Where pretty lies perish.
Posted in Beta, Rules of Manhood on Jul 2nd, 2010
“AZ” wrote: I am rooming with one of my buddies from college and we go all the way back to freshman year. I am from [foreign country] and I started college when I was 17, and as I grew older I began to act more like a man, but my buddy has not. He will … Read more
Posted in Game, Girls, Rules of Manhood on Jun 22nd, 2010
Match.com has an article called ‘Are You Dating A Player?‘ which warns women away from players by identifying some telltale signs of the inveterate philanderer (i.e., the man most attractive to women). He’s bold. For the player, the pickup is a game. He doesn’t approach women with the same nerves or awkwardness of a normal … Read more
Posted in Biomechanics is God, Culture, Rules of Manhood, Self-aggrandizement on Jun 18th, 2010
Apropos yesterday’s post: This paper examines the extent to which human capital and career decisions are affected by their potential returns in the marriage market. Although schooling and career decisions often are made before getting married, these decisions are likely to affect the future chances of receiving a marriage offer, the type of offer, and … Read more
Posted in Culture, Rules of Manhood on May 21st, 2010
Reason One Money is becoming less important as a male attractiveness criterion for women. Note that this doesn’t mean women don’t prefer richer men than themselves; what it means is that more women are making good money and thus the pool of higher income men is smaller than it was in the past. Since women … Read more
Posted in Game, Marriage Is For Chumps, Rules of Manhood, The Id Monster on Apr 23rd, 2010
Reader GdI wrote in the comments to yesterday’s post: All very interesting but I miss CH, whose near-daily offerings were that rarest of things online: unique. Funny, pithy, deeply irreverent, yet also profoundly based on a coherent and totally counterrevolutionary (and utterly reality-based) worldview. As Ken Tynan said, “Write heresy, pure heresy …” And so … Read more
Posted in Biomechanics is God, Dating, Game, Girls, Rules of Manhood, Self-aggrandizement, The Big City Life on Apr 20th, 2010
Randall Parker forwarded me a link to a study about abundance of mate choice affecting the quality of the choice. Quantity may determine quality when choosing romantic partners The context in which humans meet potential mates has a hidden influence on who they decide to pursue. In particular, when people have a large number of … Read more
Posted in Rules of Manhood, The Good Life on Mar 12th, 2010
Years ago when I was rooming in a big house with three other guys, I used to have this short motivational list, handed to me by a friend, taped to my closet door. THE ONLY ADVICE YOU’LL EVER NEED Chicks dig power. Don’t date. Never pay. Play by your own rules. He who hesitates masturbates. … Read more
Posted in Girls, Rules of Manhood on Jan 19th, 2010
Reader Matt forwarded me the following Craigslist posting: *** Why I Didn’t Buy You a Drink – m4w – 22 (Downtown) You: Cute girl at the bar. Me: The guy you chatted with while waiting for our drinks. The Topic: Why I didn’t buy you a drink. The Audience: Women everywhere, please read this. I … Read more
Posted in Biomechanics is God, Girls, Relationships, Rules of Manhood on Dec 2nd, 2009
Men are burdened with a duality. We feel impelled to commit to a chaste woman but we will happily sleep around with raging sluts. Women, too, are creatures of duality. They relish the emotional connection with the great boyfriend who dotes on them and pampers them but they succumb helplessly to their raw sexuality with the ideal lover. … Read more
Posted in Biomechanics is God, Rules of Manhood, Self-aggrandizement, The Pleasure Principle on Nov 13th, 2009
The biggest change you can expect as an older player gaming girls is this: Don’t expect approach invitations. Because of the economics of the sexual market, (which mechanism is amplified in the anonymous urban steambaths), as you get older than the average age of the competition in the typical bar scene you are going to have … Read more
