I found this on Twixter over the weekend, and decided to recap it and add another thought or two or more. Twisting the narrative into a talk about gematria sports picks.
One of the key points that Schwarzenegger brings up is that it doesn’t matter which “side” you’re on. Hatred doesn’t end well for anybody. I can be fairly confident that this is making the rounds again because of the current conflict in the Middle East. Well, when isn’t there conflict in the Middle East? There are tons of messages on Twixter daily these days about this. These are a mix of pro Israel and pro Palestine. And the messages of the calmer approach to understanding that it’s not all black and white are few and far between.
Part of Zach’s marketing plan is the extremely black and white “the Jesuits are the source of all evil”. If he wants to make sports picks for a lark and a couple of bucks, that’s his problem if it works out or not. Including a seemingly never ending supply of people that don’t get that they’re basing a lifestyle based on everything being black and white with no grey areas.
That’s part of the design of gematria sports picks. Every week this NFL season there’s been video content of Zach making sports picks as if he’s mastered the black versus the white, eliminating the grey area. Yet, the actual Patreon content is a huge grey area where eventually he sides with more black or more white, never getting the full way to the brightness or the darkness. Listening to his picks is like listening to a toddler that can’t make his mind up what he wants Mom to prepare him for lunch. Mom would prefer to make either Mac and cheese OR chicken nuggets. Then unless the child gets both he’s never going to stop screaming. And inevitably hates the lunch anyway.
Listen to his speech patterns and get some pattern recognition ability. It’s always, “The thing that stands out to me most is the 23 narrative, but I do like how so and so can stay on 121 career losses, so that could come true.” Or similar angry, hungry toddler waffling. He KNOWS he can’t pick between two black and white sides of a story. Whenever he’s wrong there’s ALWAYS an excuse. Usually, they flipped the script on me to make me look bad. When the reality is he looks bad because after a decade of doing this, he’s shown he is bad at it. Not bad in always being wrong. Surely his overall stats if ever compiled are somewhere around 50%. But, bad in the sense that for someone claiming he’s moved the meter closer to black or closer to white most of the time (oh, who are we kidding, this is Zachula, it’s decidedly black) he’s never gotten close to enough evidence to support that.
Sports contests, by design, are extremely black and white. Ties are rare enough and a long season produces objective proof of a team being good, bad, or somewhere in the middle. Zach preys upon the black and white of a single game. Then declares victory at the end of the season for having predicted who will be in the playoffs all along. And his record on the champions when he does offer a grey area narrative early in the season is really not that good. Unless you count being allowed to change your toddler lunch after Mom has already finished making it as a prediction.
Like Arnold, I get that there are a lot of people that get involved with gematria because life hasn’t been kind to them. Seeking a way out of real life problems, pretty much anybody could be happier with a little more financial security. The idea that you can push the odds in your favor is attractive. But did you find out about gematria sports picks because you hate the Jesuits, Israel, Palestine, black people or are even just angry at the world. If so, you’ve got a huge cognitive blind spot that gematria grifters are preying on.
Did you find the weekly recaps of Zach’s bad picks because you hate Zach? You still have a huge cognitive blind spot. The comments section is loaded with the heads of the other cliques, ProZac users and other sports gambling gurus. All doing the same thing, looking for you to make a black and white decision on a hugely grey area. Team A or Team B WILL win the game (other than the rare tie). Team A or Team B WILL cover the spread. Somebody WILL win the Super Bowl. Being a fan or disliking a team is part of sports fandom. Being willing to put your money where your mouth is and gambling is encouraged by the casinos, because they’ve mastered advertising - getting people to pick both teams as a group. You can become a better person by betting in moderation or not at all if you’re going to get all emotional about not game related events affect your thinking. Moving on from Zach to another conspiracy grifter is not going to solve anything. You’ll still be left with your hatred and little else. Yes, these recap videos of Zach’s bad picks are superficially beneficial in pointing out his failings and keeping them on record. But they don’t pass the smell test on the bigger picture. You don’t need to love Zach or pity him. But hatred of Zach and extending that to making real life decisions based on that doesn’t make you a better person.
Your brain is still under your control more than anyone else’s control. Ultimately, your brain is responsible for what happened if the shit hits the fan. You CAN train your brain to behave better. Like Arnold says, it’s not easy. Work is work, not super happy fun time. Train your brain to at least understand that the truth community has more people interested in your money than people that care about any message. You can at least have some money for groceries, entertainment and gas instead of digging yourself a deeper financial hole.
If you need to pick a side, pick yourself for the long haul. Life is tough. Freely giving your money away to someone with a proven track record of not producing results is never a solution.
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