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e69ec3 No.5[Reply]

Welcome to /man/

Here's a general info thread to get you started.

>Overall great website for teaching classical skills of being a man. no "swag", but traditional male values and skills.
http://www.artofmanliness.com/

>diet for higher testosterone
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/01/18/how-to-increase-testosterone-naturally/

>100 must read books
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/05/14/100-must-read-books-the-essential-mans-library/

>100 must watch movies
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2009/07/13/100-must-see-movies/
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f848da No.145[Reply]

I posted this on /pol/ first, but I think it fits right in here too.

We have to recognize the main difference between men and the SJWs (including their male counterparts): they - and other kinds of dumb ideologues - can't face reality. We have seen this kind of behavior time and time again. They surround themselves in their little mental and tumblr hugboxes and imagine all kinds of oppression happening to them. Because they can´t face reality instead of taking it head on, they look for excuses. "It's his fault. It's their fault", so on and so on.

And what is the reality they fear facing head on?

Life isn't fair. Life isn't sunshine and rainbows. Life can be hell sometimes.

The ultimate reality of this world and, maybe, of the whole universe is this:

conflict.

From the beginnings of organic life, organisms had to fight and kill for their survival. Reality is blood, violence and death. There's no escaping it. That is the law of the land. The law of club and fang, as London puts it.

We, especially as men, are beasts of conflict. We evolved in harsh times. We had to work every fucking day for our food and our survival. For millennia. Civilization is a rather new accomplishment in the great scale of time. It's great, we can't deny that. Still we are the same beasts of killing.
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a35077 No.146

>>145

>Life isn't fair. Life isn't sunshine and rainbows. Life can be hell sometimes.


Plus most of them are literally designed to pick up free shit. Be careful who you spook. It could be a insane coward.

>Our first fight against this corrupt world of ours is in our personal lives

Read that in the alternative right for years. This can't be stressed enough, therefor I sperg about for a while.

The first step to a brighter future is get off one's ass and do something for self betterment. Without anything to do, any higher purpose at all, you can as well become an hero. This is one of the aspects the philosophical dudes in the alt right outside of imageboards are discussing for years; Everything the modern World offers to us is worthless shit and easily achievable. This is why it is a good idea to pick your boring, autistic tomes about whatever (in my case ancient Orient), cast iron and tools and learn the hard way how to use these. Preparation for conflicts are also a good idea. Whether we like it or not, murricas 10 saecululi are almost over and the empire will collapse. Then everything will shift towards /k, in context of the thread more conflict.

Later I will pick out some videos as inspiration towards other means of preparation since the world will not get Mad Max.


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361c05 No.204[Reply]

Do you believe men are into youth thus more likely to be attracted to girls vs women?

70fe80 No.205

I'm into MILFs myself.


a8c2b5 No.207

I think men are more attracted to more submissive in behavior women the quiet patient type. And I think itsasy to find in younger girls and women. Women want men that make them feel like a woman and men want woman who man them feel like men.



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0a7727 No.206[Reply]

I've been debating with myself about the idea of a "man of the house' and what it means to others. So I wanted to ask you man/ and I also wanted to ask about other aspects of a mans role in family? Pic unrelated.


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3d55f1 No.90[Reply]

Are you religious, /man/?
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4ea490 No.189

We're all living in a simulation.

2bdb39 No.198

My god is hope, or, if not that, god gives hope and it's all I need from him.

I got this from my father, who quit alcohol before I was born through AA, and developed his religious thoughts.

I truly believe that all you need is hope, and with hope will come will-power, and with will-power will come progress.

All I need.

824a09 No.201

Catholic


e44ddb No.202

identify as Mohammedan although i seldom prays and sometimes cheat on the fasting month


71f653 No.203

>>90

I have a firm belief in the existence of one God. I like to call him by my the name my people have given to it when I pray. I don't exactly wish for things. I mostly thank him.

I also believe I have a deep connection with my ancestors, and their spirits can effect my life.

That's probably just my autism though.



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bb8c72 No.12[Reply]

anyone wanna talk about bushcraft?

favorite books? favorite shows? gear?
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d4c687 No.190

Well i was going to upload Mors Kochanski Bushcraft .pdf but i guess uploading documents hasnt been enabled here.

d4c687 No.191

Love all Ray Mears shows, first 3 seaons of Dual Survival, (utubers)NativeSurvival, AloneWolverine1984, and Joe Robinet Bushcraft , WildernessOutfitters and last Mr. Kochanski on Karamat(sp) school.

8bb85d No.192

Can this board allow pdf to bye uploaded??

bb8c72 No.195

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testing pdf upload


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14ff7f No.170[Reply]

25 never have had a girlfriend.
>Short
>My height dstroys all hope with women from what I can see.
>I'm still expected to contribute a society that has fucked me over.
>Missed out all the good stuff in dating.
>It's actually making me suicidal.

I have a good job, I'm fit, I have hobbies and friends but I feel doomed to never have girlfriend. I feel frustarated when I think of how shit western women have allowed themselves to become.
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650448 No.174

>>170
>those piercings

If that is you then I think I may have found your problem.

88fcee No.175

>>171

Nope. In fact the opposite is true if you learn how to handle women.

http://www.rooshvforum.com/thread-42709.html

http://captaincapitalism.blogspot.de/2014/02/the-economics-of-sex-and-attention.html

The latter blog has a more interesting article about the rising Sexual Market value of men over 30.

I may not give a shit about grills, but in general, do away with the piercings.

bd6e30 No.176

Ditch the piercings, /man/. If I fight you the first thing I'll do is rip those pieces of metal off your ear.

f31667 No.181

>>170
I know that feel bro. Im 5ft4. However I can tell you that life isnt impossible. Yes being short makes it hard to date, its a handicap. But its nt impossible. I myself went through 3 gfs in 3 months last year. I just got off my ass and decided to start dating and I did it. I went from no gf and depressed to a lady killer, well better off then what I was.

Its not impossible man. But let me tell you if you go out looking the way you do in your pic then its not wonder girls dont like you. Your expression convey to the world how you value yourself. I know you've heard this again again from girls but its true. You need to take control of your life and start living to your full potential.

Life isn't all about dating and getting girls. How about doing things for yourself every once in a while? Pursue things you enjoy. Find something you a passionate about that gives you grounding life, something to look forward too. This will be great for conversation too. Imagine you take up scuba diving. Its great, you go diving and you see a shark. Think about that story on a first date.

Getting in shape doesnt hurt either. You'll look and fell better and you'll radiate that. Its strange to say but healthy and fit people look better and almost shinier like their skin looks better. You;re engergised. People like that.

7ef1d1 No.187

>>170
>>181

A tip: try going after tall girls. They are on a similar boat as short guys - they are not feminine enough and tall guys have midgets jumping on their cocks. You just need to deal with height difference.

They are not easy, but less picky than girls that are shorter than you.


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e73b5a No.94[Reply]

/fem/ is on the featured board list. The girly board is doing better than we are.
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e07d6d No.162

>/fem/ is on the featured board list
Not anymore!

This is our chance!

79e02c No.182

>>94
I post in fem and fem2 to disrupt their space. Their board is 80% bullshit.

57ab72 No.183

>>182

No shit! First one is run by Swami, 8chan's most notorious shitposter.

97cc7a No.184

Both /fem/ and /man are faggot boards.

/man/ is autist MRAs with nothing better to do than hate women and /fem/ is one part SJW retards and one part crossdressing 8channers pretending to be girls to get off

5febf7 No.185

>>184

What a load of bullshit. We are trying to clone certain parts of the Roosh V forum. Nothing more nothing less.


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d4a9f2 No.79[Reply]

Get a load of this one.

http://therawness.com/reader-letters-1-part-4/

tl:dr of the stuff I read

>Game, as it teached by the dating advice industry, is a sophisticated version of codependency

>Shit tests are like tests in compulsory education in the sense that you undermine societies expectations from you by not taking them

>If you have low self esteem, learning 2 game doesn't teach you to improve your situation.

>In other words: You just suppress the symptoms with game

>The Game, the book that started it all is full of red flags. So are internet rumors about the people in it.
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7ecd0e No.81

More tl:dr

>The grills PUAs aim at is are in general shit

>pumping and dumping is not a punishment for them since their aim are intense feels.

>Decent women only get shit by pumping and dumping.

>'At least the so-called beta got no sex after just investing 5 minutes rather than day, weeks or months. It’s a lesson every man needs to learn, value access to your time, flattering attention and ego boosts you dole out as much as women or more than value access to their vaginas.'

>Game teaches to torture dick over the failures of shit women. All the mental gymnastics makes it hard to hold them accountable as well

>“The sage tries to control his own ego. The fool tries to control the egos of others.”

>i.e. Next negative side effect is control freakery. Its just like OCPD with people instead of objects.
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519073 No.167

>>79
The game might objectively shit but not from an evolutionary/reproductive perspective.

These sleazy honorless mannequins with zero sense of responsibility do spread their genes more by planting bastards all around. Why do you think the world is shit?

bd4ca3 No.169

>>167

/r /K dynamics. It comes all down to free shit combined with what you said. Without free shit you can forget it.

I also refuse to insult everyone's intelligence by believing that Mystery could have a bastard.


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69b23d No.161[Reply]

I've created a wiki for the board.
http://8man.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

It's still a WIP, but at least the rules are up. feel free to contribute.

if you've created an article that you would like the wiki's front page to link to, then just make a comment in this thread
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25d427 No.1[Reply]

To get things started I'll just post some old virtues/moral codes

Examples of Prussian virtues

* Austerity or Thrift (German: Sparsamkeit)
* Bravery without self-pity (German: Tapferkeit ohne Wehleidigkeit) "Lerne leiden ohne zu klagen." Translation: "Learn to suffer without complaint."
* Courage (German: Mut)
* Determination (German: Zielstrebigkeit)[citation needed]
* Discipline (German: Disziplin)
* Frankness or Probity (German: Redlichkeit)
* Godliness, coupled with religious tolerance (German: Gottesfurcht bei religiöser Toleranz) "Jeder soll nach seiner Façon selig werden." Translation: "Everyone shall be * * * * blessed according to their own belief."
* Humility or Modesty (German: Bescheidenheit)
* Incorruptibility (German: Unbestechlichkeit)[3]
* Industriousness or Diligence (German: Fleiß)
* Loyalty (German: Treue)
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25d427 No.84

>>83

Not at all. personally I'm a moral nihilist so I take the view that we each need to choose or build up our own moral code/system.

I also think looking to historical moral codes can definitely be beneficial (kinda the main point of my OP)

can I ask why you chose "Scandinavian" virtues?
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6f8511 No.87

>>84
I just happened to come across that image and notice many of them are the same "virtues" Jack Donovan describes as defining manhood (that is, Strength, Courage, Mastery, Honor) in his The Way of Men book. I took his book to heart, but I needed more than just those four, because as he says, those make you a man, but not specifically a good or bad man.

6f8511 No.88

>>84
>>87
the way I have it set up is
Strength
Courage
Mastery
(Honor)


Truth
Fidelity
Hospitality
Self Reliance
Perseverance
(moral honor)
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d82529 No.115

>>83
Yes, mainly it was created by a bunch of nerds. It has no historical value. You could just as well follow the Paladin code of conduct from AD&D.

2ab0d1 No.166

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philotimo


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9a4f32 No.61[Reply]

I'm not exactly sure how to ask this, but does anyone have any "male-specific" studies that they'd like to share? E.g., embed is related, it's a more male approach to psychology.
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b1ee8f No.75

>>91
This seems to fit quite a lot with the embodied cognition model.
…it also seems to fit in with the whole, "Martial arts as a form of therapy" crowd.

b1ee8f No.76

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>>75
Maybe I should flesh out this thought a little bit more.

Carl Jung/Freud created what were essentially 'female' psychologies. The female psyche is one that emphasizes social constructs at and above their own identity. Thus the term 'talking cure' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking_cure) for most of these therapies.

However, the idea I'd like to get across here is that men are more physically driven and embodied. Finding relief and escape in music, videogames, "violence" (as construed by the female observer), stream of consciousness escapades, etc. are ways that the body is trying to deal with the phenomenon through its own senses (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embodied_psychology).

The embed is related to this line of thought on the distinctly male tradition of the therapeutic use of the body.

Of course, female hypoagency combined with the distinct female mind has led to the suppression of such ideas of a distinct male psychology.


I think this analysis could be extended. The Marxist sociopolitical theories that derive from the concept of a "social construct" and the likewise interpretations of history that came from "critical theory" and the Marcuse school also follows in this vein. In terms of philosophy, the almost complete rejection of Heidegger's philosophy can be viewed as "being too embodied" and thereby "not being female enough" and thrown out by female hypoagency with the nifty excuse of Heidegger's natsoc politics.

In this way, I think it makes sense to discuss "a male history" as one that analyzes male figures in terms of coming to terms with their "thrownness" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrownness). A male political theory as one rejecting the cultural Marxist paradigms. Indeed, even a male philosophy as one that comes to terms and re-accepts the theories of embodiment and Martin Heidegger.
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>>76

05d586 No.133

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>>76

The video was re-uploaded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2Z6X3iha_k

19015f No.163

>>76
That's a good post.


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38845f No.134[Reply]

Can we get some fatherhood tips going? How to be a good father?

b8a076 No.149

Listen, son: I am saying this as you lie asleep, one little
paw crumpled under your cheek and the blond curls stickily
wet on your damp forehead. I have stolen into your room alone.
Just a few minutes ago, as I sat reading my paper in the
library, a stifling wave of remorse swept over me. Guiltily
I came to your bedside.
There are the things I was thinking, son: I had been cross
to you. I scolded you as you were dressing for school because
you gave your face merely a dab with a towel. I took you to
task for not cleaning your shoes. I called out angrily when
you threw some of your things on the floor.
At breakfast I found fault, too. You spilled things. You
gulped down your food. You put your elbows on the table. You
spread butter too thick on your bread. And as you started off
to play and I made for my train, you turned and waved a hand
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56b904 No.159

Challenge your children and slowly let them make decisions with consequences. You are in the position to give them safe consequences that won't destroy their lives. This will prepare them for the life ahead.


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1baf0b No.11[Reply]

ITT: post your shaving gear
> inb4 someone posts a shillette disposable

pic related:
my current razor (http://amzn.com/B000NL0T1G)
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7ba794 No.151

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my shaving gear

4a9f2a No.153

>>151
Don't your skin get razor burn from that?

4a9f2a No.154

>>36
Update: I don't use shaving cream anymore. I dry shave with a Shavette. Good exfoliation.

1baf0b No.157

>>154

wait, dry?? not even with water?

be3274 No.158

>>157

If he does so, then I wonder how he conditions his facial skin after shaving.


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9f75e6 No.3[Reply]

What fighting styles are best for novices to start learning and why?
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69af07 No.127

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>>109
Nothing if you like dancing.

d3bb57 No.128

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>>109
>Though there's much to appreciate in the CMA world

Like what? The choreography?

f82de5 No.150

Learn the art of keeping your nose clean. Stay out of trouble, and remember that violent people can smell fear. If you're really worried learn to carry a gun. You can practice technique all day, but unless you are actually used to getting smashed in the mouth you will forget everything you learned in your mcdojo as soon as it happens.

6ed02e No.152

>>150
True words.

651947 No.155

A good Japanese jujutsu system would be the best. It teaches strikes, but if the instructor is self defense minded, he'll tell you to end shit standing.
I've taken boxers to the ground and choked them out, and watched a BJJ guy get stomped by the friend of the guy he had in a great kimura.
Shit will go to the ground sometimes, so know how to deal with it and get back to your feet.


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