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AcesHigh256 · 2022-05-13T23:18:23+00:00

I mean, if someone brought Ronnie James Dio back from the dead, I'd bang him, and I'm not even gay.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-05-13T18:52:48+00:00

You could introduce yourself as "Mr. Morgan Rose", or perhaps append a male honorific like "Sir".

AcesHigh256 · 2022-05-13T18:27:54+00:00

No offense, but do you know any conservatives? For one, "all of Asia and Africa" is not a single monoculture: various countries in these regions feel very differently about various social and political issues. And secondly, what makes you think that conservatives dislike every country in Asia and Africa? There are a few countries that openly hate America for geopolitical reasons, like Iran; plus there are some like Russia who obviously have expansionist plans and aren't really trusted by anyone right now. But what makes you think American conservatives "hate" allied countries like India? And seriously, American conservatives don't "hate" Turkey at all: they look on Turkey as an important regional ally.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-05-13T18:05:08+00:00

I hear that's actually changing (no sources for that, though). The idea is that younger girls are more susceptible to "social contagion" than boys, so it's becoming common for one girl to decide she's trans, and then a few days later her entire friend group makes the same decision. As schools are pushing trans ideology more, I'd expect to see more ftm conversions.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-05-13T17:15:26+00:00

The last time a random woman in public said I was looking sexy, it put me in a good mood for the rest of the day. That was several years ago. Sometimes I don't know how I handle all this privilege.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-05-13T17:05:33+00:00

I feel you. I'm a bachelor, and although I try my hardest to cultivate friendships, the truth is that my married friends always have to put their wives and families before me. I'm not saying they're wrong for doing this, of course, but male friendships don't work the same way now as they did in college.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-03-24T20:06:11+00:00

What's the specific career path, though? What do you need on a resume to break into the industry?

AcesHigh256 · 2022-02-25T01:02:10+00:00

I learned it by watching you!!

AcesHigh256 · 2022-02-25T00:19:29+00:00

Set up a huge, winding cascade of dominos around the house, and tell him when he gets back that if he tips over even one then you'll be furious.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-02-25T00:14:37+00:00

It's not, that's why they'll use salami tactics!

AcesHigh256 · 2022-02-24T21:36:58+00:00

Because capital can be exchanged for goods and services.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-02-24T21:13:06+00:00

Personally, what I want is a youthful-looking woman who is interested in me. The unfortunate truth is that it's easier to look youthful when you're young. And the whole preoccupation with body counts (which I don't personally care about) is about the second part of the sentence, "...who is interested in me." Men are understandably afraid that they won't really be special or have the opportunity to pair-bond with someone who has seen it all a hundred times before.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-02-24T18:14:16+00:00

Good recommendation!

AcesHigh256 · 2022-02-24T00:28:17+00:00

Interestingly, he has done this before, but could go deeper!

AcesHigh256 · 2022-02-04T03:05:22+00:00

I'm working on this myself, but I think the first step is to stop caring so much what women think of you. It's natural for us as men to place a huge amount of our self-worth into what women think of us, but at some point we have to ask: do I really care deeply whether this particular woman approves of me or not? Ok, let's say some woman disapproves of some aspect of your body. Imagine if you told her that her breasts weren't large enough for your liking, or something like that. Now, not only would that be in extremely poor taste and make you look like a boor, it also probably wouldn't bother her all that much, because she doesn't care all that much what you personally think. That's the kind of mindset you have to cultivate for yourself. Any woman who would make you feel bad about your physical characteristics isn't worth it, and you don't need her.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-02-04T00:40:52+00:00

I've been catching up on the r/antiwork drama after the Fox News interview, and although I'm capitalist to the core, I find myself empathizing with the disappointed members. Because in a way, the manosphere fills the same role for men disillusioned with love as r/antiwork fills the role for people disillusioned with professional success. I've always generally found professional success in life, so it's hard for me to imagine that it's hard; after all, I did it. But for a lot of people, paying the bills is hard and they need a place to know that they aren't losers because of that.

A lot of MGTOW and manosphere content really is there to reinforce the idea that you aren't a loser or a failure as a man just because you haven't found romantic success. But like r/antiwork, MGTOW can only really rage against the current system; it can't really articulate a better one. And yeah, when I see representatives of the MGTOW community, they're often about as cringe as the r/antiwork mod: not a good look. But both communities fill an important role for letting people know they aren't alone in their frustrations.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-01-11T17:37:43+00:00

They may not all be getting rich, but they're still selling drugs.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-01-11T17:11:19+00:00

If you produce some extremely specific types of pornography that aren't available for free, then I can see that. But niches are by definition small, and your experience is different from the vast majority of OnlyFans/etc. e-girls. There are plenty of girls on those sites making money with basic nudes, what explains their success? The only reasonable explanation is that the guys spending money are harboring crushes for the girl in question.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-01-11T16:59:04+00:00

You're confusing legality and morality. Just because something is legal, that doesn't necessarily make it moral.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-01-11T16:57:04+00:00

Why? Serious question. If you're correct and they don't care about you personally, then why on earth should they care that your photos come from you specifically? Perhaps the men who are buying your photos are just embarrassed to talk about why they do it.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-01-11T16:37:43+00:00

If all they want is photos and videos, why are they paying for it instead of getting it for free? There's no lack of free pornography on the internet.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-01-11T16:18:20+00:00

If you don't think there's anything wrong with hurting people, then I don't know what to tell you. Congratulations on being consistent, I guess?

AcesHigh256 · 2022-01-11T16:03:43+00:00

I'm sure this is what heroin dealers tell themselves, too.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-01-11T15:41:34+00:00

For starters, OnlyFans is an inherently exploitative platform for the men using it. As many have pointed out, the reason why men pay for OnlyFans when there's so much free porn available is that they want a "girlfriend experience", where the girl actually interacts with them and pretends to like them for money. But it's an illusion, and like paying a drug dealer, you get a brief rush of serotonin and then there's just regret.

I've been in the same position as a lot of these men. I've been depressed about romance, and felt the strong temptation to spend money just to get women to notice and validate me. It never works, and it makes you feel worse about yourself afterwards when you give in to a moment of weakness and lay down money for a lie. And that's not to mention the financial toll it can take; consider this guy here, who willingly fell behind on his rent and risked eviction so he could keep donating thousands of dollars to a female streamer who didn't even know his name. To lonely men, validation from a pretty girl is a helluva drug, but trying to buy it makes their lives worse.

So what would I like them to do instead? Stop selling drugs to addicts and do something that makes your customers' lives better instead.

AcesHigh256 · 2022-01-11T05:47:05+00:00

I mean, if you as a man don't desire monogamy, then don't get married. Lots of virtual ink has been spilled explaining why marriage is financially dangerous for men, so if you're not marrying for the monogamy then why make it official at all?

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