I’m new here, been lurking. I work in the dwindling manufacturing sector. When the plant goes down, I have to pick up the silly cell phone. So I’ve got to have it with me. Before cell phones, I had a pager. So I don’t think it’s appropriate to make blanket statements. At the same time, I don’t even OWN my own personal cell phone, I just use the company one for my light personal use & they could care less. Before that I had a ‘dumb’ cell phone and used is so sparingly I had a monthly plan for 2 or 3 hours of cell time only… mostly for family emergencies… I have no desire to show off to others I have the latest greatest cell phone.
I don’t use facebook, twitter, or social media on the computer OR the cell phone. Cell phones contribute to narcissistic behavior in individuals already prone to it, I don’t regard them as the CAUSE… I haven’t started taking selfies since the company issued me my cell… I will say, if you are required to be on call, DEMAND your employer pay for it. You can use your cell for learning & self improvement; when I’m in line I like to read the WSJ or NYT, rather than text messaging bimbos. At 44, I’m a little too old and wise for the latter, anyway.
I dropped the landline years ago, voice over IP is better — I get e-mails of any voicemail so I can check it easily from anywhere.
Sure, tablets are overpriced BUT I like to lay in bed & read the newspaper and books on it. My Mom has one she uses to read large print novels. Like most consumer goods, though, a lot of people just want to buy one to show off.
One of the best things a man (or woman) can do is save and invest 70 or 80% of their income in their 20’s. I’d say buy, don’t rent, but that was a better idea when I was in my 20’s than now, haha. I saved at that level, and was a millionaire at 30. And I’m not some CEO or something, just a lowly Engineer. Of course, very few men and even fewer women have the discipline to do that. Does leasing a car or buying a new one every 3 or 4 years really give you that much enjoyment vs being able to retire 10 or 15 years earlier? I drive a 2009 Saturn sedan. Few goods depreciate faster than a car when it drives off the lot… Buying new is a bad idea…
I’d also disagree about eye damage, at least in my case, I hold the tablet much closer to my eyes than the laptop. Then again, I’m typing this on a TV in my bedroom which is 4′ diagonal or so… so maybe the tablet destroyed my eyes, or playing too much Atari when I was growing up. Or too much p0rn. So I do like a big screen, sometimes, haha.
I really like this site, I never had a name for MGTOW, but it was how I played it in my 20’s. Some comments are mysogynistic but many others speak truth; I know many divorced men who have been destroyed financially, and it is woe man that usually initiates it. Men are treated as utilities or success objects. How few women I dated that would pay for half or all of dinner? If they want to be equals, pay for it. Some did pay half if they were in the stratosphere of earnings (e.g. doctors), but that’s about it. Hypergamy — a word I never knew until recently — but that explains the behavior of many females. My best friend’s ex-wife calling me up years after I’d last seen her saying she invented something & needed me to patent it (she just wanted to bed me & marry up to a good blue bill beta provider — hey I’m getting with the lingo!), ex girlfriend wanting to hit me up after her sugar daddy croaked ten years after we’d last spoken… What percent of men collect allmymoney (alimoney) vs women? I think it’s 5% or something? But I’ll post my story later.
Bryant 4 years, 8 months ago.
