tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post3240753799991616652..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Advice for Weak MenCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-40323282306552667612021-10-24T21:11:27.675-07:002021-10-24T21:11:27.675-07:00The standards are so low that what used to be aver...The standards are so low that what used to be average is now the elite. Quit whining and grow up.Laughing Larkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258167087876439126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-42389312644298558182021-07-17T07:39:21.549-07:002021-07-17T07:39:21.549-07:00If we had lived in a white ethnostate the solution...If we had lived in a white ethnostate the solution of getting two jobs would work, but it doesn't since you can't even get one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03817210205703153778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-1788998649705176922021-07-07T23:13:47.837-07:002021-07-07T23:13:47.837-07:00The day of the pillow is on its way.The day of the pillow is on its way.Hog of Warhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10552775089970381436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-23671934113507055462021-06-16T04:52:24.276-07:002021-06-16T04:52:24.276-07:00In typical "Fuck you, I got mine" boome...In typical "Fuck you, I got mine" boomer fashion, aaron "vasectomy" clarey reacts angrily to the problem of the younger generations of men and calls them weak for simply facing a problem outside of their control. It is interesting to note this is a man who for the last fifteen years or more is paired with a 6 foot tall mommy-dommy (clarey stands at 5'5"). If he was not in this long term femdom relationship he would probably be an incel himeself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-88549585929326716402021-06-11T08:41:34.267-07:002021-06-11T08:41:34.267-07:00Wonderful article, made me smile. I will be quoti...Wonderful article, made me smile. I will be quoting this when I get these questions. Thanks for posting all the answers in one place - now I can avoid being the bad guy and blame all the reaction on that asshole cap'n.<br /><br />A thought: given Price's Law and the fact that the market rewards value creation (not hard work and creativity) then it wouldn't hurt to point that out. While specific advice about trades, stem, and the rest are useful to some the fact is that if a person wants to earn money they need to find a way to add value to other people's lives, and they need to be very good (fast, productive, effective) at it.<br /><br />One of my young daughters got a job in a bakery decorating cakes. She loves it, is kicking ass at it, and is working almost full time. Now, she isn't going to get rich doing this, but God willing, she won't be dependent on others. And at least she is cheerful and satisfied.<br /><br />William Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10420643472530736483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-62623320472594889892021-06-01T09:01:37.692-07:002021-06-01T09:01:37.692-07:00Best advice ever for this day and age.Best advice ever for this day and age.George Truehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352709031834067303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-63585775792029588532021-06-01T08:27:03.772-07:002021-06-01T08:27:03.772-07:00An observation about ques #7.
Cappy is of course ...An observation about ques #7.<br /><br />Cappy is of course right about the solution. However I think he might be mischaracterizing the lack of awareness. Look up until say the 1960's most people still earned a living moving around as part of their job and vocations. Built in exercise routines. Now? Since then most of us sit on our kesters staring at a screen and for many their vocations are similar. It is something many now have to learn to do and implement in their lives vs in the past not having to worry about it. Tucanae Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935170696138248693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-61286329327776111412021-05-28T11:52:02.625-07:002021-05-28T11:52:02.625-07:00I think in today's world, there is already an ...I think in today's world, there is already an imbalance on the sexual market in favor of women.<br />You know what I mean - being out of shape, in debt, living with your parents etc are criteria only affecting one gender's ability to get sex, and it's not women.<br />So what if the "weak men" were all to follow your advices, do you think it would force women to ramp up their game, or on the contrary it will just exacerbate the competition between men?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-36958943011313326702021-05-27T12:04:52.473-07:002021-05-27T12:04:52.473-07:00Now being age 82 myself this topic brings up memor...Now being age 82 myself this topic brings up memories: About mid WW2 time a family friend we kids always behind his back kidded about. Ole Eddie than probably near fifty would constantly brag to us kids how immediately after he graduated from forth grade he got a full time job as a helper to a Steam Fitter and he now was a upper qualified Steam Fitter. "Youse people should become steam fitters Eddie would preach". None of us kids knew what a steam fitter was but I can now say Eddie lived and retired at a very comfortable life and certainly it wasn't public education or college that did it. DANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275602549173579032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-32599491926494170332021-05-27T00:12:48.804-07:002021-05-27T00:12:48.804-07:00I think you stayed on the surface level of this qu...I think you stayed on the surface level of this question.<br />You identified that these men who come to you have a problem: they don't want to/can't do the work.<br />But they're unhappy and they're looking for help still.<br />So the real question you're being asked from them is "why can't I be the best version of myself, what's holding me back".<br />It seems quite easy to dismiss it by stating that they're "lazy" or "not smart enough" (your words).<br /><br />On other posts or in your books, you talk about the decline of today's society and the challenges men are facing.<br />Which would partially explain why these young men are the way they are.<br />But still, the question here is not really the "why" but the "how".<br />If the overweight man just needed to hear "go to the gym", he wouldn't be fat.<br />If the shy/anxious guy just needed to hear "go out more, socialize, face your rejections", he wouldn't be alone.<br />If the broke guy just needed to hear "save more, spend less", he wouldn't be poor.<br />How can you really help these men?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-4736983030342440552021-05-26T14:18:06.497-07:002021-05-26T14:18:06.497-07:00Hell yes to all of this.
I have ADD (yes, a clini...Hell yes to all of this.<br /><br />I have ADD (yes, a clinical diagnosis). It's my superpower. By controlling diet, sleep and exercise, I keep my brain highly functional. By using my ability to over-focus, I've learned two foreign languages, learned how to be a database administrator (in 90 days with no prior training or experience), and served in two branches of the military for over 20 years now. I also fix my own house and rebuild car engines. Now I'm finishing up a degree in Data Science (thanks, Aaron, for writing Worthless and Curse of the High IQ; they've been life changing).<br /><br />I've got my kids all learning Spanish, music, martial arts and advanced science and math now too.<br /><br />ADD is a superpower if you do it right.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04333577934420526059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-53521047609085072102021-05-26T06:20:56.805-07:002021-05-26T06:20:56.805-07:00You might be upset that so many young men are clue...You might be upset that so many young men are clueless with how to attract women, but reading about all the stupid questions you get from them brings me joy. There is a huge difference between the older millennials and the younger ones. I've seen the ones born before 1990 really grow up the last decade. Many are working productive jobs, paying taxes, being responsible. Plus the men have shifted dramatically their politics to where I believe the majority of older Millennial men lean conservative now. It's the 20 somethings that I truly can't stand. They are the ones blocking the streets preventing people from going to work because they want us to worship some dead criminal. They are the useless people at work pushing for once a week we have to sit through some dumb meeting that brings no value to the company. We have to sit there and listen to them whine about being a gender, race when we need to do work or get on the phone with a client. They are the whiniest, laziest group of people in American history. <br /><br />The fact that so many of these men aren't going to be getting laid and thus won't be reproducing brings me a lot of consolation. I'm tired of their dumb antics, it's nice to know we won't have to suffer another round of them. There is all this complaining about women being too picky and going after only a select few of men, but it's best for society that they do this. Weak men will just make weak fathers and produce weak kids. The millennials have so many weak men among their ranks because too many weak Boomers and Gen-X men were able to reproduce. I'm glad women won't touch these idiots. Thank you ladies for being sensible and not opening your legs for them. These men should not be fathers and we're better off with them dying off with no offspring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-21426935540645725552021-05-25T17:07:37.675-07:002021-05-25T17:07:37.675-07:00These 20 something guys are the end product of a f...These 20 something guys are the end product of a fully feminized society. Never go full retard.<br /><br />this is what happens when you have a generation raised by single mothers, when there are no male teachers in the school system and masculinity has been successfully removed from society. <br /><br />The U.S. went from a WW2 torpedo bomber pilot president to "feel your pain" Clinton, to the dumbest Bush to the most feminine president in history - and had a freakout when it got a bit of testosterone in the WH. Now it has Alzheimer's patient who fondles children. <br /><br />It's only going to get worse.<br /><br />Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-63761434008069733872021-05-25T16:15:59.534-07:002021-05-25T16:15:59.534-07:00Great one!Great one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-59662070476146439782021-05-24T12:48:59.715-07:002021-05-24T12:48:59.715-07:00As always, words of wisdom.
Big difference betwee...As always, words of wisdom.<br /><br />Big difference between asking "What business should I start up?" Versus; "Is starting up a _______ business in a city with ________ of them already a good idea?"<br /><br />Applies across the board. Massive difference between asking a targeted question and asking a wide open one. One indicates you are seeking advice, the other indicates you are too lazy to make a decision for yourself.<br /><br />And, right now, about half the voters in the US think it is not their job to make these decisions, that someone should be taking care of their wants and needs. And, they elect idiots to the government that promise to keep them fat, dumb, and lazy.CBMTTekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07408004987103862573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-92220645099974104342021-05-24T06:27:25.386-07:002021-05-24T06:27:25.386-07:00Cap'n:
I worked for over 40 years as a design...Cap'n:<br /><br />I worked for over 40 years as a design engineer (degree in Mechanical Engineering with an emphasis on heat transfer and thermogodamnics), with the last 27 years for the same division of the same company (although in 3 or 4 different positions within that division). I routinely put away the maximum-allowed 17% into a 401(k), and my wife and I lived for over 25 years in a tiny house in the heart of the MN hive (S. Mpls.) since it was equidistant between our jobs. Because she was working we paid off a 30 year mortgage in 11 years and started saving like crazy. She retired a dozen years ago, and I retired at age 60 a few years ago. We almost instantly moved to a much freer (and income tax free) state, bought a much larger house (with cash), and are living very comfortably on very little. That's just background.<br /><br />With regard to "what to study", I have to vehemently disagree with your suggestion that people move into STEM careers. It has become a dead-end, with the collectivist left-wing of the DemoPublican flooding the country with H1B visa holders. Engineering jobs are being occupied by low-cost visa holders. They are also being outsourced to foreign countries at an increasing pace. The company for which I worked attempted to use design drafters from India to get around having to pay Americans for the work; the problem was that the utter incompetence of those "designers" was such that everything had to be re-done, corrected, sent back, re-re-done, until the cost ended up being much higher than if they'd just used competent (American) designers to begin with. Did that teach management? No, of course not. It was obviously our fault for not training them well enough.<br /><br />What can smart, technically savvy people go into?<br /><br />My suggestion is to go to a trade school. Yes, I know it's not as glamorous as some high-buck "college", but learning a trade that will allow you to earn a decent living will pay off almost instantly when you graduate. One excellent example is learning HVAC systems and repair (furnaces, air conditioners, etc.). These systems have become increasingly complex and difficult to repair, yet every house in the country has one or more such systems. And with the frequency of repair and replacement skyrocketing due to the manufacturers cutting costs by using the cheapest components it will remain lucrative.<br /><br />Most importantly these kinds of jobs CANNOT be outsourced to a low-cost person in Mumbai. It's really difficult for somebody in India to turn a wrench or vacuum-pump down an A/C condensing unit.<br /><br />Another huge advantage is that once you've gotten some years of practical experience working for someone else's company and paid off your (very minimal) school debts, it's relatively simple to start your own business and go into competition. If you develop a reputation as being prompt, accurate in your estimates, and of doing good work, you will have a never-ending flow of references for new work. If your beginning employer is looking to retire and you are the shining star of his employees (yup, lots of hard work, showing up on time, having initiative, etc.) they may even sell the company to you, wanting to leave their legacy in good hands.<br /><br />This is only one example of this kind of career choice. Plumbing, electrical, appliance repair...all of these require a physical presence which cannot be outsourced overseas. And as the inevitable hyper-inflation starts to hit the country people will be more interested in repairing and maintaining their (poorly built) homes than in replacing them.<br />Blackwing1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-19060530384373323042021-05-23T21:12:06.689-07:002021-05-23T21:12:06.689-07:00A to the Men. Hopefully at least some of these al...A to the Men. Hopefully at least some of these alleged men will read your words and understand.The Wraithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16151823653813547877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-56194282959554400412021-05-23T18:28:07.764-07:002021-05-23T18:28:07.764-07:00I could not bring myself to read all of it. You ar...I could not bring myself to read all of it. You are bashing men who see it for what it is, next to impossible. We live in a culture where women are trained to hate men and hold them in contempt. Where only the alphaest alpha who ever alphaed might be good enough. It's past time to stop beating up the men. Most can't improve themselves enough to be the average girl's Prince Charming and the ones that have, are divorced and living in their cars. What you have is an issue with biology, because the desire does not go away. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-6453848711586768842021-05-23T17:59:27.504-07:002021-05-23T17:59:27.504-07:00That's quite a rant. You must have been super...That's quite a rant. You must have been super annoyed to devote your time to a rant like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-59180410443749889422021-05-23T14:05:47.521-07:002021-05-23T14:05:47.521-07:00Haow du eye stak da meddalz??Haow du eye stak da meddalz??Hog of Warhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10552775089970381436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-519530493122907372021-05-23T13:56:29.321-07:002021-05-23T13:56:29.321-07:00So, how do I get the gurls? You never answered.So, how do I get the gurls? You never answered.lazicus maximusnoreply@blogger.com