Hello /adv/.
I want to learn how to win at Black Jack. I already know the charts that give you the best probability of winning based on the dealer's up card and all that, but I would love to be able to sit down at a table and have a lot of confidence in my skill and knowledge of the game.
I'm going to be taking a vacation in Reno in a couple weeks, and I suddenly have this deep urge to learn how to count cards and apply it. I love the concept of Black Jack, and I feel like I would have way more fun at casinos if I knew how to play the system. The only thing I know about counting cards so far is that it's pretty much legal, very few people do it, and you can get yourself into some trouble with the casino if you make it way too obvious that you're doing it.
I really want to get good at 21. Also, where would be a good place to practice?
You can get good but casinos are fucked up man. They will shut you down if they suspect you're counting cards(or winning too much)
>>16863853
Yeah, that's exactly what I've been reading. And from a business standpoint, they're perfectly within their rights to refuse to let smart players sit at the tables, and conversely, a player is perfectly reasonable to try and take back some of the odds stacked against them.
What I want to learn is the basics of applying your card counts to your play, and then to learn some subtleties about keeping suspicion low. I'm not looking to scam a casino out of a huge amount of money, but like I said, I WOULD love to be known as the guy who knows what he's doing at casinos.
I have plenty of fun at casinos and I can make $100 last for several nights, but I mainly just sit there and lose my money very slowly while I try to have enough free alcohol to pay it off. I'm not actually good at it. I'm very excited to look into this though.
just fyi actual card counting isn't like in the movies where if you know how to do it you can just walk into the casino and break the bank, casinos typically stack decks 6-8 high on blackjack tables. I know for a fact that the Atlantis Casino in Reno does this, they do have a table that only stacks 2 high but its a $100 minimum per hand and who's rich enough for that shit?
Even with 2 high decks you're still gonna end up losing plenty of hands and if you can count cards it simply tilts the advantage a couple of percent into your favor so you need to use a huge amount of money and time to grind out a small "guaranteed" win.
I started lifting weights and losing weight in order to get a boyfriend, but now that I'm exercising regularly I've lost my sex drive and interest in guys
Is this normal? Is it the exercise? Or the diet? I don't even want to masturbate.
Cocoon mode it up. Make yourself better for you. Boys might like you if you put in years of progress.
>>16863793
if ur losing weight, you are exhausted. its hard to have libido when your body is literally eating itself. give it time and it might adjust to this. at the very least, your libido willl return when you plateau.
other factors is becoming busier and having ur emotions tied up in 'the hunger' that comes with weight loss. give it time.
>>16863793
i started lifting for girls and now i lift for myself. and my notion towards girls and stuff is back to normal. no gf and no motivation to talk to them. but can do sick body weight stuff other males cant.
how do i get girls on that fetlife site?
You certainly don't harass them.
Play by the rules and be nice. Go look at K&P occasionally to look at all the complaint rants with thousands of loves calling the stupid guys out. You'll know what not to do eventually.
Can someone please explain to me what is up with this, or if anyone else experience this?
be me, going to the mall:
>enters subway
>walks through car to find comfy seat
>pass by a hot (7/10, thin) girl
>stared at floor.
>station comes up, leaves
>new station, never been here before. I am totally lost.
>looks around, makes eye contact with hot girl.
>hot girl walking towards me. I look lost
>she is literally less than a foot by me. we locked eyes
>I start walking to the ticket agent
>she is leaving the station, holds door one last time and looks back at me
> I ask the ticket agent where is the exit to the mall
this scenario happened to me a few times in 2015. I don't find my self attractive, and I generally feel unattractive. So when things like this happen, I don't think the person is flirting with me and and often I don't know what to think and I become paralyzed. I am not a virgin, I had 1 LTR and I pay for sex. My LTR was with an asexual girl. I only connect the dots like after a few minutes passes.
does this happen to anyone else? is it normal to see one self as being completely unattractive to the opposite sex? stuff like this makes me doubt that the opposite sex doesn't 'desire' me, but how do i balance/fix those thoughts?.
more info
>not a virgin
>had a LTR with an asexual girl.
>never had a hookup, only piad for sex
Do you have social anxiety, OP?
Dont be a pussy. Approach and strike up a conversation. Simple.
Hey /adv/, so I have grown out my hair for the first time in my life and I do love it, but I have no clue as to what to do with it. I have fine hair but the curls are as shown. This is it with gel in it. Any advice on how to care and style this mess?
And for another point of reference, here's my hair post wash and no gel.
>>16863767
dude what gel do you use
>>16863767
Just gel looks fine. Also grow some stubble because you look weird without facial hair, and stop blurring your face. This isn't instagram, you're not fooling anyone.
I've posted about this a couple times with little response but new developments. Long story short:
>Meet girl while shopping with friends
>She's into me, say she should come see us at work
>She does later when none of us are working, but I run into her there
>They start to file in, we invite her to hang out with us
>She and I flirt a lot, friend asks to leave us alone because he feels awkward
>She and I go out to grab dinner then hang out the next day
>It's a little awkward because we were both exhausted from our days
>Try to hang out again, nothing happens, drop her
>Randomly run into her again, she tries really hard to get my attention from her car
>Talk, she apologizes she's into me still, agrees to hang out again
>As she's driving off, stops and yells to me about how her brother thinks I'm really cool which I thought was a good sign
>Try to set a day, she makes an excuse and sort of drops the conversation after a day or two
>Drop her again
>End up stopping at her work to shop, she's there
>Flirts and talks, acts really energetic, apologizes for dropping off again because I sort of blew past her, says it's been a bad month, then tells me not to leave without telling her
>Try again, in person, to set a day to hang out, she says "my life is hectic" and leaves it at that
>Hugs me, I leave
I have no clue what's going on. I know she's single and she definitely seems interested. But I don't know how I should handle this. I don't feel like I should just drop her again. Wat do?
>>16863754
she doesn't seem interested at all, drop her
>my life is hectic
You can read this as she doesn't have it together enough to make time for a relationship. Or she's saying she's Not That Into You. Either way, sounds like you gotta drop her.
she just wants to feel wanted. thats all. drop contact altogether.
I broke up with gf 3 weeks ago from an almost 7 months relationship.
It's been difficult to me, went to teraphy and shit.
She's now dating other dude (one that she used to date sometimes when we were together)
It justs seems so fast to me, and I want to move on as fast as her, I don't like to be sad and that shit. Any advice besides hanging out with friends and that stuff?
>>16863741
i think what you meant to say was
>any magic advice
nope. none here. go try hanging with ur friends again.
>>16863741
>>16863753
that beign said, in case this didnt fall under 'and that stuff'
you can try removing her from your short term memory. the reason we miss people is cuz our brain tells us they are supposed to be there. they are in our short term memory and it shocks us when they are absent.
to fix this you need to create new memories isntead of building on old onse. start watching a new show, play a new game, go to a different bar, and for the love of god, rearrange your furniture. this is by far the easiest way to do it. it forces you to build new memoriesi nyour mind to get used to the new furniture. moving the memories of you in your gf in that room to the long term, more distant memories.
but the more you actually do stuff that is memorable (like hang iwth friends and that stuff) the more you actually make new memories.
as opposed to sitting around dwellign so much that you post about it
>>16863757
Thanks, all of my friends are too freaking busy thanks to college (me too). So it gets kinda hard to make new memories as much as I would like.
I'll try the "new game/show" thing, i'm pretty sure it sould help. Now I just have to move on, I guess she didn't loved me as much as she said (she even said that she thought about marriage with me). Yeah, shit happens.
Have a nice day!
What do you do if there's literally no way for you to pursue your passion?
No future I think of really appeals to me except one that is permanently beyond my grasp only due to the circumstances of my birth.
I'm having an awfully hard time forcing myself to like anything else.
>>16863697
whats your passion?
whats stopping you from pursuing it?
>>16863705
>whats your passion?
US Marine Corps
>whats stopping you from pursuing it?
T1 Diabetes
The only exceptions in their history have been with decorated individuals diagnosed while already active. Even then most get honorably discharged.
>>16863715
>my passion is to be a US marine
why tho? jesus dude, bottom of the barrel much?
>MUH HONOR
if its about honor and such there are many other options through which you can pursue passion
scholarship essay help
what sounds better advice:
>Like my mother, I believe nothing should go to waste; however I also strongly believe that it is better to act than to speak. I am confident I will achieve my goals by putting my words into action and by taking a hands-on approach to my life.
OR
>Like my mom, I believe nothing should go to waste. And to believe strongly in this, I must also believe that it is better to act than to speak. I am confident I will achieve my goals by putting my words into action and by taking a hands-on approach to my life.
THANKS SO MUCH
pic unrelated
>>16863666
> i believe nothing should go to waste; however i also strongly believe that it is better to act than to speak.
thats nonsense. the two different beliefs have nothing to do with each other and dont contradict each other in anyway. 'however' usually is usually followed with a contradiction, an exception to the rule, a loophole etc. you jsut stated two different things. also the semi colon is a waste. the 'however' connects those two sentences.
a semi colon should be used in
'i belive nothing should go to waste; i strongly believe that wasting anything is the absolute worst thing fucking ever amirite?'
but when you have a 'however' or an 'and' or a 'but' you dont really need a semi colon.
all in all i think what you mean to say is something clsoer to
>My mother believed that nothing should ever go to waste, and that is an idea I've modeled my life after. I have found that opportunities are just as much a resource as any, prone to waste like any other. As such, I believe it is better to act on an opportunity, than it is to waste it simply by speaking.
though i still think the two are really unrelated mate.
>>16863721
thanks
well im trying to say that in addition to having adopted my mother's belief, i am adding my own to shape my life etc
how to say that
>>16863736
any way but the way you are saying. cuz right now you are sounding like your second belief is derived from your first belief and no matter which way you word that, its not working. try something along the lines of (but a more refined version of)
>my mother believed that nothign should ever go to waste. My father believed it was always better to act than it is to speak. Thanks to their combined wisdom, I've learned that its never a good idea to waste an opportunity; to get anywhere in life, you always have to act upon whats offered to you.
something like that.
Anyone else addicted to porn? This shit is ruining my mind and I have no clue how to get over it. It's everywhere.
>>16863662
how many times do you watch porn and jerk off a day? do you ever spend money on it?
this is now a porn actress thread
>>16863688
I literally think if I tried to display my interest to a woman, I'll be charged or looked at as a sexual predator. I have no interest in hurting anyone, I just want a good gf to be with. I don't know why people say college is the best place to get girls, but everytime IUm on the internet, some guy is being charged for rape. I had girl that look at me strange when I asked them out and we're scared of each other now. Can there be a better substitute instead of this bullshit? I shouldn't be scared of every woman?
I have no clue what to do
>>16863649
post a pic of you?
>>16863735
Why tho? Does looks really matter to girls?
>>16863755
why wouldnt it?
What is your best and worst experiences.
I felt bad for Yennefer afterwards
chose a drunk women once, she ended the session by farting on me. she also made sarcastic jokes that she was a dude once. very very unpleasant.
Hey /adv/, how can I find my own dealer? For a couple months I've been asking my friends if they could buy for me if I payed, but I feel I'm asking too much. The dealer they go to they say is SUPER paranoid however, so he would not be comfortable selling to me.
I know drugs are bad, but I'm just wanting this one thing.
Same here. I'm having this problem even though I know there's a shit load of dealers around me.
How the fuck do i escape this thing?
It ruins my entire day. I have a hard time falling asleep or sticking to a sleep schedule, and i am constantly falling behind on sleep. I believe this is genetic, my dad has the worst sleeping patter I've seen and he is always tired when not at work.
i feel like if i could get a job where i could fall asleep whenever the fuck i wanted, wake up when i wake up, and just get the damn work done in between i would be so much less miserable, but I no idea what job that would be.
Any advice?
Do you exercise?
>>16863644
the most true thing i was ever told by a teacher was
>life is about waking up when you dont want to
thats life. it really is. there arent any real jobs that operate under the
>wake up when i want to wake up
there just isnt. plus you wouldnt be very productive. i know you think you would be but truth is without the day cycle people tend to get weird. people who work night shifts never know when to do chores and such cuz it feels weird. it really fucks you up.
all that being said
>>16863664
why not? humans need exercise. all creatures do. us more than many others. so get some fucking exercise.
use your alarm clock to your advantage. never stay up late. never sleep in on weekends. ever. wake up and go to bed same time every day and you can a verage as much as you want. you'll have a few bad days here and there but generally speaking you go to bed on time, sleep 9 hours, and wake up well rested. its a swell life. i was an insominac til i had an officej ob. got used to taht cycle REALLY fast after being on martian time for 2 years beforehand.
Hi /adv/,
I have a finished essay to turn in to my professor and it requires a really catchy cover page title. What would be some good ideas? My subject matter relates to: philosophy, political theory, politics, relationship b/w theoretical concept and famous politicians, and the role of conservative thinking. etc.
Social Science
>>16863632
Is It Right To Be Right?
What Would Confusious Say?
Modern Politica; a stepping stone through the Red-Blue Goliath
#governance