Placebomaxxing

Lukas checks in from Rome, where it took 90 minutes to not buy a blender, and he and Saila get into when you actually become old, what it does to your psyche to live next to the ruins of a great civilization, why Americans think European women are more attractive, and why nobody in Rome blames you for Trump. They cover becoming ideologically old and no longer believing polls, the creatine study and visualizing your workouts, how to ask for advice (and why you're old once nobody can give you any), why tech has young CEOs, a cold hatred for lawyers, AI-built video games and why god mode ruins Minecraft, the labor theory of meaning and a defense of hazing, freedom of association, Steve Jobs and fasting versus cancer (not medical advice), why nobody trusts a data scientist, disclaimers, and pitch decks sent as Word docs with no words. Plus: placebomaxxing. Bonus episodes on Substack: https://plausiblydeniable.substack.com/podcast Sponsored by: Polymarket: https://polymarket.com Zcash: https://z.cash CitizenX: https://citizenx.com Passage Press: https://passage.press ⸻ Lukas: https://x.com/SCHIZO_FREQ Saila: https://x.com/sailaunderscore Timestamps: 00:00 Placebomaxxing: Cold open 00:19 Welcome back: Lukas checks in from Rome 00:38 90 minutes to not buy a blender 04:27 When do you become old? 30 vs. 27 07:01 Rome is walkable, technically 08:03 Living next to the ruins of a great civilization 11:50 A theory on why European women are so attractive 13:42 Italian women and the Japanese leaf girl 15:30 The appeal of the tsundere 16:51 Nobody in Rome blames you for Trump 18:05 We disagree on everything, even pasta 20:51 Nobody in the Mediterranean wants to do anything 21:31 Locked out of the apartment for hours 24:24 Rome in the pandemic: "God bless Fauci" 26:00 Becoming ideologically old 28:19 The creatine study and lean tissue mass 32:41 Manifestation on the plane to Beijing 33:26 The only advice that's 100% true 35:12 People who talk to their younger self through you 36:26 How to ask for advice 40:23 You're old when nobody can give you advice 42:11 Corporate ladders and boomers who won't retire 43:19 Why tech has young CEOs 45:41 Send us your advice questions 46:13 The trad Catholic longhouse era 48:52 Cold hatred for lawyers 51:11 Nobody will ever fix the lawyer problem 52:28 AI video games and personal software 54:07 God mode ruins Minecraft 57:09 The labor theory of meaning 57:56 In defense of hazing 59:00 Frat hazing vs. basic training 01:00:36 What military officers think of frat hazing 01:02:31 Freedom of association fixes 90% of problems 01:03:19 Like a nature documentary: women vs. women 01:05:34 Vaporizing dinner in a lidless Airbnb pot 01:06:33 Rome is shockingly expensive 01:08:27 Placebomaxxing 01:09:24 Steve Jobs and the cancer counterexample 01:11:24 Fasting your way out of cancer (not medical advice) 01:13:50 Nobody likes a data scientist 01:14:53 The lost Tracing Woodgrains episode: do disclaimers work? 01:16:24 "This is financial advice": SpaceX 01:17:01 Pitch decks as Word docs with no words 01:18:00 Outro