GritCult in 2020

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GritCult in 2020
“do you meditate or do you doomscroll?” (22 October 2020)
In 2020
Portal	Chronology
Posts	11,736
Original posts	3,023
Replies	8,713
Retweets	12,514
Likes	122,453
First post	1 January 2020
Last post	31 December 2020
Posts by month
Jan1363
Feb884
Mar1770
Apr63
May227
Jun796
Jul625
Aug1610
Sep502
Oct1196
Nov1338
Dec1362
Related
Christianity & God Crypto Cults David Goggins Death

GritCult in 2020 recovered to 11,736 posts, 3,023 of them originals and 8,713 replies. Social Media was the most-matched subject (504 posts), with Death second (247), and the year brought his heaviest engagement with David Goggins, a growing interest in faith, and an early taste of the bitcoin conviction to come.

2020 in review

The year opened busy, with 1,770 posts in March, then very nearly went dark: 63 posts in April and 227 in May. From June the volume came back, reaching 1,362 in December. The signature format was the "1 RT = 1" thread, in which each retweet unlocked another entry. January began with "1 RT = 1 2020-2030 prediction" ^[1], and later threads offered takes on death, on the city, and on why cult leaders rise in times of chaos. In January he also noted that 2020 was a year of the rat, as was 1348, the year "the plague spread" ^[2].

David Goggins entered the subject list with 133 posts, the only year he made the top ten, and the influence was spelled out. Goggins, he wrote, taught him to stop caring "about stats or iq or genetics" ^[3] and to become an embodiment of will power instead, a striking break from the evolutionary determinism of 2018. Death (247) rose to second place, sometimes as horror, "nothing is as horrifying as the passing of time." ^[4], and sometimes as a jab at drift: "Most people just go to work, watch Netflix and die." ^[5] Christianity & God climbed to 195 posts.

Late in the year a brighter strand ran alongside the dread. "do you meditate or do you doomscroll?" ^[6] became one of his most shared questions, and he set himself against irony, asking how anyone could "ignore the beauty of the universe and choose to be ironic and nihilistic" ^[7]. December previewed the year ahead with a list comparing banks dismissing bitcoin to taxis dismissing Uber and hotels dismissing Airbnb, ending "It's simple, they're afraid." ^[8] Retweets for the year came to 12,514 and likes to 122,453.

Recurring themes

• the retweet-for-a-take thread as signature format
• David Goggins and will over genetics
• death and the passing of time
• meditation against doomscrolling
• beauty against irony
• early bitcoin conviction

Subjects

The wiki subjects GritCult posted about most in 2020, by number of posts.

Notable post

The most retweeted GritCult post of 2020, with 192 retweets:

Top posts

The 120 most retweeted of GritCult's 11,736 posts from 2020. Select a column heading to sort.

Date	Retweets	Likes	Post	Media	Source
26 December 2020	192	3,193	@PunishedDarko		View
10 January 2020	127	262	1 RT = 1 2020-2030 prediction. THREAD.		View
22 October 2020	104	674	do you meditate or do you doomscroll?		View
1 November 2020	101	396	EVERYTHING AROUND YOU IS A MANIFESTATION OF YOUR MIND.		View
31 May 2020	101	332	alot of rioters are mainly doing not because of any push for justice or revenge, but rather because it is a form of socialising. its hip and trendy... its another product category... you are not an anarchist, just another mindless consumer, the "riot" is a product		View
27 October 2020	98	639	Actual location is Singapore. Where homosexuality is illegal.		View
29 November 2020	89	490	this is your life, your childrens life and your grandchildrens life, the rest of your bloodline cursed. that is unless you do something about it and break free from the bondage of comfort "n chill" that they so hard to try to push on you. the future is full of man made horrors.		View
25 November 2020	82	509	This is your life.		View
1 June 2020	77	333	I like to reflect on these paintings periodically. The Course of Empire. Pastoral State The Consummation of Empire Destruction Desolation Seems apt, which one do you think we are at ?		View
30 December 2020	65	269	This is the last thing you will see before sentient AI kills you and harvests your guts for batteries and lubricant.		View
24 November 2020	64	422	it is interesting to note that the soy face is also found in monkeys and it is often used to show submissiveness, being frightened. the instinctual response is show in a sense a form of helplessness. the soyface is one of quiet desperation, of despair, of destitution.		View
28 August 2020	64	321	Older I get. The more I realise how close insanity is to genius.		View
1 June 2020	64	167	1 RT = 1 REASON WHY CULT LEADERS RISE UP IN TIMES OF CHAOS OR... WHY RIOTS ARE GOOD FOR INFLUENCERs & BUSINESS		View
8 December 2020	62	325	WELCOME TO THE 21ST CENTURY WE NOW LIVE IN AN AGE OF AUTOMATED PORN Automated porn is going to put pornstars out of business... if you are thinking of starting an onlyfans... id suggest you learn some skills instead. all the below images are artificially generated.		View
27 October 2020	61	487	(image)		View
28 May 2020	59	187	1 RT = 1 CONTROVERSIAL OPINION ON "RIOTING"		View
27 August 2020	57	281	Most people just go to work, watch Netflix and die.		View
14 July 2020	56	349	The ancient Romans were truly enlightened. They used to have communal public toilets. This is where a lot of business and gossip used to take place. Multi tasking. The modern day equivalent could be pooping while on a zoom call.		View
16 December 2020	47	400	(image)		View
2 December 2020	47	394	How can you ignore the beauty of the universe and choose to be ironic and nihilistic. Positive Aesthetics pilled. @NE0GRIT @AESTHETlCULT		View
22 December 2020	42	442	thinking about this		View
17 December 2020	41	281	🏦 Banks call bitcoin a "bad idea" 🚖 Taxis called Uber a "bad idea" 🏨 Hotels called Airbnb a "bad idea" 🎵 Labels called streaming a "bad idea" 📰 Papers called internet a "bad idea" 📻 Radio stations called TV a "bad idea" It's simple, they're afraid.		View
2 August 2020	40	165	1 RT = 1 Quote / 1 lesson/analysis/comment on learnt from : Peter F. Druckers classic MANAGING ONESELF		View
26 May 2020	39	80	1 RT = 1 TAKE ON DEATH		View
9 November 2020	38	164	(image)		View
23 January 2020	38	161	2020 is Year of the rat. 1348. Year the plague spread was also a year of the rat.		View
26 August 2020	38	86	(image)		View
20 November 2020	36	229	Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.		View
17 December 2020	35	274	i am realising that making money, keeping money and growing money are 3 separate skills.		View
25 November 2020	35	245	nothing is as horrifying as the passing of time.		View
1 June 2020	34	73	149: Thread of thread for 1 rt = 1 take. Peruse at your leisure		View
26 August 2020	33	207	(image)		View
11 August 2020	33	162	Do NOT "ask questions" for the sake of asking questions like a FUCKING idiot wasting time trying to look smart. Learn to ask GOOD questions. “Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”-Voltaire I will teach YOU how to blow minds with questions. ~THREAD~		View
17 December 2020	32	378	thinking about this		View
1 June 2020	32	53	1 RT = 1 thread thread. RT this to get more 1RT threads. 1 RT = 1 THREAD MEGATHREAD		View
23 December 2020	31	282	mentally i am here.		View
29 November 2020	31	236	No such thing as an inner child. You are not divided. Idk why people fall for these theories that advocate a division of self.		View
6 December 2020	30	246	"life is suffering" naw u just a loser		View
17 November 2020	30	222	There's nothing more powerful than a humble person with a warrior spirit who is driven by a bigger purpose.		View
22 December 2020	30	220	small high performance team > bloated large overpaid teams almost everything in history was pushed by a small group of men who were all aligned on one goal and worked together like clockwork. We even used to hunt in packs to kill wild beasts. No deadweight.		View
9 December 2020	30	204	BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD		View
4 November 2020	30	182	Biden vote printer go brrr		View
6 December 2020	30	84	1 rt = 1 lesson learnt from the pandemic / corona lockdown (2020).		View
20 August 2020	29	242	You hate waking up early because you hate your life.		View
26 November 2020	29	217	I stay away from people who are ill all the time or always have mysterious illnesses. They usually aren’t physically ill. But have either depression or are an attention seeking energy vampire. In either case. It is ALWAYS best to keep arms length from them. Unlucky is a virus		View
25 November 2020	28	256	This works though		View
20 June 2020	28	216	Marijuana is estrogenic. This why weed smokers usually have man boobs and find it hard to pack on muscle, estrogen increases fat accumulation. The increased hunger effect via ghrelin creates a proclivity to junk food. now repeat this process for a few years, and BOOM!		View
24 June 2020	28	158	Nagoro, Japan. There is a demographic crises in Japan, people are aging and old people, so in one village a woman created life sized dolls to cure her loneliness. Is this a dying country ? "there ano children laughing in this village"		View
12 November 2020	28	129	What I believe in: “What we should try to do is make politics as local as possible. Keep the politicians near enough to kick them.” G K Chesterton.		View
5 August 2020	28	124	There is an Arabic saying that goes: “You want to die? Then throw yourself into the sea and you’ll see yourself fighting to survive. You do not want to kill yourself, rather you want to kill something inside of you.”		View
30 June 2020	28	117	Social media, should be called the social anxiety industrial complex. it bombards you with notifications, to rewire your brain, it forces you to see things you don't wanna see. it forces you to disagree with strangers, you won't meet. social media is built on an engine of hate		View
26 May 2020	28	86	1 RT = 1 TAKE ON THE CITY		View
17 December 2020	27	253	gift memories, not material things that fade.		View
3 November 2020	27	89	People are publicly shaming their very own family members, cutting off ties with parents, all because of politics. Politics rules the modern world. Almost everything is now politicised. Why is this? I try to examine this in the below thread...		View
6 December 2020	25	281	Do you agree with this?		View
19 November 2020	25	189	Passive parents, ideological and corrupt teachers, a controlled media that seeks to subvert all values of a successful civilisation and empty headed kids that have celebrities and pop stars as idols, and comic book characters as gods, are sure a dangerous cocktail of decline.		View
1 November 2020	25	171	Remember. Don’t Nut.		View
31 December 2020	25	164	RIP MF DOOM.		View
4 June 2020	25	108	If the modern world shows you anything. It's that critical thinking skills are becoming more and more rare with each passing day.		View
2 June 2020	25	83	Social media induced amnesia. You have been programmed to constantly forget previous events. You are living in the now. You are being so stimulated by current events and social media, no one seems to remember.		View
2 July 2020	24	203	buying books and reading books are separate hobbies		View
22 December 2020	24	193	if you dont practice your "religion", you are an atheist. religion isnt a feeling or a mood, it is a way of life. i dont understand people who call themselves X religion but never practice it.		View
18 August 2020	24	175	30 is NOT the new 20. time is in fact running out.		View
26 October 2020	24	123	Don’t let someone get comfortable with disrespecting you. You get what you tolerate.		View
16 September 2020	24	91	both social media companies and drug dealers call their customers, users.		View
29 November 2020	23	328	Gonna delete all my memes from my phone and replace with paintings.		View
21 October 2020	23	121	SMOKING RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS THREAD. gonna make a research dump of some of my thoughts, ideas and findings on "smoking" Kindly see below.		View
22 June 2020	23	94	Most people tend to be wrong because of their meta heuristics. Meta heuristics are the overarching world view that guides a persons rationalisations. It is how you react to information. Optimist, pessimist, realist are all meta heuristics. Thread 👇		View
25 October 2020	23	87	Some interesting numbers: - 76% of Suicides are Men - 97% of Workplace Deaths are Men - 40% of domestic violence victims are Men - 70% of the homeless population are Men - Suicide is the biggest killer of men under 35		View
2 March 2020	23	80	if only you knew...		View
1 July 2020	22	292	(image)		View
10 February 2020	22	140	Mother reunited by a ghost of her dead daughter who she can see and interact with but not touch. Haunting		View
2 January 2020	22	108	reframe everything in your life as a positive.		View
18 August 2020	22	77	Tobi Lutke @tobi is the CEO of @Shopify He is one of the most INSIGHTFUL business leaders out there. And this is a thread breaking down some of his thoughts on lockdown and office culture. THREAD... RT if you enjoyed		View
20 March 2020	21	120	They no longer have access to their handlers. When they run out of their psychoactive meds it's gonna be real..... Chaotic.		View
5 June 2020	21	97	Too many people being blackpilled about the decline of western civilisation Spreading negativity is slavish. I seek only to uplift. Here are my TOP 10 TRIUMPHS of western civilisation THREAD 0/10		View
17 April 2020	21	66	DEATH IS THE ONLY MOTIVATION YOU NEED.		View
5 July 2020	21	41	Introducing the Kanye 2020 political hat 🌎🇺🇸 #yzy2020vision RT & I’ll add one to your profile picture. Let’s make this a movement. #Yeezy2020 #Kanye2020 #yzy2020vision #yeezy2020vision #2020vision		View
21 December 2020	20	196	aesthetics twitter > instagram		View
14 December 2020	20	148	“In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends.” ― Okakura Kakuzo, The Book of Tea		View
2 June 2020	20	131	Remember the corona virus?		View
28 May 2020	20	102	ULTRA VIOLENCE IS AESTHETIC.		View
3 November 2020	20	92	THIS IS ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN LONDON A GROWN MAN TRIED TO ABDUCT A SCHOOL GIRL VILE		View
9 July 2020	20	82	This is Twitter.		View
13 February 2020	20	71	never reveal everything you know		View
26 December 2020	19	191	bruh life is crazy, u can create a business and media empire while never leaving ur bedroom.		View
23 January 2020	19	82	very cyberpunk. very aesthetic		View
3 March 2020	19	70	your phone is an attention vacuum		View
3 March 2020	18	186	"the corona virus is gonna lead to a global economic collapse and kill the human race"		View
6 December 2020	18	177	Underrated idea : Iron fertilisation Oceans produce vast amounts of oxygen that makes up the atmosphere. More plants in ocean. Instead of forests we should also focus on increasing the number of ocean plants.		View
23 November 2020	18	134	Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being.		View
9 July 2020	18	111	one of the greatest hacks : stop caring stop caring about the past stop caring about the future enjoy your life		View
16 July 2020	18	86	Sexual ambiguity and androgyny has always been typical of the shaman caste, and shamanism has always existed in societies, and ours is no different. thread left: david bowie, Androgynous singer. right : a depiction of a "hijra" (India's 3rd gender)		View
4 October 2020	18	47	me		View
17 March 2020	18	19	It's Corona time.		View
24 November 2020	17	201	anyone who calls themselves a "creative" is a fraud. oh you create for a living? how preposterous. its worse than one calling himself a philosopher		View
13 July 2020	17	115	Fasting is the most counter cultural thing you can do. We live in a world that is focused on constantly being inebriated and constant consumption. Choosing to fast and to consume less goes against the cultural programming of society. fasting is anti consumer.		View
11 September 2020	17	105	to link lacanian psychoanalysis with a girardian analysis of dorian gray. what social media is to the common man is what the picture of dorian gray is to dorian gray. a false idealised self that holds you prisoner.		View
10 February 2020	17	86	We currently live in the worst timeline. This is worse than the engineered Corona virus		View
1 January 2020	17	59	i wish everyone the best. i hope you all do well. i hope you see that you can be better i hope you all get your goals i hope you progress and are able to make the world a better place. i think the cultivation of ones character is the most vital aspect in lofty goals		View
2 June 2020	17	45	1 RT = 1 TWEET ON HOW THE FUTURE WILL GET WEIRDER		View
18 November 2020	17	42	Those who want the fewest things are nearest to the gods. Socrates		View
3 March 2020	17	6	Do you believe in astrology Rt for larger sample size		View
20 November 2020	16	252	(image)		View
2 June 2020	16	199	Look at how they massacred my boy @0x49fa98 Rest in peace		View
24 August 2020	16	137	America is a Gerontocracy. Trump is 74 Bernie is 78 Biden is 77 Pelosi is 80 Warren is 71 H. Clinton 72 An aging empire ruled by aging politicians.		View
15 October 2020	16	134	being rich but time broke means you optimised for the wrong thing.		View
9 August 2020	16	126	Everyone who drives cars really fast is optimistic I've noticed. People with no cars tend to depressed usually. A car represents freedom. Like a bird unrestricted.		View
7 October 2020	16	90	BREAK THE CYCLE.		View
1 December 2020	16	85	Six Rules of Life : 1.Before You Pray...Believe. 2.Before You speak...Listen. 3.Before You Spend...Earn. 4.Before You Write...Think. 5.Before You Quit...Try. 6.Before You Die... Live.		View
17 February 2020	16	51	“The path to paradise begins in hell.” ― Dante Alighieri		View
28 June 2020	16	37	1 RT = 1 NOTE TO SELF THREAD		View
31 October 2020	15	108	Trust in science is low. One reason is because scientists became priests, monks and bishops. Science became a religion. People will follow their leaders if their leaders do a good job. Their handling of corona has made most people disillusioned with this current religion.		View
26 March 2020	15	97	how i see the world		View
6 February 2020	15	88	All these secrets here on google earth but you’d rather think about space? Couldn’t be me		View
14 July 2020	15	69	Instagram capitalism. Corporate entities have become performative in their politics. Ideology becoming the next fashion statement. Woke capital is really about everyone becoming the same, thinking the same, looking the same. Mass commodification of thought. Thread.		View
19 January 2020	15	54	reminder :		View
25 October 2020	15	14	RT to be part of my biohacking group chat. first come first serve basis. these chats of mine get filled up pretty quick and they are great for learning and networking.		View
28 August 2020	14	171	Ask yourselves. Why is Steve Jobs a martyr and Jeff bezos seen as a villain? One died at their peak. Simple.		View
12 November 2020	14	98	the first animal humans domesticated was humans.		View

Month by month

GritCult posted 11,736 times in 2020: 3,023 original posts and 8,713 replies. The first post of the year went up on 1 January 2020 and the last on 31 December 2020; March was the busiest month, with 1,770 posts.

See also

Chronology portal

References

1. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (10 January 2020). 1 RT = 1 2020-2030 prediction. X.
2. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (23 January 2020). Year the plague spread was also a year of the rat. X.
3. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (7 March 2020). One thing goggins influenced me on is not giving a fuck about stats or iq or genetics. X.
4. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (25 November 2020). nothing is as horrifying as the passing of time. X.
5. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (27 August 2020). Most people just go to work, watch Netflix and die. X.
6. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (22 October 2020). do you meditate or do you doomscroll? X.
7. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (2 December 2020). How can you ignore the beauty of the universe and choose to be ironic and nihilistic. X.
8. ^GRITCULT [@GRITCULT] (17 December 2020). Banks call bitcoin a "bad idea"...It's simple, they're afraid. X.

Further reading

• Short Airbnb, Long Hotels, an essay by GritCult
• “Get jacked, build a cult, and get $$$ with Gritcult”, GritCult on Other Life (November 2021)

External links

• Top posts from 2020 by GRITCULT on X