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[@HealthyGamerGG]

The universe sent power issues to interrupt this stream, check out pt. 2 of the VOD here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZjVm4yia9mHjJI

[@lexiibattwitch]

Thank you! I was very upset that it just stopped in the middle of a topic I am very passionate about 😅😂

[@connorskudlarek8598]

At 1:19:45, a trick I have found for folks struggling with decision paralysis is to make the list shorter by identifying what are things you actually do NEED to do. Like make dinner, or pay rent, etc. Get 6 of those, then roll a dice (or RNG one with Google). My mom went from agonizing for an hour over what to get started on to completing 4 things on her list in the next hour. Sometimes your problem with getting started is just paralysis from having to decide what to prioritize. Bonus: if you roll and think "oh no, not that one" it's for 1 of 2 reasons. First case, you really, really don't want to do it. If that's the case you can either figure out why and break down that problem further and then get it done... or remove it from the list and roll with a different task. After all, they all need to be done and if agonizing is going to mean you don't do this (and thus anything) that's no good. Or the second possibility-you miscategorized it and it actually isn't something you need to do. You're avoiding doing it because other things are actually more important to you. So remove it from the list and roll again.

[@gregorycrump1317]

There IS a mystical component to life once you see it. Then buddha’s logic comes into play. Put simply does this cause suffering? I saw something on Radiolab that showed that psychopaths and buddhist monks have similar scans of their brains. Very strange.

[@Aanaartu]

This is disconnect/crash felt _almost_ like planned, but it's too perfect to be planned 😅 I hope you will make a 3rd talk with Pirate software. Other interviews are also great, but this stuff with you two are just golden. REALLY insightful and helpful content. Makes one ponder 🤔

[@shindig9000]

​@@Aanaartu 💯

[@soorian6493]

Dr. K is talking to Thor like an anthropologist meeting an isolated tribe and realizing they've figured out nuclear engineering

[@ivanmitt9450]

Or like ancient Egyptian architects talking to Maya about pyramids 😂

[@sbsftw4232]

If they did, Thor probably hacked their plant.

[@krityaan]

So just your average late game tribal village in Civ 😂

[@AlfredEiji]

It does feel like that.

[@HeyMomLookICanDraw]

This may the funniest comment I have seen in a hot minute

[@arcthuruswow]

>"I'm okay with not having The Answer" >Stream ends without the answer poetic, peak cinema

[@luxceleste]

EXACTLY. it's like this stream is a divine intervention

[@MistyAndBonnie]

Lmao

[@GorzFCD]

@@luxceleste maybe If you never been outside in years ^^ bet you are from murica!

[@luxceleste]

@@GorzFCD huh

[@Aanaartu]

That was fucking spooky thing to happen 😮 That is almost too perfect.

[@PascalxSome]

"A safe environment to fail" I cannot overstate how important that single aspect is

[@TotalTeal]

For future reference 1:10:10 Think through your options 1:11:01 Think about the consequences 1:11:21 Self-reflection and processing

[@kikijewell2967]

(calculates the intervals) 😂

[@gius8068]

Thanks I was looking for this section

[@user-xt6el9yx7c]

Came back for this, thanks

[@ragemachinist]

Thor was spilling too much beans, God had to intervene. F.

[@hughsey94]

Anthony Hopkins hit him with the Thor "AY" and finger point

[@_WeDontKnow_]

I cant believe in only 2 short hours we almost uncovered the probable fact that Pirate was a ferret in his past life. this info was too powerful for the general public to handle

[@Mr_CyberCookie]

God's plan fr 🙏

[@sylviaodhner]

This reminds me of how I trick myself into writing intimidating emails. I open up a word document and say to myself, "okay, we're not going to write this email right now. But if we did, what would we say?" And then I copy my draft into an email and send it.

[@rickymort135]

Haven't watched the video yet but this is a great comment. I think it would accomplish multiple good things, by writing it out unfiltered, you're bringing awareness and recognition to your initial emotions, and by sending it or maybe a cleaned up version of it you're practicing authentic communication that's as close to what you're feeling, each time you do it you're teaching yourself your initial fear response is unwarranted and therefore build self confidence whilst getting as close as possible the outcomes you want. Thanks for this. I'm gonna steal it! Muahahaha!

[@sylviaodhner]

@@rickymort135 Yes, exactly. Please do!

[@BlackJustice2637]

That's pretty smart, i need to do that

[@jerregaming6009]

Gamed the mind

[@Zorgot.]

this feels like how you would game chatgpt, interesting lmao

[@Randomname1234561]

the information was too powerful it had to be gatekept

[@ipu7819]

You are onto something.

[@Vitorruy1]

true

[@Plaqtra]

It's okay not to know the answer right? 😊

[@shapilov]

No it was me, I went to sleep)

[@viktorhristov1446]

True

[@Neonb88]

Wow the bit about perfectionism and so many choices really spoke to me It's so so important to persist through difficult times and come up with creative solutions to your problems rather than just run away and be so nitpicky that you fail or keep switching tasks

[@NegikunTV]

And knowing how to accept your shame. To push through your guilt of having to use different methods and approaches. There's no reason for that. Just do what works for you.

[@Polo88Kai]

2:03:35 "I guess I'm okay with not having the answer there, right?" and now we're all not having any answer as well

[@Armathlive]

If you had to answer it yourself tho what would you say?

[@teippio5613]

Damn. Had a weird revelation when PirateSoftware said he agreed with something Dr. K said and he asked "How so?". I don't hear people often ask to clarify why u agree with them. Often people just want you to agree with them and that's their main goal for even interacting with you, they don't even care why you agree with them 🤔

[@pogoose0061]

This is a really good comment, and a cool look into someone else’s perception. It’s also not common that people unveil their own revelations in this manner nowadays. I’ve definitely asked this type of question before, but this is a good reminder to do it in the future.

[@richardhasledine7089]

They were both close to discovering something big, lol. Universe pulled the plug.

[@_WeDontKnow_]

the fact that Pirate was a ferret in his past life was too powerful for the general public to handle. Universe knows what's up

[@terakahn]

Really glad you started doing interviews and 1 on 1 chats again. I think it's by far the best content HG has produced.

[@xNothing2Lose]

This was such a blast to listen to. I am rn on day 8 of 10 of my first Game Jam. I felt quite nervous. but as soon the theme was revealed i had a dopamine rush lasting 6 days coding all the basic gamplay systems, graphics, sounds. Yesterday i was done with everything i wanted to, but had level design and some final polish to do.. Felt like exhausted. Even as i woke up. Mentally not on the state i need to be. I don't know if i could have done it at all, but especially not in the time. Just finished all sketches for the 20 levels i intended to build! While watching this. And this motivation charge feels like it will carry me through the last days! You're both amazing humans. Ty for sharing and make us all a bit more amazing and healthy. GG

[@derrekord]

Man, Thor's update at the beginning was great. He sounds like he's doing awesome.

[@derrekord]

Release the DR. K TOXIC DOTA video!!!

[@plswatchinfinitytrain]

This stream helped me have a more positive and hopeful outlook on life and people :) ty Dr K and Pirate guy

[@VernTheSatyr]

:)

[@ivanmitt9450]

Thor and healthy gamer guy 😅

[@izio1111]

Your both such high level people. As a level 21 peasant I'm in awe.

[@RedAnalog]

I've got to level 32 multi classing in everything, don't worry my bro you got this

[@SHOGUNTAHIRI]

@@RedAnalog Abserd?

[@St3v3NWL]

This piratesoftware guy came out of nowhere. All of the sudden his videos kept getting pushed, by me as well as my friends.

[@pascal6871]

He basically found a flaw in the algorithm and was in position to use it.

[@0xCAFEF00D]

​@@pascal6871 I think he got wide exposure through the apex ALGS pro-player hacks. And speculation was on all EasyAnticheat games (many of the most popular) having a remote code execution vulnerability (which would be like hacker movie levels of bad). So it got a lot of attention. Broad attention. And Thors always had a good voice, interesting life and good presentation abilities. Not really him abusing the algorithm I suspect. But maybe he's had good comments on it?

[@gapehorn2917]

@@pascal6871 can u elaborate? for me when thor came up on my fyp i agreed w a lot his advices/thoughts and his page seems like hes honest, which i genuinely think he is.

[@Pidoprill]

@@pascal6871 or he just spawned in new game + but we just don't know

[@Arcidi225]

@@pascal6871 Also he is extremely charismatic, and has a lot of interesting things to say. Going viral is easy, but having a channel where people come back and back again is hard. And this guy did it.

[@SirClicks.]

10:58 the Thor is on. Your welcome

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

Thanks

[@orisinil7603]

thx mate...

[@clarkneedsaweapon]

Thank you

[@AProblemOfficer]

3:42 stream start

[@rayzerot]

Thank you!

[@Armament0fJustice]

I usually feel impatient when trying to watch things, and want to get to the helpful or entertaining part asap (the forward march of time and how limited it is causes me great stress) but the music and lead up to the vod felt so good that I didn't want to skip it... even though these two people's wisdom usually hold great value and help me handle things... I feel like there's healing going on.

[@Wildy333]

These talks are so good, 2 hours just flown by. So glad there's a part 2.

[@thedude7319]

Normally I listen to everything on youtube at 2x speed. but both thor and drK has such soothing voices and insightful things to say I listen to the; normally so I have more to listen to

[@Jadebones]

Now imagine that power at x0.25 speed!

[@Jadebones]

Also... If you normally watch at x2 speed, why would you know what their "normal" voices sound like? 🤔

[@R0adkillRacc00n]

at 0.75 and 0.50 everyone roleplays as having ALS

[@VernTheSatyr]

:)

[@akospapanitz8390]

​@@Jadebones😆I watch Moist Kritikal at 2x speed and once I forgot to put it on and it was sooo strange

[@itsgooner1144]

This is one of the most positive and insightful conversations I’ve ever hear. Thank you

[@jabislawthegreat]

1:37:07 "This feels greasy" is such a brilliant statement

[@MrAm3latu]

Hey, I just wanted to comment saying that I really appreciate your content. I’ve been watching shorts for a while but as I’m a big fan of Thor, I decided to watch this one full through. As someone with bipolar disorder and severe depression, I found much wisdom here. Thank you.

[@Rinnaoj]

I crave those quality talks between and with quality persons. Thank you both for sharing your time, wisdom, and experience!

[@akospapanitz8390]

I'm excited to hear two very intelligent person's conversation🙌. Looking forward to listen to it when I'll have time.

[@DerekDoes...]

The third layer put a stop to things

[@anxav]

*Intro & Disclaimer:* 03:41 *Mental Health Awareness Month & Community Challenge "Make It May":* 04:53 *Interview with PirateSoftware (Thor):* 10:39 *Catching up with Thor & Recent Accomplishments:* 13:09 *What is a Game Jam?:* 14:56 *What is Social Engineering?:* 18:30 *Social Engineering & Psychotherapy Similarities:* 19:41 *Intuition vs. Science & Experiential Learning:* 21:19 *Terminology, Gatekeeping, & Emotional Vocabulary:* 23:40 *Communication in Relationships & the Importance of Conflict:* 25:25 *Red Flags Early in Relationships:* 27:11 *The Ego, Identity, & Cultural Influences:* 31:59 *Perception, Social Media, & Emotional Oscillation:* 36:45 *Gaming & Real-Life Grind:* 41:01 *Intentional Binding & Its Impact on Behavior:* 1:08:41 *Adaptability & Infinite Choice:* 1:14:28 *Thor’s Homeless Experience & Its Impact:* 1:21:12 *Motivation, Emotional Fulfillment, & Dharma:* 1:30:54 *Transparency, Truthfulness, & "The Calling":* 1:50:24

[@hunter7507]

I hope next time you order pizza happens to be a day they have a 50% off discount

[@theodorkollerd2524]

I hope you hit all green lights when you drive

[@tetros5265]

I hope you are the first to get early access to your most anticipated game

[@VernTheSatyr]

Thank you for giving people with less time the tools to find the parts they have time for.

[@jh5401]

i love you so much omg

[@jakethesnake4040]

This is so fascinating. Its interesting to see how many of these things i noticed about myself and took control of. Through self analysis. I was able to break my perception down to view reality more objectively. I find sometimes i get pulled back into my subjective view, but i keep trying to remind myself of whats actually true.

[@AlastairGames]

Yes! Making lists is incredible. Been using it for years and its helped me finish my game

[@dragonabsurda]

I think Thor is the first person I've encountered who has spoken about having a sense of something "other," being curious about it, but also being ok with perhaps never knowing exactly what it is. Any time I've tried to describe that sensation to someone, they either don't seem to be able to grasp it or they don't believe that I fully mean it. (It was also a little funny that that's exactly where the recording cut off, lol.) I love listening to these discussions with Thor. I hope there will be more in the future. ❤

[@jonathanarcher5356]

Thor the only guest to talk to Dr K and leave Dr K with a healthier mindset

[@kewnst]

one thing to tie this whole thing together is that thors childhood of playing video games and being able to put aside his feelings to solve something in game. it helped him in life , when he was homeless he leaned into that side of himself he developed form playing video games. it changed him for the better , then on. he even describes the intentional binding processes he went though . and on a day to day basis if hes feeling any extreme emotion this kicks in. and helps balance himself.

[@theexalius7947]

Thor was homeless? That gives me hope. I'm currently homeless. Trying to make it out

[@benjiellis3569]

Thor has to be my favourite guest, always entertaining, and insightful conversation.

[@UninstalledLeague]

Didn't even past the 3min and I already have chills! I can already feel this is going to be powerful.

[@Hereforthecomments1]

What did you think?

[@UninstalledLeague]

@@Hereforthecomments1 It was correct.

[@Flameandfireclan]

Press F to pay respects

[@GuillermoSmyser]

F

[@SergiuGothic]

F

[@just_a_doe]

F

[@Cunningstunts23]

F

[@BiT012]

F

[@daylansantiago7841]

Higher powers are at play here lmao

[@RowanAnimation]

I don't usually write comments, but now i just feel like I want to say I'm amazed about how insightful this conversation was.

[@endymionsrage]

Roleplay as a DM has the same vibe as "Cosplay as a person"

[@krystalreverb]

I haven’t even gotten to the actual video content yet, but the intro message of “AOE Healing starts with You” and I started crying like a small child.

[@ka_okai9]

2 of the most wholesome ppl on the internet right here right now. i protec

[@gloriabotbyl5097]

I haven't even started the video, and lemme tell you. Dr. K AND Thor together?? I've never clicked a thumbnail so fast in my life. These are my top two favourite people on the internet to watch right now, I'm considering today blessed and lucky now lmao. I hope y'all find everything you're looking for in your day when you read this, other nerdy folks! We progress!

[@farouthere6994]

Fnord! what awesome beauty..... thanks this was a great interview!

[@Nobody-hc1rw]

For me getting into a habit of doing something consistently is as easy as stopping doing it consistently (with the exception of addictive substances or behaviours). It usually takes me 3 days of repeating a certain action at a certain time of day; if i buy a specific food item 3 days in a row i most likely will keep buying it. Same goes for working out, playing a certain video game, etc. My issue is the cycle can break just as easily, sometimes life happens and i can't do it, or i eat out, get sick etc.

[@HamBown]

Ok... that timing was too perfect 😆 That said, this was another insightful and engaging conversation. It seems that I rarely have the opportunity to engage in this type of exploratory intellectual conversation, and it is one of the things that I value most.

[@theodorkollerd2524]

Correct me if I'm wrong but when I see people mention they don't get to have fulfilling or intelligent conversation, they seem to look for them in the wrong places. If your social circle consists of people who aren't interested in that, well, then what do you expect. Or someone who doesn't feel like their conversation with colleagues aren't deep and fulfilling, then I'll ask; are you expecting that from coworkers at a construction site? Are you expecting that from your colleagues at a office for data entry? Do you expect these conversations in a house party or a rave? Not to say that deep and intelligent conversations can't occur there, but it's a statistics game. Maybe there's a philosophy group in your town/ city, chess club, online communities that you're interested in? In my experience it's mostly about environment. Do the things you want to do, and you'll meet like minded people.

[@theodorkollerd2524]

From my anecdotal evidence I see A LOT of comments like this, saying they want conversations like this! So don't worry, many like minded people out there!

[@dcgamer1027]

1:48:20 I feel like that thrid thing comes from a realization and alignment of the first 2. So its not so much a separate third thing but a combination of the first two. What fees right and good combined with the knowledge that you have the skills, capabilities, or potential to further those things. Thor felt good about helping the ferret, he also just likes ferrets, then he realized he has the ability, the power to make the thing he likes even better. Like when you see someone digging a hole and feel like helping make it deeper or wider. Those who can should, with great power comes great responsibility, when those concepts align with a thing you actually want to do it feels like magic, like a calling, like you were born to do that thing.

[@GuruPitka88]

It makes me think of a choir actually. It's like most of the time and for most people there are two parts of music being sung. They're most of the time doing their own things. But the moments they come together they harmonize and create resonance. I think by living his life "truthfully" and with "transparency" he's just learned to create that resonant harmonization within himself for just about everything he does. Taking this further, it also makes sense that people with mental health issues would struggle with this both because of stigma that they're raised with but also how the internal voice may lie to the individual. By that voice "lying," it makes it incredibly hard to live your life "truthfully." This would be true of any mental health issue that skews or warps your sense of reality around you, whether that be skewing how you think others see you or how you see yourself, or just the world itself.

[@specialknees6798]

“Any shift from cognition to action is almost always a good one”

[@Mico-Xiyeas]

I have adhd I finished hvac in 51 days. Studied hard, but mainly because I also have a love for learning. I had a lot of immediate feedback from my instructor. And one day he started giving us review tests after studying an entire module, and I loved that! Was significantly more engaged compared to my only feedback being when I take my official test and getting a fail. Another way I give myself feedback in studying that's similar is by making close to every sentence or paragraph having at least 1 to 3 questions. These questions are to stay on topic, they must be found directly within the texts. So If the book says "this is centrifugal compressor, it does x" I will write "what is a centrifugal compressor? What does it do?" Or "what compressor does x?" If I want it to be harder. It's MUCH better I find then just summarizing the paragraphs into a single word (which still got me high passing scores on all my tests) but I find this much much more amusing and fun. Interesting. So long as my ego drops and isn't afraid of failure and accepts getting the questions wrong. Which I generally don't. But that's the issue with cognition. Sometimes it's like that somedays sometimes it's not lol

[@svajuxgt]

Their so quick with tying all of these ideas and examples together. As a non native English speaker, it's very impressive.

[@dominicortega9538]

Maldavius, it was fun running in Pochven with ya way back when. Good to see your killing it o7

[@crazyden2345]

God damn. Thor you are a mine of cool experiences and I’m blown away how insightful you are to relate all those to psychology.

[@sircrashtonii9718]

These interviews with Thor are absolutely massive for me, perhaps in part due to my existing background with you in these topics!

[@Casual_spectator]

Thanks for sharing this ivetrview. Thor is a very likeable person, wish him the best.

[@Appleloucious]

One Love! Always forward, never ever backward!! ☀☀☀ 💚💛❤ 🙏🏿🙏🙏🏼

[@TheSilasExperiment]

This is the only thing on KZbin that I put notifications on for and I missed it but here I am.

[@ginguu2490]

MASSIVE CLIFFHANGER

[@JuzzyQ7]

Best conversation duo, always loads of fun

[@bluladyfly]

These two together are some of my favorites.

[@Moto_Medics]

Holy shit that live soon remix is fireeee

[@lukegerhard]

Right?! When will they drop the track to download? Or let us know who the artist is? I want it on my playlist lol

[@ryanphillips4123]

I’m learning so much from this!

[@kwhyes5619]

"I really do think we can learn just about everything we need irl from video games" you tell em Doc!

[@eligoldman9200]

I started doing this behavior when I deny myself the behavior of engaging in thoughts that paint myself in a negative perception. I acknowledge the feelings, but I deny myself the ability to think negative thoughts. What I didn’t know is that I was denying my ego my perception.

[@kylespevak6781]

39:38 As an athlete, this is extremely similar to the drive of nailing a new trick. There's so much work, effort and failure, but when you get that one, it's such a huge payoff 40:40 This too! Everyone who has that trick or has tried it knows what kind of mountain you climbed

[@zompreacher]

These dudes have more deep level insights in an hour than I've independently had in a year, what the hell

[@Nikkska]

Keep engaging and you’ll get there too one day! Lots of small steps will get you far in the long run!

[@heyitzphil9792]

Unexpected, ultimate collaboration.

[@TheMetalGaia]

Wow, Thor's business acumen is amazing!

[@coffeegonewrong]

What? I caught up on their last stream yesterday!🎉🎉🎉

[@Wedcakskacdew]

Yes was waiting for this!

[@kyliedan7821]

The intro music just keeps getting better yo.

[@LautaroQ2812]

THAT THING ABOUT THE WHIRLWIND. I always think about the same thing: How on earth are you supposed to get or discover "easter eggs" without devs telling you about it or someone spoiling it or showcasing it in a video (nowadays) or back in the day without a magazine. It is one of the reasons why I don't like easter eggs very much (of that kind) and I also respect speedrunners a little bit in that sense.

[@goldfisho15]

Hey does anyone know where I can listen to that intro music? I used to listen to a lot of "Alan Watts Step", (chillstep music but spliced in with Alan Watts phillosphy recordings)

[@ivanmitt9450]

OMG such a perfect cliffhanger could not have been made even on purpose... We’ll never know what the end of the Thor’s train of thought was and weirdly I’m actually fine with that 😅 Such a great combo to listen to, makes one seriously think about life and decision making. Thank you, guys!

[@portobellomushroom5764]

The greatest crossover of funny+motivational creators on the English internet

[@luisladino6162]

Intentional binding is a great concept. I'm going to use it

[@WHOMEGALULz]

They got too close to that third layer, some external force had to step in and stop everything from progressing further

[@ShockingRotom]

This was a fantastic interview

[@crazyblaster8195]

Holy shit.. the overlays are clean AF

[@NelaFitness]

The segment about league was so funny to me. Back when I used to really care about playing ranked, I could always trace back to the moment my mentality lost us the game as an adc main. If for some reason at level 9, 14 minutes in, if I didn’t actively buy the blue trinket to replace the yellow one, that’s how I knew that I mentally gave up. It has nothing to do with the impact and everything to do with its implication. Blue trinket can be used at farther distances to ensure that I can walk a certain way without dying to something preventable. Whether I was ahead, but tilted or behind and hopeless, there was around an 85% correlation between my losses having a yellow trinket in my inventory.

[@ZME-957]

18:18 it’s more so I understand what it takes, it’s just that failing has always had a negative outcome in my experience; so I fell into accepting the bare minimum because that’s easier than the looming thought of no good occurring through hard work in the past.

[@michalkrsik2702]

I help cats that die of nasty disease and it felt exactly as Thor described. I lost my first ever cat and he was just a small kitten. The way we met was like from the unrealistic fairy tale, yet he left me after just 6 weeks in nasty way in my arms. Part of my soul died that day with him. Yet, weeks later option opened up to really help different cats with the same disease and I knew I had to do it. There never was choice involved. While I get joy out of it, I also get lots of pain as I saw many of them in their last moments. But it does not matter, it just feels like it has to be done so it will be done. I wonder where this comes from, for me it honestly feels like when character in Storm-light Archive says their words. It feels like universe issues a challenge your way, chance to do something and you can respond if you are ready. But that act of response happens in your soul, not your mind. Mind is there just to execute.

[@EcomCarl]

Engaging in practical tasks like identifying strengths and writing elevator pitches not only fosters personal growth but also promotes a supportive community environment. Let's join in and support each other on this journey towards better mental health! 🌟

[@VidenceNora]

doc you're right in your analysis assumption, having someone plug in an sponsor right at the beginning of the routine, as much as it gets it out the way as it were it doesn't set up for flow, now depending on how the individual executes the plug it sometimes works, cant give specifics but you're definitely onto something with the relatability idea, i know i for one would much rather a plug be put in when action has settled and especially now days where long form is becoming a lot more popular and viewing happens the whole way through what ever is being watched if i knew a sponsor advert was being made at the end and whom ever is performing tied it I'm much more likely to absorb it than what i do now which is skip through it. hope that made sense, recovering from a stroke

[@omnithewolf3628]

Can’t wait to see how this ages 😊

[@adamacosta4211]

This was the crossover I needed.

[@Ninjastahr]

Listening to Thor talk about how he deals with disarming his emotions reminds me of the Soviet spy in the movie "Bridge of Spies" which I kind of use myself. Whenever the character is placed in a situation where he people expect him to be freaking out and they ask him why he isn't, he simply responds "Would it help?" That, plus the idea of "the only thing you can control is your own reaction" really helps me personally. I wonder if Thor has seen that movie, I feel like he would like it

[@ZER-sc3pc]

When you started talking about finding that esoteric third element, I couldn’t help but wonder if it’s something like flow state but on a much grander scale.

[@coebaltraizure6137]

Okay here's my problem. Mindset absolutely matters. I was bronze and wanted to climb. I modified my mindset, I started asking myself how *I* messed up when I died, or when my team lost. I did get better. I did climb. I climbed from bronze to platinum, even! Over a few months, sure, but I eventually made it... And then immediately went on a losing streak. And i kept trying to isolate *my* problems, to see what *I* could do better, to see how I could improve... But I sill kept losing. And I'm sure somewhere in there I stopped looking at myself and came to the conclusion that there had to to be something the rest of the team wasn't doing right. So how do you keep doing that even when after looking at everything you could do, resolving to do things better, you still end up losing? Losing so bad you fall all the way back down? How do you break the glass ceiling of that cycle?

[@raulkern6609]

cool paper show-off should be a mandatory part of dr. K-s long-form videos

[@guysimone1]

I honestly feel blessed for never installing tiktok i stick to youtube shorts after a while they just start again like literally the same 30 short sequence will replay in the same exact order so it gets boring fast and forces me to stop so i feel like i have less and less need for this short form content

[@kotasake]

Ive just discovered this man Thor,but i feel like ive known him my entire life. I hope i can grow in similar ways aswell

[@Burgo361]

A great example of the sponsor thing is pcbway usually sponsors channels to do with tech that you can build customise restore etc. and when I think of a place to print pcbs they are all I can think of, I'm sure there are plenty of other places but that's the name that comes to mind immediately.

[@iambre3]

Omg my brain won’t be able to take this

[@korneltoth8143]

I just got to the part mentioning how perception is one of the core issues in todays mindsets. Since this is HG, I have to mention Superliminal, a very unique and short game that revolves around just that! I don't know if Dr.K played it yet, but if not I think he would really enjoy the topic and way of presentation the game achieves.

[@ifSephirothwasemo]

I oddly relate to Thor in many ways that I never knew, and would love to see more interactions in the future.

[@vinylSummer]

3:42 is the start

[@kimberlydrennon4982]

Hey Dr K would you ever consider having someone on staff to listen to the sound setup and offer suggestions? I know right now you are balancing people at the beginning but idk how you can do that when your own voice is part of the balance. Just some thoughts for this one: Thor's voice is too loud still and he is clipping which means his gain is set too high on his mic. Your sound is good just would be better if this was part of a private stream doing setup tech bs and then the stream is just the conversation. The sound setup could be 5-10 minutes of work then the tech can be dismissed if they want. Edit got 5 minutes in and y'all seem to have fixed the too loud

[@leandroazeredo8713]

Dr.K what is the brand and model of the headphones you use ?

[@jadelight1984]

We are not ok with not having the answer Thor. 😂😂😂

[@ZER-sc3pc]

1:57:30 Thor’s talk of the peace of mind that comes from being able to see your pet’s surgery seems a bit similar to the earlier conversation about real-time feedback and homework.