A number of readers asked if the association between body type and temperament could be altered by losing or gaining weight. For example, can a skinny ectomorph assume some of the personality traits of a mesomorph by lifting weights and putting on muscle? Or can a fat endomorph do the same by losing fat and … Read more
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Posted in Biomechanics is God, Game, Guy Rules on Aug 16th, 2012
This is the final installment of the body type-game type series, and here we will focus on ectomorphs, those men who have structurally thin, lean skeletal frames. (If you want to know how purely ectomorphic you are, just grab your wrist. Is there space left over? You’re probably an ecto.) The mesomorph game post, the … Read more
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Posted in Biomechanics is God, Game, Guy Rules on Aug 15th, 2012
Continuing our series about identifying the most responsive (or most accessible) game for your body type, today’s post will focus on the mesomorph. For readers late to the discussion, the purpose of this series of posts isn’t to suggest that if your frame is built a certain way, you must run a certain kind of … Read more
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Posted in Biomechanics is God, Game, Guy Rules on Aug 14th, 2012
We’re all familiar with the three major body types: ectomorph (skinny), endomorph (fat) and mesomorph (muscular). And many of us have noticed that these three body types tend to correspond with certain mental and emotional characteristics. William Sheldon was the first to research and categorize an association between body type and personality type, or temperament. … Read more
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Beta males are more anxious, fidgety, alert and quicker to react to local disturbances than are alpha males. We know this from observing it in the field, and now from various scientific studies examining the phenomenon. The short of it is, if you’re an alpha male, you don’t need as wide a margin of safety … Read more
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YET ANOTHER ♥♥♥♥♥♥ scientific study confirms gender stereotypes and validates core game concepts. Research finds women feel happy when their husband or partner is upset. The detailed study found that wives or girlfriends were pleased when their partner showed emotion because they believed it demonstrated a healthy relationship. The survey, carried out by Harvard Medical … Read more
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Posted in Biomechanics is God, Culture on Jul 25th, 2012
Purely speculative time-waster post follows… The push by evolutionary scientists to find an explanation for homosexuality is confounded by the seemingly obvious fact that homos don’t naturally reproduce (leaving aside lesbians and turkey basters for the moment). Many theories are then offered which supposedly account for the steady 2-4% rate of male gayness in most … Read more
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People are asking my opinion of the Kristen Stewart affair. She cheated on her boyfriend Robert Pattinson with her movie’s director, an older, objectively less physically attractive married man whose wife is a model. Ok, here goes. 1. She’s cute. 2. She’s a horrible actress. 3. You can be the best looking man in the … Read more
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A reader, whom I will assume for purposes of this post is not a troll, wrote: I wanted to run a theory by you and get your thoughts, since a lot of what is said on your blog resonates with me. Awhile back you posted in “Do Fat Girls Get More Sex?” that 99 out … Read more
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Shiva the Detroyed Feminist locates a crumb of feminist hope amid a sea of feminism-crushing scientific studies and reality-assaulting dissonance: I think this will win comment of next week: This just blew open the “wall” theory. [ed: she wishes.] sure, women may not be at the prime of their beauty in the future but they’ll still … Read more
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