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Go here and at least get your wife some pepper spray and also consider some of the home defense items as well.
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Nannies Aren't Mommies
From our British Agent in the Field:
Good morning Captain! I just had my 79th birthday,
I am a woman born in England with ancestors who came from other places as well.
I very much enjoyed your piece on children and would have written a comment but
prefer to speak directly to you. I was brought up by a trained Nanny and in
unusual circumstances, that is, a war which involved moving from place to place
and living on the minimum amount. Nothing can be worse for the developing
mind and soul than being put in a group of other children supposedly supervised
by a woman with no personal interest in them. Many women can be good nursing
mothers because nature and the hormones kick in here. Later one is in the
absolute power of one person who is most often NOT INTERESTED AND SELF
ABSORBED. I do not speak from experience here but from observation. I am an
historian by training who was lucky enough to make a living as a
librarian\archivist here in North America. Thanks to Vivien, my nurse/ nanny/
governess, a Methodist by the way, I was instructed in the basics of the
Christian faith [I am now a convert to Catholicism] and a sane person
[well, maybe], my sister owes her very life to this woman. Growiing up with
adults dying all around one for something greater than themselves plus some
knowledge of God gives one the core belief that it is all for a purpose.
Well, enough! I could go on and on as my friends ofteen remark... Most
important: Children are not here to be our slaves and playthings as you
say.
Thank you!
Epic Fail in Tornado Chasing
I have returned from a day of chasing tornadoes. None of which were brave enough to set foot on the planet while I was driving around. Just further proof it is tornadoes that are afraid of me.
Though a member of the Cappysphere seems to have suffered some tornado damage.
Though a member of the Cappysphere seems to have suffered some tornado damage.
Some Very Practical Advice for Young Men
And you young men should listen to your elders so you have a better life than we did!
Friday, May 17, 2013
Using Politics to Compensation for Lack of Talent
This is the latest and last installment of "Confessions of a Worthless Degreed Person" our interview series with Jorge Gonzales.
Not that the other episodes weren't interesting, but this one was my favorite in that two very interesting observations were made.
1. 100%, not "most," not "the majority" 100% ALL of the women in his college were leftists and liberals. It is proof of several things
a. These young kids are nowhere near as independent minded as they like to think they are
b. They are obviously brainwashed
c. The vehement responses he got when painting something "politically incorrect" only further proves my "Leftist Zombie" theory.
2. I was amazed how you can no longer just make a work of art. It MUST have a political meaning behind it and it MUST be leftist. This is of course nothing but a ruse to overshadow the fact none of these "artists" have any talent. None of them can be considered "artists."
It's very much worth a listen despite the poor audio quality as it shows you just how far and psychotic this part of life has become since leftists have taken it over.
Not that the other episodes weren't interesting, but this one was my favorite in that two very interesting observations were made.
1. 100%, not "most," not "the majority" 100% ALL of the women in his college were leftists and liberals. It is proof of several things
a. These young kids are nowhere near as independent minded as they like to think they are
b. They are obviously brainwashed
c. The vehement responses he got when painting something "politically incorrect" only further proves my "Leftist Zombie" theory.
2. I was amazed how you can no longer just make a work of art. It MUST have a political meaning behind it and it MUST be leftist. This is of course nothing but a ruse to overshadow the fact none of these "artists" have any talent. None of them can be considered "artists."
It's very much worth a listen despite the poor audio quality as it shows you just how far and psychotic this part of life has become since leftists have taken it over.
QOTD
Regarding the post "The Enslavement and Imprisonment of Western Children"
"I am from an older generation than most of your readers. We had children because remote controls for TVs were not invented yet."
"I am from an older generation than most of your readers. We had children because remote controls for TVs were not invented yet."
A Feminist's Dream Come True
Ah, yes. Argentina.
A woman in power (by her own merits of course, not because she was married to the previous president).
A compliant leftist parliament.
Hot latin guys.
And non-western culture.
A feminist's dream come true.
What could possibly go wrong in this wondrous utopia!?
Heh heh. Just you wait.
A woman in power (by her own merits of course, not because she was married to the previous president).
A compliant leftist parliament.
Hot latin guys.
And non-western culture.
A feminist's dream come true.
What could possibly go wrong in this wondrous utopia!?
Heh heh. Just you wait.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Curse His Velvety Voice
Davis Aurini has finished the recording of "Worthless" on tape. Will be available soon. But if you want to hear his "made for radio" voice he has put up the first chapter for all to hear. Of course, it is fair that I warn you in advance, his voice is like heroin to the ladies. You girls will not be able to resist and will be begging for more.
The Enslavement and Imprisonment of Western Children
Once again, for the cheap seats, I will make my claim that I do not hate children. Matter of fact I will go so far to say I probably like children more than the average American or western parent in the fact I've actually taken the time to assess whether I would even make for a good father before fornicating and bringing innocent little souls into this world only to suffer under my poor and reluctant parenting. I will even go further and claim that unlike most adults today, I have not forgotten what it was like to be a child and therefore empathize with them.
However, in being an adult I have the added benefit of hindsight and a birds-eye view. I can look back with adult eyes and assess, analyze and view kids today as well as look at my adult peers and see how they interact with children. And the unfortunately I've concluded our (adults') relationship with today's children is not so much of one of love, kindness and discipline, but rather one of convenience, advantage and slavery.
We literally enslave and imprison our children for our benefit.
For example, take religion.
I don't think I ever ran into one religious adult, yesteryear or today, who uses religion as an optional tool to instill virtue, morality, and discipline in a child. A tool of which can be discarded or kept at the child's discretion when that child reaches an age of which they can determine their own religious beliefs. Instead, the majority of instances the child is used as an asset for the religion. A borderline annuity of future collection plate donations, that is brainwashed before it is even cognizant or sentient, and then guilt-tripped into further compliance with the threat of eternal damnation and excommunication from the church. And before you start making accusations of cynicism, ask yourself this question - have you ever seen or forced your own kid to participate in the Christmas service at church? Forcing them to memorize hymns they don't understand and play the manger scene?
Was that for their benefit, god's benefit, or yours?
That's what I thought.
If religion doesn't convince you, just look at how we treat "having children" today. While, yes, I will admit, there are many loving parents who truly love their children and have them for all the right reasons, sadly they account for the minority. This is evidenced by the percent of parents who actually bring up their own children versus outsourcing it to a third party. Be you ghetto/trailer trash, getting knocked up in your teen years and outsourcing the upbringing of your child to the state or you be uppity higher class folk who pay a nanny to take away the inconvenience of raising your own child so you can pursue your own career raise your child, let us be very clear what you are stating with your actions. You view your child as a physical asset. A thing to "have. A cute little toy that you do not credit with having its own personality, intelligence, consciousness or soul. It is no different than a luxury SUV or an accidental consequence for fornicating without protection. Regardless of whether you are using it as a social status object or a reason to collect more in WIC/welfare, it is clear once again the child is there to serve you. It is a slave, it is a prisoner.
Finally, if none of that convinces you (or perhaps none of it applies to you), just because the parents may not be unconsciously enslaving their children, doesn't mean the rest of society isn't. Namely the education industry.
If there is an example of how we abuse, enslave, and take advantage of our children, the United States' (and most other western nations') educational system is it. From the age of 5, we have our country's WORST people act like they're educating them, when in reality they are doing far worse.
At best they are baby sitting the tykes (thankfully taking thosecrying, liability-brats much-loved-children off of our hands, which is why very few parents ever complain). But worse they are typically (though not always) our most incompetent and lazy citizens looking for an easy "career." Too lazy to learn a skill or a trade, millions of worthless and lazy people declare "education" as a major not because they nobly care about the children, but like the idea of 3 months off, avoiding math at all costs, and being practically unfireable. But the absolute worst is the brainwashing that occurs by these despicable people. Indifferent about providing a genuine education to these children and preparing them for the real world, members of the education industry are first and foremost interested in brainwashing the little tykes into voting for future socialist causes, namely, more money for education, thereby guaranteeing their own financial futures.
However, the slavery is not merely relegated to K-12. Not by a long shot. There's still blood in those bodies that need to be sucked out and by god, we're going to get every drop.
First, you have every leftist, educator and teacher union thug pushing for the expansion of "pre-K-12" and "early childhood development. Such efforts have already manifested themselves in the form of "Head Start" and the multitude of before and after school activities that are nothing more than breakfast, lunch and dinner programs. Leftists and socialists are only more than happy to have the government take on more and more of the role of parent as it further secures future income for theirracket "profession." And lazy, pathetic-excuses-for-parents are only more than happy to have that little crying bastard their beloved child outsourced to the state. Besides, "it's for the chilllllldrreeeeeennnnnn." And there's no amount of other people's money and government indoctrination that's too good for them, right?
Second, it's not like the slavery ends at 18. Not by a long shot. Matter of fact this is when the child-enslavement kicks into high gear. For after 13 years of indoctrination you can actually sell these young skulls full of mush on the idea of going into debt to the tune of $100,000 for worthless degrees that have no hope of ever providing a positive rate of return. They are so deluded and misled they will actually spend anywhere from 4-8 years of their lives listening to worthless people spew worthless liberal arts and humanities, and they give these vermin their money.
Finally, as the slave starts to approach 30, and has jumped through all the hurdles, giving the adults and the education/enslavement industry the best years of their lives, $100,000 in tuition, and unwavering blind brainwashed loyalty, they finally have nothing left to give. They have been sucked dry of all their youth, all their money, all their energy and creativity, and thusly are...
kicked to the curb.
The adults no longer have any use for them (and the real world certainly doesn't). They have served their purpose - to entertain and support other adults. Besides, there are always newer and younger batches of slave-children being fed into the machine. This child-slave has nothing left to offer and is thus discarded.
Normally, this would enrage and anger most slaves. However, there is one, final ingenious trick the slave masters played on their young victims. They instilled in their children slaves unassailable egos.
With 13 years of K-12 brainwashing, as well as 4-8 years more in college, the education-slave industry lied to the children-slaves. They told them "how great they were" how "intelligent they were" and how they were bound for "great things if they just followed their heart and the money would follow." And when faced with the reality that most of them had;
1. No skills or trades that were employable
2. No future job prospects
3. Trillions of dollars in student debts
4. Just got suckered
their egos can't handle it. Why, they're just so gosh darn intelligent! Don't you know she has a 3.85 GPA in sociology?! And instead of owning up to their mistakes for believing the BS the education-enslavement industry, they do what they were trained to do - lash out at the enemies of their indoctrinators.
"Evil big businesses."
"IT's the corporations MAAAAN!!!"
"It's George Bush!"
"It's white males/oppression/racism/sexism!"
So brainwashed are they, they will even continue to vote for socialist programs that mortgage their futures such as social security, national health care, medicare, etc. and some are so brainwashed, they merely double down hoping to become a slave master themselves by working for the education-enslavement industry.
Most, however, with time, will realize when they're 40, 50, even 60 that they are the ones who are to blame for believing the lies the adults told them.
But frankly, I don't care about them because by that time they are no longer children. They're adults.
Adults who should known better.
Enjoy the decline!
However, in being an adult I have the added benefit of hindsight and a birds-eye view. I can look back with adult eyes and assess, analyze and view kids today as well as look at my adult peers and see how they interact with children. And the unfortunately I've concluded our (adults') relationship with today's children is not so much of one of love, kindness and discipline, but rather one of convenience, advantage and slavery.
We literally enslave and imprison our children for our benefit.
For example, take religion.
I don't think I ever ran into one religious adult, yesteryear or today, who uses religion as an optional tool to instill virtue, morality, and discipline in a child. A tool of which can be discarded or kept at the child's discretion when that child reaches an age of which they can determine their own religious beliefs. Instead, the majority of instances the child is used as an asset for the religion. A borderline annuity of future collection plate donations, that is brainwashed before it is even cognizant or sentient, and then guilt-tripped into further compliance with the threat of eternal damnation and excommunication from the church. And before you start making accusations of cynicism, ask yourself this question - have you ever seen or forced your own kid to participate in the Christmas service at church? Forcing them to memorize hymns they don't understand and play the manger scene?
Was that for their benefit, god's benefit, or yours?
That's what I thought.
If religion doesn't convince you, just look at how we treat "having children" today. While, yes, I will admit, there are many loving parents who truly love their children and have them for all the right reasons, sadly they account for the minority. This is evidenced by the percent of parents who actually bring up their own children versus outsourcing it to a third party. Be you ghetto/trailer trash, getting knocked up in your teen years and outsourcing the upbringing of your child to the state or you be uppity higher class folk who pay a nanny to
Finally, if none of that convinces you (or perhaps none of it applies to you), just because the parents may not be unconsciously enslaving their children, doesn't mean the rest of society isn't. Namely the education industry.
If there is an example of how we abuse, enslave, and take advantage of our children, the United States' (and most other western nations') educational system is it. From the age of 5, we have our country's WORST people act like they're educating them, when in reality they are doing far worse.
At best they are baby sitting the tykes (thankfully taking those
However, the slavery is not merely relegated to K-12. Not by a long shot. There's still blood in those bodies that need to be sucked out and by god, we're going to get every drop.
First, you have every leftist, educator and teacher union thug pushing for the expansion of "pre-K-12" and "early childhood development. Such efforts have already manifested themselves in the form of "Head Start" and the multitude of before and after school activities that are nothing more than breakfast, lunch and dinner programs. Leftists and socialists are only more than happy to have the government take on more and more of the role of parent as it further secures future income for their
Second, it's not like the slavery ends at 18. Not by a long shot. Matter of fact this is when the child-enslavement kicks into high gear. For after 13 years of indoctrination you can actually sell these young skulls full of mush on the idea of going into debt to the tune of $100,000 for worthless degrees that have no hope of ever providing a positive rate of return. They are so deluded and misled they will actually spend anywhere from 4-8 years of their lives listening to worthless people spew worthless liberal arts and humanities, and they give these vermin their money.
Finally, as the slave starts to approach 30, and has jumped through all the hurdles, giving the adults and the education/enslavement industry the best years of their lives, $100,000 in tuition, and unwavering blind brainwashed loyalty, they finally have nothing left to give. They have been sucked dry of all their youth, all their money, all their energy and creativity, and thusly are...
kicked to the curb.
The adults no longer have any use for them (and the real world certainly doesn't). They have served their purpose - to entertain and support other adults. Besides, there are always newer and younger batches of slave-children being fed into the machine. This child-slave has nothing left to offer and is thus discarded.
Normally, this would enrage and anger most slaves. However, there is one, final ingenious trick the slave masters played on their young victims. They instilled in their children slaves unassailable egos.
With 13 years of K-12 brainwashing, as well as 4-8 years more in college, the education-slave industry lied to the children-slaves. They told them "how great they were" how "intelligent they were" and how they were bound for "great things if they just followed their heart and the money would follow." And when faced with the reality that most of them had;
1. No skills or trades that were employable
2. No future job prospects
3. Trillions of dollars in student debts
4. Just got suckered
their egos can't handle it. Why, they're just so gosh darn intelligent! Don't you know she has a 3.85 GPA in sociology?! And instead of owning up to their mistakes for believing the BS the education-enslavement industry, they do what they were trained to do - lash out at the enemies of their indoctrinators.
"Evil big businesses."
"IT's the corporations MAAAAN!!!"
"It's George Bush!"
"It's white males/oppression/racism/sexism!"
So brainwashed are they, they will even continue to vote for socialist programs that mortgage their futures such as social security, national health care, medicare, etc. and some are so brainwashed, they merely double down hoping to become a slave master themselves by working for the education-enslavement industry.
Most, however, with time, will realize when they're 40, 50, even 60 that they are the ones who are to blame for believing the lies the adults told them.
But frankly, I don't care about them because by that time they are no longer children. They're adults.
Adults who should known better.
Enjoy the decline!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Financial and Economic Wisdom
I was talking with Danny from 504 when in Florida and he was telling me how he knew nothing about economics and that's why he liked my site. I often forget that a lot of people come here for the economic knowledge and that, though, logical and self-improving, the Manosphere doesn't really have a "financial advice" hub making me the "resident economist" of sorts.
He wanted to know where to get educated on finance, investing, economics etc., and while the internet is certainly a place for self-learning, there are couple class and resources I've developed over the years that may be of benefit for those of you looking for financial advice.
#1 The Blog
If you look in the top left of my blog there is a little search box that will search my entire blog for posts on whatever financial topic you are looking for. Understand this blog is NOT designed to be like a class, but over the past 7 years chances are if there's a topic you're interested in, I have at least written about it. This is a good start to get some free information.
#2 My Introductory Finance Class
Many years ago, 13, I wrote a basic introductory finance class for an online company. I was younger then and though I've improved in my writing, it was basic enough and I was young enough that it REALLY resonates with students. It is a BASIC, INTRODUCTORY COURSE to investing and financial planning. It is ALSO "conventional" meaning it doesn't go into the prospects of the government confiscating your IRA's, the collapse of social security, etc. (though I do touch on those things).
Yes, it costs money, but if you're looking for a place to start and to have a good road map providing you context for future learning, I recommend dropping the bucks on it.
HOWEVER SINCE THIS IS A CLASS OF ANOTHER COMPANY YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO BEHAVE AND NOT BE POLITICAL. These are real college classes, they just happen to be online. You can find the closest class to your location here:
Stocks, Bonds, and Investing: Oh, My!
#3 My Stock Analysis and Valuation Class
This is the class I originally wanted to write. Not everybody is going to have an interest in investing in stocks, HOWEVER, in all honesty I would have to say this is the best class I've ever seen that teaches people about basic accounting and how to read financial statements. You may not want to invest in the stock market, but it is a GREAT skill to be able to learn how to read an income statement and a balance sheet. Again, it costs money, and AGAIN YOU WILL BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR, but if you are looking to go beyond basic finance, this is the class to take.
The Analysis and Valuation of Stocks
Additionally, if there are any specific classes you are interested in, let me know because I have access to their entire catalogue of classes and can post them here.
#4 Khan's Academy
I have not checked in there in a while, but I would surmise by now Khan's Academy has hopefully started to branch out into the finance, investing, economics world. Last I checked however, it was still pretty IT/Science focused. Regardless, keep an eye on them for future free classes.
#5 Books like "Economics in One Lesson," the "Books for Dummies" series, even Rich Dad Poor Dad are great resources for people looking to get by on the cheap at the library. I also plan on a future book on economics, so keep your eyes peeled for that.
#6 Libertyclassroom.com. It's a classroom, it's liberating, it's libertyclassroom!
#7 THis was sent to me by Wall Street Oasis. Some good stuff here too:
Hopefully this will provide those of you interested in personal financial management with some options and help your future financial endeavors.
Cpt.
He wanted to know where to get educated on finance, investing, economics etc., and while the internet is certainly a place for self-learning, there are couple class and resources I've developed over the years that may be of benefit for those of you looking for financial advice.
#1 The Blog
If you look in the top left of my blog there is a little search box that will search my entire blog for posts on whatever financial topic you are looking for. Understand this blog is NOT designed to be like a class, but over the past 7 years chances are if there's a topic you're interested in, I have at least written about it. This is a good start to get some free information.
#2 My Introductory Finance Class
Many years ago, 13, I wrote a basic introductory finance class for an online company. I was younger then and though I've improved in my writing, it was basic enough and I was young enough that it REALLY resonates with students. It is a BASIC, INTRODUCTORY COURSE to investing and financial planning. It is ALSO "conventional" meaning it doesn't go into the prospects of the government confiscating your IRA's, the collapse of social security, etc. (though I do touch on those things).
Yes, it costs money, but if you're looking for a place to start and to have a good road map providing you context for future learning, I recommend dropping the bucks on it.
HOWEVER SINCE THIS IS A CLASS OF ANOTHER COMPANY YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO BEHAVE AND NOT BE POLITICAL. These are real college classes, they just happen to be online. You can find the closest class to your location here:
Stocks, Bonds, and Investing: Oh, My!
#3 My Stock Analysis and Valuation Class
This is the class I originally wanted to write. Not everybody is going to have an interest in investing in stocks, HOWEVER, in all honesty I would have to say this is the best class I've ever seen that teaches people about basic accounting and how to read financial statements. You may not want to invest in the stock market, but it is a GREAT skill to be able to learn how to read an income statement and a balance sheet. Again, it costs money, and AGAIN YOU WILL BE ON YOUR BEST BEHAVIOR, but if you are looking to go beyond basic finance, this is the class to take.
The Analysis and Valuation of Stocks
Additionally, if there are any specific classes you are interested in, let me know because I have access to their entire catalogue of classes and can post them here.
#4 Khan's Academy
I have not checked in there in a while, but I would surmise by now Khan's Academy has hopefully started to branch out into the finance, investing, economics world. Last I checked however, it was still pretty IT/Science focused. Regardless, keep an eye on them for future free classes.
#5 Books like "Economics in One Lesson," the "Books for Dummies" series, even Rich Dad Poor Dad are great resources for people looking to get by on the cheap at the library. I also plan on a future book on economics, so keep your eyes peeled for that.
#6 Libertyclassroom.com. It's a classroom, it's liberating, it's libertyclassroom!
#7 THis was sent to me by Wall Street Oasis. Some good stuff here too:
-
Anatomy of the 10-K - one of the most high quality posts we've had on the site, written by a hedge fund portfolio manager
- MD at top HF invited me to have dinner...should I go?, and part 2 (the follow up) - a tell all story from a female grad student who was invited for dinner by a managing director to "discuss career opportunities"
- How to Develop a Personality - a great story on keeping/growing your personality while spending most of your hours at the office
Hopefully this will provide those of you interested in personal financial management with some options and help your future financial endeavors.
Cpt.
The Bachelor Tax Cometh
If it isn't paying property taxes while you have no children
or paying higher income taxes and not being able to deduct/itemize your non-existent children
it will be something else where other people want to tax the childless bachelor.
Enjoy the decline.
or paying higher income taxes and not being able to deduct/itemize your non-existent children
it will be something else where other people want to tax the childless bachelor.
Enjoy the decline.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
I'm Not Simon Cowell, I'm Aaron Clarey
I rarely post people's comments. This is in large part because I am lazy and it takes effort. However, every once in a while somebody will say something absolutely brilliant that it mandates I post it.
This is the opposite.
This is a response from (what I believe to be) a drunk 34 year old woman. She is responding to this post from several years back (emphasis mine). I have done a copy and paste job so you can see her post in true, unedited form.
I cannt stand guys like you. You think ur all that and she was probably interested in you because, I don't know UR ok looking and near her age?? What makes you think you deserve a model in her 20's? Who are you? Simon bleeping Cowell? Wouldn't you rather have a women who is mature and experienced and confident because she now KNOWS who she is not like some flaky college girl and since your talking about marriage is must be on your mind so a women in her 30's is looking to settle down. She and already got the partying out of her system and WANTS to get married. So go ahead and be like that. It's your loss not mine I'm 34 and there R still LOTS guys to date. I post a dating profile and get 50 responses in 20 minutes. So I KNOW I'm still wanted and by the way u know whats funny you went to all the trouble of that making that graph and I didn't even bother to read it. :)
Normally I would dissect this, but I have a feeling this is meat too tempting to the hungry lions so I'm going to let you guys light this one up.
Have fun boys and girls!
PS - And for cripes sake, with the questioning of my looks thing again! Can't my critics at least look me up on teh interwebs to see if I'm just an ugly, pissed off loser in his mother's basement? Here's a picture of me teaching a salsa dance class in my "mother's basement" playing video games and watching porn because I can't find no girlz. Cripes.
This is the opposite.
This is a response from (what I believe to be) a drunk 34 year old woman. She is responding to this post from several years back (emphasis mine). I have done a copy and paste job so you can see her post in true, unedited form.
I cannt stand guys like you. You think ur all that and she was probably interested in you because, I don't know UR ok looking and near her age?? What makes you think you deserve a model in her 20's? Who are you? Simon bleeping Cowell? Wouldn't you rather have a women who is mature and experienced and confident because she now KNOWS who she is not like some flaky college girl and since your talking about marriage is must be on your mind so a women in her 30's is looking to settle down. She and already got the partying out of her system and WANTS to get married. So go ahead and be like that. It's your loss not mine I'm 34 and there R still LOTS guys to date. I post a dating profile and get 50 responses in 20 minutes. So I KNOW I'm still wanted and by the way u know whats funny you went to all the trouble of that making that graph and I didn't even bother to read it. :)
Normally I would dissect this, but I have a feeling this is meat too tempting to the hungry lions so I'm going to let you guys light this one up.
Have fun boys and girls!
PS - And for cripes sake, with the questioning of my looks thing again! Can't my critics at least look me up on teh interwebs to see if I'm just an ugly, pissed off loser in his mother's basement? Here's a picture of me
Modern Day College Students
"I continued to google search various phrases and sentences that seemed
too well crafted for the ability of my students and found out that out
of 92 students, 89 had plagiarized.
The next day I ripped into them. I lectured them about how plagiarism was completely unacceptable, they would all get F's and blah blah blah, they weren't listening. And sure enough I got called into the principle's office.
The "dean" then lectured me about how I was overly harsh on the students and that they "didn't know" they weren't supposed to plagiarize. He then went on to read complaints he took in a survey from my students about my performance, one of which was a complaint about this ever so slight speech impediment I have (I cough due to allergies more frequently than the average person). I was to also let all the students write a new paper. I was dumbfounded.
I was to apologize to these students for their plagiarism. Only in a 2 year degree mill.
It was here that I realized that if I was going to keep my job I was just going to have to play ball and pass these kids no matter what. But the trick was to show them still who was boss because by this time they thought they owned me and had won. Never mind their degree would be worthless. Never mind with that kind of attitude they would get fired in half a second. In their little minds they "won" and now life was just going to bend over for them, if not the dean would always be able to save them and would bend life over for them.
But I would get my revenge. For the next class in the next semester was statistics."
The next day I ripped into them. I lectured them about how plagiarism was completely unacceptable, they would all get F's and blah blah blah, they weren't listening. And sure enough I got called into the principle's office.
The "dean" then lectured me about how I was overly harsh on the students and that they "didn't know" they weren't supposed to plagiarize. He then went on to read complaints he took in a survey from my students about my performance, one of which was a complaint about this ever so slight speech impediment I have (I cough due to allergies more frequently than the average person). I was to also let all the students write a new paper. I was dumbfounded.
I was to apologize to these students for their plagiarism. Only in a 2 year degree mill.
It was here that I realized that if I was going to keep my job I was just going to have to play ball and pass these kids no matter what. But the trick was to show them still who was boss because by this time they thought they owned me and had won. Never mind their degree would be worthless. Never mind with that kind of attitude they would get fired in half a second. In their little minds they "won" and now life was just going to bend over for them, if not the dean would always be able to save them and would bend life over for them.
But I would get my revenge. For the next class in the next semester was statistics."
Why They Never Lose Weight
Nobody likes fat.
Sorry, that's a truth, if you don't like it I'm sure there are some Oprah youtube videos spewing lies that will make you happy.
But if you wish to live with us in the real world, nobody likes fat.
It's disgusting.
It's unhealthy.
It damages relationships.
And it damages the host.
However, during one of my long days working by myself, allowed to ponder the meanings of life, I was trying to figure out what was the resistance to people losing weight when the solution is well known and obvious. And I think I have figured it out via economics.
Understand when you are asking somebody to change something about them be it losing weight, giving up smoking, increasing muscle mass, etc., you are not merely asking them to hit the gym, watch the calories, or give up smoking for that month. You are asking them to do that for the rest of their lives.
This prospect, whether consciously realized or not, is daunting to the brain because you aren't asking that person to suffer temporarily for the next month. You are asking them to dedicate a significant amount of their time for the rest of their days towards to something that their previous behavior proved they did not enjoy. In other words it's the equivalent to asking somebody to take on a part time job when they really don't want to.
In this regard I feel a little for my fellow overweight people or scrawny folk because who really wants to spend more of their lives working at what is effectively a part time job they won't enjoy? I hate lifting weights, and if it weren't for MP3 players I probably would hate running too. The question is whether the gains from engaging in such behavior (higher social status, better looks, better pride, better/more sex, etc.) is worth the cost (mind-numbing working out, opportunity cost to time spent running, lousy food, etc. for the rest of your life) and this cannot be answered for everybody. However, for most people, that answer is yes.
I'll say it again for the cheap seats, if I had spent a fraction of the time I spent going to night clubs and trying to chat up girls and instead just hit the gym I would have been immensely more successful in my early years. If you set down the booze and video games so you can knock out 3 miles a day, not only will your physical looks improve, so will your health. And ladies the fact still remains that the ONLY thing a guy can first ascertain about you is your physical beauty. The list goes on, but unless you REALLY hate working out (and I mean hate on a level of hating hipsters and child molesters) it is in your best interests to lift weights, hit the treadmill, watch what you eat and improve your physique.
Yes, it is going to suck. And yes, it is something you'll have to do for the rest of your life. But it will be worth it in the end. And besides, if you find out it isn't worth it, then you can always go back to the status quo as it is very easy to get fat.
Part time job.
Sorry, that's a truth, if you don't like it I'm sure there are some Oprah youtube videos spewing lies that will make you happy.
But if you wish to live with us in the real world, nobody likes fat.
It's disgusting.
It's unhealthy.
It damages relationships.
And it damages the host.
However, during one of my long days working by myself, allowed to ponder the meanings of life, I was trying to figure out what was the resistance to people losing weight when the solution is well known and obvious. And I think I have figured it out via economics.
Understand when you are asking somebody to change something about them be it losing weight, giving up smoking, increasing muscle mass, etc., you are not merely asking them to hit the gym, watch the calories, or give up smoking for that month. You are asking them to do that for the rest of their lives.
This prospect, whether consciously realized or not, is daunting to the brain because you aren't asking that person to suffer temporarily for the next month. You are asking them to dedicate a significant amount of their time for the rest of their days towards to something that their previous behavior proved they did not enjoy. In other words it's the equivalent to asking somebody to take on a part time job when they really don't want to.
In this regard I feel a little for my fellow overweight people or scrawny folk because who really wants to spend more of their lives working at what is effectively a part time job they won't enjoy? I hate lifting weights, and if it weren't for MP3 players I probably would hate running too. The question is whether the gains from engaging in such behavior (higher social status, better looks, better pride, better/more sex, etc.) is worth the cost (mind-numbing working out, opportunity cost to time spent running, lousy food, etc. for the rest of your life) and this cannot be answered for everybody. However, for most people, that answer is yes.
I'll say it again for the cheap seats, if I had spent a fraction of the time I spent going to night clubs and trying to chat up girls and instead just hit the gym I would have been immensely more successful in my early years. If you set down the booze and video games so you can knock out 3 miles a day, not only will your physical looks improve, so will your health. And ladies the fact still remains that the ONLY thing a guy can first ascertain about you is your physical beauty. The list goes on, but unless you REALLY hate working out (and I mean hate on a level of hating hipsters and child molesters) it is in your best interests to lift weights, hit the treadmill, watch what you eat and improve your physique.
Yes, it is going to suck. And yes, it is something you'll have to do for the rest of your life. But it will be worth it in the end. And besides, if you find out it isn't worth it, then you can always go back to the status quo as it is very easy to get fat.
Part time job.
Ode to the Ladies of The Manosphere
Stingray was kind enough to link to me. If you love the ladies of the Manosphere, I suggest you visit her site. Also if you are one of the lovely ladies yourself, you may like the podcast she linked to.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Beyond Help
Arguably the single largest complaint or criticism I received about "Enjoy the Decline" was that unless you were a single bachelor under 40 who didn't have kids it wouldn't apply to you. Of course, this is not true as the book is actually quite family-oriented, so much so I think it would surprise most of my regular readers just how "pro-family" I am in the book. However, the criticism did highlight an aspect of human psychology that I found interesting, specifically its inability to accept "being totally screwed."
Understand when I say, "being totally screwed" I'm not talking about a temporary condition where after you make a couple course changes and strive a bit you are back on track. I'm talking about life changing decisions that cripple you in one way or another for the rest or the majority of your life.
So for example, let's say you did some drugs back when you were 14, the cops busted you, and at that moment you said, "Dude, I am so screwed."
Are you really screwed?
Sure enough, though the sinking feeling of panic that set in your heart suggested otherwise, three years later you graduate from high school, go to college, and when you're 29 you laugh at it realizing how inconsequential it was.
Now let's say you're 14 and you get pregnant or impregnate somebody.
OK, NOW YOU'RE SCREWED.
And the reason why is that is at minimum 20 years of your life gone, spent raising your child.
For the most part "severe, life-crippling screwed" comes from having children you can't afford. Matter of fact, I believe this so much, I believe you should need to have a license before you start spawning children. However, there are other stupid mistakes you can make that are also life-crippling.
Majoring in something stupid and going into debt for it.
Buying a house or cars you can't afford.
Racking up credit card debt to the point you have to file for bankruptcy
Marrying somebody who is abusive
etc. etc.
These life-crippling decisions and the consequences of them cannot be overcome in a few short years. Matter of fact, they are decisions that will punish you for the rest of your life and only until you die will you be relieved of their consequences.
So my question is this:
"What do you want me to do about it?"
Not so much to my critics of "Enjoy the Decline" but to people like this who have obviously screwed over their lives so much there is no hope whatsoever they will ever recover from it, but then complain when society can't bail them out. By definition being "beyond hope" means NOBODY and NOTHING can help you. So whether it's a book like "Enjoy the Decline" or all the "moral support" you're going to get from your family and friends, NOTHING is going to unscrew you out of your situation.
In short what I think it is, is the inability of the human brain to accept that it's life is over. Matter of fact, it's probably even worse. That it's still going to be alive, but have to suffer a life of strife, agony, suffering and pain and not enjoy the care-free happy life they were expecting. And when faced with accepting such a prospect, the average human brain simply doesn't. It denies it's going to have to suffer for the rest of its days and complains about the lack of solutions. However, it also fails to realize there ARE NO solutions. The only solution is that they will have to suffer, a prospect political promises backed up by lot of redistributed wealth and borrowed Chinese money has numbed most minds to.
Regardless, in the end, the solution is very simple - don't make stupid decisions that will cripple you for the rest of your life. Don't have more kids than you can afford. Don't major in stupid subjects. Don't expect government to support you. Don't have kids when you are a teenager. And for god's sake, don't complain to me when my book can't work miracles by helping the helpless.
Understand when I say, "being totally screwed" I'm not talking about a temporary condition where after you make a couple course changes and strive a bit you are back on track. I'm talking about life changing decisions that cripple you in one way or another for the rest or the majority of your life.
So for example, let's say you did some drugs back when you were 14, the cops busted you, and at that moment you said, "Dude, I am so screwed."
Are you really screwed?
Sure enough, though the sinking feeling of panic that set in your heart suggested otherwise, three years later you graduate from high school, go to college, and when you're 29 you laugh at it realizing how inconsequential it was.
Now let's say you're 14 and you get pregnant or impregnate somebody.
OK, NOW YOU'RE SCREWED.
And the reason why is that is at minimum 20 years of your life gone, spent raising your child.
For the most part "severe, life-crippling screwed" comes from having children you can't afford. Matter of fact, I believe this so much, I believe you should need to have a license before you start spawning children. However, there are other stupid mistakes you can make that are also life-crippling.
Majoring in something stupid and going into debt for it.
Buying a house or cars you can't afford.
Racking up credit card debt to the point you have to file for bankruptcy
Marrying somebody who is abusive
etc. etc.
These life-crippling decisions and the consequences of them cannot be overcome in a few short years. Matter of fact, they are decisions that will punish you for the rest of your life and only until you die will you be relieved of their consequences.
So my question is this:
"What do you want me to do about it?"
Not so much to my critics of "Enjoy the Decline" but to people like this who have obviously screwed over their lives so much there is no hope whatsoever they will ever recover from it, but then complain when society can't bail them out. By definition being "beyond hope" means NOBODY and NOTHING can help you. So whether it's a book like "Enjoy the Decline" or all the "moral support" you're going to get from your family and friends, NOTHING is going to unscrew you out of your situation.
In short what I think it is, is the inability of the human brain to accept that it's life is over. Matter of fact, it's probably even worse. That it's still going to be alive, but have to suffer a life of strife, agony, suffering and pain and not enjoy the care-free happy life they were expecting. And when faced with accepting such a prospect, the average human brain simply doesn't. It denies it's going to have to suffer for the rest of its days and complains about the lack of solutions. However, it also fails to realize there ARE NO solutions. The only solution is that they will have to suffer, a prospect political promises backed up by lot of redistributed wealth and borrowed Chinese money has numbed most minds to.
Regardless, in the end, the solution is very simple - don't make stupid decisions that will cripple you for the rest of your life. Don't have more kids than you can afford. Don't major in stupid subjects. Don't expect government to support you. Don't have kids when you are a teenager. And for god's sake, don't complain to me when my book can't work miracles by helping the helpless.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Latest Epidsode of The Clarey Podcast
In this episode Aaron showcases his new recording equipment and software as he talks about how he'd rather have a celebrity roast than a funeral, how church was so boring he actually read the bible, why everybody should write a book, how it's sad men can no longer ask women to dance, and that yes, he is indeed good looking.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
When the Heathens Come Over the Hills
don't expect me or any other guy to lift a finger except for our loved ones who proved they are worth saving and risking our lives for.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Associates Degree in Heavy Metal
For the Patron Saint's Name of Frick.
From our British Agent in the field.
Again, I REALLY should be sipping a cocktail on a beach for the rest of my days as EVERY student and parent in America should be reading this book.
From our British Agent in the field.
Again, I REALLY should be sipping a cocktail on a beach for the rest of my days as EVERY student and parent in America should be reading this book.
Saving Another Soul
From a reader:
I heard about you on the Tom Leykis Show and I immediately picked up your book! "Worthless" was the most valuable investment I ever made!Now I don't have to fear ending up like my Leftist sister who graduated with an Anthropology degree & now drowning in debt with no job! I am also obsessed with your YouTube videos and I agree with you on virtually all of your topics! You are one of my 4 biggest role models along with Tom Leykis, Adam Carolla, and Dennis Prager. I'd be thrilled if I could stay in touch you & write to your advice every once in a while. Thanks!
-Brice in California
I appreciate Brice's e-mail, but it also reminded me of a little story I need to share.
I was at the Orlando International Airport waiting on standby. Since my plane wasn't going to be coming in for a while, I was looking for one of the coveted electrical outlets to plug my phone and computer into. As I scoured the area I walked past a young lady who I believe to be a janitor or baggage person. She was talking to another co-worker and I caught a segment of the conversation:
"I know it doesn't pay well, but I getting my degree in Anthropology. You have to follow your dreams."
I wanted to rip her a new one, telling her to stop being so idiotic and naive. That she was never going to achieve anything of note or worth, that there were a billion naive young 20 somethings just like her, and that this lousy job she had was going to be the only job she could get, even after completing college.
Of course, this would have been impolite and probably land me in trouble. So instead I walked up to her and asked:
"Excuse me, do you know where there are any electrical outlets?"
She said, "Yes, there's one down the hallway on the left."
I figured it was the anthropology major's equivalent of "Do you want fries with that?"
Regardless, look, don't have your child grow up to become the janitor at the airport with $75,000 in student debt.
Just have your child grow up to become the janitor.
Not everybody has to go to college and you only hurt your children pushing them into a worthless major that they're not going to use. There's nothing wrong with being a janitor or a baggage guy.
There IS something wrong being financially crippled because you or your parents were a moron and you ended up majoring in crap.
I heard about you on the Tom Leykis Show and I immediately picked up your book! "Worthless" was the most valuable investment I ever made!Now I don't have to fear ending up like my Leftist sister who graduated with an Anthropology degree & now drowning in debt with no job! I am also obsessed with your YouTube videos and I agree with you on virtually all of your topics! You are one of my 4 biggest role models along with Tom Leykis, Adam Carolla, and Dennis Prager. I'd be thrilled if I could stay in touch you & write to your advice every once in a while. Thanks!
-Brice in California
I appreciate Brice's e-mail, but it also reminded me of a little story I need to share.
I was at the Orlando International Airport waiting on standby. Since my plane wasn't going to be coming in for a while, I was looking for one of the coveted electrical outlets to plug my phone and computer into. As I scoured the area I walked past a young lady who I believe to be a janitor or baggage person. She was talking to another co-worker and I caught a segment of the conversation:
"I know it doesn't pay well, but I getting my degree in Anthropology. You have to follow your dreams."
I wanted to rip her a new one, telling her to stop being so idiotic and naive. That she was never going to achieve anything of note or worth, that there were a billion naive young 20 somethings just like her, and that this lousy job she had was going to be the only job she could get, even after completing college.
Of course, this would have been impolite and probably land me in trouble. So instead I walked up to her and asked:
"Excuse me, do you know where there are any electrical outlets?"
She said, "Yes, there's one down the hallway on the left."
I figured it was the anthropology major's equivalent of "Do you want fries with that?"
Regardless, look, don't have your child grow up to become the janitor at the airport with $75,000 in student debt.
Just have your child grow up to become the janitor.
Not everybody has to go to college and you only hurt your children pushing them into a worthless major that they're not going to use. There's nothing wrong with being a janitor or a baggage guy.
There IS something wrong being financially crippled because you or your parents were a moron and you ended up majoring in crap.
Sling-Shot Religion
An interesting piece by Athol Kay about a couple where one of the spouses turned "religious" and was born again after 20 years of being anti-religious. This caused some stress in the relationship, not just because of the philosophical or religious change in the spouse, but because it now brings on the specter of one person having a higher moral authority over the other.
While the piece is one of advice, it also happens to be a perfect example of what I like to call "Sling Shot Religion."
I have not mentioned this term before (because I literally just came up with it in the shower 3 minutes ago), but I have addressed it amorphously across multiple posts in the past. Namely, it is my complaint against and disgust with people who abuse a religion, joining one not to praise a god or something altruistic as that, as much as it is an ulterior and self-serving purpose (business connections, finding a spouse, etc.). But what I could not peg down was a term that would describe people who abuse religion to give them presumed "moral superiority" over others.
I was originally intending "leverage," but I liked the phrase "sling shot" because it references how various satellites and space vehicles use the mass and gravity of a planet to "sling shot" and go faster for its own benefit. i.e.-Voyager 1 didn't go to Jupiter to visit Jupiter (well, it did) as much as it used Jupiter's gravitational force to fling it out into interstellar space. And there are people in all religions who are "sling shots" and not genuine practitioners.
The problem with sling-shot religious people though goes beyond merely joining a church or a mosque to make friends or drum up some business. They are particularly cowardly people, sometimes outright evil, because they crave power AND are willing to resort to hypocritical means to get it.
The church, for example, has trouble with young men becoming pastors because majoring in "divinity" is not only easy, but you immediately get authority as a pastor (whether you believe in the religion or not). Many pastors abuse their position, not just reveling in their position, but many times using the bible or the religion to excuse unfair behavior against others or preferential behavior towards themselves.
The born-again christian girl is another example. I don't have to go into the number of girls I dated that would use "Jesus" for any number of non-religious reasons. "I can't kiss you until we're engaged." "I can lay here in your bed in just my skivvies but we're not making out." "Unless you pray with me and go to church, we can't date." "We can't have sex, but we can do anything else." Again, these sling-shoters don't really believe in the religion, but enjoy having the benefit of a rationalization hamster in the form of a holy script to lord power over you and excuse their own immoral behavior.
In short, much like "crusaderism" I wanted to point out "sling-shot" religious folk because these are bad people and are a threat to your happiness and freedom. It's just that in order to avoid the threats these people pose, the first step is in identifying them, explaining what they're doing and how they think, and explaining why they do such things.
While the piece is one of advice, it also happens to be a perfect example of what I like to call "Sling Shot Religion."
I have not mentioned this term before (because I literally just came up with it in the shower 3 minutes ago), but I have addressed it amorphously across multiple posts in the past. Namely, it is my complaint against and disgust with people who abuse a religion, joining one not to praise a god or something altruistic as that, as much as it is an ulterior and self-serving purpose (business connections, finding a spouse, etc.). But what I could not peg down was a term that would describe people who abuse religion to give them presumed "moral superiority" over others.
I was originally intending "leverage," but I liked the phrase "sling shot" because it references how various satellites and space vehicles use the mass and gravity of a planet to "sling shot" and go faster for its own benefit. i.e.-Voyager 1 didn't go to Jupiter to visit Jupiter (well, it did) as much as it used Jupiter's gravitational force to fling it out into interstellar space. And there are people in all religions who are "sling shots" and not genuine practitioners.
The problem with sling-shot religious people though goes beyond merely joining a church or a mosque to make friends or drum up some business. They are particularly cowardly people, sometimes outright evil, because they crave power AND are willing to resort to hypocritical means to get it.
The church, for example, has trouble with young men becoming pastors because majoring in "divinity" is not only easy, but you immediately get authority as a pastor (whether you believe in the religion or not). Many pastors abuse their position, not just reveling in their position, but many times using the bible or the religion to excuse unfair behavior against others or preferential behavior towards themselves.
The born-again christian girl is another example. I don't have to go into the number of girls I dated that would use "Jesus" for any number of non-religious reasons. "I can't kiss you until we're engaged." "I can lay here in your bed in just my skivvies but we're not making out." "Unless you pray with me and go to church, we can't date." "We can't have sex, but we can do anything else." Again, these sling-shoters don't really believe in the religion, but enjoy having the benefit of a rationalization hamster in the form of a holy script to lord power over you and excuse their own immoral behavior.
In short, much like "crusaderism" I wanted to point out "sling-shot" religious folk because these are bad people and are a threat to your happiness and freedom. It's just that in order to avoid the threats these people pose, the first step is in identifying them, explaining what they're doing and how they think, and explaining why they do such things.
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