First of all I'd like to let you know that I'm not a blue piller, and I think that there are many useful aspects of the Red Pill philosophy, so this post isn't an insult or to shame anyone but a real question.
TRP focusses around not viewing girls as special, not being a beta, game, etc. and I agree with all of this, but the extent that I see a lot of people here take it to is a little too far. It seems like a lot of people on TRP are trying to become emotionally detached to women so that when they are rejected or betrayed by a woman they won't feel bad. They use their emotional detachment as a defense mechanism, whereas I think someone who was truly masculine wouldn't become emotionally detached but would be able to handle their negative emotions. A lot of red pillers seem bitter and angry at women, and even if this detachment helps you get girls is it really worth it? With this mentality, aren't women kind of ruined? I think a mixture of red pill with a little bit of normal is the best way of doing things, but a lot of people on here go too far. What do you think about this?
edit: Thanks for the gold
bicepsblastingstud 11y ago
TRP's not wrong... the kids posting all over this sub are.
HarleyWalker 11y ago
I agree. What the OP described sounds more like PUA than what the red pill necessarily is.
1100110011001 11y ago
This. Firstly, literature in the sidebar or other recommended reading by experienced trp's like arch & mods are do not put women down (at least not that I've seen) - they merely point out how they are different. A lot of people reading it and just accepting the RP will become angry that they've been living a lie by trying to become the man they thought they were supposed to be. The first reaction is to blame them. It's not their fault. Like Patrice O'Neal put it: "If you drop your baby in the ocean and a shark eat your baby, yeah you're gonna be pissed about it, but you can't blame the shark - that's what sharks do." (don't remember exact words).
So people will come on here posting anti-woman shit and other new rp'ers who are still mad and need someone to blame besides themselves will upvote that crap.
I love women and ones I form LTR with have my utmost respect and I treat like a queen and she treats me like a king. My current LTR of almost a decade knows about RP, agrees with it, and says she wouldn't want a non-RP man.
Like anything else you read on the internet, just filter out the bullshit and retain the good. You're gonna keep seeing a lot of misogynist post here, so get used to it. But realize that's not "RP Strategy"
KillingIsBadong 11y ago
To continue your point on the literature, I agree 100% with this. I've honestly learned more about myself and how to approach my relationships through reading suggested books, articles, and 'manifestos' than reading the constant downpour of reasonably isolated examples people post here. Of course there are quality threads, but I can't stress enough to new subscribers to read and ingest for a while before linking to every article they happen to dig up. I think this is a reason the whole of Reddit thinks so poorly of this community, they can't take the time to actually spend more than 3 minutes reading the top posts and make a broad assumption based off them.
Seeing and reading the front posts is enough to get you in the door and open your eyes, but the real goal of being a strong man won't come with just reading about how shitty women can be.
bicepsblastingstud 11y ago
Nice, I like this. I suspect you're going to get a lot of shit for it, but only from people who don't really understand.
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Think of First Lady Michelle Obama. She's an attractive, classy woman who supports her husband in all things. She may disagree with some of the things he does, but we never hear about it, because she has his back. He is a leader -- the leader -- and she responds to that by assuming the "first mate" role to his "captain."
Or take Leonidas' wife from that 300 movie. She was clearly a strong woman, but she was also subordinate and supportive to her husband, the king of Sparta. He was a leader and clearly very alpha -- and yet he also clearly loved and cherished his wife.
Yes, women are hypergamous and if you start to suck they won't love you anymore, but if you can maintain your frame, women are pretty awesome.
Women want to be led, so if you're a leader, life is good.
Any other guy who's had girlfriends come over just to clean and suck his dick, then leave with a smile on her face, is more than welcome to confirm this.
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FinnianWhitefir 11y ago
I think you need to differentiate between relationships and dating/approaching. I.E. when I apply to a job I don't get emotionally attached to the outcome, I don't get all depressed and sad when they hire someone else, I don't build up a whole life with this new job in my head before they even make me an offer. This is what you are seeing from guys here, that they should ask a girl for a date or sex with no investment in the outcome. You should be emotionally detached when you are trying to get a girl.
But yes, you should be "emotionally invested" in a wife, you should be hurt if she betrays you or leaves you, but TRP would also supposedly teach you how to make that less likely.
It's also rightly presented here as "If someone is going to destroy your life by them choosing to do X" then you should change your life as her doing X is completely valid and a potential happening.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
I agree with this post, but I still think some of these people take it too far.
etcomro 11y ago
Absolutely. Spot on. I notice this every time I go to TRP. I always end up thinking to myself "These men aren't the ones who are successful at this, they are the ones who are mad at women for some reason."
bicepsblastingstud 11y ago
Well, yeah. Think about it -- are the guys who are naturally successful with women concerned about how to do it better?
There's a heavy selection bias for people who are seeking out TRP to be the ones who tend to not do well with women. We have a few posters who just like to teach the more beta guys and/or live vicariously through them, but it certainly shouldn't be surprising that the majority of our subscribers are angry, bitter dudes who are still overcoming beta tendencies.
throwaway23412a 11y ago
Check out Mark Manson. His theories and tactics involve TRP, but also more psychology and uses honesty (with confidence) to get what you want.
Empathy is a highly desirable, masculine and strong trait. Some redpillers are still in the anger stage or are straight up sociopaths (rare).
You can still be a kind, loving guy; but the PC way to see redpill is this: don't be pushed around by people. Respect yourself. Stand your ground against women when they are acting immature but reward them with kindness and respect when they give you same thing.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
That's what I like about TRP, but I think too many redpillers forget about the emotional part of the relationship and focus only on protecting themselves because in the past they've been hurt by women. But protecting yourself isn't the relationship, only a part of the relationship, and if that's the only part they're going to be focusing on then they're going to have a shitty relationship.
Average_Black_Man 11y ago
Do you not understand that there was recently a huge influx of members that like to post/troll without knowing what they're talking about? Read the sidebar material, not the posts.
kingofpoplives 11y ago
You've hit on the dark side of TRP -- fear of inadequacy.
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RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
Normally I'm not politically correct but I figured I'd be downvoted to oblivion if I wasn't polite, because that's how reddit works.
teeelo 11y ago
This ain't your normal ring of sub Reddits.
Ain't no karma whoring here son.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
People still downvote things here though.
loin_fruit 11y ago
The only thing I've ever disagreed about trp is how some of the members views on things seem to collide or contradict others views on certain situations.
LS_D 11y ago
that's called "life" ... and it's everywhere!
loin_fruit 11y ago
Yeah I'm not complaining. Just saying that you can't always take someone's experience and opinion and always use it in your circumstance.
Situations are different. Some of the information that new members receive won't always work in the certain situation they are in and some will work perfectly.
LS_D 11y ago
of course,, that's just natural though!
Squeezymypenisy 11y ago
Just use a strategy and see if it works. It's called theory for a reason. Trial and error bud, that's life. There are no guarantees except some hard facts. And yea this sub has recently gotten a lot of bitter guys who are new. I've been a realist my whole life so a lot of the theories I found enlightening. They didn't make me bitter. You'll hear the line "the pill is bitter." Its not really, they were just believing a fantasy before and now they've been unplugged and had their eyes opened. It's called The Red PILL, for a reason.
kami_kakushi 11y ago
as far as i can tell, the only time emotions are mentioned on TRP is "dont get oneitis"
other than that its all practical stuff.
anyways, TRP works. so, ya know who cares?
choose:
a) emotionally attached and pussy-free (and likely lonely beta depressed)
b) emotionally detached and getting pussy
blah blah, why rely on your relationship with someone else for your emotional support? get your godamn emotional support from within yourself.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
Or
c) emotionally attached but have the strength to detach yourself if the relationship is failing.
Being emotionally detached takes no character or personal strength. You're not becoming stronger and able to deal with negative emotions, just never feeling them in the first place, you're still the same weak person you were when you started.
Don't rely solely on your girlfriend for emotional support, but if you're not going to be attached to her at all why not just get a prostitute?
demilitarizdsm 11y ago
Dudes come here beta trained to cater to "emotional needs" in a proportion that's not necessary and perhaps costing them opportunities. (like me!) It's like a bell curve though where big gains are made putting the brakes on but then can bite you in the ass if you get too out there. You and other comments are right that handling emotions and well managed empathy is ideal.
LS_D 11y ago
It seems like it, does it? .... that's vague
you do huh? niiice! Have you been 'thinking' for very long?
really? They do, do they? "bitter and angry?"
I don't think so ... but then again, I'm a guy, so what would I know?!
Could you possibly provide an example of a "bitter and angry" OP/poster?
Is that right? Well, damn, sweety, that's real nice of you to care and share your opinions and all ,, for opinions is all they are, BUT, hot damn darlin, we don't do much "normal" around here! Oh no no no no no! Go back to Tumblr for 'normal' hehe!
We leave the 'normal' and mundane shit to the likes of the White Knights and Beta manginas who do All the "normal" stuff like 'orbiting' and oneitis so well , tha ... nah, they can have the "normal" shit, whilst the 'Alphas' of this world will continue to strive to improve meaning there's very little "normal" in the 'average alpha's' life!
"we" didn't 'make' TRP,, it's not a 'thing', it's a 'philosophy', an 'ideology' if you will, for it preaches self improvement and understanding women as "the way" to success and happiness with the 'fairer sex'! And I say, Yay for TheRedPill!
So, whilst you are entitled to your opinion, I personally would rather you youngsters and your opinions would spend a bit more time IRL away from their keyboards actually doing the things that a bunch of us 'older' Red Pill'er's have already done (like hook up with lots of lovely women), and so our 'advice' is based upon our experience ,, Not our 'opinions',, which is all your post is ... you have no experience* upoon which to base it
I wish you kids would think, before you make such silly posts! And Me thinks OP is female lol, trying to "get us to agree" so that she can then 'believe' her 'opinions' are 'facts' and 'speak accordingly' ... please go back to Tumblr could you,, at least until you've got some 'hard core experience from under your belt, homie, then you can talk the talk, after you have 'walked the walk'
TRP is an 'ideology' based upon extensive observation and consideration of, the 'behavior' of, the (much) larger component of female humans in western societies; and although at first glance it can appear that some of these 'observations' are quite misogynist, when they are in fact, they are far from being so, which becomes apparent with enough comprehension of Red Pill ideology.
TRP is more specifically, a 'reaction' to the way that some women have begun to espouse and promote certain 'feminist misandrist' (?sp?) behaviors, particularly over the past 30 odd years, and via such beliefs, they have subsequently nurtured and promoted the 'advance and fall' of the Beta Male into misery!
And the consequential advance of the Alpha male!
The 'average' reasonably good looking western females, especially those between the ages of 20 and 35 have become a group of 'self entitled humans, with an "Access All Areas PussyPass" they all know very well, how to use! Shit there's even a subreddit devoted to women literally getting away with murder!! /r/PussyPass is as scary as fuck from a guys pov! Why isn't there the male equivalent? Why do women get this 'privilege' but the converse is true for men, with far too many being falsely accused of 'raping' a woman. FFS even your wife can accuse you of rape these days!
TRP is our way of surviving and thriving in this crazy world we currently inhabit!
Whilst there have always been "natural" 'alpha males' ... many were unaware of exactly what it was* that they were "doing right", to get the girls,
For their friends were 'nice guys' who never got any pussy, and so, as the ''why's and wherefore's" of the dynamics behind this were most unclear,,that is until a bunch of guys started giving this "Game" some serious thought, trying to piece together the 'rationale behind' the 'common female behavior' that almost every man had experienced but really had no idea 'why' ,, "she had done that!"
TRP is an 'in depth assessment of female behavior', and together with a few thousand guys who have both, swallowed the Pill and experienced the effects of the stuff, it has evolved into quite a complex ideology with several 'sub-branches' of this 'ideology' the 'essence' of RP philosophy,, including /r/TRP and /r/askTRP' ... /r/RPwomen, and of course /r/TRP's antithesis, /r/TheBluePill etc etc
TRP is becoming popular becoz it works!, and it 'works' becoz it's not wrong!. Simple!
Combined with subreddits like DeadBedrooms, where guys can go to empathize with the dudes writing about their DB's and 'compare stories' with the guys who are at their breaking point after (far too) many years of a bunch of kids, a DeadBedroom, unhaaappy wife, and a basically FUBAR life! ...
It's tragic to read about men who have been lucky to get, some type of sexual activity once a year for the past several years! and are completely Betatized* ....
However, to see these same guys come to TRP in desperation, and then they "swallow the Pill", and then their lives change for the better as they realize the 'mistakes' they have been making with their own lives, and the way they were treating the women in their lifes ...
And a fair percentage come back to thank The Red Pill,, for giving them the knowledge that helped them save their marriage/relationship, coming back and giving detailed posts about their 'success' and how "swallowing TRP" changed their lives for the better!
You should search '/r/askTRP' and /r/TRP for people who are "thanking TheRedPill" ,, there you will find numerous detailed stories of men who have 'found' TRP and have 'changed their lives' becoz of it.
TYL
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Holy shit , how the fuck can this bother you so much that you have to write down a 1000 word essay.
LS_D 11y ago
meh, nbd, I'm nicely stoned on choice stanky buds! lol
zyk0s 11y ago
You are essentially asking "what about love?". The answer is: it's not the same as it used to be.
I know you want to fall in love, get those great feelings your adrenaline, dopamine and especially oxytocin create in your brain. You want to find a way to give free rein to your emotions for your woman, while making sure she won't betray and hurt you. Well guess what, it's not possible anymore.
The sexual revolution made sure of that. As with everything, it has benefits and drawbacks, and everything balances out at the end, just probably not the way you'd like. Women can now fuck and experience much more alpha than their SMV would have allowed in the past, and alphas have a much higher access to lots of different women.
But all this comes at a cost: the ideal love fantasy of both men and women is out of the picture. The average man wants to find a pure woman to fall in love with; if he acts this way with a modern woman, he's going to get burned. The average woman wants to find a confident man who will court her and commit to her before sex happens; if she doesn't give the hot man sex on the first date, he'll lose interest.
This is the reality we live in, so you should accept that yes, sadly, love is no longer possible (at least not in the way you want it to be). Thank the feminists.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
I agree with this to some extent, but I still think falling in love is possible, you just have to be more cautious nowadays and able to handle betrayal. What I think is bad though is when people focus only on the being cautious part and not the relationship part.
zyk0s 11y ago
I didn't say falling in love was impossible, just that falling in love and not having your woman dump you as a result of you being in love with her is very, very unlikely. Realize that what you call falling in love is putting yourself in a vulnerable state, emotionally. Women do not like a vulnerable man, especially when they are bombarded with messages of grrrl power and believe themselves to be strong and independent.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
I don't necessarily think it's the vulnerability that makes them disrespect/leave you, I think they know they're going to be able to get away with a lot because you're infatuated with them and will tolerate the bad things they do. That's why women trick men to get things they want, because they know that someone who is attracted to them will do what they want for a while until eventually feeling betrayed.
I don't think that means you shouldn't love them though. As an analogy, think about 2 different families. Both love their kids. In one family, they show this love by buying tons of toys and treats for their kid, and when he acts up they can't bring themselves to punish him. This kid is spoiled and feels like his family will give to him no matter what he does, so he acts out and is an all-around entitled little asshole. The other family loves their kid, but they don't shower him in toys, and they don't tolerate it when he acts up or disobeys them. In this family, everyone will still love each other, but they'll also respect each other.
This isn't just how it is with kids, it's the same way with friends, or with business partners, or any personal relationship, including your relationship with your girlfriend. Loving her doesn't cause her to cheat on you, or to use you for her benefit, what causes that is allowing her to disrespect you and not doing anything about it.
tldr; You can still love someone, just make sure you don't let them abuse your love. Teach them respect, and they will respect you.
zyk0s 11y ago
Good, now we're getting somewhere. Treat your woman as you would treat your child: be patient, realize they are not as mature or responsible as you, set boundaries and protect them from harm. A man's love for a woman should be closer to a parent's love for their child than a woman's love for her man.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
See this is something I've thought even before visiting TRP, I think most of our disagreements here are probably due to an error in communication. The only thing I'm really criticizing about the red pill is that many people seem to take it too far and never become attached to women at all out of a fear of being betrayed by them.
Does anyone not treat their woman similar to how they would a child? I thought that was just expected, even outside of TRP.
zyk0s 11y ago
Sadly, no. That's the phenomenon called pedestalization and it's what the average beta man does when he falls in love. It is what many of us did before coming here (myself included). Since we have been raised like this and are prone to these tendencies, it's understood that it is better for us to err on the side of detachment.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
By detachment do you mean treating women differently than you would've before, or do you mean actually being emotionally detached?
zyk0s 11y ago
Women exert a great deal of sexual power over men. Men may have physical and intellectual advantages, but women can get men to do their bidding. Just look at the poor saps who kill other men because their girl cried rape, only to spend a significant portion of their life in jail. Women are able to do that when men are 100% emotionally invested in them. You need a healthy amount of emotional detachment if you want to avoid being played and keep her interest in you.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
I think this is where we disagree, I think you can still be emotionally attached to her but still be cautious. Love her, but be mature about it.
mordanus 11y ago
You are focusing on the bitterness that people are feeling from being lied to their whole lives and trying to use their bitterness and proof that trp is flawed? Do you not see how that logic is flawed? Their bitterness isn't part of trp. Trp is about having your eyes opened and being able to see things as they really are and that's exactly what it is. How people take or react to the truth is entirely up to them and shouldn't reflect on the truth in the slightest.
Almost everything you have posted is an emotional argument as to why you wish to continue living in a bluepill reality. How you wish to deal with the truth is up to you. If you make a better effort to study the sidebar and put those things into effect your life will improve.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
I agree with aspects of TRP philosophy, but I think a lot of it is implemented wrongly by people.
SillyAmerican 11y ago
First of all, this is under the premise that women are the end game. Women should be a side note in your life, and shouldn't be the centerpiece. What works for one, might not work for others. If people choose TRP to become detached to women, fine for them. But i never see that encouraged. TRP is a tool for a way to life your life, not a way of life.
RedPillington 11y ago
every strategy has its limits and exceptions.
solariant 11y ago
There are a few fairly fundamental flaws in the articles posted, even in the side bar. One of the biggest, and it's something TRP really must address if it wants to shake off the image of "lonely, butthurt young neckbeard shut-ins" that it has, is that everything is anecdotal- it's all "Look, this is the way it is, because I've seen it..." or "This is the way things are because common sense tells me so" (meaning THEIR interpretation of common sense). It needs more basis in science and it needs to be able to relate more of its theories to proven scientific findings, if it wants to get wider acceptance.
Ralt 11y ago
No, we just don't believe in Real-Love^TM with that wonderful Unicorn. It's not emotional detachment, it's no longer deluding yourself about reality.
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Ralt 11y ago
I believe in love I just know and accept unconditional love is a delusion.
LibertarianLibertine 11y ago
I'll write the TL;DR that you forgot:
"If I can't worship women, what is the purpose of living?"
And that calls himself redpill...
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
More like "What's the point of a relationship if you're going to be emotionally detached, why not just get a prostitute?" Sheesh, some of you people are like a lighter form of SRS but with bitter men instead of women.
[deleted] 11y ago
Good job handling criticism.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
Thank you, my r3dd1tor fr13nd.
LibertarianLibertine 11y ago
You wouldn't be completely detached in a relationship, just aware of reality and the fact that it's conditional. Doesn't mean you should appreciate it less.
If you don't see the difference between that and paying a ho, you got a problem.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
He used an exaggeration so I used one in response, having some sort of emotional attachment does not mean you worship women.
CaptainFalconer 11y ago
I think the contradiction you're dealing with is Casual Sex, versus LTR'S. Different TRPers have different goals.
But either way, if you were to use a job hunting analogy. Even if you have a great job doesn't mean you should implicitly assume they will never fire you. Even if you do everything perfect and go above and beyond.
Never get too committed to anything in life, besides yourself.
Or else your world will be destroyed when that person/thing is gone.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
I disagree, I think that the solution is to learn how to handle betrayal/rejection rather than to never get committed in the first place. Be committed, but if she betrays you then leave.
CaptainFalconer 11y ago
Catch being that's terribly passive when it comes to maintaining relationships.
Just accepting the results you get, rather than exerting some control to prevent the situation in the first place.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
I'm not saying you shouldn't exert control, I'm saying you shouldn't be emotionally detached.
mordanus 11y ago
You have to realize that most of the shit you have been fed all your life is a lie. That is what the redpill combats. There is no fairy tale happily ever afters. Love does not exist like you believe or hope it to be. Your picture perfect relationship doesn't exist. Once you realize that men and women love in completely different ways you will begin to understand why trp talks about relationships like we do.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
Love is not a fairy-tale, but it's not what many people on here would have you believe either. There will always be conflict between two partners, but love does exist.
mordanus 11y ago
You have to clarify then what you believe love to be. Most people think a hell of a lot of stupid bullshit as far as what love really is. It is a chemical reaction in your brain that makes you feel an attachment to another being. I have seen far too many people say they love someone only to have that chemical reaction undone for one reason or another.
The fairy tale love that most people believe in doesn't exist. Women don't love you with loyalty. Their hypergamy will make them leave the first chance they get. Women don't love you as a person. They will never love you for you. They will love what you can provide for them. They love how you entertain them or guide them. They never love you just because you are you.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
I think we're talking about a certain type of woman here, because I think many women are (and have met many women who are) capable of loving someone because they are attached to them and not because they are good providers. I believe love is basically an attachment to someone "for who they are", and I don't think that's nonexistent. Women may grow apart, and so can men, but that doesn't mean love never existed. It's really a lot more complex then what people here will have you to believe, if you act paranoid you're not going to be hurt, but you're going to miss out on a lot too.
mordanus 11y ago
No you haven't. You believe that because you are projecting on them. You desperately want it to be the case so you are making it so. This is almost completely based on attraction. If a man is attractive then a woman will love him and if he stops being attractive she will stop loving him.
That kind of concept is difficult to understand I get why you are resisting it. It is hardwired into you to believe but it isn't true. There is just too much information out there to believe it anymore. Love isn't some magical thing that you fall in or out of. It just doesn't work like that. If it did then fat ugly women everywhere would stop complaining because it would be happening to them. All the betas in the world would stop saying "chicks only dig assholes" because they would find someone to love them instead of use them for a paycheck. It just doesn't work the way you want. That is the point of the red pill. Open your eyes and see or don't. Live with the lie for all we care. But when you come and argue that truth isn't true it just makes you look retarded.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
What you believe is the truth isn't the truth, it's safer to believe all women are shallow because then you can never grow attached to or be hurt emotionally by one, but they aren't.
mordanus 11y ago
I never said women are shallow. I said they love differently. They don't love like you want them to love. If you think that is shallow then it's on you. You can go ahead and keep dreaming about that special person out there that will love you for being you but it doesn't exist. Eventually you will realize that.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree for now.
MasterMH 11y ago
Read the sidebar not the majority current posts.
kick6 11y ago
Title: is the red pill strategy flawed
Entire post: people people people people
Its like the idiots that claim that guns kill people. They don't, people kill people. Don't blame the tools for improper usage by a human.
[deleted] 11y ago
The Red Pill consists of a bunch of related theories. It gets taken to the extreme by some posters, probably because they're young and their relationship experience mostly consists of bar hookups and Red Pill theory they've read online. Ironically, posters claim TRP is science, bitches!, but then have absolutely no tolerance for critique of it, which is the hallmark of religious fanatics. Science should be open to critique and discussion, because science is an observation-based understanding that evolves over time. Without critique it stagnates.
Anyway, getting back to the heart of your query, I think that the hardening and conscious selfishness inherent in some strategies advocated here is not a winning tactic. I think that masculinity is not devoid of empathy. It takes a lot more strength to be empathic yet strongly masculine and therefore few people achieve it. You can love people and yet understand them at the same time. In fact, I would argue that true understanding leads more often to love than to hate, because this kind of hate comes when you just think of how you feel about how what you've learned about someone affects you personally.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
This sums up what I think about it.
[deleted] 11y ago
You are not asking a question. You are rationalizing away using trp because it is so different from what you perceive is "normal". You should not be asking if the strategy is flawed because every strategy has flaws. There is no perfect strategy but at the end of the day despite trp's flaws it works. you can not argue with success, results are results whether you find the tactics abhorrent or not these people are successful in their endeavors. Though, if you don't like trp you should just be yourself I heard somewhere that works out well.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
If the tactics are abhorrent then it does matter, because if you're willing to become emotionally detached and bitter then you're not really bettering yourself. And if you think about it, you're also being a beta because you're willing to give up all decency for the chance of sex. I still agree with a lot of TRP concepts, just think the extent people take it to is too far.
edit: Also, not being used/rejected by a woman isn't the only part of the game. You've also got to be able to understand each others feelings if you don't want to become distant. What's a relationship if neither of you trust each other and are focussing on avoiding rejection instead of having fun?
El_Shakiel 11y ago
If I've read this, I've read this all.
1 rule over here @ TRP: Do not call others alpha or beta. You don't get to make that call.
Honestly, to me this exactly the type of shitpost most of us have been complaining about lately. I am still wondering why this hasn't been deleted already.
You should come here to ask questions about TRP, not questioning it
teeelo 11y ago
wat
Someone's not reading the side bar me thinks.
kick6 11y ago
You don't understand what beta means
Your assumption that all of this used within the framework of a relationship and/or the end goal of TRP is to get into a relationship belies the fact that you are, still, beta. You default to monogamy as the correct framework for sex.
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RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
I already said that I don't think TRP is a bad strategy, just that people take the concepts too far and it becomes one when they do this. And while there are "extremists" in every ideology, there sure are a lot in TRP.
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That is subjective, there has been an influx of new members so when you are new to something you tend to go overboard. Wait till they become more accustomed to it. At the end of the day though a trp extremist is far less worse than an srs extremist.
kborz1 11y ago
Yea the anger stage of realizing you've been lied to your whole life is pretty strong for a lot of newbies. But ones you internalize the way women's nature is and aspect it, there is nothing to be angry about. That's just the way men and women are. All trp does is show the truth about intersexual relationships. I'm sure most veteran trpers will agree that they love women for who they are. As someone said before, it's like being mad at your dog because it are your shoe or the clouds because they rained on you.
cray-cray-cray 11y ago
Is a particular woman ruined? Or is the idea of love ruined?
On the first question, that depends on the woman. On the second question, pretty much yeah. But it was anyway.
Yeah, that's true too.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
I don't think TRP should ruin love, it should change the way you treat it, but not ruin it.
cray-cray-cray 11y ago
TRP will ruin the "idea" of love, or maybe better stated, the "ideal" of love. This is because the concept of love was flawed to start with for so many people.
I'm not saying people shouldn't love, or that men shouldn't love. But if you want to keep your girl, I do find it useful to know that girls typically don't love in the same way that guys do. I struggled with that one for awhile, despite years of personal experience to the contrary.
I could be wrong, but we don't sound far apart on that.
RedditReddiRedd 11y ago
I agree with that, I thought you'd meant love was nonexistent which is what some people act like around here. They tend to focus only on the keeping their girl part, and not on the rest of the relationship.
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kborz1 11y ago
Go get em tiger