“One of the main problems of this world is that most people are living a never-ending hallucination in which their big hit is waiting for them.”
a quote from A Hater’s Synthesis.
I wrote that line in 2016. I don’t think it’s fancy. And I can certainly do better, but its inherent meaning gets stronger the older I get.
I see the patterns everywhere.
We are all con men. And our biggest mark is the man in the mirror.
Hope mixed with inadequacy, weakness, laziness, and fear powers the hallucination.
We keep convincing ourselves that some weird, almost mathematically impossible outcome will take place, and one day everything will be alright.
And that day?
It never comes.
It’s not entirely our fault…
Hope is a strong drug and a form of oxygen at the same time. Without it? Self-destruction happens faster than ever.
But too much of it and you get a recipe for insane delusions that keep you STUCK.
Let’s give examples, as nothing ever works as well to make a point.
Before the natty or not revolution, people were insane dreamers.
90%+ of the population (lifting or not) believed that you can get as big as the bodybuilders from the Golden Era naturally.
People would do all sorts of crazy routines, eat fertilized eggs, think positively, visualize their muscles growing, kneel in front of the squat rack, GOMAD…low bar squats…
None of it worked.
Why? The body can’t get that big unless its hormones are altered externally. No exercise or diet routine could ever match the power of steroids. It’s like trying to fly with an umbrella.
But despite all the information, that delusion is still fairly active in the craniums of the modern dreamers. It is what it is.
Money
Finance is another source of insane hallucinations.
99% of people are essentially peasants who con themselves into thinking that they will be millionaires one day.
The reality? Never-ending paycheck-to-paycheck existence, while using pointless small purchases to anesthetize the pain.
No. Bitcoin doesn’t work. Neither does gambling….entrepreneurship courses…Tate universities or other bullshit.
But people keep trying while the government laughs and prints money.
Manifestation
There is a large group of people out there (usually mentally deranged and spoiled first-worlders) who think they can create things in their lives simply by placing the right imagery in their heads.
And I am not talking about planning something. Those delusional souls are often advised by their gurus to “live in the wishfulfilled,” a.k.a. in a state where they’ve already achieved what they wanted.
You don’t need to be a brain surgeon to realize that this method doesn’t work for the most part because it doesn’t account for a little something known as physics, as well as third-party actions.
In other words, circumstances matter more than your manifestations.
But people have been falling for this schema for many, many decades. The Internet accelerated this process to a higher degree, thanks to the influence of social media delusion.
You have literal teens with 80IQ teaching others that “thoughts become things”.
Well, try to become Ronnie Coleman via your whims.
It’s all nonsense.
And whenever you criticize it, you always face the same nonsense from the brain-leaking sheep – “You didn’t do it properly. You didn’t read the book. You’ve got to be patient….etc”.
Reminds you of something? The natty or not dilemma once again.
The truth?
There’s about 20% truth at best in the Law of Attraction, and most of it is simply based on the fact that when you set a goal and work for it, you increase your chances of achieving it.
But where I come from, this isn’t magic. It’s 3rd-grade logic.
The remaining 80% that your head is filled with from those LoA shamans are lies of the highest order.
Romance
That’s a big one.
Have you ever heard of the 3 People Theory (a.k.a. 3PT)?
Of course, you haven’t, as I recently invented it.
Here’s what it stands for – wherever you live, there are no more than 3 (three) people that you can potentially have a long-term relationship with.
Seems a bit crazy, right?
But it’s 100% true and becomes obvious when you insert all the filters that the “one” needs to pass through.
- Acceptable age
- Acceptable appearance
- Acceptable behavior
- Desire for something to happen
- Physical compatibility
- Social compatibility
- Worldviews
+ 100s of smaller filters
And then you have the logistics meatgrinder.
After all, you have to meet that person physically (lol).
Imagine the thousands of variables that have to be rearranged so that you could even glance at an individual who could pass through the filters above.
What if, a few seconds before theoretically meeting that person in the library, they receive a phone call that changes their trajectory?
I am referring to a multitude of similar factors that must have the correct value for the equation to work.
And then, when you are already communicating, the rest of the filters come into full force.
And each filter removes a chunk of people.
But wait…there’s more…
You also have to fight a little something known as competition.
Women usually face real competition (meaning other women fighting for the same man), whereas men have both real and imaginary competition (the knight on a white horse that every woman dreams of).
So, let’s do a little math.
You are a 30-year-old man.
Let’s say you are in a 2-million city. At least half of those are men, a.k.a. competition.
We are left with 1 million women. A huge chunk of them will be too young or too old for you.
We are left with 500k women at best (realistically, it’s a lot less).
How many of those women are single? Let’s say 50%.
We are left with 250k women.
How many of those women are of the correct size? Some could be a lot taller than you; some will be fat….etc.
Let’s say 200k make it to the next stage.
How many of them can you realistically reach offline and online?
How many of them would even glance at you?
How many of them would text back?
How many of them would agree to go on a date?
How many of them would follow through?
How many of them….
You get it.
Thus, the 3PT theory.
And by the way, the same applies to women looking to get married. Obviously, an average woman can easily get sex.
But when securing a guy who’s “husband material,” the above comes into full force.
In fact, it’s even worse for women, as they have insane criteria.
And yet people brainwash themselves into thinking that there are plenty of fish in the sea. Yes. But there are also plenty of obstacles and other fishermen fighting for that same fish.
Every day, an army of average women wakes up and thinks they could meet a man who is essentially 1% of the 1% and one look away from falling in love with them…
It’s naivety at its finest. A vicious hallucination that keeps people STUCK in the same loop for years if not decades.
The Red Pill Unicorn
As I’ve touched on in other posts, the Red Pill/Manosphere/Whatever they call it these days, often directly and indirectly implies that a “real” alpha male must be with a traditional woman who is also a virgin.
Not wrong in an ideal scenario.
But we don’t have anything ideal today. The brutal truth is that a woman has a higher chance of meeting her knight on a white horse than you do of finding that mythical virgin.
And if you apply that requirement to the list above, well, your options diminish to carbon dioxide.
Body Fat
Most people think they are leaner than they are.
Average dudes flex their abs in front of the mirror, see the first two rows, and think, “I will be shredded after losing 2kg.” Been there, done that.
The reality? You have to lose something like 10kg of fat to get as shredded as you originally envisioned.
But to lose 10kg of fat, you will probably have to drop 15kg ot total weight.
Depressing, right? And to keep the weight off?
The only way is strict dieting. Sure, you can cheat here and there, but overall, you have to be on a regimen forever.
And that applies to the so-called ectomorphs – those mythical creations who can allegedly eat 5k calories and get leaner. Those people don’t exist.
If I put you on a 5k diet, you are getting fat. I don’t care how ectomorphic you think you are.
And by the way, the mushroom around your waist is not “water weight”. It’s adipose tissue a.k.a. fat.
When you are natty, you will have to weigh very little to remain in a “shredded” condition. And by shredded, I don’t mean 5% BF, which is virtually unreachable for a natural with a pulse.
I am talking about 10-12% which is a lot leaner than people realize when the numbers are legit.
Short dudes with small bone structure may have to weigh something like 55kg or even less to be in that kind of condition.
Not saying you should do it, just painting the reality of the picture.
Time
Everything takes at least 2 times longer.
You think you can get lean in 8 weeks?
It’s probably like 16 weeks, with the last two being filled with insane cravings.
You are an average woman, and think you can find a husband in a year?
You are probably looking at 4 years filled with ghosting from Chad, unfaithfulness, weird dates, and a ton of random issues you have never even thought of before settling down with a man you would have considered “garbage” at the beginning of that cycle.
You are an average horny dude looking to score, and think you will pull after approaching 100 women?
Reality – you will have to approach like 1000 women (online or offline) to get 1 normal date with a woman that isn’t fatter than your 2 grandmothers combined.
Sex
The average modern male rarely, if ever, has sex with a woman he finds truly attractive. There’s always a compromise of a decent size.
But since we have exceptionally strong sex drives, we settle for mediocrity or far below.
What is a truly attractive woman from a sexual perspective?
Slim, juicy and yet thick boobs, cute face, nice glutes, good legs, and the rest will leave to your imagination.
The average bro has been so starved that a flat 4/10 make-up-maxxed woman with a mean attitude feels like a 10 simply because she isn’t a whale.
And the effort required to have sex with such a woman is ridiculous for the most part.
Women don’t invest. You have to do all the lifting yourself, and even then, the plans often fall short.
Texts in the realm of “Can we postpone for another day? My cat looks sad…” are the norm.
The result is an army of males lusting over images on social media, a.k.a. soft porn, and beating it while deluding themselves that some “miracle” text or “frame holding” will help when the true leverage is found elsewhere.
And by the way, men are heavily lying about their sexual experiences. The stories you’ve heard and will hear in the future are as close to reality as your dreams.
It’s all imagination. Fiction. Delusion.
The girl some dude randomly banged in the park?
Probably some slut that he orbited for years, blocked and unblocked multiple times, begged in her DMs like a hungry puppy, and after 18 months, he “got lucky” when she was looking for a rebound guy. After the act, she ghosted him like Casper.
The amazing sex some dude allegedly had at a party?
Probably some half-erect alcohol experience with a neighborhood slut gifted with sad, saggy tits pointing in opposing directions and cellulite-infested rear that’d been slapped for centuries by local wannabe thugs driving around in rotten homoerotic cars with modified exhausts.
The approach master who’s banging 8s and 9s every week?
Try something like 2000 approaches for a weird one-time sexual experience with a make-up maxxed 5/10 with almost laundry-ready clothes in some stinky apartment smelling like 50 shades of cat.
The guy bragging about 50 convos in his phone?
45 of those will end with ghosting. 3 will cancel on the very day of the date. 2 will come. One will be fat (think kankles), and the other will have a drinking problem.
At this point, you may start thinking:
There are hot girls outside (it’s not a myth – you’ve seen them.)
Someone must be banging them. Right?
Who is that lucky fella?
No one and everyone.
The truth is that most women do not have consistent sex either.
They are banging the occasional Chad (when he appears once every two years) and potentially some “lucky” standard dude (who’d boosted himself with a 200-dollar fade haircut and pants that smell like depression) as a filler here and there.
Women have a lot more sexual partners than your average dude, but those contacts are also random, sporadic, and soul-deprived acts resulting from a rotted brain running a TikTok-ADHD 2.0 processor.
Fighting
The vast majority of men (and many women) are completely delusional about the reality of fighting. One strong slap from the right person and a grown man can cry like a baby.
Many years ago, I was watching a boxing match in the 58kg division (or something like that), and my father was laughing at them for being so light. He taught he could “take them”.
I told him that he’d fall after one hit. He laughed and said, “They weigh less than your mother.”
Many other men think the same way. They have no grip on reality. The average man hasn’t taken a punch since childhood. The last hit I took was when I was 12 or 13. A guy from my class hit me two times super hard, almost had a concussion, and lost consciousness for a brief second.
Where do average men derive their confidence from, despite being completely untrained? Movies and the lack of corrective feedback.
But there is also another form of delusion observed within the martial arts community. Many guys who train think they can take almost anyone on the street.
Dude. You can’t. Martial arts are a controlled environment with weight categories and such.
The street has neither rules nor weight classes. When I was a skater, one guy from our group was attacked by punks/metals/whatever, and he destroyed them despite being untrained and skinny.
How? He took his board and started hitting the offenders in the torso under the influence of adrenaline. Even random strangers could feel the pain. The police came and arrested both parties.
A skateboard is essentially a baseball bat with a metal plate at the ends (the trucks are super strong). I don’t give a phuck what kind of boxer you are. An average man with a ton of adrenaline swinging a weapon could destroy even Mike Tyson.
As I said, the street has no rules except one: do anything to survive.
Why do you think even experienced fighters say that the best way to deal with a real situation is to essentially avoid it or run?
Imagine training your whole life only to realize that the two best martial arts are staying at home during the night and running.
Ironic, isn’t it?
Stay tuned for part 2…

Thought provoking as ever ! ……….Sometimes we need to hear such things rather than continuing with our delusions !…..Thanks, and look forward to the next post !
Such a harsh dose of reality is necessary and fundamental; out there, everything is mired in mud. Simply living reality without illusions is enough to keep your feet on the ground.
TRUTH SEEKER, I AWAIT PART TWO!
Well, humans beings are coping and are in denial all the time since we are all doomed to die one day. It is in our nature and not an inherent flaw I suppose.
Yes, there is a new documentary about Arnold and he says genetics are only 5% of bodybuilding success. Crazy. But the dreamers will hobble this up as fact!
Reality is a bitch. That is why man has invented so many different ways to avoid it.
Great work as always!!! Have an excellent 2026!!! Heartfelt hug brother !!!
On the fighting part.
Take a look at Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua. Youtuber vs Boxing champion.
You can see in his face how TERRIFIED he is of getting hit.
Dude got knocked out and his jaw was broken in Round 4.
Spent most of the match on his knees, iterally.
Jake Paul has been training and fighting for 10 years or so, but it was only against retired fighters and lighter people. This match was… something else.
Yes he got paid big time, but the risk of permanent brain damage…
You got a good point about… who’s banging the hot chicks? Everyone and no one.
There are way more hot chicks than millionaires.
he also hit him with his best shot multiple times and joshua didnt even roll with it just took it and countered. thats the most discouraging thing in the ring that can happen to you.
Despite all these things, we still get lucky sometimes. Life is not that bad. I am grateful for what life has offered me so far and I am not a chad, a tate or a zizz.
I know no adult that gets up at the morning goes to work and thinks one day I’ll be a billionaire! None!!!! Yet here you are scolding like they’re teenagers….news flash no teenager would read your writings anyway so you’re lost dude and depressed! Most people chase profits and earnings…..they know more money means better life and that can only be achieved by working and having a career not dreaming! Most adults know that and they don’t need you to tell them the delusion!
There are many adults who think they are one hit away from being very rich. If this wasn’t the case, scams wouldn’t work. But you are also right.
There are many adults who know the reality of the financial world.
And more money doesn’t mean a better life (as long as the basics are covered).
Colonel Kane: You’re convinced that God is dead because there’s evil in the world.
Captain Cutshaw: Correct.
Colonel Kane: Then why don’t you think He’s alive because of the goodness in the world?
-The Ninth Configuration
The world is not actually a nightmare hell realm for everyone all the time. I’ve known and do know many people in tolerably happy marriages who at least seem attractive to each other. Turns out you also don’t need to be rich to enjoy life, I’ve been poor and enjoyed life.
Yeah there is a lot of evil in the world, who said there wasn’t? The cynic and the optimist are both fools because neither can look both ways.
It might be cope, but you can say that about literally anything positive, why is only the negative real? I’m quoting the movie not that it’s some timeless work of brilliance but it does put things rather well. The worst part is I don’t think you’re actually all that wrong, just unbalanced.
Col. Vincent Kane: In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the ninth configuration. But given the size of the planet Earth, do you know how long it would have taken for just one of these protein molecules to appear entirely by chance? Roughly ten to the two hundred and forty-third power billions of years. And I find that far, far more fantastic than simply believing in God.
Sadly I think TS is way too leaning on the cynical side lately. Like you, I think he is right about many things he says in this blog and I appreciate his reflections, but the main issue is that he focuses only on the bad of this world and doesn’t look for countermeasures and healthy coping mechanisms (I think it’s better to “cope” than to dwell into existential despair all the time) to deal with them. He seems to be trapped into some negative doomer circle I hope he will get out from sooner than later.
Thank you for keeping it real TruthSeeker !
Exposing the truth about the system we live in with such simple words is a talent
Thanks again for a great article, looking forward to the second part. Some of the comparisons you laid in the text were funny as hell.
Because readers seem to be worried about your negativity, cynicism and depression, I encourage you to turn things around, and write a sarcastically and overly positive article as a joke. Fill in all the things, positive mental attitude, the Secret, law of attraction, you get the idea. “You know what friend (bro)? By only thinking about it, you can be a Chad. And if you imagine your biceps being like mountains, they will become that!”. It would be funny as hell to see that from you.
I really appreciate all that you have written during the years and I have a feeling that it will actually be even more of value in the future. That’s because you have a style of your own, and although everything can be done with AI, your style is yours, like a fingerprint. Maybe you could today do all your posts with AI, but I highly doubt that you would, and I think the difference could be seen very easily.
I honestly do believe that things like this blog will be super valuable as long as we can get our heads from the AI hype for a second. And I do believe that the younger generations will once again find your writings, and find them valuable. I sure have found them valuable. If people feel that these writings are too doom and gloom and they don’t offer solutions, I must strongly disagree.
It’s no secret that the negative things that happen in life are often far more superior catalysts for action than the positive. I’ve found the solutions in these articles very useful, because they are realistic and simple. Some of the tips from TS have yielded great results in my life, from pay rises to more simplistic and enjoyable life overall. I can’t say that about many other self-help tips.
Hope people can wait for the second part of this article, seems that life is too quick for all.
Great posts to everyone, including TS and all the optimists that later opined.
I pointed this out recently, the reason things get stale after time, and after having achieved most in life (I have done it, believe me or not) is that there are seasons of life, and we don’t know exactly what is coming when we get beyond our “kid” phase (by the way, we are all children, just look around most adults are pathetic and further proof, God is our father).
All that is to say, newness meets a transition to boredom, and that MUST be occupied by a career/calling, a family, or God himself. Otherwise we will turn to nihilism. You get LESS energetic, also, when you have lived that long and experienced it all, so you just get intermittent joy if you can do certain things or live vicariously.
Manifestation is total BS. We live in multicultural hellholes where we don’t raise women to be wives and mothers, so yes the list for compatibility is also clowny, as in TS’s 3 people theory (which is so true). What’s more is that mostly women are only truly attractive at ages 16-24, but no one can talk about that for legal reasons and feminism. If you don’t get to marry a woman in this age, all that is left for you is trying to pull dates, sugar, or other types of drawn out whoredom just so you’ll get a younger girl to actually bang once every 6 months, or 6 years, depending on your location.
Last thing – with time, yes you can, and will get wealthy with BTC. Spending your money or not being in a surveillance state? Different story.