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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Aurini Enjoys the Decline
His written review here, but he mocks, dare I say, MOCKS the Captain in his video review referring to "Weasel Whiskey" and clove cigarettes!
Monday, February 11, 2013
Why Conan O'Brien is a Class Act
Long story short. My girlfriend's brother in law has terminal cancer. He's packing it in and enjoying the decline as much as he can. Last year he went to New York and as chance would have it he ran into Conan O'Brien at Central Park. As my girlfriend described it, you could tell Conan was busy, walking in a direct line and with purpose. Not to mention he IS Conan O'Brien so he's obviously constantly harassed by fans. I said,
"Please tell me you didn't harass the poor man."
They did.
But not only did Conan take the time out of his busy schedule to talk, he was kind enough to take a picture with her brother in law.
I'm not a big fan of celebrities as I think they're usually pretty pompous and arrogant, but wanted to point out what just what a sport, class act, and real article Conan O'Brien is.
"Please tell me you didn't harass the poor man."
They did.
But not only did Conan take the time out of his busy schedule to talk, he was kind enough to take a picture with her brother in law.
I'm not a big fan of celebrities as I think they're usually pretty pompous and arrogant, but wanted to point out what just what a sport, class act, and real article Conan O'Brien is.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Fighting Conservative Suicide and Depression
Mandatory viewing for any conservative or libertarian who is depressed and down about the future of the country.
Confessions of a Worthless Degreed Person Part 2
Howdy all!
Part 2 with Jorge Gonzales, a young man whose experiences nearly match everything warned about in "Worthless," who wanted to share his experiences with younger people out there so they can learn from his mistakes.
This episode focuses on the lack of leadership and guidance by parents, as well as other adults, when it comes to helping younger people choose the correct degree for them.
Sponsored by "Worthless!"
Part 2 with Jorge Gonzales, a young man whose experiences nearly match everything warned about in "Worthless," who wanted to share his experiences with younger people out there so they can learn from his mistakes.
This episode focuses on the lack of leadership and guidance by parents, as well as other adults, when it comes to helping younger people choose the correct degree for them.
Sponsored by "Worthless!"
Saturday, February 09, 2013
Why It's OK to Hate Your Teachers
I will go into this in more detail later, but "teachers," at least the majority of them, never became teachers for "the chilllldreeeennnnzzz"
They became teachers because at the age of 18 they knew a degree in "education" required less math and a 9 month work year was 3 months shy of a real work year. It was ALWAYS for them, and never for the student.
Thus, when you don't behave and make their job easy, they hate you. But to quote The Spearhead.
In other words, the teachers – overwhelmingly female – don’t like them. Nor, apparently, do a number of NY Times commenters, who say it’s just desserts for all that male oppression of the past. Yes, that’s right: little kids who were born a few years ago must pay for the imagined sins of their grandfathers and great-grandfathers.
They became teachers because at the age of 18 they knew a degree in "education" required less math and a 9 month work year was 3 months shy of a real work year. It was ALWAYS for them, and never for the student.
Thus, when you don't behave and make their job easy, they hate you. But to quote The Spearhead.
In other words, the teachers – overwhelmingly female – don’t like them. Nor, apparently, do a number of NY Times commenters, who say it’s just desserts for all that male oppression of the past. Yes, that’s right: little kids who were born a few years ago must pay for the imagined sins of their grandfathers and great-grandfathers.
How to Vaccinate Your Daughters Against Worthless Degrees
Fathers, dads,
lend me your ears.
Do you want your sweet little daughter to grow up and become a hyphenated-named, obese woman who heads up an "art department?"
No, of course you don't.
So buy your daughter "Worthless."
Yes, "Worthless" has been proven by the American Medical Association to prevent young girls from majoring in stupid stuff which leads to diseases like:
Obesity
Unemployment
Spinsterhood
Self-entitlement
and
A Wasted life
Show your daughter you love her. Buy her "Worthless" today!
(Available on Kindle!)
lend me your ears.
Do you want your sweet little daughter to grow up and become a hyphenated-named, obese woman who heads up an "art department?"
No, of course you don't.
So buy your daughter "Worthless."
Yes, "Worthless" has been proven by the American Medical Association to prevent young girls from majoring in stupid stuff which leads to diseases like:
Obesity
Unemployment
Spinsterhood
Self-entitlement
and
A Wasted life
Show your daughter you love her. Buy her "Worthless" today!
(Available on Kindle!)
Dr. Helen Enjoys the Decline!
Why don't you?
She is coming out with a new book, but unfortunatley I believe it won't be until June of 2013. Sigh.
She is coming out with a new book, but unfortunatley I believe it won't be until June of 2013. Sigh.
Friday, February 08, 2013
A Real College Commencement Speech
An agent in the field sent me this video.
It's of an idealistic and clueless professor parting wisdom to her students about what they should do for their futures.
It then dawned on me that she is misleading these children, not purposely, but cluelessly, into lives that will not result in their greatest potential, and most likely spectacular failure. Not because she is evil, mind you, but a clueless academian who'se never worked in the real world.
I respond with a more practical "college commencement speech" that not only aims to undo the damage she did, but turns out to be "the" college commencement speech every college graduate today needs to hear.
If you have children in college and want the best for them, then I suggest taking my bitter medicine instead of her sugar coated placebo.
It's of an idealistic and clueless professor parting wisdom to her students about what they should do for their futures.
It then dawned on me that she is misleading these children, not purposely, but cluelessly, into lives that will not result in their greatest potential, and most likely spectacular failure. Not because she is evil, mind you, but a clueless academian who'se never worked in the real world.
I respond with a more practical "college commencement speech" that not only aims to undo the damage she did, but turns out to be "the" college commencement speech every college graduate today needs to hear.
If you have children in college and want the best for them, then I suggest taking my bitter medicine instead of her sugar coated placebo.
The Real Employment Picture
In the earlier days of this blog I'd go into length about various economic statistics and why they're more relevant than some of the headline statistics. I realized people were falling asleep, so I just do a quick and dirty version instead. SO here it is.
Employment to population ratio.
Specifically, this measures the percent of the population that is working. Today about 58% of the people work.
Translated into English this means there's very roughly 1 parasite for 1 worker.
In short if you are working, you are not just paying for yourself, but paying for another person.
There is one way, however, to make sure you are not supporting a parasite. You just have to Enjoy the Decline!
Employment to population ratio.
Specifically, this measures the percent of the population that is working. Today about 58% of the people work.
Translated into English this means there's very roughly 1 parasite for 1 worker.
In short if you are working, you are not just paying for yourself, but paying for another person.
There is one way, however, to make sure you are not supporting a parasite. You just have to Enjoy the Decline!
Thursday, February 07, 2013
The Weakness of the Leftist's Mind
The story is about a relatively privileged student, “Jun-sang,” at the
time of the death of Kim Il-sung (North Korea’s “eternal president”).
The death is announced, and Jun-sang finds that he cannot cry; he feels
nothing for Kim Il-Sung. Yet, surrounded by his sobbing classmates, he
suddenly realizes that “his entire future depended on his ability to
cry: not just his career and his membership in the Workers’ Party, his
very survival was at stake. It was a matter of life and death” (p. 98).
So he forces himself to cry. And it gets worse: “What had started as a
spontaneous outpouring of grief became a patriotic obligation … The
inmiban [a neighbourhood committee] kept track of how often people went
to the statue to show their respect. Everybody was being watched. They
not only scrutinized actions, but facial expressions and tone of voice, gauging them for sincerity”
Ah, the extents humans will go to ignore what their brain know is true to abide by an ideology they know is false.
Ah, the extents humans will go to ignore what their brain know is true to abide by an ideology they know is false.
Everything That's Wrong With Women
in one painful and long commercial
if you can stomach it, get to the point they're riding horses side by side and kissing.
I wonder how much dental work was needed after that take.
if you can stomach it, get to the point they're riding horses side by side and kissing.
I wonder how much dental work was needed after that take.
The Metamorphisis of a Player Changing into "The Most Interesting Man in the World"
I've said it before, but players, no matter how successful, burn out. In part because it is no longer novel, but more so because:
1. the pain you have to go through tolerating the immature attitudes of most girls to get dates/sex isn't worth it.
2. the opportunity costs of your time, energy and money spent increase as you get older
In short, as a man ages he'll start pursuing loftier, grander, more intellectually stimulating pursuits instead of spending another 4 hours of his precious and finite life at yet another bar,
pursuing yet another floozy,
achieving yet the same results.
He'll look at his nice home with the fireplace and wonder if reading a book with a snifter of scotch wouldn't be better. He'll look at his garage and wonder if fixing up that motorcycle with his buddies while home brewing some beer wouldn't be more productive. He'll think about starting a business in a field that is his passion so he no longer has to work.
It's not an issue of "growing up" or "maturing" as much as it is an economic question. Your marginal utility in getting an additional girl is not as high as the marginal utility in brewing your own beer, or taking your first trip to Sturgis, or summiting your first mountain. And given this difference between marginal utility, men do leave the market as they age.
This is why you don't see a 40 year old at the "night club" type bars trying to pick up on 20 something chicks unless they're recently divorced. This is why (if you're my age) you can't STAND going to a bar to "flirt" and try to "score" with a chick, and would much rather don your MP3 player and listen to Bill Burr's podcast while splitting wood. This is (in part) why women in their 30's and 40's, freshly divorced "can't find a man" at the bar, because the man at the bar really just came there to get a drink.
However, though the tone of this post may sound somber, as the player "ages" and realizes he'd rather do other things in life, it shouldn't be. This is nothing more than the natural progression of a player. The good news is what comes next in the evolutionary stage of a player. He turns into The World's Most Interesting Man.
Conquering what most men don't (their genetic and biological programming to CONSTANTLY chase women), the player is now mentally free to focus on the rich and unlimited opportunties life presents him. He no longer is biologically compelled to go to the bar, waste another half a day, only to score with another journalism major who writes about fashion. He is truly a free man and can now achieve his full potential in life. Like The Most Interesting Man in the World he will pursue whatever his id desires.
Hang gliding
Motorcycles
Travel
Crafts and skills
Art and music
You name it.
And not only will he pursue it, but because that is what he desires, he will master it.
The irony or the funny thing is this will only make him more desirable to women.
He won't be that ripped, smooth talking 27 year old who knows just what to say.
He'll be that peppered bearded man, who pulls up in a convertible, tangos with a select few women, enjoys a cigar with his cadre of friends, and COULD ask a girl for her number, but won't because invariably women will find a way to get to know him. Even if they don't, he doesn't care. He's too busy learning to distill scotch and listening-up on his Johnny Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.
So yes, while we may mourn the "death of a player," realize the player is on to bigger and better things, and the pinnacle of male achievement.
1. the pain you have to go through tolerating the immature attitudes of most girls to get dates/sex isn't worth it.
2. the opportunity costs of your time, energy and money spent increase as you get older
In short, as a man ages he'll start pursuing loftier, grander, more intellectually stimulating pursuits instead of spending another 4 hours of his precious and finite life at yet another bar,
pursuing yet another floozy,
achieving yet the same results.
He'll look at his nice home with the fireplace and wonder if reading a book with a snifter of scotch wouldn't be better. He'll look at his garage and wonder if fixing up that motorcycle with his buddies while home brewing some beer wouldn't be more productive. He'll think about starting a business in a field that is his passion so he no longer has to work.
It's not an issue of "growing up" or "maturing" as much as it is an economic question. Your marginal utility in getting an additional girl is not as high as the marginal utility in brewing your own beer, or taking your first trip to Sturgis, or summiting your first mountain. And given this difference between marginal utility, men do leave the market as they age.
This is why you don't see a 40 year old at the "night club" type bars trying to pick up on 20 something chicks unless they're recently divorced. This is why (if you're my age) you can't STAND going to a bar to "flirt" and try to "score" with a chick, and would much rather don your MP3 player and listen to Bill Burr's podcast while splitting wood. This is (in part) why women in their 30's and 40's, freshly divorced "can't find a man" at the bar, because the man at the bar really just came there to get a drink.
However, though the tone of this post may sound somber, as the player "ages" and realizes he'd rather do other things in life, it shouldn't be. This is nothing more than the natural progression of a player. The good news is what comes next in the evolutionary stage of a player. He turns into The World's Most Interesting Man.
Conquering what most men don't (their genetic and biological programming to CONSTANTLY chase women), the player is now mentally free to focus on the rich and unlimited opportunties life presents him. He no longer is biologically compelled to go to the bar, waste another half a day, only to score with another journalism major who writes about fashion. He is truly a free man and can now achieve his full potential in life. Like The Most Interesting Man in the World he will pursue whatever his id desires.
Hang gliding
Motorcycles
Travel
Crafts and skills
Art and music
You name it.
And not only will he pursue it, but because that is what he desires, he will master it.
The irony or the funny thing is this will only make him more desirable to women.
He won't be that ripped, smooth talking 27 year old who knows just what to say.
He'll be that peppered bearded man, who pulls up in a convertible, tangos with a select few women, enjoys a cigar with his cadre of friends, and COULD ask a girl for her number, but won't because invariably women will find a way to get to know him. Even if they don't, he doesn't care. He's too busy learning to distill scotch and listening-up on his Johnny Coltrane and Thelonious Monk.
So yes, while we may mourn the "death of a player," realize the player is on to bigger and better things, and the pinnacle of male achievement.
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Now That's Just Crazy Talk
I actually have no preference one way or another whether women serve in the front lines or in combat roles. I really don't. However, here is the view of a veteran on women in combat.
I would say 50% of the reason I'm linking to him is to juxtapose the words coming out of his mouth (which make it very clear he cares about women very much) and the vitriolic response he no doubt would receive from various factions of leftists and feminists. I also like to juxtapose his factual statements (women's physical fitness requirements being lowered) and the fact this would result in "more people being killed" versus the emotional and egotistical arguments that will be tendered by the left, which means I guess people's feelings really ARE more important than other people's lives.
I would say 50% of the reason I'm linking to him is to juxtapose the words coming out of his mouth (which make it very clear he cares about women very much) and the vitriolic response he no doubt would receive from various factions of leftists and feminists. I also like to juxtapose his factual statements (women's physical fitness requirements being lowered) and the fact this would result in "more people being killed" versus the emotional and egotistical arguments that will be tendered by the left, which means I guess people's feelings really ARE more important than other people's lives.
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
The Dowd Crowd
This post is intended to help all women, but primarily women under the age of 30. I cannot emphasize enough how sincere and honest I am about this statement - this post is intended to help you. It may not seem it at first, but if you can permit yourself an open mind and hear me through you will see that not only is that my intention, but the post itself will actually prove helpful, especially to younger women.
If you don't know Maureen Dowd, don't worry. It just means you're not old. But to give you the quick 1-2 on her she is arguably the original "East coast, liberal, feminist woman who lives in New York and pines about socio-romantic topics, as well as politics" type gal (hence referred to as ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP). Three decades ago she was "hot" and not just physically, but publishing wise as well. Sure she'd dispense advice on politics and economics, but an edge she had was on relationships with men with a feminist twist. Men aren't needed. Who needs men. Women are the new up and coming leaders, blah blah blah. She was heralded, many newspapers (remember those things) wanted to publish her and because of her moxie, she sold.
30 years later Maureen Dowd has paved the way for a new generation of "East coast, liberal, feminist women who live in New York and pine about socio-romantic topics, as well as politics" type gals. Obviously younger than her, they still dispense courtship, dating and romantic advice to younger women through a feminist and liberal lens. And though they deliver their message through a new media, the message largely remains unchanged. If anything, it is a more purified and modern version of feminism and leftism.
But I had this nagging thought. And, as I'm prone to do, I researched it.
Maureen has been dispense advice for all these years. And her disciples, some not so young, have also been dispensing advice for years.
Since they seem to be experts on dating, romance, men, and courtship, just how successful have they been in their lives in these regards, and therefore, should young women even be listening to them in the first place.
Off the bat I will admit this is not 100% scientific. This is "what I had to work with." If you can believe me I was intellectually honest in my research and data mining because I too was curious what the reality was. In short I was not looking for any one answer, but I genuinely wanted to know if these "experts" who consult, advise, and inform the younger women of today as to how to go about their love lives (not to mention professional lives) know what the hell they're talking about.
The first step was to get a list of all the "ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's." After eliciting my readership for a list, as well as compiling known women that would fall into this category, I came up with the following ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's:
Virginia Heffernan
Sandra Tsing Loh
Ellen Fein
Elizabeth Gilbert
Maureen Dowd
Emily Bazelon
Lindy West
Amanda Marcotte
Jessica Valenti
Jill Filipovic
Carolyn Hax
Hanna Rosin
Pamela Gwyn Kripke
Liz Jones
Millie Kerr
Lori Gottlieb
Now keep in mind, though the tone of my post thus far sounds hostile, I tried my best to make this list as intellectually honest and scientific as possible. For example many people would say, "Why is Lori Gottlieb on there? She came out admitting she was wrong!"
Correct, but for all those years she DID dispense advice as a ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP. Her epiphany or realization is after the fact.
Or for example I did not put Kate Bolick or Kay Homywitz on the list, despite my readership saying I should, in that they did not write articles that were of the feminist variety ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's did.
Additionally a lot of my readers just sent me feminists in general. There was a feminist lawyer, a handful of professors, but none of them were "writers" or "journalists" who opined about dating and men.
In short the list is the most comprehensive list of your stereotypical, left wing, feminist widsom dispensing journalists who for some reason all need to live on the east coast (I will entertain more to add to my database to further improve my research). They met these criteria and there is no "passion" or "emotion" about it.
The next thing I did was research their profiles to the extent I could to find out the following traits or "variables" about them:
Are they Currently Married?
Have They Ever Been Divorced?
Was their Undergraduate Degree in a Real (STEM) Field?
Do They Have Children?
Their Looks on a Scale of 1-10 (as rated by me)
Do They Have an Advanced Worthless Degree
Are They Employed in "Real Private Sector Work?"
Age
The reason I picked these variables is because I believed these metrics would not only be of interest to younger women (as to measure their success in romantic and courtship life), but they sure as hell are to men. Ergo, while there may be some debate as to whether young women would find these variables the correct ones to measure success, there is no debate whatsoever these are the variables men definitely look at.
Are they Currently Married?
As it stands right now the majority of the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's are not married. Only 37.5% were married. I did take some liberty with the younger ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's where it was clear they weren't, so there is some room for criticism there, but the fact does not change that the majority of them are not married. It should also be of note not ONE of the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's is under 30. So it's not like these are recent college graduates just getting their careers off the ground. They're been around for a while and very few are married.
However, in intellectual honesty I do have to state that if you take out the 30 somethings and just focus on the 40+ crowd 55% are married.
Therefore if you are a young woman and your goal is to be married by your 30's there is a less than 38% chance of that happening. However, if you wait till you're 40's or older, there's only a 45% chance you won't reach that goal, chances akin to "betting on red" in roulette.
Ever Divorced?
Nobody likes divorce. I think I can safely say that without leftist nit-pickers saying some people do.
Half of theECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's have been divorced.
Normally this would not be concern for alarm because "half of all marriages end in divorce." The problem is that women with college degrees statistically have significantly lower divorce rates. And all of these women have at least a bachelors. In other words, they are doing worse than their peer group. Unless you consider divorce a "success" (which no doubt some of them do), their performance have failed in this regard.
Worthless Undergad
My hatred and loathing of worthless degrees is no secret. But my passion against these worthless scraps of paper does not change the fact that those who are less intelligent, less rigorous, and just plain lazy pursue easier degrees. Only 1 woman in the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP group has a worthwhile undergrad (Sandra Tsing Loh, surprisingly), the rest all have what can be considered worthless degrees (English and Journalism accounting for nearly all of them). Admittedly there is some selection bias in most of these people are "journalists/writers" but it does not change the fact that at the age of 18 they purposely and knowingly chose cake degrees that avoided math at all costs (it is also interesting to note how many of them "married" into a magazine or a sizable blog)
Do They Have Children?
Good news young ladies. 60% of them do have children! And remember, about 5 of the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's are still in their 30's. So if you want to have kids there's a good chance that will happen. But there is a drawback. Of the women past menopause or at the age where it's too risky to have children (my cut off was 44) one third will go childless throughout their lives.
Single Moms
Only 25% of these women are single moms. Admittedly some by choice, because many of them subscribe to the philosophy fathers aren't needed (one even saying single mothers are better than married parents for the children). But it is still good news you only stand a 1 in 4 chance of being a single mom. However, remember a fair amount of these women were "young" still in their 30's and never married, thereby not allowing them the chance to become single mothers. If you go to 40+ 44% of them are single mothers. In short, in order to get divorced and be a single mom you have to live long enough to get married, have kids, and then get divorced. Though, again, many in this control group would not be against the turkey baster method.
Looks
The average score of a ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP is a surprisingly average 5.39. Also of note was just how plain and average most of them were. Nearly half fell in the 4.5-5.5 range. The high score was an 8.5 and the low score was a 2.75. Scoring was based on what I found attractive. Scoring was also not adjusted for age. If the woman WAS hot in her youth, it didn't matter. If she was old she got a lower score. It was my visceral response to what she looks like today. I also had to search high and low for "real" pictures. Not glossied up, "glamor shot" pics. Which I found out that feminists would resort to such fake, patriarchal nonsense that was beneath them.
Advanced Worthless Degrees
A statistic merely to quench my curiosity, 53% of ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's have advanced degrees. Naturally all of these advanced degrees were in worthless fields, namely English, Journalism, and Law.
Real Employment
Real employment is defined as genuine economic production that people willingly pay for and is not the consequence of nepotism, cronyism, government financing, or non-profits. Namely, are you producing something of value or are you in a field that produces something of value. Again, sample bias skews this statistic as I do not consider blogging or modern day journalism a real profession (let alone for "Slate" or "Salon" or your husband's newspaper), but I did award full and partial points if they had written a book or something that people willingly purchased and seemed to have some genuine economic productive value. 23% of them can be considered "legitimately employed."
Age
The average age of the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's was 43.6 years. 30 was the youngest (which was a charitable estimate) and 61 was the oldest.
Other Non-Statistical Observations
Nearly all of these women are employed by/write for Salon, Slate, Huffington Post, and Jezebel. It suggests to me an oligopoly or cartel wherein the network is tight, the cadre is small, but because of the reach and connections within the blog/journalism/east coast media monopoly they seem larger and more influential than they really are.
Supporting this is the sheer number of what I would consider "faux awards" these women received. Everyone seemed to have multiple awards from multiple organizations, most of which I've never heard of. After reading enough profiles you didn't "get the impression," you outright knew these were nothing but a bunch of "pat yourself on the back participation trophies." The impression of this segment of American media I was left with was that it was nothing more than a house of cards. All "yea for us we're all winners" akin to the minimalist art community. In other words any kind of media presence they have is largely fabricated, but necessary to market their writing/product.
Non-profit employment was rife. Again, suggesting the free market where people willingly part with their dollars was not the driving force or purpose behind their employment, but rather charity or politics in the form of a non-profit benefactor.
The Question I Have for Young Women
Now, let's summarize all the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's into one imaginary "cumulative, average woman."
The average ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP is:
I don't care what they write. I don't care what they say. And I don't care how sweet it may sound to your young, naive, gullible and VERY INEXPERIENCED ears.
Do you really want to be a divorced, middle aged woman with a hobby that you desperately try to pawn off as a career?
Look, while it may be cool, even intellectually stimulating, even "empowering" to think of men as the enemy, to think of men as "oppressors," or to use words fabricated in academia like "patriarchy" or "male normative," all you are doing in the long run is merely alienating yourself from the other half of the population to have some false sense of pride in your youth. The other half that (despite what the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's would say) can and most likely WILL play a vital role to your future happiness.
What you have to do is THINK INDEPENDENTLY and not let the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's indoctrination ruin your life by transforming you into one of them. Realize there is nothing wrong with liking men, or wanting to have children, or wanting a husband, or (GASP) wanting to be a housewife or stay-at-home mom. Additionally, there's nothing wrong with being beautiful or feminine or the epitome of female. There's nothing wrong with dresses, there's nothing wrong with heels, there's nothing wrong with long hair and (GASP!) there's nothing wrong finding joy in pleasing your husband/boyfriend/man. This isn't to say you HAVE to be a stay at home mom and CAN'T pursue a degree in accounting, but in listening to the utter hogwash and tripe that is perpetrated by the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's of the world you ignore your natural and biological programming to become the best thing you ever can be - a woman!
The Male's Perspective
Finally, if the argument for enjoying being feminine, being beautiful, and being a woman isn't enough, you better do what your ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP counterparts didn't and that is one very important thing:
Think of the men.
If there is ONE criticism I have of ALL women's writing (ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's or not) it's not an emotional one, it's a mathematical one. If two people are going to date, court, get married, etc., why is 100% of the attention and strategy on the woman? Why is the man or what the man wants never given any consideration?
The problem with ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's approach to men and courtship is that it's myopic (look it up). They are only focused on themselves. But in ignoring what mathematically adds up to 50% of an equation, you are GUARANTEED to fail miserably at solving it. If you want a successful relationship with a man then you (GASP!) HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT THE MAN WANTS!
So ask yourself, what man wants a:
44 year old woman
whose been divorced
has somebody else's kids
doesn't have a real job
has student debt from her worthless masters
is only a 5.4
and has a lippy feminist attitude to boot?
Are you kidding? Not one man wants that! Not one! And the only reason a man might settle for that is because he IS SETTLING and can't get any better.
A man who is accomplished, interesting, independent, successful, confident and in shape will NEVER marry, court, date, let alone give the time of day to such a woman. The type of man you want would NEVER even entertain a ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP.
You may find that offensive. You may find that rude. You may find it disagreeable, but all of that is trumped by the fact it is true.
It's up to you whether you want to:
accept the truth, act accordingly and consequently stand a better chance at a successful love life
or
continuing listening to the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's, in which case you're likely to become one.
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If you don't know Maureen Dowd, don't worry. It just means you're not old. But to give you the quick 1-2 on her she is arguably the original "East coast, liberal, feminist woman who lives in New York and pines about socio-romantic topics, as well as politics" type gal (hence referred to as ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP). Three decades ago she was "hot" and not just physically, but publishing wise as well. Sure she'd dispense advice on politics and economics, but an edge she had was on relationships with men with a feminist twist. Men aren't needed. Who needs men. Women are the new up and coming leaders, blah blah blah. She was heralded, many newspapers (remember those things) wanted to publish her and because of her moxie, she sold.
30 years later Maureen Dowd has paved the way for a new generation of "East coast, liberal, feminist women who live in New York and pine about socio-romantic topics, as well as politics" type gals. Obviously younger than her, they still dispense courtship, dating and romantic advice to younger women through a feminist and liberal lens. And though they deliver their message through a new media, the message largely remains unchanged. If anything, it is a more purified and modern version of feminism and leftism.
But I had this nagging thought. And, as I'm prone to do, I researched it.
Maureen has been dispense advice for all these years. And her disciples, some not so young, have also been dispensing advice for years.
Since they seem to be experts on dating, romance, men, and courtship, just how successful have they been in their lives in these regards, and therefore, should young women even be listening to them in the first place.
Off the bat I will admit this is not 100% scientific. This is "what I had to work with." If you can believe me I was intellectually honest in my research and data mining because I too was curious what the reality was. In short I was not looking for any one answer, but I genuinely wanted to know if these "experts" who consult, advise, and inform the younger women of today as to how to go about their love lives (not to mention professional lives) know what the hell they're talking about.
The first step was to get a list of all the "ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's." After eliciting my readership for a list, as well as compiling known women that would fall into this category, I came up with the following ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's:
Virginia Heffernan
Sandra Tsing Loh
Ellen Fein
Elizabeth Gilbert
Maureen Dowd
Emily Bazelon
Lindy West
Amanda Marcotte
Jessica Valenti
Jill Filipovic
Carolyn Hax
Hanna Rosin
Pamela Gwyn Kripke
Liz Jones
Millie Kerr
Lori Gottlieb
Now keep in mind, though the tone of my post thus far sounds hostile, I tried my best to make this list as intellectually honest and scientific as possible. For example many people would say, "Why is Lori Gottlieb on there? She came out admitting she was wrong!"
Correct, but for all those years she DID dispense advice as a ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP. Her epiphany or realization is after the fact.
Or for example I did not put Kate Bolick or Kay Homywitz on the list, despite my readership saying I should, in that they did not write articles that were of the feminist variety ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's did.
Additionally a lot of my readers just sent me feminists in general. There was a feminist lawyer, a handful of professors, but none of them were "writers" or "journalists" who opined about dating and men.
In short the list is the most comprehensive list of your stereotypical, left wing, feminist widsom dispensing journalists who for some reason all need to live on the east coast (I will entertain more to add to my database to further improve my research). They met these criteria and there is no "passion" or "emotion" about it.
The next thing I did was research their profiles to the extent I could to find out the following traits or "variables" about them:
Are they Currently Married?
Have They Ever Been Divorced?
Was their Undergraduate Degree in a Real (STEM) Field?
Do They Have Children?
Their Looks on a Scale of 1-10 (as rated by me)
Do They Have an Advanced Worthless Degree
Are They Employed in "Real Private Sector Work?"
Age
The reason I picked these variables is because I believed these metrics would not only be of interest to younger women (as to measure their success in romantic and courtship life), but they sure as hell are to men. Ergo, while there may be some debate as to whether young women would find these variables the correct ones to measure success, there is no debate whatsoever these are the variables men definitely look at.
Are they Currently Married?
As it stands right now the majority of the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's are not married. Only 37.5% were married. I did take some liberty with the younger ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's where it was clear they weren't, so there is some room for criticism there, but the fact does not change that the majority of them are not married. It should also be of note not ONE of the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's is under 30. So it's not like these are recent college graduates just getting their careers off the ground. They're been around for a while and very few are married.
However, in intellectual honesty I do have to state that if you take out the 30 somethings and just focus on the 40+ crowd 55% are married.
Therefore if you are a young woman and your goal is to be married by your 30's there is a less than 38% chance of that happening. However, if you wait till you're 40's or older, there's only a 45% chance you won't reach that goal, chances akin to "betting on red" in roulette.
Ever Divorced?
Nobody likes divorce. I think I can safely say that without leftist nit-pickers saying some people do.
Half of theECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's have been divorced.
Normally this would not be concern for alarm because "half of all marriages end in divorce." The problem is that women with college degrees statistically have significantly lower divorce rates. And all of these women have at least a bachelors. In other words, they are doing worse than their peer group. Unless you consider divorce a "success" (which no doubt some of them do), their performance have failed in this regard.
Worthless Undergad
My hatred and loathing of worthless degrees is no secret. But my passion against these worthless scraps of paper does not change the fact that those who are less intelligent, less rigorous, and just plain lazy pursue easier degrees. Only 1 woman in the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP group has a worthwhile undergrad (Sandra Tsing Loh, surprisingly), the rest all have what can be considered worthless degrees (English and Journalism accounting for nearly all of them). Admittedly there is some selection bias in most of these people are "journalists/writers" but it does not change the fact that at the age of 18 they purposely and knowingly chose cake degrees that avoided math at all costs (it is also interesting to note how many of them "married" into a magazine or a sizable blog)
Do They Have Children?
Good news young ladies. 60% of them do have children! And remember, about 5 of the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's are still in their 30's. So if you want to have kids there's a good chance that will happen. But there is a drawback. Of the women past menopause or at the age where it's too risky to have children (my cut off was 44) one third will go childless throughout their lives.
Single Moms
Only 25% of these women are single moms. Admittedly some by choice, because many of them subscribe to the philosophy fathers aren't needed (one even saying single mothers are better than married parents for the children). But it is still good news you only stand a 1 in 4 chance of being a single mom. However, remember a fair amount of these women were "young" still in their 30's and never married, thereby not allowing them the chance to become single mothers. If you go to 40+ 44% of them are single mothers. In short, in order to get divorced and be a single mom you have to live long enough to get married, have kids, and then get divorced. Though, again, many in this control group would not be against the turkey baster method.
Looks
The average score of a ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP is a surprisingly average 5.39. Also of note was just how plain and average most of them were. Nearly half fell in the 4.5-5.5 range. The high score was an 8.5 and the low score was a 2.75. Scoring was based on what I found attractive. Scoring was also not adjusted for age. If the woman WAS hot in her youth, it didn't matter. If she was old she got a lower score. It was my visceral response to what she looks like today. I also had to search high and low for "real" pictures. Not glossied up, "glamor shot" pics. Which I found out that feminists would resort to such fake, patriarchal nonsense that was beneath them.
Advanced Worthless Degrees
A statistic merely to quench my curiosity, 53% of ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's have advanced degrees. Naturally all of these advanced degrees were in worthless fields, namely English, Journalism, and Law.
Real Employment
Real employment is defined as genuine economic production that people willingly pay for and is not the consequence of nepotism, cronyism, government financing, or non-profits. Namely, are you producing something of value or are you in a field that produces something of value. Again, sample bias skews this statistic as I do not consider blogging or modern day journalism a real profession (let alone for "Slate" or "Salon" or your husband's newspaper), but I did award full and partial points if they had written a book or something that people willingly purchased and seemed to have some genuine economic productive value. 23% of them can be considered "legitimately employed."
Age
The average age of the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's was 43.6 years. 30 was the youngest (which was a charitable estimate) and 61 was the oldest.
Other Non-Statistical Observations
Nearly all of these women are employed by/write for Salon, Slate, Huffington Post, and Jezebel. It suggests to me an oligopoly or cartel wherein the network is tight, the cadre is small, but because of the reach and connections within the blog/journalism/east coast media monopoly they seem larger and more influential than they really are.
Supporting this is the sheer number of what I would consider "faux awards" these women received. Everyone seemed to have multiple awards from multiple organizations, most of which I've never heard of. After reading enough profiles you didn't "get the impression," you outright knew these were nothing but a bunch of "pat yourself on the back participation trophies." The impression of this segment of American media I was left with was that it was nothing more than a house of cards. All "yea for us we're all winners" akin to the minimalist art community. In other words any kind of media presence they have is largely fabricated, but necessary to market their writing/product.
Non-profit employment was rife. Again, suggesting the free market where people willingly part with their dollars was not the driving force or purpose behind their employment, but rather charity or politics in the form of a non-profit benefactor.
The Question I Have for Young Women
Now, let's summarize all the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's into one imaginary "cumulative, average woman."
The average ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP is:
- a 44 year old woman
- who is unlikely to be married
- likely to be divorced
- likely to have children
- with a good chance she will be a single mother
- doesn't have a real degree or a real profession
- but went to school for 6 years on average for it anyway
- and is very average looking coming in at a 5.4
I don't care what they write. I don't care what they say. And I don't care how sweet it may sound to your young, naive, gullible and VERY INEXPERIENCED ears.
Do you really want to be a divorced, middle aged woman with a hobby that you desperately try to pawn off as a career?
Look, while it may be cool, even intellectually stimulating, even "empowering" to think of men as the enemy, to think of men as "oppressors," or to use words fabricated in academia like "patriarchy" or "male normative," all you are doing in the long run is merely alienating yourself from the other half of the population to have some false sense of pride in your youth. The other half that (despite what the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's would say) can and most likely WILL play a vital role to your future happiness.
What you have to do is THINK INDEPENDENTLY and not let the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's indoctrination ruin your life by transforming you into one of them. Realize there is nothing wrong with liking men, or wanting to have children, or wanting a husband, or (GASP) wanting to be a housewife or stay-at-home mom. Additionally, there's nothing wrong with being beautiful or feminine or the epitome of female. There's nothing wrong with dresses, there's nothing wrong with heels, there's nothing wrong with long hair and (GASP!) there's nothing wrong finding joy in pleasing your husband/boyfriend/man. This isn't to say you HAVE to be a stay at home mom and CAN'T pursue a degree in accounting, but in listening to the utter hogwash and tripe that is perpetrated by the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's of the world you ignore your natural and biological programming to become the best thing you ever can be - a woman!
The Male's Perspective
Finally, if the argument for enjoying being feminine, being beautiful, and being a woman isn't enough, you better do what your ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP counterparts didn't and that is one very important thing:
Think of the men.
If there is ONE criticism I have of ALL women's writing (ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's or not) it's not an emotional one, it's a mathematical one. If two people are going to date, court, get married, etc., why is 100% of the attention and strategy on the woman? Why is the man or what the man wants never given any consideration?
The problem with ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's approach to men and courtship is that it's myopic (look it up). They are only focused on themselves. But in ignoring what mathematically adds up to 50% of an equation, you are GUARANTEED to fail miserably at solving it. If you want a successful relationship with a man then you (GASP!) HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT THE MAN WANTS!
So ask yourself, what man wants a:
44 year old woman
whose been divorced
has somebody else's kids
doesn't have a real job
has student debt from her worthless masters
is only a 5.4
and has a lippy feminist attitude to boot?
Are you kidding? Not one man wants that! Not one! And the only reason a man might settle for that is because he IS SETTLING and can't get any better.
A man who is accomplished, interesting, independent, successful, confident and in shape will NEVER marry, court, date, let alone give the time of day to such a woman. The type of man you want would NEVER even entertain a ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP.
You may find that offensive. You may find that rude. You may find it disagreeable, but all of that is trumped by the fact it is true.
It's up to you whether you want to:
accept the truth, act accordingly and consequently stand a better chance at a successful love life
or
continuing listening to the ECLFWWLINYAPASRTAWAP's, in which case you're likely to become one.
This post sponsored by "Enjoy the Decline!" Are you down and depressed about the election and the future prospects of the United States? Don't be! Learn to ENJOY THE DECLINE! "Enjoy the Decline" is THE book for anybody who is letting the dismal future of the United States get to them and affect them psychologically. It's not puppies and flowers, but it is forthright and candid about what can be done to enjoy life despite the world's great country going down the toilet. The left has ruined the country, the least you can do is Enjoy the Decline!
Why Minimalists Artists are Nothing More Than Talentless Lazy Communists
I intuitively knew that because of their horrible art, "minimalists" and modern day "artists" (heavy quotes) are nothing more than children looking for somebody else to pay them to make what can only be considered
talentless,
childless,
worthless,
crap.
talentless,
childless,
worthless,
crap.
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