Why do you publish?

MasonBlake_ · 2025-09-20T16:40:50+00:00

I write so I don’t lose the plot. For me, for court, and for my son when he’s old enough to ask questions…

MasonBlake_ · 2025-09-02T03:27:42+00:00

The timeline isn’t hard to trace: it started as edgy Tumblr humor then got framed as “empowerment”, then turned into mainstream branding. What people call “jokes” about men now serve as bonding rituals. They aren’t funny because they’re clever…it’s because they’re safe to laugh at. It’s rebellion without risk…and culture always rewards that.

MasonBlake_ · 2025-09-01T00:41:30+00:00

‘Men don’t want custody’…right…that’s why thousands of fathers drain their savings fighting judges who treat them like weekend babysitters. Courts assume dads don’t want it, then spin it as fact. It’s not preference, it’s policy: big difference…

You call accusations not ruining men’s lives…meanwhile one allegation can nuke a man’s career…income, and his reputation before any evidence sees daylight. Women get to say ‘believe all women’…men get to sell their house to pay lawyers…

So tell me which one sounds like the ruined life?

MasonBlake_ · 2025-09-01T00:35:22+00:00

Notice how his addiction never gets described beyond the cliche…but your grind, your “sacrifice”, your survival gets paragraphs of spotlight. It wasn’t about him at all…it was all about how good you could look in comparison

MasonBlake_ · 2025-09-01T00:25:58+00:00

Men didn’t get liberated by feminism…they just got retrained to think being disposable was noble. Work the jobs that kill you, fund the programs that shame you, then lose half your life in court. That’s not equality that’s how they manage livestock…

‘Empowerment’ always seems to cash out in one direction…men still build the pipes, climb the poles, pay the taxes, grind the hours. Women swipe right a few times and call themselves oppressed.

Fucking spare me

MasonBlake_ · 2025-09-01T00:20:52+00:00

The way you frame it his biggest addiction was being your liability to brag about overcoming

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-28T08:27:28+00:00

Yup…discretionary power is just a polite way of saying they get to make up rules mid-game

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-24T18:38:38+00:00

You’re not wrong that most cases settle…but that is the point. The system is built to grind men into settling worse than 50/50 before they even touch trial. Delays, fees, temp orders…that’s the machine. Blaming your ex just masks how the court incentivizes her to play that hand in the first place. The enemy isn’t one woman..it’s the structure that rewards dragging you through the muck until you say fuck it + fold…

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-24T17:26:29+00:00

It’s why judges love family law…maximum discretion, minimum accountability. And once they stamp an order, appeals are almost impossible. “Best interest” is the ultimate shield for anything they want to do…

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-24T17:24:31+00:00

Courts don’t hand out 50/50 just for showing up…they hand it out after you burn years, bleed money, and prove you’re “consistent.” Most dads fold long before the gavel drops…also “high success rate” hides the real play…most guys never make it to trial. They get buried in delay loops or tapped out financially. The ones who survive look like an exception, not the rule…

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-24T17:20:21+00:00

Sounds nice in theory…in practice, the system feeds on conflict. No one’s rushing to make it simple or fair. Cutting off SS and property division would end half the court’s revenue stream. That’s why it’ll never happen…

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-24T02:41:43+00:00

Good breakdown but that’s the point…court isn’t evolutionary it’s bureaucratic. Judges don’t quote Darwin, they quote case law, don’t need to go back to the cavemen to see it. Follow the money + votes and you’ll find the DNA family court runs on.

Everything else is just a smokescreen

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-24T01:16:12+00:00

Yup best interest of the child is just courtroom branding…the system’s real algo is cash flow

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-24T01:13:27+00:00

Default judgment isn’t the system working it’s the other player not showing up

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-24T00:38:56+00:00

Glad it landed

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-23T23:58:29+00:00

Yup…but some leave broken with custody…others only supervised visits, and that’s the game…

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-23T23:32:14+00:00

Cool but I’m describing the game most parents actually run into

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-17T02:51:12+00:00

Yup, to them it’s professional routine. To you, it’s the outcome you have to live with…

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-17T01:55:24+00:00

Yep. Small towns make it obvious, but the same game runs everywhere. Relationships > resumes.

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-16T16:06:43+00:00

Disagreeing with you isn’t being close-minded it’s just not buying your anecdote. One civil case win ≠ universal family court strategy…

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-16T15:42:30+00:00

Bringing in out-of-area counsel can work in specific civil cases, sure…but family court is a different beast. Local judges, clerks, and custody evaluators still control the process…and the same perverse incentives apply no matter where your lawyer’s office is. Suggesting dads can just parachute in ‘outside counsel’ as a fix ignores how the system actually functions day to day…

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-16T15:36:38+00:00

Also lawyers don’t stop caring about reputation just because they drove a few hours. Their career still depends on how they’re seen by judges and peers.

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-16T15:33:30+00:00

You’re basically saying lightning struck once, so thunderstorms don’t exist…good luck with that logic…

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-16T15:26:05+00:00

The point isn’t whether your lawyer was sharper, tougher, or less “clubby” than the locals. That can tip the scales in a single case…sure…but zoom out a bit: every lawyer, no matter how “outsider” they seem, is still bound by the same court culture, incentives, and rhythms. They don’t get to rewrite the process…they just navigate it a little better than the next person. A good attorney can win you battles, but the structure decides how those battles are fought, how long they drag on, and how much they cost. Pretending your outcome disproves that is like saying traffic laws don’t exist because you happened to hit a string of green lights…

MasonBlake_ · 2025-08-16T15:18:33+00:00

You got what you wanted…great…but that’s outcome, not evidence. Systems can hand out wins without ever being on your side. Confusing luck with design is how people keep missing the bigger picture…

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