A total of 66 guys showed up for the London lecture. We were at the venue until 8pm and I said goodbye to the last men standing at almost 5am. Some notes:
1. The vibe of London compared to Berlin was definitely different. The guys in Berlin were looser and younger while the London guys were older and more experienced. In Berlin there were maybe a couple guys older than me but in London there were many more. Berlin also had more senior forum members. I think Deluge, Benoit, and Teedub were the only ones in London.
2. A production company filming for the BBC came to shoot segments for a documentary on masculinity with host Reggie Yates, a TV personality in England. I told them they couldn't film faces and got their word on it, but guys at the lecture were still paranoid, and I can understand that. Some of the guys unloaded their BBC criticisms on the crew.
In the future I will not let the media bring in cameras. Reggie was respectful, but I'm not sure our plight really hit him. Why should it? He's been famous since a young age and is getting married
to an Instagram model (WB). In the interview I had with him, I was pointed about my criticisms on the media and they never tried to put me on the defensive. So if they do a hit piece, it will probably be with the help of content they get from outside the lecture. They seemed really big on getting "both sides of the story" so that means they definitely will interview feminists to explain to us all what masculinity should be.
If the BBC stabs me in the back by showing an unfair segment (it doesn't necessarily have to be positive), then I'm doing a complete media blackout forever. No interviews, no filming, nothing. My dealings with the media is like an abusive relationship, and this will be the last one if they do some editing tricks or put me in a box that is not truthful.
3. There was an incident with the paid hostess. I hurt her feelings at some point in the Q&A when I cut her off as she tried to give a rambling opinion (she had asked to stay). She got her revenge by giving an interview with the BBC crew about how I "marginalized" her voice..... at a men's talk.
There seems to be a surprising pattern of drama happening when a woman is present.
4. Berlin had more game questions. London had more societal collapse questions. Some of the London guys are ready for a bigger movement. Things are not nearly as bad in Berlin, so the culture part of the speech didn't resonate with them as much as in London.
5. We went to the pub afterwards and started flirting with girls a bit. My best receptions of the night was from a Polish girl and Czech girl. Spanish girls were the nastiest. I remember I turned around and made eye contact with some old chubby Mexican burrito who I would never approach. She looked at me and wagged her finger as if to say "Don't talk to me." Getting rejected by a girl I didn't even approach... that's a first!
British girls didn't really give me much love except for just one girl who said she liked the American accent, even though the quality all-around wasn't that high and the they seem to be nearly universally chubby and doughy. I guess this is why guys in London go for the foreign girls. New York seems way easier.
In all the event went off great with no feminist protest or disruptions. The highlight for me was walking outside from the lecture to the first pub in a pack of men nearly 40 strong. It was like a gang.
Washington DC is next on Saturday.