The Open Thread is a place for open discussion among my readers. Post anything you feel like sharing! From now on, the Open Thread will no longer be monthly. Instead, there will be a new Open Thread whenever it is adequate. The stage is yours. Go ahead! The latest Open Thread is made ‘sticky’ to… Continue reading [Sticky] Open Thread #405: Clown World/Politics/Economics
There is an interesting discussion going on in Open Thread #404, which is a most fitting number for the title of this post. The starting point was a trailer of a movie by the highly subversive production company A24. In an upcoming movie, they push the idea of geriatric women being sexual objects for young,… Continue reading Mooching off Women is an Unsustainable Strategy for Men
In my article The Status Trap: The Middle-Class Pretending to be Upper Class I explore the problem of the middle class wanting to prepare their children for ascension into the upper class, and mostly only ending up wasting their money. Even though the money for expensive private schools and universities may not be worth it,… Continue reading Elite Socialization in Private Schools and Universities
The PUA community spent a lot of time exploring how to become “popular”. I recall bizarre posts and videos on how to build a social circle or become the guy others seek out and want to hang out with. However, largely this is all based on looks. People want to hang out with you because… Continue reading Popularity is a Beauty Privilege
It is about time for me to replace one of my laptops, and I have been sitting on this decisions for a few weeks. In this process, I thought to myself that if I was a stereotypical woman, I would just order a laptop and be done with it, and probably have gone through two… Continue reading Blanket Justifications of the Female Mind
When I rewatched some of the classic Scorsese movies a while ago, I noticed that there is a very obvious division of labor among the sexes: The men do the important work, and the women spend the money. Men make big, consequential decisions and women are either just there or they make dumb, small decisions… Continue reading Would Scorsese’s Goodfellas and Casino have been Possible in the 2000s?
Obviously, you all know about “sour grapes”, i.e. someone claiming that something they failed to achieve or cannot afford it not all that great anyway. This goes back to a fable by Aesop. Recently, though, I came across a pattern that goes beyond that. The context is that there is someone in my extended family… Continue reading Higher-Order Sour Grapes: When Everything that is Inferior is Actually Better
I wrote a long piece on class differences recently, Middle-Class Income Differentials Are Almost Inconsequential. As a follow up, I want to go into detail on an issue that you could describe as the “middle-class status trap”. In the aspirational part of the middle class, families spend a lot of money on giving their children… Continue reading The Status Trap: The Middle-Class Pretending to be Upper Class
I grow a bit of food in the garden. This year, our raspberries did very well. During summer and autumn we harvested a lot of these berries. Of course, as the weather got colder, the yield declined. However, I was not aware that these plants just keep producing berries until nature puts a stop to… Continue reading What Plucking Frozen Raspberries Taught me About the Will to Survive
I recently watched the Scorsese movie The Color of Money (1986), which is about a billiard hustler. My verdict is that this is an excellent movie, very well worth watching. Paul Newman’s acting, as the older hustler mentoring a young billiard player into becoming a better hustler, is great. There are a few scenes where… Continue reading What Happened to Rugged Male Lead Actors?
I have occasionally encountered people who seem to view life, in particular their working life, as a period to just suffer through. Older colleagues may tell you that they have “only eight years left”, with the implication that their life starts once they enter retirement. This view I have even encountered among much younger people.… Continue reading 250 Months Remaining
The other day a friend of mine sent me a video that discusses the significance of radiant and muted Christmas lighting in the movie Eyes Wide Shut, a movie I wrote about three years ago. The hypothesis presented in that video seems plausible, but that is not the point. Instead, my mind got stuck on… Continue reading Middle-Class Income Differentials Are Almost Inconsequential
In a comment on my recent article Destructive Relationships, Chris asked the following question, which I want to explore in detail: “Some women are so adept at pushing the guy’s buttons that he will hit them at some point.” So, how do you handle a situation like this? First, let us talk about the observed… Continue reading Dealing With Women Who Provoke You Relentlessly
One of the more interesting thoughts I came across when reading about Europe in the 20th century was that there are some countries that seem to be better off if they are poorer. The example given was Germany, with its tremendous post-war economic performance, rising like phoenix from the ashes. Yet, after life had gotten… Continue reading Looks-Maxing is a Sign of Societal Decline
The Open Thread is a place for open discussion among my readers. Post anything you feel like sharing! From now on, the Open Thread will no longer be monthly. Instead, there will be a new Open Thread whenever it is adequate. The stage is yours. Go ahead! The latest Open Thread is made ‘sticky’ to… Continue reading [Sticky] Open Thread #404: Misc.
As an addendum to my article Destructive Relationship I am going to discuss the problem of young men and their susceptibility for outside influence, with a particular focus on women. In the aforementioned article I describe how women can ruin a guy’s life. Now, let us look at why this happens. The problems of young… Continue reading Young Men are Easy Targets for Destructive Women
Occasionally, I come across people who seem quite dissatisfied with their life, yet are not willing to change it. Nonetheless, they cling onto some romantic notion about drastically turning their life around even though chances of doing so are small to non-existent. I have met people who had taken a wrong turn at some point… Continue reading How Often Can You Start Over?
The Open Thread is a place for open discussion among my readers. Post anything you feel like sharing! From now on, the Open Thread will no longer be monthly. Instead, there will be a new Open Thread whenever it is adequate. The stage is yours. Go ahead! The latest Open Thread is made ‘sticky’ to… Continue reading [Sticky] Open Thread #403: Women/Dating
There are very few content creators on YouTube I follow closely but plenty I check up on every once in a while. Just now I finished watching the latest video by Thinking Ape, in which he discusses fear of missing out (FOMO) in the context of sex and relationships. There is one comment he makes… Continue reading Destructive Relationships
Lucretius Carus left a great comment on my article, How to Use Money to Get Girls, in which he details the understanding of the Ancient Greeks on “love”. In contrast, modern languages do not have the same level of differentiation, leading to a lot of misunderstanding if not downright confusion. I warmly recommend reading his… Continue reading The Many Facets of Love (Guest Article By Lucretius Carus)
A question I have been asked quite a few times over the years is how to leverage financial success into getting girls. This question often came from geeks how suddenly found themselves making a fair bit of money, for instance as software engineers, as well as guys who became rich, sometimes accidentally, for instance due… Continue reading How to Use Money to Get Girls
It’s the end of the year and as many of you deliberately do not have an expensive girlfriend or wife, maybe you want to send some love to the author of this blog instead. So, think of all the fun and education you got from this blog all this time. As you know, there are… Continue reading [Sticky] End-of-Year 2024 Fundraiser
We have often talked about how to more effectively meet women, and how to have sex with them faster. On the other hand, women have it much simpler, at least in theory. In this article, I describe the ideal female dating strategy, which a lot of women seem to be quite unaware of and only… Continue reading The Ideal Female Dating Strategy
There are a lot of dumb feminist claims out there. One I have come across a few times, but rarely, is that it is no problem for a woman to raise children on her own because even if she thinks she cannot handle it anymore, she can always get a man to marry and support… Continue reading Men do not Want an “Instant Family”
Feminism tells women that they are just like men, but better. Even when it comes to sexual relationships, they should behave like caricatures of the men they idolize, i.e. shun commitment but instead have have lots and lots of casual sex. According to feminist doctrine, it is empowering for women to get railed by a… Continue reading There Are No Fuckbois: Power Asymmetries in Fuck-Buddy Relationships
A friend of mine recently told me about a woman he used to date a while ago. Years ago, he was on the brink of entering a serious relationship with her, but he eventually bailed. Nowadays, as he is active on social media, he occasionally comes across woke posts from her, and he quipped that… Continue reading The Adaptability of Women
I have written a few articles about the economy, in particular the tech industry. Among others, I presented arguments that tech is a clown-world career. The bigger question, though, is whether it is worth pursuing clown-world careers. There are ebbs and tides in the culture wars, and clown world has persisted for a long time.… Continue reading Clown-World Careers are Ultimately a Dead End
This year I have spent a bit of time on watching movies, but not just as a means to passing my time. Instead, I consider them lenses through which to view the Western zeitgeist. Indeed, if you think a bit about the action on screen it is often quite fascinating how crude the metaphors are.… Continue reading Man of Steel (2013) is Pro-Immigration Propaganda
I have spoken to quite a few men who have sex with prostitutes, but perhaps it is more correct to say that quite a few such men have spoken to me as I hardly, if ever, bring up this topic myself. While the standard approach seems to be to get the hottest hooker in whatever… Continue reading Why Do Some Guys Prefer Ugly Prostitutes?
I recently rewatched Scorsese’s Raging Bull (1980), a biographical movie on the life of the boxer Jake LaMotta. He became a boxing champion, even though many people tried to prevent it, and then he lost it all, ending up as a washed up club owner, before somewhat turning his life around. The first time I… Continue reading Tragic Rise-and-Fall Stories are Shallow
While the United States there is a bubble of everything, i.e. housing, healthcare, and education are more expensive than ever before, Europe has been faring a little bit better. Only housing is completely out of reach for the vast majority of non-boomers whereas healthcare and education have not gotten that much more expensive. The sudden… Continue reading Was the Recent Housing Boom a Scam to Benefit Boomers?
It is unfortunately very difficult to get unbiased information on seemingly anything in today’s society. Everybody has an agenda. Of course, sometimes there is also a lot of incompetence at play. A good example is the discussion surrounding methylphenidate (MPH), not just in society but also in science. A fair amount of college students use… Continue reading Methylphenidate and Cognitive Performance Improvement
As I am a bit of a gamer, I am somewhat familiar with the collector’s market. No, I am not a collector myself but I know that some classic video games go for pretty inflated prices. There are plenty of people on YouTube who show off their game rooms, sometimes with thousands of games. You… Continue reading The Limited Time Horizon of Nostalgia
This year has seen a lot of high-profile commercial disasters in the movie and vidya industries. It is all-too-easy to make fun of game or movie studios that burn a solid nine figures in order to push an agenda. More interesting, though, is looking at the mechanisms in place behind it. I felt motivated to… Continue reading The Woke-Industrial Complex
I recently watched the movie The Color of Money (1986). It is the sequel to the 1960s movie The Hustler, which I only learned about afterwards. I have yet to watch that movie. The Color of Money is great. I really enjoyed watching it. It takes its time to develop characters, which have remarkable depth.… Continue reading Nostalgia is the Death Spell for Creativity
I live my life in symbiosis with PCs and laptops for work. In my spare time, I sometimes watch movies, and occasionally I play games. When I am not on holidays, which is most of the time, I sometimes say to myself that once I have a few days off, I am going to watch… Continue reading Office Work and Video/Vidya Consumption
The Open Thread is a place for open discussion among my readers. Post anything you feel like sharing! From now on, the Open Thread will no longer be monthly. Instead, there will be a new Open Thread whenever it is adequate. The stage is yours. Go ahead! The latest Open Thread is made ‘sticky’ to… Continue reading Open Thread #402: Women/Dating
The Open Thread is a place for open discussion among my readers. Post anything you feel like sharing! From now on, the Open Thread will no longer be monthly. Instead, there will be a new Open Thread whenever it is adequate. The stage is yours. Go ahead! The latest Open Thread is made ‘sticky’ to… Continue reading Open Thread #401: Misc.
Before I start, let me preface this article by saying that I originally wanted to publish it in April this year but did not get around to. As time progressed, however, I was wondering if I would see my original hypothesis hold in the short term. Now, over six months later, I think that what… Continue reading We Need to Worry About Blacks and Jews!
On my article, The Dangers of Marrying Older Women: Early 30s vs. Early 40s, Jessica left a really interesting comment about why it may be a good idea to go for women who rapidly approach the end of their fertility window. Her comment is really interesting, and it provides a perspective I had not considered… Continue reading Attractive-Woman Genes at a Discount
In a recent post I explained why “tech” is a clown-world career. I had two follow-up thoughts, which point in the same direction, and led me to predict that it will be a long while before we see excesses in the tech sector again, if at all. The first thought builds on a comment left… Continue reading The Tech Industry Will Remain Stagnant
The other day a mid-tier PUA named Johnny Berba committed suicide. He is not the first PUA to do so, and he will not be the last. Furthermore, even among PUAs who have not killed themselves, you are going to find quite a few genuinely troubled characters. On top, there is the issue that the… Continue reading PUA Suicides are No Surprise
One of the more interesting films I watched recently is After Hours (1985) by Martin Scorsese. This is not a bad film at all, albeit it is quite underappreciated. It has a very similar structure to Stanley Kubrick’s subversive Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and for that reason alone it is probably worth watching for aficionados.… Continue reading The Appeal of Crazy Women
It was not so long ago when the tech sector was booming, including cottage industries that promised everybody a six-figure job, no matter how untalented they were. All it took was a six-week “boot camp”. Shockingly, this racket worked for many years. I will first look at how this could happen, before I describe the… Continue reading Tech is a Clown-World Career
The Open Thread is a place for open discussion among my readers. Post anything you feel like sharing! From now on, the Open Thread will no longer be monthly. Instead, there will be a new Open Thread whenever it is adequate. The stage is yours. Go ahead! The latest Open Thread is made ‘sticky’ to… Continue reading Open Thread #400: Women/Dating
I was aware of ADHD medication in the past. Friends and acquaintances have told me that they take it, some of whom were self-medicating in an attempt to get an edge academically, and there was also the occasional weird kid around in school that was on all kinds of meds. However, I find difficult to… Continue reading Methylphenidate and ADHD Meds in General: Dosage and Intensity of Side Effects
We spoke about the feminized workplace before. In this post, I highlight some of the aspects of female runs meetings. With men in charge, none of this would happen. I had a big meeting a while ago, with over 20 attendees. The first question is obviously why there need to be that many people involved.… Continue reading How Women Run Meetings
In my recent article on the Fast and Furious franchise, I pointed out that one of the main female characters, played by Michelle Rodriguez, aged a lot worse than the male lead, played by Vin Diesel. The same is obviously true for all female characters in this franchise, and all male characters. There are, however,… Continue reading Movie Franchises Cannot be Built Around Female Characters
After my initial experience with methylphenidate, I thought about how to best describe the effect of this drug. In this context, I came up with the metaphor of the cone of attention. My hope is that the neurotypical among my readers better understand the effect of this rather effective drug. As I mentioned in my… Continue reading Methylphenidate: The Cone of Attention
Recently, I watched all movies in the entire Fast and Furious franchise, a staggering eleven movies. The latter movies were about as braindead as I had imagined but the first three were pretty good, and I liked where this franchise seemed to be going, i.e. stories centered around the street racing theme, with changing main… Continue reading The Fast and The Furious Franchise and Differential Aging of Men and Women
