He is antagonising, no question, but that doesn't negate the merits of his ideas.
In a purely technical sense no.
But in a practical sense it does.
And the purely technical does not always translate to the practical.And ultimately the practical is what matters at the end of the day.
You might find it funny to realize that A LOT of people on the internet, myself included, are brave behind keyboards but suddenly become nervous trying to address the same people over a skype call. The truth is you can't have a proper debate behind a keyboard, that's why he only debates through skype.
I don't think it's totally unusual for someone to be nervous on a skype call but I was just saying that manhood academy always points to that to an excessive and obsessive degree and it's kind of silly.Cause it's really not that big of a deal but to him it's like the standard of judging someone-wheter they have the "balls" to do it or not.
It's fine if he wants to debate people on skype but it's kind of dumb to hold that up as some form of great courage on his part and to put so much emphasis on it himself and to his students.It makes the manhood academy look silly.
Additionally I think you can have a discussion just fine through text which is exactly what we are doing right now.
Such as? This is why Kiwi Farms lost the debate, it couldn't elaborate on its accusations.
Such as the concept of telling a women what to do instead of asking her and hoping she says yes.Or trying to use a technique to achieve it instead of just directly expressing your intentions and taking action to get them met.
Or using punishment such as no contact.
Basically of taking charge and being the boss in the relationship.And how that will play out (Ie when a girl throws a tantrum at you but instead of bending you stand firm and then later on she becomes submissive towards you).
But yet again like I was saying his treatment of it is incomplete and the way he comes across in debates and to students is as just a asshole yelling at people not a leader.
It's like when cartman gets to be hallway monitor in southpark:
He's really setting a poor example and giving both his academy and his ideas a bad name.Plus he is a poor role model for any young men such as yourself who might look up to him and follow his "teachings".
Is that you manhood academy?
I guess it really doesn't matter either way.
But his whole style is "I'm right you are wrong I am the professor you are the student".
Obviously I have not followed every single moment of the manhood academy but just from what I've seen from the forum this thread and manhood academy videos I don't think I've ever seen the professor ever come across in a way other than lecturing someone.
Don't think I've ever seen him admit that he was/is wrong or that he isn't sure about some things or that someone else might have a valid opinion or etc.
He is the "professor" after all.
It's all just basically him lecturing other people and in a very rude way and he's been at the same antics for many many years now so keep that in mind.
Not like he's only been doing it for a few months.
Admirable dedication maybe but certainly misplaced.
Useless advice I've heard a million times. That won't fix a neurotic guy's crippling social incompetence, and it never has. This isn't something that can be fixed over night, it requires long term training, which the academy offers. Students have testified that they've improved significantly since enrolling.
It's not useless advice but it is a intangible thing versus say
"Do 100 pushups"
Which is far more concrete.
Both have value though.
I do agree about long term training.
However unless the manhood academy has a way of addressing that which goes beyond just some social "tactics" which is all I've seen from them in regards to this thus far then they are certainly no more useful than the viewpoint I just professed which you are now criticizing.
For example teaching a neurotic guy with severe social anxiety things like reward/punishment in a relationship and speaking your mind and directly enforcing your authority on your partner won't help the social anxiety.
That is a very complex subject and teaching someone something
intellectually is of little use since social anxiety exists beyond the intellect at deeper levels of the brain.
I agree. That's not what MHA is about, it's more complicated than that. Are you familiar with the ebook?
Admittedly I haven't thoroughly researched the academy since I haven't felt like it was a good use of my time thus far and I've mostly watched some of the youtube videos read this thread and also looked at the manhood academy site the forum and past interactions with manhood academy and other people.
I briefly looked at the ebook but only skimmed over it and didn't analyze it in detail.
Alot of it is stuff I am already aware of anyhow and have been for a long time so that didn't exactly increase my motivation either.
But maybe you can make it easy for me and correct me where I am wrong about the academy and explain what it's all about then in a form that is shorter than the e book.
