{"id":257,"date":"2007-04-30T12:49:08","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T20:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=257"},"modified":"2007-12-09T09:11:11","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T15:59:11","slug":"advice-to-young-men-from-an-old-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"Advice To Young Men From An Old Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Craig&#8217;s List:<\/p>\n<p>1. Don&rsquo;t pick on the weak. It&rsquo;s immoral.  Don&rsquo;t antagonize the strong without cause, its stupid.<br \/>\n2. Don&rsquo;t hate women.  It&rsquo;s a waste of time<br \/>\n3. Invest in yourself. Material things come to those  that have self actualized.<br \/>\n4. Get in a fistfight, even if you are going to  lose.<br \/>\n5. As a former Marine, take it from me. Don&rsquo;t join the military, unless  you want to risk getting your balls blown off to secure other people&rsquo;s economic  or political interests.<br \/>\n6. If something has a direct benefit to an individual  or a class of people, and a theoretical, abstract, or amorphous benefit to  everybody else, realize that the proponent&rsquo;s intentions are to benefit the  former, not the latter, no matter what bullshit they try to feed you.<br \/>\n7.  Don&rsquo;t be a Republican. They are self-dealing crooks with no sense of honor or  patriotism to their fellow citizens. If you must be a Republican, don&rsquo;t be a  &ldquo;conservative.&rdquo; They are whining, bitching, complaining, simple-minded  self-righteous idiots who think they&rsquo;re perpetual victims. Listen to talk radio  for a while, you&rsquo;ll see what I mean.<br \/>\n8. Don&rsquo;t take proffered advice without a  critical analysis. 90% of all advice is intended to benefit the proponent, not  the recipient. Actually, the number is probably closer to 97%, but I don&rsquo;t want  to come off as cynical.<br \/>\n9. You&rsquo;ll spend your entire life listening to people  tell you how much you owe them. You don&rsquo;t owe the vast majority of people  shit.<br \/>\n10. Don&rsquo;t undermine your fellow young men. Mentor the young men that  come after you. Society recognizes that you have the potential to be the most  power force in society. It scares them. Society does not find young men  sympathetic. They are afraid of you, both individually and collectively. Law  enforcement&rsquo;s primary purpose is to suppress you.<br \/>\n11. As a young man, you&rsquo;re  on your own. Society divides and conquers. Unlike women who have advocates  looking out for them (NOW, Women&rsquo;s Study Departments, government, non-profit  organizations, political advocacy groups) almost no one is looking out for  you.<br \/>\n12. Young men provide the genius and muscle by which our society  thrives. Look at the Silicone Valley. By in large, it was not old men or women  that created the revolution we live. Realize that society steals your  contributions, secures it with our intellectual property laws, and then takes  credit and the rewards where none is due.<br \/>\n13. Know that few people have your  best interests at heart. Your mother does. Your father probably does (if he  stuck around). Your siblings are on your side. Everybody else worries about  themselves.<br \/>\n14. Don&rsquo;t be afraid to tell people to &ldquo;Fuck off&rdquo; when need be. It  is an important skill to acquire. As they say, speak your piece, even if your  voice shakes.<br \/>\n15. Acquire empathy, good interpersonal skills, and confidence.  Learn to read body language and non-verbal communication. Don&rsquo;t just concentrate  on your vocational or technical skills, or you&rsquo;ll find your wife fucking  somebody else.<br \/>\n16. Keep fit.<br \/>\n17. Don&rsquo;t speak ill of your wife\/girlfriend.  Back her up against the world, even if she&rsquo;s wrong. She should know that you  have her back. When she needs your help, give it. She should know that you&rsquo;ll  take her part.<br \/>\n18. Don&rsquo;t cheat on your wife\/girlfriend. If you must cheat,  don&rsquo;t humiliate her. Don&rsquo;t risk having your transgressions come back to her or  her friends. Don&rsquo;t do it where you live. Don&rsquo;t do it with people in your social  circle. Don&rsquo;t shit in your own back yard.<br \/>\n19. If your girlfriend doesn&rsquo;t make  you feel good about yourself and bring joy to your life, fire her. That&rsquo;s what  girlfriends are for.<br \/>\n20. Don&rsquo;t bother with &ldquo;emotional affairs.&rdquo; They are just  a vehicle for women to flirt and have someone make them feel good about  themselves. That&rsquo;s the part of a relationship they want. For you it is a lot of  work and investment in time. If they are having an emotional affair with you,  they&rsquo;re probably fucking someone else.<br \/>\n21. Becoming a woman&rsquo;s friend and  confidant is not going to get you into an intimate relationship. If you haven&rsquo;t  gotten the girl within a reasonably short period of time, chances are you won&rsquo;t  ever get her. She&rsquo;ll end up confiding to you about the sexual adventures she&rsquo;s  having with someone else.<br \/>\n22. Have and nurture friendships with women.<br \/>\n23.  Realize that love is a numbers game. Guys fall in love easily. You&rsquo;re going to  see some girl and feel like you&rsquo;ll die if you don&rsquo;t get her. If she rejects you,  move on to the next one. It&rsquo;s her loss.<br \/>\n24. Don&rsquo;t be an internet troll. Got  out and live life. There is not a cadre of beautiful women advertising on  Craigslist to have NSA sex with you. Beautiful women don&rsquo;t need to advertise.  The websites that advertise with attractive women&rsquo;s photos and claims of  loneliness are baloney. All they want is your money and your personal  information so that they can market to you. The posts on Craigslist by young  &ldquo;women&rdquo; seeking NSA sex, and asking for a picture are just a bunch of gay troll  pic collectors. This is especially true if the post uses common gay lexicon like  &ldquo;hole&rdquo; as in &ldquo;fuck my hole&rdquo; or seeks &ldquo;masculine&rdquo; men, or uses the word cock  (except in the context of &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t send a cock shot.&rdquo;) There are women on  Craigslist. They are easily recognizable by their 2-5 paragraph postings. Most  are in their 30&#8217;s or older.<br \/>\n25. When you become a man in full, know that  people will get in your way. People who are attracted to you will somehow manage  to step in your path. Gay guys will give you &ldquo;the look.&rdquo; Old people will somehow  stumble in front of you at the worst time. Don&rsquo;t get frustrated. Just step aside  and go about your business. Know that these are passive aggressive methods to  get you to acknowledge their existence.<br \/>\n26. Don&rsquo;t gay bash. Don&rsquo;t mentally or  physically abuse people because of who they are, or how they present themselves.  It&rsquo;s none of your business to try to intimidate people into conformity.<br \/>\n27.  If your gay, admit it to yourself, your parents, your friends and society at  large. Be prepared to get harassed. See rule 14. If someone threatens you or  assaults you, call the cops. Have them arrested. You have no obligation to self  sacrifice because of who you are. As a gay person, you&rsquo;ll have more social  freedom than straight men. Use it to protect yourself. Be prepared to get out of  Dodge if your orientation makes your life unbearable. Move to San Francisco, New  York, Atlanta, or New Orleans. You&rsquo;ll find a welcoming community there.<br \/>\n28.  Don&rsquo;t be a poser. Avoid being one of those dudes who puts a surfboard on top of  their car, but never surfs, or a dude with a powder coated fixed gear bike and a  messenger bag, but was never a messenger. Live the life. Earn your bona  fides.<br \/>\n29. Don&rsquo;t believe the crap about the patriarchy. More women are  accepted and attend college. More degrees are awarded to women than men. Women  outlive men. More men commit suicide. Men are twice as likely to be victims of  violence, including murder. If you consider sexual assaults in prisons, twice as  many men are raped as women (society thinks prison rape is funny). The streets  are littered with homeless men, sprinkled with a few homeless women. Statically,  women are happier than men. The myth that girls are being cheated by are  educational system is belied by the fact that schools are bastions of  femininity, mostly run by and taught by women. Girls outperform boys in school.  It is the boys in school getting fucked over, and prescribed ritalin for being  boys. Real wages for men are falling, while real wages for women are rising.  Just because someone says something enough times, doesn&rsquo;t make it true. You have  nothing to feel guilty about.<br \/>\n30. Remember, 97% of all advice is worthless.  Take what you can use, and trash the rest.<\/p>\n<p><!--adsense--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Craig&#8217;s List: 1. Don&rsquo;t pick on the weak. It&rsquo;s immoral. Don&rsquo;t antagonize the strong without cause, its stupid. 2. Don&rsquo;t hate women. It&rsquo;s a waste of time 3. Invest in yourself. 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