Me: 18 y/o first-year uni student. Lucky to find TRP at a young age, I've lurked for \~6 months, been lifting for 3 years and put what I read into practice to good effect for a few months now.

I believe that generation Z is, overall, shaping out to be the most aware recent generation.

Recently, the concept of "simps/simping" as a derogatory term has been popularised online. While it's hyperbolic, it is easy to see similarities with sidebar material.

From the linked article, a simp:

  • Puts females before themselves.
  • Will quickly defend a female
  • Has no game when coming to females so they only try to impress them by doing everything for them and lets females walk over them.

These align with the following fundamental principles:

  • Listen to Patrice O'Neal (RIP) on prioritising "himself, his career, his mother, and then her"
  • The "simp" defends a woman in an attempt to appeal to her as a beta protector
  • This is pretty explicit, the "simp" lacks game and loses frame easily

Enter Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg. He's a Swedish YouTuber, who began playing games and moved to comedic formatted shows. As the most subscribed non-company YouTuber, he's under intense scrutiny from mainstream media who describe him as "flirting with alt-right culture" so he walks a tightrope when producing content.

Today, he uploaded a video titled "NEVER call me a SIMP!", about the recent meme. The video is tongue in cheek targeted at a gen Z audience and will likely reach over five million viewers over the next few days. I am not suggesting that PewDiePie is aware of/alludes to TRP, however, of those five million, a small portion may reflect on their current sexual strategy and will search for an alternative. This isn't the first time PewDiePie "redpilled zoomers", such as outside of intergender relations when he pulled out of an ADL donation.

Overall, the accessibility of the "simp" meme and its further spread by figureheads like PewDiePie is an example of why I believe that the next generation of men will stray from traditional intergender ideals.