Yesterday I was taking to someone who, upon finding out I have four kids, said “I’m sorry” and started to laugh.
I get it.
Family is now a burden. It’s low class to have more than two kids and sacrifice travel, restaurants, and all the other high-life trappings for them.
What if, a year from now, we have:
- More American manufacturing
- More moms realizing outside work is overrated
- More remote white collar work
- Tighter borders
- More gardens and savings
- More entrepreneurs
When done wrong, marriage and family can be a living hell.
When done right, they are as close to heaven as we can get on earth.
Don’t let those who did it wrong convince you it’s impossible to do it right.
Imagine if, every time you gave your kid a hug or a compliment, every time you spoke well of them to someone else, you finished it off with, “no pedo, lol.”
That’s what we’ve done to male friendships for the last 30 years.
Unpopular opinion: If we had a culture that promoting marrying and family building in your early 20’s and focused on the pros of doing so, we’d have fewer divorces and much better family laws.
Your big goal is to retire early.
Mine is to own enough land and be connected with enough people who are culturally interested and financially capable enough that we can build a small, walkable village in which we can raise our families and live our own culture.
I know many people are going to (intentionally?) misinterpret what I’m saying but here goes.
I believe men are born with two innate, physical drives - sex and violence. Both are dangerous if either repressed or given free rein and both are incredible forces for good when
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For a man there is nothing quite like sparring with a friend.
Nothing builds the camaraderie like punching and being punched.
Men are meant to fight and being warriors.
It’s only a recent development that men are so out of touch with their physical side.
Masculinity is like money. The more of it you have the more you can afford to “spend it” on things like gentleness, patience, and benevolence.
But most modern males have no masculine capital and are living entirely on credit.
Yesterday I had the privilege of baptizing my oldest daughter.
She was surrounded by family and loved ones, the Spirit was strong, and I was proud of her for all the work she put into preparing for it.
The suburbs are the death of aesthetics.
The more time I spend in both urban and rural environments the more I realize that living in a small air conditioned box, traveling in a smaller air conditioned box, and working in a larger air conditioned box - will kill a man’s soul.
I don’t understand this.
This man has no idea who you are. You are part of a nebulous mass to him.
He’s acting. That’s what he does. Why do so many people feel validated by and emotional about this?
You: Being happily married, with well-raised kids, and a meaningful career is a fantasy only idiots fall for in 2018 because it’s entirely unrealistic
Also you: I’m going to bang 1000 chicks, live all over the world, make millions of dollars, and command every room I walk into
Yes, everyone’s circumstances are different but my advice is, have as many kids as you can, love the crap out of them, raise them to be people you love being around, and watch every aspect of your life improve.
Btw, my son is doing more than his body weight here 😁
The Chichen Itza Pyramid has a rather astonishing and beautiful sonic artifact.
If you clap your hands in front of it, you will be presented with the sound of the Quetzal Bird.
Consider the amount of planning and engineering this required.
Unpopular opinion: talking about how our brains aren’t fully developed until our mid 20’s is just a massive cope for the fact that we are a culture of perpetual adolescents and have failed to instill any dignity or responsibility in our children.
Adult males being absolutely devastated about sports being cancelled is insane to me.
Unless you’re a player or in the industry, it really shouldn’t be that emotional.
Fathers have a moral obligation to dress well. Why?
Because it helps show your kids that self-respect, individuality, ambition, intentionality, and enthusiasm don’t die when you become a dad.
Doesn’t have to be expensive or formal but dress with purpose and intention.
I've never worn a mask for more than 15 minutes.
Yesterday I had to for the better part of 12 hours.
There's no way breathing your own air for that long is healthy. We are insane.
Risky prediction: We’re 5-10 years away from a huge and deep religious revival.
I keep seeing people inch closer and closer to God without even knowing it.
A heavily-armed SWAT team just took down a Christian pastor heading home from church. Police say he’s charged with “inciting” people to go to church. This is the second pastor jailed this year. We’re crowdfunding his lawyers at
Imagine being an adult male and getting more excited, emotional, and invested in other men playing sports than you do in what’s going on in your own life.
Unpopular opinion: you can be incredibly masculine and still be a virgin.
Tell me the devout Christian 18-yr-old who charged on D-Day was less of a man than your favorite pickup artist.
30 tips to improve your style:
1. Get your pants hemmed so there’s only a small break at your ankles - most guys’ pants are too long
2. If you’re wearing something bold, keep everything else understated and neutral
The funniest part of being in California this week was having a drink in a plastic cup, with a plastic lid, but a paper straw.
Made it so obvious that it’s nothing more than virtue signaling.
One of life’s biggest ironies is that status drives everything, but its open pursuit is a low-status signal - meaning everything has to be covert and deniable.
After my son’s first wrestling match tonight, I’m now fully convinced that there’s nothing better for young boys than organized sports - the more physical the better.
It’s pretty simple.
People would rather get the vaccine so they don’t have to give up donuts rather than give up donuts so they don’t have to get the vaccine.
Health is not the goal.
I see people who stop at one or two (let alone having none at all) and can’t help but feel sad about all the extra love, excitement, and growth they’re missing out on.