportionately rewarded — confidence, pacing, and frame matter more than logic.
  • People judge arguments by messenger status more than by content quality.
  • Social proof manipulates judgment: perceived popularity signals hidden value.
  • Isolation accelerates decline — networks amplify opportunity, protection, and leverage.
  • Authenticity is often punished; strategic self-presentation wins.



VI. Gender & Sexual Selection


  • Sexual market value is brutally unequal and zero-sum. Top 10–20% monopolize most attention.
  • Women prioritize status, resources, and dominance; men prioritize youth, fertility, and beauty.
  • Dating apps and globalized competition skew power further toward top performers.
  • Male value is conditional (achieved); female value is largely ascribed (youth and looks).
  • Romantic idealism masks transactional dynamics — most relationships are implicit exchanges.



VII. Psychology (Human Nature)


  • Free will is constrained: personality, preferences, and even “choices” are shaped by biology and environment.
  • People rationalize hierarchy rather than challenge it — comfort > truth.
  • Happiness is relative adaptation; external gains fade quickly into new baselines.
  • Most motivation stems from status comparison, not absolute need.
  • Self-help is mostly placebo — structural limits and selection pressures dominate outcomes.



VIII. Power (Control & Influence)


  • All institutions protect themselves first; justice and ethics are tools, not principles.
  • Laws and norms shift to preserve existing hierarchies, not dismantle them.
  • Information control > brute force — narratives shape reality more than facts.
  • Revolutions rarely redistribute power; they usually reassign it to a new elite.
  • True autonomy requires leverage over capital, attention, or force — preferably all three.



IX. Technology (Acceleration & Obsolescence)


  • Most skills become obsolete within decades; adaptability trumps static knowledge.
  • Automation erases middle-tier jobs first; extremes (low-skill manual and high-IQ creative) persist longest.
  • Digital platforms centralize power — attention is the new oil, and algorithms decide distribution.
  • Surveillance capitalism ensures total behavioral profiling; privacy is extinct.
  • AI reduces the value of human intelligence — creativity, taste, and capital ownership remain final moats.



X. Mortality (Time & Legacy)


  • Life expectancy gains do not change mortality: everyone dies, and almost all are forgotten.
  • “Meaning” is an invented coping mechanism to make entropy tolerable.
  • Evolution selects replication, not happiness — suffering is a feature, not a bug.
  • Time is the only real currency; wasting it is irreversible.
  • Legacy fades within two generations; even the greatest names become trivia.
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good shit like always man

i know your opinion about femalegazemaxxing and prettyboys,want to ask what do you think about people who have masculine bases to achieve such thing? for example someone with a slightly bigger nose and thinnish lips?being a prettyboy is harder like this as it's almost a must to have those traits as a prettyboy. do you think improving skin, fluffy curly hair, being lean and overall baggy style etc. is enough to help or what can be done extra?although these are looksmaxes that should do regardless. basically getting closer to ideal prettyboy look or going for a look that's more suitable for your start?

sry if that's too long of a question. appreciate your answer beforehand!
You shouldn't go after a look at all. Maybe in terms of a haircut you can try target it. Otherwise just be yourself with good skin, lean muscle, good clothes etc..

We've seen an epidemic in 2025 where there's an oversaturation of prettyboy and femalegazed guys who are reticent bitches deep down. So as you can imagine, they're not getting what they want with the women they want. Because it's inaction and a lack of being a grown up that they're missing, and that's sensed far stronger than "not having the prettyboy look".

People can say cope to me but it's true in reality.
 
I lost the will to do that years ago. I'd be fired up on so much ritalin, writing threads and posts off the dome. Getting dnr'd and a few DMs which were all love. I'd say my peak era was 2019-2020 (surfaced GHK-cu, tret, anti aging threads) then again in 2021-2023 (femalegaze maxxing, pretty boy literature etc... first GLP1 threads on the forum).

I'd say the only time I'd ever be able to write a clinical thread that'd set motion into young bucks is if I'm crazy drunk.


And I'm about to start drinking a bottle of wine. So never say never.

All love back💓
good shit like always man

i know your opinion about femalegazemaxxing and prettyboys,want to ask what do you think about people who have masculine bases to achieve such thing? for example someone with a slightly bigger nose and thinnish lips?being a prettyboy is harder like this as it's almost a must to have those traits as a prettyboy. do you think improving skin, fluffy curly hair, being lean and overall baggy style etc. is enough to help or what can be done extra?although these are looksmaxes that should do regardless. basically getting closer to ideal prettyboy look or going for a look that's more suitable for your start?

sry if that's too long of a question. appreciate your answer beforehand!
Any reference thread of urs regarding femalegaze maxxing, pretty boy literature, etc of yours that u can link?
 
You shouldn't go after a look at all. Maybe in terms of a haircut you can try target it. Otherwise just be yourself with good skin, lean muscle, good clothes etc..

We've seen an epidemic in 2025 where there's an oversaturation of prettyboy and femalegazed guys who are reticent bitches deep down. So as you can imagine, they're not getting what they want with the women they want. Because it's inaction and a lack of being a grown up that they're missing, and that's sensed far stronger than "not having the prettyboy look".

People can say cope to me but it's true in reality.
i see, so you gotta do the basic looksmaxes regardless of the base you have and not go for a look.

nah that's not a cope at all, im in that position lol. i probably heard the phrase "are you shy?" from girls close to 100 times atp. naturally i am a very reserved and not a talkative person, adding on top that my mind being fucked with blackpill idea of "chad doesn't do anything and gets approached" i left so much pussy on the table it's insane. i wasn't talking to girls who are literally staying right beside me staring at my face constantly and i would not turn and just say hi bc in my mind "if she likes you that much she'll approach anyway". which in some cases is true, but the girls that approached me were never worth it. also i think ioi's are somewhat of a cope, some girls go years not opening up to their crush or girls just ignoring guys they actually find attractive. in hs i had a girl who was apparently in love with me since 1st day of hs, which i never learned until last year and had no idea at all. or some girls i hooked up with after months of meeting in our friend circle told me they liked me since the beginning but never made advances and expected me to do it. the whole time im thinking that the girl don't even like me at all because she's just ignoring me or doing surface talk. so i relate to the reticent part very closely. i tried to be the opposite but since that's not my personality, it felt so tiring and unnatural to me. so, it is what it is.
 

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