Society

Tailspinning Sweden: The mansplaining hotline

One of the indicators of a dying nation is preoccupation with utter bullshit instead of tackling the serious problems it is facing. In that regard, Sweden is a prime example. Quite recently, the largest labor union of that country ran a week-long “mansplaining hotline”, giving women an outlet if a male colleague alerted them to… Continue reading Tailspinning Sweden: The mansplaining hotline

Dating · Women

She “forgot to mention” that she has a child from another man?

The other day I heard, once again, a phrase that never fails to crack me up. As so often, the context was online dating, which is apparently an excellent venue for hooking up with single mothers, willingly or not. A guy told me he has been exploring Plenty of Fish. His success was more along… Continue reading She “forgot to mention” that she has a child from another man?

Men

Everything you do is a reflection of your personality

Last weekend I’ve had a very interesting conversation with a long-time reader of my blog and books. (Thanks again, N.!) We were not talking about pick-up, but instead mostly about trading. To summarize his view on psychological aspects, my interlocutor made the statement that trading is essentially a mirror of one’s personality. Well, books have… Continue reading Everything you do is a reflection of your personality

Society

Tailspinning Sweden: Gender-neutral snow removal

Do you want to know what would happen if Tumblr ran a country? Look no further than Sweden! The ultra-progressive government of the Great Nation of Sweden recently figured out that its snow removal regime was disadvantaging women. Their reasoning went roughly as follows: – more women than men walk to work – more men… Continue reading Tailspinning Sweden: Gender-neutral snow removal

Society

STEM vs non-STEM degrees from a European perspective

If you follow US bloggers in the wider “manosphere”, you will notice that some have very strong opinions on what you are supposed to study, or whether you should go to college at all. Considering that college costs an inordinate amount of money in the US, no matter how elite or crappy the school, or… Continue reading STEM vs non-STEM degrees from a European perspective