Um, for many people (e.g. me) , it is hard to stomach at all, and I’m a het male, the sort of entity he is nominally writing for. The reason for this is simple: at a certain point style does reflect substance, and moreover, Sapir-Worf issues come into play.
Sometimes the persona comes across as fake and bizarre. Take this article on frame control. It’s completely reasonable, and meshes well with what you’d read here or in books on social skills. Then he lazily throws in
Remember, girls don’t operate in a logical universe; they abide their emotions first and foremost.
and continues talking about framing, having reminded his readership that bitches be crazy. Maybe the equivalents reminders on LW (“Remember, humans don’t operate in a logical universe; we abide by our biased emotions first and foremost”) and social skills books (“Remember, humans don’t operate in a logical universe; we abide by our emotions first and foremost, and that makes us wonderful beings because rationality means Spock”) sound as artificial when you’re not used to them?
I see the “just jealous” claim as equivalent to A attempting to lower B’s status, and when B says they don’t like it, A says “you just don’t like having your status lowered, so your point should be ignored”.
This dosen’t deserve down votes. Roissy’s style (aesthetically pleasing but quite outrageous) and persona are hard to stomach (at first?).
Um, for many people (e.g. me) , it is hard to stomach at all, and I’m a het male, the sort of entity he is nominally writing for. The reason for this is simple: at a certain point style does reflect substance, and moreover, Sapir-Worf issues come into play.
Sometimes the persona comes across as fake and bizarre. Take this article on frame control. It’s completely reasonable, and meshes well with what you’d read here or in books on social skills. Then he lazily throws in
and continues talking about framing, having reminded his readership that bitches be crazy. Maybe the equivalents reminders on LW (“Remember, humans don’t operate in a logical universe; we abide by our biased emotions first and foremost”) and social skills books (“Remember, humans don’t operate in a logical universe; we abide by our emotions first and foremost, and that makes us wonderful beings because rationality means Spock”) sound as artificial when you’re not used to them?
Agreed. There’s a sense of futility in life there that doesn’t really have an upside, or even a non-downside
Forever.. Ok, probability one minus epsilon.
I see the “just jealous” claim as equivalent to A attempting to lower B’s status, and when B says they don’t like it, A says “you just don’t like having your status lowered, so your point should be ignored”.