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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Historical Triage
That is often impossible, however, because as the teacher I'm given a set of standards with the directive of making sure those items are taught. If I deviate from "the plan" then students aren't prepared for the next set of standards for higher grade levels, and they aren't prepared for the state assessment. However, as a passionate history teacher I know that more information can help students see a bigger picture, more information can help students connect to information already learned, and more information can help motivate students to dig further. It is quite a conundrum though. Out of all of the possible tibits of "extra" history, which ones do I attempt to include and which ones do I sacrifice for another day, another time, or even for another teacher to cover? It's all a matter of triage.
For example, in the fifth grade one teaching standard states, the student will describe the importance of key people, events, and developments between 1950-1975. Now that standard covers twenty-five years of history jam packed with people, events, and developments. How do I know what Georgia considers important?
Luckily elements are given with each standard to serve as a guidebook when planning lessons, so that I know how specific I should get. Element (a.) states the student should be able to discuss the importance of the Vietnam War, and (b.) the student should know something about Justice Thurgood Marshall. This leads me to the conclusion that President Johnson will need to be introduced to students along with his two-front war….the war in Vietnam and the domestic war against racial inequality, poverty, and many other social ills more commonly known as The Great Society simply because President Johnson greatly increased our involvement in Vietnam and he also appointed Marshall to the Supreme Court.
Sadly, this could mean much of the interesting life of LBJ could be triaged and left on my planning room floor. I believe sharing President Johnson's social programs with students is key to understanding the entire decade of the sixties and on towards present day. A look at the Great Society also ties in with previous studies such as the War Between the States, Reconstruction, the resurrgence of the Ku Klux Klan, etc., but I have to be reasonable. I cannot cover everything.
One way I attempt to share more of LBJ with my students is with a discovery activity I have devised. After a few days spent in the jungles of Vietnam I turn students' attention to the Johnson's domestic programs and his wish to improve American society. We discuss how the Great Society was an effort to eliminate poverty, reverse racial injustice, improve education, clean up urban blight, and protect the environment. We discuss how Johnson had an incredible amount of money flooding into Asia as well as gushing into Great Society programs.
One morning students arrive to see a question I've written on the board in large letters, "What would make President Johnson so passionate about improving American society?"
With that question in mind, students move into groups armed with copies of one particular resource covering President Johnson's early life. The resources stop at the point he became a politician. Every group member has their own copy, but each group has a different source. Students are instructed to keep the question on the board in mind, and I ask them to read and analyze the source. Their job is to pull out facts about Johnson that might possible answer the question on the board. For some class groups we might spend a moment or two breaking down the question to make sure students are clear regarding what they are looking for.
I love activities like this because I am allowing the student to discover the information. They love to tell me something I might not know, and as the year progresses they become very competitive with one another in an attempt to learn something new. After a few minutes we gather again, and I ask each group to share one thing they learned. As they share I begin to make a master list on the board underneath our focus question.
One group tells me the Johnson family lived in a very small home with no electricity and no plumbing. Many are amazed by this and I tell them that even as close as fifty years ago there were homes in our own community that still had outhouses. Another group shares that the Johnson's father was a state legislator, but the family was poor as the father tried to make a living as a farmer and a cattle speculator. Someone on the other side of the room begins to wave their arm frantically. I call on Mr. Wavy Hand and he excitedly shares, "It wasn't just his father who was a lawmaker. His grandfather was too!"
I say, "Hmmmm….." as I begin to write that fact on the board and call on the next group. In a rush one young lady advises President Johnson was born in 1908 and his father's name was Sam Ealy Johnson. His mother's name was Rebekah Baines Johnson."
Several students emit a chorus of "Ohhhhhhh!" as they now know where the "Baines" came from in President Johnson's name. I notice one group seems to be about ready to bust with their tidbit from Johnson's early life. I go ahead and call on them to show us how intelligent they are. Very Loud Young Man lets out a sigh of relief and states, "I thought someone else would tell you before we could."
I say, "What? What it is?"
A girl in the group says, "Oh, EHT. This is just soooooo good. You're going to like this."
I put my hand on my hip and sigh as I say, "Well…….."
Very Loud Young Man finally explodes by saying, "Johnson grew up near Johnson City, Texas. Johnson City was named for his ancestors who helped settle the area. One of them was named James Polk Johnson. He went to Texas after the War Between the States and….HE WAS FROM GEORGIA!."
There are several "ohs" and "ahs" around the room including my own, "Really? That's so neat. Let's put a star by that fact because if you are like me we will want to know more about Mr. Johnson from Georgia."
A voice from the back of the room mimics what I often say during class, "Yes, let's save that for further research." I smile. I don't repeat things over and over merely because I like to hear my voice.
We continue on with the facts. As a group we discover President Johnson was talkative in school and was described as awkward. Several students related to this while others related to the fact that even though he probably lived very simply his classmates elected him as president of his eleventh grade class. Another group found a quotation of President Johnson's where he said, "Poverty was so common we didn't know it had a name." We discuss the meaning of the President's remark and moved on to more facts.
He had four siblings. Someone remarked his house was probably crowded. Another quipped, "Well, he didn't have his own room. That's for sure."
Another group discovered Johnson's mother's grandfather had been George Washington Baines. He was a Baptist clergyman and was President of Baylor University. I let student groups discuss this for a minute after wondering outloud why the Johnson family was so poor if they have a university president in their background. Students arrive at all sorts of reasons such as crop failures. and maybe the rest of the family never had the same amount of education for some reason. Someone else remarked that perhaps President Johnson's mother's family was better off than his father's.
We also discover Johnson worked his way through college at Southwest Texas State Teacher's College. The next group, however, correct my factoid on the board by stating their resource said the college is known as Texas State University---San Marcos today.
Finally, we discovered that for one year before he left for Washington, President Johnson taught school. Oh my, he was a school teacher! He taught at the Welhausen School. His students were almost entirely Mexican and were from very simple circumstances.
Through this activity students learn that politicians are often passionate regarding certain issues because of their past experiences. Now that students understand President Johnson's zeal in wanting Great Society programs, they are ready to examine and analyze the various components of the various social programs proposed during the late 60s.
This post also appears at American Presidents.
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I didn't know most of those facts. Very interesting activity and discussion. I wish I had you as a History teacher.
First, I absolutely agree that it is almost impossible to know what to teach and what to leave out. In Florida History is not part of our standardized test and so anytime students need to be pulled out or 'test' classes need extra time it is SS that gets dropped. This makes it even harder to get everything in...and people wonder why I get grumpy about having to teach everything from prehistory to 20th century American History all in one year :o) Somehow I think you'd understand.
Second, that is a fantastic lesson plan. I agree with the other comment, I want you as MY teacher :)
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Amazing! I'm a history lover myself, but pale in comparison to you! I'm a newbie teacher and trying to improve, so I'm hoping you can answer a few questions.
Where do you end up getting your sources, especially primary sources?
How much do you use the textbook? And how do you incorporate it into your lessons?
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Thanks everyone for your kind words.
Anonymous, I get primary sources in any manner I can. The National Archives Digital Vault is a great place, and just through online searches.
My students are 9 and 10 years old. They are transitioning from learning to read to reading to learn. I use the textbook, but not exclusively. It's important for kids to learn how to use the text, but it is also important that they realize it is not the only source for learning history.
My lessons take the content presented in two to three text lessons and combine them into a larger lesson. I might present the info in an informal discussion using a powerpoint rich with images, maps I draw on the board...generally I simply tell the story. This might be followed by activities where students record some notes and manipulate the content with various activities. Once we look at the text lesson students already have prior knowledge and know the basic "story". They are motivated to read as they discover new information about something they have already been introduced to.
The text should be a prop for teaching....not the only source.


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DOVER — U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) presented Dover resident and Gulf War veteran James Thurber with military service medals on Thursday.
"It is our men and women in the military and their sacrifice and service that has kept this country the strongest in the world and we are so grateful for what you have done," Shaheen said.
Thurber enlisted in the United States Air Force at the age of 24. He was stationed at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina, Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, Tonopah Test Range in Nevada and Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Mike Krall said it was a great honor to make sure Thurber received the awards and recognition that he deserves.
"Mr. Thurber spent almost a year in Foreign Service in Saudi Arabia stationed at the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing, King Khalid Air Base in support of Desert Shield and Desert Storm during the Gulf War," Krall said. "He was assigned the military specialty of Integrated Avionics Attack Control Systems Specialist and was responsible for analyzing performance and isolating malfunctions of integrated avionics attack control systems for the F-117A Stealth Fighter Aircraft."
With his wife, sister and three children present, Thurber received the following awards: Air Force Achievement Medal with One Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Air Force Good Conduct Medal with Two Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" Device (2), Air Force Overseas Long Tour Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon, Air Force NCO PME (Professional Military Education) Graduate Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal and the Kuwait Liberation Medal awarded by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Shaheen's Special Assistant for Constituent Services, Sherri Pierce, discovered the list of medals Thurber never received while working with him to receive disability from Veterans Affairs.
Thurber lost his job and was denied disability due to a mistake at V.A. After losing his house and family's belongings, Thurber said they are getting back on their feet now thanks to Pierce helping him receive his disability.
"Thank you," Thurber said. "I have no regret for serving my country. I would do it again in a heartbeat. I am just happy that I was able and instrumental in our success of our freedom."
Shaheen said she went to Kuwait in 2010 and knows the Kuwaitis are appreciative of what United States did and what Thurber did in helping to ensure victory.
"You should be very proud of your accomplishments," Shaheen said.
'Grateful': Shaheen honors Dover man for military service
DOVER — U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) presented Dover resident and Gulf War veteran James Thurber with military service medals on Thursday.

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TL;DR If you're stuck in anger phase, focus on establishing a mental connection with the girl.
Here's a quick recap how I got laid for the first time after learning TRP. I've already been into pickup before TRP, so it's not like I'm starting from scratch. But this lay matters to me, because I've managed to get through the anger phase.
First date
I met a girl on Tinder, we hit it off so we went out on a date. I focused on having a nice conversation, holding strong eye contact, leading, but most importantly - actually getting to know her. I didn't try to fuck her.
We went to a record store I like to visit every so often, as we both collect vinyls and CDs.
The bottom line is that I did what I wanted to do, not supplicating to her, not thinking "omg, will she be fine with doing X????". You bring her into your world, so you do whatever the fuck you want.
At the end of the date I saw she wanted to kiss me, but I just hugged her and went home. 30 minutes later she sent me a text saying she wants to see me again. Coolio.
Second date
She asked me out for coffee. I appreciated that a lot, because it's not that common for a girl to initiate, they usually wait for the guy to make the move. This time I decided to physically escalate and apply kino, but I didn't want to have sex with her that date.
When walking back home from coffee, we stopped by a baseball stadium. I noticed her body was facing me directly, so I looked at her, waited for her to look back at me and gave her a kiss.
Don't wait for it for the end of the date if you see an opening.
Third date
Now this time I decided to have sex with her, so I invited her to my place to cook and listen to her vinyls. We were having fun and it was getting late, so I offered her to stay over, which she accepted.
I was trying my best to have sex with her (including, but not limited to, fingering her for 2 hours), but she kept saying no. However she gave me a blowjob (and swallowed, which I always appreciate), which I was fine with. Sure, pussy would be better but hey, as long as she doesn't leave me blue balled, I'm game.
Fourth date - getting my dick wet
I took her to a comedy improv show, which I love and always leave the place with tears in my eyes from laughter after the show. Then when I find out that we both hadn't seen Bird Box (movie that spawned millions of memes with people blindfolding their eyes), I invited myself to her place.
Things got steamy, we started taking our clothes off and then she dropped the good ol' shit test we all love:
"You know I won't have sex with you, right?", she asked.
30 minutes later I was railing her doggystyle.
Lessons learnt:
Mistakes made:
Nice field report. Actions>words. AWALT.
You probably could have gotten busy with her the first date.
Coulda woulda shoulda. I don't give any status to women who will fuck me in two dates or less. Doesn't mean I don't or won't, but easy girls are never worth more than their body. The old "rules" exist for a reason, we're just here to teach you how to play by the new ones.
That's all well and good, but OP didn't even escalate, you have no idea if she fucks on first dates or not.
True but OP acknowledges he was slow to escalate. Good enough for me if learning is involved
He shouldn't need to follow specific rules. It's his game. Let him play it.
They all do. Just not every guy.
"I won't sleep with you" is a basic shit test and ego defense.
Girl who won't sleep with you will not hang out with you.
You seem to be into a lot of gay hipster shit, but other than that, nice work
Gay hipster shit is my specialty.
I appreciate how you replied. Just OWNING who you are and what you like is way more TRP than people understand. THIS posturing is how you win. This is keeping "frame". No apologies, going out and just being you. Add weights, career, hygeine, etc, and you own the world.
(But hey,,7.5 billion People, easily 100,000 people on your vibe if you just live your programming.)
Good food takes time to cook.
Go at a pace you're comfortable with, what's good for the Goose might not be good for the Gander.
You should always have the ability to n-close a girl even if you choose not to close at that time. Just because you can, doesn't mean you necessarily should. It depends on what your target is: ONS = n-close ASAP and move on. If the target is STR/LTR, a couple days won't hurt. Hell, the "deadline" is 3 days around here before you move on, but it's a guideline (canary in the coal mine) that signals she's friendzoned you. It's usually a result of no opportunities to bang presenting themselves to you, not you purposely holding back like in your case.
AWALT more specifically means that all women have the ability to be like that, given time and circumstances. It's not necessarily a threat as it is a warning. When handlers in the zoo are dealing with tigers and lions, they're always quick to point out that regardless of circumstances and time, they're still wild animals that deserve respect in regards to their lethality. Women are no different in that regard: act reckless around a woman against your better judgement, forget what they're capable of, and when you least expect their jaws will close around your head.
As far as the anger phase is concerned, anger is ok so long as you utilize responsibly. Use it like a blowtorch to cut through bad habits and behaviors that are shackling you to the blue pilled dream. Anger is a useful resource, cherish it while you have it. Let it fuel your drive to succeed. Never waste it on a tinder slut: they honestly don't deserve it, they're that insignificant.
It they mention sex, it is because they are thinking about it. If they are thinking about it, it is a possibility. Anyone that takes these words as a no is an idiot. Now if you hear it after escalation, then she means it--thank her for the nice night, grab your stuff and head to the door. It's over, but don't be a dick about it.
Now if you hear it after escalation, then she means it--thank her for the nice night, grab your stuff and head to the door. It's over, but don't be a dick about it.
I've done this before and got some great sex out of it. Was over at a tinder date's place and she kept giving me hard interest and passionately making out with me, but then would pull away. After she did this a couple times I just got up and said "It's getting late. I should probably head home." She was putting up strong enough resistance that I didn't feel comfortable pushing through.
She said "Shut up, you're leaving? You're actually leaving?" I think she was trying to call my bluff and/or had never had anything like this happen to her. I started putting my shoes on by the door and she jumped off the couch and wrapped herself around me. She pulled me back inside, kissing me intensely. I ripped her clothes off and took her on the couch. I fucked her again later that night after she ordered me some Chinese food. Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction.
Funny thing was she kept talking about it afterwards as we were laying in the bed.
I can't believe you threatened to leave!
Well, no means no they say.
Stop, I know you weren't actually leaving.
She couldn't seem to process that I wasn't "threatening" to leave, that I actually was leaving and would have been out the door in 15 more seconds.
For most women it's just to reassure that you won't be a little bitch about it if you don't end up having sex with her. Best is to just be indifferent and go with the present flow, instead of aiming for a future goal. In the end, that's how you enjoy yourself the best.
Besides, if she blows you, then fingerblast her and she drops this line, you know she's just teasing you instead of really testing you. Only a tard wouldn't be able to see that.
Also, fingering her for 2 hours? You're sure you didn't get a pity-fuck later instead? My fingers would have dissolved by now, and I would quit maybe after 10 minutes if it isn't going anywhere.
I enjoy making girls cum. I tried to make her cum by fingering her, I got her a few times to the edge, but she never could orgasm for some reason. I'm patient, so whatever, I enjoyed my time.
Show me a man who hates making women cum, lol.
Could you imagine getting a two hour handjob and not cumming, and the girl leaves and thinks she did a good job?Her vagina was probably in so much pain afterwards. OP has zero self awareness.
My theories on dating have always been I'm going on dates to please myself, to do things I want to do, the women are just along to enhance it. I enjoy going out alone, restaurants, bars (not often), hockey games, hiking, taking doggie into the woods. If I want companionship, I'll invite a woman to come with and enter *my* world. That's it.
And it sounds exactly like what you did here and it worked out great, kudos!
I do what I want to do, she can come with or not. I've never had a complaint. Eventually, if she wants to do something meaningful to her, she can either ask, or as I'm learning, they'll let you know somehow, as you also found out.
I think you're on the right track with initiating sexual contact earlier. I always try to hold their hands as early as possible in the interaction. Women *love* holding hands, I've never been rejected in that. It's romantic, but intimate at the same time. Cold, as you say? Take her hand, loop it around your arm then put your hand back in your pocket. You're warm, she's holding onto you. Right?
So far so good, 53 years and counting.
+1 for linking arms. That's old school, romantic and it's dominating as you "guide" her.
I kinda knew there would be plenty of people on here hating/mocking the fact that you waited four dates to fuck. It's bullshit man.
It seems like you had an actual good time with someone who was more or less fun to be around (not saying she is or isn't a slut). People are people. Some of my friends are nice guys and some are assholes that make me laugh my ass off. Some of my friends are girls and plenty of them are slutty. I have fun with the people I spend time with and it has nothing to do with sex.
I've had sex in the first 45 minutes of meeting a girl and when I worked the night shift I even waited 5 dates once (logistics were hard when I worked 11p to 9a) but most guys are so focused on f-closing that they don't even think about when THEY want to fuck. One night stands can be uncomfortable, stilted, and generally bad sex if there's only a physical connection. If I had my way, I would prob. want to wait until date 2 and I'd definitely rather get laid in the 3rd date than the third. Cue the people calling me a fag now.
I think the reason it's always seemed so easy to have sex on the third date, to the point of it seeming like a rule, is because that's "conservative" society's standard on not being an uber-slut. I've seen girls throw up huge verbal shit tests on dates 1&2, only to aggressively seek sex on the third. Have fun with all three (or four) dates if you want.
I would say fingering a girl for two hours is really the only weird cringe, and just a miserable experience for both you and her, lol. Whatever, learning is made of cringes. Keep having fun and maintaining frame!
I actually heavily agree with you, I tried escalating with this girl from my work (first time we hung out was at my house) and failed miserably. If we had sex that night and everything went perfect it would've probably just been awkward as shit. She came over yesterday and we had a lot of fun together. Listened to music, got blasted smoking together, then played Mario Party for a few hours, and then ate together at a spot. That was the first time since my ex (July) I had a genuinely great time with a woman. I felt the tension this time, but I'll see how it goes next time we're together. Love your post
First Date
You supplicated, a lot. You actually planned the fuck out of this shit. "First record store (because she likes it too), then some kitty arcade, and then a walk looking at shit on the walls, okay great, I think she'll like that."
She saw you as a beta from the get-go. "Actually getting to know her" when what you really wanted was to fuck her, get real with yourself first.
And then you betaboxed yourself even harder when she was giving you clear signs she wanted to kiss you and then you pussied out and hugged her. Nice one.
Second Date
She invited you to a coffee shop after you literally took her on a tour of your "world". I doubt her world consists entirely of coffee shops. You're already over invested, and you're telling me you waited two more dates before you actually fucked this girl? Jesus.
You didn't wanna have sex with her that date? Bullshit. Yes you did. You're on TRP learning how to get a girl in bed, and you're on Tinder looking for randos to fuck. You were just too much of a pussy to make an actual move.
Third Date
You didn't decide shit. She decided that after you took her out on two dates that the least she can give you is two hours of your finger in her. Then, after the two-hour (wtf, two hours?) persistent fingering, she realized that you weren't going away, so she blew you. Three dates later and you still haven't fucked.
Fourth Date
This shit-test you're talking about doesn't happen after your clothes are off. It wasn't a shit-test, she meant it. I'm going to call you out on this shit, hard. You didn't have sex with this girl. What you described is simply not how sex happens. You don't wait thirty minutes after your clothes are off to fuck, that just doesn't happen. You would go in, watch a little of the movie (if you actually want to keep the plausible deniability), make out, foreplay, then sex.
Lessons Learnt
You have no idea what the anger phase is. Read the entire sidebar. Your comparison is skewed and biased as fuck. You're saying that a heinous crime is on the same level as manipulative behavior; that's absolutely ridiculous. In your case, she might not have sucked your happiness away, but she sure as hell sucked plenty of your time for only a little of your cum.
They love being hoes, they just don't like the social stigma that comes from it.
Mistakes Made
You fingered her for two hours, she didn't fuck you, and your desperate ass still hit her up. She knows too damn well you aren't fucking anyone else.
Yes you should've kissed her, oh wait nvm, I remember saying you wanted to get to know her first.
That's actually a hilarious nervous tell.
Assuming this post isn't bullshit, it should've been a field report detailing how hard it is to get an uninterested girl in bed. You can tell this guy didn't want a "genuine connection" and only wanted to fuck this girl. He ended the post with "Getting my dick wet", that was his goal.
And since you asked, I like to get the sex out of the way as soon as possible. That way, she isn't trying to keep anything from you and you aren't trying to get anything from her. Open her pussy then open her mind.
I thought OP had edited and I deleted the original post.
Depends what you're opening her mind to. Hopefully it's better stuff than what you wrote. Some people would open a girls legs, and then fill their minds with poisonous but seductive words, mainly bullshit, just to keep them hooked.
Sure, I agree that it's a confused post in some ways, but he's fresh from a messy divorce and working his way into this - and you're acting like your way is the gospel way to go about this. And then you just make ridiculous statements like 'They love being hoes' and 'she's a 5 at best'... I mean shit, a hoe is someone who has sex for money. That's just ignorant.
If someone said any of that shit to your face, what you said, you'd probably be inclined to tell them to go fuck themselves. I know I would. You're good at acting alpha, now keep on walking and learning so you don't just become a regular arsehole in real life. This game will make you like that if you're not careful.
There is barely any application of TRP in his post (if any). His FR doesn't belong here, and adds no value to the community. I was setting him straight. This dude posted something for all of TRP to see, and you're telling me he shouldn't expect some form of criticism for posting bullshit? TRP isn't here to hold your hand and give you high-fives.
He's the "nice guy with ulterior motives" that women hate more than anything. His whole post is about establishing a connection and not knowing until the 3rd date that he wanted to have sex (if you believe that, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you). At the end of the day though, like you said, "getting his dick wet" was the ultimate goal. Either this post is BS or the girl is super weird/unattractive.
Yea it's true that sex can become better with one person over time (although that plateaus pretty quickly and then begins to decline). But the guy is saying stuff like he "decided" on the third date that yes, he would in fact be amenable to sexual relations with this woman. Lol... ok bro. It's just a bizarre read.
He also says a lot of shit that is just wrong.
Physical escalation should go after establishing the mental connection and making her comfortable with me as a stranger.
This is false and can only come from the mind of someone who has never experienced what it is like for a woman to lose control of herself with a high value guy.
Exactly. Most women need just minimal comfort. Some don't even need that at all. And this guy expected to befriend her because he was bloopillschooled that women need much more comfort to fuck. They dont.
Yea this reply is spot on. I was going to type a response but you got it.
Nah, you're looking too closely on supposed "principles" that are to be followed to be successful with women. You wouldn't know the situation unless you were actually him. It's like you telling an athlete on TV what to do. Point is it's his perceptions and experiences, and based on his writing he seems to be self-aware, which leads to great progress. You have a fiery spirit though, which is fucking awesome.
Not at all. I mainly focused on OP's tendency to bullshit himself and the community. These "principles" you're talking about are in the sidebar. If you aren't following these principles, what the fuck are you doing here?
What I mean by my response is I think you're projecting yourself in your initial response. It doesn't mean he's in the same place as you. I guess we have different responses to his post. Whatever floats our boats.
OK, so you wasted four dates, wasting hours of your precious time on each one, to fuck a simple Tinder slut.
Good job on getting laid, but if anybody was to follow your steps from this field report, their success to failure ratio would decrease significantly, because of all the time wasting, rationalizations and hamstering as well as just pure old oneitis creeping in. You have idealised her in your mind and you pretend and try to convince us that it was your choice that she didn't put out sooner.
not every woman is a happiness-sucking bitch (she might be though if you're not careful enough)
You're looking at it completely wrong. Every woman has the potential to be a happiness-sucking bitch. Every single one. No exceptions. If you think that any woman is a fucking unicorn and that she'll never eventually start taking and slowly stop giving, then you're blind to reality.
And you should stop listening to what they say. Instead, start watching what they do.
Before I fucked her, she told me she's scared that I might be fucking other girls, while she isn't seeing anyone else.
THEY ARE ACTRESSES, NATURALS AT THE ART OF MANIPULATION. Wake the fuck up. You're taking her WORD for granted after meeting this slut on TINDER. Wow.
I will repeat:
Good work on getting your dick wet, but you have a long way to go before you can say you are redpilled.
Bud, I get that you're going through something, as per your handle. But this guy ain't looking at her as unicorn material; meanwhile you're drawing up diagrams on the wall with pushpins and string like you're tracking a serial killer.
Easy, boy. Down, boy. The anger phase will pass.
OK, so you wasted four dates, wasting hours of your precious time on each one, to fuck a simple Tinder slut.
I no longer have joy in casual, quick sex. I tried that, was fun for a while, but now it's not anymore. I chose to try to actually get to know the girl. That way sex is more enjoyable for me. I chose that. Not everyone has to be a Chad Thundercock fucking a girl 10 seconds after meeting her. I don't aspire to be that guy. Does it make me less of a man?
You have idealised her in your mind...
Where did you draw that conclusion from? Simply because I decided to actually get to know a girl? My oneitis is creeping in because I sat with a girl and have a conversation? What? Please elaborate, because I simply don't follow.
Going further with that logic, if I smile to a receptionist and I wish her a good day, I instantly become her orbiter.
...and you pretend and try to convince us that it was your choice that she didn't put out sooner.
I'm not a Chad and I don't claim to be alpha. I chose not to kiss her on the first date, even though she wanted. Could I fuck her on the 1st date? Maybe. But I didn't care about that.
Every woman has the potential to be a happiness-sucking bitch. Every single one. No exceptions.
Please read carefully what I wrote:
"Yes, AWALT, I agree 100%. But just like not every man is a rapist, not every woman is a happiness-sucking bitch (she might be though if you're not careful enough)."
Just like every guy can be a rapist, every woman can be a happiness-sucking bitch. But not every woman is at the moment you meet her. And she might never turn into one. The good thing is that it also depends on you.
THEY ARE ACTRESSES, NATURALS AT THE ART OF MANIPULATION. Wake the fuck up. You're taking her WORD for granted after meeting this slut on TINDER. Wow.
Yeah, I guess I made a mistake by taking her word for truth instantly.
Good work on getting your dick wet, but you have a long way to go before you can say you are redpilled.
And I hope I will never claim to be redpilled, a pickup expert, an alpha or a Chad. I know I have a lot to learn and I believe that learning never ends. The moment you claim you know it all it's the moment you turn into a fool.
This is a well thought out response. I respect it. But, if casual quick sex isn't your cup of tea I know of something that will be right up your ally. Game a girl but don't have sex with her for like 5 months don't even let her sleep over your place or be alone with her for too long. At that point, you should have only kissed her. Refuse to do anything more than kiss her. Wait a couple more months. Really get to know her. And then, bam! propose. Plan an elaborate wedding. Tell her that she's your heart and soul and that you can't wait to spend your life with her. Then, on your wedding night.... nail her.
Best sex of your life. Guaranteed. I mean.. if you like emotional connecting in sex and stuff this is for you. I was going to /s this post but now that I read it, I'm serious. If you like emotionally connecting with a girl before fucking her, this will be a great fuck for you. I mean, think about the nut Tim Tebow is about to bust.
I also enjoy getting to know the girl. Girls need to be told what to do in sex, and they have to learn. Have to teach them what to say, how to act, need to get endurance to be on top, what to wear.... It's a lot of training. I don't enjoy casual sex because I can't teach her everything in one sitting. More than that, I find rushing a form of lack of abundance. The girl can feel that, and you can feel it as well. Also: if you take your time (though I'd advise max 2 days of dates, with sex on the 2nd), she can become more intoxicated with your presence... Which makes for her being more submissive, and I love that feeling of the girl really wanting to be taken by me, and that deer in headlights look. I do agree that 5 dates is too long, and encourages non action with women, which is bad... But if the sex is something that both of you feel (without communicating) could happen, you can show the process down, tease her by making her wait for what she wants... It's a really good way to frame sex, and her relationship to you.
I'd never say I know it all, if that's what you're trying to poke at with that last paragraph.
I shared my opinion and I believe I brought some value into this thread. That is all I can ever hope my comments will be.
I no longer have joy in casual, quick sex. I tried that, was fun for a while, but now it's not anymore. I chose to try to actually get to know the girl. That way sex is more enjoyable for me.
Pretty sure they can hear me laughing in the apartment next door.
Strong opinions you got there. In terms of just getting laid, he can be perceived as wasting his time. However, what's wrong with spending time with a woman? Point is, you're not in control as you think you are. For your sake, I'm saying that social calibration is a bitch and you won't always immediately get what you want. Enjoy the woman's company for fuck's sake. You don't seem to be that good with people.
Valid point about not always getting what you want immediately, but there is difference between trying to escalate and set up the logistics to fuck a Tinder slut where if you fail, you just try with her again in a bit, as opposed to purposefully trying to make the whore from Tinder something that she is not by refusing to escalate and playing pretend that she might even be a decent catch.
Being a Chad is not part of being redpilled.
Technically it is, IF you strive to have nothing but ONSs. TRP is a sexual strategy first and foremost, everything else that comes with that is secondary.
Why would I strive to have ONSs? I like having regular sex with the same women. It gets better. ONSs suck for me. TRP helps you develop a sexual strategy that you want. I don't have to try to have the sex you want to be considered "redpilled".
That's why I said IF. There are some out there that are true Chad Thundercocks, and I don't knock them, they're going after what they want. Strategies that maximize high potential with ONS are perfect for them, which is that TRP core, PUA, etc. is built around: "Getting Dem Wiminz".
Like I said, not knocking it, just being aware.
Oh, sure, I wasn't saying that being a Chad contradicts RP. Just that being RP doesn't imply being a Chad.
[...] so I looked at her, waited for her to look back at me and gave her a kiss.
Don't wait for it for the end of the date if you see an opening.
You are contradicting yourself. On your first date you saw that she wanted to kiss you and you didn't go for the kiss. Now you tell people not to wait. It looks like you don't value your time, because when I go on a first date with a girl I want to know what's up.
Maybe Robster you value your time dating as wasted time with only the short moment of sex being valuable. Maybe the OP value the whole dating and for him this isn't a waste of time.
What ever is best, the one that will make the most of his time will be always the guy that enjoyed the whole experience and not just its last chapter.
Even if your are onto sex 10 minutes after meeting, that stil wasted time.
Actually this isn't just about sex. You should not crave for the result, but for the path toward it. If you enjoy only the result, you'll find you are only satisfied for short period of time and don't enjoy life overall.
So if your work make you lot of money but is basically annoying you, you have a problem. If lifting is annoying you and you do it only for pussies, you have a problem, if picking up women is annoying you and you just want the sex, you have a problem. The problem is time is that it make overall your life misable for no reason !
I agree with a lot of things you say, mainly the "time enjoyed is not time being wasted". But the point still stands: When he advises people to not hesitate and seize the moment, why did he wait? The other thing I have to disagree on and maybe I have become misogynistic over time, that I don't enjoy talking to women as much as I enjoy talking to my male friends, because I can't be completely honest with women, because when it comes to topics which are not to their liking they make drama and you can't stay on topic.
Why does OP go on dates with women? I suppose because as a healthy male he wants and enjoys sex. Sure, it might be enjoyable for OP to go on four dates and fuck her after four dates (I'm not saying that you should and can fuck every girl on the first date), but has he nothing else to do in his life? Purpose? Drive? Mission? Goals?
I find myself getting bored when I spend too much time with a girl and think about stuff I could achieve when I was on my own, instead of spending time with her. But I know that not everyone thinks like me and I have to accept that.
It isn't because you don't like time spent with women outside of sex that everybody is the same.
We don't all share the same taste, all of the contrary. The OP has different experience, expectations and needs.
And if I was thinking myself like you describe, I would just take a professionnal. No more wasted time. Just the sex.
Yeah, it kinda seems like a contradiction, so here's more context.
Because of my anger phase, I was utterly disinterested in meeting women. I went MGTOW, but after a while I started missing female companionship. When going out with this girl, I still had my mindset "you are a fucking psycho who wants to divorce rape me" though.
I saw the opening for the kiss, but I simply wasn't sure if I want to invest more time in this girl. I knew sex wouldn't happen (perhaps a mistake on my part), so I didn't lean in to kiss her, because I didn't want to fuck with her emotions (INB4 "zomg, your a fukcing cuck").
To be honest I was ready to text her "sorry, but I don't feel it" when she messaged me after the first date, but I decided to give her another shot, especially when she asked me out the second time first.
Man, you know you are a stud when a woman says "we're not having sex."
And you, my friend are a genius.
Is it me or does it sound like the girl kind of won here? Or at least she thinks she's won. You're on your way toward marriage. And, if you're not it just kind of seems like you wasted a lot of time. This just seems kind of sad. Don't ban me for questioning this mods. I appreciate the field report, I just don't know if 4 dates is beneficial. Shouldn't you cut it after 2?
On their way to marriage? Nahhh. What's wrong with hanging out with a girl you like anyway? He's enjoying himself clearly, so why rush things and even cut things at all? I'd say let him enjoy this. Just like the point of sex isnt to finish as fast as possible, dating a girl too isnt about fucking her as fast as possible imo.
Valid question, did she win? Yes and no.
Yes - I told her the truth that I'm not seeing anyone else. No - I still plan to go on dates and not give my exclusivity easily. She seems like a good LTR material, but I need more vetting.
Four dates to smash can seem like a lot, but honestly I don't care. She might have fucked other guys on third, second, first dates, or maybe she even gave head to a random guy in a club, while another guy was fucking her ass - I don't care. She's not my girlfriend, she's a plate. And I don't feel like less of a man if other guys managed to fuck her sooner. It's not a competition.
I disagree. I think TRP is not just about getting laid, that's PUA shit for the kids.
TRP is about being the best man we can be. And that means being comfortable being a man, doing man things, and acting like a man. And that doesn't mean constantly being on the rut.
Especially as I get older, sometimes I just like having a woman come along on my adventures, without having to be constantly escalating and/or rejecting because sex didn't happen within a certain time frame. I love women, I love having them come along. That's enough sometimes.
And as regards the sex, so long as there was progress towards it (I'm not a monk, after all ...) which the OP clearly reported, who cares if it's second date or fourth date, the OP is psyched about it, so kudos to him!
I think you will find that this is no echo chamber. Skepticism and debate is welcomed here, censorship is not what you will find here.
Its interesting to note, but in my observations I have noticed that knowledge that is censored or attacked is always the most illuminating and empowering.
A quick analogy. If you have a rose bush with 95 white roses and 5 black ones, would it be sensible to define the rose bush by its white blossoms or its black blossoms? Just because 5 percent of the trees roses are black that does not mean that all the trees roses should be labeled and treated as black roses, that is what we call delusion.
NAWALT is simply the exception. All woman will do what is within the females biological imperative to do, this is normal behavior and must not only be accepted by this community but by the mainstream as well. I would even dare to infer that female hypergamous compulsion is almost single handedly responsible for our species evolutionary success.
Many active subscribers here are still in tje anger phase and recite the AWALT mantra in anger by connecting natural hypergamous behavior as the cause of all pain and suffering. But they eventually learn to accept it not only as reality but as normal, the learn that they have been fed a fairy tale and that it is an insult to women to be held to those pedistalizing standards. The transition happens at different rates for different men but it happens for all who swallow the pill.
In the end, AWALT or not, the current anti masculine climate the world is currently experiencing is the fault of men and not women.
the current anti masculine climate the world is currently experiencing is the fault of men and not women.
True, but only if we remove all agency from women. Actually yep, sounds about right.
and TRP is extreme echo chamber(just try to to say that NAWALT, and see for yourself).
I mean if you attack a core principle of the organization, your opinion is going to be unpopular. If you don't believe AWALT, that pretty much torpedoes the majority of the rest TRP, so the question becomes what are you doing here?
If it's what he wanted to do then it's fine. Dating is basically foreplay and does make the sex better. I'm mostly bored with women and hate spending time with them if I'm not guaranteed a shag later the same day, but if he's found one that's worth four dates then good for him.
Is it me or does it sound like the girl kind of won here?
It's not a zero sum game. Male and female sexual interests are sometimes divergent and sometimes convergent.
I think you are over interpreting no ? Maybe the girl think she will mary this guy, but the OP didn't promize anything.
His only thing is he didn't lie on the other girls in his life. still he made it clear he didn't feel engaged.
What happens in-between the "I won't have sex with you" and actually fucking? This is crucial to me
She told me she was surprised because usually after she said that guys would leave. I just shrugged and continued as if she didn't say that, making out, taking her clothes off etc.
So basically it was just foreplay between the shit-test and the sex? Thanks
I've heard this line "we're not having sex" before in different variations ("I have to pace myself" for example), it's a standard line a girl says when she doesn't want to feel slutty and just wants sex to happen.
The next morning we were making out and fore-playing on her couch, when I told her "let's listen to some music in your room". A fun and indirect way of saying "let's have sex".
Thanks for the tip with the music thing!
You have to be a DJ to pull off this trick. Just saying.
I couldn't continue reading past the second date. What the fuck happened to TRP?! I've been told that this sub went to shit but not to the point of having posts about apologetic cucks cockblocking themselves and accusing real men who demand sex on the first date of being butthurt.
The reason I worked hard on improving my SMV and Game is not so I can get to know a special girl, no, it's actually to forget about girls; the hotter I get the less time and effort it takes me to score pussy thus allowing me to invest more time and effort pursuing my mission. And by cockblocking yourself during the first dates you're just wasting time and energy.
It's not being mad, it's just following an effective sexual strategy, which this sub used to be back in the good ol days; A place to discuss sexual strategy... Now it's about getting to know girls. A bluepill post getting 87% upvotes on TRP, smh
What's the point of a field report? TO GET FEEDBACK. Help him and others instead of, or in addition to, blowing hot air. Talking shit about OP and the sub is a waste of your time and accomplishes nothing.
Great post man and great work. Good on you. This is solid inspiring shit haha
On this mistakes made:
She already noticed the mistakes. There was no fixing it, it's more matter of getting to the point that she wouldn't even go there.
Not a mistake. You will always feel that there's something you should have done, but the fact that you didn't is actually the better way to go.
If you're averting your gaze out of fear, it will be corrected in time. But based on you continuing the sentence, you are afraid how you look based on your body language. You will learn to calibrate over time. You are self aware.
Meet and converse online and have them come to the apartment/house.
First kisses are for the chick flicks.
Great job. Keep it up dude
If it takes you fucking 4 dates to smash a girl from tinder, you are doing it wrong. I can't tell you how many times I smashed a girl just from setting it up from the first 5 messages and then just meeting her up at her place, my car, or getting a hotel on the first "date".
After 15 minutes of messaging on Tinder I had a girl come over, I didn't enjoy it. As simple as that.
You weren't horny enough. It's also hard to reeducate yourself from bp conditioning
I am choosing a dvd for tonight
Wait... "an arcade bar with cats to pet?"
> TL;DR If you're stuck in anger phase, focus on establishing a mental connection with the girl.
There is no such thing as the anger phase all emotional are valid, if a girl says she is having sex with me I wish her the best and move on, 30 minutes later I'm fucking her, the fact that it took you 4 days and dates when you wanted sex the first date shows that she gamed you and you did her a favor.
tl;dr there is no anger phase, you are still in the self hatred phase, if a girl refuses to fuck within 30 minutes walk away,
How'd you go about fingering her/BJ on the third date? Like what was the escalation? I imagine you didn't just shove your hands down her pants or anything.
First I was feeling her ass and books through clothes. Then I shoved my hands under her shirt, felt her boobs through her bra, then under the bra, took of the shirt and bra.
Then I was feeling her pussy though pants, unzipped them and continued touching her pussy through her underwear. She took the pants off, I took off her panties and I fingered her for two hours because she wouldn't cum.
After that we took a break to just talk and laugh, I wanted to continue, but she was like "I want to make you cum first" and she gave me a head without me even mentioning that.
It all felt natural and organic.
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A few points I'd like to make:
You said you weren't seeing anyone at the time, and honestly, more or less you were acting like person who wasn't seeing anyone. You were meeting chicks on Tinder, hoes that expected dates at that. You went on the first date and didn't kiss her? You've gotta be white and somewhat attractive if she entertained you beyond that and called back. Others would have gotten the axe. It's a chick from Tinder; she had 100 dudes trying to fuck her at any given time.
You got nope'd repeatedly for sex on the third date because she felt she was in charge of things, as you kept continuing entertaining her boredom by being a tour guide and not pushing to the sex. She was now the train conductor because she knew she had you.
Lol you walked without holding her hand and she still jumped in bed with you? Definitely would not have happened to some readers here. You said you made weak eye contact as well. Again, if the person was not up to the physical appearance you had, they would have gotten the axe for this, but for you she gave you get outta jail free passes all over the place.
I get it that you eventually had sex with her and you feel like da man and so and so, but I feel a duty to rebalance for some readers who don't have the same luck as you, because your engagement of her was certainly ways from perfect, other men would have fared far far worse had they played their cards the same.
You wouldn't kiss her the first date, make physical contact while walking or anything. Had this been a lot of readers here she would have never called back. Readers should know that some men will have to play near perfect game to get a lay, where some men can literally fuck up lots and still get laid. MANY MEN can't even get a response on Tinder, let alone a lay.
Consider yourself very lucky. Had it been probably anyone shorter and darker they would not have gotten this lay, or even close to it. Because your showing was weak as hell.
Thanks for that comment. I believe you're right, I am lucky and as I recall my past lays, I often was weak and not taking the lead. A lot of the times the girl had pretty much spread her legs right in front of me without me initiating anything. Thank you, I realized I have to be more proactive and courageous. Cheers!
Nice bit of info, cheers
Question tho: OP says she asked if he was seeing other girls. I know its best to lie about it in this situation, but how would 1 go about it? Should I consider it a shit test & just react sarcastically/joke about? How would you, have approached this?
Just be vague and say you're just seeing what's out there and not making anything serious IMO. Unless she's divulging details there's no obligation to divulge your details.


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Wetlands convention
Wetlands are land areas where water is the primary factor controlling the environment and associated plant and animal life.
They have a special importance: much of human civilisation has been based around wetland river valleys and floodplains.
Wetlands play a vital role in storing and purifying water for human use, recharge natural aquifers when they run low, retain nutrients in floodplains, help control flooding and regulate local climate. They are also places of remarkable biological diversity: freshwater wetlands alone are home to four in ten of all the world's species, and one in eight of global animal species.
Nevertheless, wetlands are under threat. Half the world's wetlands are estimated to have been lost during the past century, converted into agricultural or urban areas, or drained to help combat water-linked diseases such as malaria.
An increase in scientific understanding of their value in terms of biology and the water cycle spurred on international assets to preserve these vanishing assets.
In February 1971 at the city Ramsar in Iran, an inter-governmental treaty first established the Convention on Wetlands, which came into force four years later.
Today, the Ramsar Convention has 168 national signatories, who are obliged to report on the state of more than 2100 wetlands designated as Wetlands of International Importance, a total area of over 208 million hectares.
Performing efficient inventories of these so-called 'Ramsar sites' and monitoring their ecological health represent some of the main provisions of the Ramsar Convention, as well as fostering best practice in local wetland management.
With wetlands often made up of difficult and inaccessible terrain, satellites can provide information on local topography, the types of wetland vegetation, land cover and the dynamics of the local water cycle.
A single satellite image can cover a wetland's entire catchment area – the surrounding landscape that drains into a wetland. Radar imagery of the type provided by the Sentinel-1 satellite mission is able to differentiate between dry and waterlogged surfaces, and can deliver multitemporal data showing how wetlands change across seasons.
An ESA project called GlobWetland ran from 2003 to 2008 and demonstrated how data from Earth observation satellites can support the inventorying, monitoring and assessing of wetland ecosystems, by producing satellite-derived and geo-referenced products for a range of Ramsar sites, including inventory maps and digital elevation models of wetlands and their surrounding catchment areas.
As well as helping local and national authorities fulfil their Ramsar obligations, the products were also useful tools for wetland managers and scientific researchers.
In January 2010, ESA launched the GlobWetland II project that contributed to the setting up of a Global Wetlands Observing System (G-WOS) in accordance with Ramsar's 2009–15 strategic plan.
GlobWetland II produced a number of wetland-related geo-information maps and indicators over 200 wetland sites and surrounding areas for different points in time. The geographical regions covered are the coastal catchment areas of the southern and eastern part of the Mediterranean basin, extending from Morocco to Syria.
The next GlobWetland project – GlobWetland Africa – in run in collaboration with ESA's TIGER initiative, which trains African water authorities and researchers in exploiting satellite data and Earth observation technology for sustainable water resource management.


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Monday, April 12, 2010
Springtime Revelations: Alex Gonzalez is more than just a defender
He's certainly come as advertised in the field, looking sharp at short and making all of the plays that you'd expect and then some. He might not have the solidly spectacular skills of John McDonald in the field, but he's certainly at least 95% there. But beyond that, what has been a pleasant revelation is the way Gonzalez handles the bat.
When he came to Toronto, some figured him to be at best a modest upgrade over Johnny Mac at the plate, and further evidence that the franchise was merely treading water. But watching Gonzalez's at bats, you really get the impression that he knows what he's doing with the lumber in his hands. He looks comfortable, and we feel comfortable knowing that the best possible outcome is something more than an excuse me single or a squibber down the line that might net you an extra base if you have enough heart and grit to get it.
We're probably overestimating Gonzalez's worth based on the four early season homers, but even just to look at him, and to see the fact that he's no shrinking violet in the batters box makes us envision a season which is just that much less miserable.
Hope Opener Sadness
We hope all you kids withing easy driving/commuting distance enjoy yourselves at tonight's home opener. As for us, we'll be at home, blowing bubbles out of our nose like a sad monkey. But wave and think of us when the camera's on you.
24 comments:
- MK Piatkowski said...
I'm within commuting distance and I don't have the money to go. Instead it's me, my dad and the game on HD. I too am a sad monkey.
- April 12, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- Unknown said...
Can't wait to pick up my copy of the Bullpen Gospels before the game, it is the first time I have been excited about a sports-related book in a long time
- April 12, 2010 at 12:39 PM
- MelancholyInker said...
Now if only Lyle Overbay could remember what to do with a bat in his hands, we'd be ok. Let's be honest though, in spite of the awesomeness that is a 5-1 start to the season, the reality is, we're not going to continue to be this lucky. Wells has hit 4 hr's, which is already a quarter of his production on round trippers from last year. A-Gone (which he should be dubbed, at least for now), is NOT going to continue to produce this much pop. The team as a whole is hitting an abysmal .233 so far this season. Jays hitters are striking out almost 25% of the time (50 in 202 AB). Travis Snider has struck out almost one third of the time (7K in 20AB). Statistically speaking, these kind of stats are a clear indicator that the pitching staff has been keeping us close enough in games for us to get saved by late inning heroics.
Now, don't get me wrong, I am a Jays fan through and through, I am simply pointing out that unless guys like Overbay (.087 BA), JoBau (167BA) and Snider (.150BA) pick up the pace, we're going to be in huge crap.
I know, I know, we're only 6 games into the season, but honestly, Snider and Overbay have looked TERRIBLE. I watched Vernon Wells strike out on two HORRIBLE pitches that were almost over his head.
Can we get Ruiz a couple ABs please? If I have to sit and cuss about Lyle anymore after a week, I am going to probably be forced to resort to abusing alcohol by throwing it at the tv screen. Hell, if you arent going to use Ruiz, call up Wallace and light a fire under Lyle's butt. It makes me ill that he continues to get ABs when he's a very poor statistical player in a position that should produce power and run production. (/end Overbay rant)
Oh well, here's to hoping our pitching staff can keep it up, and that Alex Rios gets heckled worse then Bartman.
Go Jays! (I hope...)
- April 12, 2010 at 12:43 PM
Neener Neener I will be there! I have even fashioned my facial hair into a Lyle Overstache.
- April 12, 2010 at 1:01 PM
To be fair, I don't why anyone would think he would only be a modest upgrade to Johnny Mac. He did afterall display power when he played in Florida, hitting over 20 hrs one year I believe. He doesn't get on base though, so I guess that's McDonald like.
- April 12, 2010 at 1:52 PM
I know, I know, we're only 6 games into the season, but honestly, Snider and Overbay have looked TERRIBLE.
I don't think you do know, we are only six games into the season. Some folks are hitting over .400, some are hitting under .200. None of these trends will last so why worry about the guys below .200.
Even Albert Pujols looks terrible some weeks.
- April 12, 2010 at 2:06 PM
Gonzo to the rescue during the spring of Tallet!
- April 12, 2010 at 2:17 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
I did actually hear people say that Gonzo wasn't much more than Johnny Mac. But at his best, he could be a 20 homer guy, and put up numbers close to what Scoots managed last year (aside from the OBP, and that's no small thing.)
I'm just astonished, thought, because I had no idea that I was going to like Gonzo this much.
- April 12, 2010 at 2:17 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Snider won a game with a double off a left-handed closer.
Just let that thought sit in your head for a second, then tell me what a crappy week he had.
He won a game in a situation where people expect him to fail!
Here comes the Sniderman!
- April 12, 2010 at 2:19 PM
Still trying to figure out why Overbay was swinging 3-0 in the 7th yesterday....down by a run. And it wasn't like he swung at a great pitch either.
- April 12, 2010 at 2:41 PM
- Ian Hunter said...
I looked at the Pitch F/X of Gonzalez' HR's and I can't quite put my finger on it. All the pitches were up in the zone, maybe he was just lucky this week?
- April 12, 2010 at 2:42 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Lucky, sure. But do you think if Mike McCoy or Johnny Mac get pitches up in the zone that they'd be turned around for much more than a solid single?
- April 12, 2010 at 2:50 PM
- JB said...
He was probably lucky, Ian. But the great thing about this game over 162 games luck will work for you and sometimes work against you.
You can't make any conclusions about this team or players at this time. Dustin;s Sideburns shouldn't get worked up over Overbay's 6 game average neither should we too excited in Johnny Mac's three hit game. This is a funny game but the ultimate equalizer because of the length.
Let's just enjoy the ride because if luck is working for us now, it is bound to bite us in the ass later.
- April 12, 2010 at 2:51 PM
Whoever thought an SS with seasons of 23 and 18 homers under his belt already was just a small upgrade offensively from JMac is not smart.
And Gonzo is better defensively than John "I make as many awful errors as I do highlight reel plays" McDonald anyways.
- April 12, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- Leaker19 said...
I'm with Sideburns. I know it is only a week, but if you put a loop of Overbay's ABs together, Las Vegas would give you even money on whether his eyes are opened or closed while swinging. I could accept the lousy average if there weren't so many Ks and if he would ever hit a ball hard. It's not like he's stinging at 'em balls that are just finding people. It has been pretty much an endless parade of dribblers, Ks and harmless pop ups. The same goes for Snider. Please, for once, square up a ball! Both of you!
Vernon '09 was in the house yesterday. He struck out on two balls that nearly hit him in the mush.
It's early, I know, but if this team gets a modicum of pitching and it's ruined because it can't score a few runs it will suck nuts.
- April 12, 2010 at 3:31 PM
Please relax on Overbay. He has never been Mr. Consistent, he has always been a streaky player. If he has a string of bad games, 2 weeks later he will have a string of good games. Have the critics never watched this guy play before?
I still wouldn't mind seeing R. Ruiz get some PA love though.
- April 12, 2010 at 3:39 PM
- MelancholyInker said...
Love some healthy debate early in the season when we're 5-1. Wonder how nice we'll all be in July. LOL!
Anyhow, ok on Snider. His obp sucks, but at least he's working counts and not offering at the first pitch EVERY at bat. I am less harsh on Snider as I am on Overbay because Snider is what... 21? I dont really expect Snider to hit .300 and drive 30 out of the park this year, but, i could see it.
Not going to be sold on Overbay. I will root for him as I am a Jays fan, and he is a Jay, but I dont think he's worth his $7M. Pathetic against LHP and has lost his pop. In his defense, I'll take his above average defense with the young pitching staff though.
As a side note, I am curious what everyone things of Edwin Encarnacion (by the way, he SMOKED that homer yesterday). Does anyone think he's a part of the team vision? Or is he just a placeholder for someone else?
I, for one, can't wait until Wallace is called up and we can move on with a first baseman who can drive in runs and hit for power, because I don't think Overbay can do that anymore.
Just my two cents.
- April 12, 2010 at 4:27 PM
In case you're wondering, tomorrow is Holly Madison Bobble Head night for the 51s.
- April 12, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Gonzo sets the table, Lind brings the supper, Wells the dessert! Bottom of the third!
- April 12, 2010 at 8:23 PM
- radar said...
- April 12, 2010 at 9:01 PM
- Leaker19 said...
Extras and looks like a loss tonight because Cito thought Tallet looked like he had six in him tonight.
- April 12, 2010 at 10:32 PM
- REAN said...
Looks like the ack has a role on the team. Tenth inining man!
- April 12, 2010 at 10:49 PM
- REAN said...
Lol - s/b inning.
- April 12, 2010 at 11:26 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
I waved. Did you wave back?
- April 13, 2010 at 1:44 AM


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I've spent a lot of time on the internet. I mean a lot. If I were to write my autobiography, it would be called "Growing up on the Internet" and it would be a documentary for internet-virgin parents trying to understand what their connected 24/7 teenagers are experiencing.
So yeah, I've witnessed a lot of "fuckwads". Ordinary people who, when getting online and finding an audience, lose all their social skills (/euphemism).
Penny Arcade's "John Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory" definitely strikes a chord with me (as well as with anyone who's ever come within smelling distance of the bowels of the internet). It's also struck a chord with John Suler, an American psychologist who's written about what he calls (unfortunately scientists and cartoonists aren't allowed to share vocabulary) the "Online Disinhibition Effect".
But while it struck a chord, I've always felt that something wasn't quite right. I thought and thought and thought about it. After some discussion in the comment section of a past post of mine (which I would link to if I had the motivation to scan through all my posts until I find it, but I don't), it dawned on me: the Audience is anonymous too.
Now, I'm not refuting any theories here. Especially not the one written by the guy who actually did research and who uses much fancier words than me. I've got no data more scientific than my own observations. All I'm bringing here is a dimension that seems to have been left out from (or at least, not highlighted enough in) the theories and their subsequent discussions.
Lord of the Flies
The Fuckwad Theory and Online Disinhibition Effect both suggest a very Lord of the Flies view of the Internet Nation.
"No, no", you say, "the theories specify Normal Person."
Normal person. Thing is, to me, if you don't care about the effects your actions have on others, then you don't care about the effects your actions have on others. It doesn't matter if others know who you are, or if you'll be punished. You won't act if you can be punished, but what's holding you back is the effect your actions have on you, not the effect they have on others.
And thus, the "normal person" in the theory is actually always an asshole and the lack of sanctions on the internet simply removes the chains.
I know I probably have too much of an idealistic view of the world, but it seems that the Lord of the Flies theory takes it too far. Yeah, there are a lot of horrible people in the world (What are the statistics for sexual assault again? It makes me nauseous just to think about how many animals who parade as humans are among us.), but is every douchebag on the internet a sociopathic monster?
What if some of these rotten apples of the internet are capable of empathy, but don't sense the effect of their behaviours because they can't grasp the reality of the audience?
If you can't see it, it doesn't exist.
The feedback given by an internet audience is always a reaction. Sometimes a good reaction, sometimes a bad reaction. But an ethereal crowd expressing offense and hurt doesn't transmit the same poignant message as the human face on the human being in front of you.
Taking into consideration the anonymity of the audience thus encompasses "normal person" to not only total empathy lacking sociopaths, but also more average individuals who simply don't anticipate the effects of their actions when there's no clear feedback.
You're Not Anonymous on the Internet, but Everyone Else Is
Sometimes you're a little anonymous. When you first join a group or community, you can pick whatever name you want and make up whatever story you want about yourself.
Sometimes you feel a little anonymous. I'm just as shy on the internet as I am in real life, but I've been told by real-life bashful friends that they're more outgoing on the internet because no one knows who they are.
But if you're around the same group long enough, you'll build an identity for yourself. While this identity might be real or fake, you still have it. The local assholes are known as the local assholes.
You can build a fake identity for yourself in real life too. I could join, say, a yoga group in the city, and pretend to be, um, a musician from, I dunno, Hawaii. The internet allows wackier identities, but it isn't all that more anonymous than in real life.
The people around you though, you don't know who they are. Pretty much all of Suler's factor's come into play. "Invisibility", because it's easy to assume that everyone around you is lying about who they are, or "Solipsistic Introjection" because you can make assumptions about then using your imagination, "Minimizing Authority" because social ranks are attributed differently on the internet.
And thus, I find that the anonymity of the audience is just as important (if not more) than the anonymity of the person when it comes to explaining bizarre internet behaviors.
There's an old episode of the Instance where Randy points out that the meanest behaviour he'd witnessed actually took place on Facebook. Facebook. The place on the internet where you're given the least privacy.
So I went and checked it out for myself. Followed a few fan pages, read some discussions. Yep, a lot of trolls. You'd think the trolls would be the ones with pseudonyms and cartoon pictures, but no. Everything seems genuine. Interestingly, the meanest people I encountered on Facebook (though that might just have to do with the type of pages I was looking at) were middle aged women. I could click on their profiles, see where they work, look at pictures of their kids and check their friends lists. Not so anonymous. However, they have no clue who's reading their messages and being creepy. Generally, their hate was directed at celebrities. Celebrities who probably never read their fan pages. Celebrities whom we don't know personally. Celebrities who are too busy making money and being flattered in award ceremonies to be touched by what idiots on the internet are writing. In other words, celebrities who are kind of anonymous.
Again, it's all about the anonymity of the audience.
One on One VS One on Many
In my early internet days, one of the phenomenons I found most remarkable was that our resident message board douchebags were usually super nice when you talked to them privately.
Penny Arcade's theory highlights the need for there to be an audience present for the fuckwad to be released and, clearly, the audience of a whole forum is far more exciting than the audience of a single person. But I think it goes beyond that. The single person audience is far less anonymous than the mass of 1000 message board posters. When talking to me, our trolls were speaking to someone they perceived as a real person, with real feelings and a real life. When talking in front of the forum, they weren't addressing anyone in particular, just throwing out whatever words would give them the most amusing reaction from the ethereal masses.
Kind of like actors, comedians and singers who are real goofballs on stage (where the audience is vague, nondescript) but admit to actually being quite shy when not in the spotlight, I think a lot of net nerds use the anonymous audience to enjoy attention they normally couldn't handle. Except that, unlike talent artists, most internet trolls aren't very entertaining and don't have the social skills to realize it (or, at least, care).
Conclusion: Don't Underestimate the Anonymity of the Audience
I don't discredit personal anonymity on the internet, however I find that in discussions about inappropriate or bizarre internet behaviour, the role of the anonymous audience is neglected. Yet, if those trying to make the internet a better place want to succeed, taking away the anonymity of the audience is what will make a difference.
This why sensitization discussions do have some effect. Take attacks on the unemployed, for example. I once witnessed a thread of complaints and mockery of unemployed gamers. Someone started another thread, explaining that she was an unemployed gamer who, yes, lived with her parents. She hadn't always been in the situation and she was making concrete actions toward getting herself out the situation.
By making that post, she took away the anonymity of the audience. The sociopaths still laughed. I won't deny that punishment-free environments allow those who live a Lord-of-the-Flies life to harm others on a whim. But those in the middle, who were cruel because they didn't anticipate that their words would touch real people, once they decided that she was being sincere (note that it's very easy to assume that someone is lying or exaggerating on the internet) they moved on to being idiots about something else.