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/podcastSponsored by:Polymarket: https://polymarket.comZcash: https://z.cashCitizenX: https://citizenx.comPassage Press: https://passage.press⸻Lukas: https://x.com/SCHIZO_FREQSaila: https://x.com/sailaunderscoreTimestamps:00:00 Placebomaxxing: Cold open00:19 Welcome back: Lukas checks in from Rome00:38 90 minutes to not buy a blender04:27 When do you become old? 30 vs. 2707:01 Rome is walkable, technically08:03 Living next to the ruins of a great civilization11:50 A theory on why European women are so attractive13:42 Italian women and the Japanese leaf girl15:30 The appeal of the tsundere16:51 Nobody in Rome blames you for Trump18:05 We disagree on everything, even pasta20:51 Nobody in the Mediterranean wants to do anything21:31 Locked out of the apartment for hours24:24 Rome in the pandemic: "God bless Fauci"26:00 Becoming ideologically old28:19 The creatine study and lean tissue mass32:41 Manifestation on the plane to Beijing33:26 The only advice that's 100% true35:12 People who talk to their younger self through you36:26 How to ask for advice40:23 You're old when nobody can give you advice42:11 Corporate ladders and boomers who won't retire43:19 Why tech has young CEOs45:41 Send us your advice questions46:13 The trad Catholic longhouse era48:52 Cold hatred for lawyers51:11 Nobody will ever fix the lawyer problem52:28 AI video games and personal software54:07 God mode ruins Minecraft57:09 The labor theory of meaning57:56 In defense of hazing59:00 Frat hazing vs. basic training01:00:36 What military officers think of frat hazing01:02:31 Freedom of association fixes 90% of problems01:03:19 Like a nature documentary: women vs. women01:05:34 Vaporizing dinner in a lidless Airbnb pot01:06:33 Rome is shockingly expensive01:08:27 Placebomaxxing01:09:24 Steve Jobs and the cancer counterexample01:11:24 Fasting your way out of cancer (not medical advice)01:13:50 Nobody likes a data scientist01:14:53 The lost Tracing Woodgrains episode: do disclaimers work?01:16:24 "This is financial advice": SpaceX01:17:01 Pitch decks as Word docs with no words01:18:00 Outro