Recently, Penhova made a post comparing the importance of physical development to mental development. While I agree with the message, the primary method given for achieving this improvement was reading Red Pill texts. Im totally down for reading and my hard-on for Red Pill is so strong I might have to talk to my doctor about it. However, I feel that his perspective may be a bit shortsighted. My intention is to build upon Penhova's idea and provide a focused yet comprehensive post on some important aspects of mental development.
Stress Threshold: Not everyone is capable of dealing with stress effectively. During an emergency, some people freeze up and are unable to deal with a situation. Many people can't respond to criticism without becoming emotionally involved. Some can't read my posts without telling me how they're allegedly a Navy Seal with a hundred confirmed kills. All of these people have a low stress threshold, something that is increasingly common in our culture of victim-hood and a major hindrance in life. One way of improving your stress threshold is by participating in a combat sport. Fighting is one of the most stressful things in the human expiriance. By sparing in a controlled environment you acclimate to high stress situations. You become better at responding to and acting effectively during stress. There is a lot to say about a man who keeps his composure when things get crazy. Having a high stress threshold is definitely something to aspire to and work toward.
Understand Other Perspectives: Eventually you are going to run into someone whom you vehemently disagree with. It could be a Neo Nazi, a Rad Fem or someone with extreme religious views. Your first impulse may be to argue or even apply your combat sport knowledge, but that's not going to help you grow as a person. It's very unlikely that you will change a person's perspective in one interaction. Instead of being hostile, it makes sense to try to learn from them. Fake a neutral or positive alignment to their perspective and then use your common ground as a tool to understand the other person. Maybe someone became a Neo Nazi as response to rapid demographic transition in his working class neighborhood. Maybe a woman became a Rad Fem out of frustration of men not being able to locate her vagina in the midst of her fat folds. Calling opposing perspectives the domain of madmen is an intellectual cop out. Understanding why people think and behave certain ways is a prerequisite for a mature view of the world.
Recognize Human Patterns: With enough data points a pattern emerges. From a macro perspective, you've probably read enough individual experiences to believe in Alpha fucks Beta bucks. From a micro perspective you might pay special attention to how your girlfriend lies to her father, so you can better recognize her lying behavior in the future. Human behavior is limited both at the species and individual level. There will always be proponents of the special snowflake theory and brave white knights of the NAWLT order. Don't indulge that bullshit. Think critically about your experiences, the experiences of your friends and what you've read. What patterns emerge? How do these patterns relate to your life and the lives of others?
All of the things iv outlined are skills and require practice. You're not going to get good at anything by reading about it. The only way to grow is to try new things and assimilate the expiriance into your worldview.
Bostonsboy306 9y ago
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little redpiller? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in gender studies, and I’ve been involved in numerous anti-cis scum protests, and I have over 300 confirmed castrations. I am trained in raising my voice over logical arguments and I’m the top purveyor of misogynist web sites to the SPLC. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with feeeeeelings the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of wymyn across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the estrogen storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can bitch you out in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my fallacious arguments. Not only am I extensively trained in shouting matches, but I have access to the entire arsenal of ShitRedditSays and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of reddit, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn mysoginist. I will shit misandry all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, neckbeard.
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Manuel_S 9y ago
Beautiful.
Pity it does happen exactly as you parodied it.
Pattheboss56 9y ago
Lol absolutely great did you edit this yourself?
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I wish I had words to acknowledge the greatness of this comment.
Bravo, good sir, bravo.
87GNX 9y ago
I'll have you know, I have over 300 kills and am trained in gorilla warfare...
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I feel like this type of post will only be appreciated in a subreddit like /r/AlreadyRed , most people are still trying to hit the gym brah. This post only really helps the move from little fish bowl alpha to world alpha.
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No us "regular" redpillers appreciate it too. But I didn't know about AlreadyRed, thanks for making my day dude
abutterfly 9y ago
GLO, are you still getting haters for your posts? Because this shit is fucking quality.
I recently quit my cushy retail job for a lot of reasons. It wasn't challenging me. It wasn't something I could take pride in. I was getting paid, quite literally, to sit around on the computer and be a cash register jockey. Fuck it.
So I left for a kitchen in a restaurant that just opened down town. The head chef was a good friend of mine, knew I had some food experience, and knew I could handle it.
Working in a kitchen is un-fucking-real. In a high-quality, local restaurant, you're surrounded by good-looking women (and the "don't fuck a server" rule doesn't apply, because you're the one it's convenient to fuck). There's a multitude of benefits to it that I might get around to describing soon. For recovering betas, grabbing a job that knocks you a million miles from your comfort zone might just be what you need.
None of that describes why I'm commenting here. Working in a kitchen hits 2 of the 3 big pillars that GLO described:
Stress Threshold: You'll learn real quick to adapt or get the fuck out when the owner and the head chef are getting angry because the point-of-sale is fucked up again, one waiting table just walked out, a server is doing a shit job, and the guy in the back kitchen has sent out two bad dishes. When you've got a line 20 tickets deep and you need to do every one of them as fast as possible, you've got a lot of pressure on you and you learn very quickly what you're capable of.
Understanding Other Perspectives: Man, the shit you see in a kitchen. Immigrants, ex-cons, culinary school grads, culinary school students, dudes who used to own a restaurant, divorced guys, married guys, old dudes, young dudes...You never know. And you work alongside these guys every day, so you get to know them. You get to talk to them, to share with them. Understanding other perspectives is one of the greatest mental gifts we have as men. Find a way to utilize and develop it.
maderail 9y ago
Thanks for this. I'll put it on my to-do list.
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abutterfly 9y ago
In short:
Odd hours, so they'll never be around, they're often sweaty just coming off work, they're probably fucking other staff anyway, but the most important is, they are VERY used to being validated for being a woman/being attractive.
As with every rule, there are exceptions, just don't expect much.
Xein 9y ago
Another important pillar of mental development is the challenge of short-term pleasure vs. long-term reward.
This is the primary conflict in many of the decisions and things that affect the quality of our lives. Food is probably the easiest example for most people. We get short-term pleasure from eating something like ice-cream, but at the cost of our health. This is pretty apparent in going to the gym vs. laying on the couch, as well. Really, this applies to pretty much every facet of your life. I can't tell you guys how much money I've saved by employing this principle to wait for the best time to purchase certain items instead of the usual "GOTTA HAVE IT NOW"
It seems biology is skewed toward engaging in the short-term activities and this is the trap many people fall into. You have to use your higher level reasoning to overcome this and it can be somewhat painful and difficult, especially if you're out of practice. This is literally one of, if not the most important mental skill to develop. Sadly, most things worth doing have zero immediate benefit. Learning a new skill, losing weight, building muscle, saving money, the list goes on. These things all kinda suck when you start doing them. If it was easy, everyone would do it.
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All men should train themselves in combat. I think the most effective sport for this in the U.S. is wrestling. It's a mostly an individual sport but also has the benefit of a team behind it. It's a one-on-one contest where you, and you alone, either succeed or fail. Also, it's one of the only institutionalized styles of fighting acceptable across the U.S. Karate, MMA, and other fighting styles will never gain the type of acceptance wrestling has in the school system. Furthermore, it has all the elements of an actual fight without the blows, chokes, and submissions. There's a weight class for almost every guy. You can go "live" everyday.
Of course, I'm a little biased. I did it for 16 years of my life. It is a huge part of my identity. At the same time, I'm 5'4, 145 pounds. If it wasn't for wrestling, I'd probably be a little turd that got pushed around my whole life. Now, I look at guys twice my size and think, "I could take him."
[deleted] 9y ago
Travel alone and don't sleep in hotels. Your threshold for stress rises like my dick at a bangkok ping pong show.
SnowCrabThunderDick 9y ago
Why? Where do you sleep?
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Trains, buses, airplanes, floors, couches, streets... don't pay for anything with money if you can help it.
Mymobileacoconut 9y ago
There's all the motivation I need to start learning how to fight. Not to know how to fight, but to know how to deal with high stress. Awesome!
trpalternate 9y ago
I try to read and understand all perspectives, even ones I disagree with. Funny enough, that's how I ended up at TRP.
formerbptherapist 9y ago
Well said. As an art prof told me in college, "nobody becomes an artist by reading about art. You have to make it."
Being a man means doing manly stuff, not just reading about being a man.
Kekeramitu 9y ago
Fucking cracked up at this.
Good post as always, some people spend to much time here just reading. What's more, I find a part of me sometimes doesn't quite believe the stuff I read here until I see it.
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What is this expierience you speak of?
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zorrotypeoutfit 9y ago
Protip for fucking fat girls:
You might just save a girl from radfeminism!
xwm 9y ago
This may lead me to a new mantra.
If it bloats enough to coat it; demote it.
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emptyform 9y ago
After I started doing these, they became my favorite part of my day. Builds testosterone and starts your day off by doing something unpleasant that's good for you (a key of discipline & success).
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I actually hate hot water showers, so naturally I take cold water showers (I'm a winter person too, I like the cold. The heat/summer? Not so much)
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okletstryanother 9y ago
Quality post. Another thing I'd like to add is the development of critical thinking and writing skills. Helps to know yourself and think clearly.
fapordie_ 9y ago
Learn how to play Chess, too. The benefits are vast.
zorrotypeoutfit 9y ago
I prefer go.
IWantWhatsReal 9y ago
Yeah, you learn how to play chess and....what else?
fapordie_ 9y ago
Find out for yourself.
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No matter how many pads I punch and kick, I still fucking hate feminists.
I understand their perspective and it's opportunistic and dishonest as fuck.
willtopower2014 9y ago
WTF is a "Neo Nazi"? You sound like some brainwashed liberal retard.