I discuss coffee addictions, Karens in the COVID-19 era, home improvement, There Will Be Blood, debacles, mouse hunts and the “right hand turn test.”
Category: masculinity
I discuss:
– Why the dystopian genre is dead
– The unpredictability of history
– Why the U.S. is headed for dissolution eventually
I discuss:
– How cell phones and instantaneous communication have destroyed people’s ability to commit to things
– Why the Culture War has long been over, and how it explains the deep shame among many people.
I’ve published another new essay at Masculine Geek on the concept of living, not merely existing.
An excerpt:
If you’ve bought into this prepackaged narrative, every word, thought, and deed of yours is determined, censored, filtered, and restrained by the fear that somehow, in some way, it might negatively affect your advancement. You adopt a mindset in which you shut out any view or opinion worthwhile on anything. You stick to politically innocuous pastimes that are neither too exotic nor so peculiar as to risk social status.
Eventually, you become a lukewarm, tepid soul.
Read the whole thing here.
In the past week I’ve written additional essays at Masculine Geek related to masculinity, geek culture and important issues for men interested in forming groups.
Don’t Confuse A Cad For A Brother: I explain the kind of criteria you should and shouldn’t use for gauging another man’s character.
Why Emotional Maturity Is Everything: If someone doesn’t have some core traits, their other values they share with you don’t matter.
Your Band of Brothers Must Go Offline: Why after you form a group, you should keep it in the real world.
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My latest essay over at Masculine Geek takes aim at Star Wars fanboys who not only continue to support the franchise, but lash out at anyone who dare criticize the trailer for the upcoming film.
An excerpt:
Much like James Bond was the product of a post-World War 2, Cold War environment long since gone, Star Wars was a product of 1970s America. The context from which it was conceived is no more. We can appreciate it for what it was, mourn the loss of the culture that produced it, and try to create similar stories that reflects the same values. But I feel no need to see something that I find offensive just because the company that bought it from the original creator happens to own the franchise and can slap it on anything it wants.
Read the rest of it here.
Aaron Clarey, .a.k.a. Captain Capitalism, returns for another episode of Masculine Geek to make a Dungeons and Dragons game scene report and give some additional “guff”. My laptop has a nervous breakdown, and we feature a few show-and-tell items.
We also chat about my most recent Masculine Geek article examining a possible reason for the gamma dominance in modern “geek” culture.
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I recently wrote an essay for Masculine Geek titled “Thoughts on “A More Complete Beast” by Jack Donovan,” examining his latest book.
An excerpt from the essay:
It is no coincidence that the same people who argue that masculinity is a fluid concept then turn around and argue in no uncertain terms that certain traits and behaviors compose “toxic masculinity.” Like so much deconstructionism that occurs today, they don’t have a clear definition of what something is when speaking of it positively, until they decide they want to attack it.
The debate over “toxic masculinity” fundamentally comes down who writes the narrative of a man’s life. “Toxic masculinity” contains traits that are both admirable and disreputable. A man who mistreats his girlfriends while belligerently attacking other men for no reason would fit the definition, but according to the American Psychological Association so would a father who teaches his sons to be stoic in the face of hardship and aggressive when pursuing excellence.
You can read the whole thing here.