Great fair post.
My comments in bold below.
My comments in bold below.
Quote: (11-09-2012 11:41 AM)46. Wrote:
First off, great moderation Roosh. Way to stay on top of everyone's concerns.
About G; a few issues that haven't received attention:
1. No one mentions G's incredible restraint in being “mean” (lol) to other posters. I mean, the guy has thread after thread started about him. Hundreds and hundreds of snarky-@ss posts about smoking, SoCal driving, not being 'authentic,” pocket squares...the list goes on and on. All directed at G. In looking at Gs behavior no one adjusts for degree of difficulty. Very, very few posters (certainly not me), would show the restraint. G has.
I think I have been very restrained at times. Who else on here gets attacked more than once? With me, its wave after wave.
2. No one calls out people attacking G for not knowing what the f--- they're talking about. A common criticism of G is he brags to much, but NO one brings up the fact he regularly discusses his 0 for 49 Reverse Marciano streak. He's written about numerous rejections- personal, social, etc. If I go 0 – 49, believe me...I ain't discussing it. When you hear both FAILURE, as well as success from someone, in my experience, usually that’s the guy you trust. People can hate, but hating without doing the homework is soft.
I think I talk about failure more than most. My Latvia Data Sheets were all about failure. Again, when I wrote them every one was talking about how great the place was. You have to keep everything in context.
3. The obsession with “authenticity” and need for “proof” is baffling to me. If you read Gs stuff, he's detailed hundreds of illegal activities he's been involved in. So why would he want to be more public????? It's smart Internet policy. Nothing good can come from it. Maybe my expectations in requiring people to use a higher form of logic and think about why G isn't “public” after detailing years criminal activity is too high??? Please people, think. Statute of limitations anyone? C'mon. And if people obsessed with “authenticity” want to lead by example, then they should go public and detail their illegal activities on their facebook page or a blog for employers and the world to see. Relative anonymity makes all this possible.
I have no problem with this as long as others are held to the same standards as I am. They are not.
4. The issue with G is a generational divide. I think many younger posters don't understand that many people live a G-like lifestyle. There's life beyond the dorm. I'm guessing for most ballin' 30+ posters, G's stuff is gold. I know I can't find many ideas on dominating places from Brennan's in NO to Balthazar in NY. This stuff is incredibly unique, but foreign to a lot of people. So they don't believe it. Hopefully someday they will because its awesome.
I really think many people on here will understand what I write about in 10 years. People have to understand that I have been doing this since I was a kid. I probably have 15 years in The Game on most people. Let's talk in 15.
5. The issue with G is a cultural divide. G's just talks s---. Why? Because its fun. Its a black vernacular style designed to self-aggrandize and display extreme confidence, etc, but in a mostly harmless way. It's not all literal. I'm black, and when I tell a white chick, for example “I need the mirror more than you because I'm so good looking,” they initially think its incredibly obnoxious, but they quickly learn its just playful, confident fun. Think of it as an art form- like most art forms, creativity wins. For all yall sociologist m------- f-----ers out there, its the polar opposite of the WASP model of quiet, humble resolve swathed in staid, Buckley-esque hues of Block Island Red lounging beneath a weekend canopy of late summer azalea in the serene Bar Harbor garden.
Well said. Some people didn't grow up in environments were people poked fun. I mistakenly think people grew up like me playing sports and hanging around other men.
I now know the error of my thinking.
