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Advice to Young Men from an Old Man
1. Don´t pick on the weak. It´s immoral. Don´t antagonize the strong
without cause, its stupid.
2. Don´t hate women. It´s a waste of time
3. Invest in yourself. Material things come to those that have self
actualized.
4. Get in a fistfight, even if you are going to lose.
5. As a former Marine, take it from me. Don´t join the military,
unless you want to risk getting your balls blown off to secure other
people´s economic or political interests.
6. If something has a direct benefit to an individual or a class of
people, and a theoretical, abstract, or amorphous benefit to
everybody else, realize that the proponent´s intentions are to
benefit the former, not the latter, no matter what bullshit they try
to feed you.
7. Don´t be a Republican. They are self-dealing crooks with no sense
of honor or patriotism to their fellow citizens. If you must be a
Republican, don´t be a "conservative." They are whining, bitching,
complaining, simple-minded self-righteous idiots who think they´re
perpetual victims. Listen to talk radio for a while, you´ll see what
I mean.
8. Don´t take proffered advice without a critical analysis. 90% of
all advice is intended to benefit the proponent, not the recipient.
Actually, the number is probably closer to 97%, but I don´t want to
come off as cynical.
9. You´ll spend your entire life listening to people tell you how
much you owe them. You don´t owe the vast majority of people shit.
10. Don´t undermine your fellow young men. Mentor the young men that
come after you. Society recognizes that you have the potential to be
the most power force in society. It scares them. Society does not
find young men sympathetic. They are afraid of you, both individually
and collectively. Law enforcement´s primary purpose is to suppress
you.
11. As a young man, you´re on your own. Society divides and conquers.
Unlike women who have advocates looking out for them (NOW, Women´s
Study Departments, government, non-profit organizations, political
advocacy groups) almost no one is looking out for you.
12. Young men provide the genius and muscle by which our society
thrives. Look at the Silicone Valley. By in large, it was not old men
or women that created the revolution we live. Realize that society
steals your contributions, secures it with our intellectual property
laws, and then takes credit and the rewards where none is due.
13. Know that few people have your best interests at heart. Your
mother does. Your father probably does (if he stuck around). Your
siblings are on your side. Everybody else worries about themselves.
14. Don´t be afraid to tell people to "Fuck off" when need be. It is
an important skill to acquire. As they say, speak your piece, even if
your voice shakes.
15. Acquire empathy, good interpersonal skills, and confidence. Learn
to read body language and non-verbal communication. Don´t just
concentrate on your vocational or technical skills, or you´ll find
your wife fucking somebody else.
16. Keep fit.
17. Don´t speak ill of your wife/girlfriend. Back her up against the
world, even if she´s wrong. She should know that you have her back.
When she needs your help, give it. She should know that you´ll take
her part.
18. Don´t cheat on your wife/girlfriend. If you must cheat, don´t
humiliate her. Don´t risk having your transgressions come back to her
or her friends. Don´t do it where you live. Don´t do it with people
in your social circle. Don´t shit in your own back yard.
19. If your girlfriend doesn´t make you feel good about yourself and
bring joy to your life, fire her. That´s what girlfriends are for.
20. Don´t bother with "emotional affairs." They are just a vehicle
for women to flirt and have someone make them feel good about
themselves. That´s the part of a relationship they want. For you it
is a lot of work and investment in time. If they are having an
emotional affair with you, they´re probably fucking someone else.
21. Becoming a woman´s friend and confidant is not going to get you
into an intimate relationship. If you haven´t gotten the girl within
a reasonably short period of time, chances are you won´t ever get
her. She´ll end up confiding to you about the sexual adventures she´s
having with someone else.
22. Have and nurture friendships with women.
23. Realize that love is a numbers game. Guys fall in love easily.
You´re going to see some girl and feel like you´ll die if you don´t
get her. If she rejects you, move on to the next one. It´s her loss.
24. Don´t be an internet troll. Got out and live life. There is not a
cadre of beautiful women advertising on Craigslist to have NSA sex
with you. Beautiful women don´t need to advertise. The websites that
advertise with attractive women´s photos and claims of loneliness are
baloney. All they want is your money and your personal information so
that they can market to you. The posts on Craigslist by young "women"
seeking NSA sex, and asking for a picture are just a bunch of gay
troll pic collectors. This is especially true if the post uses common
gay lexicon like "hole" as in "fuck my hole" or seeks "masculine"
men, or uses the word cock (except in the context of "Don´t send a
cock shot.") There are women on Craigslist. They are easily
recognizable by their 2-5 paragraph postings. Most are in their 30's
or older.
25. When you become a man in full, know that people will get in your
way. People who are attracted to you will somehow manage to step in
your path. Gay guys will give you "the look." Old people will somehow
stumble in front of you at the worst time. Don´t get frustrated. Just
step aside and go about your business. Know that these are passive
aggressive methods to get you to acknowledge their existence.
26. Don´t gay bash. Don´t mentally or physically abuse people because
of who they are, or how they present themselves. It´s none of your
business to try to intimidate people into conformity.
27. If your gay, admit it to yourself, your parents, your friends and
society at large. Be prepared to get harassed. See rule 14. If
someone threatens you or assaults you, call the cops. Have them
arrested. You have no obligation to self sacrifice because of who you
are. As a gay person, you´ll have more social freedom than straight
men. Use it to protect yourself. Be prepared to get out of Dodge if
your orientation makes your life unbearable. Move to San Francisco,
New York, Atlanta, or New Orleans. You´ll find a welcoming community
there.
28. Don´t be a poser. Avoid being one of those dudes who puts a
surfboard on top of their car, but never surfs, or a dude with a
powder coated fixed gear bike and a messenger bag, but was never a
messenger. Live the life. Earn your bona fides.
29. Don´t believe the crap about the patriarchy. More women are
accepted and attend college. More degrees are awarded to women than
men. Women outlive men. More men commit suicide. Men are twice as
likely to be victims of violence, including murder. If you consider
sexual assaults in prisons, twice as many men are raped as women
(society thinks prison rape is funny). The streets are littered with
homeless men, sprinkled with a few homeless women. Statically, women
are happier than men. The myth that girls are being cheated by are
educational system is belied by the fact that schools are bastions of
femininity, mostly run by and taught by women. Girls outperform boys
in school. It is the boys in school getting fucked over, and
prescribed ritalin for being boys. Real wages for men are falling,
while real wages for women are rising. Just because someone says
something enough times, doesn´t make it true. You have nothing to
feel guilty about.
30. Remember, 97% of all advice is worthless. Take what you can use,
and trash the rest.
Advice to Young Men from an Old Man
1. Don´t pick on the weak. It´s immoral. Don´t antagonize the strong
without cause, its stupid.
2. Don´t hate women. It´s a waste of time
3. Invest in yourself. Material things come to those that have self
actualized.
4. Get in a fistfight, even if you are going to lose.
5. As a former Marine, take it from me. Don´t join the military,
unless you want to risk getting your balls blown off to secure other
people´s economic or political interests.
6. If something has a direct benefit to an individual or a class of
people, and a theoretical, abstract, or amorphous benefit to
everybody else, realize that the proponent´s intentions are to
benefit the former, not the latter, no matter what bullshit they try
to feed you.
7. Don´t be a Republican. They are self-dealing crooks with no sense
of honor or patriotism to their fellow citizens. If you must be a
Republican, don´t be a "conservative." They are whining, bitching,
complaining, simple-minded self-righteous idiots who think they´re
perpetual victims. Listen to talk radio for a while, you´ll see what
I mean.
8. Don´t take proffered advice without a critical analysis. 90% of
all advice is intended to benefit the proponent, not the recipient.
Actually, the number is probably closer to 97%, but I don´t want to
come off as cynical.
9. You´ll spend your entire life listening to people tell you how
much you owe them. You don´t owe the vast majority of people shit.
10. Don´t undermine your fellow young men. Mentor the young men that
come after you. Society recognizes that you have the potential to be
the most power force in society. It scares them. Society does not
find young men sympathetic. They are afraid of you, both individually
and collectively. Law enforcement´s primary purpose is to suppress
you.
11. As a young man, you´re on your own. Society divides and conquers.
Unlike women who have advocates looking out for them (NOW, Women´s
Study Departments, government, non-profit organizations, political
advocacy groups) almost no one is looking out for you.
12. Young men provide the genius and muscle by which our society
thrives. Look at the Silicone Valley. By in large, it was not old men
or women that created the revolution we live. Realize that society
steals your contributions, secures it with our intellectual property
laws, and then takes credit and the rewards where none is due.
13. Know that few people have your best interests at heart. Your
mother does. Your father probably does (if he stuck around). Your
siblings are on your side. Everybody else worries about themselves.
14. Don´t be afraid to tell people to "Fuck off" when need be. It is
an important skill to acquire. As they say, speak your piece, even if
your voice shakes.
15. Acquire empathy, good interpersonal skills, and confidence. Learn
to read body language and non-verbal communication. Don´t just
concentrate on your vocational or technical skills, or you´ll find
your wife fucking somebody else.
16. Keep fit.
17. Don´t speak ill of your wife/girlfriend. Back her up against the
world, even if she´s wrong. She should know that you have her back.
When she needs your help, give it. She should know that you´ll take
her part.
18. Don´t cheat on your wife/girlfriend. If you must cheat, don´t
humiliate her. Don´t risk having your transgressions come back to her
or her friends. Don´t do it where you live. Don´t do it with people
in your social circle. Don´t shit in your own back yard.
19. If your girlfriend doesn´t make you feel good about yourself and
bring joy to your life, fire her. That´s what girlfriends are for.
20. Don´t bother with "emotional affairs." They are just a vehicle
for women to flirt and have someone make them feel good about
themselves. That´s the part of a relationship they want. For you it
is a lot of work and investment in time. If they are having an
emotional affair with you, they´re probably fucking someone else.
21. Becoming a woman´s friend and confidant is not going to get you
into an intimate relationship. If you haven´t gotten the girl within
a reasonably short period of time, chances are you won´t ever get
her. She´ll end up confiding to you about the sexual adventures she´s
having with someone else.
22. Have and nurture friendships with women.
23. Realize that love is a numbers game. Guys fall in love easily.
You´re going to see some girl and feel like you´ll die if you don´t
get her. If she rejects you, move on to the next one. It´s her loss.
24. Don´t be an internet troll. Got out and live life. There is not a
cadre of beautiful women advertising on Craigslist to have NSA sex
with you. Beautiful women don´t need to advertise. The websites that
advertise with attractive women´s photos and claims of loneliness are
baloney. All they want is your money and your personal information so
that they can market to you. The posts on Craigslist by young "women"
seeking NSA sex, and asking for a picture are just a bunch of gay
troll pic collectors. This is especially true if the post uses common
gay lexicon like "hole" as in "fuck my hole" or seeks "masculine"
men, or uses the word cock (except in the context of "Don´t send a
cock shot.") There are women on Craigslist. They are easily
recognizable by their 2-5 paragraph postings. Most are in their 30's
or older.
25. When you become a man in full, know that people will get in your
way. People who are attracted to you will somehow manage to step in
your path. Gay guys will give you "the look." Old people will somehow
stumble in front of you at the worst time. Don´t get frustrated. Just
step aside and go about your business. Know that these are passive
aggressive methods to get you to acknowledge their existence.
26. Don´t gay bash. Don´t mentally or physically abuse people because
of who they are, or how they present themselves. It´s none of your
business to try to intimidate people into conformity.
27. If your gay, admit it to yourself, your parents, your friends and
society at large. Be prepared to get harassed. See rule 14. If
someone threatens you or assaults you, call the cops. Have them
arrested. You have no obligation to self sacrifice because of who you
are. As a gay person, you´ll have more social freedom than straight
men. Use it to protect yourself. Be prepared to get out of Dodge if
your orientation makes your life unbearable. Move to San Francisco,
New York, Atlanta, or New Orleans. You´ll find a welcoming community
there.
28. Don´t be a poser. Avoid being one of those dudes who puts a
surfboard on top of their car, but never surfs, or a dude with a
powder coated fixed gear bike and a messenger bag, but was never a
messenger. Live the life. Earn your bona fides.
29. Don´t believe the crap about the patriarchy. More women are
accepted and attend college. More degrees are awarded to women than
men. Women outlive men. More men commit suicide. Men are twice as
likely to be victims of violence, including murder. If you consider
sexual assaults in prisons, twice as many men are raped as women
(society thinks prison rape is funny). The streets are littered with
homeless men, sprinkled with a few homeless women. Statically, women
are happier than men. The myth that girls are being cheated by are
educational system is belied by the fact that schools are bastions of
femininity, mostly run by and taught by women. Girls outperform boys
in school. It is the boys in school getting fucked over, and
prescribed ritalin for being boys. Real wages for men are falling,
while real wages for women are rising. Just because someone says
something enough times, doesn´t make it true. You have nothing to
feel guilty about.
30. Remember, 97% of all advice is worthless. Take what you can use,
and trash the rest.
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