Quote: (04-12-2014 10:32 AM)The Father Wrote:
I'm sure this post won't be that popular with Millenials, which is probably a big part of this board's demographic. The point of my post isn't to troll or to offend.
I literally had two grown men cry in my office this week. Both are early thiries. They are very bright, making well into the 6 figures. I don't want to get into too much detail for anonymity reasons, but let's just say neither was terminated or reprimanded in any way. But you would think they were just told they had 2 months to live! Bawling like babies.
I talked to a senior executive at another company. He tells me that he sees it, too - his firm even hired a psychologist to create programs to retain Millenials because they turn over so much.
In some ways, the technology this generation grew up has made them better multi-taskers. I didn't grow up with the internet and a cellphone in one hand and a video game in the other and a twitter feed on the screen in front of me. But this generation also grew up playing soccer without keeping score ("Cause everyone's a WINNER!") and getting trophies for crossing the street. I suppose it was purportedly to build self-esteem, but I find the opposite: Because these kids were shielded from adversity, I find they have not developed self-confidence, which largely derives from overcoming adversity. Self-confidence is the root of self-esteem.
The men on this forum seem to be a smarter, tougher, red-pill subset of today's population, so please understand I'm not insulting any of you. Do YOU find that when you deal with today's late 20/early 30-somethings, it's like dealing with a BUNCH OF PUSSIES? You know, getting teary-eyed is one thing (Speaker of the House John Boehner does it all the time), but wailing like a woman who just found out her husband died? Would you do that at work? In your bosses office? Over little shit?
As a millenial I have admit I am a crybaby. When a person hates me and looks at me with eyes that threaten violence, and when I pitied myself for being unliked and hated in my blue-pill days(as well as crying over trivial shit I don't want to go into details about). I bulked up but certain circumstances revealed to me that I am still a crybaby. I am also easily scared both as a child and even now as a 20 yo man.
Training to become more physically stronger does not seem to instill in me greater courage or toughness. I just wish there was a way to instill masculinity in myself in the modern era. And live up to the virtues that the ROK articles by Quintus Curtius(And others like him) extolls.
I speak this a former leftist(from cultural conditioning) doing a total 180 after ''Game" provided a gateway drug into the manosphere.