JTarrou
3d ago
There's another big one: Our military speaks spanish and doesn't speak the six thousand dialects of the middle east. Having reliable communication with the locals is a pretty big deal.
JTarrou
3d ago
Did the bombing of teh Iranian nuclear facilities start a general war? Trump has ordered a fair few military actions, but none of them so far have lead to a wider conflict. Every time he does this, or engages in some sabre-rattling diplomacy, everyone shrieks that he's starting WW3 and wasn't he supposed to be anti-war?
Well, can't know what's in Trump's head. What we can know is the track record. I oppose a general invasion of Venezuela and hope that isn't Trump's plan. As far as a night of bombing and snatching a foreign head of state? It's cool if you get away with it.
JTarrou
6d ago
I think you're mistaking the advertising for the substance. From my dim memories of PK, it was a lot of complementarian christian feminism packaged in terms like "being a prayer warrior". A lot of "You need to be the leader of your household (by taking your wife's advice on everything)". There was absolutely nothing there about how to game single women, keeping wives in line, excelling in competitive endeavors etc. Nothing of what you're talking about. It was much more #2 than #1.
Furthermore, the whole "alpha/beta" thing is a useful shorthand perhaps, but not super descriptive of the phenomena we're talking about. You can't make large numbers of men "alpha" because it is an inherently zero-sum competitive thing. Those who claim to teach this are selling snake oil. There can be only one in any given room or situation. If we're talking how to appeal to women, the answer is contextual respect. You just need to achieve something respectable, and be a leader in a context that tickles a particular woman.
Of course, lots of men have contextual dominance of a field that reduces their appeal to most women. Being top DPS on your MMO raiding guild is competitive and zero-sum, but unlikely to attract many girls (though not zero). Being the least gay dude in a community theater is easier and better odds. The most sexually successful men I know are a pastor, a bartender/part owner of the bar, and a guy who organizes community bike rides. When you understand why this is, you understand contextual dominance.
It's just bait. Most kids aren't that enjoyable for most adults to interact with, plenty of exceptions of course. You're not supposed to say it because society has a guilt complex over how anti-natal we are. Here's the basic truth, so long as the kids are fed, clothed and housed reasonably well, not sexually or physically abused, the parents have done their job. Decent parenting isn't this crazy life-destroying thing that people make it out to be as if "tiger momming" was a good idea. You don't have to spend thirty-six hours a day enriching your kid. All that bullshit is posturing for other parents, not for the kids.
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