How to get Pook to shut up

[user43770]

Agreed - it stands the test of time.

It's funny to read posters on SS in 2020 say "the game has changed" because of x, y, z. Usually technology or female sensibility. And yet Pook's writings from 2000-05-ish still hold up because his opinions make a lot of sense.

I've often wondered who could have had so much game sense back then.

Heartiste's blog really picked up around the 2005 mark. Just saying...

 

[redskinsfan92]

I've often wondered who could have had so much game sense back then.

Heartiste's blog really picked up around the 2005 mark. Just saying...

Why a Pook could!

 

[Serenity]

And the funny thing is, after all these years, I don't remember any of it. The only take-away I have from Pook is "Be a man."

Yet, telling someone "be a man" means nothing if they haven't been exposed to Pook. It's been about 7 years since I read Book of Pook and I don't remember much of the specifics either, but there is no need to. Reading it, reflecting upon it and integrating it into my life was the transformative process. After that it gradually becomes more and more internalized to the point you consider it common sense. Like when I read about theory to take my driver's license, I don't remember sh!t from the book, yet I "just know" how to drive and the traffic regulations.

This is why simple advice don't work, they don't have the background knowledge. "Be a man" means a whole lot more to you than it does to someone who has never seen the context behind this simple takeaway of yours. "Be a man" leaves it to them to imagine what you might mean, it paints no picture of what it means in your mind. Painting the picture was what Pook did well.

 

[Serenity]

@da storm I don't care what you have. I didn't want you to leave either. I wasn't challenging you, I mainly just wanted to explain how knowledge is perceived after a while.

I had self esteem issues over 5 years ago, those issues are solved. You can stop operating on that assumption when talking to me.

 

[TheProspect]

@da storm,
I like you and most of your content on here is great, and I'm sure the vast majority of the forum thinks so too, but the self-aggrandizing ego that overcomes you when you get drunk is mind-boggling lol.

If you're obsessed with the value you have to offer, would you not think it would make more sense to preserve your value by proving you don't have to overreact anytime you perceive your ideas are being challenged? I don't think spiritual gurus, at least in my experience, are reactionary figures.

For example, although I wouldn't call him a spiritual guru, Poon King provided much value here and was held in high esteem my many here, but without a question his polarizing posting style prevented him and his insight from benefiting even more men. What got in his way? A reactionary ego.

My point being your contributions are great, but I think in the eyes of some your reactionary posts and the qualifying you do within them take away from your contributions.

In other words, you could be more influential and have even more followers/admirers if you didn't occasionally let your ego react to perceived slights, which I assume is what you'd want given how often you mention your influence.

 

[AureliusMaximus]

The Forum cries out, "OMG, this is the BEST thread title ever!"

Someone related to espionage told me this: we are most vulnerable at two points in our lives. First, it is when we are without a lifemate. Second, is when we have lost our financial footing. He told me that spies and all find these two weaknesses in Human Nature the easiest and most common to exploit.

The experience of being a Nice Guy or AFC should have waken you up to the reality of the how easy it is to be exploited of the first weakness. It is not just those girls who walked over you that was in the exploiting. It is also the marketing. "Wear this and all the ladies will love you!" The movies. "OMG, that young actress is sooo hot! Who cares the movie sucks or she can't act." Music. "Lalalala, I sing of my heart's loneliness, lalalala." Clubs, bars, designer clothes, sports cars, all the people behind it are pressuring your weak point there.

How to solve this weak point?

1) Be comfortable and confident to go get ANY girl at ANY time no matter your financial/material situation.

2) Know what you TRULY want in life, have a PURPOSE or a PASSION, which is a stronger tether to keep you from being pulled by exploiters.

3) Be able to say NO to any girl and don't take CR@P from anyone.

4) Create an identity that doesn't depend on women or female approval (father, husband, boyfriend, player, all are insignificant since they depend on women to exist).

5) Keep investing time in yourself. Don't $hit your entire youth chasing girls.

The second weakness is much softer than the other one. The issue of money is very important, it will be a dominant issue in your life, probably even more so than women. How do people exploit those who have little to no financial footing? Let us count the ways:

By big corporations promising you a career to 'climb the corporate ladder' for the rest of your life with '401k' retirements and all. What they do not say is that there is no job security today. And those GM/Ford/Airline/ETC. workers who were promised pension retirements? Their pension funds keep getting slashed, so they have to go back to work. Do you really think the 401 ks and mutual funds will be as secure?

By banks offering you a house. "Your house is an asset," they say. Yes, it is true. But your house is an asset to the bank. Even if you pay off your house, your payments will probably increase due to property taxes and other costs. You really believe you 'own' your house? Try not paying your property taxes and you will find out who TRULY owns your house.

By Wall Street saying, "Invest for the long term! Diversify, diversify, diversify!" Does Warren Buffet diversify? What about Bill Gates? Keep control of your money, don't just hand it over to fund managers.

By politicians saying, "We will fix your pension problem" to "Let us lower taxes" to "let us raise taxes on the 'rich'". Politicians are very wealthy and they did not earn their wealth through income. There is no Wealth Tax. But there is an income tax because they don't want YOU to be wealthy. If everyone was financially secure, what role would the politician have? Most political issues are financial is not because of coincidence. From college loans, to oversea jobs, to lay-offs, to social security, to health care, on and on and on, they are all targeting your financial weak spot.

The cure from being financially exploited is:

1) Become financially literate (KNOW how to read a financial statement. Everyone needs to know how to do this. You will be dealing with money your entire life. You will realize there are two constants in life: one is for you to make money. And second is for everyone to want your money. Everyone.)

2) Keep open the OPTION of investing or making a business (You do not HAVE to. But we become stronger when we have more options, not less. If you feel yourself incapable of breaking out and starting a business or investment, you will be enslaved to employers for the rest of your life. Just keep the options open.)

3) Do what YOU want, do NOT follow the Way. (What is the 'Way'? The Way is College -> Good Job -> Marriage -> Big House -> Vacations -> Kids -> Save for kids college -> Retire. You do not HAVE to get married and do any of that. There is no formula for life. Never trust anyone who tells you that should consider yourself 'lucky' even if you feel unhappy in your job, wife/girl, or house.

Do all the above in italics and I will die a happy Pook. There is a reason why they call the financial world a 'Dog eat dog' world. Who is eating WHOM? Also, consider those Nature shows of one sex devouring another. Humans are capable of it as well. There is a reason why young men turn into a big fat bald old man by the time they are thirty or forty. Healthiness of soul is healthiness of life.

Nice posting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Betterthanyesterday]

Bump

 

[Who Dares Win]

Dating and dealing with women in the early to mid 00s was easy mode compared to now.

Low tech cellphones, expensive sms, no social dating, no social networks, no me2, no blue haired over pierced tatted women and no slvt pride...feminists were the butt of the joke instead of sitting in the senates writing laws.

 

[Lookatu]

Dating and dealing with women in the early to mid 00s was easy mode compared to now.

Low tech cellphones, expensive sms, no social dating, no social networks, no me2, no blue haired over pierced tatted women and no slvt pride...feminists were the butt of the joke instead of sitting in the senates writing laws.

Agree.

Consider that the first iPhone debuted in 2007 in the US. But unlike other "smartphones", this one allowed anyone(females) to use it with ease and had a very ergonomic look and feel of that time period. As we know, it went all downhill from there...

 

[Who Dares Win]

Agree.

Consider that the first iPhone debuted in 2007 in the US. But unlike other "smartphones", this one allowed anyone(females) to use it with ease and had a very ergonomic look and feel of that time period. As we know, it went all downhill from there...

Anytime you make complicate things available to the masses, they manage to make the worse use possible of such.

Think of youtube, you had content creators full of creativity and innovation in the mid 00s while now you have dumb low iq people opening boxes from make-up producers and sharing lame life stories about them getting drunk after school.

 

[Lookatu]

The latest is showing young people's reactions to listening to a 80's song for the first time.
Garbage content...

 

[redskinsfan92]

Dating and dealing with women in the early to mid 00s was easy mode compared to now.

Low tech cellphones, expensive sms, no social dating, no social networks, no me2, no blue haired over pierced tatted women and no slvt pride...feminists were the butt of the joke instead of sitting in the senates writing laws.

You are correct. Real world dating data show guys average about a 20% success on asking women out on a date.
OLD has destroyed this. Stats from Book of Numbers by Aaron Clarey show 1 in 4,000 swipes result in a guy on a date.

 

[Who Dares Win]

You are correct. Real world dating data show guys average about a 20% success on asking women out on a date.
OLD has destroyed this. Stats from Book of Numbers by Aaron Clarey show 1 in 4,000 swipes result in a guy on a date.

I find it beyond ridicolous when some older dj here suggests to call instead of texting....if most girls dont even bother to reply texts good luck keeping them away from their devices for more than a minute.

 

[samspade]

I find it beyond ridicolous when some older dj here suggests to call instead of texting....if most girls dont even bother to reply texts good luck keeping them away from their devices for more than a minute.

I always hated phone calls, anyway. Much prefer texting. You can just send something and get on with your day.

The thing is the "game" is always changing due to technology and such. Guys in the 2000s probably waxed about the 80s. However as any man gains experience it should mitigate these changes. The game slows down for me the more I've seen.