Social Skills: How To Be A Phony

I remember a couple years back I stumbled upon an epiphany about people. See, I was the kid in high school who had been cast out of everything I’d ever tried to be part of. When people weren’t completely overlooking me and making me feel marginalized, others were reminding me of my wonderful derogatory nickname: faggot. Ah, high school. What a trip. It’s been fun. Let’s totally not do this again sometime.

I always wondered what the hell was so different about me. And for those of you reading this and trying to make the “faggot” connection, you’re way off. Seems kinda sad that I actually have to explain that I’m not a homosexual to people, but I can’t help that people are more judgmental than I am.

I always wondered what it was that made people take great pleasure in tormenting me, or why it was that so many times people felt uncomfortable when talking to me. Then one night it hit me: because I’m not a phony.

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If All Men Are Pigs, Then All Women Are Manipulative Bullies

I’ve read stories about these women who get treated like absolute garbage by their male counterparts… Men who cheat on them, beat them, verbally abuse them, neglect them… Every kind of abuse you can think of. They feel trapped, frightened, and alone. So many men treat women like shit, this I will not deny. However, the problem with this truth is that it’s not the full story about men, nor about women. There are quite a few men who are pigs, yes… but in my experience, I’ve seen many women who are far more hurtful, calculative, manipulative, and self-entitled. The only problem is, as men, we’re not allowed to talk about it. Yeah, well, I’m going to, and I don’t care how much flame I get for it. I’m putting the ideas out there, and pointing out situations in the hopes that people are off-put by them, and consider changing their behavior.

To any women who believe my observations are unfair blanket statements, I think your blanket statements about men being cunt-hungry neanderthals are also unfair. Not all of us are like that (I’m certainly not) and I’m not saying what I think applies to all of you either… but what I can state with a comfortable level of certainty is that you do have friends that this applies to… Don’t you?…

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