Green Pill Secret: Pick Me

TimeHorse February 13, 2025 No Comments

Welcome to another episode if the Green Pill Secret. Last week, I wanted to tell you all about the problem with Creep Culture, this week, it’s all about the Pick Me people.

What is a Pick Me person? Simply put, a Pick Me Person, for instance, a Pick Me Girl, is a woman who talks about mens and boys issues. For this, she’s called a Pick Me Girl because she’s constantly defending men and boys. The implication is, she’s only doing it to get men’s attention and potentially date them. Nothing could be further from the truth!

By that same token, some may say I’m a Pick Me Guy (or Pick Me Boy) because I recognize women’s issues and support choosing the bear. Trust me, I don’t cosplay or fight for equal rights to meet women. I do it because I enjoy it or because it’s the right thing! If I happen to meet a potential romantic interest, great. And if I don’t, it doesn’t matter because that’s not what I came for anyway!

Anyway, this Valentine’s day! So be it my Kings at a Palentine’s Event, or my Queens at a Galentine’s Event, have fun and be well! And thanks for what you do because I pick you!

Tutor: Science / Math / Software Engineering

TimeHorse February 7, 2025 No Comments

Folks, as I’ve from time to time mentioned, I’m currently unemployed and as such, although I’m using the time to improve my literary portfolio, with hopefully at least 2 books to be released this year, I’m also considering earning some cash as the money runs out. For instance, since I run a science book club, am a mathematician, and a software engineer with decades of experience, I wanted to offer my skills to anyone needing a tutor. I am cleared and trusted by the government and I want to assure all of you that I am someone worthy of trust and respect and have unique skills, and knowledge and am an excellent presenter, having been a toastmaster. I’m also looking to be a teacher’s aid, or lunch monitor, or a substitute teacher, should these opportunities become available. I’m quite flexible in terms of remuneration as well. I have even lowered my asking salary for software engineering positions by 20%, and I’m happy to provide discounts for those who are financially struggling.
I’m happy to help those in need, so feel free to pick my brain and let me share some of my years of knowledge with someone who’s struggling.

Green Pill Secret: Creep Culture

TimeHorse February 7, 2025 1 Comment

This week I’ve decided to finally expand upon an issue I’d held back for a while now: Creep Culture. First and foremost, I’m not talking about #MeToo here. Those #MeToo stories are tragic and abominable and need to stop now!

But, that’s not what Creep Culture involves. No, Creep Culture is the practice of, for instance, taking a workout video and catching a man glancing your way, and putting that video on TikTok or Instagram to call him out, and get likes and positive reinforcement from all your followers, knowing full well that the person you caught on tape will never see his shaming. What’s more, sure, he did check you out, and I get it, you didn’t want to be checked out, and you feel a little uncomfortable about it, but the internet isn’t a place to air your dirty laundry. Sure, discuss it with your friends, and you’re right to be uncomfortable. But, trust me, unless the guy is walking up to you and demanding your phone number, all we was doing was admiring you and moving on. He doesn’t deserve to be shamed for that. And you don’t need that type of likes.

The problem, though, isn’t that you’ve shamed a dude who really didn’t mean you any harm, the problem is all the dudes who didn’t do it, and see your video, and become deathly afraid of even approaching women. What kind of society are we creating if men are afraid of asking out women, and women don’t want to ask out men? That’s the question!

Green Pill Secret: Universal Basic Income

TimeHorse January 31, 2025 No Comments

This week it’s all about getting money from the gubment! Yes, we’re talking about UBI, Universal Basic Income. I’ve decided to run the numbers so you don’t have to, starting with what that UBI Monthly Payment should be and how much that would actually cost the government versus what it pays now for Social Security, Food Stamps, and the rest of it.

UBI has been around for a long time but in 2020, Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang introduced the concept of the Freedom Dividend, which is what he called his UBI proposal. While he originally restricted the payments to $1,000 per month, given inflation I have a slightly modified proposal.

In the end, I don’t know if UBI could actually be paid for. I’d rather have it run through the CBO before I’d propose any politician actually take my numbers and run with it. That said, I wonder what AOC would think…?

Green Pill Secret: Invisibility

TimeHorse January 24, 2025 No Comments

Last week I recorded an episode about Invisibility. Unfortunately, there was no Audio Pickup because it was getting the sound from a non-existent microphone so it was just 10 sunny minutes of silence. I even filmed a clip where I could edit the video to make me disappear when I said Invisibility; but alas, that wouldn’t have worked with a nighttime recording. Clearly, I couldn’t use that so I re-recorded it last night with new commentary now that President Trump has started his second term.

Anyway, I’ve decided to redo the episode and add commentary about DEI and reiterate the gender hierarchy. I know how, even if you are not a white, heteronormative, cis-white male, you may still feel discriminated against, such as a straight, American Woman of East Asian descent may feel that blacks are more covered and protected because of, for instance, school admission racial quotas, while she forgets that as a woman she’s suffering her own hidden oppression. Maybe she’d be fired before the black woman and the transwoman, but she totally forgets that she might have a dozen male coworkers who will likely be fired before her because the company doesn’t want to get sued for sexism.

The point being, we can all feel invisible and ignored by the system, be it because our computer is ignoring our audio in a recording, or we’re passed up for a job or a promotion, or we can’t get that third date. Or even, if a game you love is ending forever at noon today after it being the best game ever since the October 2024 update.

The Simpsons Tapped Out final splash screenEA for giving us nearly nearly 13 years of wonderful game play and in the last 4 months thank you so very much for turning a Freemium Game into a truly free game (I just wish I hadn’t just learned about it one week before the game ends)! The Simpsons: Tapped Out, rest in peace

Thanks again for watching and remember, you’re not invisible to me!

The Green Pill Secret: Unemployment

TimeHorse January 17, 2025 No Comments

This week, I wanted to give you all an update on my status. TLDR: I’m still unemployed. I don’t know when or if I will ever be able to work again but I’m not giving up hope and I still have 8 weeks of funding to tide me over before I have to start digging into monies I was trying to avoid.

But, I created this podcast for you, and I want my experiences to help you because maybe you’re unemployed too. If you can move in with mom and/or dad, consider it! I know it’s a step backward but sometimes you need to take a step back to move forward and there’s no shame in using the rental saving so help you cut costs and live more economically. No shame at least in asking!

And remember, I’m here for you, so please reach out if you need emotional support as you deal with disappointment. Take care and I hope you can spare 10 minutes to see this week’s episode:

The Green Pill Secret: The Answer (Part 2)

TimeHorse January 10, 2025 No Comments

This week we continue answering viewer questions with the most important question of all: why me? Why waste your time listening to my 10-minute videos when you have so many other great channel to listen to? Well, this week, Imma tell you a little bit about my own life’s story so you can understand why I’m here, why I care, and why I want to help: because I’ve experienced what you’re experiencing. And that’s more than I can say about the dozens of men on top. They could care less about you and your concerns!

The Green Pill Secret: The Answer (42), Part 1

TimeHorse January 3, 2025 No Comments

The week, I wanted to answer some recent viewer questions about the channel and what it’s about and why I pour my heart into it. In the first part, I address what it’s not. It is not a cult. The name The Green Pill Secret isn’t a new get rich quick scheme or cult like the Red Pill cult, nor is it a get women fast and easy channel like the black pill cult. What it is as a scientific, bayesian approach to life which welcome constructive criticism and is opened to change, led by a total nobody who is very, quite frankly, on the whole of it, relatively unlikeable character. But, who better to talk to the invisible, the forgotten, the relatively ignored millions who feel they don’t matter?

Green Pill Secret: Chasing Likes

TimeHorse December 28, 2024 1 Comment

This week I was inspired to write an episode about superficiality. Specifically, I realized the channel lost a subscriber and one of my episodes garnered a dislike. The thing is, I don’t at this time have that many subscribers and honestly, yes, I’d like more, but I don’t want to do it the quick and easy way. No, I want to create substance and meaning in my content and I’m not looking for the quick like. Indeed, I don’t want praise for praise sake and I’d much rather have Constructive Criticism which will make this channel better.

After all, someone recently suggested to me that my single-person episodes were a bit boring as they didn’t have two camera editing. That’s why I’m trying the new style of single-person production, even though it took much longer.

Also, if you’d like to learn more about Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age, by Yuval Noah Harari, feel free to join me at my next Science Book Club meeting, where we will be discussing this book with folks who read it.

Truth be known, though, the original recording of this episode was corrupted and ended up being a 10 minute episode stretched to 6 hours. Needless to say, I had to re-record the episode which is what I give you here!

Green Pill Secret: Life and Disability

TimeHorse December 21, 2024 No Comments

This week, as we begin our winter season, I wanted to bring back my good friend Shea, who you may remember from our Coping with Addiction Episode. Of course they are a great guest and I was very eager to have them back on the show!

As you’ll find out in this episode, Shea has Muscular Dystrophy, which causes their muscles to be very weakened and thus it’s hard for them to accomplish common tasks an non-disabled person may take for granted. For instance, they’re confined to a wheelchair, though, to be honest, it’s a totally cool form of motion and carries all they need, and can take them to most places, including a show at Wolf Trap we enjoyed together earlier this year.

In this episode, however, we don’t talk about Star Wars: A New Hope. Instead, we’re here to talk about Shea’s novel, This is Not a Love Scene, all about a disabled teenager as she navigated he social and romantic life in a non-disabled world. I, personally, was very excited when this book came out, with a descent publishing company, having reviewed various chapters in The Hourlings writing group.

Will she find love? Well, we won’t spoil it for you in this episode but I definitely recommend checking out the book—when you’re through watching, of course!