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ahh, everything happens at lightening speed in crypto.
APTOS main net launched already. Team rushing to front run SUI competitor.
9 exchanges will list spot token trading: Binance, Coinbase, ByBit, FTX, KuCoin, Bitfinex, Huobi + more
Binance will list perpetual contracts. APTOS team begging Binance not to. Why? Contracts allow shorting.
Core investment thesis remains. Wait to see if chart action rhymes with DYDX or SOL. If like DYDX, no go. If like SOL, I'm a buyer.
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Last bull cycle
SOLANA 50,000%+
MATIC 45,000%+
DOT 1,700%+
What do they all have in common? They're Layer 1 or Layer 2 alternatives to Ethereum. When ETH transactions increase, throughput slows and gas fees users have to pay increase.
So if history rhymes, which it usually does, then APTOS ($APT) might also pump. At best, it's able to perform 160K Transactions Per Second. So unlike ETH, adoption can increase without increasing transaction times or transaction costs to the user. It's not listed yet. Main net launch is scheduled for November 2022.
Cons/risks? First, Andreseen Horowitz, Binance, and Alameda among others are top investors. Venture Capital funds tend to use retail hype as exit liquidity. Second, it's valuation pre main net launch is 2B. That creates risk VC's will dump on first listing to secure principal and increase ROI. Third, it's vesting schedule (tokenomics in crypto language) isn't yet released. Means we don't know yet if market makers are locked in for 6 months from listing on an exchange or they can dump right away. I'll be watching very closely.
Pros? it has enormous financing from massive market makers in crypto. They will surely pump the hell out of the token. Alameda pumped Solana. I assume they'll pump this too
Will I be buying? Yes. If the chart starts to look like $DYDX upon listing, not so good. If the chart starts to look like Solana upon listing, could be life changing money.
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motivational update: not taking things personally is important to wearing what you want to wear. That means if people think your heel wearing is "bad", it's not about you. But it also means if they think your heel wearing is "good" it's also not about you. This attitude flips the reference point back to you and your feelings which you can control. As opposed to referring to others, which you can't control.
What I mean by this. If I wear heels and someone disapproves of it, that disapproval says more about that person's inner world than it does about my feelings of excitement wearing heels, my feelings of significance creating beauty via my style, my feelings to create love and connection with the right people by being vulnerable in who I really am.
It also mean, if my wear heels and someone approves, that approval says more about that person's inner world than it does about me for the same reasons above.
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4 hours ago, pebblesf said:
Yeah, I know, nothing really in common, except for our love of boots. And, you are right, I better "tread lightly", but I know that she considers me only a "friend", which is just fine. I surely don't want to mess up my own home life, but it is sure nice enjoying the company of someone who understands and accepts who I am. Oh well, such are the tricky "detours" of life I guess.
Indeed, the power of feeling significant, feeling approved, feeling affirmed, feeling praised...part of the core of anyone's existence.
I think a small breakthrough for me was realizing I don't need feelings of significance, approval, affirmation to be felt while relating to another person. I can associate those feelings of warm comfort, that tingle down my neck when a beautiful girl compliments my heels, that warm bright feeling in my chest that I broadcast out when I feel significant--by myself. I can live those feelings without someone else.
Now, if someone else is around to relate those feelings with, that's for sure a bonus! And the kind of person I prefer to keep around for a friendship or more even
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On 6/13/2018 at 2:13 AM, kneehighs said:
Gen Z and Millennials open to men in heels.
Gen Z and Millennials don't rely on traditional glossy publications to guide their purchases. They don't rely on socially constructed stereotypes either. They rely on Social Media.
"Indeed, many millennials view the traditional luxury brand playbook — with its glossy advertising, glitzy flagships and seasonal runway shows — as a tired and inauthentic marketing formula, tied to old-fashioned ideas of social hierarchy and extravagance. Instead, it’s edgier streetwear brands like Supreme and Gosha Rubchinskiy with their carefully cultivated ‘cred’ and innovative business models, rooted in cool but accessibly priced product and tightly controlled releases, that have captured their attention."
This new attitude represents a generational shift in spending that will self sustain for decades. For the new money that's driving growth in the economy of luxury fashion is anti-Old School, anti Print Publication, anti socially constructed stereotype.
A quote from The Business of Fashion:
"high-end streetwear helped boost global sales of luxury personal goods by 5 percent in 2017 to an estimated €263 billion ($309 billion), according to a study released by consultancy Bain & Company. What's more, Generations Y and Z are already the main growth engine of the luxury goods market, driving 85 percent of luxury expansion last year. By 2025, they are expected to account for 45 percent of total luxury goods spending — but even this underestimates their influence."
While Gen X, Baby Boomers and Silent Generation members here may not appreciate the change since it doesn't manifest as style they approve of, my argument is that men in heels is no big deal for Gen Z and Millennials. (been saying this for years)
Nailed this macro pattern too. Social Media isn't all fake.
"Well I didn't see guys in heels on my numerous travels, so it's not true". 🙄
"Well social media is all posing, so it's fake". 🙄
I suggest these people get out of their own head -- even 5 years later -- and see the truth for what it is.
Social media drives the economy and makes cultural change even faster now than change took just 10 years ago.
But these types of people are generally stuck in linear thinking. Let them lose opportunities and be left behind in an exponential age.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------new post from 10/11/22 merged into post from 10/10/22
Swiped from social media....quite a heart warming story about @EtwasAnders and his supportive GF, @charolinewenke
It's in Danish. I used Google Chrome's auto translate feature to put it into English:
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31 minutes ago, pebblesf said:
That is because she is a CD.
Appreciate the clarification.
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7 hours ago, pebblesf said:
Yes, wearing mother's/sister's boots alone at home. Seeing girl's and teachers in boots. First pairs owned, purging, similar taste in boot styles, etc
Absolutely, I feel very fortunate to have made a special friend, hoping I can see her collection someday!
If she purged I find that fascinating. I never would've suspected purging from a genetically born female.
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19 hours ago, pebblesf said:
Just a friend, she is much younger than myself... I wore my Nine West knee boots over my tight levis, she had some wild thigh high stiletto boots. But, we are both boot lovers, and share very similar taste in boots. She was very impressed that I wore my boots publicly. I was wanting to take her to dinner, but something was going on and Vegas was very busy. We ended up driving around in search of a relatively quiet spot where we could talk, none was to be found. Spoke for hours about our love of boots, the origins that can be traced back to similar childhood experiences. It was getting late, and I had to get up at 0400, she promised to show me her boot collection someday, which is vast. Unfortunately, she wears size 9, I wear 10-11s. I had a great time
Sounds like a wholesome connection over a mutual shared interest was made for both of you. An open minded girl to boot too.
I'm intrigued. How was your childhood experience similar to hers? I'm guessing wearing her mother's shoes or a big sisters shoes around the house?
On 6/23/2014 at 7:06 PM, kneehighs said:Best quote from the above link is from Valerie Steele:
“Clothing, fashion and adornment distinguish—they identify who you are. And one of the primary things we’ve identified, that we’ve wanted to identify, is our gender,” Valerie Steele, director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, says. “But now, for a number of men and women, gender has become something that’s not so important for them to emphasize in their clothing. They feel there needs to be something that people can wear just as people.”Our culture has reached what Time magazine recently called A Transgender Tipping Point.
We are now in the age of gender tolerance.
Go forth and wear what you want.
Damn. Nailed it.
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1 hour ago, pebblesf said:
You got it all goin on style wise for sure buddy! Even I had a nice evening with a friend last night
Female "friend" or possible "romantic suitor"? Did you incorporate your heels or just go in traditional menswear?
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On 10/7/2022 at 11:49 AM, pebblesf said:
I guess I figured you wear heels during many "social occasions" when you meet women, sorry to make that assumption. I agree, you don't want to waste time with women that see your heels as a "red flag". I guess the point I was trying to make was that social interactions with women that considered your heels as a red flag would not go far, helping with the sorting process. Unfortunately, you won't be able to discover much about those more complex emotions/feelings, without spending some time (a few dates) with a particular woman.
I do wear heels out a lot with girls, but only if I'm in the mood. Sometimes it's just my Carel mary janes a few posts above. No worries about the assumption. And true about risking time with girls when in the end, heels may be a deal killer.
Rooftop last night. I wore a Zara pinstriped pantsuit with matching double breasted jacket. White satin button down. Gucci belt. And black patent pumps. My perfume was Chanel No. 5 (b/c I have matching shower gel, body cream, hair spray, hand cream--for special occassions or visitors).
EDIT: I forgot to add while I was waiting at the elevator for my friend to leave to leave the bathroom, a mixed group of girls and guys came to wait for the elevator too. The alpha female of the group came up and put her pumps right up against mine. "I love your shoes...slight pause...and I love your coat too." Later when an elevator arrived, she asked me if I was going down with her. lol.
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12 hours ago, pebblesf said:
Well, the sorting process should be fairly straight forward. You wear heels most all the time, so when you meet women you are probably in heels. They will show no interest if guys in heels is "not their thing". Women that strike up a conversation, or respond positively when you engage them, must either be "OK" with guys in heels, or think you look great in heels.
You really look great, I'm so envious. I'm sure many women do a "double take" ( in a good way!) when you walk by. It is obvious you work hard to take care of yourself, so you deserve to enjoy the rewards!
Thanks for the kind words Pebbles. For what it's worth, I don't wear heels most all the time. Heels to me are just another fashion accessory, that I give myself permission to enjoy when and where I want. They're not obligatory.
Regarding the sorting process for a long term relationship, it starts with a girl who doesn't see the heels as a "red flag". That requires a girl knowing her own needs and boundaries. Many don't. Therein lies the sorting challenge. Finding a woman who has a healthy relationship with her own needs and dreams rooted in childhood (many girls and guys are clueless), then incorporating our needs cooperatively together into an interdependent (and independent) emotional home.
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Forum engagement seems low
Hope this post increases engagement.
Social media really is the new message boards.
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The UK just triggered the last stage of a failed empire/currency by turning their printer back on. Pension funds may have gone insolvent without money printing.
If QE continues, debts in pounds will become worthless. It will not be accepted for debt.
They don’t have reserve currency status
If this follow the pattern of fiat the last 1k years, it’s over for the $GBP
Bitcoins time isn’t here yet, but value of self sovereign custody of hard assets coming to a theater near you soon
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Fun way to waste 8 minutes of time. Straight couple. He's feminine presenting. She's masculine presenting. That's where they claim their polarity comes from. They're heterosexual, monogamous.
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47 minutes ago, pebblesf said:
Well, she sure is a looker buddy. Have fun, don't rush anything, you will know when you find someone worth long term efforts. I am assuming these women love the way you look in heels, have a great time!
only thing I'm rushing is getting them into the sack, lol
Kidding. I still haven't figured out a cookie cutter system for which girls are cool with guys in heels. In my experience:
- Stockholm girls were cool with it 2009-2015. Gender stereotypes were/are less valuable in Stockholm
- Girls with good relationships with their dads are almost always open minded about it.
- Ukrainian women were open to it. Why? they told me b/c I dressed unlike all the other guys in Ukraine. I have screen shots ad pictures. Solid 8's and 9's open to it.
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It was fun. She took some outfit photos of me wearing black patent pumps. Also, she looks way better with her hair down (see pic)
I'll see if I can get a video or two posted with sexual/romantic partners later--without violating the forum TOS. Here's a photo link of a model I went on 4 dates with. She was drop dead gorgeous. Funny how she didn't shave, wax, or use laser to remove hair from her legs. Didn't matter to me. My 6 cm "heels" are the Alice mary jane from Carel France.
I've found a lot of success dating. Now it's time to create a more stable foundation of Love and Connection me thinks. The hunt for Mrs. Kneehighs shall commence.
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On 9/21/2022 at 8:29 AM, VirginHeels said:
Good find. I don’t have a problem with the comments here. It’s been the same set of comments for the last 20 years I’ve been on this forum. “We need normal average guys in average clothes to wear heels to go mainstream.” Yet heels for men has never known more mainstream success in the last 2 decades than now. Especially among GenZ and Millennials, the younger generations.
Take TikTok for example. These guys have massive engagement.
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Monthly update. I honestly have no idea what the markets will do. So I'm just pretending here, with my best analysis. Since big banks got bailed out in the US back in 2008, we've experienced unprecedented Quantitative Easing (QE). QE 1, QE2, low interest rates (credit based economic growth increases in low credit rate environments) and globalized supply chains. All these factors contributed to unprecedented stock market gains.
Since things have changed, I'm currently referencing the Amazon chart from the pre and post Dot Com Bubble. The US Fed wasn't quantitative easing then. They're not QE now either. Amazon was the dot com leader. BTC is the crypto leader. The world was coming out of the dot com bubble then, The world is coming out of the crypto bubble now. Structurally, Amazon in 2000 looks almost exactly like BTC in 2020-2021. Interesting how the human emotions of fear and greed rhyme over time.
The chart suggest a generational low in September 2023 at the latest
The chart also suggests a price pump in 2024/2025. There is confluence with this as the Bitcoin halving occurs in April/May 2024
My bet is the Russia/Ukraine war resolves by April 2024's Bitcoin halving
My bet is new higher rates of inflation get normalized by April 2024's Bitcoin halving
My bet is the Russian gas challenge gets resolved by April 2024's Bitcoin halving.
So the Bitcoin halving will catalyze a price pump for crypto in 2024/2025. Amazon pumped 1000% from it's Oct 2001 bottom to October 2003 top. The Bitcoin halving falls right inside that same chart strucure
In conclusion, bullish for 2024/2025
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15 hours ago, Puffer said:
I agree - and end up with your two legs stretched to slightly different lengths and you would spend the rest of your life walking round in circles!
(But, if you ever did decide to go ahead, you'd have to change your name to 'kneeshigher'.)
haha!!
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8 hours ago, Rockpup said:
Not exactly on topic, but for $75k you can buy a lot of heels.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/leg-lengthening-surgeon-says-software-165430529.html
Can you imagine the risks associated with such a surgery? No way I'd risk health (short or long term) for that.
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16 hours ago, VirginHeels said:
I like the celebrity references in the first article on brightside.me. Specifically, the straight male references like Prince, Harry Styles, Jared Leto and Lenny Kravitz.
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On 8/15/2022 at 2:10 AM, Jkrenzer said:
Put some freaking heels on these. Adornment is worthless without heels.
Adornment can be a gateway to heels. A stepping stone. Because adornment can satisfy similar needs that wearing stilettos satisfies. It's a good thing.
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Gucci playing with traditionally feminine shoe styles too.
Men's buckle ankle boots (mary jane style buckles with short vamp)
Knee High Boots (just like women's) with harness
Maybe someone can tell me if I misinterpreted the fundamentals, but it looks like Gucci has the money to continue innovating cutting edge, gender breaking fashion. As long as Creative Director Alessandro Michelle is kept on board.
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