Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Corporate orbiters
This made me laugh:
"Chloe Kim was hangry. The snowboarder hadn't finished her breakfast and
now, halfway through the Olympic halfpipe competition, she was
regretting it.
So she did what many 17-year-olds might do: She tweeted. "Wish I
finished my breakfast sandwich but my stubborn self decided not to and
now I'm getting hangry," she wrote from Pyeongchang, South Korea.
On the other side of the world in Richmond, Va., Mary Beth Brault woke
at 6 a.m., rolled over and checked her phone. Someone had sent her a
screen shot of Kim's tweet. "We've got to jump on this," Brault told the
public relations team at Hamilton Beach. The company quickly tweeted:
"Congrats on the gold! We'll send you a @HamiltonBeach #Breakfast
Sandwich Maker so you never go #hangry again!"
A slew of companies — Roy Rogers Restaurants, California Pizza Kitchen,
even Oreo — joined in to promote their sandwiches. Vermont Smoke &
Cure jumped in with a recommendation for its high-protein "meat sticks."
"We don't like to brag, but our breakfast sandwiches are also [gold],"
tweeted Einstein Bros. Bagels, using a gold-medal emoji in the message.
"We've got a breakfast of champions waiting for you when you get home."
"Turn that hangry to happy with these digital churros and chocolate,"
offered Cocoa Cinnamon, a coffeeshop in Durham, North Carolina.
"If you're ever in DC, we got you," added Red Apron Butcher in Northwest Washington."
These corporations really need some game.
Though Vermont Smoke and Co. offering her "meat sticks" is getting into Roissy territory.
Monday, February 5, 2018
Poor innocent woman!
Modern feminism has made life increasingly ridiculous.
Women are strong and empowered, stronger than any man, capable of forging their own way in life!
Until they're afraid of losing their jobs, then they'll trade the boss sexual favors to stay employed.
This except from a story on Steve Wynn supposedly chasing a grandmother almost - almost - made me laugh out loud:
“You have so many new and young girls to choose from, and you know having sex with you makes me feel terrible,” the unidentified grandmother told Wynn, according to the sworn statement from Wiggins. “Why don’t you just leave me alone?”
Wynn reportedly responded that he had never had sex with a grandmother, court records allege.
Three other waitresses who were part of the lawsuit told the Review-Journal last week that the unidentified grandmother had recounted her story to them shortly after Wynn allegedly made the comments. “I remember telling him I don’t like it,” the grandmother said last week.
Despite her protests, she said the harassment by Wynn continued.
Twice, the woman said, Wynn walked by her and slapped her butt in passing in front of customers and other staff as she was working on the casino floor.
“That was embarrassing for me,” she said. You have so many new and young girls to choose from Steve Wynn Wynn often singled her out to bring him drinks even if he was in another server’s section, she said. “‘I have eight children to support. I need this money. And it’s not right for the other cocktail waitresses,’” she said she told him.
"He only laughed. That’s what he does — laugh.”
Eventually, after one of her shifts, Wynn told her he wanted to talk to her and invited her into a hotel room, she said. In the room, they talked, she recounted.
According to the woman, Wynn then asked her for oral sex, which she says she performed on him. After that, the two had sex on multiple occasions, she said. “He didn’t force me or anything, but I did go,” she said. “But I felt so uncomfortable.”
You know, she could have just quit her job like a respectable person would.
"So uncomfortable!"
Not uncomfortable enough, obviously, or her virtue would still be intact.
Of course, she was already a single mother with eight children, so maybe not.
Either of my grandmothers would have slapped Steve across the face and marched home if he tried these shenanigans - not gone along with it.
But remember, kids:
Indiana University law professor Jennifer A. Drobac, who specializes in sexual harassment, said the woman was coerced into sex if she believed she could lose her job.
“Acquiescence is not consent,” Drobac said, adding that courts have made that distinction. “Even if someone goes along, it doesn’t mean they’re willing and enthusiastic.”
Great, thanks Jenny. I got your number.
Women are strong and empowered, stronger than any man, capable of forging their own way in life!
Until they're afraid of losing their jobs, then they'll trade the boss sexual favors to stay employed.
This except from a story on Steve Wynn supposedly chasing a grandmother almost - almost - made me laugh out loud:
“You have so many new and young girls to choose from, and you know having sex with you makes me feel terrible,” the unidentified grandmother told Wynn, according to the sworn statement from Wiggins. “Why don’t you just leave me alone?”
Wynn reportedly responded that he had never had sex with a grandmother, court records allege.
Three other waitresses who were part of the lawsuit told the Review-Journal last week that the unidentified grandmother had recounted her story to them shortly after Wynn allegedly made the comments. “I remember telling him I don’t like it,” the grandmother said last week.
Despite her protests, she said the harassment by Wynn continued.
Twice, the woman said, Wynn walked by her and slapped her butt in passing in front of customers and other staff as she was working on the casino floor.
“That was embarrassing for me,” she said. You have so many new and young girls to choose from Steve Wynn Wynn often singled her out to bring him drinks even if he was in another server’s section, she said. “‘I have eight children to support. I need this money. And it’s not right for the other cocktail waitresses,’” she said she told him.
"He only laughed. That’s what he does — laugh.”
Eventually, after one of her shifts, Wynn told her he wanted to talk to her and invited her into a hotel room, she said. In the room, they talked, she recounted.
According to the woman, Wynn then asked her for oral sex, which she says she performed on him. After that, the two had sex on multiple occasions, she said. “He didn’t force me or anything, but I did go,” she said. “But I felt so uncomfortable.”
You know, she could have just quit her job like a respectable person would.
"So uncomfortable!"
Not uncomfortable enough, obviously, or her virtue would still be intact.
Of course, she was already a single mother with eight children, so maybe not.
Either of my grandmothers would have slapped Steve across the face and marched home if he tried these shenanigans - not gone along with it.
But remember, kids:
Indiana University law professor Jennifer A. Drobac, who specializes in sexual harassment, said the woman was coerced into sex if she believed she could lose her job.
“Acquiescence is not consent,” Drobac said, adding that courts have made that distinction. “Even if someone goes along, it doesn’t mean they’re willing and enthusiastic.”
Great, thanks Jenny. I got your number.
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
She wants someone who is already wanted
Who could have predicted this?
"Women find men more attractive once they find out he is desired by others, a new study suggests. Published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the Universities of St Andrews, Durham and Exeter believe that a man is given an “attractiveness boost” when he is desired by other women. This is because he is perceived to be more kind, faithful and a better father. The study tested the idea of mate copying – where a person is preferred as a future romantic partner simply because they have relationship experience – by showing 49 female participants images of men’s faces, hands and a piece of art. The women were asked to rate how attractive they found each image before being shown the average rating given by the rest of the group. Interestingly, when the women were asked to re-rate each image shortly after, their answer changed in favour of the social information."
I believe the rise of mass entertainment over the past century has skewed female desire upwards towards a tiny tier of top-rank men.
The reality of these men may or may not be impressive; however, the pre-selection of mass culture - no matter how manufactured - makes them desirable.
Would Susie be happier with Frank Sinatra as opposed to Joe with the plumbing company on Highway 35? Maybe, maybe not, but unless a group of local ladies are inexplicably excited over a man with mastery of copper pipe fittings, Susie is going to be more attracted to Frank.
It's something that eats at men who don't understand female desire.
"How can I get a girl when a girl only wants a guy who already has a girl? And how come the player ended up with the nice girl who should have been attracted to me. I'm a great guy!"
Yeah, you may be. But you need to understand female wiring.
A woman doesn't want to marry a husband that no one else wants, just like a man doesn't want to drive a car others laugh at.
Even Taylor Swift isn't immune:
"I don't wanna touch you, I don't wanna be
Just another ex-love you don't wanna see
I don't wanna miss you (I don't wanna miss you)
Like the other girls do I don't wanna hurt you,
I just wanna be
Drinking on a beach with you all over me
I know what they all say, yeah, but I ain't tryna play
I wanna be your end game"
Science!
"Women find men more attractive once they find out he is desired by others, a new study suggests. Published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from the Universities of St Andrews, Durham and Exeter believe that a man is given an “attractiveness boost” when he is desired by other women. This is because he is perceived to be more kind, faithful and a better father. The study tested the idea of mate copying – where a person is preferred as a future romantic partner simply because they have relationship experience – by showing 49 female participants images of men’s faces, hands and a piece of art. The women were asked to rate how attractive they found each image before being shown the average rating given by the rest of the group. Interestingly, when the women were asked to re-rate each image shortly after, their answer changed in favour of the social information."
I believe the rise of mass entertainment over the past century has skewed female desire upwards towards a tiny tier of top-rank men.
The reality of these men may or may not be impressive; however, the pre-selection of mass culture - no matter how manufactured - makes them desirable.
Would Susie be happier with Frank Sinatra as opposed to Joe with the plumbing company on Highway 35? Maybe, maybe not, but unless a group of local ladies are inexplicably excited over a man with mastery of copper pipe fittings, Susie is going to be more attracted to Frank.
It's something that eats at men who don't understand female desire.
"How can I get a girl when a girl only wants a guy who already has a girl? And how come the player ended up with the nice girl who should have been attracted to me. I'm a great guy!"
Yeah, you may be. But you need to understand female wiring.
A woman doesn't want to marry a husband that no one else wants, just like a man doesn't want to drive a car others laugh at.
Even Taylor Swift isn't immune:
"I don't wanna touch you, I don't wanna be
Just another ex-love you don't wanna see
I don't wanna miss you (I don't wanna miss you)
Like the other girls do I don't wanna hurt you,
I just wanna be
Drinking on a beach with you all over me
I know what they all say, yeah, but I ain't tryna play
I wanna be your end game"
Science!
Saturday, January 27, 2018
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
It's the wrong kind of tough
On my last post, Robert Browning commented:
"You are wrong. This guy is very tough. The is as tough as nails. He took an oath. He mad a promise. And no matter what hell or torment his wife put him through this guy is going to keep his word to the day he dies and stay loyal and true."
Yes, sticking to your marriage vows, come hell or high water, is tough. It is honorable. It is absolutely what a man should do.
Oftentimes you see the refrain of "dump the bitch!" or "time to trade in for a younger model!" in the manosphere. Marriage is a God-ordained covenant, however, so jumping off because your wife is a pain or simply getting tiresome or old isn't a viable option, unless you're a pagan. In that case, you're going to hell anyhow, so breaking a marriage vow is the least of your worries.
My grandfather told me "staying married is easy - you just don't divorce."
Unfortunately, if your wife doesn't feel the same way, your decision to stay married can be overruled.
Staying in a bad marriage because you made a promise is "tough," but letting your wife walk all over you is not. That's so obviously wrong that it makes other men cringe and women loathe you.
It's not an either/or choice. "Lose your marriage" or "be a doormat" is a false dichotomy. There is a third way, and it's called game.
Coming back from the pit our previous example dug himself into wouldn't be easy, but it is possible. It would be tough - but it would be the kind of tough that comes from testosterone and grit, not just hanging on by your fingernails.
If you tell her enough is enough and she rebels, so what? You're already not getting sex or respect or even love. And if she breaks the covenant, you're off the hook. Work your way back towards headship. If she's a Christian, tell her that both of you have screwed things up and need to get back to a Biblical marriage.
Seriously, what do you have to lose? Better to live as a man.
"You are wrong. This guy is very tough. The is as tough as nails. He took an oath. He mad a promise. And no matter what hell or torment his wife put him through this guy is going to keep his word to the day he dies and stay loyal and true."
Yes, sticking to your marriage vows, come hell or high water, is tough. It is honorable. It is absolutely what a man should do.
Oftentimes you see the refrain of "dump the bitch!" or "time to trade in for a younger model!" in the manosphere. Marriage is a God-ordained covenant, however, so jumping off because your wife is a pain or simply getting tiresome or old isn't a viable option, unless you're a pagan. In that case, you're going to hell anyhow, so breaking a marriage vow is the least of your worries.
My grandfather told me "staying married is easy - you just don't divorce."
Unfortunately, if your wife doesn't feel the same way, your decision to stay married can be overruled.
Staying in a bad marriage because you made a promise is "tough," but letting your wife walk all over you is not. That's so obviously wrong that it makes other men cringe and women loathe you.
It's not an either/or choice. "Lose your marriage" or "be a doormat" is a false dichotomy. There is a third way, and it's called game.
Coming back from the pit our previous example dug himself into wouldn't be easy, but it is possible. It would be tough - but it would be the kind of tough that comes from testosterone and grit, not just hanging on by your fingernails.
If you tell her enough is enough and she rebels, so what? You're already not getting sex or respect or even love. And if she breaks the covenant, you're off the hook. Work your way back towards headship. If she's a Christian, tell her that both of you have screwed things up and need to get back to a Biblical marriage.
Seriously, what do you have to lose? Better to live as a man.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Literally not sleeping together
This fellow argues that sleeping single in a double bed is a sure sign of trouble:
"Is there another room in the home which provides for a more natural setting for a couple’s intimacy than their own bedroom and particularly their bed? Just walking into another person’s boudoir makes me uneasy, it’s their sanctuary and their holy of holies, and not for random strangers. The bedroom is where lives are made and secrets told. There are few other places where a couple can be so open with each other or where they can more freely enjoy each other’s affection and sensuality. It’s a place where couples can reconnect and where they can fall in love again and again. If the bedroom is love’s temple then the bed is it’s shrine.
It was also unsurprising that these same couples who slept in separate rooms had virtually no sex life to speak of . Without the ability for closeness with his wife, a husband will find other places for his passion such as his job while her desire gets stifled or redirected towards the children. If allowed to continue they soon can become so disconnected emotionally and spiritually they may as well be strangers and any impression they might give of being the happy couple is only by sheer luck or to intentionally throw others off the trail.
I’ve often wondered what these men thought as they moved into their guest bedroom with suitcase in hand, what was going through their mind? Did they offer to fix the problem? Did they ever attempt to even change her mind? Or were they too busy returning emails or catching up on the latest scores to even bother thinking about it, because ignoring seems much simpler than dealing with the real issues in the relationship? Or maybe he was just satisfied that doing so would shut her up for a while.
I’m convinced of few stronger signals that a relationship is in serious jeopardy than when couples stop sleeping in the same bed together."
This follows what I've seen as well, though I doubt most men are "too busy returning emails or catching up on the latest scores to even bother thinking about it." That's blue pill thinking. Men know something is wrong but don't know how to fix it.
I knew a guy who was tall, broad-shouldered, proud, and aggressive in public. He was older but fit. His voice filled the room and he'd slap you on the back, then lean in and share a confidence in your ear like you'd been friends forever. You'd assume he was a solid alpha, or at least a very confident beta.
Until you visited him at home.
The children had moved out some years before. His wife, an overweight and bitchy woman who ran a very successful business catering to the rich, ran his life at home. He would cringe and hunch over when she came into the room and complained at him about something. It was the strangest transformation you could imagine. Dr. Heckled and Mr. Pride.
They had a beautiful house in a beautiful neighborhood. Nice cars. Nice stuff.
But they had separate rooms. He once half-apologized to me about it in a fumbling way. "You know, as folks get older, sometimes they just start to go their own way, so a few years ago she let me have this room..."
On the wall of his room were pictures of classic guns, sports memorabilia and other masculine accoutrements.
Yet he slept there alone.
Late one evening we were talking and he got talking about his marriage. He told me he was afraid. Afraid of being alone.
Yet he was worse than alone. His wife despised him.
What if he'd said "no" when she told him to get his own room?
What makes a "tough" guy turn to mush around his wife?
Why would he even stay?
Tell me what you think.
"Is there another room in the home which provides for a more natural setting for a couple’s intimacy than their own bedroom and particularly their bed? Just walking into another person’s boudoir makes me uneasy, it’s their sanctuary and their holy of holies, and not for random strangers. The bedroom is where lives are made and secrets told. There are few other places where a couple can be so open with each other or where they can more freely enjoy each other’s affection and sensuality. It’s a place where couples can reconnect and where they can fall in love again and again. If the bedroom is love’s temple then the bed is it’s shrine.
It was also unsurprising that these same couples who slept in separate rooms had virtually no sex life to speak of . Without the ability for closeness with his wife, a husband will find other places for his passion such as his job while her desire gets stifled or redirected towards the children. If allowed to continue they soon can become so disconnected emotionally and spiritually they may as well be strangers and any impression they might give of being the happy couple is only by sheer luck or to intentionally throw others off the trail.
I’ve often wondered what these men thought as they moved into their guest bedroom with suitcase in hand, what was going through their mind? Did they offer to fix the problem? Did they ever attempt to even change her mind? Or were they too busy returning emails or catching up on the latest scores to even bother thinking about it, because ignoring seems much simpler than dealing with the real issues in the relationship? Or maybe he was just satisfied that doing so would shut her up for a while.
I’m convinced of few stronger signals that a relationship is in serious jeopardy than when couples stop sleeping in the same bed together."
This follows what I've seen as well, though I doubt most men are "too busy returning emails or catching up on the latest scores to even bother thinking about it." That's blue pill thinking. Men know something is wrong but don't know how to fix it.
I knew a guy who was tall, broad-shouldered, proud, and aggressive in public. He was older but fit. His voice filled the room and he'd slap you on the back, then lean in and share a confidence in your ear like you'd been friends forever. You'd assume he was a solid alpha, or at least a very confident beta.
Until you visited him at home.
The children had moved out some years before. His wife, an overweight and bitchy woman who ran a very successful business catering to the rich, ran his life at home. He would cringe and hunch over when she came into the room and complained at him about something. It was the strangest transformation you could imagine. Dr. Heckled and Mr. Pride.
They had a beautiful house in a beautiful neighborhood. Nice cars. Nice stuff.
But they had separate rooms. He once half-apologized to me about it in a fumbling way. "You know, as folks get older, sometimes they just start to go their own way, so a few years ago she let me have this room..."
On the wall of his room were pictures of classic guns, sports memorabilia and other masculine accoutrements.
Yet he slept there alone.
Late one evening we were talking and he got talking about his marriage. He told me he was afraid. Afraid of being alone.
Yet he was worse than alone. His wife despised him.
What if he'd said "no" when she told him to get his own room?
What makes a "tough" guy turn to mush around his wife?
Why would he even stay?
Tell me what you think.
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