Four years ago on August 19th I finally took some SoSuave friends’ advice, stopped procrastinating and began organizing and building upon about 9 years worth of writing I had done on that forum and in my university work. Back then all I wanted to do was flesh out the forum posts I thought might make for some interesting reading. I had so many members and newly unplugged friends ask me to collect all of these essays in one place I had to make some sort of effort.
Four years later I think I’ve moved beyond just the core Red Pill ideas I had then. I don’t keep a personal journal. I do have a small notebook I write ideas into as they hit me, but my only way of reviewing my writing is looking back through these notes and searching back through 4 years of writing here. Even if I’m just going back through the previous year’s work it’s an interesting review of where my life was at as well as where the manosphere in general was too.
Even if you’re just peripherally aware of the events in the sphere you know that things have been more than a bit unsettled for the past 5 months. I really dislike involving myself in the manosphere’s PR, but as one of the primary writers (one of the three ‘R’s as it were) I’m sometimes compelled to do so. I would much rather be writing about what I do than writing about the ‘sphere itself. I don’t do this for a living, nor do I have any plans to ever make it my vocation. I enjoy the freedom of being able to focus on issues I believe are important to making men Red Pill aware unencumbered by any concern about how my writing might affect revenue generated by web stats or advertising.
As of today I have 452 published posts. My posting has gone up a bit more this year to 1-2 per week. I’m getting a bit more comfortable with this schedule as it allows me to craft a post over the course of a week and give more thought (and counterthought) to what I’m mulling in my head. I like doing the weekend discussion questions too so I’ll be upping these for the weekenders here in the coming year.
In 4 years the view traffic is fast approaching the 13 million mark. My monthly views are averaging almost half a million now. I might be a bit off, but I think this is pretty impressive for a Red Pill blog that doesn’t advertise and has never been monetized. I have a stake in a couple of liquor brands that would kill for half of this traffic.
I’ve been a bit more public in the last few months. Since the last ‘Best Of’ post I’ve done 5 interviews, and in a couple of weeks I’ll be making my first in-person appearance at the Man in Demand conference in Las Vegas. I’ve got some high hopes for this event, but I should state for the record that it’s the first and only appearance I’ll be making for at least a year. I have no plans of ‘going public’ in the foreseeable future.
Obviously I think the best thing about the past years was publishing the second book Preventive Medicine. I now own the trademark for The Rational Male (just to be official and protected) and I do have plans for a 3rd installment of The Rational Male series, but this wont be until Q4 of 2016 at the earliest. I should also say that I’ve been entertaining the idea of writing what I call Red Pill fiction. Not to go into too much detail, but I’m toying with the idea of writing some down to earth, gritty fiction that’s firmly rooted in a Red Pill perspective.
Beyond all this, Sam Botta has just recently finished the audio and editing of the first book in Audible format. The plan is to have it available by mid-September, but I’ll be announcing it officially when it’s available.
The following are links to the posts I felt had the most relevance and impact for the year. The comment volume has increase exponentially this year which I’m very happy about. Open, unmoderated, discussion has always been the strength of this blog and it’s encouraging to see the interaction stepped up this year.
I have a love-hate kind of feeling with the Best Of posts. I want to highlight what I think were great, but I do so at the risk of marginalizing the posts I think had great merit, but just didn’t make the cut. These selections aren’t necessarily the most popular or the most commented on, but I thought they deserved some consideration as the most significant (several were even included in Preventive Medicine).
The Rational Male – Preventive Medicine
Interviews
Series
Social
- The Political is Personal
- Building Better Worlds
- Equalism and Masculinity
- The Invisibles
- Our Sisters’ Keeper
Red Pill / Game
Hypergamy
SMV
- “She turned on me”
- The Reckoning
- Betas In Waiting
- Making Up for Missing Out
- Validation Hunting and the Jenny Bahn Epiphany
Personal Development
- Vulnerability
- Mental Point of Origin
- A New Hope
- The Burden of Performance
- The Myth of the ‘Good Guy’
- The Quick Fix
Love
Thanks for another great year!
RT
Rollo: Thank You for your writing.
Way to go Rollo
Thank you Rollo. Your insights have been an incredible help to me on my journey. Keep up the good work.
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Thank you Rollo. I’ve bought both of your books and will be amongst the first to buy any further work you publish.
This *is* the RP blog, free of political and religous agendas, distilled to perfection (I bet the same can be told about products under the liquor brands he has stakes in). I rember when I first found it something like 3y ago: I was going through some issues with a girl, playing to all the “understanding guy” stereotypes. I always felt it to be “wrong” somehow, saying to myself at times “this not how it is supposed to happen”, felling a splinter in my head for every supplicating gesture i made. Then one day, after a particulary strange encounter with… Read more »
@ Rollo, I really appreciate that someone, anyone has taken the time to write the things you’ve written. A few years ago I would have dreamed to be able to connect such dots in a helpful and rational way as is done here, if only to have laid out such arguments so astutely and felt proud to have done so. If there’s anything I’ve learned from reading, it’s that I had absolutely no hope of doing so, all from lack of the perspective necessary to understand what is conveyed here. It’s your expressed perspective that is so valuable, if only… Read more »
I really wanna thank you for the work you are doing.
This Blog is like a magical fountain for me, where i can dip in to gain energy, wisdom and persistence for the life outside.
Thank you !!!
Where’s “The Mister T”? He’s so quite now…
I also want to express my gratitude to you, Rollo. You’ve been a major and life changing influence to me and I am thoroughly thankful for that.
“I should also say that I’ve been entertaining the idea of writing what I call Red Pill fiction. Not to go into too much detail, but I’m toying with the idea of writing some down to earth, gritty fiction that’s firmly rooted in a Red Pill perspective.”
That sounds quite charming, Tomassi. I encourage you to do so, I think it would be quite popular.
Fiction? Fun. I’d buy it once it comes out on Kindle.
I don’t think I’m overstating this but, you have not only changed many lives for the better; you have probably saved a few lives in the process. God bless you, Rollo.
Holy hell
Just wow man.
I can’t help but be amazed to know how your writings have changed everything of me to the better.
Congratulations on Year 4. Along with the progress on the blog, the progress noted in the comment section from various readers (myself included, heh heh heh) is very exciting. Sex/women/relationship problems were practically the singular driving force behind my history with suicide attempts. After a breaking point hardly a week ago where I’d tried again, I had a breakthrough. And that breakthrough was almost completely based on insights I’ve gotten from this blog. It’s been a rough road. But things are looking up, and RM has been one of the only things that’s truly helped me in my life. Being… Read more »
you’re really raised the bar on manosphere commentary and insights.
yes thank you Rollo – looking forward to sampling .wav quotes from the audio version of The Rational Male then layering the quotes onto audio tracks and sending .MP3s to you for consideration.
Thank you Sir. You’re a good man.
Thank you Rollo,
from my early days – thank god it’s not just me!
to starting to understand – yes a man will be dropped if he’s a liability a womans’ first duty is to herself.
to killing the beta – yes, everything mum taught was wrong.
Thank you doesn’t quite do it – we’ve no right to expect your expertise for free.
Thank you you helped me a lot.
Congratulations Rollo! I have been following your blog for 8 months & I have made significant improvements in my life since then. Like so many guys in the “sphere” my instincts were telling me that malevolent forces were working behind the scenes to marginalize masculinity. Your posts have masterfully articulated the who \ what \ when
why & how of things. Keep up the excellent work my friend
Nice work. I’m handing out this information (books or links to sites) to younger men as I encounter them (or as they approach me for advice on women). It’s nice to have something like this site (or books) to turn to now……it’s info and material we didn’t have ‘back when’ to turn to when we knew something wasn’t right in the matrix.
Awesome work Rollo, keep it going. You’ve been instrumental in my unplugging. Red Pill living is so much more fulfilling for me. Thanks!
As soon as I saw the photo (though I have no idea exactly where) I felt that instant certainty in its familiarity – the colours, the hedge-rows, the road markings – that it was somewhere in the British Isles. I am correct? The significance is, I presume, the Milestone.
Much appreciate your essays – which, I would say, is your forte and always worth reading and re-reading.
Yes, I would put money on it being in the UK
Looks like the milestone marker on the B 940 road from Crail to Cupar (South of St. Andrews) in Scotland. @ Softek YGBSM. Are you saying you tried another attempt at suicide hardly a week ago? And then you did the old recommended thing of trying something you always wanted to do (PIV) before you go out? Hey man, next time you get down it seems that there are quite a few hundred thousand people (men) in Rollo’s TRM stats to give you a helping hand if you ask for it. If you keep following the red pill/game script you… Read more »
Rollo – This blog helped me internalize and actualize Red Pill truths in my life in real ways rather than yammering about them. At a more meta level, it’s helped me embrace my own masculinity and end the war with myself that raged inside of me for my whole life, a war that all men raised and living in this FI soaked world have inside of them. Whether it’s sex drive, dominance, aggression, a predilection to action or driving myself to succeed, I no longer feel conflicted about these impulses. I’ve also rid myself of the pedestalizing of women, which… Read more »
I was reading “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell. The speed dating section is applicable – attraction decisions are made in seconds and don’t fit what the participants said they wanted in a mate:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_dating#Scientific_research
Quick question: What did Rollo mean when he said “Don’t LARP here”?
I’m not familiar with live action role playing games and how that applies to comments here.
Fife. On the B940 from Cupar to Crail. By the Kingsmuir crossroads.
http://canmore.org.uk/site/305749/drumrack
Hoho. Ninja’d by SJF
@SJF It’s a usage coined by YaReally recently. He used it as a way to ridicule Roosh followers who were being highfalutin melodramatic about the pushback he was getting. They were acting like they were the heroes in a fantasy movie fighting bravely against evil, he quoted them as saying things like ‘whatever shall come, know, roosh, that we stand beside you.’ It was pretty funny. So basically, be real here. Accept the world as it is and yourself as you are – strong but limited. Avoid a narcissistic perspective where the world is a movie and you’re the hero.… Read more »
I’m sure it was difficult to pick blog posts for the best of Year 4, as so many of them were so good. @scribblerg – awesome post – illustrates the importance of focused action. Let us know how your progress goes. Time to get my ass back to work…
I think the Roosh episode was very valuable. It was courageous — I would never be able to put myself out there like he did. Now there are two sides to this debate. In however ugly a fashion, Roosh put the ‘sphere in the public eye. No matter what, we won’t make any progress until that happens. We’ll see where this all goes next.
To add — we have to build on the beginnings of that episode. The Roosh thing turned out to be brilliant, honestly. Perhaps not through any special wisdom, but through what we learned as a result. There is a way to insert the ‘sphere into the public political discussion. By triggering an extreme and violent reaction from feminists, he raised a legitimate question about the limits of free speech, an issue that is already heavily politicized and deeply unsettled. Many, many mainstream conservatives are already on heightened alert for leftist overreaction aimed at suppressing unwanted speech. So episodes like this… Read more »
@Lucien – Fuck Roosh. He’s a racist, a pseudo-intellectual and an loser. It would be great if we could proceed as though he’s yesterday’s news. His deal is simple. He painted himself into a corner personally and professionally. Any sentient man could have told him that running your entire life around fucking Eastern European women while you live out of cheap hostels or AIRBnbs and eat Ramen Noodles is no formula for a happy life. To build a business around it, and to throw horrific misogynist, racist and other idiotic rhetoric around so loosely has predictable consequences as well. He’s… Read more »
Roosh has become a carnival barker, nothing more. His motive is publicity he hopes will turn into some kind of MSM notoriety, all at the cost of selling out the men who need real answers.
Neomasculinity is just a vehicle for this. He is brilliant, but only insofar as predicting the most obvious reactions of his provocations.
Rollo’s blog is a treasure in terms of its perspicacity, its depth of understanding and the quality of information it provides. Perhaps the best of its kind. Unfortunately however, at the end of the day it makes for a depressive conclusion because the AFC who comes to this blog will only realize how deep a hole he is in. The challenges faced by someone ‘too far gone’, like me are of an entirely different magnitude. In the final analysis, as M3 very poignantly points out in his ‘Confessions of a Reformed Incel’ post, confidence can only come from external validation.… Read more »
Forge the Sky explains to me what LARPing is. Then Lucien demonstrates it.
Neat. Thanks.
@SJF
Mmmkay then! Not responsive to what I said in any way, but that’s cool.
Change is never clean or pretty.
If you want a good example of LARPing read any tweet or blog post from Quintus Curtius.
YaReally and RSD (I think) coined it, but essentially it’s guys quoting their favorite fantasy battle / historical movie battle speeches as if they have some IRL legitimacy.
It’s dungeons & dragons for guys who think they’re on some idealistic crusade against SJWs.
I love the fiction idea. Use a female pseudonym, get a few million fans and then drop the bomb.
Thanks for the work.
Rollo, thank you for your writing. The wisdom is much appreciated, even moreso as no man whom I know IRL knows even a fraction of what is written here and in your books.The only problem with it is that it arrived too late in my life but that’s not your fault. Regarding Roosh, my impression is that he’s perused one wet’n hairy hole too many. I aver from his writing that he’s surpassed a notch count limit where fucking for the sake of fucking loses it’s luster: if every woman is merely the life support system of a pussy and… Read more »
200+ solipsistic posts = Tits out
@rollo
rock on dude. ur awesome.
@insanity bites
keep on keeping on you bitter hag/cat lady-in-waiting (note her use of “tomassi” in a transparent attempt to ‘put him in his place’. Hint: go re-read orwell you battle-axe.
“..note her use of “tomassi” in a transparent attempt to ‘put him in his place’…”
Not at all. It’s a sign of informal respect. If I didn’t find Tomassi somewhat endearing and charming, I’d simply call him an asshole.
Also, your indifference is showing again, you morons. Are you all so desperate for attention, you cannot help but mention my name?
Last time I checked no one has mentioned your name in any tone other than informal disrespect.
@ IndiscreetThoughts The plight of the AFC is rooted in the belief he has something to lose by discarding the Bluepill. This a mirage, a self imposed prison of materialism and social validation. The AFC could lose everything in 48 hours if his house burns down and he gets fired the next day, and that would be tragic from a Bluepill perspective. The Redpill perspective would see it as liberating one from his immediate social and material burdens. The Redpill is a blank slate, ctrl-z, do-over, Mulligan, a new start. No easy paths, or simple recipes, but rather the wonder… Read more »
@Badpainter
“This a mirage, a self imposed prison of materialism and social validation.”
Whoa about that part.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m5rfQ59cc0o
“No easy paths, or simple recipes, but rather the wonder of liberty and true freedom. And you get your life back, YOUR LIFE. A life to be used for yourself, your happiness, your dreams.”
I’m done with trying to bring men to the red pill if they want to know about they may be better off finding it for themselves I’ve lost to many of my male mentors by bringing this stuff up in public.
rugby11ljh – “I’m done with trying to bring men to the red pill if they want to know about they may be better off finding it for themselves.” Stop trying. That’s not your job. You have no obligation to do anything. I don’t go about trying to change minds. However, many men are standing toe to the line with discovering the Redpill. These topics come up all the time. I just ask questions about their experience “why do you think that is?”, or make observation “have you ever noticed that…” little nudges that sometimes help a brother to see things… Read more »
What’s the ultimate goal of so called “manosphere”?
Turn 100% males into alphas?
Are you fucking nuts?
In animal kingdom it never happens – animal “societies” are stable mostly because there is not so much alphas (up to 20% typically).
Job you do here is “good” (educating poor betas), but…so what?
Hypergamy doesn’t care…
@Badpainter “The key is knowing when to change direction and start talking about sports lest I over step.” Well he’ll just came back from being a two buddy’s of mine. I am not the best of listeners out their. I do try but I have a long way to go. Just got done biking from DC went to meet some new pals. They are hackers in some way the Ashley website came up. I started getting into Rollos work… Than they mentioned that they did a scan of the site stats and found only 30 thousand actual men on the… Read more »
@Red_Pill_For_What
Rollo’s job is to bring the horses (and Donkeys like yoy) to the water, and it’s up to them to drink.
Grandma Insanity: “Also, your indifference is showing again, you morons. Are you all so desperate for attention, you cannot help but mention my name?”
Ps?¿
I understand your obsession with Tomassi’s blog.
@ scribblerg re: “Internal game” is the only game there is.” 100% agree. @ Red Pill For What The men that read this blog and take it seriously are a fraction of a percent of the men in the world. Consider yourself lucky to have found this place, and luckier if you have the presence of mind to take the information seriously and apply it IRL. @ SJF Been on a rollercoaster. Everything going on with this girl has been a lesson in The Red Pill. The Twilight Zone shit really starts happening when you’re involved with women IRL and… Read more »
@Badpainter
“The AFC could lose everything in 48 hours if his house burns down and he gets fired the next day, and that would be tragic from a Bluepill perspective.
The Redpill perspective would see it as liberating one from his immediate social and material burdens. The Redpill is a blank slate, ctrl-z, do-over, Mulligan, a new start.”
Fuck damnation, man. Fuck redemtpion, We are god’s unwanted children, so be it….
It’s only after we’ve lost everything that we’re free to do anything.
(here’s the clip)
@Badpainter “The AFC could lose everything in 48 hours if his house burns down and he gets fired the next day, and that would be tragic from a Bluepill perspective. The Redpill perspective would see it as liberating one from his immediate social and material burdens. The Redpill is a blank slate, ctrl-z, do-over, Mulligan, a new start.” I realize that it is your intention to help the AFC see things from an entirely different perspective. What you are describing is an experience akin to religious conversion or seeing life for what it is. It is a somewhat simplistic take… Read more »
Congratulations Rollo and long live to The Rational Male, for the knowledge you provide is becoming more necessary by the day for all men. I found this blog about four years ago. I had been reading other manosphere sites for a while, but it was yours that finally rammed down my throat The Red Pill; specially the “Women in Love” post. Boy, did it hurt like hell, so many illusions broken, so many questions answered in the few minutes it took me to read that short piece. I know this new found wisdom will spare me a lot of pain… Read more »
Roosh has become a carnival barker, nothing more. His motive is publicity he hopes will turn into some kind of MSM notoriety, all at the cost of selling out the men who need real answers. Neomasculinity is just a vehicle for this. He is brilliant, but only insofar as predicting the most obvious reactions of his provocations. I agree. This explains his obvious attempts to pander to the mainstream Right. The obvious problem with this approach, as with any similar one, is the implicit assumption that more and more men will be willing to engage in any sort of political… Read more »
Hey Rollo, there is a movie that came out recently. Can you take a look at it:
http://dayt.se/forum/showthread.php?6559-Z-for-Zachariah-%282015%29-720p-WEBRip-Download-Online-Streaming-Subtitles
I feel like this is a post waiting to happen.
I’ve been presently surprised by this blog and your teachings Rollo. Before I found this blog I’ve known about Tom Leykis for years, and I really enjoy his advice on women and dating, but there is no real explanation of female behavior there. It’s too superficial. It doesn’t go deep. You are no PUA, I like that because I’m tired from reading books that only tell men what buttons to push and when. And I don’t want to be a PUA clown anymore like I was in my early twenties. I’ve bought both your books and am happy that I… Read more »
There is no goal because there is no leadership. The manosphere is an information clearing-house and discussion forum, not a political party.
My ultimate goal is to live a good life for myself and my family, with a macro goal of sustaining and re-invigorating Western Civilization, which is by far the best thing humanity ever produced.
Those of us that “Just Get It” have reveled in Rollo Tomassi’s idea that a bottoms up approach is where it is at, more-so than a top down societal approach @Softek From Rollo’s first year essay “Dream Girls and Children Playing with Dynamite”: “Another very common occurrence is the “reformed” AFC who makes progress toward becoming more Game savvy, and as a result gets his “dream girl”, only to lose her after reverting back into an AFC frame once he’s in an LTR with her. I’m not a big Ross Jefferies fan, but he did say something very profound once,… Read more »
My ultimate goal is to live a good life for myself and my family, with a macro goal of sustaining and re-invigorating Western Civilization, which is by far the best thing humanity ever produced.
On the other hand, many people in the ‘sphere promote hastening its inevitable demise. The funny thing is that SJWs, other useful idiots and average women are doing much more to bring that about than Manospherians ever could. We won’t even have to try.
@IndiscreetThoughts – It literally turns my stomach to listen to you embrace your weakness and failures. You can look at loss and failure as validation of who you are (or aren’t) or simply as feedback to help you adjust course to maximize your life and the outcomes you seek to create. A few thoughts for other guys out there who may be tempted to be like you (not for you, as you are clearly a lost cause): 1. All game is local and to some degree, relative – Even In a group of incels there is a pecking order. In… Read more »
I can’t link to it but go to Rollo’s Blogroll on the right. Click on The Man The Myth. Go to the section on Cognition and read the following essay: “Self Destruction is Not Self Improvement If you’re a man who is interested in self-improvement you know that change hurts. Growth is uncomfortable. Introspection is worse. Whether your battles are mental, emotional, social, or physical, chances are if you’re striving to better yourself it’s gonna hurt like hell at some point in your journey. Some men are not cut out for that journey from the get-go, but luckily for them… Read more »
Hey fellas, don’t mean to be off subject but I figure this is a great place to ask a quick question. If a girl calls you “very pretentious”, well actually two at the same time, haha, thats pretty good, right? And yes, one of them was very upset while talking/yelling at me. Am I acting too important or should I pull it back a little bit? One of the chicks I know only said it because she wants the D from me so bad and I do no more then barely talk to her. I got one of those “I’m… Read more »
Good year. I’ve been reading you for years, Rollo, and I finally decided to leave a comment and I retreated it for everybody following me on Twitter. So this reply, is a first for me. Keep up the great work.
@23 – Fucking perfect. If you were @IndiscreetPussy you would have killed yourself instead. But you didn’t, you played it like a man who’s playing to win. Here’s a deeper insight. You may actually be pretentious but she secretly loves that you are and wishes she was. I’m starting to realize that one of the drivers for modern women is that they are trying to be like men but suck at it. They are socialized to tear others down to bring them down to their level (this is how female social circles work, the opposite of most male ones where… Read more »
@befromtexas – Don’t be humble here, give us what you’ve got, brother. Texas is awesome, fyi.
@SJF – Mind blown, incredible wisdom right there. I lived this way and it ground me to dust. Put much more simply, i was told a long time ago that “pain is necessary for growth, but misery is optional”. Even worse, I wanted credit for my agony, and wanted others to notice. I think this is also about having an external point of origin in some ways. I’ve noticed that as I’ve become my own point of mental origin that I’m into optimizing everything more. It used to be that it was good enough to be working out 6 days… Read more »
Scribblerg, for sure.
Re: Mental Point of Origin. A big thing for the Manosphere is just teaching men to do things that they want to do and benefit them instead of turning themselves into a draft horse for a woman’s fantasies. Which is what we are, increasingly, conditioned to do. That’s more a goal than “turn every guy into Don Juan.” I don’t think most people understand that, though. My Sunday morning is, I guess, boring as hell. I am keeping my house clean and weeding the lawn and hopefully cleaning my gutters. I have CSpan on in the background. I’m happy enough.… Read more »
More on @InsanityBytes – Notice that she wraps herself in Christianity. The reason why is that this is borrowed authority/power. She can’t rely on her own weak self and mind to interact with the world, she would have to be submissive in such a frame of reference because she really can’t stand on her own two feet without a man carrying her. But like so many “independent” women today, she’s got to pretend she’s powerful and wise to maintain her false consciousness. So, she leans on Christianity to borrow it’s credibility and set herself up as an authority. The proof… Read more »
@Definite Beta – Not boring at all, it sounds industrious. It sounds like you take your life and self and time seriously. Let the FI denigrate masculinity all it wants, your gutters won’t run over during the next big thunderstorm and maybe wash out the beds or gush on your families heads as they go in and out of the house. This is the stuff of being a man, living in the world, understanding its forces and engaging it to your own ends. Have a great day.
@scribblerg Thanks for the response. And yes, when you swallow the RP and actually get out in the real world, you start seeing how utterly useless and self centered (self centered doesn’t even describe it ), women are. QUICK BACKGROUND – Last night, I go out with a buddy and meet up with another group of 1 guy and 2 girls. My two buddies WILL NOT approach women. It’s sad; my one friend is a tall, good looking guy whom owns a gym.. but he ain’t approaching any chicks. Anyways, I make an approach last night and then join my… Read more »
@23 – I’m no master at pickup. YaReally,Vulpine and some others around here are genius but I do have some advice anyway. If you are getting serious hate, my guess is you aren’t doing the push/pull thing that well. Responding in a way that is humorous, not dismissive is the key. Amplify, but do so in a goofy way, with a smile and carefree attitude and then turn it back to her. “Yeah, i’m super arrogant, it’s ridiculous I know. But how ’bout you? I don’t see you reeking of low self-esteem either.” Or “There is a really insecure guy… Read more »
“She’s such a stupid cunt, it’s entertainment at this point.” I forgive you scribblerg, because you are such a wounded and broken human being you cannot even see beauty in the world anymore. I am so sorry for all the crap you have been through, and for your inability to heal. Here’s a little bit of wisdom you should avail yourself of. The words you speak over others you are really speaking over yourself. Step one, stop perceiving yourself as a stupid cunt unworthy of anything good in life. Your words don’t hurt me at all, they only hurt you.… Read more »
Insanity, why aren’t you in church? Hypocritical cunt. Maybe you’re just queefing from the pew.
@SJF “Whether your battles are mental, emotional, social, or physical, chances are if you’re striving to better yourself it’s gonna hurt like hell at some point in your journey.” It’s as if hard work hurts but it’s needed to get something done. Something worth doing. @scribblerg “The proof of this occurs in the real world when confronted by real risk or danger or adversity – they crave the protection of a man/the state/the crowd rather than standing up against it every time. Biggest blind spot for men? How far superior we are in so many ways compared to women. The… Read more »
@23
“This when the chick(s) starts in with me by criticizing the way I smoke my cigarette. Yes, really, the way I smoke my cig.”
this is mega interest
@longgone
Church? She’s stuck in Sunday School, “sticks and stones”, “it takes one to know one”
I just got back from lifting at the gym, then delivering a truck bed of firewood (ash) that I had stockpiled and split at my farm to a friend. Also gave him a canvas panoramic photo of him piloting his express cruiser boat (out of respect for him taking us boating and being a masculine male). Then went and picked up some fertilizer and ironite for the lawn, as well as some peat and hummus to plant some new hydrangeas in the yard. So. I find that humorous because anyone that has been following the comments section can comprehend that… Read more »
@ All – Took a break to eat a late breakfast on the deck, lakeside 😎. Couldn’t help it I picked up the iPad to see what drivel would fall out of this insufferable bitch. According to her own “logic” she must be a moron as she called all of us morons. This is junior high school level rhetoric. She also makes a big deal out of forgiving me, lol. Guys does she sound like she forgives me? Or is this just more of her hiding behind her faith to boost her own sense of weakness and powerlessness? She once… Read more »
“sticks and stones”, “it takes one to know one”…..?
Whatever…..however no queefing from that one for a very long time…from the pew or elsewhere.
Alpha is a mindset
10%
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k6JLo4FsWoI
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_(crocodile)
Just was reading this and think it shows that in nature some animals are alpha while others will never be. But still this guy is expressing all parts that I find get beating out of males in my species. The fact that he can attack a hippo because it’s their or that he can escape traps set up to kill him.
On twitter astonishing pics I saw a photo Rollo shared of a lions face full of scares it lead me into thinking about this guy.
Nature is the redpill.
@ib
here’s a site that will help you:
http://joannameriwether.com/
(note that “she decided to become an ordained interfaith minister. This training opened my eyes to the richness of spiritual belief across many traditions and the value of spiritual practice– calming and centering the self”).
Focus on “Partnered women focused on someone else” and imagine that Rollo is your The Forbidden Fruit (albeit Rollo doesn’t seem a Fruit). I hope the spiritual help you find there blesses you.
scribblerg, I see your point and all the more power to you. I am honestly happy for those of you who are doing well. At no point did I request sympathy in my post nor was it the purpose. Nor do I wish to pull anyone down. Naturally a sportsman entering the arena has to believe in his chances and fight his heart out. But if you are betting on the said sportsman I doubt if you will put your money where your mouth is based on his attitude alone. There is a real world in which there is an… Read more »
@IndiscreetThoughts
“Therein lies my larger point. that fortune, circumstances, competition and personality are not necessarily overcome by will power, positive attitude and hard work alone.”
actually your point was
“circumstances, competition and personality are not overcome by will power, positive attitude and hard work”
implicit in that is to give up or don’t bet on it if the odds are stacked against you. Scribblerg is telling us that will power, positive attitude and hard work does make a significant difference. Don’t ever allow some random dude or stupid cunt to tell you to give up.
“But why the disgust and insults?” Can I take a stab at answering that? It’s to scare the pussies away. It’s masculine talk. To him, the only issue is “whether a comment is adding value and moving the dialog along in interesting ways. The ‘burden’ is to be engaging.” Unplugging from the matrix is hard work. Triage is needed to save those that can make it. And perhaps give up on those that aren’t willing to go forward under their own masculine self-improvement power in a quest to have control over their own circumstances and control the directions of their… Read more »
OK, let me put it this way. I imagine most of you may have seen Nick Vujicic’s video below. I mean that’s TRP right there. Just one look at the man gives one a chance to learn a lot in life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbX6mDnMwM But objectivity requires me to wonder how many individuals in his physical condition have been able to make as much of their lives as he has. It is likely to be a small percentage. That is not negativity. It is what it is and it is not their fault. Before one attains anything one has to have a… Read more »
@SJF “It’s to scare the pussies away” It’s how we talk in manspaces, and how men used to talk much of the time when there were lots of manspaces. “Put the fucking 50 cal on target cocksucker” is no longer allowed The FI is literally removing our ability to talk directly as men, and you can see that in the butthurt that results when Scribblerg calls it like it is. “Put your fucking talk on target cocksucker” seems to be no longer allowed here when discussing a FR. It has to be “constructive” and “not insulting” and offend nobody. We… Read more »
@ Indiscreet
You can Accept the fact that as a male you have a burden of performance and move on to be better or you can plop yourself down in Denial, Anger, Bargaining or Depression over it.
http://therationalmale.com/2014/09/29/a-new-hope/
@IndiscreetThoughts
First you had “Why do 99% of startups fail?” riff, and now you post a “no arms, no legs” video. Still pitching the defeat is ours BS. You might as well be IB and her “compelled to win is losing” crap. If you want to be a pussy, fine, but don’t try to turn it into a men’s club.
@redligth
“We are being trained to talk like pussies.”
I know I was
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V4sbYy0WdGQ
@ IndiscreetThoughts You essential difficulty is to think the aggregate odds apply to individuals. The odds are a measure of aggregate difficulty and nothing more. One of the factoids I like least in the ‘sphere is the whole “only 40% of men breed’ thing. Assuming that’s true there’s no other useful data in that factoid. It doesn’t explain historical male vs. female infant and youth mortality. It doesn’t take into effect local environmental conditions. It doesn’t account for for lost opportunities due to injuries and deaths from war, occupational death and disability, or death and disability due to criminal activity.… Read more »
“I have always worked under the idea that if one man can do something then it’s possible I to can do that thing if I really want to. If I really WANT to. It’s the wanting that is the limiting factor. If you wanted to be the owner of your life you would. If want to quit smoking you can. You can do anything you want to do if you are willing to pay the price. It seems you don’t really want to swallow the Redpill, and until you want to you won’t.” Neuroplasticity in the human brain is real… Read more »
“The problem with just employing PUA skills to get any woman is that sometimes it actually gets you ANY woman. There’s no vetting process, no discernment, taught as part of technique.” Just because I’m a stickler for accuracy, straight out of Mystery Method’s section entitled Screening: “So how can you convey to her that she is being screened? By asking screening questions, by giving IOIs and IODs at the right moments, and by actually having real standards about the kind of people you spend your time with. It has to be true for you in order to carry the necessary… Read more »
@IndiscreetThoughts “If this sound somewhat like a communist manifesto that focuses on envy, one must point out a key difference. Health and wealth can reasonably can belong to all. But status is a different animal altogether. To the extent that one individual gains status someone else has to lose it.” Brilliant post. Unlikely to get a lot of cheers from the stands, as we’ve already seen, but you’re right on. Nothing works like telling people what they want to hear . . . which is that they can do anything they put their mind to! There is a core of… Read more »
@Lucien “There are tons of reasons why you would want to be objective about aggregate phenomena, aside from some deep internal self-loathing. First of all, its a precondition to actually changing anything at all.” Change is hard but loving yourself for where you are and who you are trying to become is essential for the betterment of your long term self. We are all alone in a lot of ways. A clean well lighted place Ernest Hemingway It was very late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the… Read more »
Rollo, Thank for the TRP and all that you’ve done to help the men of this world. While certain “christian-esque trolls” (you all know who I mean) disagree with your approach, I find your method of delivery refreshing – calling the world as you see it. And it’s for us to prove/disprove. And thank you for this comment space. As @scribblerg has said a number of times, this is perhaps the only place in many men’s lives where they can come, ask questions, listen to experiences, share our thoughts, and opinions and even have those pinions shredded through open debate… Read more »
“I supervise over 200 people of which 185 are women…. and I owe a lot of that to what I’ve read at TRP and helping me understand the dynamics in play and to the many men here that share their experiences.”
Come on Jack, tell us some stories.
@Lucien “There are tons of reasons why you would want to be objective about aggregate phenomena, aside from some deep internal self-loathing. First of all, its a precondition to actually changing anything at all.” So one would need to be objective about aggregate phenomena in order to lift, or to eat better, or to have better quality of life? That is for individual change to occur, you think being objective about aggregate phenomena is a precondition? What about the FI? They are making widespread changes to our society, so, by your precondition, is the FI objective about aggregate phenomena? Do… Read more »
redlight – “So one would need to be objective about aggregate phenomena in order to lift, or to eat better, or to have better quality of life? That is for individual change to occur, you think being objective about aggregate phenomena is a precondition?” 100% of fat people who actually diet and exercise lose weight and improve health. 100% of fat people who lie to themselves and others about the effort they make with diet and exercise remain fat. Any fatty who wants to be other than fat can choose to be, but that means a lot of work. And… Read more »
@badpainter
if you want to move the goalposts from “precondition to actually changing anything at all” to “knowing the odds has value” then you have a chance, but this doesn’t work:
“100% of fat people who lie to themselves and others about the effort they make with diet and exercise remain fat”
Since it assumes that to lie to themselves and others about the effort means that all the deluded 100% will have an aggregate 0% effort.
@ Lucien and Indiscreet How would each of you describe your own individual life-purpose? What do you want to accomplish? What is the core of your life? What is your deepest desire for yourself (not your desire for society, top down). What makes you tick? Where do you want to go with yourself, your career, your relationships with others? What is your core desire in life–your true purpose? Sure, those questions may be vague to you. (They aren’t actually). But if you don’t know your true purpose, you can’t focus on it and discipline your life for it and minimize… Read more »
Cheers sensei!
@SJF
“If you don’t discover and work toward your true purpose then you will never have true power. You won’t have control over your own circumstances. You won’t control the direction of your life. Others will.”
That’s the closets farther comment I can think of from a red pill experience.
Hey Rugby. Thanks for that. I won’t scroll past you so quickly in the future lol. You seem to be a young man preparing to be old. That’s good. You might like Across The River And Into The Trees.
Thanks Rugby. Try Across the River And Through the Trees.