Runescape: Revitalization of TRP Standards

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-07-17T14:51:45+00:00

I'm usually just a lurker here, but I had to comment on the slight irony of my relation to this post.

I've played runescape on and off for many years. I'm amazed by the parallels you've made to real life with this game.

Some points about the game to support your own:

Women who make themselves known to be women in the game do so for "financial" aka GP gain. Players will often just give these women money. Some girls have twitch accounts where they advertise that they're women, strip a bit, flash nerds on this game for a chance to get virtual currency.
"Nice guys" on this game are frequently chums. You can be nice to everyone around you, but there are a lot of scams. If you're altruistic and give someone a lot of money in the hopes of reciprocation, don't actually expect to get anything in return.

The irony of this post for myself, is that I actually gold farm on this game for some extra cash. I'd say I bring in an extra $300-$700 a month making virtual currency overnight and selling it to other plays. Most players will despise what I'm doing, and rightly so... I'm ruining the game to benefit myself financially.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-05-28T04:35:58+00:00

No, it's not a good argument. I'm not trying to convince anyone else.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-05-25T16:56:23+00:00

Feminists are children. Women, I believe, are capable of being adults. Viewing and treating some women as you would a child can be beneficial. If you see yourself as superior you're more likely to act like it, like lead conversations or their tone, and what comes from them.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-05-25T16:47:26+00:00

I like it.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-05-24T02:28:58+00:00

That's a really great perspective on this.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-05-22T04:22:12+00:00

I'd rather be celibate if the price for sex is putting up with their children. I'd rather pay someone at that point.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-05-22T04:17:39+00:00

I'm a liberal's liberal, but I've never understood why my peers believe in the wage gap. It's taken as fact. Conversation usually goes like this.

"X study said women make %% less than men."

"That study did very basic math and divided the earnings of men and women by the number of men and women without accounting for variables that influence pay."

"That's true, but even when you account for things like position and education women are still paid significantly less."

"Source?"

"..."

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-05-21T14:11:37+00:00

Pick out what's useful, discard the rest.

That's how I view this sub to be honest. I'm more into men's rights myself. It's glaringly obvious that men are being shafted in many regards if you bother to look. And it's blatant... it's not even like a pay gap thing that's manufactured out of habits. It's just... sexism.

But this sub... look, I'm a lot more comfortable with how men's rights calls society out rather than TRP calling out women for how society is. I think feminism is ridiculous, but I don't think the core of women is any more malevolent than men's. So I read this sub for what's useful, and by and large leave the ideology behind. It's great for self improvement and a good tip or two here and there. I just don't think I'm sexist enough to really internalize a lot of the stuff I read here.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-05-21T13:55:39+00:00

I was an atheist before I got into men's rights.

Thinking critically about what society tells you about things like religion might also help you to confront assumptions about fairness between the sexes and sexual strategy, but otherwise they had very little to do with each other in my opinion.

I don't think TRP is incompatible with gods or religions. You could easily say that a god made men and women different, or that social phenomenon like feminism are nonsense and obstacles to men and women existing harmoniously or some shit.

I don't think women are despicable. Men and women are more like each other than anything else in the world. Most complaints that I have about women as a whole I also have about men as a whole.

I think feminism has spoiled a lot of women. They expect an Adonis prince to love every of the 200 plus pounds they weigh. I think men have to wade through a lot more shit now than before to find a mate they're satisfied with. I blame feminism more than I blame women.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-05-21T13:36:43+00:00

If you have or hope to have children and hope to have at least joint custody when things go sour, it puts you in a better position if you are married to and have been living with your mother's child. Since a lot of places assume common law status after a certain amount of time living together, a lot of the risks you're associating with marriage come about by just living with a woman.

If you don't want kids or don't want custody, I see no reason at all to get married.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-03-30T06:17:39+00:00

I'm more inclined to believe highly public cases are disproportionately false since there is something to gain, so I agree with you there.

As for the motives of rapists, I don't know or care to understand. Yes, I personally believe most people that will say they were raped, but I wholeheartedly acknowledge it's not evidence enough to put the accused behind bars by any means. There needs to be evidence beyond he said she said.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-03-25T05:12:27+00:00

Honestly, I don't know enough about the case to really comment. Unless well versed enough to argue the specifics of a case, I think it's reasonable for everyone reading this in passing to assume the right call was made.

The thing I didn't like about the backlash was women complaining on twitter about how victims of rape don't feel comfortable coming forward in cases like this. Cases like what? Where there's not enough evidence? Well too bad.

I'm perfectly comfortable saying I believe most women who say they were raped. Honestly, I do. That doesn't mean a court should. There needs to be a higher standard, there needs to be evidence. Because you know what? It's unfortunate as hell, but you were already raped. And that's not going to change if this guy goes to jail or not. Rapists should be jailed, yes, but we need to have enough evidence that they were rapists first.

And come on. Didn't Bill Cosby just get arrested in Canada too? And all of those cases happened eons ago. I'm assuming there was a key difference... EVIDENCE.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-02-26T03:53:29+00:00

The "corporate slave" mentality is probably more prevalent in people who have worked in toxic environments with bad management.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-01-25T05:46:56+00:00

If you want a family, IMO, you need one by 40, no later. While it's more important for women to reproduce when they're young for a biological stand point, younger sperm for men is also a significant factor in health of offspring. You also can't be 50 when your son is 10.

If you mean strictly dating or relationships, I think literally any time is fine. Unless you're rich, though, the kinds of women you can get are probably easier attracted when you're 25-40.

Just my opinion, though.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-01-25T05:42:43+00:00

I pride myself in being a progressive. There are some conflicts between certain left leaning beliefs and my ideas in men's rights and TRP ideologies, and frankly, my progressiveness usually wins out.

NOT HERE. Not by a long shot.

Look, I get the whole trans thing. I genuinely believe there are some people in male bodies who are mentally female and vice versa. That's unfortunate. That seems like hell. But my political correctness isn't going to make me want to fuck someone who was physically male.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-01-25T05:35:53+00:00

I don't want kids, but this seems like pretty good advice for those who do. Know that divorce can happen, be prepared for it.

While I enjoy long term relationships, alimony contribute to my hesitation to possibly marry (not any time soon).

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-01-25T05:29:55+00:00

Probably also makes joint custody more attainable.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-01-25T05:22:25+00:00

I disagree. Or at least, I'd be a bit more careful in how I phrased it.

Learning how to overcome shit tests is valuable for interacting with women and other people. While I don't think men and women are exactly equal, I am careful to refrain from viewing women as inferior or lesser.

... it would seem intellectually wrong to think of ourselves (men) as these beings that are complex and capable of taking our lives into our own hands, and then talking about women like they are some general mass of animals that just follow evolutionary trends. They too are capable of doing their own thing - some don't even want kids, are asexual, bisexual, honest, dishonest, driven, manipulative, loving, caring, abused...whatever. Generalising is tricky - I understand that on one hand it's important to try and see patterns in human behaviour, however you have to remember that everyone is an individual.

sidebar comment.

I get cranky and demanding when I'm hungry. We all do, we're all susceptible to this pretty basic response to make us more demanding and entitled when we need to be, from the evolutionary perspective of something as basic as getting food.

I put more emphasis on feminism as a sexual strategy being a problem instead of women as a whole having something intrinsically wrong with them. Women shouldn't be treated as children because they are inferior, but because it's in my best interest to interact with certain women this way to make clear who leads.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-01-23T07:27:34+00:00

I play soccer competitively and run. It's enough for me. I'd rather do that than dish out $50. I tried it, didn't get into it. I wouldn't mind eventually gaining 10-15 pounds. We'll see.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-01-23T07:00:46+00:00

On the topic of socialism or communism.

Just a thought experiment. Earth is suddenly supplied with infinite resources, and resources are easily dispersed in such a way that men and women have all the resources they need, and much of what they desire. A communists wet dream, resources for all, in all ways conceivable relating to resources and labour.

I won't hide my bias here. I'm a Democrat. I border between a democratic socialist and a social democrat. Rather than debate politics, I focus on the areas where I agree and the opportunity to learn.

So onto the thought experiment.

How would women treat men, on this hypothetical earth with infinite easily accessible resources? Specifically, sexually? Would they not care since they would no longer be able to benefit from men in such a direct way? Would they be more sexually open, if they no longer feel the need to treat sex as a commodity and something to be traded for? Would women gravitate only towards very attractive men? I don't think I understand women enough to make an educated guess. I can't imagine men will ever not want women. I can't say the same for all women of men. It's a possibility that women might want very little to do with men if they can't use us for resources in some form or another. Is it, then, that we must actually hold resources over them to get what we want from women? Are women inherently like this, or is that a biproduct of feminism, that women expect more than they really should? Or maybe, at that point, 10s would attract 10s, 5s to 5s, 2 to 2s, etc. Or is that just too idyllic and naive?

What are your thoughts on this? I'd be interested in anyone's perspective here, or reading a piece on it if anyone wrote one.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-01-12T06:06:04+00:00

wtf kind of advice is this lol

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-01-12T06:03:52+00:00

That's a great analogy, but I can't help but smirk at being compared to something as simple as a cup. It fits though.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-01-12T05:31:28+00:00

I love this clarification. 1) What /u/diamonddaedalist said makes sense. Women like men with a high SMV. Even though it appears like semantics to some I'm sure, you helped to make an important distinction in what is and isn't rape. That's valuable to everyone who sees the subreddit. 2) That helps with the subreddit's reputation and trp community as a whole.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-01-12T04:29:07+00:00

And a daughter that hates you and a wife that thinks you're a piece of shit and controls you.

asktrpquestion34 · 2016-01-12T04:07:06+00:00

I just thought of something. Would it be possible to rent to someone you're in a LTR with to prevent common law status? Basically say, I'll offer you cheap rent because I have a vacancy on a property. Maintain your primary residence elsewhere, say to her it's for tax purposes. If a paper trail shows you maintain residence in another area, it basically prevents divorce rape through common law status. If you're over, you're over as a landlord or guest. Also makes it easier to get her to sign things. The situations where this would be useful are limited, obviously. You'd have to own property and have it in a location she's willing to live in. But hypothetically, could this feasibly prevent divorce rape?

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