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Pippi the Poo's avatar

Sauber, Mann! Nicht aufgeben! Weiter so!

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Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD's avatar

Thanks, will do! Mach ich! T

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Klaus Dieter Klose's avatar

We can do it...! 🫶

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Martin's avatar

I‘m addicted to this. Help.

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Margaret Waits's avatar

Dr. P is on fire!!!

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Soolstar's avatar

You are getting kind of famous in Russia you know. Maybe that’s why the removed your Russian readers.

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OvOvOvO1's avatar

Women fall for subscriber-based scams first because they are so trustworthy and emotional about making a social connection.

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Lordy's avatar

This was enlightening, thank you, Doc. Kudos to speaking up against the Substack pyramid. We are living in feudalism. We like to believe we evolved, that we somehow are more ethical, and more advanced and equal, but if you peel back the propaganda, you see tech feudalism. We just replaced serfdoms with social platforms. And now the serfs are freelancers, desperate to land the next ‘gig’.

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Marcel Proust's avatar

Keep speaking the Truth Dr P. We need it.

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Alyssa Unlisted's avatar

Can't seem to find these downloads...

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Alyssa Unlisted's avatar

Thank you; ended up, I fond the links in the email

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RayWilliamEpstein's avatar

Jewish America is a rental economy, where everyone has to pay service fees for everything. The people are idiots who can do nothing but go to jail if they default on their payments. The Jews have pretty much dialed down 400 years of Western democracy and freedom backwards and established a new feudal system. The Jews are the rulers of the world, the non-Jewish billionaires are their manipulators, and the governments are their overseer. The Jews here are not a race or a religion, but a principle: they are the rightful chosen ones, at top of the pyramid.

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Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD's avatar

Yeah. The Federal Reserve is privately owned, and founded and owned guess by whom? Also, the pyramid is on the dollar bill. Take care! Dr. P

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Sweet Sweet Alina's avatar

Impressive. I am glad I found this. Is this the one? https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=n_HFEAAAQBAJ

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Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD's avatar

It is indeed! All the best! T

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Sweet Sweet Alina's avatar

Sweet

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Sweet Sweet Alina's avatar

You are doing great, doctor. No need to sweat over the content of Degenerate Gavin. The presentation and the packaging of it ends up way more important than the content itself. Gavin and his crew of Vice misfits figured that out very quickly. They are selling a hipster lifestyle. And to that, I fart! 😂

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Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD's avatar

Thanks, Alina! Good to have you! T

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Sheila Yang's avatar

Are Temu and Alibaba banned in the west? Shame!

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Bumble Bees's avatar

There are only two classes in America, winners and losers. The god is Money.

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Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD's avatar

Ok, some clarifications about the pyramid scheme and why everyone still think they can make it to the top layer. Most late authors, if they are not already famous and have corporate backing, will never find readers here. They're waiting for a miracle. This miracle is called "the algorithm." Sometimes the pigs at Substack feel so bad about their wealth that they decide to throw a few crumbs down the pyramid, resulting in sudden spikes in viewership for your latest random post say. This "reward" then encourages you to write more, try harder, and, craziest of all, repeat whatever was in that viral post, thinking it must have been really good! But it wasn't. It was just random Pavlovian conditioning, "the algorithm," that made you repeat the last thing you were rewarded for. Some examples in 'Pigs of Substack'. Best! T

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Sabertooth's avatar

Anyone who gets "upset" today has failed to gain power.

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Sweet Sweet Alina's avatar

Mmh, the US doesn't like China. I am sure there algorithms are anti-Chinese.

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Sabertooth's avatar

Substack is capitalizing on FOMO, the 'fear of missing out.' They want writers to believe that if they’re not on Substack, they aren’t 'real' writers. Wikipedia used a similar tactic, implying that if you weren’t on Wikipedia, you were a nobody. Now, every writer I know feels they need to be on Substack or risk missing out on opportunities in the writing world.

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Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD's avatar

Yep. This is powerful mind games. Best! T

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Ben Shaprio's avatar

“When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - When you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - When you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you - When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - You may know that your society is doomed.”

-Ayn Rand (Jewish writer)

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Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD's avatar

She was right about this one, yes. Best! T

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