I'm both dismayed and appalled.

[The Duke]

Hey I just wanted everybody to know I smoke Virginia Slims to stay in touch with my feminine side!

Carry on!

 

[Vulpine]

Then use the phone. If that's what you want to do, I have no problem with that. As I said, I hate telephones. So I would rather text.

I'll be honest, I probably have an aversion to texting since I was rear-ended by a blonde high school chick: 60 on 35mph violence. It took my pride and joy off the road due to a compacted rear-end. Instant karma repayment, though: she punched in her front teeth on the steering wheel.

I don't care for the phone, either. But, if face-to-face isn't an option, I certainly don't care to be mashing buttons to get a letter Yahtzee when I could just hit send and talk.

*shrug*
Do what you want, just don't rear-end me.

 

[KarmaSutra]

I'm not an opponent of texting. On the contrary, I use this method of communication often. But, I don't do it by "dumbing myself" down to cater to a lesser-brained bimbette. I use it to convey a message or an idea-always quickly and with expressed intent-and I always use proper verbiage and grammar. You think this doesn't make an indelible mark on the recipient's perception of who you are? Both Vulpine and Dawg understand and appreciate what it is to always be on your best point.

One of the greatest lessons I learned was from a manager I had when I was 17. I was assistant manager in the bakery and had every intention of doing everything right to get the manager position. But, my arrogance and my fixation on waitress poon, kept me from getting the spot. When I learned I was passed-up by a guy with less experience than I had, I went to the manager (Sarge was his moniker) to give him a piece of my mind.

I walked into his office, closed the door, then opened my mouth to give him my opinion. Before I could though, he had his hand up gesturing me to zip-it. Then he motioned me to sit down.

"Scott", he said as I sat glaring,"I know you're pissed about Jeff getting promoted. But, it's your fault."

Before the words left his mouth, they hit me like a kick to the sac. After a few seconds I tried to utter a sufficient response, but all I could say was: "Fvck."

This is where he changed my life. One sentence changed my life:

"Your problem is you don't pay attention to detail."

He was absolutely right. I pass this little nugget to every other man in my path. It never hurts.

 

[KarmaSutra]

never. MOST (INSERT IDIOTIC) women could care less about intellectual wit or banter and i dont blame them (Of course you wouldn't. Why else would you regurgitate the same banality the rest of the herd believes?). wit should be simple, straight forward, and fun (with emphasis on delivery over substance). if she still doesnt respond, you either suck at a good back and forth or she has no sense of humor or most likely shes just not interested.

Or she's not interested in you because you're every-other-guy she's ever come in contact with and you're completely uninteresting. Delivery or not, bad is bad.

 

[Ambition Now]

"Your problem is you don't pay attention to detail."
This is it!

It's not about being more masculine or more attractive. It's about no let yourself to become a digital era zombie retard.

Decades ago men were writing well written letters full of great ideas, communication was an art form. Nowadays people are getting dumber and not being able to concentrate for 5 minutes to write a decent email. This is really depressing. As men we have so much potential that should'nt be destroyed by bad habits.

 

[G_Govan]

I don't see anything anti-intellectual about using acronyms on these kinds of message boards. When trying to make a point you don't need to spell out, in it's entirety, the meaning of a concept that has already been defined and agreed upon. It's redundant and slows the pace of a conversation unnecessarily.

It all depends on the context and medium.

If you want to mimic behaviors of men in times past (e.g., smoking cigars vs cigarettes), that's your own personal preference. To be "dismayed and appalled" at those who don't, doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Unless this is all some grand metaphor I'm not getting.

 

[LiveFreeX]

Its funny how you all think your alpha when almost none of you have children, wife or anything to speak of except getting laid once in awhile. And you are trying to tell me how to be more of a man by not typing in acronyms? All the single men I know that consider themselves successful are a joke. Guys that spend the majority of their time banging sluts and bragging about it on an INTERNET forum are NOT ALPHAs.

Sorry bro but Rooshv and all his followers are NOT Alpha, they are just feminism re-branded and re-packaged for male consumption. Nothing about guys like that is productive... do you know any MGTOW/PUA/SINGLE MEN in history that went down in the books for ANYTHING that benefited us collectively? I can't think of even 1.\

Men who obsess about being Alpha, are not ALPHAs. Does anyone have any sympathy or respect for a lazy man, who spooges once a week and produces nothing? I have about the same respect for most PUAs/MGToWs as I do for most feminists or slvts. They produce nothing useful and mostly just detract from society with their bitterness and narcissism. Millennial quitters, you guys disgust me.