The biggest red pill i ever got was that women can't self-actualize.
I can't even imagine living like that.
How can you appreciate art, literature or architecture?
It still blows my mind
@basedbagel The biggest Red Pill I ever got was understanding that MOST of the people who I thought meant the world to me; I did not mean Anything to them. I was totally unmemorable to them. As a man, you are useless, unless you are providing value to someone else and once that flow of resources ends, so does your existence, to them.
@southpole21 @sardonicsmile Spot on!
I keep my normie family on a timer.
15 minutes for weekdays
30m-1h on weekends.
I know I don't have much time with them so I don't want to cut them off but they can't get in the way what I value most so for me it's a good compromise.
@sardonicsmile You know it's funny you say that I remember my dad telling me that and thinking:
"what a bitter boomer, thinking everything is transactional."
While I've seen a few exceptions I can't help but agree.
It's kind of sad but I used it to my advantage back in the day.
Being the go to guy/connector for people and bartering skills is a great way to grow a social circle of useful people.
@sardonicsmile @basedbagel I will admit, even to this day it is sad to know as a man that people will only gravitate towards me if I’m of extremely high status and usefulness. And when you’re useful and valuable people will try to ride your coat tails and get a piece of your usefulness to bring themselves up. The worse part is when you’re no longer useful, you’re disregarded like a used paper towel just thrown in the garbage. Humans are just naturally opportunistic, and selfish.
I think the reason it's sad is because you were fed lies.
Maybe I'm weird but I found it inspiring.
I always thought something was wrong with me but it just turns out I wasn't useful to anyone.
I like that if I get serious I can turn my life around.
@sardonicsmile @basedbagel I agree, especially family.
A man should build his life like a castle, able to keep out who he doesn’t want in it, and able to protect those he does, starting with himself.